Nathan Murray
@holmesandgardens.bsky.social
Decent English prof studying AI and pedagogy, terrible musician, excellent nitpicker
Just figured out my costume for taking my daughter trick or treating. If we’re gonna beat Baseball Jesus, we’re gonna need:
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just figured out my costume for taking my daughter trick or treating. If we’re gonna beat Baseball Jesus, we’re gonna need:
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Rufus Wainwright is singing the Canadian anthem at the World Series and he changed the words as a fuck you to the US - “that only we command”
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Rufus Wainwright is singing the Canadian anthem at the World Series and he changed the words as a fuck you to the US - “that only we command”
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After 9 years of not wanting to jump the gun, I started The Hobbit with the kid tonight. I was especially nervous about all the poems.
After I got through the second ("far over the Misty Mountains old...") he said "That is such a good poem! Poems are so great."
Yes they are lil dude. 💔
After I got through the second ("far over the Misty Mountains old...") he said "That is such a good poem! Poems are so great."
Yes they are lil dude. 💔
September 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
After 9 years of not wanting to jump the gun, I started The Hobbit with the kid tonight. I was especially nervous about all the poems.
After I got through the second ("far over the Misty Mountains old...") he said "That is such a good poem! Poems are so great."
Yes they are lil dude. 💔
After I got through the second ("far over the Misty Mountains old...") he said "That is such a good poem! Poems are so great."
Yes they are lil dude. 💔
Just saw a delivery e-bike driver and a bicyclist collide and wipe out in the bike lane. I thought for sure when they got up they’d come to blows but they helped each other get up, hugged each other firmly and went on their way.
September 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Just saw a delivery e-bike driver and a bicyclist collide and wipe out in the bike lane. I thought for sure when they got up they’d come to blows but they helped each other get up, hugged each other firmly and went on their way.
As someone who works mostly in-person in classrooms, and has been absolutely jammed in traffic the last two weeks, I'm so incredibly aggravated about all the Toronto companies and banks sending the employees who have been remote back to the office. Let those people stay home!
September 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
As someone who works mostly in-person in classrooms, and has been absolutely jammed in traffic the last two weeks, I'm so incredibly aggravated about all the Toronto companies and banks sending the employees who have been remote back to the office. Let those people stay home!
Actual footage of me trying to work on any given day. Half the job of teaching remotely is keeping her out of the shot, I swear. Music by me.
September 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Actual footage of me trying to work on any given day. Half the job of teaching remotely is keeping her out of the shot, I swear. Music by me.
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rewatching this episode of the Twilight Zone where a man becomes obsessed with getting advice from a demonic fortune telling machine until he can no longer make any decisions without consulting the machine.
for no reason in particular.
for no reason in particular.
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
rewatching this episode of the Twilight Zone where a man becomes obsessed with getting advice from a demonic fortune telling machine until he can no longer make any decisions without consulting the machine.
for no reason in particular.
for no reason in particular.
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I say this as someone who bloviates often, but writing something narratively with Words shitty baked in CoPilot ai, shows exactly show soulless ai is at writing. All extra wording for emphasis or color is marked and suggested to cut down into one word to be concise.
September 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I say this as someone who bloviates often, but writing something narratively with Words shitty baked in CoPilot ai, shows exactly show soulless ai is at writing. All extra wording for emphasis or color is marked and suggested to cut down into one word to be concise.
I accidentally scratched one of the lenses on my phone now all of my pictures look like I’m taking them while dreaming
September 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I accidentally scratched one of the lenses on my phone now all of my pictures look like I’m taking them while dreaming
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You guys, a conclave of old cardinals can decide on a POPE faster than an academic search committee can decide on the four people we're bringing to campus for an assistant professor search.
May 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You guys, a conclave of old cardinals can decide on a POPE faster than an academic search committee can decide on the four people we're bringing to campus for an assistant professor search.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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Imagine if projector salespeople told you projectors were great in the classroom not because they let everybody see an image better but rather because now every course could be about projectors, because projectors are the future and the time to opt out of talking about projectors all day has passed.
