Traci Murphy
@traci-l-murphy.bsky.social
I’m still learning. Founder of @lucidcoco.bsky.social. Saint Paul.
“All are welcome here” but the jagged icicles above the front door say otherwise
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“All are welcome here” but the jagged icicles above the front door say otherwise
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“…at the very least, anytime a billionaire is asked for public comment on anything, someone with < $1,000 in the bank should get equal time to offer a rebuttal.”
I would pay SO MUCH* to a media company that did this!
*of my very little money
I would pay SO MUCH* to a media company that did this!
*of my very little money
In this week's newsletter I wrote about losing a parent (to bad politics) and good tv shows and the billionaires who pretend they're going to leave a city if their taxes go up by an amount that will never make their lives worse.
#158. New York's Billionaires and You
Hi everyone,
We are still firmly in what any calendar would tell us is the middle of November, and yet I feel like the year is basically over. It's not that I'm winding down for the holidays. Quite t...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“…at the very least, anytime a billionaire is asked for public comment on anything, someone with < $1,000 in the bank should get equal time to offer a rebuttal.”
I would pay SO MUCH* to a media company that did this!
*of my very little money
I would pay SO MUCH* to a media company that did this!
*of my very little money
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Alone? With my THOUGHTS?
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Alone? With my THOUGHTS?
Thank you to all my locals who are putting out their Saint Paul endorsements! It’s so helpful!
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thank you to all my locals who are putting out their Saint Paul endorsements! It’s so helpful!
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New career path: Telling everyone that I use generative AI for everything (and then just half-assing it with my own brain) so people I don’t respect throw piles of money at me and are cool with the final product being bad.
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
New career path: Telling everyone that I use generative AI for everything (and then just half-assing it with my own brain) so people I don’t respect throw piles of money at me and are cool with the final product being bad.
@godaddy.com and @microsoft.com are each their own special of hell for customer service but hoo boy when you get them together it’s really a black hole funhouse mirror of fuckery
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
@godaddy.com and @microsoft.com are each their own special of hell for customer service but hoo boy when you get them together it’s really a black hole funhouse mirror of fuckery
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Really moving piece on how to celebrate July 4 in times like these from the inimitable @catcardenas.bsky.social for @thebarbedwire.bsky.social
thebarbedwire.com/2025/07/04/j...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/07/04/j...
How Do You Celebrate a Country That Doesn’t Love You Back?
I’ve spent most of my adult life watching Texas lawmakers villainize Latino immigrants like my grandparents.
thebarbedwire.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Really moving piece on how to celebrate July 4 in times like these from the inimitable @catcardenas.bsky.social for @thebarbedwire.bsky.social
thebarbedwire.com/2025/07/04/j...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/07/04/j...
Please enjoy this excerpt from my 7th-grade diary.
June 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Please enjoy this excerpt from my 7th-grade diary.
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If you ask journalists about their jobs in general, they will tell you that the media’s role is to ensure an informed populace to enhance democracy.
If you ask them about any specific topic, however, they will pretend that voters have never formed an opinion or changed their mind based on the news
If you ask them about any specific topic, however, they will pretend that voters have never formed an opinion or changed their mind based on the news
June 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If you ask journalists about their jobs in general, they will tell you that the media’s role is to ensure an informed populace to enhance democracy.
If you ask them about any specific topic, however, they will pretend that voters have never formed an opinion or changed their mind based on the news
If you ask them about any specific topic, however, they will pretend that voters have never formed an opinion or changed their mind based on the news
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real contender for the defining quote of american christianity here
June 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
real contender for the defining quote of american christianity here
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When I'm sad, which is NEVER btw, I simply go into a state of complete denial
May 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
When I'm sad, which is NEVER btw, I simply go into a state of complete denial
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Everyone at this network and the people they represent would lose their minds at the suggestion we have anything to learn from Europe in terms of walkability, bikeability, transit access or even universal healthcare. Much easier to say it must be something about the food.
Fox News' Dr. Marc Siegel: "You go to Europe and eat pasta and you don’t gain weight."
May 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Everyone at this network and the people they represent would lose their minds at the suggestion we have anything to learn from Europe in terms of walkability, bikeability, transit access or even universal healthcare. Much easier to say it must be something about the food.
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This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
In Defense of Despair
The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.
www.newyorker.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
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"I'd crusade if the new Pope asked me to" wow, cool. What if he asked you to love and protect immigrants
May 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"I'd crusade if the new Pope asked me to" wow, cool. What if he asked you to love and protect immigrants
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Exactly. It would be like sending a pitching machine to the mound in a baseball game.
May 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Exactly. It would be like sending a pitching machine to the mound in a baseball game.
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Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
I’m feeding the cats, I’m feeding the dogs…
April 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I’m feeding the cats, I’m feeding the dogs…
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RFK Jr blames diet, lifestyle & vaccines for chronic illness.
Dr Oz says it’s a “patriotic duty” to lead a healthy life & be fit enough to serve in the military.
Neither of them are pushing for Universal Healthcare, basic income, an end to food deserts & inequality, clean water etc.
It’s eugenics
Dr Oz says it’s a “patriotic duty” to lead a healthy life & be fit enough to serve in the military.
Neither of them are pushing for Universal Healthcare, basic income, an end to food deserts & inequality, clean water etc.
It’s eugenics
April 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
RFK Jr blames diet, lifestyle & vaccines for chronic illness.
Dr Oz says it’s a “patriotic duty” to lead a healthy life & be fit enough to serve in the military.
Neither of them are pushing for Universal Healthcare, basic income, an end to food deserts & inequality, clean water etc.
It’s eugenics
Dr Oz says it’s a “patriotic duty” to lead a healthy life & be fit enough to serve in the military.
Neither of them are pushing for Universal Healthcare, basic income, an end to food deserts & inequality, clean water etc.
It’s eugenics
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I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners
Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners
open.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Went to the Saint Paul town hall today featuring an ensemble of DFL representatives, including @mccollum.house.gov, my rep Dave Pinto, my favorite to listen to María Isa Pérez Vega, and more. Pros and cons of the event:
April 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Went to the Saint Paul town hall today featuring an ensemble of DFL representatives, including @mccollum.house.gov, my rep Dave Pinto, my favorite to listen to María Isa Pérez Vega, and more. Pros and cons of the event:
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I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
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asking such a whimsical creature as myself to file my taxes is flatly evil
April 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
asking such a whimsical creature as myself to file my taxes is flatly evil
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again