Matt Murchison
@mmurch.bsky.social
London, recently Tokyo, food, synth, tech
We once flew Icaro Air in Ecuador and had the same concern. Unlike the airline, we survived! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icaro_Air
November 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
We once flew Icaro Air in Ecuador and had the same concern. Unlike the airline, we survived! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icaro_Air
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Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.
Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!
#MundaneHalloween
The world may be getting darker but my daughter is old enough for (and excited about) playing coop Portal 2 with me, which is just magical.
September 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The world may be getting darker but my daughter is old enough for (and excited about) playing coop Portal 2 with me, which is just magical.
Dylan Henner announced a live show in a church in London in the fall. Cannot wait. Beautiful, underrated ambient. open.spotify.com/album/64oJXg...
You Always Will Be
Dylan Henner · Album · 2022 · 10 songs
open.spotify.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Dylan Henner announced a live show in a church in London in the fall. Cannot wait. Beautiful, underrated ambient. open.spotify.com/album/64oJXg...
This is extremely cool. Way beyond my capabilities to fully leverage, but I am forwarding to my true-musician buddies and intend to give this a try.
here's my talk on my live music software "benny" (mostly why and a bit what) from crux festival london earlier this year
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgF5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgF5...
Crux Festival 2025: James Holden (talk)
YouTube video by Crux Audio Visual
www.youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This is extremely cool. Way beyond my capabilities to fully leverage, but I am forwarding to my true-musician buddies and intend to give this a try.
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I realized something recently, which is that we're building AI tools completely backwards.
While I was aware that there's some de-skilling happening already, I finally clicked a bunch of pieces together and decided to write this to talk about how we can do *better*
hazelweakly.me/blog/stop-bu...
While I was aware that there's some de-skilling happening already, I finally clicked a bunch of pieces together and decided to write this to talk about how we can do *better*
hazelweakly.me/blog/stop-bu...
Stop Building AI Tools Backwards | Hazel Weakly
I’ve been reading this week about how humans learn, and effective ways of transferring knowledge. In addition, I’ve also had AI in the back of my mind, and...
hazelweakly.me
May 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I realized something recently, which is that we're building AI tools completely backwards.
While I was aware that there's some de-skilling happening already, I finally clicked a bunch of pieces together and decided to write this to talk about how we can do *better*
hazelweakly.me/blog/stop-bu...
While I was aware that there's some de-skilling happening already, I finally clicked a bunch of pieces together and decided to write this to talk about how we can do *better*
hazelweakly.me/blog/stop-bu...
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It's still kind of ridiculous to me that so many newspaper staffs are bifurcated into "the writers who aren't allowed to express opinions" and "the writers who aren't required to engage with facts."
November 10, 2024 at 3:32 PM
It's still kind of ridiculous to me that so many newspaper staffs are bifurcated into "the writers who aren't allowed to express opinions" and "the writers who aren't required to engage with facts."
Overhearing a delightful argument between two teens on the bus, the likes of which I thought was obsolete, “That’s not Jackie Chan, bruv!”
November 10, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Overhearing a delightful argument between two teens on the bus, the likes of which I thought was obsolete, “That’s not Jackie Chan, bruv!”
This song makes me feel small in a very good way.
The stars vs creatures
Colleen · A flame my love, a frequency · Song · 2017
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2024 at 4:44 PM
This song makes me feel small in a very good way.
This is exactly what I was discussing with someone today. 2016 felt like a “wildcard” move. This feels like a choice.
I feel like I felt after the 2004 election. In 2000, Bush didn't win, but he took power thanks to SCOTUS In 2004, he actually won and, despite 9/11 and letting Bin Laden escape and the disaster in Iraq and the recession and and and ... won by a better margin.
This feels like that, to me.
This feels like that, to me.
November 6, 2024 at 9:23 PM
This is exactly what I was discussing with someone today. 2016 felt like a “wildcard” move. This feels like a choice.
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Despite the vibes being, you know, not great, I'm still in kind of a weird, serene place about everything, so I thought I would reshare this.
I unlocked last week's paid newsletter for everybody. Here's how I'm managing my ELECTION STRESS. I have achieved LEVELS OF SERENITY UNKNOWN TO HUMANKIND PRIOR TO THIS MOMENT.
episodes.ghost.io/only-thing-c...
episodes.ghost.io/only-thing-c...
