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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Νενικήκαμεν! Had to do 6 laps at the Panathenaic Stadium to make it a full 26.2. Good to know I am still invincible
An old man completely soaked in sweat, enough so that it could just be the natural color of his clothes. He gives a kind of dismissive ironic thumbs up at the Olympic circles in the background. He waited in a line to stand on the podium that is used to celebrate tourists like him.
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My idea of a good 47th (!) birthday is getting up at 5:30am after a red-eye to run the original marathon course solo from Marathon, Greece to Athens! Half-way mark:
A stone Spartan guards the 20km marker (half-way) of the original Marathon “course”. I defeated him easily, both because of my Indomitable Spirit and because he prioritized armoring only his head, and not his vulnerable nether-regions
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You can imagine the vicious cycle
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I also buy that kind of wall plate and have the same reaction every time!
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Perhaps you simply did not “smash” the subscribe button hard enough?
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh, that’s fun :) thanks! Yes, I got all the power cells without any hints or guides or assists. Very well-made game and it makes complete sense that WADF and Knytt would be influences. Now hopefully Nifflas can play it and complete the circle of life (as long as it doesn’t delay rhythm doggo :))
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Did you play Derelict Star? It’s awesome at this, and I think it shows many Niffluences. Hard but I loved it.
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
You wouldn’t COPY a SHINE SPRITE
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
One thing to know about estuaries is that they are brackish
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I do check mail but I didn’t see it! Try tom7 @ tom7.org?
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I like to win!
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Reader, you’ll be pleased to know that I spent the last hour debating with the LLM over whether my photos are real or an AI-generated hoax since seeing the Big Boy at the Horseshoe Curve would be an impossibly epic railfan dream and the photos contain tell-tale signs of AI generation. But I won
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
On the train to NY for AEOUD, I coincidentally passed the world’s largest steam locomotive, the Big Boy (yes) 4014 at the “world-famous horseshoe bend.” It’s frankly heartwarming to see all the train nerds so excited with their cameras out. (It is largest by a margin of about 10%.)
It’s a crowd of hundreds of people standing at the “world famous horseshoe curve” in Pennsylvania. They are exclusively train nerds or compliant others who were dragged along, since there is no reason to be here other than to look at trains. In the background, the Big Boy 4014 is billowing steam, about to charge up that 1.8% grade.
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I have actually had beers and video games with Mr Binface (unmasked) and can confirm he is real! Funny guy.
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I just put on Spectra for my own crunch weekend!
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
You must have considered doG? Or goddo?
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I could do it with 7/16ths of an NCAA short course (yard) sized swimming pool filled with dry-cleaning fluid
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
… sent from the Battlestar Galactica!
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I will be sharing my personal Details in Brooklyn on July 12 with @standupmaths.bsky.social and presumably other cool people! Come stand around with me awkwardly after the show drinking beer while everyone waits in line to absorb Matt’s aura! www.thebellhouseny.com/shows?start=...
thebellhouseny.com
The Bell House Upcoming Shows: 2026 Event Calendar
The Bell House 2026 event calendar. Buy tickets and find details on upcoming shows at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY.
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
What if it’s just like %”I finished it!” and %”I had fun!” ? That at least clarifies that hardness is about getting to the end.
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Thanks! You may like RAMDARAM’s work, which was my style inspiration for this video :)
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I was about to be offended that I didn’t make those categories but I think I may have gotten the most prestigious spot!
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In compilers I would call the first a binary operator and the second a unary operator (sometimes “binop” and “unop” for short).
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Every time I remove a hinge, I only get stronger
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A single precise karate chop to the solar plexus of good taste. (My own solar plexus.) youtu.be/M1si1y5lvkk
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No one can force me to have a secure website!!!
YouTube video by suckerpinch
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Every time I upload a YouTube video I struggle with this content disclosure question! I think I always end up admitting that it is "light or moderately shocking," although I don't think we have the same thing in mind.
Shocking content
Situations that may upset, disgust, or shock viewers

[ ] Light or moderately shocking content which is obscured or shown in context for educational, documentary, or other purposes.
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
how to watch XX livestream
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It only makes me want to Enter
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I like when a game tells me to do a thing because then I can get a smug subversive joy from doing something different 😎
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Yeah right
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I can’t tell if you’re trolling by staring right past the “Squordle” pun, but if so, well done!
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
• MacGyver • Knight Rider • Chip ‘N Dale’s Rescue Rangers
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Like Rock, and like Roll, SIGBOVIK can never die
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
FYI this item reappeared to me in my dream as a “wild goose chaise”
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I agree! It gave me hope for the future.
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I liked this game!
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Yes this is on my list! But unfortunately the making of the videos is NOT the fun part! You have something in particular in mind?
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I try not to allow much "political messaging" thought into my brain but I still get irrationally upset when an obvious pun is missed. How do you run a story on Trump's net approval among Gen Z dropping 42pp (!) in a year, but miss the "Not Z" angle???
It's a screenshot from CNN. A newscaster is agape at some statistics, though it's implausible that he hasn't already seen those statistics before going on the air to talk about them. The statistics: In Feb 2025, "Gen Z" polled with +10pp net favorability for Trump, and in Jan 2026, they polled at -32pp. Donald is inside the infographic. They choose a picture of him that makes him look like he just got some bad news and is pretending to know what it means and that he is tough. Six stars in the infographic signal "America." To be honest, the design makes it look like Windows 95, with the blue title bar and white text, and the color swatches that let the anchor annotate the infographic make the whole thing feel a lot like Microsoft Paint. That's fine with me. I'm just upset about the missed pun.
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Big music fan (and maker) here! I am not up to date on Autechre—maybe I should be—but in college I was thoroughly into Warp/Rephlex stuff. I still like trawling Bandcamp for modern marvels. Here’s one I loved recently: touched.bandcamp.com/track/admira...
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Admiral Tim, by Karsten Pflum
from the album Bexet
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Die Hard VII youtu.be/4pG8_bWpmaE?...
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Mathematically extra-complicated Secretest Santa 2025
YouTube video by suckerpinch
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Daring to repost before you even watch it! 😎
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Then we can have em dash, en dash, and dash dash
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
If it were me they would be “chickpoints” where your egg hatches into a chicken that lays more eggs to implement respawning #BiologicallyPlausible
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I feel I should be able to `get std` in this
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
I wish Jon didn’t blow so much but I’m happy we also have good people such as Sean :)
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Thanks for telling me! I recently did a server migration. tom7.org/ruperts should have them now!
tom7.org
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Acorns roasting on an open fire?
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
It's like the movie poster from TENET but it's a board in my shop with symmetric tenons on it, and it says TENON instead. Sometimes I just get an idea in my head like that and it's not even a good joke, but in order for me to make progress on my day I need to put the joke out of its misery and into yours.
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
For Egg, there should always be an adjacent vertex that’s closer as long as you aren’t at (one of) the globally closest. So walk the graph from an arbitrary starting vertex?
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Dr. Tom 7 Murphy VII Ph.D. ! @tomvii.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Spoilers
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