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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 1h

I don't think I've ever read East of Eden. Not sure I've ever seen the movie: I think had it confused with Giant. But I'm enjoying the Netflix series so far.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Reading Dracula for the first time in about 40 years and I'm struck by Harker’s comment about taking kodaks of Carfax. That would have been very modern: Kodak portable cameras had been out less than a decade when this was written.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yeah. It's me. I'm dead, but I can't prove it. Hang on... maybe there is a valid use case. I've been declared dead, but I'm not, so I need to produce the erroneous death certificate as evidence of the mistake. I mean... it could happen, right? And you've gotta design around the edge cases.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My first tech job was writing SQL for Oracle databases. 36 years later, I find myself working as a senior copywriter at Oracle. Strange world.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some days, interviewing people for work is a chore. Ask questions, get answers, turn them into something readable. Other days, it's an absolute pleasure. Today was one of those days. We could have chatted for hours about all sorts of things, except we both had other things to do.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Really enjoying The Boroughs. Of course, despite being the #2 show when it was released in May and getting 35m views in ten days, Netflix cancelled it two weeks later because of disappointing ratings and declining viewing figures.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Phil's right. It's a corker. I'm developing an appreciation for music I didn't much care for in the 80s & 90s, partly because my tastes have changed, partly because with lossless streaming & decent phones it sounds way better than it did on scratched vinyl & a cheap stereo. (Or, pre-1982, mono.)

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I keep getting impatient for someone to put an offer on the house... then I remember it's only been on the market for a week.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Your characters shouldn't be able to walk away from getting the crap beaten out of them. Even apparently minor injuries can have serious long-term effects. mattkelland.substack.com/p/the-unreal...

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The Unrealistic Resilience of the Action Hero

If injuries don’t have consequences, what’s the point?

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Shirley Martin @shirley-martin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

About pages give off big "tell the class a little about yourself" vibes. 0/10, would not recommend.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I will never be able to read all the books I would like to read. If I'm lucky, I'll manage somewhere between 3000-5000, but I'm not counting on it.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“… the heaviest AI users are often the most exhausted, because automation removes the routine work but leaves the judgment calls, the decisions, the difficult conversations.” wrk3.substack.com/p/managing-a...

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Managing AI Employees

Six stages every "AI employee" needs, and the one question no analytics platform can answer

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This year's flu & COVID jabs haven't left me feeling wiped out, but man, do they hurt the next day!

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That's utterly glorious. I shall not be playing it, but I am full of admiration for both The Onion and @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social for making it happen so ridiculously fast. (And Olivia Rodrigo, whose rendition of Fuck You at Glasto had my 80 year old mom singing along.)

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Technology changes not only the way we tell stories, but the type of stories we tell and the role stories play in our lives. Kevin Ashton, who coined the concept of The Internet of Things, tackles the concept of storytelling from an unusual perspective. mattkelland.substack.com/p/the-story-...

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The Story of Stories

How technology frames the stories we tell and how we understand them

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I'm totally fucking tired all the damn time. How about you?

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I made it all the way through the movie of Hamnet. That's more than I can say for the book. I think I managed maybe 50 pages. Supergirl was much more enjoyable - and that's coming from a guy who doesn't generally like superhero movies.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I always assumed this book was a Photoshop joke, like those fake Tintin covers and all the librarian books. But no, it's real, and it's making me laugh.

Cover of the book Lessons From Cats for Surviving Fascism

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Anyone want to buy a house in Maine? Quiet, peaceful, surrounded by woods with a stunning view in fall, and spacious. 20 minutes from Augusta, easy drive to the coast, lakes, or mountains. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Apparently, humanity is doomed if you don't let pre-teens use social media. And there was me thinking it was climate change or nuclear weapons or the AI apocalypse that would get us. Silly me. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

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Epic boss Tim Sweeney says the EU's social media ban for under-13s 'would be terrible for the next generation of humanity'

The EU KIDS Act would impose strict new regulations on social media, video sharing, gaming, and other online services.

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James Wallis @jameswallis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Excellent article about the overlap between RPGs and heavy metal music/bands. A thoroughly entertaining read. brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/what-makes-a...

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What makes an RPG heavy metal?

Lots of RPGs describes themselves as heavy metal. Today I will dare the task known to be impossible, but which every metalhead is drawn inexorably to do: I w...

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Relaxing in Maine🇺🇸🇨🇦🇵🇪 @retiredinmaine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Diesel is 1 cent a gallon in Iran 🇮🇷. Look it up.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It really is getting to the point where we need to turn the Internet off and back on again. Actually… what if we didn’t turn it back on again…?

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’ve always liked the idea of writing stories about the minor characters in books and movies. mattkelland.substack.com/p/bonus-a90?...

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Bonus

A free short story

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Green is a mission @greenisamission.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

1,277,500 sunrises, 1,277,500 sunsets experienced. The oldest olive tree in the world is on the island of Crete, about 3500 years old. 💚☘️🌿🌱🌲🌳🍀💚

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

every word of this went in directions I never would've guessed in a thousand years

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It's Labor Day, so I'm laboring today. I'm pretty sure that's not how holidays are supposed to work.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

An interesting perspective from one of my favorite down to earth tech experts. Well worth reading.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

You gotta admit, that's funny. And by funny, I mean absolutely fucking hilarious.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

10 years ago, DeepMind's AlphaGo defeated grandmaster Lee Sedol. Since then, AI has gotten a hell of a lot better. Shin Jin-seo must be doing something pretty astonishing to defeat KataGo. www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

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Go grandmaster becomes first human to win series against advanced AI engine in 3-hour match

We've still got some fight left in us.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A couple of weeks ago @jameswallis.bsky.social posted about the government's official list of Great British Films for immigrants to understand our culture. Mine's somewhat different. (And sorry, James, no Bond.) mattkelland.substack.com/p/great-brit...

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Great British films

The films that sum up who we are aren’t the ones the Government thinks they are.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Impressed with Charlie's Subaru in Augusta. A bit on my Forester broke. Estimated repair cost was well over $1000. Subaru had issued an extended warranty as it's a known defect, but it expired about a year ago. However, the dealership decided to honor the warranty anyway and fixed it at zero cost.

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If you're planning to vote by mail, assume that USPS will refuse to deliver your ballot. Even if you've done everything perfectly, if there's an issue with just one of your neighbors, your ballot will be thrown out along with theirs and you will not be notified.

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Phil South @philsouth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Up to episode 20 with my music radio experiment. Weekly on Friday an hour of all my favourite records and a bit of chat about me, and trivia about music and life. Join the literally *tens* of people who choose The Black Room for their weekly radio entertainment mixcloud.com/philsouth

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Phil South

Phil South is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Like everyone else, I was taught HOMES, but now it's Superior Huron America Michigan Erie SHAME

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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Solutions to all the world's problems #cartoon

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Matt Kelland @mattkelland.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I always thought Gibraltar was the very southern tip of Spain, close to Morocco. But nope, that's Faro Isla de las Palomas.

Map of Southern Spain, showing Faro Isla de las Palomas and Gibraltar.

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