Matthew Coates

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Postdoc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), University of Pennsylvania | Birdwatcher | Englishman in America | Burnley supporter, Up the Clarets! matthewncoates.github.io

Cooper’s Hawk in tree
Graphic on a bag that makes it look like Philadelphia was born in 1776 and died in 2026
Map showing hazardous air quality in Bowling green with an AQI of 409
The ashes trophy
First Paraguay vs Brazil qualifying match. Score 1-0 to Paraguay
Hooded Oriole. A very yellow bird
Northern Mockingbird
Flying Black-necked Stilt
Lesser goldfinch minding its own business at a bird feeder while a house finch is looking around and ominously staring in the background
Why is it called “small caged mammal on the run” when it’s clearly a large, uncaged mammal? Dunno. small caged mammal? small caged mammal
Very cool California Sea Lion sat on floating raft and looks like it has blonde hair on the tips on its head
Telegraph article Tory turnaround shows the 'Kemi effect' may be starting to work North London results provide green shoots of optimism despite party losing over 400 councillors in local elections
Telegraph Article Tory turnaround shows the 'Kemi effect' may be starting to work North London results provide green shoots of optimism despite party losing over 400 councillors in local elections
Google search for the silliest space marine and google really wants to correct it to scariest space marine
Cost of Arms of the University of Pennsylvania
Groundhog poking its body out of a hole into/under a tree
Juvenile Common Snapping Turtle. It’s a very small turtle
Bretonnian Blood Bowl player. Painted in yellow and black
On the left, former David Cameron advisor and now Republican running for CA Governor Steve Hilton, on the right, Stewart Pearson, advisor to the Conservative Party in British political comedy the Thick of It
It’s the poster for Airbud. Did you really think this would be something else?
Signed foam hot dog bun by Margaret Thatcher on a wall
Bull Frog sitting in water. Very big green frog, slight stripes on legs. Yellow underbelly
Groundhog, large brown ground squirrel, staring at the camera
Game Over: You survived 99 of 100 Jumps on 100 Jumps.
Clive Sinclair sat in a Sinclair C5 vehicle
Hawk flying in air. Head is twisted almost 180 degrees facing upwards but still with one eye surveying the ground
Goldeneye, a type of duck, swimming on a lake
European Kestrel stood on stone bridge, Dorset, England, 2020
Small bird walking on the floor. Pointed beak. Brown bird with differing shades streaks. yellow edging on wings and tail
Groundhog. Largeish furry ground animal with brown fur
American Robin (grey bird with Orange-red chest and black head, with yellow beak) dipping it’s head into snow on a branch
Cream labradoodle sat on an orange chair
Brighton and Hive Albion crest. Badge with an unassuming looking cartoon Gull on it, the most aggressive and therefore objectively best type of bird. Also has a real gull literally flying above it, doing the same pose, making it cooler.
Blue Tit standing in branch. Colourul bird with yellow chest, blue wings, greenish back and a white face with blue cap
A light dusting of Snow covering a back garden in Lancashire, England
Majestic mountain quail. Grey rotund bird with brown around beak and rather sticking up from head
The Penguin Book of Penguins. Orange book with a large penguin on the cover
Gray Whale. Tail coming out of the water
A very circular European Robin with red chest and face
Red fox walking in park
Dinosaur/Godzilla felt standing Christmas decoration wearing a Santa hat
Yellow-Rumped Warbler standing on a palm tree. Bird with bright yellow mark on its lower back
Roadrunner, balancing on a cactus, crest on head shown
Dropdown list asking to select a gender, with the options of Female, Male and Not Declared. Not Declared has United States of America written next to it for some reason
Food delivery robot stuck in snow
Brown Pelican flying over San Francisco Bay
Bird (likely a rail) mostly hidden in the undergrowth and difficult to see
Brown snake on a log. Black coloring around eye
Baby alligator led on a log, facing the camera
Atlantic article: “A 'DEATH TRAIN' IS HAUNTING SOUTH FLORIDA The Brightline has been hailed as the future of high-speed rail in the United States, but it has one big, unignorable problem.”
Picture of a scheduled session on Friday Nov 14th at 3:45pm at the PPE conference in New Orleans on Learning Across Games. Talks are Cooperative Spillover, Justin Bruner (co-author: Ryan Muldoon) Cooperating with Friends, Matthew Coates Learning in Games and the Evolution of Induction, Christian Torsell (co-author: Elijah Spiegel) Moderator: Hannah Rubin
Sea otter on its back holding a sea urchin and swimming in the ocean
Very small 8mm scale legions imperialis small tank model, painted in green with a red and white marking on the front
Sea Lion swimming in the ocean
Sea Otter swimming in ocean
“The English Mistery ("Mistery" being an old word for a guild) was a political and esoteric group active in the United Kingdom of the 1930s. A "Conservative fringe group" in favour of bringing back the feudal system,[1] its views have been characterised as "reactionary, ultra-royalist, and anti-democratic".[2] The organisation was opposed to social welfare, the London School of Economics, and the United States.“
Map of world showing ranges of Great Apes. Most of world coloured green for Humans. Additionally certain spots with other colours, such as Central and Western Africa with Chimpanzees, Gorillas and Bonobos, and Borneo and Sumatra with Orangutans