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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 2h

Had a weird conversation today. Passed a foundational text to someone in a PhD program who was looking for advice. Someone overheard, asked why that title was important. It sounded like X, which was their research. It is X. It’s fundamental to X. You’re stupid. I know what your “PhD” is worth.

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Drew Scanlon Blinking Eyes Meme Reaction

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 6h

There is a thing about the military life, and the lives around it. When there are tragedies…we’re not there. The blame feels harder. What we “should” have done is easier to access…because we “should” have been there. Fucking heartbroken. Heart. Broken. Again. Fuck.

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Angry Anakin Skywalker Crying in Star Wars

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My suggestion? Don’t join them. This is self-serving snake-oil, with self-published nonsense in support.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Never trust an observation unless it’s backed up by a theory.” —Neil deGrasse Tyson I keep trying to teach this idea, that the universe of observations and a causal logic matter more than the anecdotes we collect like Lenny thinking bunnies just, like, stop breathing.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’ve been surprised and delighted. Of the 76 (yes, I’m counting) titles I’ve put out for students and faculty, they appear to be going to people who want them.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have a thought about @mls.bsky.social. The real difference between this & other leagues (with exceptions and on average) is not the players. It’s the officiating clown show, with @proreferees.bsky.social the lead clown. Many MLS players would survive in other leagues…none of our officials would.

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Clown Makeup Transformation

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Jumping Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. No reputable study shows “vaccine injury” to be anything but vanishingly small…and accommodated in the public health recommendations for vaccination schedules. He’s a crank, a conspiracist, and without any evidence to support his rejection of…well…science.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Knowable & known problems w/well-defined requirements for decades prior to this imbroglio. The Army, Air Force, Navy, etc., could not at any point get out of their own way. I’ve said for years that we need our own Jena-Auerstedt. Maybe this is it, at lower cost than Prussia paid. Fools learning.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Other than “use the Oxford comma and two spaces after a period,” I have one piece of consistent advice: If you can, call your Dad. “There’s a train leaving nightly called when all is said and done. Keep me in your heart for a while.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTK...

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Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’ve got $1 that says the admin does it anyway. The history here is one of general disregard for judicial orders.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Funny that beginning the cull of my shelves at work makes retirement (still months away!) feel more real than orders did. The first 50(ish) titles going on the “free to a good home” shelf.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

That’s just dust in my eye. I’m not crying. You’re crying, loser. Good on ya, @hoosierhomer.bsky.social.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s annoying to have to point this out: 18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

All our prayers are answered. Sometimes the answer is, “No.” A think I feel compelled to remind people of with alarming frequency.

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Gumichan the Laughing Bird Says No

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Every time some misguided chuckle-nut with a Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt license for leadership comes at me with a craptastic “manpower study,” I hear the ghost of Taylor wailing and go in search of an exorcist. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...

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100 Objects #15: Bundy Clock

Podcast Episode · 99% Invisible · August 28 · Bonus · 38m

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I did this first—a poem a day, working through a collection—a few years ago with Dickinson’s collected poems. (Embedded in the linked thread.) After that, I decided to take a run at something different. Now? C’est fini. Not sure what’s next.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I’m telling you. If you’re of an age, these pocket reviews are glorious. If you’re not of an age? Still glorious.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Oh my. What a memory. I haven’t seen this film in decades—since before I commissioned—and I need to remedy that.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Heard a fun math idea today: “Averaging two numbers that disagree is not a calculation. It is a wish with a decimal point.” www.facebook.com/share/r/1DBW...

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Start here: Senator Mitch McConnell is among the least principled Senator in the history of Senators…and that’s saying something. Neil Gorsuch is a child on the Supreme Court, and ALSO deeply unprincipled. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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Becoming Justice Gorsuch | 1. Man With a Plan

Podcast Episode · Slow Burn · S11 E1 · 37m

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Full discolsure: I’ve not yet tead the associated article, but I’m reminded of a thing I once wrote. I’m resisting the urge to say, “I told you so.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

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S3E2 - Dr. Peter Layton and Heterogeneous Airpower

Podcast Episode · Books to Battles · August 5 · 34m

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Just want to remind everyone that this appears to be monumentally stupid from West Point.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Sunday morning with some folks who have a common interest. 👹⚽️

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Maybe a thing to think about BEFORE starting a foolish war of choice in problematic geography with defensive magazine depth limitations, Junior. What was your advice to the leaders above you? Morons. We’re at the mercy of false-merit morons.

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Adam Sandler: Things That Could Have Been Yesterday!

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just dawned on me that we lost two officers of the Red October in a month

Tim Curry saying “you’ll receive the order of Lenin for this, Captain!

Sam Neill saying “I would have liked to have seen Montana”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I want to share two poems with you. The first was written in the ruins of World War I; the second, in the gathering storm of World War II. To me, both feel appropriate to the dark time we’re now living through. Read them and let me know your thoughts.

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Two Poems for Our Time

One from the ruins of World War I, the other from the gathering storm of World War II

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

To: The United States Military Academy at West Point Fuck you, you fucking cowards. Feel free to quote me.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you’re not following this journey, remedy that…especially if you’re “of an age.”

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Late to the discourse, and reactions still fresh and unprocessed, but Nolan’s “Odyssey” is really good.

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Wearing My Helmet Odysseus

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

When @harvilla.bsky.social goes on hiatus, I forget how much I miss this show. Then he rolls in like THIS. Was 30+ when this band started, & I unashamedly loved them—their operatic sensibility over BLAZING drums & with crazy vocal, lyrical, & structural bombast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/6...

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60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is exciting! “TableTop” with @wilwheaton.net was among my favorite things, and @felicia.day’s “The Guild” was fabulous. Though “Conludo” will be (legally distinctly) different, I suspect it will be glorious. Can’t wait. wilwheaton.net/2026/08/feli...

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felicia day and i want to play more games together

About twenty years ago, when I was in the Saturday show at the ACME Comedy Theatre, a friend of mine who I wrote with for the show encouraged me to check out one of her students who was in the Sund…

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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Join host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a TSB Podcast with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast

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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The AFPAK Hand program was a unique and at times controversial approach to the conflict in Afghanistan. Join podcast host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a conversation with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social about the program, it’s goals, shortfalls, and outcomes. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Let’s take a politics break. Lecter’s escape scene in Silence of the Lambs is one of the great set pieces in American cinema because, like the best magic tricks, it anticipated the audience’s train of thought and misdirects at exactly the right moment.

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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Our podcast host @prbeckman.bsky.social talks with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast

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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

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The Strategy Bridge

Society & Culture Podcast · The Strategy Bridge podcast features interviews on strategic affairs and diplomatic & military history.

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The Strategy Bridge @thestrategybridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Read these pocket reviews. They say a lot about the films, about that era and others, and about us. A delight.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Hot Take: The inventors of “Reply All” should be tried at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

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Danny DeVito's Hilarious Office Message

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

From recent experience: “AI makes me more efficient.” No, it doesn’t. I spend hours u fucking your syllabus, catching things you don’t see because you didn’t write it. “AI makes me more effective.” No. It. Fucking. Doesn’t. See your shit syllabus that I REWROTE for MY students.

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Fuck You Cute Fuck You

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Q because replies are limited. (Understandable & fair. I wouldn’t want to listen to me.) My experience involved NO bullying. I was different—older, military, funded, confident, w/great advisors—but my program could not have been kinder/more supportive. I busted my ass, but I was not bullied.

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