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nathan ma

@nthnm.bsky.social
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Senior lecturer and design critic in Berlin: FT, Dwell, Kinfolk, and all the rest

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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thank god hospitals aren't run on this yet
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My year of Italian lessons from Amanda Knox's teacher is getting worked to the boneeeeeee
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I've bought the wrong espresso pods twice in one day, these things are such a nightmare wtf
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My goal with every vacation is to feel like Dua Lipa
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
When I arrived at my Italian studio as part of an adults-only complex, the owner handed me a second pair of towels and said: "These are for fucking. Fucking? Is ok. When sleeping the night, is problem. Say to me first. But fucking, is ok on vacation."
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Recriminalize Lime bikes!!!!!!!
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Erling Haaland is a great thought experiment to find out exactly how many people I know want to do hand stuff with Shrek.
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I love AI
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
A behavioral pattern that I know I personally need to work on is unlearning the belief that therapy should make people less annoying, because it doesn't. Bullying, on the other hand....
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The way that some people talk fawningly about therapy makes me feel like it didn't quite work for them
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Average age at the Geese show is 35+, like we're here getting our steps in
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Grindr going crazzzzzzy outside the venue where Jaboukie did a 45 minute set about being single
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Daley AF(C) @daleyafc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I think we have a new winner.
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
People of colour: Nathan, I hope this is ok to ask, but I'm really curious and was wondering if I might ask— Germans: so are you black or one of those Filipinos
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Obsessed with content creators who are like "my secret recipe for low-carb nachos! first, get low-carb tortilla chips" like ok
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
My impression of a chatty podcast host: we're gonna have to do an episode on this!
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
My impression of a white person meeting an interracial couple: your babies are going to be sooooo beautiful
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I love when people are like "the best motivation is revenge" because it's like ok name three things you've accomplished recently
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
My body is not yet tea but it's deeeefinitely an herbal infusion
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
One thing about merino wool.... that stuff is INSANE for running... just ran 10k in an old moth-eaten Uniqlo number without getting too cold OR too hot... yes there were sweat icicles hanging off the back of it by the end but STILL....
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Absolutely, to visit requires a degree of entitlement that even I can't relate to
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I don't think I'm better than people who go on vacation to Dubai. I know that I am.
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Where do we reckon the line is
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Would it be a normal amount of insane to choose a psychoanalyst with the same name as my accountant
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
They should get Malala on the Traitors
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I got another custom trophy for the winner of my birthday party this year and it's soooooo funny
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
My plantar fasciitis cured itself.... I am the sole survivor.....
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I've never been more excited about a night's rest than right now
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
I actually start celebrating my birthday early each year because my one must-have tradition is to buy nice new sheets so I can wake up feeling like a millionaire
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Hat jemand dafür eine Empfehlung in Berlin? Hab gestern für zwei Stunden gesucht aber auch könnte nichts reliable entdecken
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Need to know which PR keeps signing me up for Ed Sheeran's newsletter and why they've given him the wrong birthday
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Went to the club for my annual trend report. Current gay fashion inspiration: -Sorority cowgirl -Literally pirate -chainmail hoods
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Objectively funny that Mamdani met his wife on Hinge and they STILL only let users identify their politics as conservative, moderate or "liberal"
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I'm on my lunch break @HR
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Unemployment crisis in Berlin at an all-time high, the gay gym is at 110% capacity on a Friday at 2 pm
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
It's weird to me when people are afraid of public speaking. Like "I'm just afraid I'll say something stupid". It's like, that never stopped you before?
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
A friend from college recently reminded me of the time that a group of parents sued the school paper for $4 million dollars because the editors published an article about oral sex in which students agreed to use their government names
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
One goal for my next year is to be a little bit more evil
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
My birthday is in a week and a half so I'm setting my intentions for 32. Taking suggestions if you have them
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I like weightlifting because I find the idea of repeating something "until failure" unbelievably moving
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Celebrating being German by going to a German-language talk and being excessively German (making eye contact with someone as I blatantly cut them in a queue)
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
This is what checking Instagram Stories feels like
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
40 likes and I'll tag my boss
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
10 likes and I'll post this on LinkedIn
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
hope this works 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 a promotion 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The insane thing about the rise of generative AI search or whatever is that "Let Me Google That For You" went from a schoolyard taunt to an enthusiastic offer
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Admittedly I work in tech but one thing that drives me insane is that anytime my colleagues ask for advice in the work Slack, at least three people reply "I asked ChatGPT and..."
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nathan ma @nthnm.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
A non-comprehensive list of reasons why I swipe left on people in no particular order: weird tattoos, annoying answers, "Moderate", septum ring, lip ring, named Ben, boring answer, tourist
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