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Sean Murphy

@dorght.bsky.social
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I who am. At least I think I am. Am I? Player of games. Pusher of pedals. Listener of audiobooks. Involuntary gardener trying to keep our pollinator overlords appeased. Sadly still a contributor to greenhouse emissions.

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Corey O'Neill @coreyoneill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We shuttled many amazing donations. And last night, our BWorks alumni pedaled their hearts out on an adventure to the Forest Park Balloon Glow. There’s something pretty special about seeing young people making new memories on two wheels. 🎈🚲 Summer might be winding down. BWorks definitely isn’t.
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
HEY! The ballotpedia Amendment 6 summary is wrong! Eighty percent of both houses is required to refer a change to the voters. NOT "eighty percent of voters approve the changes." It did report an error. and attached a copy of the full language. Now to proof read the rest. @respectmovoters.org
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Missouri Amendment 6, Initiative and Referendum Powers and Legislative Change Requirements Amendment (2026)
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Missouri election politics is getting intense. The legal maneuvering around the redistricting referendum is taking place over hours as deadlines come and go. No the usual glacial pace of the courts. A contempt hearing tomorrow for the Secretary of State. And today another SCOTUS emergency plea.
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Missouri election politics is completely out of hand this cycle. All because of this clown in the red coat. (a red coat... that's funny) I hope the MO supreme court finds him as contemptuous as I do.
missouriindependent.com
Missouri Supreme Court orders Denny Hoskins to answer on contempt charge • Missouri Independent
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected Missouri Republicans appeal to salvage a congressional district map favoring the GOP.
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 08/09/2026
😎 We're officially sufficient! 😎 Our Certificate of Sufficiency of Petition was signed today! We've got 57 days to make sure Amendment 6 passes, join our All Hands Call tonight to learn more and get involved! respectMOvoters.org/allhands
State of Missouri
Office of Secretary of State
Certificate of Sufficiency of Petition

State of Missouri
Secretary of State

I, Denny Hoskins, Secretary of State of Missouri, do hereby certify that my office has examined for
compliance with the Missouri Constitution and Chapter 116, RSMo, the initiative petition submitted by
Jamie Howard with the following official ballot title:
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:
expand the initiative and referendum petition process by making it a fundamental right;
allow courts to revise ballot summaries through lawsuits;
prohibit the legislature from weakening initiative or referendum powers;
prohibit the legislature from changing or repealing laws enacted through the initiative process, or
passing laws similar to those rejected by referendum, without approval from at least 80% of both
chambers; and
preserve existing majority vote and signature requirements for initiative and referendum petitions?
State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.
Pursuant to the Opinion of the Supreme Court of Missouri, I further certify that this petition contains a
sufficient number of valid signatures to comply with the Constitution of Missouri and Chapter 116,
RSMo. Therefore, this initiative petition shall be placed on the ballot at the November 3, 2026 General
Election.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my
hand and affix the seal of my office in the City of
Jefferson, State of Missouri, on this 8th day of
September 2026.

