Tom Murphy
@brtom.bsky.social
YouTube thought I needed this ... and why not?
Joyce, Yeats and Wilde
YouTube video by Academic
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
YouTube thought I needed this ... and why not?
Reposted by Tom Murphy
I thought I was just having trouble getting used to this site, but it seems there is a bigger problem: Look what they did to Sarah Kendzior substack.com/profile/3455...
Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)
I was suspended from BlueSky for defending the honor of Johnny Cash.
I wish I were joking.
In early October, I referenced the “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die” lyric of “Folsom Prison B...
substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I thought I was just having trouble getting used to this site, but it seems there is a bigger problem: Look what they did to Sarah Kendzior substack.com/profile/3455...
Hey, BlueSky, where is Sarah Kendzior?
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hey, BlueSky, where is Sarah Kendzior?
Wrapped
Wrapped
makers go on making in the face
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Wrapped
Assault and Abduction
Assault and Abduction
in Melrose Park
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Assault and Abduction
Reposted by Tom Murphy
Chicago's ICE resistance just showed the world that everyday Americans are good and fearless in fighting for their communities
But our cowardly elites -- especially Senate Democrats -- still don't get it
My new column on America's great disconnect www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
But our cowardly elites -- especially Senate Democrats -- still don't get it
My new column on America's great disconnect www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Cheney didn’t save us from Trump. He created him.
www.inquirer.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Chicago's ICE resistance just showed the world that everyday Americans are good and fearless in fighting for their communities
But our cowardly elites -- especially Senate Democrats -- still don't get it
My new column on America's great disconnect www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
But our cowardly elites -- especially Senate Democrats -- still don't get it
My new column on America's great disconnect www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Reposted by Tom Murphy
“Frog, Frog,” cried Toad, “taste these cookies that I have made.”
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“Frog, Frog,” cried Toad, “taste these cookies that I have made.”
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
Frog ate one of the cookies, “These are the best cookies I have ever eaten!” said Frog.
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Some good short films concerning Wendell Berry ...
Two Birds Film
Documentary team behind LOOK & SEE: A PORTRAIT OF WENDELL BERRY, THE UNFORESEEN & the forthcoming Ernest Becker-inspired film ALL ILLUSIONS MUST BE BROKEN. Buy or rent our films.
twobirdsfilm.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Some good short films concerning Wendell Berry ...
Birding While Running
Birding While Running
Poetry comics on the wing
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Birding While Running
"Anyone who would like to see the bishops adopt a proper distance from the partisan politics of the day cannot look to the presidency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for help."
The depressing result of the US bishops' conference presidential election
The vote for a new president of the U.S. bishops' conference was close. Close and deeply disappointing. In choosing Archbishop Paul Coakley, the bishops had to overlook the disrespect he demonstrated ...
www.ncronline.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Anyone who would like to see the bishops adopt a proper distance from the partisan politics of the day cannot look to the presidency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for help."
Reposted by Tom Murphy
A wallop of silence
within your mind
within your mind
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A wallop of silence
within your mind
within your mind
All these follows from accounts that have no or next-to-no posts and that follow thousands. Digital dust bunnies?
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
All these follows from accounts that have no or next-to-no posts and that follow thousands. Digital dust bunnies?
Singing Through the Dark
Singing Through the Dark
A story of hope.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Singing Through the Dark
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
Concrete Sculpture
Concrete Sculpture
my uncyclopedia can’t find its own face
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Concrete Sculpture
Don't care much for winter.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Don't care much for winter.
grotesque
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
grotesque
Reposted by Tom Murphy
An artist painting among the ruins in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
An artist painting among the ruins in the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906
"Not only did Trump lose support in opinion polls, he and the GOP lost massively in the off-year election, with Americans becoming mentally clear enough to see this is an actual war on Civil Society and against them personally."
Spitting My Coffee
Over Surrender Monkeys.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Not only did Trump lose support in opinion polls, he and the GOP lost massively in the off-year election, with Americans becoming mentally clear enough to see this is an actual war on Civil Society and against them personally."
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
YouTube video by William Eggleston - Topic
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Broken Tree
Broken Tree
we know there are some valleys and
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Broken Tree