Huge pupils, tiny value webcurios.co.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mmbti5dr2k26@unspunheroes.com you in town this evening for Interesting?x20 May 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbti5dr2k26https://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mmbsl3gqh224For no good reason at all I have just been reminded of this cracking piece of acid techno which I am currently listening to VERY LOUD and which you might also enjoy (but, er, statistically probably won't) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBGjS0IQbFk20 May 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbsl3gqh224https://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mm4m4hkums24@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social Hi Rachel! Wondering if you've read this and if you think, based on your knowledge and understanding, it presents a fair picture of IT transformation in govt (and legacy systems in place) (also, obvs, appreciate you mightn't have had time): https://re-state.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/From-legacy-to-leadership-May-2026.pdf18 May 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4m4hkums24https://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlxsctefy22xPresuming you're not marching for Palestine this afternoon (I am going to charitably assume that none of you are marching for gak and racism), why not read Web Curios? It won't make the world a better place, but it will provide you with about 100 excellent links: https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-15-05-26/16 May 2026 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxsctefy22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlv7apnhlk24Friday! Lunchtime! Something with which to fill in the many interminable hours while you wait to see if Bambi can make it! BETTER THAN POLITICS! Web Curios! Share, enjoy, CLICK! https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-15-05-26/15 May 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlv7apnhlk24https://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlv7apnhlk24Friday! Lunchtime! Something with which to fill in the many interminable hours while you wait to see if Bambi can make it! BETTER THAN POLITICS! Web Curios! Share, enjoy, CLICK! https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-15-05-26/15 May 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlv7apnhlk24https://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mltdek3lvk24Fun to see where the polymarket bets are coming in from right now14 May 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltdek3lvk24https://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlqgzr6hac2x@robpalk.bsky.social This is...quite odd, but I have a vague sense that you might find it interesting/appealing (based on, er, nothing more than your Posts): https://www.jonknowles.eu/xfer/consequence/introduction.html13 May 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqgzr6hac2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlpxug7wx22kNow tell us how many of these fines have actually been paid [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpxug7wx22khttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlpvj7tgg22uDon't ordinarily link to work, but I quite enjoyed writing this piece about Jeff Bezos and the shameless plute class https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-muir-tone-deaf-jeff-how-the-world-soured-on-billionaire-bezos/13 May 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpvj7tgg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlpqykeysc2hBuy the Eye [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpqykeysc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlnht743cc2uYou *could* spend the day watching tedious Westminster psychodrama (fail to) play out, or you could tune into the Wallace & Gromit 24/7 livestream on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuxbXceM7_U12 May 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnht743cc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlngd2wyas2uOne of the many reasons Sunak can get fucked into the sun is that all the 'AI is going to do terrible things to white collar employment' stuff was pretty much obvious as soon as GPT3 came out, but he let himself get distracted by terminator wank and wasted 18 months on bullshit [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlngd2wyas2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlkxxqz3gc2aAm increasingly of the belief that politics in this country would immediately become 15% less shit if the existing crop of lobby hacks were fired into the sun and replaced with, I don't know, goats.11 May 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkxxqz3gc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlgdpthfok27Wash the fetid taste of democracy from your mouth with Web Curios! Or don't! I am not the boss of you, something we can both be grateful for: https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-08-05-26/09 May 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgdpthfok27https://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mldxyq3yvk2lSuggest noone feeling a bit miserable about the political direction of the UK, the whole racism and islamophobia thing, etc, looks at the Great Yarmouth result08 May 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldxyq3yvk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mldm3nomw22oFriday! Lunchtime! Don't stare with rapt horror at the unfolding electoral map - stare with rapt horror at the internet instead! Web Curios - all the links you need to distract you from the fact the plane didn't crash hard enough! https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-08-05-26/08 May 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldm3nomw22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mldpvl5sc22mFor anyone who wants to read something long and a bit chewy on How We Have Gotten Here, this recent LRB piece on 'hyperpolitics' is very good imho: https://web.archive.org/web/20260428121315/https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n08/william-davies/easy-to-join-easy-to-leave08 May 2026 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldpvl5sc22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mldm3nomw22oFriday! Lunchtime! Don't stare with rapt horror at the unfolding electoral map - stare with rapt horror at the internet instead! Web Curios - all the links you need to distract you from the fact the plane didn't crash hard enough! https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-08-05-26/08 May 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldm3nomw22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mattmuir.bsky.social/post/3mlbsdvybak2oSome very Of Our Times patchnotes from The Sims07 May 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:y2fraxsvgpzmtu5rcsdjyp3u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbsdvybak2o