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Mike Murphy

@mjamurphy.bsky.social
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I'm an applied economist interested in how we get better at interacting with natural systems. You can find out more about my research at mjamurphy.com Personal account, only Scottish football takes guaranteed correct

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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
on some dad business
Augustus by John Williams
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Charles Mingus of course
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
going to need my dog back
wiggins at rest
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Christine Lagarde looking pensive
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Bilbo trying on the ring
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Jimmy Butler peering at a piece of white paper in confusion and disbelief
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
listening to you reasoning from an accounting identity
An incredulous looking cat in a box
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
"secondary sanctions on China...?"
Jimmy Butler squinting at a piece of paper in disbelief
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
this is wrong. i'm 41 and they have <=1000 listeners.
Post: "Bluesky is dying" bro you're talking about a website full of 38 year old who have fringe political beliefs and listen to black metal bands with >1000 listeners on spotify, nobody here cares about popularity
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Going through some books and remembered how good this is
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Support your local bookstore
Bumper sticker: I bought this before Henry Ford went crazy
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Love to ride the MoCo migraine bus
Moco bus interior with piercing blue light.
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Today I learned. White to play and draw
FEN: 7K/8/k1P5/7p/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Would you rather have $50k guaranteed or $500k but you have to read this first?
Cover of Microeconomic THeory by Mas-Colell, Whinston & Green
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Well this is going to go one of two ways for me
Chess board 

1. c4 Na6 *
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
no price, only quantity
no take only throw meme
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Debugging with Claude to find the guys who did this
"Found it - and it's something we created ourselves."
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
je telephone a la police meme
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Getting to the fifth paragraph of permutations Scotland need to progress
Livia Soprano: I wish the Lord would take me now
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Scotland-Brazil with even a small defeat probably enough to see us through...
Morgan Freeman in Shawshank Redemption: "Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane."
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Côte d'Ivoire badge is ace
Cote d'Ivoire crest showing an elephant with its trunk wrapped around a football
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
later
End scene from Planet of the Apes showing a man prostrate ona beach before a partially buried Statue of Liberty
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Since people are talking about necessities, on food the most recent USDA estimate is that 5.4% of households had experienced very low food security. In around 1% of households with children, children themselves experienced very low food security.
Graph showing USDA food security trends from 2001-2024. Prevalence of very low food security ranges between 4-6% from 2007 on
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Currently 11k likes and counting for a guy with location data turned off complaining that AI doesn't know where he is.
Guy complaining about AI not knowing when the sun sets because he has location turned off.
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Homer meme where he tells Bart it's the worst day of his life *so far*
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Homer and Bart Simpson staring in the dark, beckoning you to sit on the couch with them
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Got some useful intel from my cousin *after* playing in his 5-a-sides game
Whatsapp Message: Glad it was a good run out at least! There are some good players in that game!

They're also mostly 10/15 years younger than you too
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Meanwhile, in Scotland
Edinburgh South hustings showing various candidates, including one dressed as a giant white bird holding a sign saying "End the cuca hunt"
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
claude outage
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Gil Scott Heron's dad, Scott Heron, was a professional footballer in Scotland in the 1950s and the first Black player to play for Celtic FC.
Scott Heron in a Celtic jersey, 1950s
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Still of Amy from Futurama: Fool me seven times shame on you. Fool me eight or more times, shame on me.
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Just finished @howardfrench.bsky.social's amazing Born in Blackness. Joined the dots on a lot of events I knew bits of from other narratives, and introduced some I knew nothing about, like the history of Sao Tome and Kongo's adoption of Christianity and diplomacy with Europe. Strong recommend
Book cover: Born in Blackness - Africa, Africans and fhe Making of fhe Modern world 1471 to the Second World War
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
WHO has suspended medical evacuations from Gaza indefinitely following the killing of a contractor.
"@WHO is devastated to confirm that a person contracted to provide services to the Organization in Gaza was killed today during a security incident. 
 
Two WHO staff members were present but were not injured.
 
We extend our condolences to the family, loved ones, and colleagues of the deceased. 
 
The incident is under investigation by the relevant authorities.
 
Following the incident, WHO suspended today's medical evacuation of patients from Gaza via Rafah to Egypt. Medical evacuations will remain suspended until further notice.
 
We are deeply grateful to our colleagues who work day and night despite the risks to ensure that the people of Gaza can access the health care they need.
 
We call for the protection of civilians and humanitarian workers. Peace is the best medicine."
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Apart from "Gunther Eagleman" obviously
Sam the Eagle from the Muppets
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
The @washingtonpost.com describes the deaths of an estimated 750,000 people to date as "messy"
WaPo Editorial: US cut aid to Africa. The continent proved resilient.
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
scotland's quite pretty between rainstorms
view of the ochil hills from stirling castle on a clear day
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
getting owned by the wean
A codgerly cartoon avatar with a cane labeled "dad guy"
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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Had to give it a try
Fake op-ed: Allister Heath - Britain's descent into the diff-in-diff revolution madness is terrifying to behold
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