Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

49 1.2K 4.9K

Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 8h

Don Flamenco, to be exact.

1

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 8h

i'm convinced "verification" will be a worldcoin-style biometric data harvesting scheme. zero chance in hell i'd as much as send this company a copy of my driver's license.

404 Media @404media.co · 9h

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.

🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...

ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck

As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...

www.404media.co

3 14 46

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8h

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense.

www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

710 4.9K 21K

Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 8h

Stone cold classic.

2

Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 8h

We're still a swing state.

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

Kelly Knox @kelly-knox.com · 15h

"I’m selling movies, yes. But if I can do it with art, with beauty, in a way that reaches people and touches them... that’s what makes me happy." - Drew Struzan

Struzan's painted posters for Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi

2 150 410

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 13h

Iconic artist Drew Struzan, who created the movie posters for Star Wars, Blade Runner, and Back to the Future, has passed away:

reactormag.com/drew-struzan...

Legendary Movie Poster Artist Drew Struzan Has Passed Away - Reactor

Drew Struzan was 78.

reactormag.com

1 28 72

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 9h

A Tumblr post by beetledrink reading not to be insensitive but some of the salem witch trials were so funny bitches like "i saw her at the devils sacrament!!!" girl... what were YOU doing at the devils sacrament 00

1 10 120

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 13h

so what's in the news today

6 170 1.1K

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

Chris in SF @chrismsf.bsky.social · 9h

This is who these people are.

If you’re a Republican in 2025, it’s who you are too.

Politico @politico.com · 13h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

1 5

Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 9h

Credit where due: Judge Brett could've gone down in history as a run-of-the-mill drunk, partisan hack, and rapist, but now he'll also be forever associated with the Kavanaugh stop too.

T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 10h

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

1

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

Amy Murphy (she/her) @murftacular.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday to my firstborn! Please tell your brother he’s being extra today and we’re not here for it

Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 2d

A very happy 17th Murfday to you and yours, and know that an occasionally ornery blind bichon is watching over you. Somehow.

Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · Oct 12

Today, the little guy would've turned 16, first bday in absentia. Happy birthday, Murfdog, wherever you are.

1 4

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 2d

“It may look confusing to outsiders, but what we’re trying to do is avoid making precedents that a Democratic government could also use.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

16 120 280

Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 2d

That screenshot isn't the OG game tho. It was an Infocom text adventure.

2

Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 2d

A very happy 17th Murfday to you and yours, and know that an occasionally ornery blind bichon is watching over you. Somehow.

Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · Oct 12

Today, the little guy would've turned 16, first bday in absentia. Happy birthday, Murfdog, wherever you are.

Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · Aug 17

Alas, the end came faster than expected. Tonight, we said goodbye to Murf. A fearless short king to the end. Went blind at 6 and had a great life til almost 16. See you on the other side, little buddy.

7

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 2d

I’d rather live in peace than rest in peace

Proof that a federal ban on assault weapons work

15 210 1.2K

Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 2d

Today's Atlantic in a nutshell.

Dril, 3/10/18: go ahead keep screaming "Shut the Fuck Up" ar me. It only makes my opinions Worse.

2 10

Reposted by Kevin Murphy

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 2d

"Since the wealthiest 10 per cent of the population own 85 per cent of US stocks, they enjoy the largest wealth effect when they go up... the latest data shows America’s consumer economy rests largely on ...[the spending of the] top 10 per cent" #AI #irrationalexuberance www.ft.com/content/6cc8...