Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
@romainmurphy.bsky.social
"Do not pay attention to me. I'm from another planet. I see horizons where you draw boundaries."- Frida Kahlo
Interests: #globaldev, #communityLed #Development #Philanthropy #humanitarian #geopolitics #GlobalSouth
https://romainmurphy.com/
Interests: #globaldev, #communityLed #Development #Philanthropy #humanitarian #geopolitics #GlobalSouth
https://romainmurphy.com/
The free thinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
—Matthew Arnold
—Matthew Arnold
December 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The free thinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
—Matthew Arnold
—Matthew Arnold
Keep the company of those who seek the truth—run from those who have found it.
—Vaclav Havel
—Vaclav Havel
December 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Keep the company of those who seek the truth—run from those who have found it.
—Vaclav Havel
—Vaclav Havel
I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.
—Ludwig van Beethoven
—Ludwig van Beethoven
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I will take fate by the throat; it will never bend me completely to its will.
—Ludwig van Beethoven
—Ludwig van Beethoven
Reposted by Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
“Many of Israel’s archaeological community have collaborated openly with settlement leaders and Israeli enforcement authorities, providing both ideological cover and physical infrastructure for settlement expansion.”
Israel preparing largest ever ‘archeological cleansing’ in West Bank
Subordinating scientific value to colonial expansion, Israeli archeologists are putting up no resistance as the state moves to expropriate swaths of Sebastia.
www.972mag.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“Many of Israel’s archaeological community have collaborated openly with settlement leaders and Israeli enforcement authorities, providing both ideological cover and physical infrastructure for settlement expansion.”
Reposted by Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
December 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
Reposted by Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal
Trump administration insiders and well-connected Republican businesses have been jostling to dominate pending humanitarian aid and reconstruction logistics in the shattered Gaza Strip, according to sources and documents reviewed by the Guardian.
With three-quarters of Gaza’s structures damaged or destroyed by two years of Israeli strikes, the rebuilding effort to come – estimated at $70bn by the United Nations – could be a rich prize for companies that specialize in construction, demolition, transportation and logistics. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
December 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Politicians’ strategies for deflection when in trouble:
1/ Blame the previous administration
2/ Blame the opposition
3/Blame the poor and the immigrants
4/Launch a war (or many!)
5/All of the above
1/ Blame the previous administration
2/ Blame the opposition
3/Blame the poor and the immigrants
4/Launch a war (or many!)
5/All of the above
On the road in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, President Trump said he objected to taking immigrants from "hellholes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia and many other countries." n.pr/3XHNZ5I
Trump's speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants
On the road in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, President Trump said he objected to taking immigrants from "hellholes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia and many other countries."
n.pr
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Politicians’ strategies for deflection when in trouble:
1/ Blame the previous administration
2/ Blame the opposition
3/Blame the poor and the immigrants
4/Launch a war (or many!)
5/All of the above
1/ Blame the previous administration
2/ Blame the opposition
3/Blame the poor and the immigrants
4/Launch a war (or many!)
5/All of the above
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Reposted by Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
“Aid systems are shifting, and the impact on community organisations is real. We need to imagine a new future together. It’s time to believe in our collective power to create sustainable change.”
— Sam Rye, @monashuniversity.bsky.social
#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
— Sam Rye, @monashuniversity.bsky.social
#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
“Aid systems are shifting, and the impact on community organisations is real. We need to imagine a new future together. It’s time to believe in our collective power to create sustainable change.”
— Sam Rye, @monashuniversity.bsky.social
#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
— Sam Rye, @monashuniversity.bsky.social
#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
Lol!
December 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Lol!
Reposted by Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
The price of aid cuts.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
The price of aid cuts.
Reposted by Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
Photo by Fee Thomas…
Let’s hang on to the beauty and magic of life…
Let’s hang on to the beauty and magic of life…
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Photo by Fee Thomas…
Let’s hang on to the beauty and magic of life…
Let’s hang on to the beauty and magic of life…
€150bn ($174bn), the size of the EU’s loan programme for funding defence investments.- from The Economist magazine
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
€150bn ($174bn), the size of the EU’s loan programme for funding defence investments.- from The Economist magazine
Reflecting just now how 2025 has been a terrible year for so many countries and communities around the world. But the work of our foundation ( The Haiti Community Foundation), community-led work that’s making a *real difference*, makes me feel good! #heartfull #heartwarming
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Reflecting just now how 2025 has been a terrible year for so many countries and communities around the world. But the work of our foundation ( The Haiti Community Foundation), community-led work that’s making a *real difference*, makes me feel good! #heartfull #heartwarming
Every time I think that I have seen the worst, it gets deeper into the sewer and keeps getting worse! Every frigging time.
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Every time I think that I have seen the worst, it gets deeper into the sewer and keeps getting worse! Every frigging time.
Raccoon on drunken rampage! If it isn’t an indication that something is very wrong in our world, I don’t know what is.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor | CNN
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf, where the scotch and whisky were stored. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: Bott...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Raccoon on drunken rampage! If it isn’t an indication that something is very wrong in our world, I don’t know what is.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
Ball time!!!
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Ball time!!!
“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
—James Baldwin
—James Baldwin
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
—James Baldwin
—James Baldwin
Ready set go! Long day today with 5 meetings + dog princess 3 walks duty since husband is away.
a woman in a gucci jacket is waving her hand in the air
ALT: a woman in a gucci jacket is waving her hand in the air
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Ready set go! Long day today with 5 meetings + dog princess 3 walks duty since husband is away.