Allan Murphy
@cullenskink.bsky.social
I live in the burnt out crater of Seattle, anarchist jurisdiction, but Scottish - tinseltown was always in the rain. NPC energy, mid table obscurity poster. I don't think that kindness is a weakness. I enjoy pendantry in all its forms. Get off my la
Bombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, ...
bloomberg.com
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
Been thinking things over and wonder if I've taken this whole longevity thing too far.
⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie)@stinasdemons.com · 6d agoBeen thinking things over and wonder if I've taken this whole longevity thing too far.
Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Trish K@tkaz99.bsky.social · 7d agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
From the boreal forests of Ontario to the moors of the Scottish Highlands to the grasslands & forests of Columbia River Plateau in NW U.S. to the maritime pine forests in France, these exceptional fires have been preceded, over weeks to months, by exceptional warmth and dryness.
But one of the world’s greatest minds* told me on TV you can’t store electricity and when it’s not windy or sunny renewables don’t work? * source: himself
Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social · 2w agoPornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...
The Science comment on the supposed justification of the Trump assault on science funding in the US. “This is all bullshit”
Derek Lowe@dereklowe.bsky.social · 2w agoThoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:
"The reforms are also at odds with the hysterical caricature of Mamdani being manufactured by Donald Trump, the Republican party, and rightwing media. The right has repeatedly depicted the mayor, and a wave of his fellow electeds from the [DSA], as raging anti-business radicals."
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 2w agoThe wild eyed radical communist continues to destroy capitalism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“Child loses patience with situation child has engineered for self”
Having now seen "Matt Damon's A Series of Unfortunate Greek Events" I cannot wait to see Grok's version. "Wait, why do they all speak in Standardafrikaans?"
well this is easily the most detestable thing a president has ever said about us troops he had killed
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump on fallen US troops: "All of them said very strongly, 'We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.'"
Authoritarian BS At least in China you get high speed rail, along with the state surveillance.
Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · 4w agoMore blockbuster reporting on Madison Square Garden’s surveillance apparatus from @wired.com An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, including labeling those identified as “LGBTQIA.” …! By @noahshachtman.bsky.social and @regret.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/madiso...
All the BS stuff he organizes for himself - military parade, UFC, this - he never enjoys them, they're never what he wanted, or never what he imagined. I love that for him.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump "blinks" during the fireworks show in DC (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty)
A single black woman surrounded by hooded white supremacists is certainly a chilling image.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last mo.“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com
UN Ambassador Matt Whitaker: "People are enjoying the United States of America because it's an awesome place. We have extraordinary things like Buc-ee's and Chick-fil-A, very convenient to eat in your car while you're having a phone call. It's an amazing country."
Me looking through git blame at some new and excessive memory usage
Microplastics Sommelier@leastactionhero.bsky.social · last mo.my cat spotting a neighborhood cat out the window
You've blinded your last third eye
emceekayvee@emceekayvee.bsky.social · last mo.You’ve toaded your last wet sprocket