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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 1h

It's important to educate the next generation.

John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 7h

Among non-Republicans maybe. There’s a hard core of people who are just not interested in learning about what’s goin on. How can anyone even remotely informed disagree that he’s using the Presidency to enrich himself and his family??

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 1d

Relativistic Beaming -

Daniel and Kelly talk about how gravity, magnetism and relativity work together to create one of the most brilliant spectacles int he Universe.

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

There is actually a Free Will project though! (Yes those wills)

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 1d

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Food is an art form. Its provenance matters to me. Knowing that I grew it adds to my appreciation, like any other personal connection to art.

Even failing to harvest at all is an artistic experience, as I tell myself when those %*#}ing chipmunks get all my }%*#ing strawberries ^*#{ing AGAIN.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 3d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 3d

Proxima Kósmos is a project bringing together planetary scientists and speculative designers, and I've loved taking part. On Oct 13, I'm joining the Berggruen Institute at @powerhousearts.bsky.social in Brooklyn, NY to introduce you to alien worlds. Free RSVP: powerhousearts.org/event/journe...

journey to alien worlds: proxima kósmos at powerhouse arts - Powerhouse Arts

A performative lecture by Dr. Claire Isabel Webb with planetary scientist Estelle Janin, designer Shane Griffin (Grif Studio), and science-fiction writer Mary Robinette Kowal, followed by a participat...

powerhousearts.org

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

I want these people to remember John Demjanjuk. It took 40 years to bring him to justice, but he was never safe from it.

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · 2d

Going to be in Boston 11/17? Come see me and @mattstrassler.bsky.social talk aliens and physics!

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

And he WHINES. My god. The most powerful man in the world whines like a six year old. All the time, how “unfair” everyone is to him.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

“When you get a suspicious book, “you look it up to see what else the [author] has written. And you see there's 30 things, and none of them have any reviews, and they were all written in the last two years,” DeMeester-Lane says.”

How Local Librarians Keep AI Slop Off the Shelves

AI is being used to create nonsensical, sometimes dangerously inaccurate books. Local librarians are tasked with keeping these volumes out of their collections.

www.governing.com

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 3d

Huh. I guess people do enjoy games their own way.

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 3d

I think his goal is to have a piece of very fancy jewelry that his billionaire rivals don’t have.

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 3d

My short story 'Excerpts from "The Unauthorized Autobiography of Benjamin Brick"' will be the last October story this month in Sunday Morning Transport! So... this would be a great month to subscribe, or do one of those trial subscriptions. @morningtransport.bsky.social

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

Most of my early exposure to classical music was through Looney Tunes

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

I wonder how this guy would react to the sure knowledge that most randos off the street could beat the SecDef and POTUS at just about any "warfighting simulations" he could name.

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Kiyone @kiyonescarlet.bsky.social · 4d

lol

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Iron Chef Bot @ironchefbot.bsky.social · 4d

Frame #250 from S05 -E09 - Battle Mackerel-629267

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

It’s true, though. I had a Dutch boss once and every time Germany came up, he’d bring up those damned bicycles.

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Aaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social · 5d

You may think you’re ready for the absurdity of the enormous squid sculpture in the Charlestown Navy Yard where different animals are perched on its tentacles, but I assure you you are not.

A giant sculpture of a squid with animals sitting on its tentacles.

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 5d

Yup. And since I get the same emails and texts from primary candidates all over the country, having bought my data from somewhere, I've become quite the connoisseur!

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John P. Murphy @johnpmurphy.bsky.social · 5d

What she's skipping in social media, she's making up for in spam email and texts.

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Shawn @shawnhils.bsky.social · 5d

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