November 6, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Despite the vibes being, you know, not great, I'm still in kind of a weird, serene place about everything, so I thought I would reshare this.
One of my pet peeves is when folks say, why don't we build this the "right way" or the "correct way"?, and I've had to coach folks to use different language several times in the last couple years.
November 4, 2024 at 4:54 PM
One of my pet peeves is when folks say, why don't we build this the "right way" or the "correct way"?, and I've had to coach folks to use different language several times in the last couple years.
Finished the Sunlit Man so I am officially ready for Wind and Truth in December.
Now what can I read in a month that will pull me away from election anxiety?
Now what can I read in a month that will pull me away from election anxiety?
November 2, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Finished the Sunlit Man so I am officially ready for Wind and Truth in December.
Now what can I read in a month that will pull me away from election anxiety?
Now what can I read in a month that will pull me away from election anxiety?
Think I just pulled a muscle yawning. How is your week going?
October 21, 2024 at 8:16 AM
Think I just pulled a muscle yawning. How is your week going?
Dostoevsky’s The Idiot, as cast by my dumb brain:
Louis Garrel as our titular prince
Louis Garrel as our titular prince
October 19, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Dostoevsky’s The Idiot, as cast by my dumb brain:
Louis Garrel as our titular prince
Louis Garrel as our titular prince
My brain casts actors to certain (not all) book characters and I just can’t get it out of my head once I’ve done it, even when the physical description follows that invalidates the casting.
October 17, 2024 at 9:14 AM
My brain casts actors to certain (not all) book characters and I just can’t get it out of my head once I’ve done it, even when the physical description follows that invalidates the casting.
Matsuri in Trafalgar Square today. Some legit details (kids game scooping bouncy balls out of a pool with a thin paper net, the food). Great day despite it being chilly, rainy, and alcohol free. Tokyo version is largely about surviving the heat with fans and cold drinks.
October 6, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Matsuri in Trafalgar Square today. Some legit details (kids game scooping bouncy balls out of a pool with a thin paper net, the food). Great day despite it being chilly, rainy, and alcohol free. Tokyo version is largely about surviving the heat with fans and cold drinks.
In Berlin for work. Sooooo good to be here without jet lag. But feeling soooo guilty to be missing our big sea shipment delivery day in London.
September 30, 2024 at 12:03 PM
In Berlin for work. Sooooo good to be here without jet lag. But feeling soooo guilty to be missing our big sea shipment delivery day in London.
Today in UK lingo, someone told me they didn't want to teach me to suck eggs.
September 27, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Today in UK lingo, someone told me they didn't want to teach me to suck eggs.
My wife’s only toxic trait is liking the Big Bang Theory. But man…
September 26, 2024 at 6:45 PM
My wife’s only toxic trait is liking the Big Bang Theory. But man…
Celebrated my wife’s {{notable_number}} birthday tonight with a family dinner out (Japanese complete with some Dassai) and gelato.
September 25, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Celebrated my wife’s {{notable_number}} birthday tonight with a family dinner out (Japanese complete with some Dassai) and gelato.
I was okay with “grey” or “fibre” but now they’re teaching my daughter not to use an Oxford comma!
September 24, 2024 at 10:09 PM
I was okay with “grey” or “fibre” but now they’re teaching my daughter not to use an Oxford comma!
Books read annually
2022 - <1
2023 - 0
2024 - 14 and counting
I have no idea how my brain works and why the habit stuck this time around.
2022 - <1
2023 - 0
2024 - 14 and counting
I have no idea how my brain works and why the habit stuck this time around.
September 23, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Books read annually
2022 - <1
2023 - 0
2024 - 14 and counting
I have no idea how my brain works and why the habit stuck this time around.
2022 - <1
2023 - 0
2024 - 14 and counting
I have no idea how my brain works and why the habit stuck this time around.
I am enjoying having a comically friendly and generous neighbor who pops his head over a hedge to lend me things that I need.
September 21, 2024 at 8:12 PM
I am enjoying having a comically friendly and generous neighbor who pops his head over a hedge to lend me things that I need.
Felt like dad of the year solving a 4 year old’s first splinter with Swiss Army knife tweezers. Tim Walz would be so proud.
September 20, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Felt like dad of the year solving a 4 year old’s first splinter with Swiss Army knife tweezers. Tim Walz would be so proud.