Reposted by Matthew ColeDocAtCDI @docatcdi.com · 12/10/2026I saw my first porn film last week. I couldn't believe how young I looked. #DocAfterDark 28310 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeFubar 🇨🇦 @captainfubar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Yes all of the comments are the second part of the phrase 21244 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeTreblig 🇺🇦 @camtreblig.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I suspect a lot of the outrage at the footage comes from the fact that most people, including the political and media class, have no idea how roughly police treat suspects, including the innocent and those not resisting arrest 416519 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 03/06/2026The target market for online radicalisation is people who are bad at getting out and doing stuff, hanging out with people, being affable, so it's hard to make it work into the real world. 29213 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Every crime in which an ethnic or cultural minority is the perpetrator used to justify repression or worse of minorities. Every crime in which a minority is the victim used to argue for the idea that ethnic diversity is inherently unstable and should be reduced or eradicated. 342522783 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeKeith @mosheroperandi.bsky.social · 30/05/2026He is the one the prophecies spoke of 48017 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Interesting that the idea of another EU referendum is regularly discussed on broascast media as something that would cause division and thus a bad idea. But plans to deport literally millions of people are discussed as administrative questions. 372356660 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Labour's processes for changing leader are hopelessly, catastrophically unsuited to government. More than half of all prime ministers since 1945 have taken over between general elections. This is not an unusual procedure. So it really matters when parties screw this system up... 🧵 13339126 0
Reposted by Matthew Colejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/01/2026kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life 92147713029 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026The ability to buy anything on account of having too much money wrecks a person's brain just like a zero-gravity environment destroys muscle mass and bone density. Human bodies are designed for resistance and they liquefy rapidly without it. 833229764 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeLewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 14/03/2026It still shocks me every day that the boundary between this sort of slurry and the ‘mainstream’ right in this county has completely collapsed. And that there has been so little pushback. I fear for the future. 1132562 0
Matthew Cole @mryashin.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Possible confounder here is Starmer's reverse midas touch. Can he negatively polarise the country into supporting a disastrous intervention in the Middle East? I'm sure he'll give it a good go. 000 0
Matthew Cole @mryashin.bsky.social · 07/03/2026"We either shape events or they shape us," is the psychology underpinning the British right's conniptions this week. For a certain personality type, bold action (however daft and reckless) is the antidote to fear and uncertainty. 030 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeMaia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 01/03/2026root causes of the world wars world war 1: clash between imperialism and rising nationalist sentiment world war 2: resentment from ww1 treaties, rising fascism world war 3: feminist youtuber made a video saying lara croft should have smaller boobs 842383 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I depressingly think this might become the new normal in 'multipolarity'. minimal boots on the ground, no even pretense at nation building, just an occasional 'fuck you' bombing campaign that kills top leadership and has the explicit intent of destabilization. 23905111 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026there are a lot of people working in the government right now who want to intentionally trigger an apocalypse to create the conditions for the return of jesus christ and I know how crazy that sounds but its absolutely true 314100212540 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I think states will regret weakening the taboo on heads of states not being targets during war 192314305 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 28/02/2026It should be much more at the forefront of our minds, the extent to which the most politically activated and politically empowered segment of the authoritarian American cult calling itself "Christian" see the apocalypse as something to hasten, not prevent. 201741455 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Joe Dante and Hideo Kojima are close seconds but no director was more right about the future of war than Barry Levinson with the 1992 box office flop Toys. 613037868 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Very clear that for Starmer, 'sectarian voting' is when British Muslims don't vote Labour, and for many others, it is just when British Muslims vote. 21984274 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/02/2026Labour’s *majority* in Gorton and Denton in 2024 – just 19 months ago – was 13,000+. Tonight it got fewer than 10,000 votes total, on an almost identical turnout. In its heartland. That’s what a collapse of your core vote looks like. 11443114 0
