Derryl Murphy
@derrylm.bsky.social
Author, photographer, football/soccer fan. I've written some books, but good luck finding them.
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I have to tell a story about this. My great uncle, Jimmy Perrone, fought Hitler in WWII and then came back to our hometown and married Adeline Liguori, my grandfather’s sister. Adeline died of cancer in the early 1980s and Uncle Jim went through a depression. 1/x
And again, this is why I block doomers. You wanna roll over and die? Fine, but I’m not climbing in the grave with you.
My grandpa, who escaped Hitler, who watched his family get shoved into cattle cars (and whose sister was literally separated from her mother by Mengele), had a refrain: "hope, hope, hope."
Try to carry this fwd. It's hard, yes, but do it bc what choice do we have?
joshsternberg.com/2010/06/12/c...
Try to carry this fwd. It's hard, yes, but do it bc what choice do we have?
joshsternberg.com/2010/06/12/c...
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I have to tell a story about this. My great uncle, Jimmy Perrone, fought Hitler in WWII and then came back to our hometown and married Adeline Liguori, my grandfather’s sister. Adeline died of cancer in the early 1980s and Uncle Jim went through a depression. 1/x
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Today in Donald Trump's state-sponsored terrorism. www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/...
ICE deports 5-year-old US citizen from TX to Honduras, group says
Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos and her mom were arrested in Austin on January 5.
www.mysanantonio.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Today in Donald Trump's state-sponsored terrorism. www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/...
Surprised to learn Lying Racist Asshole is a medal sport, but congratulations to him in advance.
Vance to lead US delegation to Milano Cortina Winter Games reut.rs/4bo1WOn
Vance to lead US delegation to Milano Cortina Winter Games
United States Vice President JD Vance will lead the American presidential delegation to the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, President Donald Trump announced on Saturday.
reut.rs
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Surprised to learn Lying Racist Asshole is a medal sport, but congratulations to him in advance.
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I think it’s really important for those of us who do not live in the Twin Cities to read this.
Please share this!
I sent a version of these stories (before this was published today) to a non-Minnesota work network, w donation links, & asked people to share what’s happening
Just got an email from someone who sent it to her mom, who sent it to her church, where it‘s inspiring resistance plans
I sent a version of these stories (before this was published today) to a non-Minnesota work network, w donation links, & asked people to share what’s happening
Just got an email from someone who sent it to her mom, who sent it to her church, where it‘s inspiring resistance plans
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I think it’s really important for those of us who do not live in the Twin Cities to read this.
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you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
Get Konate off the goddamn field. And figure out what the whole team is doing wrong that you thought you had Guehi in the summer and now he's likely going to City. #Liverpool #LFC
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Get Konate off the goddamn field. And figure out what the whole team is doing wrong that you thought you had Guehi in the summer and now he's likely going to City. #Liverpool #LFC
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i see ICE have joined bluesky
January 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM
i see ICE have joined bluesky
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I seriously thought it was a skit on the Colbert show.
January 17, 2026 at 4:29 AM
I seriously thought it was a skit on the Colbert show.
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*What an unfailing fountain of misery it is, this crypto confession service. Alcoholics Anonymous is rollicking good cheer by comparison
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
*What an unfailing fountain of misery it is, this crypto confession service. Alcoholics Anonymous is rollicking good cheer by comparison
Thread. Hit me different today than it normally would, and not in a good way. But that's on me. I think.
By now, asteroid 2026 Dreadstone has impacted the Indian Ocean, sparking a firestorm not seen on this planet since the K–Pg Extinction Event. Most people just want to be with their families. Here are three ways effective business leaders can leverage targeted KPIs to turn tragedy 😔 into triumph 💪
January 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Thread. Hit me different today than it normally would, and not in a good way. But that's on me. I think.
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Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.
Person of the Day | Claudette Colvin, Pioneer of Early Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 86
Claudette Colvin, whose arrestfor refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus helped spark the modern civil-rights movement, has died.
buff.ly
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86.
