Nick Murray-Smith
@murrth.bsky.social
Ok - I don't know... but I would like to learn.
Interested in "having a society", tech, art and people.
If you can’t appreciate the absurd, you're probably gonna have a bad time 😵💫🫠
Interested in "having a society", tech, art and people.
If you can’t appreciate the absurd, you're probably gonna have a bad time 😵💫🫠
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Hey, I'm just trying to make the Internet a better place one shitpost at a time.
December 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Hey, I'm just trying to make the Internet a better place one shitpost at a time.
Cloud Dancer is the colour of people who “don’t see colour”…
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Cloud Dancer is the colour of people who “don’t see colour”…
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sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
Incredible.
As usual these people are showing they stand for nothing and for no one but themselves.
The absence of any principles or moral compass is glaring.
As usual these people are showing they stand for nothing and for no one but themselves.
The absence of any principles or moral compass is glaring.
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Incredible.
As usual these people are showing they stand for nothing and for no one but themselves.
The absence of any principles or moral compass is glaring.
As usual these people are showing they stand for nothing and for no one but themselves.
The absence of any principles or moral compass is glaring.
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
TIL 電 is kanji for "electric."
I thought "Wow, so cool that the word resembles a plug in an electrical outlet"
But after some googling, it turns out this character pre-dates electricity and originally meant "lightning"...
So the fact that it resembles a plug is a total coincidence!
I thought "Wow, so cool that the word resembles a plug in an electrical outlet"
But after some googling, it turns out this character pre-dates electricity and originally meant "lightning"...
So the fact that it resembles a plug is a total coincidence!
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
TIL 電 is kanji for "electric."
I thought "Wow, so cool that the word resembles a plug in an electrical outlet"
But after some googling, it turns out this character pre-dates electricity and originally meant "lightning"...
So the fact that it resembles a plug is a total coincidence!
I thought "Wow, so cool that the word resembles a plug in an electrical outlet"
But after some googling, it turns out this character pre-dates electricity and originally meant "lightning"...
So the fact that it resembles a plug is a total coincidence!
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And while this is more helpful than cute?
電 is "electric." and it's really distinctive-looking.
So even if you don't recognize a word, it's a great clue.
電話 (electric story) is phone.
電車 (electric car) is train.
電池 (electric pond!) is battery!
電 is "electric." and it's really distinctive-looking.
So even if you don't recognize a word, it's a great clue.
電話 (electric story) is phone.
電車 (electric car) is train.
電池 (electric pond!) is battery!
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
And while this is more helpful than cute?
電 is "electric." and it's really distinctive-looking.
So even if you don't recognize a word, it's a great clue.
電話 (electric story) is phone.
電車 (electric car) is train.
電池 (electric pond!) is battery!
電 is "electric." and it's really distinctive-looking.
So even if you don't recognize a word, it's a great clue.
電話 (electric story) is phone.
電車 (electric car) is train.
電池 (electric pond!) is battery!
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I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.
If this is true, fuck everybody who needs to feel “normal” and can’t just live their own life and be happy to let others live theirs.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If this is true, fuck everybody who needs to feel “normal” and can’t just live their own life and be happy to let others live theirs.
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And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And this is so obnoxious because actual-politics is kind of a fucking layup right now.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
Your opponents are running a historically corrupt government.
Be anti-corruption. Run on fixing the shit they broke, holding assholes accountable, and improving people’s lives.
Duh.
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Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Van Hollen: "It's either murder from the first strike if their whole theory is wrong, and I think the weight of the legal opinion is they've concocted this ridiculous legal theory. But even if you accept it, then it is a war crime. I do believe the secretary of defense should be held accountable"
Quite the dilemma...
I wonder where they'll land on this question.
I wonder where they'll land on this question.
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Quite the dilemma...
I wonder where they'll land on this question.
I wonder where they'll land on this question.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Today, other people who are trying to follow the greencard process, are being arrested at their immigration interviews - literally the moment when they hope to be granted their greencards.
After all the fees and forms and tests they fucking arrested them. 😵💫🤬
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
After all the fees and forms and tests they fucking arrested them. 😵💫🤬
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Today, other people who are trying to follow the greencard process, are being arrested at their immigration interviews - literally the moment when they hope to be granted their greencards.
After all the fees and forms and tests they fucking arrested them. 😵💫🤬
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
After all the fees and forms and tests they fucking arrested them. 😵💫🤬
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Today I am thankful for already having my greencard - it was a long painful process but ultimately we made it, and I get to live with my wife.
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Today I am thankful for already having my greencard - it was a long painful process but ultimately we made it, and I get to live with my wife.
I'm not trying to point any fingers or litigate, who did what, first; but it sure *looks* like there was some flag plagiarism here.
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I'm not trying to point any fingers or litigate, who did what, first; but it sure *looks* like there was some flag plagiarism here.
TRUMP (smirking):
"I've been called much worse than a despot, so, it's not that insulting..."
😭
Not sure why but this has me cracking up 🫠
"I've been called much worse than a despot, so, it's not that insulting..."
😭
Not sure why but this has me cracking up 🫠
Q: Just days ago you referred to Trump as a 'despot.' Will you retract?
MAMDANI: We're both very clear on our positions & what I really appreciate about the president is our meeting focused not on places of disagreement but shared purpose we have
TRUMP: I've been called much worse than a despot
MAMDANI: We're both very clear on our positions & what I really appreciate about the president is our meeting focused not on places of disagreement but shared purpose we have
TRUMP: I've been called much worse than a despot
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
TRUMP (smirking):
"I've been called much worse than a despot, so, it's not that insulting..."
😭
Not sure why but this has me cracking up 🫠
"I've been called much worse than a despot, so, it's not that insulting..."
😭
Not sure why but this has me cracking up 🫠
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Genuinely crazy-making that people keep on insisting she's a great writer...
We've all read some of those excerpts from the book, and they are terrible. Really, laughably, bad... unintentional literary camp.
We've all read some of those excerpts from the book, and they are terrible. Really, laughably, bad... unintentional literary camp.
this insistence that she is some preternatural journalistic talent is going to drive me insane
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Genuinely crazy-making that people keep on insisting she's a great writer...
We've all read some of those excerpts from the book, and they are terrible. Really, laughably, bad... unintentional literary camp.
We've all read some of those excerpts from the book, and they are terrible. Really, laughably, bad... unintentional literary camp.