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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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.
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  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
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  8. This would be funny if our leadership wasn't so incompetent @FinancialTimes/1699398000743784456
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  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.
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  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!
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  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.
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  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
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  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?
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  16. This is really weird: got an ad just now for whatever the fuck this is, but the brand is the a barber shop in Birmingham that I go to. The account tweeting it is a *different* barber shop based in, er, Texas. It can't be a coincidence that it's being shown to me, but how?
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  17. I accidentally clicked a massive button on the BBC website the other day and signed up to an email newsletter. No confirmation, it just signed me up. Now I get all this junk every day and none of the opt-out links do anything. Usually the Beeb are better at this kind of thing.
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  18. Is Slack down for anyone?
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  19. For someone who is absolutely anal about achieving inbox zero, this is INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING, @SlackHQ! I have an unread message notification that can't be dismissed. SHOW ME THE GHOST MESSAGE (not twee UI copy).
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  20. Got excited then realised it's only a FOSSIL. Clickbait headline or what. @newscientist/1684155276910288897
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  21. There's a rare and exclusive opportunity to become my 100th listener (not a typo) on Spotify. Check out my debut album below - folk-y acoustic-ish indie/alt/something. Give it a listen here: album.link/i/1692374584
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  22. This company can't even make a stable, secure webapp where you type text in a box; how on earth do they think they're going to build a viable banking business @lindayaX/1683213895463215104
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  23. Seven weeks into being the parent of two kids today. It's kind of staggering how quickly the time has gone since the new one arrived - compared to the first kid, it's almost like we haven't really noticed her. Just absorbed her into the chaos of regular life.
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  24. The logo redesign is the ultimate sign of the exec who's got nothing left in the tank @PopCrave/1683171966017228800
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  25. MacOS is clearly the most polished, user-friendly and well-designed desktop operating system in use today. And yet I still cannot find a reliable way to prevent it from dumping new desktop icons literally on top of existing ones. Am I an idiot? (don't answer that)
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  26. Just had the hottest week on the planet, but cool, let's stop people studying degrees we don't like. theguardian.com/education/2023/jul/14/rishi-sunak-force-english-universities-cap-low-value-degrees
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  27. "the Hobbesian idea that in society, well, underneath we're all monsters" - overheard in B30 (two guys passing my living room window). Never change, Stirchley.
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  28. 100%. This book has absolutely infuriated me, because it takes a very real problem and trivialises it – imagine having the misplaced confidence to think that you have all the answers (or even just the questions) that a group you're not part of needs to hear? @elle_hunt/1679065905370677253
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  29. First big test of our new four-person family setup this weekend as kid #1 gets a vomiting bug, passes it to adult #1, and adult #2 (👋 hello!) has to somehow avoid catching it from both of them, and keep things ticking over with the five-week-old kid #2. Do not recommend, tbh.
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  30. Our first London landlord in 2010 literally put on a white glove and checked for dust above door frames so he could knock £20 off our deposit because our cleaning "wasn't up to scratch". The pettiness and power dynamics in this system are ridiculous. @Kirsty_Hulse/1676480512817344512
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  31. New on my dad blog: the story of our second child's birth – at home, without medical support, and with me taking a lead role in delivering the baby: yawnofthedad.blog/birth-sequel-main-event/ (one of the most life-affirming things I can recommend, but would appreciate more notice next time)
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  32. Giving Threads a go. Misgivings about Facebook aside, it seems vastly more likely to still exist in a year than Twitter threads.net/@mattpointblank
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  33. This set of opening paragraphs should be taught in journalism school for profile writing. Leads with the overview, adds some colour with the office equipment info, then absolutely wallops you with that final sentence. Read it here: newstatesman.com/encounter/2023/06/how-to-live-forever by @SEMcBain
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  34. Is moving to Bluesky just going to be the same as moving to Mastodon? Kudos to all the people who managed the latter, but I just couldn't get into it. Maybe just a question of volume? But the thing that makes Twitter for me is the fact that *everyone* is here and can see it all.
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  35. It's actually hilarious how much of a footgun Musk is to Twitter. @elonmusk/1675187969420828672
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  36. John Crace at the Guardian has been inserting laboured references to "Rish!" into basically every column, ever since the Tory leadership campaign @Ready4Rishi. This branding ended in, er, September 2022. Respect the hustle tbh. theguardian.com/profile/johncrace
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  37. Nearly at the end of my first month of paternity leave (I'm extremely lucky that @TheEconomist gives dads 8 weeks paid paternity leave, so I'm taking the second half when my other kid starts school in September).
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  38. WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO USE THE WORD "WOMBLING" TO DESCRIBE THE ACTIVITY OF A BEAVER WHEN "BEAVERING" IS RIGHT THERE AFHH1FJKDJRGSGSHDHDJEJJHDUDBHJDJWJDJDH
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  39. My album is one week old! There's a teaser trailer below, and you can find it on all the usual streaming services here: album.link/gb/i/1692374584 youtu.be/9iz-Ctt7KEo
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  40. The replies to this have restored my faith in humanity @JournalistHelen/1671914680619528194
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