Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialFilipe Dimas @filipedimas.bsky.social · 13/10/2026"Bike lanes are always empty!" Yeah, because bikes move through them quickly as opposed to getting stuck in gridlock like cars do. Well functioning infrastructure, should be empty MOST OF THE TIME. When it's not, it's a problem. 1469081 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/10/2026POLITICAL RETRIBUTION Federal agents raided Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s DC home this morning. A sitting member of Congress who has repeatedly been targeted by Trump, now facing a federal investigation over immigration paperwork her father completed when she was a child. A CHILD. 48349322100 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.social DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is clearly not acceptable 861100083364 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialKaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026 133161973364 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 151152436562 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...gadgetreview.comOne of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data CenterA rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land. 8537412232 1
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it 95115242677 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comElection deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machinesThe problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution. 57152653222 0
MurphBrown.bsky.social @murphbrown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026@fliglman.bsky.social you also use to pay at check in, but now you pay at booking, so literally nothing about it is “checking-in” 010 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026NEW: Food banks across America are being overwhelmed by surging demand. Scott MacFarlane went inside to see the crisis firsthand. Here’s what he found:meidasnews.com“They don’t understand the scale of the hunger!”- An unfolding crisis at the nation’s food banksWeeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states 44395154529 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialJosh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 19/09/2026Anyway, I’ll be on capitol hill on Tuesday talking to congressmen about this stuff 212030 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialJosh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 20/09/2026Paul has the international expertise to say this but I’ll gladly endorse as someone with the gambling expertise 1153 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comHomeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower allegesThe searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said. 867143988390 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialEbony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 16/08/2026You know what? FOX 2 Detroit ended their high school essay contest in 1995 because of me. I was the last winner. A (white) teacher at another HS accused me and my (white) AP English teacher of cheating. Essay was "too long." Previous winners read their essays on TV. I only got to visit the studio. 2024551982 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/08/2026He pays more to fight a wealth tax than he pays in taxes. He pays more to fight a wealth tax than any of us would earn in 10 lifetimes. 542124784138 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialOhwoisme @kmohwoisme.bsky.social · 24/07/2026You’re absolutely right. We should not have so many people on SNAP. Because jobs should pay enough FOR PEOPLE TO EAT. 833371536 0
Reposted by MurphBrown.bsky.socialMJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 07/06/20261 LB of ground beef now costs more than the minimum wage. For those that can help, please send a donation to your nearest food bank. Thank you. 1893468922 0