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Matthew Stott

@matthewstott.bsky.social

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Writer. Stories in The Ghastling, Maudlin House, Seaside Gothic & elsewhere. Has written for BBC TV & Radio. Author of ‘A Monstrous Place’. A publisher, sometimes. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/talesfrombetween

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 9h

Furious that I need to buy new socks. You should be able to pick these things up for free. Fuming. 😤 Fucking socks. 🧦 😭

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 22h

It’s weird how often ‘we’ll cut spending!’ Is a major political selling point, and how often voters think ‘yes, love that for us’. ‘Would you like us to slash funding to all of these things that make your life easier and more pleasant? Vote for us!’

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 1d

A new Tron movie, starring Jared Leto. What a cursed sentence.

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 1d

Reminded how good Ballingrud is and how terrific this thin book full of weirdness and darkness is.

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 4d

Gonna give this another read before part two comes out in a few weeks:

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 3d

The obsession with box office is bizarre. Did you invest in the movie? No? Then shush.

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 3d

One Battle After Another is doing respectable business, the doomers saying it failed can pipe down. The Thing and Blade Runner opened on the same day and flopped and we still talk about both of them to this day, as we do about most of PTA’s movies. It’ll get 9 Oscar nominations too. Calm down

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 3d

I guess I’ll take slow, kinda boring blusky over that boiling spasm of horrors.

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 3d

Occasionally I take a peek at twitter, and it’s such an awful shit fire of a place, full of the very worst people. You’re just fed loon after loon.

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Ecoanarchist @ecoanarchism.bsky.social · 3d

There is only one, solitary party and leader that now stands willing to defend unequivocally the basic human and civil rights that have underpinned English law for centuries: @greenparty.org.uk and @zackpolanski.bsky.social . That’s real patriotism! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests

Officers will be able to tell organisers to move demonstrations if protests have caused "repeated disorder".

www.bbc.com

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 3d

Labour are scum: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 4d

"I see gangs of masked thugs roaming the streets rounding up anyone the wrong colour, and I think: *this* is what Britain needs."

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 4d

Batshit.

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, here come the 27 extra versions of Swifts new album, with different front covers and an acoustic track on each! Such a scammy scamster. Another billionaire who apparently doesn’t have enough.

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 4d

Gonna give this another read before part two comes out in a few weeks:

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 5d

What on earth are Labour taking about. Useless, empty, pricks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mahmood: Pro-Palestinian protests 'un-British' after terror attack

The home secretary told BBC Breakfast she was disappointed pro-Palestinian protests went ahead.

www.bbc.co.uk

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 6d

The extreme crime of not moving out of the way when asked so I could get off the bus.

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 6d

Yelled ‘are you demented?’ at a stranger. Not a question I’ve asked before. They neither confirmed nor denied.

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 7d

UK, it’s really not the 1950s anymore, both parents work so have to use nursery services, sort it out, you’re pooring us.

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 7d

First full bill came in for childcare now we only have one kid in nursery.👯💅🏻💰💰💰

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 8d

I could be just as successful as all these other authors if I was the kind of loser who actually put the work in and tried and didn’t instead sit around doing nothing and hating myself. I’m the winner here.👯

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 10d

Saw an article headline: ‘Why UKs top comedians are headlining a fest in Saudi Arabia’. I’m assuming it’s a very short article. And that the word ‘scum’ appears at least twice.

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah, whenever I get a coffee and it’s weirdly red hot, can always guarantee it’s going to be crap by the time it’s cool enough for humans to drink.

Casket Based @cineblah.bsky.social · 10d

People who order "extra hot" coffee do understand they're deliberately going out of their way to make their coffee taste like shit? Right?

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 10d

There are masked, armed men kidnapping people every day in America but celebs are real worried that Jiminy Kimmel is ok.

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 11d

I was actually on track to do this… and then I’ve been sick since Sunday. And I don’t write when sick, unlike some of you mentalists. Sick means crashed out watching daytime tv and nothing else. But I nearly made it.

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · Sep 1

My main writing goal for September is to finish the first draft of the current novella. Should easily be achievable.😬

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 12d

a large group of soldiers are riding horses through a desert .

ALT: a large group of soldiers are riding horses through a desert .

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Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 12d

Saw someone in US saying they paid loads to get tested for covid. I recently paid about 2.80 for a test over here.

Matthew Stott @matthewstott.bsky.social · 12d

Have been sick since Sunday. Came in to the office today for a few hours and someone stole my fancy yoghurt that I bought on the way in out of the fridge. Not a great week. 😩