James Matthews
@jcmatthews.bsky.social
Researcher in environmental physics and meteorology.
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Not a renter in Bristol Central but know someone who is? Please share this with them 👇🙏
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Carla Denyer launches survey to assess impact of high rents
Bristol is the least affordable city to rent in England
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September 15, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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I'm either training to be a fighter pilot, or an accountant.
Enough “what would you do on the commune questions”
If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
July 30, 2026 at 11:13 AM
I'm either training to be a fighter pilot, or an accountant.
When did people stop saying 'named after' and start saying 'named for'?
July 8, 2026 at 1:26 PM
When did people stop saying 'named after' and start saying 'named for'?
Academics are encouraged to change institutions in early career as it's alleged it's good for career progression. I believe it's so Universities can avoid paying redundancy payments
I like this. Go on, let's get a few more: what's your low stakes conspiracy theory?
My low key conspiracy theory is that HD is basically what normal TV used to be, and normal TV has been deliberately downgraded.
June 25, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Academics are encouraged to change institutions in early career as it's alleged it's good for career progression. I believe it's so Universities can avoid paying redundancy payments
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🚨We are recruiting! 🚨
(Senior) Research Associate in Organic Geochemistry.
The successful applicant will join the OGU to elucidate the source of specific microbial membrane spanning lipids, including brGDGTs and brGMGTs. [Deadline 8th July 2026]
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
(Senior) Research Associate in Organic Geochemistry.
The successful applicant will join the OGU to elucidate the source of specific microbial membrane spanning lipids, including brGDGTs and brGMGTs. [Deadline 8th July 2026]
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
June 25, 2026 at 7:29 AM
🚨We are recruiting! 🚨
(Senior) Research Associate in Organic Geochemistry.
The successful applicant will join the OGU to elucidate the source of specific microbial membrane spanning lipids, including brGDGTs and brGMGTs. [Deadline 8th July 2026]
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
(Senior) Research Associate in Organic Geochemistry.
The successful applicant will join the OGU to elucidate the source of specific microbial membrane spanning lipids, including brGDGTs and brGMGTs. [Deadline 8th July 2026]
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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This is great. "If you can’t be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?" is spot on.
City AM issues broadside against flood of AI slop being submitted by writers for its pages: "if you can’t be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?" www.cityam.com/there-should...
There should have been an op-ed here but you filed AI slop
City AM's inbox is drowning in AI pitches. Anna Moloney, who spends her days copy and pasting them into detection software, has had enough.
www.cityam.com
June 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
This is great. "If you can’t be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?" is spot on.
I've worked in three good universities over the last year, and applied for jobs at a good many more. Take it from me that they're already aware of AI and its possibilities.
Peer-reviewed papers are ‘old hat science’, says millionaire investor.
Candy Crush businessman Mel Morris says universities “must embrace AI” to transform into economic powerhouses.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...
Candy Crush businessman Mel Morris says universities “must embrace AI” to transform into economic powerhouses.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-i...
Peer-reviewed papers are ‘old hat science’, says millionaire investor - Research Professional News
Candy Crush businessman Mel Morris says universities “must embrace AI” to transform into economic powerhouses
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
June 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I've worked in three good universities over the last year, and applied for jobs at a good many more. Take it from me that they're already aware of AI and its possibilities.
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It's #InternationalTeaDay 🍵
Tea is one of the world’s most loved drinks, but climate change is putting pressure on how it’s grown.
From shifting rainfall to rising temps, the quality & yield of tea are at risk.
With climate science partners, we're helping tea growers adapt.
More ⤵️
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Tea is one of the world’s most loved drinks, but climate change is putting pressure on how it’s grown.
From shifting rainfall to rising temps, the quality & yield of tea are at risk.
With climate science partners, we're helping tea growers adapt.
More ⤵️
bit.ly/49e9tNK
May 21, 2026 at 10:12 AM
It's #InternationalTeaDay 🍵
Tea is one of the world’s most loved drinks, but climate change is putting pressure on how it’s grown.
From shifting rainfall to rising temps, the quality & yield of tea are at risk.
With climate science partners, we're helping tea growers adapt.
More ⤵️
bit.ly/49e9tNK
Tea is one of the world’s most loved drinks, but climate change is putting pressure on how it’s grown.
From shifting rainfall to rising temps, the quality & yield of tea are at risk.
With climate science partners, we're helping tea growers adapt.
More ⤵️
bit.ly/49e9tNK
I regularly pass Didcot on the train in my new job, I haven't got used to the lack of cooling towers.
May 18, 2026 at 11:08 AM
I regularly pass Didcot on the train in my new job, I haven't got used to the lack of cooling towers.
When I was a kid, I wondered if standing on a rake - like in the cartoons - does cause a painful strike to the head, so I tried it.
