Paddy
@murfowski.bsky.social
Writer & counselor.
Writing on Bluesky, Medium & Substack about #psychology, #mentalhealth, #spirituality, & more
Enquiries: https://paddymurphy.carrd.co/
Free Newsletter: https://paddymurphy.substack.com/
Writing on Bluesky, Medium & Substack about #psychology, #mentalhealth, #spirituality, & more
Enquiries: https://paddymurphy.carrd.co/
Free Newsletter: https://paddymurphy.substack.com/
My SG needed a bit of surgery recently, gonna put a tremolo on her soon, just waiting on a new bridge to arrive (2nd photo) and, aye, been playing around with loads of song ideas of late.
Updated my DAW, gonna start getting back into writing music me thinks.
Updated my DAW, gonna start getting back into writing music me thinks.
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My SG needed a bit of surgery recently, gonna put a tremolo on her soon, just waiting on a new bridge to arrive (2nd photo) and, aye, been playing around with loads of song ideas of late.
Updated my DAW, gonna start getting back into writing music me thinks.
Updated my DAW, gonna start getting back into writing music me thinks.
I find the most bizarre thing about writing is trying to explain why you used certain words in certain places.
They just occur.
I feel they've rather little to do with me tbh, they just come and then later in the edit they stay or are changed.
They just occur.
I feel they've rather little to do with me tbh, they just come and then later in the edit they stay or are changed.
November 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I find the most bizarre thing about writing is trying to explain why you used certain words in certain places.
They just occur.
I feel they've rather little to do with me tbh, they just come and then later in the edit they stay or are changed.
They just occur.
I feel they've rather little to do with me tbh, they just come and then later in the edit they stay or are changed.
Here's my latest short story.
Really happy with how this one turned out.
Bob The Belfast Blackbird
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Really happy with how this one turned out.
Bob The Belfast Blackbird
paddymurphy.substack.com/p/fiction-bo...
Fiction - Bob The Belfast Blackbird
And the final day of William Trimble’s life
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November 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Here's my latest short story.
Really happy with how this one turned out.
Bob The Belfast Blackbird
paddymurphy.substack.com/p/fiction-bo...
Really happy with how this one turned out.
Bob The Belfast Blackbird
paddymurphy.substack.com/p/fiction-bo...
Good News Friday is here again 🎉
This week we have:
🍄 Magic mushrooms slow aging
📵 Phone-free nights making a comeback
🧪 A new malaria drug hammering parasites
🚗 Ice that literally jumps off your car with electricity
🇬🇧 England finally binning the cursed wet wipe
& plenty more...
This week we have:
🍄 Magic mushrooms slow aging
📵 Phone-free nights making a comeback
🧪 A new malaria drug hammering parasites
🚗 Ice that literally jumps off your car with electricity
🇬🇧 England finally binning the cursed wet wipe
& plenty more...
Good News Friday — 21st November 2025
Mice on LSD, no phone parties, a new malaria drug, and some new-ish tunes
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November 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Good News Friday is here again 🎉
This week we have:
🍄 Magic mushrooms slow aging
📵 Phone-free nights making a comeback
🧪 A new malaria drug hammering parasites
🚗 Ice that literally jumps off your car with electricity
🇬🇧 England finally binning the cursed wet wipe
& plenty more...
This week we have:
🍄 Magic mushrooms slow aging
📵 Phone-free nights making a comeback
🧪 A new malaria drug hammering parasites
🚗 Ice that literally jumps off your car with electricity
🇬🇧 England finally binning the cursed wet wipe
& plenty more...
From tomorrow's post...
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
From tomorrow's post...
If you're easily offended, you're easily manipulated.
And if that offends you....well, y'know :P
And if that offends you....well, y'know :P
November 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
If you're easily offended, you're easily manipulated.
And if that offends you....well, y'know :P
And if that offends you....well, y'know :P
I see it it so often in counselling. People swear they have no motivation, but it's not that...
