Reposted by Sonya MathewsMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 6hIn the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing. 35242121435
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 16hIn America a 15 year old pregnant girl is mature enough to bear the consequences of her actions. But a 'young man' has a promising future and should not have consequences that endanger it. Land of the free, home of the brave. 000
Reposted by Sonya MathewsJorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I “got stuck” behind the drawers today. Everyone had to come help me so I felt awkward telling them I wasn’t stuck, I was just being a little shit 683551267
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 16hOh no. A billionaire did something bad. I am shocked. www.forbes.com/sites/maryro... #elonmuskforbes.comShivon Zilis Says She’s Been ‘Let Go’ From Relationship With Elon MuskThe pair have been having children together since 2021. 000
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 16hMy husband gave me a scone with no butter on it. Is this grounds for divorce? 000
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When they say “students of Western civilization,” they don’t mean people who study it critically. They mean people who admire it uncritically and defend its supremacy. 000
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hey white people : we don't have to personally see the evidence for crimes to be true. 010
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I sat on the jury of a rape trial for three weeks. This gave me an intimate overview of the system that processes victims. Reserve some anger for the individuals at Cornell who minimized Jane Doe's story and who decided there wasn't enough proof. #cornell 000
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That's how you can get healthcare in America. 000
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The victim in the Cornell 7 rape took three weeks to report the assault. Delays are often used to justify not following up or investigating because the system only prioritizes certain types of evidence. Reserve some disgust for the people who declined to push and investigate. #cornell7 000
Reposted by Sonya Mathewsgeoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no 423180773
Reposted by Sonya MathewsZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026Here's a list of 64 previous botched executions in the United States. Christa Pike will make 65.deathpenaltyinfo.orgBotched Executions | Death Penalty Information CenterThe Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to serve the media, policymakers, and the general public… 6332196
Reposted by Sonya MathewsRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I’ve been a media witness to two federal executions. One was Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The other, a week later, was a drug kingpin named Juan Raul Garza. My conclusion after watching both men die: The death penalty should not exist. Period. It fixes nothing, and it erodes our souls. 501229274
Reposted by Sonya MathewsRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is foul. A reader reached out and told me the first google result when you search "kamloops unmarked graves discovery" is residential school denial. I did the search myself, and I found the same thing. The first non-sponsored result is the Fraser Institute's residential school denial. 34411150
Reposted by Sonya MathewsTonya Song 🪶 @tonyasong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I was speaking earlier and told the story of my grandfather who was in a boarding school. One of the parts of the story I always remember is how they forced him to eat steak despite having never had it (he ate venison and mutton at home). He would throw it up & they would keep forcing him to eat it. 3323149
Reposted by Sonya MathewsAngry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is the proper use of a Freedom of Information request.thestar.co.ukThis is how many times council has repainted ‘L’ on Pool Square street signHighways teams have attended Pool Square many times to repair the road sign due to a missing ‘L’ 1830078
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The general population has got out of hand. Time to cut the brass. #hegseth #jokes 000
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Love that Pete Hegseth wants no beards in the Navy, where the elite unit is called the SEALS. Sir even the mascot has whiskers. 000
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of my favorite flavors of anti American sentiment is that Americans should not experience things for the first time. Translation: "The way they do things is so objectionable These people from a different continent have different exposure and knowledge. Ugh they are embarrassing." 100
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I would argue that "American style cookies" is a uniquely UK dish. It is definitely a different style of cookie. "American style cookies", for me, have one too many things on them and do not center the squish and crunch. #GBBO 000
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Snickerdoodle is a legendary cookie . But golden syrup is not on. #gbbo 010
Reposted by Sonya MathewsRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Great British Bakeoff 517015
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026American style cookies on the Great British Bake Off. I will be getting annoyed in two dialects today. #bakeoff 000
Reposted by Sonya MathewsDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency 22426021068
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Andy Burnham gave a speech without a lectern. British politics hasn't seen this kind of structural reform in years. www.dw.com/en/uk-pm-bur... #jokes #labourdw.comUK PM Burnham seeks 'hope again' at Labour Party conferenceAndy Burnham is seeking a delicate balance between optimism and realism at Labour's annual party conference. He promised hope and an end to "politics as usual" but also an "honest conversation" about ... 2141
