Kirk Murphy 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 ❌👑
@kirkmurphy.bsky.social
"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable - but then, so did the divine right of kings" Ursula K LeGuin
"The Nazis changed but they never went away" Chumba
"He sees the bright and hollow sky" my people
"Cuddle us" my kitties
"The Nazis changed but they never went away" Chumba
"He sees the bright and hollow sky" my people
"Cuddle us" my kitties
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‘Take back these thoughts which here unfolded too,
And which on warm and cold days I withdrew
From my heart’s ground. Indeed, those beds and bowers
Be overgrown with bitter weeds and rue,
And wait thy weeding.’ ~ Barrett Browning.
🖼️ John Northcote Nash
And which on warm and cold days I withdrew
From my heart’s ground. Indeed, those beds and bowers
Be overgrown with bitter weeds and rue,
And wait thy weeding.’ ~ Barrett Browning.
🖼️ John Northcote Nash
January 6, 2026 at 5:32 AM
‘Take back these thoughts which here unfolded too,
And which on warm and cold days I withdrew
From my heart’s ground. Indeed, those beds and bowers
Be overgrown with bitter weeds and rue,
And wait thy weeding.’ ~ Barrett Browning.
🖼️ John Northcote Nash
And which on warm and cold days I withdrew
From my heart’s ground. Indeed, those beds and bowers
Be overgrown with bitter weeds and rue,
And wait thy weeding.’ ~ Barrett Browning.
🖼️ John Northcote Nash
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- Smallpox, polio, rinderpest, rabies (in dogs), foot-and-mouth disease have been successfully eliminated from Europe through vaccination programs.
January 6, 2026 at 5:20 AM
- Smallpox, polio, rinderpest, rabies (in dogs), foot-and-mouth disease have been successfully eliminated from Europe through vaccination programs.
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For 2026, the primary focus for regional elimination efforts remains on #Measles & #Rubella, while #Poliomyelitis remains the most prominent disease Near elimination, not fully eradicated eliminated across the region under EU surveillance & the immunization program
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 AM
For 2026, the primary focus for regional elimination efforts remains on #Measles & #Rubella, while #Poliomyelitis remains the most prominent disease Near elimination, not fully eradicated eliminated across the region under EU surveillance & the immunization program
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#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky To whom it may concern,
If the leading figurehead in #publichealth is a lawyer, then the phrase “Houston, we have a problem” should be given as 🚨.
In European countries, several diseases are currently targeted for elimination or have already reached significant milestones.
If the leading figurehead in #publichealth is a lawyer, then the phrase “Houston, we have a problem” should be given as 🚨.
In European countries, several diseases are currently targeted for elimination or have already reached significant milestones.
January 6, 2026 at 4:53 AM
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky To whom it may concern,
If the leading figurehead in #publichealth is a lawyer, then the phrase “Houston, we have a problem” should be given as 🚨.
In European countries, several diseases are currently targeted for elimination or have already reached significant milestones.
If the leading figurehead in #publichealth is a lawyer, then the phrase “Houston, we have a problem” should be given as 🚨.
In European countries, several diseases are currently targeted for elimination or have already reached significant milestones.
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Last desperate roll of the dice: bribery.
Government spokeswoman Fatma Mokhgarani has announced that all Iranians will receive payments equal to 1 million tomans (approximately $7) per person per month for the next 4 months to ease economic pressure.
Inflation is out of control. $7 is nothing.
Government spokeswoman Fatma Mokhgarani has announced that all Iranians will receive payments equal to 1 million tomans (approximately $7) per person per month for the next 4 months to ease economic pressure.
Inflation is out of control. $7 is nothing.
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Last desperate roll of the dice: bribery.
Government spokeswoman Fatma Mokhgarani has announced that all Iranians will receive payments equal to 1 million tomans (approximately $7) per person per month for the next 4 months to ease economic pressure.
Inflation is out of control. $7 is nothing.
Government spokeswoman Fatma Mokhgarani has announced that all Iranians will receive payments equal to 1 million tomans (approximately $7) per person per month for the next 4 months to ease economic pressure.
Inflation is out of control. $7 is nothing.
Nope nope nope.
Not before Bridghe, you barbarians.
Not before Bridghe, you barbarians.
Country diary: Twelfth night tugs at the heart, but these decorations must come down | Nicola Chester
Country diary: Twelfth night tugs at the heart, but these decorations must come down | Nicola Chester
Inkpen, Berkshire: The felted mouse choir, the bejewelled owl … a lot of it has meaning to us. At least the greenery goes up in a blaze of glory
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Nope nope nope.
Not before Bridghe, you barbarians.
