Dan Murphy
@bungdan.bsky.social
Ex Journalist Bloomberg/FEER/CSM. Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, then Iraq/Egypt with a smattering of everywhere else. Same handle over at Mos Eisley Spaceport. Made wine for a few years. Now training a blue heeler in the CA foothills.
I encounter tik-tok hand gesture and exaggerated facial expression affect and I experience nausea. It frightens me that huge numbers do not.
January 29, 2026 at 1:37 AM
I encounter tik-tok hand gesture and exaggerated facial expression affect and I experience nausea. It frightens me that huge numbers do not.
Since Bruce released a protest song about King Donald in Minnesota today... this was one of his two contributions to a Leadbelly/Guthrie tribute album in 1988. Yes, this Guthrie song has alternate lyrics about Donald's evil father Fred. True story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeSr...
I Ain't Got No Home (Album Version)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Since Bruce released a protest song about King Donald in Minnesota today... this was one of his two contributions to a Leadbelly/Guthrie tribute album in 1988. Yes, this Guthrie song has alternate lyrics about Donald's evil father Fred. True story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeSr...
Real Madrid's implosion against a Mourinho-led Benefica was delicious. Just delicious.
January 29, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Real Madrid's implosion against a Mourinho-led Benefica was delicious. Just delicious.
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Asked about the staggering $20b CapEx planned for 2026, Taneja doesn't really provide much in the way of details (the deck mentions Cybercab, Semi, Megapack, and Optimus).
He says Tesla could fund CapEx by securitizing robotaxi revenue, which he earlier said was non-material.
He says Tesla could fund CapEx by securitizing robotaxi revenue, which he earlier said was non-material.
January 28, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Asked about the staggering $20b CapEx planned for 2026, Taneja doesn't really provide much in the way of details (the deck mentions Cybercab, Semi, Megapack, and Optimus).
He says Tesla could fund CapEx by securitizing robotaxi revenue, which he earlier said was non-material.
He says Tesla could fund CapEx by securitizing robotaxi revenue, which he earlier said was non-material.
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Taneja forecasts $20 billion in CapEx over 2026, which would make it Tesla's biggest CapEx year ever. He calls the prospect "daunting."
Gonna be real interesting if the car sales keep tanking!
Gonna be real interesting if the car sales keep tanking!
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Taneja forecasts $20 billion in CapEx over 2026, which would make it Tesla's biggest CapEx year ever. He calls the prospect "daunting."
Gonna be real interesting if the car sales keep tanking!
Gonna be real interesting if the car sales keep tanking!
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I'm a few minutes behind the live call, but here's my Q4 Tesla earnings call "live thread"!
We start out with Elon announcing that Tesla's mission has changed to "Amazing Abundance," which represents a pivot from the "Sustainable Abundance" tagline he announced last year.
We start out with Elon announcing that Tesla's mission has changed to "Amazing Abundance," which represents a pivot from the "Sustainable Abundance" tagline he announced last year.
January 28, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I'm a few minutes behind the live call, but here's my Q4 Tesla earnings call "live thread"!
We start out with Elon announcing that Tesla's mission has changed to "Amazing Abundance," which represents a pivot from the "Sustainable Abundance" tagline he announced last year.
We start out with Elon announcing that Tesla's mission has changed to "Amazing Abundance," which represents a pivot from the "Sustainable Abundance" tagline he announced last year.
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Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
ICE and CBP are at the head of Trump's campaign to terrorize Minnesotans. But the Justice Department is not far behind.
ICE’s No. 1 Ally
The Department of Justice has rushed to shield federal agents from accountability and launched needless criminal investigations into Minnesota officials and residents.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Since we published this, Pam Bondi's X account has started posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP. Sharing a defendant's photo publicly in this way is forbidden under DOJ rules
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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This Friday morning in the newsletter: Five new reviews from the Green Line in Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Thai! Chinese! African! Caribbean! University/Washington is one of the great immigrant cultural corridors and the restaurants there are fighting to survive.
January 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This Friday morning in the newsletter: Five new reviews from the Green Line in Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Thai! Chinese! African! Caribbean! University/Washington is one of the great immigrant cultural corridors and the restaurants there are fighting to survive.
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Incredibly, this is an actual photo New York Post used for the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar.
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Incredibly, this is an actual photo New York Post used for the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar.
