Chris Murray
@chrismurray.bsky.social
"A sharp, literate operator who prizes competence and coherence, and uses his acerbic working class wit to puncture anything that mistakes performance for substance."
"A fucking weapon with no grasp of the laws trying to be clever."
"A fucking weapon with no grasp of the laws trying to be clever."
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Chris Murray
@chrismurray.bsky.social
· Apr 13
Pinning my favourite try of all time to my profile so I know there's always something nice to look at on BlueSky.
90s nostalgia isn't really a thing. Nobody thinks the NES was better than a PlayStation 5, nobody can articulate what the fashion was, TV was 4 channels, and porn was harder to find.
Pretty much everything that's brought up as a pro 'when I was a kid' generalia and not specific to the decade.
Pretty much everything that's brought up as a pro 'when I was a kid' generalia and not specific to the decade.
It's a genre doing the rounds on social. Analogue images of carefree kids living smartphone-free lives, set to the sounds of Blur, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana…Welcome to #90snostalgia. But were the 1990s really better than now?
An #FTEdit 🧵on the case for 2025 👇
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An #FTEdit 🧵on the case for 2025 👇
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November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
90s nostalgia isn't really a thing. Nobody thinks the NES was better than a PlayStation 5, nobody can articulate what the fashion was, TV was 4 channels, and porn was harder to find.
Pretty much everything that's brought up as a pro 'when I was a kid' generalia and not specific to the decade.
Pretty much everything that's brought up as a pro 'when I was a kid' generalia and not specific to the decade.
New nohomo level just hit.
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New nohomo level just hit.
Thinking more about this and I reckon it comes down to my favourite subject - 10s. Russell is a chaos monkey, there to fuck about.
Ireland 10s are system first. They're actively trained to paint in the lines.
Which invites an arm wrestle with a good England pack who see the system coming.
Ireland 10s are system first. They're actively trained to paint in the lines.
Which invites an arm wrestle with a good England pack who see the system coming.
Was gonna make a joke here about how Extremely Online Irish fans are of course right to hate Farrell for being incredibly successful but...
It's genuinely interesting how sticky England are for them, particularly when you look at lesser, one-note Scotland who've had them figured out for years.
It's genuinely interesting how sticky England are for them, particularly when you look at lesser, one-note Scotland who've had them figured out for years.
☘️Ireland's win% against Nations Championship teams 2016 - 2025:
100% v Italy (13 matches)
100% v Argentina (4)
100% v Fiji (1)
92% v Scotland (13)
86% v Australia (7)
83% v Japan (6)
69% v Wales (13)
63% v South Africa (8)
54% v England (13)
50% v France (10)
45% v New Zealand (11)
73% v Above (99)
100% v Italy (13 matches)
100% v Argentina (4)
100% v Fiji (1)
92% v Scotland (13)
86% v Australia (7)
83% v Japan (6)
69% v Wales (13)
63% v South Africa (8)
54% v England (13)
50% v France (10)
45% v New Zealand (11)
73% v Above (99)
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Thinking more about this and I reckon it comes down to my favourite subject - 10s. Russell is a chaos monkey, there to fuck about.
Ireland 10s are system first. They're actively trained to paint in the lines.
Which invites an arm wrestle with a good England pack who see the system coming.
Ireland 10s are system first. They're actively trained to paint in the lines.
Which invites an arm wrestle with a good England pack who see the system coming.
I kind of genuinely think this. Maybe the President should be a cheerleader whose only job is making people feel good. Let Congress run the country (I know) and the Executive be the guy that dunks on foreign sports teams and waves at parades and opens schools. Reads a bit of poetry at Christmas.
the presidents only function should be to fix the mcdonalds menu items and nothing else
Trump: "No matter who you are, everybody loves something at McDonald's. I like the fish. Khhhhh. I like it. You could do a little bit more tartar sauce though please. Seriously."
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I kind of genuinely think this. Maybe the President should be a cheerleader whose only job is making people feel good. Let Congress run the country (I know) and the Executive be the guy that dunks on foreign sports teams and waves at parades and opens schools. Reads a bit of poetry at Christmas.
Was gonna make a joke here about how Extremely Online Irish fans are of course right to hate Farrell for being incredibly successful but...
It's genuinely interesting how sticky England are for them, particularly when you look at lesser, one-note Scotland who've had them figured out for years.
