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Matthew Frye

@purble.bsky.social
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…move along, nothing to see here *whistles nonchalantly* Various things. Very much personal account, I haven't figured out how to do professional social media accounts yet

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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Damn angular momentum! *shakes fist violently at the universe*
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Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ngl "2 doggers, a lad out on the rob for diesel, a fly tipper and an actual terrorist get swept up into an international incident" would be a really funny premise for a slice of life British comedy
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~daniel_barker~ @daniel-barker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is the true calling of the millennial. To ride that razor thin line across the decades, staying jussst online enough to get all the jokes but not so online that you crack, shatter and spill out towards the darkening horizon.
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You're awake! Gosh, how wonderful! You hit your head in early 2016 and have been asleep ever since. I'm so glad you're back. Come downstairs. The sun is shining. I made pancakes. Did you have any dreams?
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
literally thousands of jobs in higher education were cut *last year alone* and there's been almost no media coverage and no government action
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sleeping in an old and kinda spooky castle tonight. So if you never hear from me again I died in a low budget horror movie.
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Genuinely cannot believe this tone from a VC who has just announced that hundreds of jobs are going to be lost
Professor Mathieson said: "We are extremely disappointed that, despite ongoing discussions, the University and College Union has given notification of five weeks' strike action, which will unfairly and deliberately target students' first semester of the academic year.
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Danny Fearns @dannyfearns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I don't follow Formula One, but good on them for using subtitles for the hard of hearing… 
F1 track with numerous Zoom signs on the advertising billboards
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"We're scholarly, but that's cool"
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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I hope this Ishmael finds you whale
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 09/09/2026
There's a constant insinuation that Ed Miliband is not a 'real Jew', and it seems very bad
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/02/2026
GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If "legitimate concerns" were considered to excuse illegitimate methods, then nobody from Just Stop Oil or Palestine Action would have been arrested. So we know it doesn't. In fact that phrase is only ever used in one context. Only in that context is uniformed mob intimidation "peaceful protest"
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
When you've been stuck eating citrons and pomelos.
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#ThoughtForTheDay
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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.
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log̷o, respawned dad @loxophile.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Online leftists don't have jobs" excuse you? I'm literally posting instead of doing mine right now
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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 21/08/2026
adding missing alt text: A 3.5" floppy drive, with a printed label that reads "Works, but makes Sad Noises" (this is my photo, but it's been bouncing 'round the internet for years now)
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Mood.
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Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
There are two wolves. One always lies. One controls the lever of trolley track. They're in a state of superposition inside a box. On the trolley are infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters going to an infinite hotel. The trolley must first travel halfway, but before that a quarterway, and so on...
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I hope they're all delighted with their past few weeks work.
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#ThoughtForTheDay
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
ok but pulitzer for whoever got this shot, it’s so good
dog in blue vest with sunglasses in waves with surfboard
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#democracy
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A little Roman octopus to wish you a happy week! 🐙❤️ From a Roman villa mosaic at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, AD 100-200. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology
My photo shows a mosaic fragment from the floor of a Roman villa in Spain, dated AD 100-200s. It depicts a stylised octopus using red, yellow, white, and black limestone tesserae, against an off-white background. The front-facing octopus appears almost cartoon-like, with a large red and white head and body outlined in black. Its yellow circular eyes are outlined in black with a central black dot which stare out at the viewer. Below the head and body are eight writhing arms.

