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Jason Murphy

@jasemurphy.bsky.social
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Author of one(1) book. Journalist. Economist. #rstats #mecfs #ausecon. May be found walking his dog in Melbourne, Australia.

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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 37m
There's a book called The Shipping News, published in the 1990s. Never read til now because the title hinted it would be a very subtle, quiet, arty little book. Instead: car crashes, decapitation, storms, and surprisingly, lots of burgers.
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Flashman @crankgriems.bsky.social · 15h
It's Happening
First tweet: I told my grandma and my auntie that Chat GPT is the devil, and they've both warned the whole family

Quote tweet: I told them that it's satanic and it's made several people (mainly kids) sacrifice themselves for the devil and that there are news articles about it. Group chat lit up like five minutes later.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RBA: hikes rates. Blue Sky: *no reaction* Bunch of you paid your homes off in 2002 and it shows! #ausecon
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New brad pitt movie with dog 🐕 - has some good bits, but not quite enough to make it into a good movie.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Evidence rubber is a liquid; Questacon 2023 and 2026.
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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 26/09/2026
When you’re nearly there but look behind that’s ORPHEUS TIME
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Down at the tattoo parlour getting a large anchor. 🟣⚓🟣⚓🟣 Lots of space on the Freo bandwagon, climb on! #aflgf #aflgrandfinal #afldockerslions
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Full moon / blossom / bin night.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🔥Get your masks and hepa filters now because the air will be smoke this summer. 🔥
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just received an extremely obvious scam call from a guy pretending to be the ATO and asking if he was speaking to "Mr Jason" and demanding my date of birth. 1/2
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Fridge 5 years and 3 months old. Ice tray full of water. ACCC consumer guarantee still going to apply, y/n?
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Australians: A people who will, in 3.5 months, salivate over a sport with 2 seconds of action every 30 seconds🏏 , but also complain about the pauses in the action at the mcg today.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Just went outside and It seems to be big number day in Melbourne. Every male under 35 has donned an oversized numeric garment and is on their way to the mcg
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Los Angeles Rams Players Enter Field
ALT: Los Angeles Rams Players Enter Field
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'd like to nominate a piece of iconic contemporary Australiana. It's everywhere. You can draw a straight line through Hills Hoists, Victa Mowers, Bonds Singlets, Holden Commodores, and this :
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'd like to nominate a piece of iconic contemporary Australiana. It's everywhere. You can draw a straight line through Hills Hoists, Victa Mowers, Bonds Singlets, Holden Commodores, and this :
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I have what I call a "human factors theory" for why robotaxis will not work, and why car ownership will be the killer app for robotaxis. It's a shit theory: 💩
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
The more recently a place urbanised, the fewer cities they have. this is an important observation, because some pattern-matching planners are trying to get poor countries to look like rich countries and spread them out, even though that may not make sense any more. 4/
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Clambering onto the sourdough trend about 4 years after its demise.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Three months til the American midterm elections and I suspect the people devouring the most @fivethirtyeight content on close Senate races will be in Tehran. Keep US gas prices high and brand Trump will begin to stink.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Anna Krien's book Night Games is a terrifying and compelling read. I had hoped that maybe the #afl had moved past that era. Apparently not.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Running a bank in Australia: 30% of your income turns into profit; the risks are basically zero.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"Struth Social, it's a potential goldmine " - My Dad, an ideas man
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“Here’s what we found: Every additional 100kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. Every additional 10cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. The relationship was even stronger in lower-speed environments.”
theconversation.com
Big US-style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves it
Pedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Americans have passports now. Two aspects to lament here, and one to laud. 1. More americans everywhere. 2. We can no longer consider ourselves superior to them in this domain. but 3. they might actually learn something
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Holy heck. Looks like outback South Australia.
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 03/08/2026
Among people aged 65-69, there are an estimated 16,000 taxpayers with student loan debt, and 26,000 among those aged 60-64. www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/03/h...
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A new generation of people are retiring with HECS/HELP debt. Expect more to join them
More and more people are beginning to retire while still owing repayments on their student loans. With higher course fees and bloated interest rate repayments, things will only get worse.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
