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Dan Murphy

@bungdan.bsky.social
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Ex Journalist Bloomberg/FEER/CSM. Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, then Iraq/Egypt with a smattering of everywhere else. Same handle over at Mos Eisley Spaceport. Made wine for a few years. Now training a blue heeler in the CA foothills.

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 1h
Now I want to see the player who hits below the Mendoza line but it's only home runs.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h
Didn't the Canadian press report that the Trump administration was supporting Canadian separatist groups way back in two days ago?
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h
"John Rocker - best known as the pansy who was terrified of the A train."
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 2h
It remains very amusing to me that a lot of the political media painted Bessent as the "adult in the room" when the overwhelming evidence has suggested that he's a insufferable prick.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h
By "socialists" he means "Jews."
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 2h
By "socialists" he means "Jews."
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David Dixon @dixondaver.bsky.social · 4h
From the Seb Gorka School for Kids Who Can't Do Charts Good.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 5h
Yup.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 8h
War, climate change, policing choices, cutting food benefits for poor children... I'm sensing a theme here.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 8h
War, climate change, policing choices, cutting food benefits for poor children... I'm sensing a theme here.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 8h
Was meeting him for training in the high country yesterday. Tiny road in the national forest. Crew was doing culvert work. I had to help him do a 7-point turn to get out of there. He was hauling... himself, his dog, and some snacks.
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 9h
ai “literacy” is impossible with commercial LLMs, because they are black boxes you can “learn” all the tricks you want to use them more “efficiently” but the developers are not going to tell users how the models have been aligned and they don’t have to tell them when they change this either.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 9h
Know a retired guy. Just traded in his 5yo truck for a new Ford super duty crew cab extended bed diesel kid crusher. Needs a truck at most once a week (he has horses.) Could have kept the old truck and done his wallet and the environment a solid with something efficient for every day. 'Merica man.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 9h
Very popular belief among these types that USAID in league with the (((One World Government))) has been controlling the weather to kill white people. I am not making this up.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 9h
The commitment to avoiding discussion of risk premiums and insurance rates has been striking.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10h
I don’t think a 21X increase in the cost to get a tanker out of the Persian Gulf with lower total exports than before the war is an achievement. And I think it’s odd that so much of the press has been covering it as if we should see this as positive, with “Better Than You Think”-style “explainers.”
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🎃🎃🎃Michael Scare-anicolas🎃🎃🎃 @karanicolas.bsky.social · 10h
Early reports suggest Global Affairs Canada has withdrawn sponsorship of a disinformation conference over a panel discussing the U.S. as a threat vector. If true, this is utterly embarrassing, and a sign Global Affairs is woefully unprepared to engage with the geopolitical context we are in.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 18h
NYT ME Carolyn Ryan scolds Mamdani for what I think was a very intentional and wise decision NOT to conflate antisemitism and criticism of Israel. I guess her repoters have their marching orders now. www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-yo...
I was struck that Mamdani just released his plan to combat anti-Semitism, and he sidestepped the question of Israel, seeing it as separate from anti-Semitism. For us, these issues intersect and overlap.
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 19h
Bonkers: Sea levels are running 1.2ft above the late-20th century baseline in San Diego as sea surface temperatures are about 7°F warmer than normal. These highly anomalous ocean temperatures and heights will continue through winter along the California coast amid El Niño. #CAwx
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 19h
They should throw it like rice on the chapel steps.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 20h
Trump-humping ex Brit Steve Hilton put out an ad saying voting for him is just like watching two hot young women having sex. Can't fail. bsky.app/profile/calm...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Troy Jackson: "As late as 2024, the FBI was circling around Sen. Collins ... then when President Trump came back, his administration dismantled the investigation. Now she votes with Donald Trump 96% of the time. Look, I don't owe Donald Trump nothing."
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Shin Bet refrained from probing professor who planned attacks on Arab civilians Josh Breiner reports www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Shin Bet refrained from probing professor who planned attacks on Arab civilians
The lecturer had a licensed weapon and an operations notebook detailing plans for attacks and recruiting activists. Despite this, senior Shin Bet officials ordered the service not to investigate, and ...
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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“as wars in the Middle East and the Horn become inextricably linked, a single security sphere is coalescing…instability will continue to ricochet in both directions, and the overlapping conflicts and disputes will become harder to resolve.” Good piece www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...
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The New Red Sea Wars
Conflicts in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa have become inseparable.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Maybe this is how Rowling finally goes down, standing on the platform at Paddington Station screaming at travelers "Discourse with me about lesbian penises! I demand it!"
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My Password is Louvre @bmceuen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JKR: do you know how many penised lesbians there are!? Dave, the lighting guy: please let me go I have a family
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 06/10/2026
‘A race against time’: Israel’s settlement drive is rapidly transforming Jenin New outposts, roads, and military bases are carving up Palestinian communities in an area that saw little settlement activity for two decades. By Shatha Yaish www.972mag.com/israel-settl...