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This is what Stephen Miller is calling an “insurrection”
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 AM
This is what Stephen Miller is calling an “insurrection”
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A friend just sent me this:
January 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM
A friend just sent me this:
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This rapacious asshole is the former governor of North Dakota, a state that borders both Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada. In case Canadians are looking for another reason to not travel to the US.
Only a few minutes after this Hannity interview calling Trump the "king of peace", Doug Burgum posted to his social media account a map showing Canada and Greenland added to the territory of the United States.
Burgum: "President Trump is the king of peace"
January 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This rapacious asshole is the former governor of North Dakota, a state that borders both Manitoba and Saskatchewan in Canada. In case Canadians are looking for another reason to not travel to the US.
Looking forward to hearing that Valar have cut deals with various Canadian provinces to bring their magical tech north of the border.
😳 Isaiah Taylor of Valar Atomics—which somehow scored a DOE contract to build a nuclear reactor by July 4—claimed that “a person cld hold the spent nuclear fuel from [Valar’s] reactor in their hand & get the same amount of radiation as one would expect from a hospital CT scan.”
About that… 1/
About that… 1/
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Looking forward to hearing that Valar have cut deals with various Canadian provinces to bring their magical tech north of the border.
Hilariously, I got a text from my younger son about Brendan Liaw today, but only because he's in law school with a friend of Bren's. I've forwarded this to him, and am glad that when he moved back in after returning from school in England, almost the first thing he did was find a new place to live.
When Brendan Liaw agreed he was a professional stay-at-home son on “Jeopardy!” in May, he wasn't expecting to set off a media moment of stories and think pieces on so-called “trad sons” — adult men who embrace the lifestyle of living with their parents.
Stay-at-home sons are here — and they’re not going anywhere
The rise of stay-at-home sons has sparked a national conversation about the changing values and expectations of young men in America.
wapo.st
January 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Hilariously, I got a text from my younger son about Brendan Liaw today, but only because he's in law school with a friend of Bren's. I've forwarded this to him, and am glad that when he moved back in after returning from school in England, almost the first thing he did was find a new place to live.
So what this tells me is a ground invasion would come up through Alberta and Saskatchewan.
“Would you lay down your life for your country” becomes a surprisingly partisan question when it’s asked as a specific plausible instance of needing to lay down your life for your country
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
So what this tells me is a ground invasion would come up through Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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the entire population of England in 1086 will return in... Avengers Domesday
January 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
the entire population of England in 1086 will return in... Avengers Domesday
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ICE is the violent crime wave sweeping America
January 16, 2026 at 4:07 PM
ICE is the violent crime wave sweeping America
Americans: best judges of "problematic" since forever, and more so over the last year.
* U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE SAYS CANADA'S DECISION TO ALLOW 49,000 CHINESE EVS IS "PROBLEMATIC" -- CNBC INTERVIEW
January 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Americans: best judges of "problematic" since forever, and more so over the last year.
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Roses are red
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
X has stopped working
X has stopped working
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Roses are red
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
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Columbia Journalism School professor Sam Friedman praises @andrewhickey.500songs.com as a model of journalistic ethics, and rightly so ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/2026/01/15/e...
Ethics lessons from a rock historian
The rock and roll history podcast that's an ongoing course in journalism ethics...
ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Columbia Journalism School professor Sam Friedman praises @andrewhickey.500songs.com as a model of journalistic ethics, and rightly so ethics.sjmc.wisc.edu/2026/01/15/e...
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US State Department threatening UK government for investigating Elon Musk's child pornography generating LLM, Grok:
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/15/state-department-threatens-uk-over-grok-investigation-because-only-the-us-is-allowed-to-ban-foreign-apps/
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/15/state-department-threatens-uk-over-grok-investigation-because-only-the-us-is-allowed-to-ban-foreign-apps/
January 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
US State Department threatening UK government for investigating Elon Musk's child pornography generating LLM, Grok:
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/15/state-department-threatens-uk-over-grok-investigation-because-only-the-us-is-allowed-to-ban-foreign-apps/
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/15/state-department-threatens-uk-over-grok-investigation-because-only-the-us-is-allowed-to-ban-foreign-apps/