Matthew Frye
@purble.bsky.social
…move along, nothing to see here *whistles nonchalantly*
Various things. Very much personal account, I haven't figured out how to do professional social media accounts yet
Various things. Very much personal account, I haven't figured out how to do professional social media accounts yet
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"My family business" as if he's running a fucking fifth generation bakery in Didcot high street and not a multinational fucking corporation based out of Singapore to avoid tax.
Miniature musical instrument makers admit defeat as violin size requirement for story is declared "too small to build."
December 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"My family business" as if he's running a fucking fifth generation bakery in Didcot high street and not a multinational fucking corporation based out of Singapore to avoid tax.
Merry Thursday to all!
December 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Merry Thursday to all!
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Gods rest you merry, gentlefolk.
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Gods rest you merry, gentlefolk.
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In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty hard drives moan,
POST beeped far too violent,
Hard disk dead as stone;
Booting Windows, slow so slow,
Cathode Ray Tube glow
In the bleak mid-winter,
Loooong ago.
#DosGaming #MerryChristmas 🎄
Frosty hard drives moan,
POST beeped far too violent,
Hard disk dead as stone;
Booting Windows, slow so slow,
Cathode Ray Tube glow
In the bleak mid-winter,
Loooong ago.
#DosGaming #MerryChristmas 🎄
December 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty hard drives moan,
POST beeped far too violent,
Hard disk dead as stone;
Booting Windows, slow so slow,
Cathode Ray Tube glow
In the bleak mid-winter,
Loooong ago.
#DosGaming #MerryChristmas 🎄
Frosty hard drives moan,
POST beeped far too violent,
Hard disk dead as stone;
Booting Windows, slow so slow,
Cathode Ray Tube glow
In the bleak mid-winter,
Loooong ago.
#DosGaming #MerryChristmas 🎄
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December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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For balance, I am duty-bound to include this actual certified banger of a joke from Mark Drayford from that same conference.
December 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
For balance, I am duty-bound to include this actual certified banger of a joke from Mark Drayford from that same conference.
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"Either stop giving me directions or you do the driving, Thomas. Oh right. You CAN'T. Because your arm is in Naples. So SHUT THE FUCK UP."
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Either stop giving me directions or you do the driving, Thomas. Oh right. You CAN'T. Because your arm is in Naples. So SHUT THE FUCK UP."
I'm not saying I'd be *better* if I was on an NFL field. But I definitely would turn the ball over maximum of *once* per play. Won't commit to if it would be an interception or a fumble, but I'd guarantee I wouldn't do *both*
I asked ESPN Research and they asked Elias Sports Bureau and they looked back as far as they could (to 1978) and it would appear Jalen Hurts is the first player to ever commit two turnovers in one play. Isn't history beautiful?
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I'm not saying I'd be *better* if I was on an NFL field. But I definitely would turn the ball over maximum of *once* per play. Won't commit to if it would be an interception or a fumble, but I'd guarantee I wouldn't do *both*
I'm reaching for a joke about Zeno but I can't quite get there
I wanted to do a joke about Descartes but I can’t think of one
I had a joke about Theseus but I changed all the bits.
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm reaching for a joke about Zeno but I can't quite get there
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸
(sadly, without credit)
(sadly, without credit)
December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸
(sadly, without credit)
(sadly, without credit)
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I was going to quote-skeet this with "by owning a normal house" but actually that's the very first point made in a quite funny article.
How can I dodge the mansion tax? on.ft.com/4aDPVDI | opinion
How can I dodge the mansion tax?
Poke holes in the roof, plant some fake grass and other ways to devalue your dangerously expensive home
on.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I was going to quote-skeet this with "by owning a normal house" but actually that's the very first point made in a quite funny article.
Jamvent calendar time!
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Jamvent calendar time!
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The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
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i should go out and do stuff now, yet my body feels the ancient call to low key hibernate
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
i should go out and do stuff now, yet my body feels the ancient call to low key hibernate
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Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
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If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
If the government really intends to seize jewellery and other valuables from refugees,
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
either
- it is staggeringly ignorant of the historical precedents
or
- it's aware of the precedents, and thinks, yeah, we'll have some of that.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is an objectively hilarious graph. This could be a @zachweinersmith.bsky.social comic.
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is an objectively hilarious graph. This could be a @zachweinersmith.bsky.social comic.
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Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended.
Please do contact us on [email protected] if you would like to support us.
Please do contact us on [email protected] if you would like to support us.
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended.
Please do contact us on [email protected] if you would like to support us.
Please do contact us on [email protected] if you would like to support us.
C'mon folks. I don't need Dominic Cummings of all fucking people screenshot-quote-dunked into my feed multiple times.
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
C'mon folks. I don't need Dominic Cummings of all fucking people screenshot-quote-dunked into my feed multiple times.
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This Norwegian stabbur, ca 1700, one of the oldest buildings in the region. Used to store foods & other things off of the ground, away from animals.
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This Norwegian stabbur, ca 1700, one of the oldest buildings in the region. Used to store foods & other things off of the ground, away from animals.
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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BLUESKY ELDER ELECTED NYC MAYOR
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
BLUESKY ELDER ELECTED NYC MAYOR
As someone in Europe, I should really be asleep, and the NY Mayor doesn't really affect me either way. But with all that said, the timeline vibes on here tonight are excellent.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
As someone in Europe, I should really be asleep, and the NY Mayor doesn't really affect me either way. But with all that said, the timeline vibes on here tonight are excellent.