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.
As a manly man man I CAN explain the penguin: They're oily, have a thick layer of fat, and smell like rotting fish.
January 27, 2026 at 11:27 PM
As a manly man man I CAN explain the penguin: They're oily, have a thick layer of fat, and smell like rotting fish.
Next time I wake up screaming from a nightmare (this is a thing I do semi-regularly) and J asks what was it I'm going to say "Erica Kirk's softly caressing hands."
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Next time I wake up screaming from a nightmare (this is a thing I do semi-regularly) and J asks what was it I'm going to say "Erica Kirk's softly caressing hands."
Reposted by Dan Murphy
"The Expectations Index—based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—fell by 9.5pts to 65.1, well below the threshold of 80 that usually signals a recession. The cutoff for preliminary results was January 16." www.conference-board.org/topics/consu...
January 27, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"The Expectations Index—based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—fell by 9.5pts to 65.1, well below the threshold of 80 that usually signals a recession. The cutoff for preliminary results was January 16." www.conference-board.org/topics/consu...
Waltz: "Children hiding in attics to avoid being seized by masked government goons and sent to camps is a moral stain."
Trump's antisemitism envoy: "This means Waltz is an antisemite."
Trump's antisemitism envoy: "This means Waltz is an antisemite."
January 27, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Waltz: "Children hiding in attics to avoid being seized by masked government goons and sent to camps is a moral stain."
Trump's antisemitism envoy: "This means Waltz is an antisemite."
Trump's antisemitism envoy: "This means Waltz is an antisemite."
"The Expectations Index—based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—fell by 9.5pts to 65.1, well below the threshold of 80 that usually signals a recession. The cutoff for preliminary results was January 16." www.conference-board.org/topics/consu...
January 27, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"The Expectations Index—based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—fell by 9.5pts to 65.1, well below the threshold of 80 that usually signals a recession. The cutoff for preliminary results was January 16." www.conference-board.org/topics/consu...
Sigh. (Not you Dan, the Dave guy.)
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Sigh. (Not you Dan, the Dave guy.)