Matthew Fricker
@matthewfricker.bsky.social
I was on the smart people quiz on the telly.
Piddington has a Lib Dem MP btw
September 16, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Piddington has a Lib Dem MP btw
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This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well,
www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...
www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...
September 15, 2026 at 11:15 AM
This is one of the funniest threads I’ve read in ages. At no point does OP break, and the landlords, well,
www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...
www.reddit.com/r/Landlord/c...
There actual has been a "vibe shift" on Israel, but most reactionary centrists haven't noticed.
September 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
There actual has been a "vibe shift" on Israel, but most reactionary centrists haven't noticed.
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Kind of struggling to express how big a deal this is. One comparison is imagining that an AI-generated film won an Oscar, but that doesn't really work because Oscars are judged by humans and won every year. Solving Navier-Stokes is much much much harder
One of the trickiest problems in mathematics has now fallen to AI after just days of work. The groundbreaking result was announced amid rumour after similar, but less complete work, also created with AI, was announced just hours before
OpenAI has solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium problem using $15m of AI effort | New Scientist
One of the trickiest problems in mathematics has now fallen to AI after just days of work. The groundbreaking result was announced amid rumour after similar, but less complete work, also created with AI, was announced just hours before
www.newscientist.com
September 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Kind of struggling to express how big a deal this is. One comparison is imagining that an AI-generated film won an Oscar, but that doesn't really work because Oscars are judged by humans and won every year. Solving Navier-Stokes is much much much harder
They solved Navier-Stokes??!
One of the trickiest problems in mathematics has now fallen to AI after just days of work. The groundbreaking result was announced amid rumour after similar, but less complete work, also created with AI, was announced just hours before
OpenAI has solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium problem using $15m of AI effort | New Scientist
One of the trickiest problems in mathematics has now fallen to AI after just days of work. The groundbreaking result was announced amid rumour after similar, but less complete work, also created with AI, was announced just hours before
www.newscientist.com
September 8, 2026 at 7:47 PM
They solved Navier-Stokes??!
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Why did they give him a Disco Elysium character image?
it’s weirdly fortuitous that the FT Magazine just happened to run a brilliant deep dive into James Orr yesterday morning, hours before the scandal broke:
www.ft.com/content/c2d0...
www.ft.com/content/c2d0...
September 4, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Why did they give him a Disco Elysium character image?
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Wile E. Coyote is doing a reddit AMA right now for Coyote vs ACME and strictly answering through signs, and it's genius.
September 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Wile E. Coyote is doing a reddit AMA right now for Coyote vs ACME and strictly answering through signs, and it's genius.
Probably too much of a reach for the greens, especially given the timing, but it will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Result from last time, ahead of a by-election the Westminster media will at least find it easy to travel to
![General election 2024: Holborn and St Pancras[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keir Starmer 18,884 48.9 −17.4
Independent Andrew Feinstein 7,312 18.9 N/A
Green David Stansell 4,030 10.4 +6.4
Conservative Mehreen Malik 2,776 7.2 −8.0
Reform David Roberts 2,371 6.1 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Charlie Clinton 2,236 5.8 −6.5
Independent Wais Islam 636 1.6 N/A
Monster Raving Loony Nick the Incredible Flying Brick 162 0.4 N/A
UKIP John Poynton 75 0.2 −0.1
Socialist Equality Tom Scripps 61 0.2 +0.1
Independent Senthil Kumar 40 0.1 N/A
No description Bobby Smith 19 0.0 N/A
Majority 11,572 30.0 −21.1
Turnout 38,602 54.1 −5.0
Registered electors 71,300
Labour hold Swing](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:arylin7xzwpdle6g3egkxmcc/bafkreiddb5f2vwguij3aoyh73bvinwkuwir55w4xmgtg7biaoddq3ajoky)
September 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Probably too much of a reach for the greens, especially given the timing, but it will be interesting to see how it plays out.
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missing a few, but otherwise... solid!
