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Sonya Mathews

@mathewssonya.bsky.social
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Wordsmith, comic, poker of technology. Often amusing; needs to write more. Transatlantic New Scot. They/them. My website: sonyamathews.com

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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 6h
In 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.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 16h
In 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.
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I “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
an orange cat is being snuggled on a halloween blankie with one paw extended toward the camera. you can tell by his facial expression that he has recently been a little shit causing trouble
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 16h
Oh no. A billionaire did something bad. I am shocked. www.forbes.com/sites/maryro... #elonmusk
forbes.com
Shivon Zilis Says She’s Been ‘Let Go’ From Relationship With Elon Musk
The pair have been having children together since 2021.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 16h
My husband gave me a scone with no butter on it. Is this grounds for divorce?
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When 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.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hey white people : we don't have to personally see the evidence for crimes to be true.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I 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
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That's how you can get healthcare in America.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The 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
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
there 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
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026
Here's a list of 64 previous botched executions in the United States. Christa Pike will make 65.
deathpenaltyinfo.org
Botched Executions | Death Penalty Information Center
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to serve the media, policymakers, and the general public…
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’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.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This 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.
Google search result for "kamloops unmarked graves discovery" has, as its first non-sponsored post, a publication from the Fraser Institute.

It reads: "No evidence of 'mass graves' or 'genocide' in residential ..."

"Feb 12, 2024 — ... Kamloops narrative are either false or highly exaggerated. No unmarked graves have been discovered at Kamloops or elsewhere-not one. As of ... Read more"Another screenshot shows the only result before the Fraser Institute result is a sponsored post from Angus Reid, affirming that the Fraser Institute result is the first non-sponsored one.Screenshot shows the intial response Google provides to the search "kamloops unmarked graves discovery"

All you can see on this first screenshot is the AI overview (barf) and the sponsored result from Angus Reid. However, as the other screenshots show, that Angus Reid result is followed by the first non-sponsored result: residential school denial from the Fraser Institute.
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Tonya Song 🪶 @tonyasong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I 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.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the proper use of a Freedom of Information request.
thestar.co.uk
This is how many times council has repainted ‘L’ on Pool Square street sign
Highways teams have attended Pool Square many times to repair the road sign due to a missing ‘L’
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The general population has got out of hand. Time to cut the brass. #hegseth #jokes
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Love that Pete Hegseth wants no beards in the Navy, where the elite unit is called the SEALS. Sir even the mascot has whiskers.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One 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."
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I 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
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Snickerdoodle is a legendary cookie . But golden syrup is not on. #gbbo
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Great British Bakeoff
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
American style cookies on the Great British Bake Off. I will be getting annoyed in two dialects today. #bakeoff
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell 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
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy 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 #labour
dw.com
UK PM Burnham seeks 'hope again' at Labour Party conference
Andy 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 ...
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Manipulating 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).
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derek 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.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My 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.
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United 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
A farm worker hand holding freshly harvested strawberries in front of a field
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reminder : propaganda is not something foreign countries have.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. 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.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Can 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😎
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This 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
Someone on Twitter writes to me: "People should follow your advise if they want to look gay."
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Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If 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?!!!
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Green Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OK 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 #scotland
bbc.co.uk
Tories would prevent long-term jobless spending benefits on alcohol and cigarettes
The proposals would also see benefits cut for people who are able to work but have failed to hold down a job.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Golly it feels like it is time for this joke again about our monu-mental president.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mission completed. A small boat has been stopped.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Americans 🤝 Rangers fans. Same volume. Same belief that red, white and blue is a personality. #Scotland #Rangers #jokes
A joke about Americans and rangers fans with photos of the comedian Sonya mathews
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Green Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Living 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
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
25 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.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tonight 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
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thinking 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”
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Green Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The 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...
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Green Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We 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
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Green Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
September 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
Green Room Comedy show poster for Thursday September 17th.
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Green Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Patriot Platform sounds like where you change trains to get to Racism Central. #jokes #unitedkingdom
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently, 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.
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Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I love going on holiday to beautiful places and reading 'oh god we're all really fucked aren't we?!' literature.
Me. In Greece, outside, in a chair on a balcony with blue sky and mountains in the background. I'm reading 'Earth 7' by Deb Olin Unferth.
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Green Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
On 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
Green Room Comedy advertisement for show on September 17 at 7 PM at The Tailor Cafe and WIne Bar in Edinburgh. Tickets are 6 pounds.
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