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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Very excited to be returning to the Brisbane Writers Festival next weekend (Sunday 11 October) to chat to Jess Rudd about my book If You're Listening: Declassified. Tickets are still available here: bwf.org.au/2026/brisban...

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My cousin just snapped this. Joey Johns is in a similar state to all Knights fans right now (considering the merits of a tactical stress spew)

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The myGov website security system when it’s…

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

So the best-attended match in the first week of the NRL Finals was Souths v Knights and that’s mainly because 12-15k Knights fans came down to Sydney to watch. Sounds about right. I was there. By full-time the Souths fans were gone and Novocastrians had the place to themselves.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

When someone asks me if their friend Saulo can come hunting but I can’t answer because Graham is blocking the way.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The children yearn for the mines

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We are truly in the golden age of terrible posts

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Yeah cos uranium ore is just as easy to process and just as in demand as oil

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Seems like Putin has gone bankrupt because this is the vibe over on Elon's site at the moment

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It's wild to me when people have the realisation that maybe the entire Western media wasn't lying to them and they're like "Russia is so good at information warfare!" Like, Laura, they're not. You just ~wanted~ to believe it because it was politically convenient for you at the time.

Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer
·
Jul 21
I did say these things about Ukraine and Zelensky and I am not deleting my posts because I’ve realized, I was wrong.

I was living in a media echo chamber and I was propagandized by Russian media on social media to believe those things.

So I came to Ukraine to see the country for myself. I am going to try to find evidence for the propaganda I’ve been fed, and if I don’t find it, I will let everyone know so they too can come to see the light.

On day one, I’ve already seen photos of dead priests in Bucha murdered by Russia and I saw the mass grave where the bodies of murdered Christians were placed after Russia sent forces from Chechnya to massacre innocent people.

I spoke with officials who rescue POWs and they showed me photos of Ukrainian POWs who had swastikas engraved into their forehead by Russians.

Who are the Nazis? 🤔 I was lied to for years.

I realized Ukraine and
@ZelenskyyUa
aren’t the jihadi apologists… but Russia and Putin are!

I was wrong! I have a responsibility to correct the record.

Russia is very good at information warfare.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Everyone: If the Houthis close the southern mouth of the Red Sea all of the oil travelling from the Middle East to Asia will have to go through the Straits of Gibraltar The Gibraltar Garrison:

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Got hit with both of these on a single scroll.

henry
@henry5839201746
X.com
how did humans even discover sex
8:56 am • 18/7/2026 • 1.1M Views

low yield lucy •
@picotop
X.com
guys who make $150,000 a year love saying they make "six figures"
9:06 am • 18/7/2026 • 330K Views

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The podcast I make in my basement somehow cracking the top 30 TV programs on a Monday

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

One piece of pointless technology has “proven” that another piece of pointless technology did not interfere with the play. Thanks FIFA.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

This in reply to a video of Aussies partying during the World Cup.

Cliff @cliffordmain69•1d
It also pisses me off that they larp as alcoholics. Their alcohol consumption laws make it practically impossible to get drunk

GMoney @Hobgobliinn
Isn't the beer there like 50-60% more expensive than the US? Couldn't imagine the "tradies" or whatever are able to afford very much.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is the kind of thing I’m talking about.

Michael Shurkin @MichaelShurkin
X.com
Is this a good time to point out that Canada is proof the American Revolution was unnecessary?
6:22am am. 4/7/2026 •
116K Views
678 Replies
127 RT
594 Likes
104 Bookmarks

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

It appears we have substituted a petrol crisis for a petrel crisis. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Not that anybody on earth cares but the White House is 225 years old.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
A Golden Gift to the White House for its 250th Birthday Year!
(Golden eagle emblem on White House balcony)

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I see that even white dudes with beards are a bit diverse for this particular gig

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Well, this is exciting. The audiobook version of If You're Listening: Declassified has been named by Spotify ANZ as one of their best of non-fiction audiobooks of the year so far. It's available on all audiobook platforms (including CD!) now. @harpercollins.bsky.social @bolindaoriginals.bsky.social

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

OK I just gotta know... where was @apnews.com's angle of Trump during the UFC filmed from? I think it might have been from outside the venue, over the bleachers. Was it from the Treasury Building? The Willard InterContinental? @seungminkim1.bsky.social @michellelprice.bsky.social

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I’m not saying data centres are good or bad but NSW currently uses 12% of its electricity in a single aluminium smelter

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I feel like we must be getting low on “nobody has ever put these words in this order” sentences by now

THE AUSTRALIAN
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Will Pauline Hanson be the Martin
Luther of our time?
Australia's woke elites have sparked a backlash, just as the Catholic Church's Curia did in 1517.

