Jack Murphy
@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social
National security journalist: https://thehighside.substack.com
Host on @theteamhouse.bsky.social
"We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History" https://www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chapters-Special-History-ebook/dp/B0DCGC1N1N
Host on @theteamhouse.bsky.social
"We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History" https://www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chapters-Special-History-ebook/dp/B0DCGC1N1N
There is an entire bizarre genre and cottage industry in legacy media of articles written by old people baffled by the romantic relationships of young people and peddling it as if it is newsworthy.
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There is an entire bizarre genre and cottage industry in legacy media of articles written by old people baffled by the romantic relationships of young people and peddling it as if it is newsworthy.
Reposted by Jack Murphy
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
I'm increasingly convinced that the dead internet theory is real. In 10-20 years I wonder if the internet will be like cable television. Yeah, it's there but no one under the age of 75 uses it or takes it seriously.
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm increasingly convinced that the dead internet theory is real. In 10-20 years I wonder if the internet will be like cable television. Yeah, it's there but no one under the age of 75 uses it or takes it seriously.
There is something to that whole crisis of men after all. No dude who has a job they like and a wife they love spends their time posting weird shit all day.
Adam/Dort is so fucking funny, man
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
There is something to that whole crisis of men after all. No dude who has a job they like and a wife they love spends their time posting weird shit all day.
Reposted by Jack Murphy
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
Reposted by Jack Murphy
ah yes, everyday voices such as Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
-____________-
-____________-
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
ah yes, everyday voices such as Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch
Anyone else notice that the "day of mourning" on social media for the du jour dead celebrity is now leaning to incredibly obscure ppl that I don't think anyone ever even knew of before? The internet version of the dude who shows up to the funeral saying how close they were but no one knows him.
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Anyone else notice that the "day of mourning" on social media for the du jour dead celebrity is now leaning to incredibly obscure ppl that I don't think anyone ever even knew of before? The internet version of the dude who shows up to the funeral saying how close they were but no one knows him.
Evangelion
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Evangelion
Reposted by Jack Murphy
Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
Current reading
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Current reading
Reposted by Jack Murphy
thumbnail/title alone is enough to be a psa i think
also extends to the right wing in general i think, stop even entertaining their words
also extends to the right wing in general i think, stop even entertaining their words
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
thumbnail/title alone is enough to be a psa i think
also extends to the right wing in general i think, stop even entertaining their words
also extends to the right wing in general i think, stop even entertaining their words
Reposted by Jack Murphy
"what if 2003, but for the *actual* reasons conspiracy theorists thought we went in 2003 for?"
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"what if 2003, but for the *actual* reasons conspiracy theorists thought we went in 2003 for?"
75th RANGER REGIMENT is not "FINE". 75th RANGER REGIMENT IS GOD'S REGIMENT. UNYEILDING! UNRELENTING!!!
NAVY SEALs must be tariffed by 90%, scratch that, 120% tariffs on all of NSW.
NAVY SEALs must be tariffed by 90%, scratch that, 120% tariffs on all of NSW.
You - yes, you Ds specifically - will need SOF & just because the SEALs have cultivated a far right internal culture it doesn’t warrant disbanding a critical strategic asset.
75RR is fine. Others too.
Infantry can’t do HR, hard target defeat, sensitive SI. Stop claiming it can, it’s wishcasting.
75RR is fine. Others too.
Infantry can’t do HR, hard target defeat, sensitive SI. Stop claiming it can, it’s wishcasting.
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
75th RANGER REGIMENT is not "FINE". 75th RANGER REGIMENT IS GOD'S REGIMENT. UNYEILDING! UNRELENTING!!!
NAVY SEALs must be tariffed by 90%, scratch that, 120% tariffs on all of NSW.
NAVY SEALs must be tariffed by 90%, scratch that, 120% tariffs on all of NSW.
Reposted by Jack Murphy
Tbh this is partial a function of CT (one of the original big three tasks of JSOC along with hostage rescue and non-proliferation) going from "we do an Entebbe" to "okay you guys solve this foreign polycrisis with 5.56"
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tbh this is partial a function of CT (one of the original big three tasks of JSOC along with hostage rescue and non-proliferation) going from "we do an Entebbe" to "okay you guys solve this foreign polycrisis with 5.56"
Reposted by Jack Murphy
No one has ever seen a duck this lame before. It can barely quack, a sad duck. So sad.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
No one has ever seen a duck this lame before. It can barely quack, a sad duck. So sad.
My buddy Kenn Miller used to call the dudes who joined the peace movement during 'nam just to get laid "peace creeps."
New Substack post: gooners. groypers. incels. performative males. soccer hooligans. rap fans. traditionalist religious larpers. folkloric dancers. fans of hungarian writer laszlo krasnahorkai. they all have something in common
open.substack.com/pub/someunpl...
open.substack.com/pub/someunpl...
Boy, Turn Off That Clairo And Grab Yourself A Beer
"When a man doesn’t have a relationship he pours that energy into conspiracy theory, porn, and misogyny" - Scott Galloway (the Richard Reeves of incels)
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My buddy Kenn Miller used to call the dudes who joined the peace movement during 'nam just to get laid "peace creeps."
Reposted by Jack Murphy
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Reposted by Jack Murphy
cultural conservatism had comprehensively failed
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
cultural conservatism had comprehensively failed
Reposted by Jack Murphy
Yes I think they do. I'm fond of the sappy Facebook lite posts on LinkedIn though.
Do these people not realize that 14 x discrete CTAs were just simmered and reduced to 6 x CTA themes?
Or do you just press “innovate” in your favorite LLM and hit send on the applesauce that results?
Or do you just press “innovate” in your favorite LLM and hit send on the applesauce that results?
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Yes I think they do. I'm fond of the sappy Facebook lite posts on LinkedIn though.
One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. Fountains on Fire from Elysian Fields.
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. Fountains on Fire from Elysian Fields.
Reposted by Jack Murphy
Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
Discuss amongst yourselves
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Discuss amongst yourselves
Cancel your subscription. I did.
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Cancel your subscription. I did.