Not before Bridghe, you barbarians.
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‘Mad fishing’: the super-size fleet of squid catchers plundering the high seas
‘Mad fishing’: the super-size fleet of squid catchers plundering the high seas
Every year a Chinese-dominated flotilla big enough to be seen from space pillages the rich marine life on Mile 201, a largely ungoverned part of the South Atlantic off Argentina
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 AM
‘Mad fishing’: the super-size fleet of squid catchers plundering the high seas
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This is objectively untrue. Shutdown starts Jan 30. That doesn't change w/o Dem votes. Nor any non-reconciliation legislation. Also other kinds of obstruction and forcing votes.
The minority party is not completely powerless, esp. in the Senate. If they pretend to be, that is a choice, not reality.
The minority party is not completely powerless, esp. in the Senate. If they pretend to be, that is a choice, not reality.
They don't have any power to do anything. They have none. Zero. Zilch. Everything else is virtue signaling. It's futile gestures.
January 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
This is objectively untrue. Shutdown starts Jan 30. That doesn't change w/o Dem votes. Nor any non-reconciliation legislation. Also other kinds of obstruction and forcing votes.
The minority party is not completely powerless, esp. in the Senate. If they pretend to be, that is a choice, not reality.
The minority party is not completely powerless, esp. in the Senate. If they pretend to be, that is a choice, not reality.
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Allow me to share a personally preferred "alternate" vaccine schedule from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Section on Infectious Diseases.
publications.aap.org/redbook/reso...
publications.aap.org/redbook/reso...
AAP Immunization Schedule
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule can be found here.
publications.aap.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Allow me to share a personally preferred "alternate" vaccine schedule from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Section on Infectious Diseases.
publications.aap.org/redbook/reso...
publications.aap.org/redbook/reso...
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Then it's fun to juxtapose "Oil War" with "Gulf Strike" (1983), which reflected a shift in US anxieties from another oil embargo, to a Soviet conquest of the Gulf (either by conquering Iran or allying with it!)
January 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Then it's fun to juxtapose "Oil War" with "Gulf Strike" (1983), which reflected a shift in US anxieties from another oil embargo, to a Soviet conquest of the Gulf (either by conquering Iran or allying with it!)
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I like to show students the cover of this 1975 board game, which postulates a US-Israeli joint invasion of Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf. Says a lot about the culture of the era!
I can think of Eric Hobsbawm, Andy Bacevich, and Stephen Kotkin as all arguing for 1973 as a major turning point.
I can think of Eric Hobsbawm, Andy Bacevich, and Stephen Kotkin as all arguing for 1973 as a major turning point.
January 6, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I like to show students the cover of this 1975 board game, which postulates a US-Israeli joint invasion of Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf. Says a lot about the culture of the era!
I can think of Eric Hobsbawm, Andy Bacevich, and Stephen Kotkin as all arguing for 1973 as a major turning point.
I can think of Eric Hobsbawm, Andy Bacevich, and Stephen Kotkin as all arguing for 1973 as a major turning point.
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Trump's conducting illegal kill campaigns and military raids and 7 of the 47 Senators in opposition just voted to confirm a Trump nominee to the Pentagon. We can dream of what it will take to change the party eagerly cheering the killing, but a good first step would be opposition from the opposition
January 6, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Trump's conducting illegal kill campaigns and military raids and 7 of the 47 Senators in opposition just voted to confirm a Trump nominee to the Pentagon. We can dream of what it will take to change the party eagerly cheering the killing, but a good first step would be opposition from the opposition
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"The issues" are not immutable. Americans do not come out of the womb arguing about trans girls in Division III volleyball.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
And, you can also change the narrative yourself, by leading the public. Public pressure absolutely moves politicians. Sitting around waiting for others to take this seriously is failing. Making something the story and making the public care about it is the job of a politician.
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
"The issues" are not immutable. Americans do not come out of the womb arguing about trans girls in Division III volleyball.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
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Bryce WHAT
I only knew him from his terrible interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates!
Whaaaaaaaat?!?!
I only knew him from his terrible interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates!
Whaaaaaaaat?!?!
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Bryce WHAT
I only knew him from his terrible interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates!
Whaaaaaaaat?!?!
I only knew him from his terrible interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates!
Whaaaaaaaat?!?!
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up until this moment the thing this guy was best known for was his writing about his botched adult circumcision, which he put himself through on the grounds he wanted to feel more Jewish
he is a Character
he is a Character
January 6, 2026 at 4:23 AM
up until this moment the thing this guy was best known for was his writing about his botched adult circumcision, which he put himself through on the grounds he wanted to feel more Jewish
he is a Character
he is a Character
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reminder that more kids now have long covid than asthma.