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literally laughed out loud
January 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
literally laughed out loud
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The office of Senator Jon Ossoff says it has identified more than 1,000 credible reports of human rights abuses inside the US immigration detention system over the course of 2025, including medical neglect, physical/sexual abuse, denial of food/water, and the mistreatment of children/pregnant women
More than 1,000 alleged rights abuses in immigration detention, Ossoff finds
The Georgia Democrat’s office has produced a report that describes “an undeniable pattern of human rights abuses in immigration detention.”
www.ajc.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The office of Senator Jon Ossoff says it has identified more than 1,000 credible reports of human rights abuses inside the US immigration detention system over the course of 2025, including medical neglect, physical/sexual abuse, denial of food/water, and the mistreatment of children/pregnant women
Tbf I have a much smaller account than I did at Mos Eisley, but it's still kind of amazing how little fuckery comes my way/across my timeline here compared to the old place. It's nice.
January 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Tbf I have a much smaller account than I did at Mos Eisley, but it's still kind of amazing how little fuckery comes my way/across my timeline here compared to the old place. It's nice.
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If Trump had reacted the way Ilhan Omar did to that freak they'd already be erecting one of these on the rubble of the Lincoln Memorial.
January 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
If Trump had reacted the way Ilhan Omar did to that freak they'd already be erecting one of these on the rubble of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
January 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Trump’s fundraisers are now using the threat of dispatching ICE against citizens as an email engagement tactic.
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it's a truly staggering measure of this country's profound cowardice that so many people are afraid of this pathetic loser
The ADL found that Grok was the most anti-semitic chatbot in its testing -- and did its best to minimize that finding, because everyone is afraid of Elon. @miasato.bsky.social runs it down www.theverge.com/news/868925/...
January 28, 2026 at 3:19 PM
it's a truly staggering measure of this country's profound cowardice that so many people are afraid of this pathetic loser
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
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people are mocking this but no other network managed to land tony dokoupil’s mom
Tuesday morning:
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom
Viewers accuse CBS News of 'dumbing down.'
www.yahoo.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:47 PM
people are mocking this but no other network managed to land tony dokoupil’s mom
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Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
The intense fallout from the killing of Alex Pretti has forced President Trump to publicly change course in Minneapolis.
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Listen to our White House reporters discuss the changes on today's episode of "The Daily."
Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis
The White House has been met with broad outcry over the killing of Alex Pretti, as well as pushback from Congress.
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.
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Yes, as people here in Minneapolis keep shouting, ICE’s Minnesota siege is, among other things, A HORRIBLE WAY TO DO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. To randomly grab a single pedestrian who probably ends up being a citizen, they need 12 guys and to tear gas a bunch of people! It’s insanely inefficient!
IDK why right-wingers keep bringing up Obama's record deportations, it just shows that if you wanted to have a conservative immigration policy without partisan militias occupying cities and gunning people down in the streets you could do it and a lot of americans would be fine with it
January 28, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Yes, as people here in Minneapolis keep shouting, ICE’s Minnesota siege is, among other things, A HORRIBLE WAY TO DO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. To randomly grab a single pedestrian who probably ends up being a citizen, they need 12 guys and to tear gas a bunch of people! It’s insanely inefficient!
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This is pathetic.
Trump ripped up an agreement, the JCPOA, that did this, in his first term. That agreement was negotiated by Barack Obama.
He'd get a better one, he brayed. He didn't. He fundamentally does not know how to do this.
Trump ripped up an agreement, the JCPOA, that did this, in his first term. That agreement was negotiated by Barack Obama.
He'd get a better one, he brayed. He didn't. He fundamentally does not know how to do this.
January 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
This is pathetic.
Trump ripped up an agreement, the JCPOA, that did this, in his first term. That agreement was negotiated by Barack Obama.
He'd get a better one, he brayed. He didn't. He fundamentally does not know how to do this.
Trump ripped up an agreement, the JCPOA, that did this, in his first term. That agreement was negotiated by Barack Obama.
He'd get a better one, he brayed. He didn't. He fundamentally does not know how to do this.
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"Fico seemed to be 'traumatized' by his encounter with Trump, one of the European diplomats said. Fico characterized Trump as being 'out of his mind,' a diplomat said"
Robert Fico, one of the few EU leaders to frequently support Trump, was concerned about the U.S. president’s “psychological state.” Fico used the word “dangerous” to describe how the president came across during their meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Jan. 17. www.politico.eu/article/dona...
European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting
The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week’s EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.
www.politico.eu
January 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
"Fico seemed to be 'traumatized' by his encounter with Trump, one of the European diplomats said. Fico characterized Trump as being 'out of his mind,' a diplomat said"