August 30, 2026 at 9:57 PM
missing a few, but otherwise... solid!
Evidence demonstrating the anti-trans movement (and not the pro-trans one) has lost sight of where public opinion really lies.
What are most widespread views Brits hold while believing they're public’s most common–when our survey finds otherwise?
2024 rioters had legit concerns 24%
People shd not be able to ID as diff gender 24%
School shd primarily equip kids fr work 22%
Oppose death penlty 22%
yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
2024 rioters had legit concerns 24%
People shd not be able to ID as diff gender 24%
School shd primarily equip kids fr work 22%
Oppose death penlty 22%
yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
August 26, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Evidence demonstrating the anti-trans movement (and not the pro-trans one) has lost sight of where public opinion really lies.
Gone to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism 🫡
August 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gone to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism 🫡
Kind of insane question given that obviously the accent facing the most bias would not be a native English one.
Polling for Common Ground on bias against certain accents finds that people think that those with Scouse and Brummie accents are the most likely to experience bias in their day to day lives.
August 25, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Kind of insane question given that obviously the accent facing the most bias would not be a native English one.
Americans are beyond saving
August 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Americans are beyond saving
Disputes over which side of the bed to sleep on seem like the kind of problem rock-paper-scissors was invented to resolve.
August 20, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Disputes over which side of the bed to sleep on seem like the kind of problem rock-paper-scissors was invented to resolve.
Shit did I miss the sign ups for the war on the South?
Allister, is this war in the room with you right now?
August 19, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Shit did I miss the sign ups for the war on the South?
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Well, that’s my day ruined.
“It’s akin to the post office scandal”
“It’s akin to the post office scandal”
August 18, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Well, that’s my day ruined.
“It’s akin to the post office scandal”
“It’s akin to the post office scandal”
One of the Mastermind contestants tonight has "Transport for London Moquettes" as her specialist subject. Incredible stuff.
August 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
One of the Mastermind contestants tonight has "Transport for London Moquettes" as her specialist subject. Incredible stuff.
Ended up doing a fair bit better than I expected.
Binface won't win, but he will get a more significant chunk of the vote than he's ever gotten before, and that is the humiliating thing for Farage. I expect he will get 10-20%, maybe more, but its very hard to predict because this are so few similar cases.
August 14, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Ended up doing a fair bit better than I expected.
I haven't been involved in debating a long while now, but I am still in some debate related facebook groups and its kinda nuts at the moment. At this summer's euros, they allowed Israeli institutions to participate, and one of the speakers they sent was a war criminal.
HRF, ELSC File Dutch Complaint Against Israeli Reservist | THE HIND RAJAB FOUNDATION
HRF and ELSC urge Dutch authorities to investigate Israeli reservist present in Utrecht over alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
www.hindrajabfoundation.org
August 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I haven't been involved in debating a long while now, but I am still in some debate related facebook groups and its kinda nuts at the moment. At this summer's euros, they allowed Israeli institutions to participate, and one of the speakers they sent was a war criminal.
Love that both of the teams on Only Connect tonight have attempted a vibes approach to the wall.
August 10, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Love that both of the teams on Only Connect tonight have attempted a vibes approach to the wall.
Seeing American Utopia in the week prompted me to check out more of David Byrne's work outside of Talking Heads. His album with St Vincent is so good!
August 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Seeing American Utopia in the week prompted me to check out more of David Byrne's work outside of Talking Heads. His album with St Vincent is so good!
This video is very cool and interesting but also it makes the classic Youtuber error of not bothering to look up how anyone's name is pronounced and its quite annoying: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsI7...
DARWINIANA | How Science and Religion Killed Creationism
YouTube video by Gutsick Gibbon
www.youtube.com
August 8, 2026 at 9:50 AM
This video is very cool and interesting but also it makes the classic Youtuber error of not bothering to look up how anyone's name is pronounced and its quite annoying: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsI7...
Happy Yorkshire day lads
August 1, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Happy Yorkshire day lads