May 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Imagine if projector salespeople told you projectors were great in the classroom not because they let everybody see an image better but rather because now every course could be about projectors, because projectors are the future and the time to opt out of talking about projectors all day has passed.
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"You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page"
- Jodi Picoult
#WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub
- Jodi Picoult
#WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub
April 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page"
- Jodi Picoult
#WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub
- Jodi Picoult
#WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub
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I once heard somebody say that Lucky Charms are just proof of how much dry cat food children are willing to eat to get half a handful of marshmallows and I think about that a lot
April 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I once heard somebody say that Lucky Charms are just proof of how much dry cat food children are willing to eat to get half a handful of marshmallows and I think about that a lot
Exam invigilation is usually a pretty boring affair but not when you get to watch playoff hockey on the Brampton Garden Square Jumbotron!
April 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Exam invigilation is usually a pretty boring affair but not when you get to watch playoff hockey on the Brampton Garden Square Jumbotron!
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I have autism. I graduated high school with honors and had the highest SAT score in school history. I've been married to my wonderful wife for 28 years and have three amazing children. I've had a successful career as a software and DevOps engineer and paid plenty in taxes.
Go fuck yourself RFK Jr.
Go fuck yourself RFK Jr.
April 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I have autism. I graduated high school with honors and had the highest SAT score in school history. I've been married to my wonderful wife for 28 years and have three amazing children. I've had a successful career as a software and DevOps engineer and paid plenty in taxes.
Go fuck yourself RFK Jr.
Go fuck yourself RFK Jr.
I don’t know where to direct my rage these days but seriously, go fuck yourself RFK. this is wildly inaccurate and cruel
BUT ALSO
Generations of mothers were blamed for their children’s autism until we figured out it wasn’t caused by parental neglect. Why do we need to go backward??
BUT ALSO
Generations of mothers were blamed for their children’s autism until we figured out it wasn’t caused by parental neglect. Why do we need to go backward??
RFK Jr has never met an autistic person, has he?
April 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I don’t know where to direct my rage these days but seriously, go fuck yourself RFK. this is wildly inaccurate and cruel
BUT ALSO
Generations of mothers were blamed for their children’s autism until we figured out it wasn’t caused by parental neglect. Why do we need to go backward??
BUT ALSO
Generations of mothers were blamed for their children’s autism until we figured out it wasn’t caused by parental neglect. Why do we need to go backward??
A massive pickup truck turned the corner as I was walking my daughter home from school, and the truck’s back tires ended up jumping the curb and nearly running my daughter over. As I pulled her out of the way I noticed the truck’s “fuck Trudeau” sticker and thought how predictable it all was.
April 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A massive pickup truck turned the corner as I was walking my daughter home from school, and the truck’s back tires ended up jumping the curb and nearly running my daughter over. As I pulled her out of the way I noticed the truck’s “fuck Trudeau” sticker and thought how predictable it all was.
Nice to see OpenAI nakedly hawking ChatGPT as a cheating service on Reddit.
There are, in fact, limits on how you can use ChatGPT for your final exams, and they’re set by your professor, because clearly ChatGPT won’t set any limits.
There are, in fact, limits on how you can use ChatGPT for your final exams, and they’re set by your professor, because clearly ChatGPT won’t set any limits.
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nice to see OpenAI nakedly hawking ChatGPT as a cheating service on Reddit.
There are, in fact, limits on how you can use ChatGPT for your final exams, and they’re set by your professor, because clearly ChatGPT won’t set any limits.
There are, in fact, limits on how you can use ChatGPT for your final exams, and they’re set by your professor, because clearly ChatGPT won’t set any limits.
Trying to work on anything these days
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 15,1947
April 15,1947
April 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Trying to work on anything these days
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Discworld QOTD
from Night Watch
from Night Watch
April 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Discworld QOTD
from Night Watch
from Night Watch
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reading Woolf for the first time and holy shit. what the fuck man. getting mad at how good this shit is
April 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
reading Woolf for the first time and holy shit. what the fuck man. getting mad at how good this shit is