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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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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hey @nbcsnl-mirror.bsky.social ! More Hosts like Brendan Gleason, please. Give the people whimsy and humor please. Be a force for good in the world. m.youtube.com/watch?v=e22S...
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Brendan Gleeson Monologue - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fact.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tennessee has launched an investigation into why 50 year old Christa Pike survived execution. Thats’s state-funded medical research into middle aged women’s bodies! But not to find out why they are suffering. To find out why they are still fucking alive. #christapike #jokes
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Green Room Comedy @greenroomcomedy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
On Thursday October 22nd at 7PM we will be hosting a show at the Tailor Cafe in Edinburgh. Come see Prue Blake, Struan Logan, Edd Rose and Cognac live! The winner of the 2026 Scottish Spirit Award, Ruaridh Miller is headlining. #edinburgh #comedy www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-room...
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Green Room Comedy
See some of Edinburgh’s top comics with a headline set from the 2026 Scottish Spirit Award for Independent Comedy Rhuaridh Miller!
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For anyone interested in mental health and an amazing show, please check out this comedy set from the amazing Struan Logan youtu.be/grsTwPLy_Qs?... #comedy #bipolar #mentalhealth
youtu.be
Coming out as Bi - Glasgow
YouTube video by Stroobius Pip
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What do you even get someone for the third apocalypse? Matching tombstones?.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Look forward to people describing the USA as a terrorist state with the furor they describe Russia as one.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's two thousand and those weird elections that made the switch.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Accurate as fuck.
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One of my favorite things is to show my Soviet born husband conservative tweets. It is fun because he paid attention in evil socialist school where they taught math. And critical thinking.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He is a visionary, Pobrecita Chancleta. An innovator in the Bed and Breakfast industry. First it was farm-to-table, but Chancleta dared to be bold enough for kitchen-to-pillow.
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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
in his old age, Sandal has become a terror at night. he wakes us up by meowing until we bring him food. he insists we put the bowl on the bed. i find this frustrating, but that's not really fair. if i could have someone deliver me food in bed whenever i wanted, i'd basically never do anything else.
Sandal, a large orange-and-white cat, sits on a rug staring intently at the camera. Behind him, Freya, a fluffy gray cat, lurks partially hidden in a basket by the window.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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 · 02/10/2026
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 · 02/10/2026
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 · 02/10/2026
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
I mean he is correct about the 11th century. We are poor, landless, growing herbs and baking bread under crushing economic uncertainty. We had the plague. We are one goat away from feudalism and we don't even have a field to put it in. But the rest? White supremacist 🐂💩.
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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 💀 (scary now) @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
Ugh the British are out here talking about Americans like they are savages because they improperly consume a UK show that is intentionally broadcast internationally. Can't they just go back to their flavorless food and their Brexit . (See how ridiculous this take sounds?)
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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 do not understand how that call was made. Surely the level of not finishing removed him from contention?
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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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Sonya Mathews @mathewssonya.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love how people are like omg this is so different.
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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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