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I see it it so often in counselling. People swear they have no motivation, but it's not that...
Radical acceptance is something I've been writing a ton about lately...
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Radical acceptance is something I've been writing a ton about lately...
Most of the people I work with feel like they’ve done everything they were told to do: job, kids, house, car, dog/cat, annual foreign holiday or two, and somehow still feel stuck.
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Most of the people I work with feel like they’ve done everything they were told to do: job, kids, house, car, dog/cat, annual foreign holiday or two, and somehow still feel stuck.
🍄 Jaguars rising, chimps on the gargle, dogs saved from the fire, and mushrooms still lifting spirits five years on… aye, it’s Good News Friday!
From Ig Nobel oddities 🤪 to an AI oracle of maladies 🤖, the week wasn’t all doom and gloom.
👉 Read the full round-up below
From Ig Nobel oddities 🤪 to an AI oracle of maladies 🤖, the week wasn’t all doom and gloom.
👉 Read the full round-up below
September 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🍄 Jaguars rising, chimps on the gargle, dogs saved from the fire, and mushrooms still lifting spirits five years on… aye, it’s Good News Friday!
From Ig Nobel oddities 🤪 to an AI oracle of maladies 🤖, the week wasn’t all doom and gloom.
👉 Read the full round-up below
From Ig Nobel oddities 🤪 to an AI oracle of maladies 🤖, the week wasn’t all doom and gloom.
👉 Read the full round-up below
Here's part of an article about one of my favourite writers, Samuel Beckett.
It seems to have hit a chord where I've published it, so here's the intro.
Link below
It seems to have hit a chord where I've published it, so here's the intro.
Link below
September 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Here's part of an article about one of my favourite writers, Samuel Beckett.
It seems to have hit a chord where I've published it, so here's the intro.
Link below
It seems to have hit a chord where I've published it, so here's the intro.
Link below
The age of derangement is upon us:
🕵️ ICE buys despots’ spyware
🍽️ Tech barons grovel at Trump’s table
💀 ChatGPT whispers murder & suicide
🔥 MAGA declares holy war on Big Tech
link below
🕵️ ICE buys despots’ spyware
🍽️ Tech barons grovel at Trump’s table
💀 ChatGPT whispers murder & suicide
🔥 MAGA declares holy war on Big Tech
link below
September 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The age of derangement is upon us:
🕵️ ICE buys despots’ spyware
🍽️ Tech barons grovel at Trump’s table
💀 ChatGPT whispers murder & suicide
🔥 MAGA declares holy war on Big Tech
link below
🕵️ ICE buys despots’ spyware
🍽️ Tech barons grovel at Trump’s table
💀 ChatGPT whispers murder & suicide
🔥 MAGA declares holy war on Big Tech
link below
It’s Good News Friday newsletter day
Highlights:
🐘freedom for Duma,
🐆first cub at Chester Zoo,
🥚eggs redeemed,
📚McCarthy’s 20k book stash,
🎧post rock and anti folk.
Link ⤵️
Highlights:
🐘freedom for Duma,
🐆first cub at Chester Zoo,
🥚eggs redeemed,
📚McCarthy’s 20k book stash,
🎧post rock and anti folk.
Link ⤵️
September 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
It’s Good News Friday newsletter day
Highlights:
🐘freedom for Duma,
🐆first cub at Chester Zoo,
🥚eggs redeemed,
📚McCarthy’s 20k book stash,
🎧post rock and anti folk.
Link ⤵️
Highlights:
🐘freedom for Duma,
🐆first cub at Chester Zoo,
🥚eggs redeemed,
📚McCarthy’s 20k book stash,
🎧post rock and anti folk.
Link ⤵️
Out later today:
China, Russia, Tesla, Kennedy; All Busy Pulling Tricks Behind The Curtain While America Counts Trump's Bruises
China, Russia, Tesla, Kennedy; All Busy Pulling Tricks Behind The Curtain While America Counts Trump's Bruises
September 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Out later today:
China, Russia, Tesla, Kennedy; All Busy Pulling Tricks Behind The Curtain While America Counts Trump's Bruises
China, Russia, Tesla, Kennedy; All Busy Pulling Tricks Behind The Curtain While America Counts Trump's Bruises
Not quite an official launch...
