Nick Murray-Smith

@murrth.bsky.social

354 Followers 1790 Following

Interested in "having a society", tech, art and people. Mostly current events & politics but also whatever miscellanea I find interesting and/or enjoyable. Cultivating my appreciation for the absurd for mental health reasons 🫠

*screenshot of feed*; Poster 1 - “true crime brain has fucked people up so bad and they get really mad when you point that out. and also that the entire true crime industry is predatory and exploitative” Poster 2 - “I'm from Shreveport. I wrote about the tragic murders of these kiddos.”
A slice of "big mac" pizza on a paper plate. Toppings: ground beef, pickles, american cheese, big mac sauce, sesame seed crust
The far side of the moon fills the foreground (left), in the distance (right) the Earth is seen as a small white/blue crescent.
quote from BBC article: [Adam Mosseri, who heads Instagram, testified in court that even 16 hours of Instagram use did not strike him as an addiction. Mosseri instead referred to someone spending almost an entire day on social media as "problematic". ] - (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mg3zd7xwpo)
Homemade Nectar recipe: .... Tip: Only use refined white sugar Do not use cane sugar, table sugar agave nectar, or honey as they can harbor bacteria harmful to hummingbirds. ....
Screencap of a tweet: Gary Peterson posted a pic of vanilla ice performing with a backup dancer in a cheap and uncanny ninja turtle costume (Michaelangelo). The tweet reads: "There's nothing better than watching the Godfather of Rap, Vanilla Ice Cube, ring in the new year at Mar-a-Lago with one of the actual Ninja Turtle Men."
Two-panel dilemma meme... Button 1: It's an (illegal) War. They were war crimes Button 2: They were extrajudicial murders Bottom caption: "Kegsbreath weighing his options"
A map showing the continent of Africa, with the flags of each nation overlaid. Taken from wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_Africa#/media/File:Map_of_Africa_with_flags.svg
AI image of Miyazaki saying “I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.”
a figure with unruly red hair, but only the top of their head is visible
Post 1: Coworker had sex in our shared hotel room *Advice Needed* Post 2: Why does intimacy in a hotel room feel so much more intense than at home?
A derppy blue tiger demon attempts to right a potted plant that it’s just knocked over and fails, repeatedly…
Illustration of a kitty’s paw with fingers crossed
The yellow bastard from Sin City. He's ugly and yellow.
A promotional image for the new Wes Anderson movie - "The phoenician scheme" showing Benicio Del Toro in a bathtub, with inset portraits of the other primary cast in costume including: MIA THREAPLETON MICHAEL CERA RIZ AHMED TOM HANKS BRYAN CRANSTON MATHIEU AMALRIC RICHARD AYOADE JEFFREY WRIGHT SCARLETT JOHANSSON BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH RUPERT FRIEND HOPE DAVIS
An AI generated “Ghibli-style” image of Miyazaki, criticizing AI. Captioned with the quote: “I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.”
Donold and the gamg are split which button to choose: Button 1: Upcoming attack plans are not top secret Button 2: Immigrant flight info is top secret
Just an fyi - You can add to your thread with the “+” down below before posting anything. Right here: ⬇️
Street art showing a cute luchador frowning
A weird humanoid seems tense, holding themselves back. The caption says: "Me trying not to interrupt someone when they get a minor fact wrong in my hyperfocused area of expertise
Froggo feeling hygge in his turtleneck knit
"The Scroll of Truth" meme (a 4 panel comic): in which the reactionary haters spend years before realizing their problems are the result of rampant capitalism - and then rejecting this truth.
“IT IS THE DUTY OF THE CITIZEN TO SERVE THE POLITY. WITHOUT THE DUTY OF THE CITIZEN, THE POLITY REVERTS TO TOTALITARIANISM. THE DISINTEGRATION OF PARTICIPATION, THE NEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AND THINKING, ARE THE SEEDS FROM WHICH EVIL GROWS. THE END OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE CITIZEN AND HIS GOVERNMENT IS EQUIVALENT TO THE END OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN MAN AND HIMSELF.” From Roshach #11