Murray Thomson
@drmuzz57.bsky.social
Researcher and editor. Retired academic. Amateur musician and cook. Cryptic crossword tragic. Coffee obsessive (roast my own beans & use a Rocket Appartamento). Still running (just). Kei truck owner.
Cradle Mountain, perhaps?
December 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Cradle Mountain, perhaps?
Showing Goldsmith up for the arrogant racist that he is. Nice work, Marlon!
December 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Showing Goldsmith up for the arrogant racist that he is. Nice work, Marlon!
Robert, Robert, Robert - “fewest amount of”, FFS? I’m a fan, but that is just awful
December 21, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Robert, Robert, Robert - “fewest amount of”, FFS? I’m a fan, but that is just awful
… my Associate editors get nothing for their work - so their universities are actually paying Wiley for their work. And we are all having to grapple with their horrendous new manuscript management system
December 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
… my Associate editors get nothing for their work - so their universities are actually paying Wiley for their work. And we are all having to grapple with their horrendous new manuscript management system
I thought the committee chair’s name was appropriate - Hero Macdonald. We now need to get the publishing companies to pay editors appropriately. My derisory honorarium as a Wiley editor-in-chief has not increased in 5 years, being now worth 83% of what it was in purchasing power terms and /1
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I thought the committee chair’s name was appropriate - Hero Macdonald. We now need to get the publishing companies to pay editors appropriately. My derisory honorarium as a Wiley editor-in-chief has not increased in 5 years, being now worth 83% of what it was in purchasing power terms and /1
Yeah, we’re old and deaf these days 😅Next time you’re up this way, then!
December 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Yeah, we’re old and deaf these days 😅Next time you’re up this way, then!
The quacks are beginning to show
December 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The quacks are beginning to show
And our copy of your calendar was safely received here today - hand-delivered, I suspect! Should have demanded a coffee while you were here ☕️
December 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
And our copy of your calendar was safely received here today - hand-delivered, I suspect! Should have demanded a coffee while you were here ☕️
The Stepford Minister - 100% Atlas-driven
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The Stepford Minister - 100% Atlas-driven
That’s like contacting Starbucks to complain about the crap coffee. Best to not even go there. Kiwi takeaway joints will appreciate your custom
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
That’s like contacting Starbucks to complain about the crap coffee. Best to not even go there. Kiwi takeaway joints will appreciate your custom
I was in the army at the time - you think you’ve seen everything and then you hear an entire barracks singing Wuthering Heights in falsetto 😳
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I was in the army at the time - you think you’ve seen everything and then you hear an entire barracks singing Wuthering Heights in falsetto 😳
My brothers and I were Norman Gunston fans from the start - soooo funny
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
My brothers and I were Norman Gunston fans from the start - soooo funny
Farage don’t sound British, innit
December 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Farage don’t sound British, innit
Looks like Ena Sharples - does she drink milk stout?
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Looks like Ena Sharples - does she drink milk stout?
Back on’t rack, by gum
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Back on’t rack, by gum
He’s paid HOW MUCH for spruiking shit coffee? Yikes
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
He’s paid HOW MUCH for spruiking shit coffee? Yikes
And here we go again (sigh)
December 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
And here we go again (sigh)
And he’s actually the biggest media whore in the country
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
And he’s actually the biggest media whore in the country
But “meat” was ok, huh?
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
But “meat” was ok, huh?