mattpointblank’s avatarmattpointblank’s Twitter Archive

21,760 tweets

Recent:

  1. I've basically stopped posting here now - moved to Bluesky. I have a few invite codes if you're still looking for one! Go follow me there: bsky.app/profile/mattandrews.bsky.social
  2. My newsletter is out for this week and it's about being a "hands-on dad", whatever that means: open.substack.com/pub/manfeelings/p/being-a-hands-on-dad?r=62swq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
  3. This platform is just dead, isn't it. I had 11 notifications this morning and it was all this stuff: likes of random, month-old tweets of mine, by spam accounts with 0 followers.
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  4. New newsletter just dropped: Man Feelings issue 3, where I write about... being a man, and feeling things. open.substack.com/pub/manfeelings/p/the-prerogative-to-have-a-little?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=62swq
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  5. Got a Bluesky invite code for any other (mutual) rats escaping this sinking ship
  6. New on my Substack: Man Feelings - being a "fixer": open.substack.com/pub/manfeelings/p/being-a-fixer-of-problems?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=62swq Go read and subscribe! Trying to write regularly about what it feels like being a man.
  7. I've started a newsletter/publication called Man Feelings (yep, it's a Peep Show reference). It's about, well, being a man. And feeling things. I think men should talk more about how they *feel*, so here's my contribution. Read the intro post and subscribe manfeelings.substack.com/p/this-is-man-feelings
  8. This would be funny if our leadership wasn't so incompetent @FinancialTimes/1699398000743784456
  9. Kid started school today. The reception teachers wrote a poem for all the new kids' carers, in a little gift bag with some chocolate and teabags ❤️ Feel like I've unlocked new parenting content on the video game that is raising children. Bit nervous about the boss fight.
  10. Not sure why I left it this long, but my album (released back in June) is on Bandcamp now as well as all the streaming sites: edgewaysmusic.bandcamp.com/album/words-and-ways it's free!
  11. This is the second weird Amazon mashup product I've been marketed in a week. A guitar effects pedal and... white vinegar? What's going on
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  12. Browsing the Instagram posts tagged at your local supermarket is a wild ride; you won't believe how many wannabe influencers have staged a shoot in the mid-priced rum aisle.
  13. "Reading her diary feels as if you have been ushered up the back stairs to a private encounter with a great work of art, only to find that the artist–paint-splattered, blinking–is there too, finishing the picture as you watch." @annaleszkie/1684124367720964096
  14. When did TweetDeck get rebranded "XPro"? (second tab is twitter.com)
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  15. Was talking about Paris Syndrome with @georginaaaaaa__ and @maddymcgarrie last night (eg. the sense of disappointment/shock that tourists get when visiting Paris and realising it's not like their fantasy version) - we wondered what non-Brits make of the UK in the same regard?

Popular:

  1. Wait. Voting to dissolve Parliament two years early requires a two-thirds majority, but leaving the EU forever is fine for 48-52?
  2. Boris Johnson: a man whose education means he can recite Kipling from memory but not understand or contextualise it. theguardian.com/politics/2017/sep/30/boris-johnson-caught-on-camera-reciting-kipling-in-myanmar-temple
  3. If you want to know what the definitive worst company culture is, look at this startup's recruitment page: healthiq.com/careers (via @stevejalim)
  4. I blogged about how animated gif selfies for GitHub have fixed my software team's morale: threechords.org/blog/how-animated-gif-selfies-fixed-our-teams-morale/ this is not a joke
  5. Your fancy AngularJS apps are all very nice until you're trying to check in for a flight on flaky wifi:
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  6. Wow: Redditor realises that Melania Trump's speech not only ripped off Michelle Obama but also included a Rickroll:
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I’ve retweeted other tweets 1,309 times (6.0%)

Most Retweeted

  1. OffTheRecordBHM 58 retweets
  2. mattpointblank 37 retweets
  3. unfortunatalie 30 retweets
  4. maddymcgarrie 27 retweets
  5. benjilanyado 20 retweets
  6. paul_haine 17 retweets
  7. scattermoon 14 retweets
  8. gdndevelopers 12 retweets
  9. arusbridger 10 retweets
  10. scenepointblank 9 retweets

Most Retweeted (Last 12 months)

  1. mattpointblank 2 retweets
  2. samknives 1 retweet
  3. drewharwell 1 retweet
  4. jamesaduncan 1 retweet

Replies and Mentions

63.9% of my tweets are replies (×13,899)

Most Replies To

  1. unfortunatalie 512 replies
  2. paul_haine 141 replies
  3. dangerpoint 128 replies
  4. _panicpanic 122 replies
  5. exploding_girl 117 replies

Most Replies To (Last 12 months)

  1. MegaSlippers 4 replies
  2. jasonujmaalvis 2 replies
  3. Ingiebeans 1 reply
  4. BearwoodCouncil 1 reply
  5. CampbellX 1 reply

I’ve sent someone a mention 716 times (3.3%)

42.5% of the links I’ve posted are using the https: protocol (1,736 of 4,085)

100.0% of the links I’ve posted in the last 12 months are using the https: protocol (13 of 13)

Top Domains

  1. twitter.com 624 tweets
  2. theguardian.com 243 tweets
  3. guardian.co.uk 181 tweets
  4. gu.com 162 tweets
  5. threechords.org 148 tweets
  6. youtube.com 110 tweets
  7. reddit.com 96 tweets
  8. wikipedia.org 87 tweets
  9. bbc.co.uk 85 tweets
  10. github.com 82 tweets

Top Hosts

  1. twitter.com 619 tweets
  2. www.theguardian.com 210 tweets
  3. gu.com 161 tweets
  4. www.guardian.co.uk 134 tweets
  5. www.threechords.org 133 tweets
  6. www.youtube.com 107 tweets
  7. www.reddit.com 84 tweets
  8. en.wikipedia.org 82 tweets
  9. github.com 66 tweets
  10. www.bbc.co.uk 66 tweets

My tweets have been given about ♻️ 8,748 retweets and ❤️ 30,985 likes

Top 5 Emoji Used in Tweets

  1. 🟩 used 97 times on 9 tweets
  2. ⬜ used 36 times on 6 tweets
  3. 😅 used 17 times on 17 tweets
  4. 💓 used 17 times on 17 tweets
  5. 👏 used 16 times on 9 tweets

76 unique emoji on 242 tweets (1.2% of all tweets***)

Top 5 Hashtags

  1. sxsw used 29 times
  2. qtwatch used 22 times
  3. eurovision used 20 times
  4. mozfest used 16 times
  5. bbcqt used 12 times

606 hashtags on 605 tweets (3.0% of all tweets***)

Top 5 Swear Words

  1. s_it used 133 times on 130 tweets
  2. f_ck used 65 times on 63 tweets
  3. f_cking used 53 times
  4. h_ll used 35 times
  5. d_ck used 24 times

473 swear words on 464 tweets (2.3% of all tweets***)

***: does not include retweets