It's genuinely interesting how sticky England are for them, particularly when you look at lesser, one-note Scotland who've had them figured out for years.
☘️Ireland's win% against Nations Championship teams 2016 - 2025:
100% v Italy (13 matches)
100% v Argentina (4)
100% v Fiji (1)
92% v Scotland (13)
86% v Australia (7)
83% v Japan (6)
69% v Wales (13)
63% v South Africa (8)
54% v England (13)
50% v France (10)
45% v New Zealand (11)
73% v Above (99)
100% v Italy (13 matches)
100% v Argentina (4)
100% v Fiji (1)
92% v Scotland (13)
86% v Australia (7)
83% v Japan (6)
69% v Wales (13)
63% v South Africa (8)
54% v England (13)
50% v France (10)
45% v New Zealand (11)
73% v Above (99)
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Was gonna make a joke here about how Extremely Online Irish fans are of course right to hate Farrell for being incredibly successful but...
It's genuinely interesting how sticky England are for them, particularly when you look at lesser, one-note Scotland who've had them figured out for years.
It's genuinely interesting how sticky England are for them, particularly when you look at lesser, one-note Scotland who've had them figured out for years.
I've done it. I've found the worst take in the world about Scottish rugby.
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I've done it. I've found the worst take in the world about Scottish rugby.
Jesus Fuck.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Jesus Fuck.
All over the place today. Wasn't sure why. Then considered I've had half the caffeine I usually do.
Probably not a great sign.
Probably not a great sign.
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
All over the place today. Wasn't sure why. Then considered I've had half the caffeine I usually do.
Probably not a great sign.
Probably not a great sign.
I'm honestly not fussed that a twat said "coloured people" instead of "people of colour", but I am annoyed at how clever he thinks he is with this lampshading.
"“I can’t think of anybody less racist than me, but of course I would say that, wouldn’t I?"
"“I can’t think of anybody less racist than me, but of course I would say that, wouldn’t I?"
Angus MacDonald, who represents Inverness, has now said in a statement he will undertake diversity and inclusion training, after using the phrase on camera while discussing plans to house 300 male asylum seekers in a local barracks from next month.
Read the full story:
Read the full story:
Scottish Lib Dem MP forced to apologise after ‘coloured people’ slur
Angus MacDonald's comments made during a Channel 4 News interview about asylum seekers have been branded ‘offensive’, writes Kathryn Samson.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I'm honestly not fussed that a twat said "coloured people" instead of "people of colour", but I am annoyed at how clever he thinks he is with this lampshading.
"“I can’t think of anybody less racist than me, but of course I would say that, wouldn’t I?"
"“I can’t think of anybody less racist than me, but of course I would say that, wouldn’t I?"
I have two tickets to that thing you want to see. No price hike, legit, just 60% admin fee for my time and effort getting them to you.
UK to ban resale of tickets above face value on.ft.com/3JYQfCi
UK to ban resale of tickets above face value
Aggressive crackdown on touts comes after backlash over cost of watching live music and sport
on.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I have two tickets to that thing you want to see. No price hike, legit, just 60% admin fee for my time and effort getting them to you.
The high water mark of Prime Ministers over the last sixteen years was Gordon Brown secretly calling someone a bigot. Because they were a bigot.
And we threw him out of office for it so now we have Kier Starmer robbing asylum seekers at gunpoint.
Well done, lads. Go us.
And we threw him out of office for it so now we have Kier Starmer robbing asylum seekers at gunpoint.
Well done, lads. Go us.
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The high water mark of Prime Ministers over the last sixteen years was Gordon Brown secretly calling someone a bigot. Because they were a bigot.
And we threw him out of office for it so now we have Kier Starmer robbing asylum seekers at gunpoint.
Well done, lads. Go us.
And we threw him out of office for it so now we have Kier Starmer robbing asylum seekers at gunpoint.
Well done, lads. Go us.
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I don't use the word 'evil' lightly and tend to ignore anyone who does, but that's what this is.
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I don't use the word 'evil' lightly and tend to ignore anyone who does, but that's what this is.
I hate this wall from Star Trek Starfleet Academy so much. Trek has always used lists of names to honour production crew. This honours "REMEMBER THAT CHARACTER?" and they couldn't even do that with a lick of sense.
Lt Tasha Yar. A nobody security officer who died 800 yrs ago. But REMEMBER HER?!