This octopus and other fragmentary animal mosaics were discovered in the 19th century at the Hermitage of Santa Colomba, Villaquejida, León, which had been built on the site of a Roman villa.
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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Two frames from the This Is Fine cartoon - one shows a dog in a hat sitting among flames with a mug of tea, in the second the dog would normally have said "this is fine" but I've crudely pasted the headline from The Telegraph: ALLISTER HEATH
Britain can't stop
climate change. Scrap
net zero and embrace
Mediterranean
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A band going, seemingly completely earnestly, from Wonderwall straight into Another Brick in the Wall is honestly kinda art in itself
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This year is going the 20th anniversary of the best ever Edinburgh poster and Tim Vine’s best joke.
Huge metres long poster with a picture of Tim Vine standing in front of his name in small writing on the right it says “is not appearing in this year’s Edinburgh festival”
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⚕Mèdic⚕🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #MazónAPresó @medicblasto.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Every time I see this on my to-do list, I laugh. Still can't remember why I put it there, but it is now permanent.
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BMcG @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I will be thinking about Angrypennies forever
Tumblr post from user kat: i had a dream last night that the entire world used a currency (?) called angrypennies which as the name implies are obtained by experiencing anger. the stronger and more intense your anger was, the more angrypennies you'd gain. an all-consuming rage would earn you more than a slight irritation, etc. so people were always searching for ways to fuel their anger and purposefully keeping themselves angry all the time because they wanted to earn angrypennies. unclear if angrypennies could be exchanged for goods and services, or if they were just a collectible. anyway, as if this wasn't heavy-handed enough, at one point british comedian greg davies appeared and explained that angrypennies couldn't be worth feeling angry all the time. this was a real revelation to dream-me and i was finally able to break free of the angrypenny grind and allow myself to experience emotions other than anger.it goes without saying that i will be using the word angrypenny as if it was part of the common vernacular instead of a term that my dreaming brain conjured up i.e. "he's all about the angrypennies" (derogatory way to refer to a guy who searches for reasons to be angry and possibly lacks introspection)

Posted on 19th June 2026
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 20/07/2026
People we have learned that Andy Burnham hates: 1. The creative sector, which is full of soft southerners who don't work down the pits. 2. Lisa Nandy.
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Not watching Silo, but same apart from that. Truly Bluesky is the correct medium to experience (or avoid experiencing) football through.
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Welp, I hate it here.
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
static.klipy.com
Nathan Fillion's Blasé Look
Alt: Nathan Fillion's Blasé Look
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Verify your age" My FORTRAN variable names are capped at 6 characters.
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I know no one who follows me cares about my opinion on this, but, that Norway goal should not have been ruled out. Pathetic flop from the England player after Haaland gently brushed his chest. Never a foul ffs. This has been the entirety of my (mostly unwilling) interaction with the world cup.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I have no idea where this came from, but
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Biiiiiiiig bluesky energy off this dude.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Scene is a LONGBOAT sailing on the sea. It is all drawn in the style of the Bayeaux Tapestry.  A voice is coming from the boat:

Owwww

Uuuuuuurgh

Ooooooooh

[Scene changes to on the deck of the boat - still drawn like the Bayeaux Tapestry. A SOLDIER is talking to HAROLD, who is lying on the deck of the boat, with the arrow in his eye.]

SOLDIER:
For God's sake stop it Harold!

HAROLD:
Oh I'm sorry. It's not like I've got an ARROW IN MY EYE or anything

SOLDIER:
Look, we discussed this. The arrow is your thing. People want to see the arrow.

HAROLD:
It's been in there for 950 years. I should really see a doctor

SOLDIER:
No! We are travelling to England to be displayed in the British Museum.
What do you think people would say if you didn't have your arrow in?

HAROLD:
I don't care. I want it taken out. It hurts.

SOLDIER:
No.

HAROLD:
But I could get it seen to in England! The NHS has some of the best tapestry eye surgeons in the world!

SOLDIER:
Oh right, I get it, so this is health tourism...

HAROLD:
Duh, no, cos I'm Anglo Saxon?

SOLDIER:
Ohmigod you sound so Brexit

[Silent pause,, they cotuinue to sail]

HAROLD:
Uuuurgh

SOLDIER:
SHUT UP

[Ends]
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Important journalistic work here
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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Coming from the States I've always struggled to understand UK politics. Apparently Farage has resigned from office in order to be elected to that office - but nobody will run against him except a talking trash can. And the BBC is actually interviewing the trash can.
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horror Ewacui @ewacat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
binface being the face of the british movement against reform just doesn't sit well with me and i've been sitting here trying to work out why and the thoughts just ain't thinking
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Matthew Frye @purble.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Politics 2026, folks. I know who'd get my vote, but alas…
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 07/07/2026
Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive.
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James Cook @jamesecook.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Not ALL the single ladies" - Nuancé
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