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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
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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
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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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Got a Bluesky invite code for any other (mutual) rats escaping this sinking ship
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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.
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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
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This would be funny if our leadership wasn't so incompetent @FinancialTimes/1699398000743784456
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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.
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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!
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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.
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"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
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When did TweetDeck get rebranded "XPro"? (second tab is twitter.com)
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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?
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Wait. Voting to dissolve Parliament two years early requires a two-thirds majority, but leaving the EU forever is fine for 48-52?
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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
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If you want to know what the definitive worst company culture is, look at this startup's recruitment page: healthiq.com/careers (via @stevejalim)
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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
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