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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 1h

I was a hospital porter for two days. It was agency work, and people weren't using the phrase "zero hour contract" yet, but that's what it was, and I had bills to pay, so off I fucked.

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 1h

Milk so aged it could itself be a weapon. '94 President Clinton praises Ukraine’s courageous decision to surrender its nuclear arsenal, pledging full US support for its independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. He also considers it unlikely that russia would ever attempt to seize Crimea.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 1h

I feel like if you can touch the ring by standing on tiptoes we should stop calling it sport.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 13h

Who do you think fired her?

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 14h

Watched the first couple of episodes of Visionquest. You could never doubt it was written by Terry Matalas. His fat fingered button mashing is all over the script. But it has James Spader doing James Spader things and that will be enough to bring me back for more. Every line is theatre.

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James Spader David Cronenberg

ALT: James Spader David Cronenberg

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 16h

We're not renaming it. it's too good a measurement.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 16h

WhatsApp sent me this just now and... hasn't that always been how it works?

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 21h

No they didn't. No it hasn't. No it can't. You utter tabloid.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 23h

Oh plenty was shit before this. But for a couple of weeks there we were in a good mood. But thereafter? I'm struggling.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

You're a fucking financial publication. Maybe get your shit together.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Only jsut got a chance to look at this properly and I really like this. I mean this is actively pleasing to me. That looks like a fun way to get something.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I think I'm entirely alone in this but I don't like it when new films use discarded concepts from old ones. They were discarded for a reason. Make something new.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

That sounds proactive and efficient. Have you tried procrastination?

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Rugby and Star Trek people are the worst.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I've blocked number 13 too. Also a Leinster fan. So I'm starting to see a problem with this thing's methodology. It's not "who posts like you" at all. It's "who mentions the same niche things as you." But since I don't actually telegraph the nichest things I post about... just rugby & star trek.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Two in my top 12. In my defence this one is a Leinster fan.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Anyway, this whole 'who posts the most like you' thing? This guy. He posts like me. Apparently. And evidently that rubbed me wrong cos

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

...the latter became PM to congratulate him, and obviously advance a French agenda. Both were bilingual and, supposedly, had a little verbal tussle over whether they spoke in English or French to gain the upper hand.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Bugs me because it's a little power play. Someone will have to translate into their native language and the onus should be on the respondent, not the OP. Then again if most people have auto-translations going... less of an issue. There was a story about Jacques Chirac calling Tony Blair after...

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

What I find funniest about this is a few shitposts about him a while back mean I'm now one of bluesky's pre-eminent Genge posters.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The WHAT? I was joking, jesus christ.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The Cylons were created by Man. They Rebelled. They Evolved. They look and feel Human. Some are programmed to think they are Human. There are many copies. And they have a Plan.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I went through all of this when I set the damned thing up years ago and I do not understand the complication. Windows could connect to a nuke with less trouble than this. As as to proprietary firmware etc, I'd honestly expect some sort of EU legislation demanding they put a stop to their shit.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

That was easy. I dunno what people moan about tbh. Just a buncha luddites if you ask me.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Why? Why will software be installed? I've already installed software. It is printing. It is doing the thing. what IN FUCK ELSE do you want to add to ruin my entire life?

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This may take some time... This is a troll. This is an epic troll. a 70 year-old Japanese company is trolling me.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Oh, no. Hey. That's not the driver. That's their UP TO DATE LAUNCHER to get the fucking driver. And look at the top left there. What's the printer called? Oh yeah! A GODFUKINDAM TS31 FUCKIN 00

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Evidently the driver I just downloaded - which I had to use google to find because canon have delisted the fucking thing on their own site - is from 2005 judging by the state of that icon.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I am going to destroy literally everything.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME CANON.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

What's really mugging me off is that connecting it to my phone, a device I use for nothing other than masochism, is easy. Connecting it to the powerful and capable PC I built with my own hands? Not impossible. Because I did it. Years ago. AND. IT. WON'T. GODDAMN. RECOGNIZE. IT'S. TURNED. ON.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This isn't even for me. I don't print things. Who prints things? What even is paper? This is a favour. Never do favours.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I have no idea how computers work but put me in front of one and I can generally make it do whatever I want it to. So imagine my own little personal horror at currently embodying the cliche of a frustrated user who cannot for the fucking life of me get a goddamn canon printer to fucking connect.

Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

No. I can't just "buy a watch I like and enjoy wearing it." What a ridiculous suggestion.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

What does *that* say? That's interesting. That's maybe concerning. Is it better or worse to wear a £250 impression of a £40,000 thing? That's different from a £7000 Seamaster or something, right? Is it? Does it? Who it?

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

You still claim ironic intent... but you know it's passed that. That's yesterday's idea. The truth is now, you kinda like the damned thing. You like the obnoxious vibe it gives off. Then your only worry is the implication of the masquerade of PVD coated steel presented as solid gold.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

And so eventually while overthinking all this you get to the stage where you look at an all-gold Rolex day-date homage on a Presidential bracelet and genuinely think... it's actually quite nice. People label it tacky but it's just that most people lack the confidence to wear it so they decry it.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Someone with that little introspection or empathy for others does carry an amount of devil-may-care confidence. And while the origin of theirs is ugly, the effect is what it is. I wouldn't mind some of that. And at a certain point acting that way becomes being that way. Practice becomes habit.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I don't. I think all-gold Rolexes show someone with no taste, no horological knowledge, and a deafening amount of insecurity. The watch is just a physical embodiment of their personality. So it's perfect for Tony. And I like the idea of mocking that. But...

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

This isn't really a joke. I've seriously considered buying something similar to this for a few months now (the Baltany is new, and presumably excellent for £250 or whatever it is). And it IS kind of ironic. Tony Soprano wears the Rolex version because he thinks it communicates strength & success.

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Chris Murray @chrismurray.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

"I'm wearing it IRONICALLY" I cry. "I KNOW what it communicates. It's a JOKE. "...but it's actually really good and let me tell you how."

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