What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean “cheating on your partner” stupid, I mean stupid stupid. Like, once, I had this bubble bath which smelled absolutely delicious, so I took a big glug of it. That kind of stupid. (It did not taste delicious.)
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
When I was a kid, I wondered if standing on a rake - like in the cartoons - does cause a painful strike to the head, so I tried it.
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Imagine that... comedians fired for making jokes about the regime...
The Montreal Star
Saturday, 4th of February, 1939.
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
The Montreal Star
Saturday, 4th of February, 1939.
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
September 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Imagine that... comedians fired for making jokes about the regime...
The Montreal Star
Saturday, 4th of February, 1939.
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
The Montreal Star
Saturday, 4th of February, 1939.
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
Hopefully the class of '99 at least know better.
August 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hopefully the class of '99 at least know better.
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This KEEPS happening. When are we going to wake up to the threat of SPANISH INVASION??
There’s a replica of a Spanish galleon moored in the Bristol harbour this weekend, and it is really very big
July 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This KEEPS happening. When are we going to wake up to the threat of SPANISH INVASION??
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☀️Heatwaves☀️, like the one we're having this week, will be made even more dangerous by climate change.
Dr @eunicelo.bsky.social is on a mission to map how heat can affect people living in cities like Bristol.
#heatwave @bristoluni.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social
Dr @eunicelo.bsky.social is on a mission to map how heat can affect people living in cities like Bristol.
#heatwave @bristoluni.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
☀️Heatwaves☀️, like the one we're having this week, will be made even more dangerous by climate change.
Dr @eunicelo.bsky.social is on a mission to map how heat can affect people living in cities like Bristol.
#heatwave @bristoluni.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social
Dr @eunicelo.bsky.social is on a mission to map how heat can affect people living in cities like Bristol.
#heatwave @bristoluni.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social
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The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
"My choice in these volatile times is backing British brilliance," says Keir Starmer, who promises to deliver "British cars for British workers"
April 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
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Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
April 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
For a blissful few moments, I thought that the Trump Gaza video idea was satire, then I saw it.
On one side, Paul McCartney and Kate Bush in an empty recording studio. On the other side the facepalm inevitability of Trump’s new AI video of gold statues of him in Gaza while it rains money on belly dancers all magic hour.
Yeah. I’d side with the tech dudes, Starmer. They’re the good guys.
Yeah. I’d side with the tech dudes, Starmer. They’re the good guys.
February 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
For a blissful few moments, I thought that the Trump Gaza video idea was satire, then I saw it.
Back from a work trip to Thailand, and it's messed up my body clock. Still, at least its only somewhere between zero and four sleeps till Christmas.
December 24, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Back from a work trip to Thailand, and it's messed up my body clock. Still, at least its only somewhere between zero and four sleeps till Christmas.
I'm instinctively dubious of rent controls, but Bristol will grind to a halt if people can't afford to live here. Something needs to be done.
The avg rent in Bristol is now a staggering £1748. Tenants are handing over a growing slice of their pay packet every month to keep a roof over their heads - often in poor quality & insecure homes. Renters Rights Bill must include rent controls to stop tenants being ripped off.
December 18, 2024 at 11:22 AM
I'm instinctively dubious of rent controls, but Bristol will grind to a halt if people can't afford to live here. Something needs to be done.
My Dad getting me out of bed, sitting me in front the television and telling me 'this is important, watch this' when the Berlin Wall fell.
(Born 1980.)
(Born 1980.)
What’s the first major news story your remember as a child?
Mine is OJ Simpson
Mine is OJ Simpson
December 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM
My Dad getting me out of bed, sitting me in front the television and telling me 'this is important, watch this' when the Berlin Wall fell.
(Born 1980.)
(Born 1980.)
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I love how certain chatgpt sounds when it just brazenly suggests a book as a notable source... but this book is nowhere to be found... not a trace of it...
And people share this sort of thing with me in discussions to prove me wrong...
And people share this sort of thing with me in discussions to prove me wrong...
December 16, 2024 at 9:17 PM
I love how certain chatgpt sounds when it just brazenly suggests a book as a notable source... but this book is nowhere to be found... not a trace of it...
And people share this sort of thing with me in discussions to prove me wrong...
And people share this sort of thing with me in discussions to prove me wrong...
I have to admit, if I had access to a button that made a load of people's phone ring an alarm, I would push it at the first opportunity too.
December 7, 2024 at 12:01 AM
I have to admit, if I had access to a button that made a load of people's phone ring an alarm, I would push it at the first opportunity too.
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🥳 10,000 Followers on Bluesky 🥳
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
November 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM
🥳 10,000 Followers on Bluesky 🥳
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
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What a chart.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
November 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM
What a chart.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...