There's surprisingly little out there about new Victorian Labor leader Ben Carroll. He has either done a lot of work in private or done not much work. Most of the recent bios are based on his inaugural speech to Parliament, years ago.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Buzz buzz! Australian government just tested its new alarm tone. Annoyingness confirmed.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Want some really good news? In the last little while, the quality of medical research worldwide has absolutely shot up. For one reason... 🐉 1/4
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Lot of people about to find out their paintings market value = frame value.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
time for a victory lap on my fuel crisis skepticism. price blip, then back down. tax cut to help smooth the bump. We managed it perfectly.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Amazing research by an Aussie scientist now at Stanford. She scans people using positron emission tomography. People with #mecfs light up like a 🎄. In the muscles (which, maybe you could argue they're more sedentary) but also in the bones. 1/3
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
One of my beloved clients has exhausted their freelancing budget for the next few months and so I have capacity. If you need words and numbers (and ChatGPT isn't good enough for your readers) please get in touch. I bring ... a point of difference: www.crikey.com.au/2026/05/12/f...
crikey.com.au
E-bikes and strawberries: The weirdest things we spotted in the budget
Wine glass tariffs. Margarine too.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Was a little sceptical of the new Deadloch set in Darwin. In small patches it's too broad, too much like Russel Coight. In other spots it has too many bloody characters, like a Dostoevsky. But overall? A winner. 8/10. Recommend!🐊🐊
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Ben Winkley, rendered inadmissible @benwinkley.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The IEA says there will be a vast surplus of oil next year www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...
argusmedia.com
IEA cuts 2026 demand forecast, sees huge 2027 surplus | Latest Market News
The IEA has again cut its forecast for demand in 2026, saying deep cuts to consumption have spread beyond the sectors and regions that were initially the most heavily affected by the US-Iran war. Its ...
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Not too late to pop the tv on and catch the end! It is going off in LA
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
#irnnzl Iran vs New Zealand is exciting #worldcup soccer. No ticky-tacky possession for possession's sake, just relentless action. Seems well-balanced at 1-1; I guarantee more goals are coming but I don't know at which end!
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Not all super heroes wear Cape Verde shirts. But today? Yes. #worldcup #fifaworldcup
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Perisher 10 days ago ❄️ Perisher now 🟫 Skiing is a bad investment.📉
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Want some really good news? In the last little while, the quality of medical research worldwide has absolutely shot up. For one reason... 🐉 1/4
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Woolworths was closed unexpectedly early. Inside an alarm was flashing and when I peered through the window into the darkened shop, the staff appeared drunk with excitement and joy. And then on my way home I saw a fox 🦊. I call that a pretty good Thursday night these days.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
there were already many reasons to do this but Elon Musk actively encouraging racist violence in Belfast should be the final straw for every UK government institution to stop doing business - including being on X - with him in any way, and for him to be barred from entry to the country.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Bit of a crisis for my mates at Latrobe who are tonight emailing about cancelling the #longcovid cohort in this study because they did not get enough volunteers to be studied. It may be too late to save it but if you contact the email below... Maybe.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
thomasthethinkengine.com/2021/04/05/o... what I wrote on collective memory in the early days of the pandemic may be my best work ever.
thomasthethinkengine.com
Oblivion: How Society Forgets
I’m cross. All around me I see people learning the wrong lessons. If we waste 2020, if we fail to draw the correct lessons from it, that will be a worse disaster than the pandemic itself. The…
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Aaron Greenspan @aarongreenspan.com · 02/06/2026
Grok has approximately 0% market share and falling. Would love to hear someone on CNBC or Bloomberg discuss this fact in the context of this tidal wave of absolute bullshit.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Wednesday is office day and you can feel it on the streets. School drop off is way earlier and the cafes are deserted at 10am. If I had a suburban cafe I'd take Wednesday off not Monday these days!
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Five days ago I asked ChatGPT if 9.11 was bigger than 9.8. it affirmed it was. 💩 Today I read that AI has solved one of the famous Erdos problems.😲 The lesson will make curmudgeons squirm: don't judge the potential of AI by the consumer-grade service on your browser.🤖
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Was a little sceptical of the new Deadloch set in Darwin. In small patches it's too broad, too much like Russel Coight. In other spots it has too many bloody characters, like a Dostoevsky. But overall? A winner. 8/10. Recommend!🐊🐊
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
People think bad things happening mean people are deliberately pursuing evil. They were watching Batman cartoons when they should have been reading Hobbes and Locke
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Worst page of best book.
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