Tomás Murray
@tomasjmurray.bsky.social
Lean left • Tom is fine • Fond of cats, jazz, old films, paintings, poetry, stout, & Sylvia • Sylvia most of all
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John Ford, Director, #BornOnThisDay in 1894, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
February 1, 2026 at 12:58 PM
John Ford, Director, #BornOnThisDay in 1894, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Langston Hughes, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1901, in Joplin, Missouri
“Sensing death,
The buzzards gather—
Noting the last struggle
Of flesh under weather,
Noting the last glance
Of agonized eye
At passing wind
And boundless sky.”
“Sensing death,
The buzzards gather—
Noting the last struggle
Of flesh under weather,
Noting the last glance
Of agonized eye
At passing wind
And boundless sky.”
February 1, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Langston Hughes, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1901, in Joplin, Missouri
“Sensing death,
The buzzards gather—
Noting the last struggle
Of flesh under weather,
Noting the last glance
Of agonized eye
At passing wind
And boundless sky.”
“Sensing death,
The buzzards gather—
Noting the last struggle
Of flesh under weather,
Noting the last glance
Of agonized eye
At passing wind
And boundless sky.”
Muriel Spark, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1918, in Edinburgh
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
February 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Muriel Spark, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1918, in Edinburgh
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
“He always kept his invectives and profanities for his nearest and trusted friends.” (‘Loitering with Intent’)
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/bafkreigfz6fzbu65haq7nfqgaoe7m42gsaonpinpmaaptuzd5atkqvya4i@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Jean Simmons, Actress, Singer, #BornOnThisDay in 1929, in London
January 31, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Jean Simmons, Actress, Singer, #BornOnThisDay in 1929, in London
January 31, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Wow.
Our snowy winter lake. We get to have this as part of our city every day, right there to look at, one of our neighbors.
January 30, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Wow.
My friend Kevin w/ the good stuff.
Catherine O'Hara as Katharine Hepburn for SCTV.
Genius, genius, genius.
Genius, genius, genius.
January 30, 2026 at 8:10 PM
My friend Kevin w/ the good stuff.
Vanessa Redgrave, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1937, in London
January 30, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Vanessa Redgrave, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1937, in London
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Victor Mature, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1913, in Louisville, Kentucky
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Victor Mature, Actor, #BornOnThisDay in 1913, in Louisville, Kentucky
Ernst Lubitsch, Director, Producer, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1892, in Berlin
January 29, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Ernst Lubitsch, Director, Producer, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1892, in Berlin
Anton Chekhov, Writer, Physician, #BornOnThisDay in 1860, in Taganrog, Russian Empire
January 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Anton Chekhov, Writer, Physician, #BornOnThisDay in 1860, in Taganrog, Russian Empire
Dorothy Malone, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1924, in Chicago
January 29, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Dorothy Malone, Actress, #BornOnThisDay in 1924, in Chicago
Today is her birthday. She would have been 88.
January 28, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Today is her birthday. She would have been 88.
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Essential reading for anyone who cares about the presentation of classic film (or, indeed, get irked when subjects better filmed in landscape format are shot in portrait). Great article by @pamhutch.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/film/comment...
www.theguardian.com/film/comment...
Hitchcock’s The Lodger has been turned into a vertical microdrama. What’s next – Psycho on Snapchat?
A silent-era classic has been reframed for the vertical scroll of phone screens. Is this innovation, sacrilege, or just another way to repackage cinema history?
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Essential reading for anyone who cares about the presentation of classic film (or, indeed, get irked when subjects better filmed in landscape format are shot in portrait). Great article by @pamhutch.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/film/comment...
www.theguardian.com/film/comment...
Acker Bilk, Clarinettist, #BornOnThisDay in 1929, in Pensford, Somerset, England
‘Limelight’: youtu.be/6hyKGiZcWSI?...
‘Limelight’: youtu.be/6hyKGiZcWSI?...
January 28, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Acker Bilk, Clarinettist, #BornOnThisDay in 1929, in Pensford, Somerset, England
‘Limelight’: youtu.be/6hyKGiZcWSI?...
‘Limelight’: youtu.be/6hyKGiZcWSI?...
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It's a three-cat night in Brooklyn, and I only got one cat.
January 28, 2026 at 12:16 AM
It's a three-cat night in Brooklyn, and I only got one cat.
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
It’s Mary’s birthday tomorrow.
📸 Ira Hill (1922)
📸 Ira Hill (1922)
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
It’s Mary’s birthday tomorrow.
📸 Ira Hill (1922)
📸 Ira Hill (1922)
John Collier, Painter, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1850, in Paddington, London
‘Gloucester Docks’, Gloucester Museums Service Art Collection
‘Gloucester Docks’, Gloucester Museums Service Art Collection
January 27, 2026 at 12:42 PM
John Collier, Painter, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1850, in Paddington, London
‘Gloucester Docks’, Gloucester Museums Service Art Collection
‘Gloucester Docks’, Gloucester Museums Service Art Collection
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
It’s Jerome’s birthday tomorrow.
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 AM
It’s Jerome’s birthday tomorrow.