Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 3hThere is no Magic Public Services Tree: you water it with taxes 000
Reposted by Matt AyreAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 7hThey're polling eight points lower than their general election result, which was itself the worst in their entire history, their leader couldn't explain the big defense policy they opened conference with, none of their big new tax cuts are funded, and yet it's still covered as a triumph 427448
Reposted by Matt AyreStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I get the appeal of nostalgia, I really do, but I find it specifically funny to get a leaflet from Reform's candidate talking about how when he was in the Met 31 years ago, he would never have dreamed of lawlessness like the kind we now see in Kings Cross. 4629334
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This was the first London game I went to. Somewhere we lost our way. www.espn.co.uk/nfl/game/_/g...espn.co.ukSaints 37-32 Chargers (26 Oct, 2008) Final Score - ESPN (UK)Game summary of the New Orleans Saints vs. San Diego Chargers NFL game, final score 37-32, from 26 October 2008 on ESPN (UK). 000
Reposted by Matt AyreGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"will you choose to share or...." #CPC26 1181
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Based on the guy later on who’s standing next to Starmer, waving at Mandy, is it supposed to be Morgan McSweeney? 000
Reposted by Matt AyreGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"where's the Tory party, where've they gone..........THERE THEY ARE" 316720
Reposted by Matt AyreGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026my timeline ladies and gentlemen 8634
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I think John could have lent into some of the later stuff, like Sweet Jane, Rock n Roll etc. Maybe Paul could give I’ll Be Your Mirror a go? 110
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I’m intrigued by what the hypothetical VU-inspired Beatles would have sounded like, though. I can imagine a Ringo-sung cover of After Hours 111
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hopefully one of the main campaigners won’t be on the record championing the new system as a “miserable little compromise”, a la Clegg! It definitely helps if the people making the argument actually believe in it 000
Reposted by Matt AyreTy Schalter @tyschalter.com · 01/10/2026i propose a corollary to “if you don’t like abortions, don’t have one” called “if you like the death penalty, volunteer to receive it” 1152
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the one that kept crashing so was grounded worldwide, and Boeing pleaded guilty to causing fatalities? 000
Reposted by Matt AyreFinn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026are LLMs just an attempt to recreate Americans from first principles 110120
Reposted by Matt AyreFinn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026hold up - will confidently interject on any subject, often with significant errors - can't actually read, instead relies on an elaborate method of parsing context through structure & likely words - looks financially impressive, actually built on huge amounts of unsustainable debt 28022
Reposted by Matt AyreArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social 178124782673
Reposted by Matt AyreJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones. 641238371
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My wife’s family is from this area. Her mum’s done their family tree and they’ve been in this cycle for generations. One leaves the east end for more space in essex/herts, the next moves back in, their kids move out again, their kids repeat. It’s a story old as time! 000
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Your “ooooh” could be either intrigue or disgust 😂 I never knew Liddle had a Guisborough connection! 101
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yarm. I was in the same tutor group as Sir Simon, and a year below Baron Wharton. 110
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It’s literally my old school bus route (Hurworth to Yarm) 110
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Yeah I think most of the western end of SW would have spent the previous couple of decades casting envious eyes across the Tees at Hague and Sunak. 110
Reposted by Matt AyreSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 161191483869
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Heartbreaking www.maptap.gg September 21 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 100🎯 84😁 Final score: 952maptap.gg🎯MapTap Daily Geography GamePlay MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers. 000
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I watched it on a solo flight with zero fore-knowledge or expectations, and *did not* expect to be weeping like I was 000
Reposted by Matt AyreMike Tanier @miketanier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Eagles fans, Packers fans, Ravens fans, remember... At least you aren't Falcons fans. 101138
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Egbuka nearly went two consecutive halves without a catch. Seems bad. 001
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Hmm… Punta Arenas… so, sand? Desert? The Atacama is north Chile, so… God damn #maptap www.maptap.gg September 20 98🔥 94🏅 95🏅 97🔥 61😟 Final score: 856maptap.gg🎯MapTap Daily Geography GamePlay MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers. 000
Reposted by Matt AyreTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026There is literally no pressure group small or mad enough that the government won't indulge them if they oppose immigration. 25879197
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Does the child have to go through an initiation ritual before he’s allowed to be double-breasted? 100
Matt Ayre @matt85.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It literally says it’s so that Burnham can partake in this, as Prime Minister 010
Reposted by Matt AyreAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS. 566280928612
Reposted by Matt Ayrethediggler.bsky.social @thediggler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Okay Kushner, let's apply that same logic to Iran. They want a nuke, control of both straits, and to maintain their close ties to Hezbollah and Hamas. That is Iran's line of what they want to achieve. If the US and Israel, you know, wanted to withdraw to that line... 944529
Reposted by Matt AyreOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/09/2026Kushner on Ukraine: “President Putin's laid out his line of what he wants to achieve. If Ukraine, you know, wanted to withdraw to that line, then obviously, you know, we have the rest of the deal set up and put together. Ukraine right now does not want to do that.” Putin’s brain cell 6611200326
