nthmurphy
@nthmurphy.bsky.social
Left coast transplant, jewelry designing, animal & science loving, music junkie, hobbit, and nerdy democracy devotee.
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nthmurphy
@nthmurphy.bsky.social
· Oct 6
There are days when it can feel like it’s already over and the bad guys won. That’s how they want us to feel. But it isn’t. Not by a long shot. Let’s not make it easy for them.
Word. 👇🏻
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An extraordinary, beautiful, and heartbreaking piece by writer & environmentalist Tatiana Schlossberg (Caroline Kennedy’s daughter).
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
An extraordinary, beautiful, and heartbreaking piece by writer & environmentalist Tatiana Schlossberg (Caroline Kennedy’s daughter).
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
My prayers go out to her and her family.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Not to brag, but we’re pretty confident this is the best sticker on the planet. Get a free "tell your dog i said hi" sticker with every order through December 1st: www.weratedogs.com/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bf-sale
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Not to brag, but we’re pretty confident this is the best sticker on the planet. Get a free "tell your dog i said hi" sticker with every order through December 1st: www.weratedogs.com/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bf-sale
Alito is desperate to put his thumbs on the scale and tip the midterms in favor of the GOP. The Supreme Court is now a joke.
November 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Alito is desperate to put his thumbs on the scale and tip the midterms in favor of the GOP. The Supreme Court is now a joke.
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Despise. Abhor. Dislike. Disdain.
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Despise. Abhor. Dislike. Disdain.
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Why is immune escape such a problem with SARS-CoV-2?
Analysis of >1,000 antibodies to the spike protein to help design a workaround plan
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
Analysis of >1,000 antibodies to the spike protein to help design a workaround plan
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
One thousand SARS-CoV-2 antibody structures reveal convergent binding and near-universal immune escape
Feng et al. analyze over 1,100 SARS-CoV-2 antibody structures, including all 13 clinical
monoclonals, mapping 99% of the receptor-binding domain surface. Their study reveals
convergent paratope archit...
www.cell.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Why is immune escape such a problem with SARS-CoV-2?
Analysis of >1,000 antibodies to the spike protein to help design a workaround plan
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
Analysis of >1,000 antibodies to the spike protein to help design a workaround plan
www.cell.com/cell-systems...
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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Live your life so you’re not the only living president and vice president not to be invited to a former vice president’s funeral
November 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Live your life so you’re not the only living president and vice president not to be invited to a former vice president’s funeral
❤️
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
❤️
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Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
The Pig Is in the White House
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Bless @sophiegilbert.bsky.social @theatlantic.com: "The past decade has been a gloomy lesson in how limited a proportion of men actually see women as equal human beings...The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office." www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
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Someone is buying up American starter homes and pricing you out. But it’s not who you’ve been told. #EconSky #Housing #PolSky #RonanFarrow
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Someone is buying up American starter homes and pricing you out. But it’s not who you’ve been told. #EconSky #Housing #PolSky #RonanFarrow
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The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
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BIG NEWS: Trump says he has signed the bill to release the Epstein Files. Now all eyes are on how he and the Department of Justice handle the release.
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
BIG NEWS: Trump says he has signed the bill to release the Epstein Files. Now all eyes are on how he and the Department of Justice handle the release.
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SEE YA
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
SEE YA
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From Gavin Newsom:
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
From Gavin Newsom:
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Timeline cleanse
(sound on for best therapeutic effect)
(sound on for best therapeutic effect)
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Timeline cleanse
(sound on for best therapeutic effect)
(sound on for best therapeutic effect)
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Can’t. Stop. Winning.
New Fed data reveals companies announced nearly 40,000 layoffs last month.
This is more than any October on record, and one of the highest one-month totals in two decades.
This is more than any October on record, and one of the highest one-month totals in two decades.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Can’t. Stop. Winning.
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Massie: “[Speaker Johnson is] trying to say the rich, powerful men who flew to Epstein Island are the victims now. The only way a ‘Christian man’ can stand up there and sell a lie like that is if he’s already decided in his head that protecting them is somehow okay.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Massie: “[Speaker Johnson is] trying to say the rich, powerful men who flew to Epstein Island are the victims now. The only way a ‘Christian man’ can stand up there and sell a lie like that is if he’s already decided in his head that protecting them is somehow okay.”
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We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for this stormwater science timeline cleanse.
#DoomscrollingBreak
#DoomscrollingBreak
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling for this stormwater science timeline cleanse.
#DoomscrollingBreak
#DoomscrollingBreak
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To answer the the most common questions:
• The case was heard under a provision of law used in many redistricting cases, where a three-judge district court (incl. one appeals court judge) hears it, then any appeal goes directly to SCOTUS
• No, this would not directly affect California’s changes:
• The case was heard under a provision of law used in many redistricting cases, where a three-judge district court (incl. one appeals court judge) hears it, then any appeal goes directly to SCOTUS
• No, this would not directly affect California’s changes:
The TX ruling would *not* invalidate CA's new districts. The amendment passed by Prop 50 mentions Texas, but there's no trigger provision. It's just an explanatory reference. ballotpedia.org/California_P...
![SEC. 4. (a) It is the policy of the State of California to support the use of fair, independent, and nonpartisan redistricting commissions nationwide. The people of the State of California call on the Congress of the United States to pass federal legislation and propose an amendment of the United States Constitution to require the use of fair, independent, and nonpartisan redistricting commissions nationwide.
(b) In response to the congressional redistricting in Texas in 2025, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution or existing law, the single-member districts for Congress reflected in Assembly Bill 604 of the 2025–26 Regular Session pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 21400) of Division 21 of the Elections Code shall temporarily be used for every congressional election for a term of office commencing on or after the date this subdivision becomes operative and before the certification of new congressional boundary lines drawn by the Citizens Redistricting Commission pursuant to subdivision (d).
(c) (1) The Attorney General has the sole legal standing to defend any action regarding a congressional district map adopted pursuant to subdivision (b).
(2) The California Supreme Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction in all proceedings in which a congressional district map adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) is challenged.
(d) The Citizens Redistricting Commission established pursuant to Section 1 shall continue to adjust the boundary lines of the congressional, State Senatorial, Assembly, and Board of Equalization districts in conformance with the standards and process set forth in Section 2 in 2031, and every 10 years thereafter as provided in Section 1.[43]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:alqdxbp33ceoyly2o46nvcrc/bafkreihk67th23ahmgsomceqzbbmje3kdxqsbcsoirgbsn33bzlqpcdfgq@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
To answer the the most common questions:
• The case was heard under a provision of law used in many redistricting cases, where a three-judge district court (incl. one appeals court judge) hears it, then any appeal goes directly to SCOTUS
• No, this would not directly affect California’s changes:
• The case was heard under a provision of law used in many redistricting cases, where a three-judge district court (incl. one appeals court judge) hears it, then any appeal goes directly to SCOTUS
• No, this would not directly affect California’s changes:
“…I am deeply suspicious of people who are beginning to adjust to fascism and dictators merely because they are succeeding in war. From such adaptable natures a smell arises. I pinch my nose.”
-E.B. White “Freedom”
-E.B. White “Freedom”
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“…I am deeply suspicious of people who are beginning to adjust to fascism and dictators merely because they are succeeding in war. From such adaptable natures a smell arises. I pinch my nose.”
-E.B. White “Freedom”
-E.B. White “Freedom”