Reposted by Matthew Colederek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23/02/2026is life just a series of days where you're tired in the afternoon and wide awake at night, running behind on weekly deadlines, and seeing pants get slim and big and then slim again over the years until you die? 607127241081 0
Matthew Cole @mryashin.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Starmer is shit and Gaza is a horrendous atrocity. But he's also a long way down the list of people responsible for what's going on there. I find it one of the stranger things to lay at his door. 410 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeTony Tulathimutte @tonytula.com · 06/02/2026who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice 3050911025 0
Reposted by Matthew ColePhilip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 19/01/2026"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace" 463805842 0
Reposted by Matthew Colealexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good 130146123410 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes. 15375927020087 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology. And that's without a mass terror event four days ago 186676135 0
Reposted by Matthew Colelauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 15/12/2025i think we should all commit ourselves to, at minimum, a national 3 day party When It Happens. one bottle of champagne in the back of your closet is no longer adequate. be prepared 1775386778 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 26/11/2025An underappreciated aspect is that many people *want* to go through life with clearly-defined roles for everything. Much less anxiety-inducing than making choices and running the risk of ridicule. Liberal individualism is one of the best things to ever happen, but some people feel it as a burden. 810011 0
Matthew Cole @mryashin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025I wonder whether they can really separate BBC News from BBC everything else? As an institution, the BBC has a liberal bias (or at least a bias for pluralism and tolerance). I wouldn't say BBC News does. 041 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeCRICKETher @crickether.com · 22/10/2025Kent CCC are organising a fundraiser to support former England and Kent batter Susie Wilson-Rowe, who is battling a rare form of lung cancer. We've chipped in - if you can, please do too.gofundme.comDonate to Support Susie's Battle with Cancer, organized by Kent CricketFormer Kent Women’s and International cricketer Susie Wilson-Rowe has sadly been diagn… Kent Cricket needs your support for Support Susie's Battle with Cancer 165 0
Reposted by Matthew Cole"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Yes, part of the implication of No Kings, especially repeating it, is to communicate both to wavering elites and to MAGA that the will and numbers exist to color revolution the administration if elections are subverted or cancelled. 151419233 0
Reposted by Matthew Colejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/10/2025a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society 273139643256 0
Reposted by Matthew Colecortana.SQL @cortanav.bsky.social · 11/10/2025When will my husband return from the Mariner’s game 604850559 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/10/2025All these people really want is to pay no taxes and be treated with floor scraping deference. Everything else is just bullshit in pursuit of that goal. 301193314 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 05/10/2025It's fascinating how there are still replies on this, and indeed on every post about the decline of the Tories, with people on the left and centre-left people going 'good'. Honestly, I don't know how big of a warning sign you need that the death of the Tory party is bad for your politics! 4948562 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeKOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death. 8223812216935 0
Reposted by Matthew ColePatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025One of the things I always find telling is the idea that we have to judge past people by the standards of their time, as if the fact that they did bad things means that everyone thought it was okay. They didn't. Pretty much every obviously evil act had people saying that it was, in fact, bad. 251006178 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Still, at least it is a distraction from spending Yom Kippur contemplating “which of the ideologies that want us dead is behind this attack, and how will it strengthen the other ideologies that also want us dead?” 131279 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 30/09/2025On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/nbenansell.substack.comBritish Politics' Midlife CrisisWhy British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters 211184471 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 22/09/2025This is absolutely a huge part of it. "Hmm well I personally may not be a fan of mass deportations however I must be scrupulously fair to those who advocate them, and anyway most people are per my twitter feed, so I'm showing my great independence by writing favourably about them" 16611 0
Reposted by Matthew Colerev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 22/09/2025i think one thing people have a hard time grasping is that the central figures of the trump administration are not bad as in "the worst republican blowhard you know," but bad as in "the worst people you have ever heard of." donald trump is a serial rapist whose best friend was a pedophile. 394182775 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Reform are now coming after people with permanent residency. It'll be citizens next. No one is safe from authoritarian governments. 991385547 0
Reposted by Matthew ColeMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944: 8373565512599 0