Denny Hoskins
Secretary of State
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God @thegodshow.com · 31/08/2026
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God @thegodshow.com · 24/08/2026
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
You're in a library, which book's world would you choose to go live in? You don't get to be or interact much with a main character. You will be the one of those that somehow populate a scene with a mere descriptive word or two. Doesn't have to be permanent. It is THE question posed in: /1
harpercollins.com
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
Preorder now to receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION— only available on the first printing while supplies last! The collector’s hardcover features stenciled edges, illustrated endpapers, and ja...
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We Stand United Missouri @we-stand-united-mo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
MISSOURIANS MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD! Yesterday, voters overwhelmingly rejected both Amendment 4 and Amendment 5—protecting majority rule and rejecting an uncertain plan to eliminate Missouri’s income tax. ⬇️❤️🤍💙⬇️
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We see that our political system is broken, then keep behaving as if it worked. We need serious change, and it's time to take bigger swings.
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
MO's Secratary of State has refused to certify two citizen petitions to be on the Nov ballot claiming MO Constitution defects. Off to the courts we go. Both petitions were approved by the Secretary of State and Attorney General, the required signatures gathered, then submitted for the ballot....🧵
stlpr.org
Hoskins rejects Missouri congressional redistricting map referendum, setting up court fight
The Republican secretary of state’s decision was expected. Proponents of placing the GOP-leaning map up for a statewide vote will go to court to put the plan on the November ballot.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Pedophiles are Victims too! This is infuriating. All that these groomers and pedophiles had to do was have their lawyer tell the DOJ that the perpetrator of these heinous crimes was a victim (not even sure that they had to give a farfetched unsubstantiated reason) and the DOJ would redact the name.
mail reading: From: <redacted> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 4:32 PM To: jeffrey epstein
Hi, Jeffrey, I met <redacted> today. She is the Lolita from Nabokov, femme miniature (semi colon right parenthesis smiley face) So now I should send you her type of candidates only? Tomorrow we travel to Bern for visas. Kind Regards, <redacted> DOJ filing in response to court order. 6. EFTA02648868 (redacted version shown to right) The in camera documents show that the redacted text contains the identity of a Victim. Specifically, this individual is represented by counsel with whom DOJ has communicated and the counsel has requested the individual be treated as a Victim.
Note the use of "a Victim" despite clear context of two people who's information has been redacted.
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
MO VOTE NO on 4!
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
✅ Aggressive Drivers PMO #FridayFlex
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
To win a war means changing the politics of the enemy such that they must surrender. That is what Iran just did to the United States. snyder.substack.com/p/capitulati...
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Capitulation Day
The dimensions of defeat, and the chance for recovery
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
In countries that have successfully reversed democratic backsliding in recent years—from Poland in 2023 to Hungary in 2026—opposition movements made prosecuting those who have broken laws a central campaign issue.
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Next pedestrian crossing you come to note when you have actually seen the crosswalk and have scanned for pedestrians all the way across. Could you have stopped in time? A mother pushing a stroller, child walking their scooter, or wheelchair at or in the crosswalk would you have hit them?
Very busy stroad in St Louis County area. 40 MPH posted speed limit. Fairly recent un-signaled pedestrian crossing in the distance.
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Is it normal to look left and right before proceeding from a stop sign in google street view? I just felt the strong compulsion to do so.
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Did I accidentally addict this woodpecker to sugar water? First taste was free, but now that the hummingbird feeder is almost empty, they have to futilely work for their next hit.
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Walked by a bZ at a Toyota dealer. Toyota has ceased to care about those outside the car. Sharp, injury focusing angles all over the front end for no reason. Compare to the 2002 Prius. At the time I bought one, Toyota had a whole marketing campaign about its pedestrian-injury-lessening body design.
Image of front end of a Toyota bZ showing sharp angles.Front end of a 2002 Toyota Prius. Low, rounded surfaces.
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We Stand United Missouri @we-stand-united-mo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
AMENDMENT 4 CREATES A DOUBLE STANDARD Some argue that changing the Missouri Constitution should require more than a simple majority — that the bar for constitutional amendments should be high. That's a reasonable position. But if the bar is raised, it should be raised for everyone. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Based.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Great post by Tamir Anshtein on IG www.instagram.com/tamirtamirs/
This is you on AI

"AI, think for me please"

photo of an ant colonized by fungi
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
An advocacy group in Virginia is running this ad on buses. 🔥🔥
the back of a red bus with an ad Bicycles Deliver the freedom that auto ads promise.
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We Stand United Missouri @we-stand-united-mo.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
A HIGHER BAR FOR VOTERS THAN FOR POLITICIANS Would you sign a contract where the other party plays by different rules than you do? Most people wouldn't. But that's exactly what this proposed amendment asks Missouri voters to accept.
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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
That’s a wrap on bike buses for this school year. Let’s all keep an eye out for these great kids rolling into summer break on two wheels!
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Evie Hemphill @evhemphill.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Look-for-the-helpers kind of day. #bikebus #BWorks @stlbworks.bsky.social
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 22/05/2026
Amendment 4 will appear on our primary ballots on August 4, 2026. It would require a majority in EVERY congressional district to pass amendments brought by the people of Missouri — BUT amendments brought by politicians could still pass with a simple statewide majority.
Politicians wrote it. Politicians exempted themselves from it. On August 4th, vote NO on 4!
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Despite the apparently disappointing news form the MO Supreme Court yesterday. Today, by actually reading the decision, I found this: www.reddit.com/r/missouri/c... It appears our court is playing 3D chess against a tic-tac-toe challenged Secretary of State.
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From the missouri community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the missouri community
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Strange how so many will shame people on bikes for not wearing helmets yet don’t have much to say about bike lanes without protection. Via @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
two images with text beside

