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MattBrookes

@MattBrookes3

I seem to have gone unintentionally viral recently so I’ve dropped personal details from here. I’m sure you understand.

Joined February 2012
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I’m thinking this is a good idea. I’ve not read enough in the last few years so keeping notes might help me to the bottom of my pile of shame
Barendina Smedley (@fugitiveink) profile pictureBarendina Smedley
@fugitiveink9 Jan 2025
I'm going to do an ongoing thread of books I've read and enjoyed this year — in part to remind myself, but also because I've had some really helpful reading recommendations here over the years — it's one of the under-acknowledged things that this site does very well indeed. 🧵
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HSE advice to home workers: You should know how to leave your home in an emergency. Thanks, I'd never have figured that out on my own.
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If the Chinese government are reading, I know lots of serets but you'll have to really work on me for 3-6 months before I spill the beans.
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Extra spooky tonight
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I've applied for a job in chip design because I want an asian girlfriend.
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They were in an hour late because Angus had forgotten his uniform and had to go home to get it Rock and roll
MattBrookes (@MattBrookes3) profile pictureMattBrookes@MattBrookes3Nov 7
Watching an AC/DC tribute band. I think I’m the youngest and thinnest person here.
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Watching an AC/DC tribute band. I think I’m the youngest and thinnest person here.
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Polymarket (@Polymarket) profile picturePolymarket
@PolymarketNov 6
BREAKING: Colossal Biosciences, the startup working to bring extinct animals back to life, accuses a former employee of stealing company de-extinction secrets.
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It was always obvious
MattBrookes (@MattBrookes3) profile pictureMattBrookes@MattBrookes35 Nov 2014
If you say wanker three times in front of a mirror apparently Russell Brand shows up.
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For the benefit of Americans, the 5th of November is like the 4th of July except the good guys won.
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My tv is getting personal about my age
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Spooky night
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In Cardiff. Surprised how much of a dump it is. Really gone downhill since I was last here
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That’s my plans for the evening ruined
Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) profile pictureQuite Interesting
@qikipediaOct 29
Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it is illegal in Britain to use a machine-gun to kill a hedgehog.
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There’s a point on any project when the scaffolders discover I’m terrified of heights, and thereafter it’s a case of finding important things I need to look at fifty foot up.
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Literally reading this abed this morning
Adrian McKinty (@adrianmckinty) profile pictureAdrian McKinty@adrianmckintyOct 24
tomorrow, as I'm sure you know, is the feast of Crispin you'll like this unless you're a gentleman of England now abed holding his manhood cheap
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Looking forward to this. He won’t tho. Tenner to the charity of the winners voice says it’s doesn’t get that far.
MattBrookes (@MattBrookes3) profile pictureMattBrookes@MattBrookes311 Nov 2025
On the other hand, if Trump sues the BBC then he'll have to take questions under oath and that'd be worth every single penny of the license fee.
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I want my monocle :(
jas 🇺🇸🦅 (@dawgmat1c) profile picturejas 🇺🇸🦅@dawgmat1cOct 22
Replying to @sigmahamster2
in america, anyone who starts a business gets sent their own monocle, top hat, and comically large tobacco pipe from the government
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Arf
Tim Worstall (@worstall) profile pictureTim Worstall
@worstallOct 22
Replying to @izakaminska
The trick is to stop picking up the pennies *before* the steamroller arrives.
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Accidentally subscribed to Amazon prime. To my immense surprise I was able to cancel again with two clicks rather than it being a massive faff like you’d expect.
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Whistles nonchalantly teapaw.org/BBCBreaking/status/211…
MattBrookes (@MattBrookes3) profile pictureMattBrookes@MattBrookes323 Jan 2025
Prediction: The UK will be drilling for oil and gas again by the end of next year.
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