James Mathurin
@mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
British / Australian illustrator and educator
Fantasy art, character design, sci-fi and alternate realities.
He/him
www.jamesmathurin.com/
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Fantasy art, character design, sci-fi and alternate realities.
He/him
www.jamesmathurin.com/
linktr.ee/mathurinjames
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I've been creatively-blocked this last year, so I tried something completely different. This is my first #landscape #illustration , and I've tried some different things with the colouring with some #digital #watercolour stuff.
#London #streetart #graffiti #ink #color #colour
#London #streetart #graffiti #ink #color #colour
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See, I'd offer that the trick is: A solid classical education doesn't necessarily make YOU a better person, but it WILL equip you to not be so easily impressed by someone who is a BAD person but has been educated so as to dress it up in dignified airs.
But I don't think it makes you a *morally* better person. It might be one of the ways your morality is shaped or the language you use to express it, but it's a vessel, not the substance. We do not, after all, think of professors of English Literature as an unusually virtuous bunch.
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
See, I'd offer that the trick is: A solid classical education doesn't necessarily make YOU a better person, but it WILL equip you to not be so easily impressed by someone who is a BAD person but has been educated so as to dress it up in dignified airs.
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You were studying LAW and you think your HUMANITIES classes were deemed necessary for you to understand *verse components?*
... ...yea, that tracks
... ...yea, that tracks
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
You were studying LAW and you think your HUMANITIES classes were deemed necessary for you to understand *verse components?*
... ...yea, that tracks
... ...yea, that tracks
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
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December 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Being into Rhodesia is like being a Disney adult for people who have a panic attack if they see a black person at the grocery store
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Being into Rhodesia is like being a Disney adult for people who have a panic attack if they see a black person at the grocery store
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the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
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Every cover I’ve done has had some kernel of inspiration and there’s two facts here: this was the first cover I ever penciled and inked in a professional capacity and thus cover was inspired by The Untouchables Movie poster. Wise Son as Elliot Ness. I’m sure Wise would have had an issue with it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Every cover I’ve done has had some kernel of inspiration and there’s two facts here: this was the first cover I ever penciled and inked in a professional capacity and thus cover was inspired by The Untouchables Movie poster. Wise Son as Elliot Ness. I’m sure Wise would have had an issue with it.
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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How your email finds me:
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
How your email finds me:
I genuinely cannot shift this song from my head, so now you can put it in yours.
Ecca Vandal - Molly
Ecca Vandal - Molly
Ecca Vandal - MOLLY (Official Video)
YouTube video by Ecca Vandal
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I genuinely cannot shift this song from my head, so now you can put it in yours.
Ecca Vandal - Molly
Ecca Vandal - Molly
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I lost a job for calling Charlie Kirk a Nazi, but this is cool.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I lost a job for calling Charlie Kirk a Nazi, but this is cool.
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"It's like a Nancy Meyers movie but for 40 year old women."
this is officially the funniest marketing blurb of all time. I love it when dumb guys achieve transcendent comic stupidity all on their own
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"It's like a Nancy Meyers movie but for 40 year old women."
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Noted racist and Nobel Laureate James Watson, who stole Rosalind Franklin's data to try to deduce the structure of DNA first, has died at 97 as an unrepentant eugenicist and misogynist.
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Noted racist and Nobel Laureate James Watson, who stole Rosalind Franklin's data to try to deduce the structure of DNA first, has died at 97 as an unrepentant eugenicist and misogynist.
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This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.
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Seeing British centrists celebrate what happened in the USA last night and pretending they wouldn't have all been cheering for Cuomo is pretty funny stuff.
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Seeing British centrists celebrate what happened in the USA last night and pretending they wouldn't have all been cheering for Cuomo is pretty funny stuff.
People need to give more recognition to how much people like Lee Perry and King Tubby were experimenting with electronic music, because you hear so much of contemporary EDM in their music from 50nyears ago.
It always fascinates me to think that a tiny island like Jamaica 🇯🇲 influenced the whole world musically: ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, dancehall...
From sound systems to hip-hop and EDM, its deep basslines keep on inspiring people globally!
From sound systems to hip-hop and EDM, its deep basslines keep on inspiring people globally!
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
People need to give more recognition to how much people like Lee Perry and King Tubby were experimenting with electronic music, because you hear so much of contemporary EDM in their music from 50nyears ago.
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???
Wait, so privatising public services ALWAYS leads to worse services which cost us more?
Incredible.
Incredible.
Australia's scandal-ridden childcare sector a legacy of 'golden age' of reform
The decision by past governments to push Australia's childcare industry in the direction of marketisation and corporatisation has left a lasting legacy.
www.abc.net.au
November 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Wait, so privatising public services ALWAYS leads to worse services which cost us more?
Incredible.
Incredible.
Cool Halloween video about that old Marvel cartoon we all remember, Xemnu From The Magic Planet.
YOU REMEMBER XEMNU FROM THE MAGIC PLANET, DON'T YOU?
YOU REMEMBER XEMNU FROM THE MAGIC PLANET, DON'T YOU?
Xemnu: The Marvel Cartoon You Definitely Remember
YouTube video by Sir_Superhero
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Cool Halloween video about that old Marvel cartoon we all remember, Xemnu From The Magic Planet.
YOU REMEMBER XEMNU FROM THE MAGIC PLANET, DON'T YOU?
YOU REMEMBER XEMNU FROM THE MAGIC PLANET, DON'T YOU?
if you see this post an AEW gif just because 🤼♂️
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
if you see this post an AEW gif just because 🤼♂️
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Hep C no evil, Hearpes no evil, Fatigue no evil.
BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Hep C no evil, Hearpes no evil, Fatigue no evil.
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Classic "Doctor Who" actor Nabil Shaban (1953-2025) appearing on "Blue Peter" to promote "The Trial of a Timelord" (transmitted 18/09/86). #DoctorWho #BluePeter
October 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Classic "Doctor Who" actor Nabil Shaban (1953-2025) appearing on "Blue Peter" to promote "The Trial of a Timelord" (transmitted 18/09/86). #DoctorWho #BluePeter