Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
@romainmurphy.bsky.social
"Do not pay attention to me. I'm from another planet. I see horizons where you draw boundaries."- Frida Kahlo
Interests: #globaldev, #communityLed #Development #Philanthropy #humanitarian #geopolitics #GlobalSouth
https://romainmurphy.com/
Interests: #globaldev, #communityLed #Development #Philanthropy #humanitarian #geopolitics #GlobalSouth
https://romainmurphy.com/
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Europeans: ““He [Mamdani] promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Europeans: ““He [Mamdani] promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
From the Guardian…
Light in the dark.
Light in the dark.
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
From the Guardian…
Light in the dark.
Light in the dark.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The hardest thing about planting seeds of any kind is waiting to see if they will grow and bear fruit, or just die.
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The hardest thing about planting seeds of any kind is waiting to see if they will grow and bear fruit, or just die.
Potentially diseased monkey on the loose after a train accident? What kind of a disease/virus are we talking about?
Sometimes, I have to pinch myself to make sure that the reality we are living in is real.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Sometimes, I have to pinch myself to make sure that the reality we are living in is real.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Potentially diseased lab monkey on the loose after truck crash in Mississippi
Several rhesus monkeys escaped after the interstate crash, but all but one were reportedly ‘destroyed’ by late Tuesday
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Potentially diseased monkey on the loose after a train accident? What kind of a disease/virus are we talking about?
Sometimes, I have to pinch myself to make sure that the reality we are living in is real.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Sometimes, I have to pinch myself to make sure that the reality we are living in is real.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Communities in the Soutgern part of #Haiti have been battered by #HurricaneMelissa which has destroyed homes, crops and killed farm animals…One more too many disasters.
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Communities in the Soutgern part of #Haiti have been battered by #HurricaneMelissa which has destroyed homes, crops and killed farm animals…One more too many disasters.
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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Harvard Kennedy School:
“New research by Professor Erica Chenowth and the Crowd Counting Consortium has found that the 2025 No Kings protests in the United States have been more geographically diverse than any other in the country’s history.”
“New research by Professor Erica Chenowth and the Crowd Counting Consortium has found that the 2025 No Kings protests in the United States have been more geographically diverse than any other in the country’s history.”
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Harvard Kennedy School:
“New research by Professor Erica Chenowth and the Crowd Counting Consortium has found that the 2025 No Kings protests in the United States have been more geographically diverse than any other in the country’s history.”
“New research by Professor Erica Chenowth and the Crowd Counting Consortium has found that the 2025 No Kings protests in the United States have been more geographically diverse than any other in the country’s history.”
The normalization of evil?
Lot of guys just coming out and saying that Nazism is not a big deal to them. Very much a tell us who you are moment.
October 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The normalization of evil?
U.S., take note!
Real living wage to rise by almost 7% in boost for low-paid UK workers
Real living wage to rise by almost 7% in boost for low-paid UK workers
Hourly rate to increase in April by 95p to £14.80 in London and by 85p to £13.45 for the rest of the country
Almost half a million workers are to receive a pay boost after it was announced that the real living wage paid voluntarily by 16,000 UK companies will rise to £13.45 an hour in April.
Distinct from the national living wage, which is a statutory minimum, the real living wage is calculated each year based on the cost of essentials, and is paid by more than half of the companies in the FTSE 100. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM
U.S., take note!
Amen!
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Amen!
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
Five years ago, she came into our lives. We had tried to adopt a dog without success. She was my birthday present, the perfect addition to our family especially as we faced the pandemic. She was smart,sociable, affectionate, bold, fearless, and made everyone in our house and neighborhood feel happy.
October 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Five years ago, she came into our lives. We had tried to adopt a dog without success. She was my birthday present, the perfect addition to our family especially as we faced the pandemic. She was smart,sociable, affectionate, bold, fearless, and made everyone in our house and neighborhood feel happy.
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The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
« I wish none of this had happened. So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. »-JRR Tolkien
#Timely #ThoughtofTheDay
#Timely #ThoughtofTheDay
October 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
« I wish none of this had happened. So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil. »-JRR Tolkien
#Timely #ThoughtofTheDay
#Timely #ThoughtofTheDay
Waiting to hear who gets the Nobel Peace Prize…
kermit the frog is sitting on a railing wearing sneakers
ALT: kermit the frog is sitting on a railing wearing sneakers
media.tenor.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Waiting to hear who gets the Nobel Peace Prize…
October 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
«Trumpism, by contrast, all too often denies the existence of systemic disadvantage (
…demolishes D.E.I. and replaces it with a degree of authoritarianism and incompetence that makes a mockery of the very idea of meritocracy»
://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/pete-hegseth-speech-dei.html
…demolishes D.E.I. and replaces it with a degree of authoritarianism and incompetence that makes a mockery of the very idea of meritocracy»
://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/pete-hegseth-speech-dei.html
Opinion | Incompetence Isn’t an Upgrade Over D.E.I.
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
«Trumpism, by contrast, all too often denies the existence of systemic disadvantage (
…demolishes D.E.I. and replaces it with a degree of authoritarianism and incompetence that makes a mockery of the very idea of meritocracy»
://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/pete-hegseth-speech-dei.html
…demolishes D.E.I. and replaces it with a degree of authoritarianism and incompetence that makes a mockery of the very idea of meritocracy»
://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/opinion/pete-hegseth-speech-dei.html
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
« I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. »
-Robert Frost
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. »
-Robert Frost
Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured
Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured
Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
« I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. »
-Robert Frost
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. »
-Robert Frost
We need to remember where we came from and who we are, in order to become what we are meant to be.
October 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
We need to remember where we came from and who we are, in order to become what we are meant to be.