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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 14h

If we get rid of all (or even some) of those steel boxes, we’ll have room to create docks for affordable, publicly-owned cycle hire schemes that benefit all, rather than stuffing the pockets of American corporations.

matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 14h

I wish the council would go for an expansion of the TfL docked cycle hire scheme, rather than litter the streets with dockless bikes that enrich tech bros and US venture capitalists and cost a fortune to actually ride.

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 16h

Manchester City lodging their appeal

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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social · 18h

MapQuest has the opportunity to do the funniest thing

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 17h

They didn’t give him time to finish it ☹️

Crudely drawn cock added to Greg brockman’s signature

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh, I don’t know the full context here, but this is a fantastic and satisfying watch.

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NEW: Liberty Investigates and The Guardian discover British Transport Police’s initial six-month trial of live facial recognition tech in London’s railway stations: - cost more than £320,000 - took nearly 100 hours of police time - resulted in no arrests www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Trial of live facial recognition in London stations ends with a false positive and no arrests

Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert

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I’m a husk of a man

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I know this reveals me to be a very bitter and broken person, but I really can’t get past all the gooner stuff.

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 28/09/2026

The Shopify CEO reaping what he sows

News story from last year where the shopify ceo demanded that staff prove that AI can’t do their jobs, and a news story from this week where the same CEO says that AI is generating more work for everyone

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Just realised what that Taylor Swift song reminds me of: m.youtube.com/watch?v=QrGr...

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Too Many Cooks | Adult Swim

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 28/09/2026

The Moore ones are obviously great. My all time favourite though is Poots vibrating flic.kr/p/2EQ8U

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Smirny and Ian look resigned as Pootle does his thing

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 27/09/2026

Imagine being scared of Fabians, of all people. It’s like campaigning to get labradors added to the dangerous dogs list.

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 27/09/2026

I was very glad when it ticked to the 6th minute because I was worried that I might manifest it

I think the stuff at the boxparks has been extremely performative with people waiting for a goal just so they can throw a beer. I guess people going to premier league games will likely be older and may less likely to want to waste precious neck oil ;)

Obviously a different atmosphere, but beer in view of the pitch has made little difference to women’s games. My concern with having it at men’s games is (i) getting boxpark-style beer showers when goals are scored (not really a risk at Spurs 😭) and (ii) people coming and going to get more beer

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That judge is a spoilsport.

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It hasn’t been spoken about much yet because it still doesn’t feel that close to being a political option, but think adopting the Euro is the assumption, at least if we were able to regain full membership. But the EU is also moving to the idea of tiered membership, which may mean we’d keep sterling.

matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 23/09/2026

The Central line runs beside the playground of my old primary school, so we’d get visits from London Transport for safety advice in our assemblies. Sometimes they’d lay detonators on the track so we’d get to hear the bangs when trains went by. I often wondered what the passengers thought

matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 18/09/2026

I’d completely missed that low cost memotech. Was anything ever seen of it?

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Angus Dunican @angusdunican.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What a truly excellent series of acting choices this fifty seconds of television presents…

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 18/09/2026

This should not be a controversial opinion.

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 16/09/2026

The Landmark Trust used to rent out the apartment on the top floor of The Hill House as a holiday let, and I was lucky enough to stay there when I was a kid. It felt like such a wonderful privilege.

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 16/09/2026

Did the Burgundians from Pimlico teach us nothing?

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 16/09/2026

Me watching Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 14/09/2026

My “I do not live in a mould palace” statement has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my statement.

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matsimpsk @matsimpson.com · 14/09/2026

I joined a year or so after b3ta started. People with that kind of vintage may enjoy these photos from various meet-ups: www.flickr.com/photos/matsi...

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Drunken geeks, nerds and misfits

Things I was frightened of as a child: 1. disasters 2. fires 3. floods 4. killer bees 5. Los Angeles falling in the sea 6. Garbage Pail Kids 7. Transformers because there's more than meets the eye

I'm biased because it's my patch, but Walthamstow is easy to get to from wherever.

It's far from luxurious, but I know people who find the Premier Inn in Tottenham Hale easy and low fuss. Alternatively, there's a Travelodge by Walthamstow Central tube, which would mean going against the flow after the game (although you may need to queue to get in 7 Sisters or Tott Hale)

Hah! I was about to post this very same thing 🤝