image 1: person riding a cargo bike: if cyclists without helmets bother you
Image 2: painted sharrow: so should bike lanes without protection
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 13/05/2026
The unanimous rulings hand Republicans a legal victory in their push to use a new map aimed at unseating Kansas City Democrat Emanuel Cleaver. #moleg #mogov
missouriindependent.com
Missouri Supreme Court upholds gerrymandered congressional map for August primary • Missouri Independent
The cases to determine whether Missourians vote in congressional districts favoring Republicans are in the hands of the state Supreme Court.
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 03/05/2026
Signatures are turned in!! Now let's pass this thing!! via @kfvs12.com
kfvs12.com
Campaign turns in record number of signatures to make it harder for politicians to change voter-approved measures in Missouri
A campaign turned in a record-number of signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office on Sunday to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot this year.
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 23/04/2026
Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t...
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To Protect And Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets Yet Remains On The Force - Streetsblog New York City
One of the city’s most-dangerous drivers is an officer with the NYPD, which does nothing to stop his reign of terror on Staten Island.
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 16/04/2026
Don't miss your chance to sign the Respect MO Voters petition by April 19th (THIS SUNDAY!) Find a place to sign, learn more, and get involved at respectMOvoters.org
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Ride Illinois @rideillinois.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Extreme speeding in Illinois means going 26 mph or more above the speed limit. Drivers who regularly hit those speeds are 5 times as likely to be involved in a fatal crash. HB4948 aims to establish the Intelligent Speed Assistance Program to slow down Super Speeders. www.wcia.com/capitol-conn...
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 03/04/2026
This woman is facing a copyright claim for her own music by an AI company that took her youtube page and copied her.
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Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“You won’t have to wait more than a few seconds for a street car.”
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Love this line from The Astral Library by Kate Quinn. "A Library is where you should be able to find the books people are trying to ban and exactly why people are trying to ban them."
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 17/03/2026
A petition to force a statewide vote on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map was less than 200 signatures away from meeting its goal Tuesday as a Cole County judge heard arguments over the status of 100,000 signatures set aside in December. #moleg #mogov
missouriindependent.com
Judge again hears arguments over signatures on Missouri redistricting referendum  • Missouri Independent
A petition to force a statewide vote on Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map was less than 200 signatures away its goal.
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 25/02/2026
Meet Mo, the newest Respect MO Voters volunteer! youtu.be/21eope8B9vc
youtu.be
Meet Mo, the newest Respect MO Voters volunteer!
YouTube video by Respect Voters
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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
“Thank you so much for spending your time on us and teaching us new skills. … From the beginning to the end you guys always were by our side. You taught us hand signals, how to rebuild a bike and how to work a bike lock. I loved how you guys made it harder and harder every day. ..." 1/3
A screenshot of the start of a BWorks blog post which reads, "In their own words: Earn-A-Bike class has these St. Louis fourth graders riding -- and raving" and a picture of students climbing inside a big, low tree
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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
We first met #STL teenager Lilah about a year ago, when she registered for one of our four-week-long Learn-To-Ride programs. Like a growing number of American kids, she had not yet had the opportunity to master the skill of riding a bike. "And I didn't have a desire to learn after being injured ..."
BWorks grad Lilah stands proudly with her newly earned BWorks bike two Saturday ago during her final Earn-A-Bike class in Soulard.
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stlbworks.bsky.social @stlbworks.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Read Lilah's full story on our blog: www.bworks.org/blog/2025/10...
bworks.org
Making a bike tour in Munich her goal, this St. Louis teen needed to learn to ride — and found BWorks | Saint Louis BWorks
St. Louis BWorks shows local kids what's possible. Our volunteer-run programs build confidence and character through educational programs rooted in teamwork and responsibility.
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
A new fear unlocked, AI joining forces with fascism. "Electronic pareidolia." "if you program your computers to expect wrongdoing, then they'll most certainly find it." Guess I'm feeding the algorithm, but silencing myself is the fascists winning. @aptshadow.bsky.social
Cover for the book Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky. "A hostile planet holds dangerous secrets"
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I can't throw stones at others for mental processing shortcomings causing word recall difficulties. INFORMANT, however, is not a synonym for INTERROGATED.
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 30/08/2025
🚨🚨🚨 Think every Missouri voter's vote should count the same? We do! That's why we start collecting signatures on September 10th for our amendment to protect the will of the people from Missouri politicians' attacks. Learn more and find out how you can help at respectMOvoters.org
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Sean Murphy @dorght.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
When Target's fascist enabler CEO is so afraid of unions that their marketing isn't even allowed to say Labor Day. The 1% having all the money will obliterate any need his store. Labor Day is suppose to be a celebration of the sacrifices prior generations made to lead us to a more equitable society.
Target's landing web page image. "The Long Weekend Sale" at the top in bold letters.
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