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@mayamurphy.com

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Actor of voice, stage, and screen. Queer chaos gremlin. SAG-AFTRA.They/She www.mayamurphy.com

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Maya @mayamurphy.com · Nov 26

Hi all! For those of you who don't know me, my name is Maya. I'm a queer VO, on-camera, and theater performer based in NYC. Here's some of the fun I get up to:

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 4h

Sisko and O'Brien smiling at each other from the Promenade on deep space 9

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Maya @mayamurphy.com · 13h

LIKE TOM BROKAW

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Maya @mayamurphy.com · 13h

a cartoon of a chicken wing with a sad face

ALT: a cartoon of a chicken wing with a sad face

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 16h

You can't make this up.

Another host, Eugene Daniels, asked Mr. Cuomo what he meant by diversity being a “weakness.”

“Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan,” Mr. Cuomo said, mistaking Mr. Daniels for his co-host Jonathan Capehart, both of whom are Black.

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Maya @mayamurphy.com · 15h

I LOVE BEANS

Maya @mayamurphy.com · 18h

Nice!

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BRAK O LANTERN

A pumpkin carved with the face of the animated character Brak

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Francisco González - ROSEWATER OUT NOW! @grundislav.games · 1d

How cool is this? A Harley Leger Jack-O-Lantern, carved by "mumomin."

A jack-o-lantern carved with the face of Harley Leger from Rosewater

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Maya @mayamurphy.com · 2d

Thank you! The game is super cool.

Maya @mayamurphy.com · 2d

and you can wishlist it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2246040/...

Many thanks to Heromation for having me!

The Phoenix Gene VR on Steam

Control a Phoenix in your hands in this VR game. Fly through a sci-fi fantasy blasting enemies, dodging bullets and obstacles, and protecting characters as you destroy a mega-corp’s dangerous immortal...

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Maya @mayamurphy.com · 2d

I’m pleased to announce that I voice the player character Jackie in the new VR title The Phoenix Gene. I'll also be narrating her chapters in the forthcoming audiobook.

It’s currently available on Meta: www.meta.com/en-gb/experi...

The Phoenix Gene on Meta Quest

Fly a time-traveling Phoenix through the multiverse on a mission to stop Life Rite’s immortality serum from annihilating the oppressed in this fantasy arcade third person shooter. This action-packed...

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. All the empirics on misinformation indicate that the way to defeat bad ideas is to mock and marginalize them. Constantly declaring "hey the far right isn't so bad" is a terrible strategy both morally and electorally.

Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"

Jake P @jahre.bsky.social · 2d

Progressives really hope, and maybe even believe, that there is some magic thing they can hijack to attract conservative voters.

The focus on this mythical quest is the central reason they lose.

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.

We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d

"X shouldn't be political." OK but it is. Now what?

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 4d

If somehow you have not yet stumbled across this perfect video, ‘tis the season. Volume up, and enjoy. m.youtube.com/watch?v=cILZ...

Teddy Bear the Porcupine's Halloween Feast

YouTube video by Zooniversity1

m.youtube.com

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Chip Stewart @medialawprof.bsky.social · 4d

Just about spit out my coffee when I saw this in my morning newspaper @theonion.com

Fake ABC ad: At the request of the president, Abbott Elementary is white now

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Maya @mayamurphy.com · 4d

Minute Cryptic - 28 October, 2025
"Retiring police diver oddly wanting to refrain from farming" (1,1,1,1,1)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (66,630 solvers so far).
www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

www.minutecryptic.com

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M. C. Flux PhD @fluxinflux.bsky.social · 5d

OpenAI put out a press release today addressing mental health concerns. I have many issues with it, but something super troubling:

They estimate a WEEKLY prevalence of 560,000 users displaying signs of psychosis or mania and 1.2 MILLION users indicating suicidal plan/intent.

Strengthening ChatGPT’s responses in sensitive conversations

We worked with more than 170 mental health experts to help ChatGPT more reliably recognize signs of distress, respond with care, and guide people toward real-world support–reducing responses that fall...

openai.com

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 6d

In the Times today there’s an op-ed saying that childless women may have legitimate “private” reasons for declining to give birth. But one reason I have is not private but explicitly political: I want my life to serve as a rebuke to the notion that childbearing is women’s highest or truest calling.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 8d

you mean to tell me there's a guy in Illinois running specifically on defending trans rights and his last name is "BLAHA"???

chat do you think he knows?

a campaign graphic in blue and orange showing a white man in a purple collared shirt.

"Dylan Blaha, Democrat for Congress, IL-13"

-expand LGBTQIA+ rights and protections
-defend gender affirming care
-protect trans youth
-support LGBTQIA+ refugees

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Maya @mayamurphy.com · 10d

Not all of them!

Some of them were people in suits.

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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 11d

Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!

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Maya @mayamurphy.com · 11d

Who learned that liquid lipstick likes to stick to Invisalign today?

Me and both films i submitted tapes for today.

Womp womp

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 12d

You've seen Aaron Blaise's animation—he was a big deal on Disney's Mulan, Beauty and the Beast and more.

Behind his work is a whole creative philosophy. Blaise broke it down for us, and explained why his new film is the most rewarding he's ever done:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/aaron-blai...

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Interdepartmental Memento Mori @quatoria.bsky.social · 12d

people you gotta, i beg you, stop reacting to every new trump outrage with "HOW IS HE ALLOWED TO DO THIS?"

there are no rules, only power. the question is, as it has ever been, not "how is he allowed to," the question is "what are we going to do about it?"

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