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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’ve received some strange peer review related communications recently. Not knowing what to do in response I’ve ignored them. Would be grateful for insights into the most appropriate response.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"You're an author? Would I know anything you've written?" "Have you heard of the book Eat Pray Love?" "Oh wow. I have, actually!" "Well, one of my books was printed in a typeface not totally dissimilar to the one in that."

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“One has to persevere; perhaps the pleasure is yet to come.” Victor Klemperer having learnt to drive and bought a highly unreliable second hand car, causing him great anguish, in his 50’s in Nazi Germany. But perhaps a more general sentiment.

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It was all foretold in Star wars

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Do read On Bullshit! It illuminates so much of the Trump phenomenon with his complete indifference to truth.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

But then I realized that “Bananas” with the leader’s command that everyone must wear their underwear on the outside might be closer to the mark.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Name movies the reflect our current plight. At first I thought “The Death of Stalin” captures the absurd deference to the failing leader and the scramble for power—and survival that follows.

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Daryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

John Oliver has been exposing the company’s bullying lawsuits with flimsy claims of copyright infringement. Awful people.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

An essential text in the US (and, it appears, also the UK) today is Harry Frankfurt’s On Bullshit.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

As a supporter of your Substack I wish you and your wife a lifetime of joy with your child.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

And what, may I ask, did you do with the onion?

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Water makes up more than 70% of the human body. And yet, even on the hottest day, we are still constrained by the absurd British social taboo against licking a stranger at a bus stop. Hoping to be out on bail soon.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Well said. I recall being introduced in Germany to a Herr Doctor Professor. When my soon-to-be daughter in law asked how she should address me I said Herr Doktor Professor. Driving home she told my son what I’d said. He cracked up laughing. He was right.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Obscene, yes. Also either a world-record troll, or evidence of complete ignorance of what matters.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This is just so mindblowingly corrupt. And there's something new like this almost every day. The corruption is beyond staggering. It's bottomless.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I have been known to complain about @nytimes.com headlines that undersell what's in the actual story. Not today!

Headline: "Trump Butters Up Xi, Who Stands His Ground."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

You can take all the corruption from every single US administration in history, add it all together, and it will not equal the amount of corruption committed by the Trump Regime in less than two years.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Rod Stewart to King Charles on his visit with Trump: “Hello, sir. May I say well done in the Americas. You were superb. Absolutely superb. You put that little rat bag in his place.”

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

What it was like to be the head of PR at the FBI this week.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 03/05/2026

i see a horse has won the kentucky derby again. this is beginning to feel rigged

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The Story Alchemist @thestoryalchemist.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Vaccines have worked so well, that most people alive today have never watched their young child die of a disease that killed millions. Historically, 1/3 of children didn't live to reach their 5th birthday. The last man living in an iron lung due to Polio died in 2024, at age 72.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Charles' visit to DC was a smashing success because the British public needed to hear him tell Trump to shove it; the British govt needed Trump to hear that Charles thinks the world of him; and Charles managed to say the former in such an impeccably British manner that Trump heard the latter.

A chart showing what the British say, what they mean and what Americans think they mean.

The most salient being:

I hear what you say; I disagree and do not want to discuss it further; he accepts my point of view.

With the greatest respect; I think you are an idiot; he is listening to me.

Oh, by the way; the primary purpose of our discussion is ...; that is not very important.

And, you must come to dinner; it's not an invitation, I'm just being polite; I will get an invitation soon.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Everything about this is perfect

Onion headline; Italy issues travel ban on Italian Americans (the Onion)

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/04/2026

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-…

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Perfectly normal beginning to every great Dartmoor love story, in my experience.

In 1996, two neighbors (sic) in Devon, England, spent an entire year hooting at each other while believing they were communicating with owls.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Pope brings the heat.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

An outstanding and necessary report from On the Media.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I know I say it a lot, but On the Media continues to be one of the most essential pieces of media I consume each week, especially when it comes to understanding the motivations of this regime. Everyone should listen to this one.

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Seth Rosenthal @sethrosenthal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

i've yet to see evidence that this man is anything other than the fucking coolest to ever do it

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

SCOOP: I have the first interview with the 36-year-old South Jersey man whose tearful protest against an ICE raid at a school bus stop has been watched more than 3 million times How a non-political Eagles fan Everyman became the face of ICE resistance My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

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South Jersey guy becomes the face of ICE resistance | Will Bunch Newsletter

Last Friday, Joseph Zobel, “an average Joe who grew up in Haddon Heights” saw a video that shocked him. First interview with the ICE protester whose viral video reaction has been seen 3 million times.

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

How many diseases won’t be vanquished because this death cult is killing off vaccine research & manufacturing? How many people will die avoidable deaths or have lifelong avoidable disabilities? One more reason why we’re fighting so hard to build & fund science research capacity in California.

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Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

pretty stunning chart

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 16/02/2026

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore an exhibit about slavery at a historic site in Philadelphia, quoting George Orwell’s ‘1984’ in her scathing decision. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Trump Admin Ordered to Restore Slavery Exhibits Stripped From Historic Site in Philly

A judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore exhibits about slavery removed from the President's House Site in Philadelphia last month.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

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Part of trying to get on quietly and diplomatically in life and not clash with people is keeping up the pretence that fuckwits don’t walk among us in the world, but sometimes you just have to face up to the reality of the situation: Fuckwits do walk among us in the world, and they are not thin on the ground.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

James Fallows on the f-up in the airspace over El Paso: “This is how Team MAGA works: Malice, plus deceit, plus arrogance, plus incompetence.”

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I’m proud to note that Case Western Reserve U is on this list.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Completely agree

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Omg, I can’t

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

What horseshit. Terrible decisions by an incompetent, miserable excuse for a human being of a publisher.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

A memorable album, which I still have.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Allen Davis’s substack is worth following. Only the most important stories accompanied by possibilities for action.

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Defying Trump: Judge Protects Haitians in U.S.

350,000 Haitians get a reprieve until their case is fully litigated!

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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

"The Post is all of our “we”—the journalists fighting for it, the ones competing against it, those of us in the diaspora, and especially the community that counts on it and the nation that turns to it." Thank you @ashleyrparker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

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The Murder of The Washington Post

Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Unconscionable. Also stupid.

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Tom Murray @thm46.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

May you find a great opportunity as soon as possible. Our beloved son-in-law was laid off as a Sports Editor. Unconscionable how the publisher and owner have destroyed an outstanding institution. We are rooting for you.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.

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