nathan ma's Avatar

nathan ma

@nthnm.bsky.social

Senior lecturer and design critic in Berlin: FT, Dwell, Kinfolk, and all the rest

752 Followers  |  219 Following  |  343 Posts  |  Joined: 18.09.2023  |  1.5683

Latest posts by nthnm.bsky.social on Bluesky

Does anyone want my ticket to MJ Lendermann in Berlin tonight at 7PM, Columbia Theater?

05.08.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image

Also can I just say - Sofia is an INCREDIBLE brunch city

03.08.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spent the weekend in Bulgaria and realized that I might be a Berlin 3 but I'm a Sofia 10, like there are a lot of attractive people here but I'm getting hit on by EVERYONE, I feel like Sydney Sweeney at Hooters

03.08.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

*manifestation voice* I do not chase, I am followed

01.08.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would love to know more about the decision to treat this as an editorial correction, and what it aims to correct

30.07.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The word awesome is an ick

30.07.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Can we try a different prompt so this sounds less like AI" so you agree that AI-generated content is of a lower standard

24.07.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks pal, I lived!

24.07.2025 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"how could you tell she was German" she was dressed like she was trying to colonize the Drake Passage. It was 19Β°C.

24.07.2025 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last week a German woman watched my bike completely slip out from underneath me on the wet pavement and the only action she took as I visibly bled onto the bike path was to grab her child by the shoulders and spin him away from looking at me hahahahaha

24.07.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Three things that are true:
1. People now expect service-level creatives to supply their work (writing, visuals, audio, etc) without traces of AI
2. People rely on AI to validate their concerns and theories on what is and isn't AI generated
3. People do not recognize this as an obvious tension

21.07.2025 07:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One Americanism that I'll never be able to shake after well over a decade in Germany is that it's insane that you can order an Uber XL and they'll send a Prius

18.07.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair if I were to cheat on someone I would go somewhere that no one I value would pay attention to like a Coldplay show, or Norway

17.07.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I will never do standup comedy simply because I can't stomach how much self promotion it requires, it's like how I can't be polyamorous because my personal life has enough Google Calendar issues

16.07.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I give it six months before there's a London literary reading night sponsored by a running shoe company

14.07.2025 04:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Father Figure" by George Michael and "I Think I'm In Love" by Jessica Simpson are perfect pop songs

09.07.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love Italy sm, we went into town to visit the butcher, the baker, the grocer, and the fish shop which meant trying bits of raw shrimp and fresh zucchini blossom pizza before noon

02.07.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
"Fahrziel Auschwitz": Polizist behΓ€lt Job trotz menschenverachtender Chat-Nachrichten Die Chats eines Polizisten waren fremdenfeindlich, geschmacklos und durchzogen von rechtsradikaler Rhetorik. Nicht genug fΓΌr eine Suspendierung, meint der VGH MΓΌnchen.

An officer tasked with protecting a Jewish holocaust survivor and the Israeli general consul in Munich wrote in a private chat that he wanted to bring them to concentration camps and gas them. A German court has now ruled that this wasn't enough to fire him. rsw.beck.de/aktuell/dail...

01.07.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Crying on an overnight ferry as I watch the sun set over Napoli's skyline, slowly fading into the horizon, as a DJ cranks up a happy hardcore remix of All The Things She Said

28.06.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can you finish this sentence: if I'm fake, I ain't noticed cause _______________

27.06.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If enough people answer I bet we can get him to do it on a late night show

26.06.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Pride! LinkedIn just notified me that the gay furry I went to uni with is celebrating a work anniversary at a major US defense contractor!

26.06.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would believe it

26.06.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eric Adams can do it over the Single Ladies beat

26.06.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will Zohran Mamdani be the first NYC mayor who knows Nicki's verse on Monster by heart? Sounds off below: "Yes", "No", or "Eric Adams could do it if he tried"

26.06.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Yesterday at my work party my colleagues told me that they assumed I was married and I was like girl to WHO

21.06.2025 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hailee is THE character of the year

20.06.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This man has photographed politicians and actors for every major international paper but made me wash my face until it was as dull and lackluster as his usual sitters

19.06.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The last time I got headshots in Germany the photographer got visibly annoyed because my skin was too healthy

19.06.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@nthnm is following 19 prominent accounts