Matthew Malthouse

calmeilles@mstdn.social

tl;dr — Brit. Europhile. Gay.63, no idea how that happened. Londoner for work rather than inclination. Professionally that would be IT hardware and data centres, but currently unemployed. Will consider all reasonable offers and most unreasonable ones.Interested in books, SF&F history, physics. Transit/transport. Architecture, especially housing. Dealing with climate change. Politically lefish and small-l liberal. Oddly traditionalist in many things.

Posts

Post #4494215
Egret #photography #birds #EastIndiaDock #Leamouth
Post #4463942
Buttressed #photography #architecture #history #ecclesiastical
Post #4379878
#NPS #NationalParksService #USForestService #SmokeyBear #Wildfires #ForestFires #FirePrevention #Politics #USA
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Post #4142206
WTAF? Jodrell Bank facing closure! Is there nothing we can't mess up? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/27/jodrell-bank-observatory-facing-closure-uk #Science #Astronomy #Funding #RadioTelescope
Post #4059443
The problem with closeted gay MAGA evil assholes is not that they're gay. It's that if they weren't gay they'd still be MAGA evil assholes. #politics #standup #comedy #TraeCrowder
Post #3966860
This morning's bake. Sourdough boule. #food #cooking #baking #bread #sourdough
Post #3756913
Europe’s slow electrification is a ‘major mistake’, warns IEA chief https://archive.ph/fl2CT #energy #electricity #renewables #FossilFuels
Post #3637665
#Humour #Politics #Media #SocialMedia
Post #3443581
Aurochs #photography #archeology #museum #Istanbul #ceramic
Post #3442224
Already law in France but for the UK the idea “will not be taken any further at this point“. This is a significant failure of government. https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/as-britain-bakes-ministers-quietly-park-plans-for-solar-carports/ #power #electricity #renewables #decarbonisation #politics
Post #2600939
Is a summer storm a sign that we&#39;re having a summer? https://youtu.be/duVyo7KYcZs #BritishWeather #storm #hail #Video #Sound
Post #2600938
LGB Alliance telling everyone exactly what they are. #ConversionTherapy #Abuse #Trans #Transgender #LGBAlliance
Post #2600937
Woodland Trust Tree Equity Score https://uk.treeequityscore.org/map Barking and Dagenham, good in patches, plenty of room for improvement. #Trees #Canopy #green #woods
Post #2600936
Kate Lamble attempts to untangle the financial engineering that underpins parts of the water industry. Why does Thames Water have £22.8bn in debt secured against only £18bn in assets? (16 minutes listen) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002w9fx #Water #Privatisation #AssetStripping #RevenueExtraction #Radio #Journalism
Post #2600934
The &quot;We&#39;re not racists, honest guv, Party&quot; https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/reform-councillor-ken-tranter-6hp2m7pq6 #Politics #UK #Reform #Racism
Post #2600933
Chips for dinner. 🧑‍🍳 🍽️ 🥔 🍟 🍜 #food #cooking #frying #chips #dinner
Post #2600932
https://nickanderson.substack.com/p/raising-the-flag #politics #democracy #VRA #SCOTUS
Post #2600931
Released just after my 21st birthday this was the soundtrack to my coming out. Along with the rest of Bronski Beat&#39;s &#39;The Age of Consent&#39; album it played through my leaving home, my first serious relationship, first serious breakup and so a lot of &#39;growing up&#39;. But &#39;Smalltown Boy&#39; was the one that both hurt and liberated. ❤️ 🏳️‍🌈 🎵 🎼 🎧 https://youtu.be/CNhLOfUPHa8 #music #LGBTQIA #ComingOut
Post #2600930
Alex Murdaugh&#39;s Verdict Overturned Not just how but also why that is important. Skip to 19:30 for that vital point being made. https://youtu.be/Afgcl1SS8SI #Law #Justice #AdministrationOfJustice
Post #2600929
I may have sold my birthright for a mess of pottage, but dayam! it was tasty! 🧑‍🍳 🍽️ 🥣 🥔 🥦 #food #cooking #soup #pottage #potato #broccoli
Post #2600928
#humour #humor #AI #meme #2001
Post #2532259
#humour #humor #geometry
Post #2406003
Republican budget for the finest democracy that money can buy. #politics #economics #USA #PorkBarrel
Post #2090405
Another reminder about how ephemeral the internet can be. Went looking for an environmental impact study I worked on. Not there. Not anywhere. Not even in the Wayback Machine. The study group spun off as an arms length entity by the sponsoring universities is now a fully commercial consultancy whose About Us doesn&#39;t even mention it&#39;s origins. #Ephemera #Internet #AlwaysKeepACopy
Post #2027145
Having been part of a project attempting to measure the carbon footprint of serving web pages I can affirm that using the internet is not a trivial cost for the planet. https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/ #AI #privacy #ePrivacy #Compliance #GDPR #Google #Chrome #Gemini #ESG #Environment #Sustainability #Climate #law
Post #1897852
#Politics #Pentagon #defense #America
Post #1763651
#Politics #GOP #Florida #helene
Post #1622230
20 years ago and still… #politics #FreeSpeech #internet #tech
Post #1156874
Thibaut Garcia and Antoine Morinière playing J.S. Bach&#39;s Goldberg Variations arranged for guitar duet. https://youtu.be/mxqNzYPBn6s #music #classical #Bach #GoldbergVariations #guitar #duet