But since my tech/politics articles are bringing in new subs to Medium/Substack...and they're quite a different audience to my usual philosophy/spirituality audience, I've set up a parallel Substack.
Link below.
But since my tech/politics articles are bringing in new subs to Medium/Substack...and they're quite a different audience to my usual philosophy/spirituality audience, I've set up a parallel Substack.
Link below.
September 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Not quite an official launch...
But since my tech/politics articles are bringing in new subs to Medium/Substack...and they're quite a different audience to my usual philosophy/spirituality audience, I've set up a parallel Substack.
Link below.
But since my tech/politics articles are bringing in new subs to Medium/Substack...and they're quite a different audience to my usual philosophy/spirituality audience, I've set up a parallel Substack.
Link below.
What's the craic then?
Has himself popped his clogs?
Has himself popped his clogs?
August 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
What's the craic then?
Has himself popped his clogs?
Has himself popped his clogs?
Good News Friday is here. Proof the world’s not all doom and gloom. ✨
🌞 Beaming power from space
🧪 New blood test catches ovarian cancer early
🥦 Diet cuts cancer risk by 25%
📸 Wildlife Photographer of the Year previews
🐝 Bee colonies boosted 15-fold with new superfood
Link below:
🌞 Beaming power from space
🧪 New blood test catches ovarian cancer early
🥦 Diet cuts cancer risk by 25%
📸 Wildlife Photographer of the Year previews
🐝 Bee colonies boosted 15-fold with new superfood
Link below:
August 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Good News Friday is here. Proof the world’s not all doom and gloom. ✨
🌞 Beaming power from space
🧪 New blood test catches ovarian cancer early
🥦 Diet cuts cancer risk by 25%
📸 Wildlife Photographer of the Year previews
🐝 Bee colonies boosted 15-fold with new superfood
Link below:
🌞 Beaming power from space
🧪 New blood test catches ovarian cancer early
🥦 Diet cuts cancer risk by 25%
📸 Wildlife Photographer of the Year previews
🐝 Bee colonies boosted 15-fold with new superfood
Link below:
Today, I've mostly been pondering why tourists post photos in FB groups of the towns they've visited to be seen only by the people who already live there.
Would they also go to a vegetable shop and show the shopkeeper their bad photos of feckin' cauliflower?
Would they also go to a vegetable shop and show the shopkeeper their bad photos of feckin' cauliflower?
August 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Today, I've mostly been pondering why tourists post photos in FB groups of the towns they've visited to be seen only by the people who already live there.
Would they also go to a vegetable shop and show the shopkeeper their bad photos of feckin' cauliflower?
Would they also go to a vegetable shop and show the shopkeeper their bad photos of feckin' cauliflower?
Today's newsletter will be making its way to you soon.
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Today's newsletter will be making its way to you soon.
A wee bit from today's newsletter:
August 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A wee bit from today's newsletter:
A short section of today's article about Philip K. Dick.
Links in bio
Links in bio
August 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A short section of today's article about Philip K. Dick.
Links in bio
Links in bio
I mean, you want to be empathetic and compassionate but Jaysus lads, people are fuckin stupid.
August 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I mean, you want to be empathetic and compassionate but Jaysus lads, people are fuckin stupid.
The older I get the more convinced I am that old Phil was correct about everything.
*Now* are you starting to see what PKD meant by "The Empire Never Ended?" It's a malevolent, super-intelligent single-celled entity traveling backwards through time, manifesting virally as it strives to maintain authoritarianism.
I mean, it's PROBABLY just a metaphor....
I mean, it's PROBABLY just a metaphor....
August 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The older I get the more convinced I am that old Phil was correct about everything.