Hugh Murnaghan
@hughmurnaghan.bsky.social
Irish, in Northern Ireland. Far too old for my own good. Interested in history, especially of the 17th-18th Centuries & pirates. Love reading PG Woodhouse, Agatha Christie & Terry Pratchett. Pro-Ukrainian & Palestinian, & any victims of violence.
Just a brilliant thread.
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just a brilliant thread.
Genius thread.
It's seven years since we posted on Twitter about how kids kept coming into the library asking if we had any books about FORTNITE. We didn't back then, and we'd never heard of it so we tried asking what it was.
September 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Genius thread.
While this probably won't be a massive chart hit, this is just a lovely song, and a beautiful video.
Crafty friends The Divine Comedy have the most wonderful new song Invisible Thread. It’s lovely but also I’m in bits now. youtu.be/5VXSQQ5YDIU?...
The Divine Comedy - Invisible Thread
YouTube video by The Divine Comedy (Official)
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
While this probably won't be a massive chart hit, this is just a lovely song, and a beautiful video.
Just another normal week then...
Sagittarius: Get ready for a week of exciting new experiences! Is what you should be telling your hands cause you're going to keep getting different gunks all over them every few hours. Weird stuff, seems almost alien. It's not though, it's just gross. And caustic.
August 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just another normal week then...
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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
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Parents: How Are You Getting On?
Please share this helpful video.
#schoolholidays #sixweeksofhell
youtu.be/2S9q2bR44CY
Please share this helpful video.
#schoolholidays #sixweeksofhell
youtu.be/2S9q2bR44CY
Parents "Terrified" Of School Break - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
youtu.be
August 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Parents: How Are You Getting On?
Please share this helpful video.
#schoolholidays #sixweeksofhell
youtu.be/2S9q2bR44CY
Please share this helpful video.
#schoolholidays #sixweeksofhell
youtu.be/2S9q2bR44CY
The person behind this must know me (I'd still burn on a cloudy day).
Sagittarius: Beware the Ides of August (includes all the doom of March Ides plus sunburn).
August 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The person behind this must know me (I'd still burn on a cloudy day).
The clearest journalism yet...
The algo obviously HATES us talking about this.
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
So would you do us a favour and share?
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
youtu.be/WmFD42E5_W4
UK Media Shifts Tone on Gaza - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The clearest journalism yet...
Looks like I shouldn't go shopping this week...
Sagittarius: You will run into an old friend at the grocery store while you’re hiding from them in the freezer.
July 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Looks like I shouldn't go shopping this week...
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My 7yo wanted to read Red Fish Blue Fish today, then I showed him this video, and he lost his MIND, he is now convinced this guy is the best rapper ever. (Tbf, it is really good) youtu.be/I8-EXMxufG8?...
ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH | Dr. Seuss Raps over Dr. Dre Beats
YouTube video by Wes Tank
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 3:27 AM
My 7yo wanted to read Red Fish Blue Fish today, then I showed him this video, and he lost his MIND, he is now convinced this guy is the best rapper ever. (Tbf, it is really good) youtu.be/I8-EXMxufG8?...
Just as I feared.
I'm living the triumph of hopelessness over expectation.
I'm living the triumph of hopelessness over expectation.
Sagittarius: We take no pleasure in informing you that the next few days will be disappointing. Okay, we do take a little pleasure in it.
July 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Just as I feared.
I'm living the triumph of hopelessness over expectation.
I'm living the triumph of hopelessness over expectation.
I like this idea.
I'm a long way from being an expert, but it does appeal to me.
I'm a long way from being an expert, but it does appeal to me.
Has anyone suggested what might be the most logical, and also most easily understood and pedagogical, response to Trump’s tariffs? Namely, if the USA defaults on its MFN obligations to others, then others should withdraw MFN status from the USA?
July 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I like this idea.
I'm a long way from being an expert, but it does appeal to me.
I'm a long way from being an expert, but it does appeal to me.
Things are looking up, it's a notification....
Sagittarius: You’ll finally get a notification on your dating app this week, but it’s only to let you know about your overdue fees.
June 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Things are looking up, it's a notification....
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June 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Perhaps it is unachievable. Perhaps the gap in planning and technical abilities is too big. But I dearly hope that one day NATO is allowed to join Ukraine.
Ukrainian security service sources tell @financialtimes.com the agency is conducting "a large-scale special operation to destroy enemy bomber aircraft" deep inside Russia.
"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.
"SBU drones are targeting aircraft that bomb Ukrainian cities every night." Claims 40 aircraft have been hit.
June 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Perhaps it is unachievable. Perhaps the gap in planning and technical abilities is too big. But I dearly hope that one day NATO is allowed to join Ukraine.
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So my mum decided to try using Uber. Long story short, she downloaded the wrong app and has accidentally signed up as a driver
May 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
So my mum decided to try using Uber. Long story short, she downloaded the wrong app and has accidentally signed up as a driver
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STAR WARS was released 47 years ago today. Hollywood’s biggest movie phenomenon, and the film that launched the career of star Harrison Ford, the behind the scenes story is as spectacular as blowing up the Death Star…
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May 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
STAR WARS was released 47 years ago today. Hollywood’s biggest movie phenomenon, and the film that launched the career of star Harrison Ford, the behind the scenes story is as spectacular as blowing up the Death Star…
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A massive, and massively impressive, thread.
33 years ago, on 23rd May 1992, Giovanni Falcone is assassinated, along with Francesca Morvillo, Vito Schifani, Rocco Dicillo and Antonio Montinaro. This thread tells the story of how he is undermined, isolated and abandoned to his destiny by the state he so loyally serves >> 1
May 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A massive, and massively impressive, thread.
I've always felt that I needed to get in touch with my aimless space rocky nature...
Sagittarius: Like an asteroid, floating through the dark reaches of space and time, you are also cold, lopsided, and alone.
May 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I've always felt that I needed to get in touch with my aimless space rocky nature...
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
Having a horoscope channel its inner Yoda makes for quite a tough mentor.
Sagittarius: Get a job. Do or do not. There is no try.
May 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Having a horoscope channel its inner Yoda makes for quite a tough mentor.
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Looks like I need to keep my head down this week.
Sagittarius: Watch out for low hanging ceiling fans or anything else that might sever your head from your body. Don’t ask why, just stay alert.
April 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Looks like I need to keep my head down this week.