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‘A race against time’: Israel’s settlement drive is rapidly transforming Jenin
New outposts, roads, and military bases are carving up Palestinian communities in an area that saw little settlement activity for two decades.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
4/ Fernando Vasquez, an 18-year-old citizen, was on break from work when agents chased and handcuffed him, then put him in their truck. After realizing their mistake, the agents left the teen alone in the woods, with no way to get home. Then they threw his ID out of the truck.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Amazing. Jerry Falwell went even further, saying Bakker was “the greatest scab and cancer on the face of Christianity in 2,000 years of church history.” I mean, OK, but maybe look in the mirror dude. Moreover, let’s not forget that Falwell was a huge Bakker ally for years before this.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here's my obituary of Jim Bakker, religious grifter scumbag. Let me provide a few highlights too. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/10/a-ca...
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A Cancer on the Body of Christ: The Ballad of Jim Bakker - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jim Bakker is dead, at the age of 86.   Among the grosser religious grifters of American history, Bakker was a pure thief, someone who may or may not have really believed in his version of far-right C...
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wish we wouldn't use Trumpian terms for stuff--Liberation Day, Big Beautiful Bill, etc. These are all bs terms whipped up by a demented ass.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026
“A person whose name is redacted in the complaint told Fields that an investigation would be opened because “the President wants this investigation,” Fields’ whistleblower complaint says.”
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 06/10/2026
Former German spy chief arrested for espionage, treason
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Former German spy chief arrested for espionage, treason
August Hanning, who ran Germany's Federal Intelligence Service between 1998 and 2005, is suspected of charges including 'attempted treason' and 'espionage,' according to a statement from federal prosecutors on Tuesday.
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
CA prop 38 is a scam - vote NO. For example see: This CA proposition will send $4 billion to a single nonprofit. Who’s behind it? calmatters.org/politics/ele...
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Is this proposition a $4 billion giveaway to a billionaire’s LA research center?
Proposition 38 will award $4 billion to one unnamed research center. Under the very specific criteria, only one center seemingly qualifies.
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
See also votenoonprop38.org/endorsements
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No on Proposition 38 California
A billionaire is pushing Proposition 38. It steers $4.2 billion to one institution—and California taxpayers get the bill for 20 years.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/10/2026
ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 05/10/2026
Stevens: Endorses Abdul Slotkin: Endorses Abdul Nessel: Endorses Abdul Peters: Endorses Abdul Whitmer: Endorses Abdul Harris: Endorses Abdul DSCC: $30M helping Abdul OBAMA: Endorses Abdul Leftists: "WHY DO MODERATES WANT ABDUL TO LOSE???" www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/05/b...
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Barack Obama is to appear with Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit
Former President Barack Obama will campaign alongside Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit later this month.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And aside to Mr Trump: Sir, I say this with tears in my eyes, that limey weirdo Steve Hilton thanks you for your service.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego mentioned! bsky.app/profile/bayl...
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Chris Levesque @levesque-chris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We have plague in the western United States all the time. Check prairie dogs, squirrels, and rabbits.
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Arizona Luminaria @azluminaria.org · 05/10/2026
Protesters had protected the tree for more than 70 days. It was cut down Monday to make way for a double border wall
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Final “grandmother” cottonwood toppled, protesters arrested in Lochiel - AZ Luminaria
Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, in southeast Arizona, making way for contractors to cut down the last standing cottonwood tree Monday morning for a double border wall, after pro...
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I aint worrying about the plague until conditions have deteriorated to the point we've got medieval Europe-era rat and flea infestations in every household. I think we should be good for a fair few more years around here.
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The math professor's planning document (his name is not being disclosed) "exhorted recruits to 'not even show mercy for the women and their cruel and sickening children.'" Called for homes to not be burned so "Jews could move in." He hoped for 700 killed. bsky.app/profile/stel...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointee in New York, rebukes ICE for arresting two people erroneously — including a U.S. citizen — and later claiming "mistaken identity." "ICE agents falsified official records," he says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another Susan Collins bribery scandal has hit the airwaves theintercept.com/2026/10/05/s...
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Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
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Protik Islam-Jakobsson @protik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
honestly just a generational trashbag
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’d missed this: Annie Altman, Sam Altman’s sister who alleges in civil lawsuits that he ​sexually abused her repeatedly — starting when she was 3 years old — uploaded the first hour of her deposition to Instagram (and YouTube) this weekend. It has about 38k likes. www.instagram.com/reels/DeAx3h...
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Annie Altman (she/her/human) on Instagram: "First Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMB Wearing my Dad’s fleece ❤️ Grateful to share this and also upset to once again hav...
39K likes, 916 comments - anniealtman108 on October 2, 2026: "First Hour of My Deposition - Ann Altman v Sam Altman 4:25-cv-00017-ZMB Wearing my Dad’s fleece ❤️ Grateful to share this and also upset...
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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Forgive me if someone else has mentioned it before, but in the not-too-distant past the norm was for reporters not to allow editors or the suits see their notes. That would only come up in a case of accusations/suspicions of fabrication or some other kind of deceit on the part of the reporter.
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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 05/10/2026
"Rogue" agents edited Wikipedia sandboxes: "We’ve identified edits to Wikimedia wikis that we believe are from AI agents operated by OpenAI...While Wikipedia policies allow bots to edit when they are disclosed and approved by the community, none of those approvals were sought in these incidents."
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OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects – Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation found “rogue” OpenAI agents on its wikis, raising concerns about risks to its free knowledge projects and the open web.
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