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Christopher Murray

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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The first time we took our children on a bus, they went straight to the back. "The back goes faster!" they said. That knowledge came from their experience of roller coasters. 🤔
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Interesting to see a river ray at the aquarium sporting Calvin Klein 😆
river ray in an aquarium tank; colouring is black with scattered prominent white shapes reminiscent of letteringCalvin Klein boxer shorts; colouring is predominantly black with scattered white letters spelling out "Calvin Klein" multiple times
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ed Sheeran should redeem himself by withdrawing from the Ed Sheeran tour as a matter of principle
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Last time the far-right won an election in Germany: 5 March 1933. Nazi Party: 44% Tonight:
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Clearing out old stuff from the filing cabinet, I was struck by how high our electricity bills used to be. The total on this 2003 one is comparable to recent ones where the unit rate was nearly 3× as high. We used to use a lot more electricity. Now we have more efficient appliances and lighting.
Part of a 2003 electricity bill showing a total of €172.86 for two months. The unit rate was only 10.75c (+VAT) but we consumed a total of 1342 units.
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The "Eircom" scammer who called to say they had detected a problem with our router got me to do a speed test. He then tried to convince me that the clear sign of a problem was that our upload speed (101Mbps) was much lower than our download speed (871Mbps)!
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The best thing about hotel bedrooms? Bouncy beds!
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I'm sure Britain has much bigger problems than a few uninvited visitors arriving by boat 🤔
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The rain bringeth the radon
Radon detector showing the one day average 166 well above the long term average 70Radon detector showing the seven day average 37, well below the long term average 70
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Tullow parkrun 400th
Tin of shortbread biscuits (plain and cocoa) resembling running shoes on a table at Tullow parkrun
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I can't help but think of the cases in the USA where police officers believe they have overdosed on fentanyl after handling it. But although they believe it and go to hospital, it doesn't happen.
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
In the record shop today, I thought this was a new Glen Hansard album 🫢
CD copy of the recently released album "Role Model Hermit" by mary in the junkyard
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The house is very well ventilated in this warm weather
Indoor air quality monitor showing radon level of 1 Bq/m³ and CO2 level of 444 ppm, both unusually low
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Poster promoting Count Binface, in the famous Obama style
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Kayfabe is for wrestling, not soccer, Donald
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Katalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Impudent not impotent
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Apparently, you're not allowed to post: “BREAKING: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!”
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Out of politics, maybe Keir Starmer will remember that human rights are to be defended, not eroded
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Flight delayed by more than two hours. Ryanair: Here's a £3 refreshment voucher to spend (at airport terminal prices). Train journey delayed by more than two hours. Transport for Wales: Here's a 100% refund of the fare you paid.
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Enriched Irania
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🇸🇪🗳️⚽
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Walking around Belfast a couple of years ago I was pleased to see immigrant communities as part of normal life. I saw it as a sign that "The Troubles" were firmly in the past.
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nohostages.bsky.social @nohostages.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
English commentators need to stop analysing Northern Ireland through an English lens! When you see anti-immigrant riots in Belfast, Ballymena or Larne and immediately reach for "Britain's far-right problem", you're missing half the story. This isn't just racism. It's loyalist terrorism. 1/
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/06/2026
I think every politician who proposes to ban anything on the internet for teens should be required to propose, as an alternate, a free and accessible and all weather space for teens to hang out in their own hometown
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Long before I took up running as an exercise activity, I mocked work colleagues for their wasted effort in going out running when there was no medal on offer. To prove that it was possible to run just medal races, I ran the Droitwich Half Marathon twice with no preparation.
Two running medals for completing the Droitwich Half Marathon in separate years in the late 1980s. The medals are suspended in front of a colourful t-shirt bearing the caption "Runners aren't normal".
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Cucumbers rotting with style
Two vegetable fermentation jars with compressed chunks of cucumber in brine
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I bought four CDs and just added them to iTunes. It picked the correct cover image for just one of them!
Cover art for four albums I just added to iTunes.
Correct image for "Perfect Place" by Lemoncello.
For "Fenian" by Kneecap, the image is "Liverpool Irish #ScouseNotEnglish".
For "Middle of Nowhere" by Kacey Musgraves, the image is for "Middle of Nowhere" by Hanson.
For "Dancing on the Wall" by Muna, the image is for "The Wall" by Pink Floyd.
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"The Just Wonderful Space Telescope" -- Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Why not? We have names like Very Large Telescope, and Extremely Large Telescope
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
… half biscuit?
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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ItWillGetWorse @blackkettle.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Waiting for the ‘I’m the most assassinated President ever, no one’s been assassinated more than me’
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I knew I was going to finish last at parkrun even before I started 😆
Selfie taken at Baltinglass Park junior parkrun this morning, where I had the role of tail walker
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
It’s 21:30. This time yesterday it was only 20:30. So why does my body feel like it’s already 22:30?
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
210.9 212.9 218.9 228.9 236.9 Such a broad range of diesel prices (euro cent per litre) (The only HVO price I saw was 215.9, where the diesel price was 210.9)
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
That's a meme face, if ever I saw one!
Adult (me) in the wine aisle of a supermarket carrying a baby with a bemused facial expression in a sling
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/03/2026
congratulations to FIFA on their incredible choice of recipient for the first FIFA peace prize
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
My wife created a chat group with my sisters and named it "Distasteful"! Some time later she tried to change its name, but again her phone's auto-correct changed "Sistas" to "Distasteful" 🤣
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
@amsterdammed.bsky.social I'm glad you mentioned the ray cats on Inside Science ☢️
Me attending a science march in Dublin in April 2017 wearing a science-themed baseball top for the fictitious team the Oakland Raycats, with an image of a glowing green cat embracing a classical image of an atom
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I 💛 pancakes
A freshly fried buttermilk pancake and a freshly fried crêpe on plates on a hob; both pancakes shaped like hearts
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Cooling a data centre in space will be a major engineering challenge because the laws of physics apply there too
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"If [children] are reading material which is too advanced for them, they stop reading it. If they are able to ask questions about it, they are advanced enough to understand it." -- N.K. Jemisin on the harm and futility of book bans
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
We don't have a housing problem because of immigration policy; we have an immigration problem because of housing policy. Blame politicians, not migrants!
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
@sarahmackattack.bsky.social 🎂
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Clogs
Unclipped hooves on a small horse roaming free in the Wicklow mountains
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“Perhaps hurricane force 12 later” — today’s shipping forecast #StormGoretti
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I still buy CDs; here's what I got in 2025
The 35 CDs I added to my collection in 2025:
Gracie Abrams, Muireann Bradley, Sharon van Etten, boygenius, boygenius, Lucy Dacus,
Laura Marling, Julien Baker & TORRES, Self Esteem, Lucius, M(h)aol, Little Simz,
Haim, 070 Shake, Ringdown, Wet Leg, CMAT, NewDad,
Rico Nasty, Junior Brother, Gordi, Wolf Alice, Mabel, Sharon van Etten,
Sprints, Neko Case, Just Mustard, Rosalía, Patti Smith, Wings,
Doechii, Ailbhe & Orla McDonagh, Fancy Hagood, The Beaches, Madi Diaz
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Christopher Murray @etrino.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
The Christian way to defend Christians is to defend the whole of humanity
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turnercartoons.bsky.social @turnercartoons.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
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