Jason Murphy
@thecrimpmaster.bsky.social
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How not to illustrate the similarity of bone structures between humans & horses.
September 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
How not to illustrate the similarity of bone structures between humans & horses.
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I feel like it's hard to get across to my English pals that if the Taoiseach **made a point of insisting to the press** that they put Irish flags all over their house, and made sure to 'always' sit by one in their office, then they would immediately, and forever, be tainted as a massive weird freak.
NEW: Keir Starmer has said he hangs the English flag in his home and 'always sits front of a Union Jack'
He told the BBC: 'I'm very encouraging of flags. I think they're patriotic and a great symbol of our nation.'
He told the BBC: 'I'm very encouraging of flags. I think they're patriotic and a great symbol of our nation.'
September 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I feel like it's hard to get across to my English pals that if the Taoiseach **made a point of insisting to the press** that they put Irish flags all over their house, and made sure to 'always' sit by one in their office, then they would immediately, and forever, be tainted as a massive weird freak.
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One of the less known aspects about the Easter Rising is that Indian students at UCD also took part & were then deported by the British authorities for it. Among those students was V.V. Giri who became president of India and said “when I am not an Indian, I am an Irishman”
August 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
One of the less known aspects about the Easter Rising is that Indian students at UCD also took part & were then deported by the British authorities for it. Among those students was V.V. Giri who became president of India and said “when I am not an Indian, I am an Irishman”
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Humanity has gone satellite-crazy in the past decade. 2,000 launched between 1957 & 2015, exponential growth doubled that number to 4,500 by 2020, with 10,000 more - 70% of all satellites launched - in the past five years.
July 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Humanity has gone satellite-crazy in the past decade. 2,000 launched between 1957 & 2015, exponential growth doubled that number to 4,500 by 2020, with 10,000 more - 70% of all satellites launched - in the past five years.
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A quick reminder to all the Reform and assorted right wing types losing their collective minds over Glastonbury that an elected Reform councillor in County Durham called for 1.9 billion Muslims to be "nuked". He remains in post, no consequences, his violent rhetoric ignored.
June 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A quick reminder to all the Reform and assorted right wing types losing their collective minds over Glastonbury that an elected Reform councillor in County Durham called for 1.9 billion Muslims to be "nuked". He remains in post, no consequences, his violent rhetoric ignored.
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it is hard to find better examples of the danger of not throwing fascists in jail when you have the chance than Netanyahu and Trump
June 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
it is hard to find better examples of the danger of not throwing fascists in jail when you have the chance than Netanyahu and Trump
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It's 30° in London and I hate this heat and I hate everyone who likes it. But dear God the amount of washing I'm getting out. Four loads already, lads. Washed and dried. The last one *bone dry* after 20mins on the line. My ancestors crying joyful tears in heaven. This must be what heroin feels like.
June 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It's 30° in London and I hate this heat and I hate everyone who likes it. But dear God the amount of washing I'm getting out. Four loads already, lads. Washed and dried. The last one *bone dry* after 20mins on the line. My ancestors crying joyful tears in heaven. This must be what heroin feels like.
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One of the most insane 9/11 stories to me -- this woman got laid off the day before, missed the attacks, then came back to work because the HR department all died
June 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
One of the most insane 9/11 stories to me -- this woman got laid off the day before, missed the attacks, then came back to work because the HR department all died
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
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Reminder that earlier naturalization leads to better integration of immigrants. Extending the period necessary for settlement in the UK will have exactly the opposite effect of what Starmer and the Labour leadership claim. "Migrants first have to prove themselves" is a nativist trope and bad policy.
May 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Reminder that earlier naturalization leads to better integration of immigrants. Extending the period necessary for settlement in the UK will have exactly the opposite effect of what Starmer and the Labour leadership claim. "Migrants first have to prove themselves" is a nativist trope and bad policy.
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Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
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Practically speaking, the only appropriate response to the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza is sanctions. Full scale, explicit economic sanctions from every country that claims to care about Palestinian lives. America won't, that's a dead letter now. But the rest of us can. Our politicians can.
May 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Practically speaking, the only appropriate response to the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza is sanctions. Full scale, explicit economic sanctions from every country that claims to care about Palestinian lives. America won't, that's a dead letter now. But the rest of us can. Our politicians can.
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As Liverpool win the Premier League for the second time, they complete the opening of a quite remarkable sequence, 33 years in the making.
#Fibonacci
#Fibonacci
April 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
As Liverpool win the Premier League for the second time, they complete the opening of a quite remarkable sequence, 33 years in the making.
#Fibonacci
#Fibonacci
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There is no other word for illegally deporting a toddler with cancer apart from evil. Not just Trump and Stephen Miller but every single person involved in doing it from start to finish.
April 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There is no other word for illegally deporting a toddler with cancer apart from evil. Not just Trump and Stephen Miller but every single person involved in doing it from start to finish.
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There might be an assumption that DOGE is bringing in incredible coders to replace bureaucrats. But that is not the case. Some DOGE members applied to the US Digital Service before Trump took office. None of them got very far, because they lacked basic skills. From a founding member of USDS.
March 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
There might be an assumption that DOGE is bringing in incredible coders to replace bureaucrats. But that is not the case. Some DOGE members applied to the US Digital Service before Trump took office. None of them got very far, because they lacked basic skills. From a founding member of USDS.
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🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation.
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It
Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.
weownit.org.uk
February 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🚨BREAKING - Steve Reed has just launched the biggest review into the water sector since privatisation.
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
But wait…..he says the commission can’t even consider public ownership. 🤯
We need to act quickly to change his mind. ⏰
Sign our petition now ✍️
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
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I wrote about how much, how fiercely and why, I hate A.I.
On eternal cons, a dying earth and talking dogs.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-3/
On eternal cons, a dying earth and talking dogs.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-3/
The Gist: AI, a talking dog for the 21st Century.
Séamus O'Reilly on the year's biggest con, AI. This is a Christmas Cracker Gist.
www.thegist.ie
December 27, 2024 at 3:17 PM
I wrote about how much, how fiercely and why, I hate A.I.
On eternal cons, a dying earth and talking dogs.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-3/
On eternal cons, a dying earth and talking dogs.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-3/
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It you've heard of Conway's Law, please repost this.
(I'm testing out a theory of how it applies to Bluesky)
(I'm testing out a theory of how it applies to Bluesky)
November 15, 2024 at 8:52 PM
It you've heard of Conway's Law, please repost this.
(I'm testing out a theory of how it applies to Bluesky)
(I'm testing out a theory of how it applies to Bluesky)