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Manipulating grammatical agency to present someone as the villain, exhibit 7892: (Children don't show up voluntarily or if their own volition. They are forced or brought). 010
Reposted by Sonya Mathewsderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"why don't men wear more color." i only dress for the approval of dogs, who mostly see blue, white, gray, black, and brown in the way that we do, so i don't wear other colors. 1417666619
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My favorite conservative fantasy is that Britain is so superior that foreigners must be spies. The theory manages the rare feat of making Britain sound globally indispensable and Iran sound like a bunch of amateurs. 000
Reposted by Sonya MathewsUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026"Isidro" sent this photo of strawberries he picked in Watsonville, CA. "I am proud of the work I do to put this fruit on the tables across America. Every strawberry I pick demonstrates my hard work and dedication." #WeFeedYou 281217229
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reminder : propaganda is not something foreign countries have. 000
Reposted by Sonya MathewsOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23132691210
Reposted by Sonya MathewsSooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Can I have some legitimate concerns please? Hello, UK government, I have a legitimate concern that temperatures will rise to a level that destroys many already-struggling nations, leading us in to an era of food scarcity wars. And now we wait for Andy Burnham to act on my legitimate concerns😎 148484
Reposted by Sonya Mathewsderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is true. In 2016, I got into an argument with a gay man on a menswear forum. I've since made it my mission to make every man dress gay, thereby destroying his ability to tell who is actually gay and, ultimately, his chances of finding love. I built my social media following to achieve that goal 337153201281
Reposted by Sonya MathewsSacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If AI is actually good and useful then why do I need a pop-up in every goddamn app and program asking me if I want to use it every 5 seconds?!!! 41174
Reposted by Sonya MathewsGreen Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026OK fine, but the jobless would like the Tories to stop gambling with the economy. Tories should be restricted to essentials: food, heating and one Union Jack per household. And after six months they should be moved to onto Universal Discredit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #jokes #scotlandbbc.co.ukTories would prevent long-term jobless spending benefits on alcohol and cigarettesThe proposals would also see benefits cut for people who are able to work but have failed to hold down a job. 022
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Golly it feels like it is time for this joke again about our monu-mental president. 001
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Mission completed. A small boat has been stopped. 000
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Americans 🤝 Rangers fans. Same volume. Same belief that red, white and blue is a personality. #Scotland #Rangers #jokes 000
Reposted by Sonya MathewsGreen Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Living Medal of Honor recipients were there in the room. Imagine losing people in combat and then watching a billionaire ask if there’s a spare. #trump #news 011
Reposted by Sonya MathewsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/202625 years ago today, George W. Bush signed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force into law. Barbara Lee was the only member of Congress to vote against it, warning it would be a blank check for forever wars. History has proven her lonely and courageous vote right. 310146474673
Reposted by Sonya MathewsMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online. 484297697666
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Tonight at Bowler’s Rest in Leith! Come see free amazing comedy: Give It A Rest is a women run comedy night Happening once a month. #edinburgh #comedy 000
Reposted by Sonya MathewsKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable” 621292604954
Reposted by Sonya MathewsGreen Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Proclaimers biggest hit is literally about going a very long distance to become someone’s man. Also, aren't they late to this depressing party? Presumably they just got here... 011
Reposted by Sonya MathewsGreen Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We believe Donald Trump's new version of 9/11, because he claims that two firefighters lifted him up and carried him. And we know that if he had actually been there, Trump would have been the emergency. #trump #jokes 011
Reposted by Sonya MathewsGreen Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026September 17th is Green Room Comedy's next show! Get your tickets before they sell out. There will be 5 great acts and an amazing host. And with showtime at 7PM you will be home before 10PM. What is not to love? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-room... #edinburgh #standupcomedy 022
Reposted by Sonya MathewsGreen Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Patriot Platform sounds like where you change trains to get to Racism Central. #jokes #unitedkingdom 011
Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Apparently, if you say anything about Russia that isn’t sufficiently negative, you’re a “troll.” Imagine being so intellectually lazy that opposing xenophobia gets translated into supporting The Bad Guy. Nuance really is fancy French moisturizer- too complicated for some people to apply. 100
Reposted by Sonya MathewsSacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I love going on holiday to beautiful places and reading 'oh god we're all really fucked aren't we?!' literature. 61795
Reposted by Sonya MathewsGreen Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026On Wednesday September 17th come see some of Scotland's brightest comedians performing at Tailor Cafe and Wine Bar in #Edinburgh. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-room... #comedy 011