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Mike
@mikecmurphy.bsky.social
· Jan 28
"Every experience seems both urgent and
unnatural—like right now, this train
is approaching the station where my beloved
is waiting to take me to the orchard, so we can
pay for the memory of having once, at dusk,
plucked real apples from real trees."
- Paige Lewis, Space Struck
unnatural—like right now, this train
is approaching the station where my beloved
is waiting to take me to the orchard, so we can
pay for the memory of having once, at dusk,
plucked real apples from real trees."
- Paige Lewis, Space Struck
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This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
"A good thing to remember is that life
is an equal amount of doughnut shops
and roadkill every day."
- GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI
is an equal amount of doughnut shops
and roadkill every day."
- GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI
October 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"A good thing to remember is that life
is an equal amount of doughnut shops
and roadkill every day."
- GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI
is an equal amount of doughnut shops
and roadkill every day."
- GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI
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Florida's SG chooses to ignore the data about vaccine rollback, but it tells a damning story. Just a 15% decline in vaccinations against measles over 25 years would lead to 1 MILLION measles cases in Florida.
We deserve leaders who prioritize science over political posturing.
We deserve leaders who prioritize science over political posturing.
Florida’s surgeon general said he didn’t calculate the costs of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists have. | CNN
Florida’s surgeon general said Sunday that he had not weighed the cost – in terms of infections, hospitalizations or deaths – of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists who have done thos...
www.cnn.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Florida's SG chooses to ignore the data about vaccine rollback, but it tells a damning story. Just a 15% decline in vaccinations against measles over 25 years would lead to 1 MILLION measles cases in Florida.
We deserve leaders who prioritize science over political posturing.
We deserve leaders who prioritize science over political posturing.
The radio shows on #AppleMusic are the reasons I stay, and my favorite host by far is @strombo.bsky.social.
July 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The radio shows on #AppleMusic are the reasons I stay, and my favorite host by far is @strombo.bsky.social.
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not sure some thing called a peace prize should be considered for a guy who sends armed troops and masked thugs to terrorize his own country it is just my opinion
June 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
not sure some thing called a peace prize should be considered for a guy who sends armed troops and masked thugs to terrorize his own country it is just my opinion
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Where are my fellow members of the #PrincessPosse (or my fellow #DonutHoles)? I am currently obsessed with the #DungeonCrawlerCarl series and can't put it down. Just started book six though, so no spoilers!
June 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Where are my fellow members of the #PrincessPosse (or my fellow #DonutHoles)? I am currently obsessed with the #DungeonCrawlerCarl series and can't put it down. Just started book six though, so no spoilers!
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New to watching #GameChanger and wondering if there is a schedule or release date for the next episode? Thought it came out yesterday but it was the behind the scenes for the last episode. @gamechangershow.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New to watching #GameChanger and wondering if there is a schedule or release date for the next episode? Thought it came out yesterday but it was the behind the scenes for the last episode. @gamechangershow.bsky.social
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"An incompetent warning shot or the act of a coward, either way it needs to be properly investigated... how is it okay for your police force to be firing at unarmed Australian journalists?"
Karl Stefanovic, an anchor for the Australian broadcast channel that @laurentomasi.bsky.social works for.
Karl Stefanovic, an anchor for the Australian broadcast channel that @laurentomasi.bsky.social works for.
June 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"An incompetent warning shot or the act of a coward, either way it needs to be properly investigated... how is it okay for your police force to be firing at unarmed Australian journalists?"
Karl Stefanovic, an anchor for the Australian broadcast channel that @laurentomasi.bsky.social works for.
Karl Stefanovic, an anchor for the Australian broadcast channel that @laurentomasi.bsky.social works for.
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Just finished "Crowd Control" episode of @gamechangershow.bsky.social and it is one of the best ones yet. This show just keeps getting better.
June 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just finished "Crowd Control" episode of @gamechangershow.bsky.social and it is one of the best ones yet. This show just keeps getting better.
Sometimes my two year old amazes me with how incredibly smart he is and sometimes he uses chopsticks as a straw. #parenting
June 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Sometimes my two year old amazes me with how incredibly smart he is and sometimes he uses chopsticks as a straw. #parenting
Holy smokes. “A Game Most Changed” has to be the most brilliant episode of a game show I’ve ever seen. #GameChanger @gamechangershow.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Holy smokes. “A Game Most Changed” has to be the most brilliant episode of a game show I’ve ever seen. #GameChanger @gamechangershow.bsky.social
Watching the "Don't Cry" episode of @gamechangershow.bsky.social and am apparently crying loud enough that my wife texted me from the other room to ask if I was okay.
May 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Watching the "Don't Cry" episode of @gamechangershow.bsky.social and am apparently crying loud enough that my wife texted me from the other room to ask if I was okay.
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
May 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
- Carl Sagan, Cosmos
My mom and I upgraded to the new MacBook Airs and being able to FaceTime with her and take control of her computer to help set everything up was a game changer.
April 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
My mom and I upgraded to the new MacBook Airs and being able to FaceTime with her and take control of her computer to help set everything up was a game changer.
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Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey, and even her lawyer doesn't know where she is right now.
Ozturk's attorney tells me they still have no idea where she is. ICE says only that she is in the agency's custody. www.salon.com/2025/03/26/d...
March 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Her name is Rumeysa Ozturk, she's a student from Turkey, and even her lawyer doesn't know where she is right now.