By CHRIS UHLMANN
COLUMNIST

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

In an effort to get the twins to stop coming out of their bedroom when they’re meant to be going to sleep, I’ve instituted a policy of them being allowed to ask three questions of me before I leave. Anyway, this is basically how it’s been going:

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

2022: Ugh the president’s political party just emailed me asking for a donation 2026: Ugh the President’s social media company just emailed me to tell me who he’s “TROLLED”.

Did you see who Trump just TROLLED on
Truth Social?
TRUTH.
Dear Friend,
We thought you might take interest in this recent Truth from President
Donald J. Trump:
Donald J. Trump • ©
@realDonaldTrump
TRUTH.
Congratulations to the Dumocrat Party! Al Green, one of the most mentally deficient Congressmen in the history of our Country, has lost, in a landslide, his seat in Congress - But I will miss that lunatic not screaming and violently waving his cane at me during my next State of the Union Speech. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! President DJT
View on Truth Social

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Watching movie trailers as the filmmakers intended: letterboxed on a CGI screen smashed into a football field. #origin

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Watching The Boys as an Australian is so funny because you’ve got Kiwis Karl Urban and Antony Starr giving the performances of their lives but about once every season their accent slips and for 2 seconds they flip from incredibly menacing to Beached Az.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Someone joined Twitter in June 2022. Posted 4 times, including this one. Then disappears forever. Y’all know I ain’t a conspiracy theorist but this is upsetting

soothsayer @iamasoothsayer
2023: Corona ended
2026: Hantavirus
3:30 pm . 11/6/2022

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Was copying and pasting some text from an Epstein email and accidentally clicked on his email address. Thank you Mac OSX for automatically opening the Mail app and popping old mate's details in the "To" box. I definitely want to send an email to Jeffrey Epstein.

Apple Mail compose email window with Jeffrey Epstein's email address in the "To:" box and Matthew Bevan in the "From:" box.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The big news on X the everything app is that you can get to Mars faster if you: A: Travel at impossible speeds and B: Crash very fast instead of landing

Polymarket
@Polymarket
3h
JUST IN: Scientist finds “shortcut” to Mars that could cut round-trip travel time in half.

*Walter Bloomberg
@DeItaone
6h
SCIENTIST DISCOVERS POTENTIAL FAST LANE TO MARS

A researcher studying asteroid trajectories has identified a possible shortcut that could dramatically shorten trips to Mars. Using orbital geometry from early asteroid data, the study suggests a theoretical round trip in as little as 153 days during a 2031 alignment—far below current multi-year mission timelines.

However, the concept remains unproven: the required speeds exceed today’s capabilities, and safe landing at those velocities is not yet feasible. Still, the findings could help guide future mission design and trajectory planning for next-generation spacecraft.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Polymarket is not just causing all the obvious problems, they’re also inciting racism online through intentionally vague posts. The statistic they’re referring to is that there are more people born in India in Australia than people born in England. That’s not how it’s being interpreted though.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Step aside "Future Generations Policy, Governance and Leadership" by Taylor Dee Hawkins et al, there's a hot new Comparative Politics book in town...

Amazon Hot New Releases in Comparative Politics: If You're Listening: Declassified (Paperback, Kindle and Audiobook) outranking a political science paper by a group of academics.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

🚨IT'S HERE!🚨 If You're Listening: Declassified is available now in paperback, eBook and Audiobook from stores across Australia and to order online. It's a perfect gift for anyone who likes the show, or just likes historical analysis and fun stories! www.harpercollins.com.au/978073334428...

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

If You’re Listening: Declassified is being released on Tuesday (28/4), and can be ordered now here: www.harpercollins.com.au/978146071922... I’m going to be travelling doing events and signing copies. Here’s the events coming up soon, would love to see you there: linktr.ee/Matt_Bevan_B...

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

As Richard Glover has said this morning, what he did was more like jazz. Doing things on the radio that nobody in their right mind would attempt, but somehow it worked. Those of us who admired him professionally imitate him whether we mean to or not, but nobody will ever do it like James.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Tributes to James Valentine today will describe him as a “talkback radio host,” but that’s like describing Aretha Franklin as a “singer”. Having watched him and worked with him for years, James was doing something that looked like talkback radio but was much more than that.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Pro tip for Novocastrians: Dodge high fuel prices by tapping this bad boy

Signs warning of an underground high pressure oil pipeline in Newcastle.

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Matt Bevan @mattbevan.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I love dunking on Naomi Wolf too, but right now it’s a 3/4 moon on earth, meaning the sun is almost entirely on the “near” side of the moon. So… I hate to say it but curiosity over the light source for these “far side” pics is warranted. (The answer is the pics are not of the far side)

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