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Matt Farr

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Philosopher of science @ Cambridge • Directionless time and other such oddities • 🏃🥁☕️⚽️ • mattfarr.co.uk

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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Shizo Kanakuri 'finished' the 1912 Olympic Marathon in 54 years 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds. Stopping at a house for juice, he fell asleep, never notifying officials out of embarrassment. Back in Stockholm in 1967 he was offered the chance to 'complete' the race, which he did.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Wolfson College, 11 May 2026
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Time to get some work done.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Things brightening up at Wolfson College 🪻💐
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Mission complete #LondonMarathon
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Trumpington St, Cambridge.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Well, that was fun.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I’ll be honest. I was hoping the Half Marathon would be a break from the day job.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Morning at Wolfson College.
Plant pot in foreground, main courtyard of Wolfson College, Cambridge, background. Slightly cold, cloudy morning.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
All action at Great St Mary’s today. #TodayInCambridge
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Fun day talking (and listening) about time at the @iop.org ⏳
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Off to talk about Time at this exciting event at the Institute of Physics tomorrow. @iop.org iop.eventsair.com/rems-feb2026/
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Today’s running route turned out to be easier for the swans. 🤿
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today’s fun…
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Some colour on St Mary’s Street.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
More happy with the positioning within the age category than the age category itself, but you can’t have everything. 🏃⌛️ #parkrun #relentlessunfathomablecruelunforgivingpassageoftime
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Chilly morning in Cambridge.
Cyclist passing by Peterhouse, Cambridge, towards the rising sun against the blue sky on a visibly frosty morning.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
🤘
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Fewer
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Birthday boy 🎁
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Christmassy in Cambridge.
Trinity St, leading to St John’s College, lit by sunlight at back centre.Christmas tree in Great Hall, Trinity College. Birthday boy, Isaac Newton, in Trinity College Chapel.Great Court, Trinity College.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The scaffolding is finally down, just in time for Christmas at Wolfson College.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
As Trump prepares to accept the FIFA Peace Prize (?!) and make the World Cup draw (?!?!), a reminder that he previously did the quarterfinal draw for the 1992 Rumbelows Cup.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Oh man…
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Time passes, but Radiohead are still Radiohead.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Merry Ozmas.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
And like clockwork, the Catz ginkgo is looking good.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The tweet that won't die.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Lies, damned lies, and statistics. #ParkRun
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Another not-at-all dated reference from today's lecture.
Venn diagram showing overlap of Run DMC and Humeans about laws of nature (why is the world the way it is? Don't ask me because I don't know why but it's like that and that's the way it is. And it was already like that before Jason Nevins added a further drum beat).
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Some Simpsons references within lectures are easier to justify than others.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Scenic walk to the office, courtesy of a puncture. 🍁🍂
Mathematical Bridge, Queens College Cambridge, with a backdrop of autumnal colours.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Mid-term vibes.
Botolph Lane, Cambridge. Looking damp, autumnal, colourful.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Autumnal.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Nailing the lecture slides this year.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Konstanz, January 2016.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Not a PB, but the fastest ParkRun palindrome I can currently muster
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
New arrival 👀📖
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Noted.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
I have questions.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Trinity looking nice for a return to work.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Rainbow Lorikeet in a Flame Tree, University of Queensland, 2014.
Brightly coloured Rainbow Lorikeet eating from buds of bright red branches of an Australian Flame Tree, with blue and white building in background.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
At Tate St Ives even the windows are artworks.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Carving Nature at its joints.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
"What perfect albums were released when you were 16?" 00/01
Radiohead - Kid A (2000)The Strokes - Is This It (2001)Muse - Origin of Symmetry (2001)PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Peak summer at Trinity.
Main quad of Trinity College, Cambridge, in the sun, blue sky with clouds.Back of Trinity College, Cambridge, in the sun, foregrounded by sun-dried grass lawn.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Quite the contest at last weekend's ParkRun.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A weekend project with the little one. All this photo of our hedge required was a shoe box, pinhole, tracing paper, sellotape, and an iPhone 11.
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Without fail, marking week is precisely when peak summer hits.
Bart Simpson, looking forlornly and vengefully at his friends enjoying the summer while he remains confined to his room. Not because he is marking, but I’m simply doing the natural thing that early-middle-age academics do and expressing emotions in terms of 90s Simpsons references.
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