Lt Tasha Yar. A nobody security officer who died 800 yrs ago. But REMEMBER HER?!
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I hate this wall from Star Trek Starfleet Academy so much. Trek has always used lists of names to honour production crew. This honours "REMEMBER THAT CHARACTER?" and they couldn't even do that with a lick of sense.
Lt Tasha Yar. A nobody security officer who died 800 yrs ago. But REMEMBER HER?!
Lt Tasha Yar. A nobody security officer who died 800 yrs ago. But REMEMBER HER?!
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-Obviously the robot is alive, why are we arguing?
-We did this practically for literally no reason other than it was cool
-Yes the 80s were too much but lets have some blood and quips all the same
-It took us a month to film this scene
-SPACESHIP!
-Obviously the robot is alive, why are we arguing?
-We did this practically for literally no reason other than it was cool
-Yes the 80s were too much but lets have some blood and quips all the same
-It took us a month to film this scene
-SPACESHIP!
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
- Roaring rampage of revenge
- Reluctantly, I must resume my life of violence
- On reflection, the risk assessment on our giant monster facility and/or attraction could have been more thorough
- Girl survives
- Crime but make it quirky
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-Obviously the robot is alive, why are we arguing?
-We did this practically for literally no reason other than it was cool
-Yes the 80s were too much but lets have some blood and quips all the same
-It took us a month to film this scene
-SPACESHIP!
-Obviously the robot is alive, why are we arguing?
-We did this practically for literally no reason other than it was cool
-Yes the 80s were too much but lets have some blood and quips all the same
-It took us a month to film this scene
-SPACESHIP!
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Fuck this random grunt in particular I guess
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Fuck this random grunt in particular I guess
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Very tired of people ruminating on ‘the evidence’ while conveniently neglecting the glaring evidence that Labour is dominated by ideological right-wingers whose sole political project has been rat-fucking the left and slamming the steering wheel hard-right because those are the politics they want.
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Very tired of people ruminating on ‘the evidence’ while conveniently neglecting the glaring evidence that Labour is dominated by ideological right-wingers whose sole political project has been rat-fucking the left and slamming the steering wheel hard-right because those are the politics they want.
Just going to share a random 8 month old post of mine for no reason.
You know the worst part of this? There's been JUST enough spark from this useless Scotland team that Townsend will be able to give his standard, "proud of the effort. Thought we did well under pressure. We had some good breaks," interview and stay in post and nothing will change.
#FRAvSCO
#FRAvSCO
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Just going to share a random 8 month old post of mine for no reason.
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If Gregor Townsend still has a job tomorrow we riot
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If Gregor Townsend still has a job tomorrow we riot
For saying I'm quite fond of my ability to turn a phrase and I've never particularly cared about cutting out rude words for the meek, I'm struggling to think of any way to describe this that won't read as me having a total psychotic breakdown.
November 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
For saying I'm quite fond of my ability to turn a phrase and I've never particularly cared about cutting out rude words for the meek, I'm struggling to think of any way to describe this that won't read as me having a total psychotic breakdown.
This my friends, is the good shit.
For some reason I’m thinking about this legend
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This my friends, is the good shit.
Jesus wept, England. Get a hold of yourself.
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Jesus wept, England. Get a hold of yourself.
Now I know you, small person that you are, can't admit when Trump has a good idea. I bet you didn't even know he offered Transgender for Everyone...
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Now I know you, small person that you are, can't admit when Trump has a good idea. I bet you didn't even know he offered Transgender for Everyone...
It is, and I'm not exaggerating, a cunt.
ChatGPT has always had the problem where it asserts something, is contradicted, and then tries to gaslight you into thinking there was no correction.
It's now even better at it, and aggressively condescending with it too.
Hell of an update.
ChatGPT has always had the problem where it asserts something, is contradicted, and then tries to gaslight you into thinking there was no correction.
It's now even better at it, and aggressively condescending with it too.
Hell of an update.
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It is, and I'm not exaggerating, a cunt.
ChatGPT has always had the problem where it asserts something, is contradicted, and then tries to gaslight you into thinking there was no correction.
It's now even better at it, and aggressively condescending with it too.
Hell of an update.
ChatGPT has always had the problem where it asserts something, is contradicted, and then tries to gaslight you into thinking there was no correction.
It's now even better at it, and aggressively condescending with it too.
Hell of an update.