We don't have the disability education infrastructure to support a growing number of kids who are going to be disabled because their parents didn't get them vaccines against illnesses that can lead to the development of disabilities.
January 6, 2026 at 1:26 AM
reminder that more kids now have long covid than asthma.
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New Jersey’s “Environmental Justice” rules imposing new permitting requirements were upheld by a state appeals court, as it knocked down a challenge from the scrap industry.
NJ Environmental Justice Rules Survive Industry Challenge (1)
New Jersey’s “Environmental Justice” rules imposing new permitting requirements were upheld by a state appeals court Monday, as it knocked down a challenge from the scrap industry.
bit.ly
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM
New Jersey’s “Environmental Justice” rules imposing new permitting requirements were upheld by a state appeals court, as it knocked down a challenge from the scrap industry.
“I just finned out to The Coast and boy are my arms tired.”
A northern elephant seal hauls out after a 6,000-mile Pacific ocean journey.
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM
“I just finned out to The Coast and boy are my arms tired.”
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#flu & #measles have reached 30 year highs under RFK Jr & Trump. In the Bible, plagues were evidence of God’s displeasure with the rulers and judgement upon their sins. #MAHA
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Flu surges in 45 states as doctor visits reach highest level in nearly 30 years
About 5,000 people have died of the flu so far this season, including 9 children, as the Trump administration pulls back on advice to get kids vaccinated.
www.nbcnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:24 AM
#flu & #measles have reached 30 year highs under RFK Jr & Trump. In the Bible, plagues were evidence of God’s displeasure with the rulers and judgement upon their sins. #MAHA
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Official on Venezuela War: “Following the Old, Failed Scripts”
“America is a rogue state,” the defense official said, calling Trump a “tyrant.” The official added: “It feels like the end of the Republic in Star Wars and the Revenge of the Sith”
theintercept.com/2026/01/05/t...
“America is a rogue state,” the defense official said, calling Trump a “tyrant.” The official added: “It feels like the end of the Republic in Star Wars and the Revenge of the Sith”
theintercept.com/2026/01/05/t...
Pentagon Official on Venezuela War: “Following the Old, Failed Scripts”
Trump’s Venezuela war represents the latest in a line of failed regime-change wars — and attack on the rules-based order.
theintercept.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Official on Venezuela War: “Following the Old, Failed Scripts”
“America is a rogue state,” the defense official said, calling Trump a “tyrant.” The official added: “It feels like the end of the Republic in Star Wars and the Revenge of the Sith”
theintercept.com/2026/01/05/t...
“America is a rogue state,” the defense official said, calling Trump a “tyrant.” The official added: “It feels like the end of the Republic in Star Wars and the Revenge of the Sith”
theintercept.com/2026/01/05/t...
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When Stephen Miller needs a haircut, he goes to a mortician.
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 AM
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President Miller
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 2:40 AM
President Miller
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Bogs are great, but I'm really into San Juan mountain fens and their restoration. 2026, year of the bogs and fens?
January 6, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Bogs are great, but I'm really into San Juan mountain fens and their restoration. 2026, year of the bogs and fens?
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White House has filed its War Powers report for the attack on Venezuela.
I used to help draft these reports and this is an unusual specimen.
It promotes a number of political narratives, including about the attack being a "law enforcement operation" and framing Maduro as a "narco-terrorist." 1/n
I used to help draft these reports and this is an unusual specimen.
It promotes a number of political narratives, including about the attack being a "law enforcement operation" and framing Maduro as a "narco-terrorist." 1/n
January 6, 2026 at 1:21 AM
White House has filed its War Powers report for the attack on Venezuela.
I used to help draft these reports and this is an unusual specimen.
It promotes a number of political narratives, including about the attack being a "law enforcement operation" and framing Maduro as a "narco-terrorist." 1/n
I used to help draft these reports and this is an unusual specimen.
It promotes a number of political narratives, including about the attack being a "law enforcement operation" and framing Maduro as a "narco-terrorist." 1/n
Can you say “Streisand Effect”, @cbsnews.com?
Sure you can.
Sure you can.
CBS News has also posted this re-recorded Evening News episode on its website scrubbed of the embarrassing “first day” flub that aired live www.cbsnews.com/evening-news...
CBS Evening News - Full Episodes Video - CBS News
Watch full episodes video of the "CBS Evening News." View "CBS Evening News" videos, read world news features, view pictures, find consumer alerts and more.
www.cbsnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Can you say “Streisand Effect”, @cbsnews.com?
Sure you can.
Sure you can.