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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It’s been so long I forgot what it feels like to win a match

Scoreline showing Burnley beat Watford 4-0

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Look out! The giant bird is going to destroy the bridge!

Western Gull in the foreground making it look like a huge bird bigger than the Golden Gate Bridge in the background

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sadly no Condors, but did see California’s State Amphibian, the California Red-legged Frog

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's no Boris Johnson knocking over a Japanese kid while playing rugby though

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Amphibians I have seen in Philadelphia so far. I think this was my first Salamander ever

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Some people are saying we might never win again

Scoreline showing Burnley drew 1-1 against Derby County after Derby scored a goal in stoppage time

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“I really hope we don’t have a relegation battle with Preston” monkey paw curls as we both easily go down without a battle

Image of championship table showing Burnley and Preston North End as the bottom two

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Especially when this is a picture of the people doing it

Milhouses dad explaining he sleeps in a racing car bed

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I actually really enjoyed visiting Argentina, but deeply odd country sums up my reaction to seeing these signs legally mandated on public transport

Sign on a bus saying “Las Islas Malvinas son argentinas”

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If Paddington is the Lib Dem Paddington, is this the Conservative Paddington?

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Can you read this article? If not, you may have damaged your eyes www.bbc.com/news/article...

Article Headline titled: Eclipse warning: The key signs you may have damaged your eyes

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Cooper’s Hawk wanting me to capture it’s good angles #birds

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

RIP Philadelphia, 1776-2026 is a good run

Graphic on a bag that makes it look like Philadelphia was born in 1776 and died in 2026

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I just left Bowling Green Ohio to move to Philadelphia. I know the current air quality on the east coast is also horrific, but Bowling Green’s is hellish right now.

Map showing hazardous air quality in Bowling green with an AQI of 409

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I know as soon as France gets one the floodgates open so my joy won’t last forever, but this is me watching this match right now

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Peak trophy. None of that ostentatious stuff. The sort of thing where you know you’re the king of sports and don't need to show off.

Alastair Cook lifting the ashes trophy for England, a sight so rare someone seeing this may assume it is AI

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Distinct lack of four goals being scored against Paraguay by Brazil in qualifying

First Paraguay vs Brazil qualifying match. Score 1-0 to Paraguay

Second Paraguay vs Brazil qualifying match. Score 1-0 to Brazil

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Black-necked Stilts. I saw loads of them with their babies #birds

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Big fan of this Sea Lion that looks like it has frosted tips

Very cool California Sea Lion sat on floating raft and looks like it has blonde hair on the tips on its head

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Yes, but have you instead considered this?

Telegraph Article
Tory turnaround shows the 'Kemi effect' may be starting to work
North London results provide green shoots of optimism despite party losing over 400 councillors in local elections

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Anyway I was trying to think of a funny answer and this is how I know Warhammer lost it’s way

Google search for the silliest space marine and google really wants to correct it to scariest space marine

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I can now announce that from August I will be starting a Postdoc with the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program at the University of Pennsylvania! I am very excited to move to Philadelphia!

Cost of Arms of the University of Pennsylvania

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Campus is very empty now the semester has ended and the deer and groundhogs are out instead of undergrads

Groundhog poking its body out of a hole into/under a tree

White-tailed deer staring as I walked past

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Now my semester is over (except for all the finals I need to grade) I managed to paint my first tiny toy in ages. It’s a Bretonnian Blood Bowl player

Bretonnian Blood Bowl player. Painted in yellow and black

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I still find it absolutely bizarre that a candidate in the California Governors race is someone who was caricatured on The Thick of It when he was a Conservative Party/David Cameron advisor

On the left, former David Cameron advisor and now Republican running for CA Governor Steve Hilton, on the right, Stewart Pearson, advisor to the Conservative Party in British political comedy the Thick of It

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

They can’t go into a proper restaurant, but is there a rule preventing them from playing Basketball?

It’s the poster for Airbud. Did you really think this would be something else?

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Margaret Thatcher signed a (foam) hot dog bun at a Toledo, Ohio food chain and trying to imagine the process of this actually happening is breaking my brain

Signed foam hot dog bun by Margaret Thatcher on a wall

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Big frogs are cool frogs, and the bigger the frog the cooler the frog (except when they’re on the west coast, then they’re very uncool) #herps

Bull Frog sitting in water. Very big green frog, slight stripes on legs. Yellow underbelly

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This is the worst moment of my life

Game Over: You survived 99 of 100 Jumps on 100 Jumps.

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Red-tailed Hawk doing its best Exorcist impression #birds

Hawk flying in air. Head is twisted almost 180 degrees facing upwards but still with one eye surveying the ground

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It’s certainly accurate, name another type of bird that got a James Bond movie

Goldeneye, a type of duck, swimming on a lake

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I now have a matching picture for one of my first bird photos. European Kestrel in 2020, American Kestrel in 2026 #birds

European Kestrel stood on stone bridge, Dorset, England, 2020

American Kestrel stood on metal pole. Small falcon. Santa Clara, California, 2026

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I saw a bunch of Pine Siskins when walking to work this morning #birds

Small bird walking on the floor. Pointed beak. Brown bird with differing shades streaks. yellow edging on wings and tail

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

In honor of Groundhog Day, here are some marmots I saw last year. Firstly one of the many Groundhogs I saw at Magee Marsh, Ohio, secondly two (again of the many) Yellow-Bellied Marmots I saw in Yosemite

Groundhog. Largeish furry ground animal with brown fur

Two yellow-bellied marmots. Juvenile. Brown fur but yellowish chest. One standing up on a rock, alert, the other stood on all fours behind

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

My parents doodle. They are very expressive dogs

Cream labradoodle sat on an orange chair

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Brighton have my favourite. Eagle? No. Seagull? Yes

Brighton and Hive Albion crest. Badge with an unassuming looking cartoon Gull on it, the most aggressive and therefore objectively best type of bird. Also has a real gull literally flying above it, doing the same pose, making it cooler.

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Lots of Blue Tits in the garden this morning #birds

Blue Tit standing in branch. Colourul bird with yellow chest, blue wings, greenish back and a white face with blue cap

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Snow in Lancashire! Still exciting despite living in far far more snow in Ohio

A light dusting of Snow covering a back garden in Lancashire, England

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Matthew Coates @coatesmatthew.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Still going through this year’s photos. Earlier this year I read in a field guide that Mountain Quail are skittish and difficult to photograph as they’ll quickly run into undergrowth just moments before about 5 stood around posing for me #birds

Majestic mountain quail. Grey rotund bird with brown around beak and rather sticking up from head

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