Eric M. Murphy
@ericmmurphy.bsky.social
Birds, Math, Literature, & Airpower. BoD Member @Strategy_Bridge, #Strategy, #Development, #NationalSecurity, #MilitaryAffairs. Repost is not endorsement. Nothing interesting to say.
From recent experience: “AI makes me more efficient.” No, it doesn’t. I spend hours u fucking your syllabus, catching things you don’t see because you didn’t write it. “AI makes me more effective.” No. It. Fucking. Doesn’t. See your shit syllabus that I REWROTE for MY students.
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Q because replies are limited. (Understandable & fair. I wouldn’t want to listen to me.) My experience involved NO bullying. I was different—older, military, funded, confident, w/great advisors—but my program could not have been kinder/more supportive. I busted my ass, but I was not bullied.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d agoAll Ph.D.s are in bullying when you do them right
God bless @mls.bsky.social and AppleTV for meeting a low bar. If you’re going to put @taylortwellman.bsky.social on a broadcast, the least you can do is give us a secondary audio option. Thank you. Spanish. French. Esperanto. Silence. They’re all better.
Sherry is tendentious and problematic, but that does nothing to change the central point here. At the same time, it’s silly to suggest that air power is not powerful and useful (and perhaps decisive—we can argue about what “decisive” means) depending on the context. Strawmen are stupid.
Brad Simpson@bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 7d agoThe American faith in Air power is undiminished since 1945, despite several generations of scholarship and evidence to the contrary. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
This is an important and powerful bit of history we don’t often consider, and these folks treat it with a kind of brilliant scholarship, powerful narrative, personal pathos, and appropriate academic distance. I was worried when Melvyn Bragg retired. Not anymore. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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I have a new favorite insult, coined by Fritz Zwicky, one of the greatest geniuses of whom you’ve never heard: Some people are “spherical bastard.” They stay bastards no matter which way you look at them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Z...
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Finished Season 1 of Daredevil: Born Again. (Yes, I’m late. I had a job and such.) Jesus. I don’t want to offer a review right now, but it speaks to where we are now.
What wears me out? Suggesting one can’t comment on [x] because they’re not [x]…e.g., can’t talk about PTSD if you don’t have PTSD. So…history (other than autobiography) isn’t allowed, oncologists w/out cancer are banned from practice, civilians can’t lead the military, …? Just. Stop.
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Some ridiculously extraordinary work in the small group of mathematicians. www.scientificamerican.com/article/2026...
Math’s latest Fields Medalists are the most diverse group yet
The 2026 Fields Medals recognize breakthroughs in the math of messy fluids, tangled knots, spinning pencils, and more
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I’ve been an AF officer for 30 years. My father was Army and AF for 30 years. My grandfathers were in the Navy and Army. I hate the performative “salute to heroes” at sporting events, and I wish we would remove the national anthem from every sporting event that doesn’t involve national teams.
ReadJack🇺🇸@readjack.bsky.social · 2w agoMy “stick to sports” column 10 years ago opened with me at Wrigley not standing during a soldier tribute. While I would stand now, I’ve had a complex history with standing for the Anthem and tributes. If a stranger slapped me for it, we’re fighting. www.windycitygridiron.com/2016/9/28/13...
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MS NOW@ms.now · 2w agoChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine says he was unaware of reports that U.S. strikes hit desalination plants that provide water to thousands of Iranians across dozens of villages. WATCH LIVE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFaJ... READ MORE: www.ms.now/liveblog/pet...
That’s amazing, @doctrinatrix.bsky.social! If I may be so bold, here’s a link to her articles on @thestrategybridge.bsky.social. One could do far worse than to spend a few minutes with Nikki’s ideas on art, war, strategy, etc. thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge?a...
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Military Writers Guild@milwritersguild.bsky.social · 2w ago🎙️Introducing one of the new Kohn Cohort Writing Fellowship fellows: Nikki Dean! ✍️Nikki Dean currently serves as a Military Educator and Interpreter for the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, providing education content and professional development support to military audiences. (1/7)
If this fellow has read more than one sentence of Clausewitz, I’ll eat my own shoe.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoRep. Rich McCormick on Iran: "I'm a big Clausewitzian warfare guy. I believe in dominance. We are the dominant world superpower. These guys are not. I would've been unrelenting until the end."
It’s fun to see @mls.bsky.social get a shout—a full episode, no less—on @planetmoney.bsky.social.
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So I’ve started Pride and Prejudice, and already I feel bad for Mrs Bennet.
Did someone cut off Bellingham’s left foot when I wasn’t looking?
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Goodhart’s Law “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
Was poking around on the YouTubes looking for things that lift me up, and I recalled/ran across this gem. If the bursting chorale in Beethoven doesn’t lift your spirits just a little, you might be, like the parrot, deceased…no more. share.google/maOXrWL2sfC3...
Flashmob Flash Mob - Ode an die Freude ( Ode to Joy ) Beethoven ...
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Apropos of no particular speech or event, but I fear this speaks to the march to November and to Novembers beyond.
Eric M. Murphy@ericmmurphy.bsky.social · 3w ago“Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned…”
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned…”
One sibling is a nurse: I lack the training or inclination. One sibling is a special needs teacher: I lack the patience for the administration and parents. One sibling teaches in a one-room rural school, K-5: I’d be an utter disaster.
Bethany Albertson@albertsonb2.bsky.social · 3w agoThought experiment- if you were suddenly appointed to do your sibling’s job, how badly would you suck at it?
This is magnificent. This is what Twitter was for a moment…and perhaps nothing will ever be again.
Tits McGee@scientits.bsky.social · 3w agoNearly 11 years ago, I’d had a great night out with friends and got back to my flat in a state you’d call ‘rather tipsy’ You know when it’s late and you should go to bed but you’re not tired, you’re wired? That It was nearly getting late but I wasn’t ready to sleep 1/
Liar. Nothing about FIFA since (at least) 1974 has been independent. FIFA is DEEPLY corrupt. They are the special whores who have money and power because no one will take it away. thehill.com/policy/sport...
Gianni Infantino speaks out on Balogun red card: ‘FIFA’s judicial bodies are independent’
FIFA President Gianni Infantino broke his silence on the federation’s decision to reverse a red card handed to American striker Folarin Balogun last week, a controversial move that came at th…
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“Tell me you know you were wrong without telling me you know you were wrong.
Ami@amidanruo.bsky.social · last mo.Happy birthday, America. www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
John Roberts will still be mentioned in the same sentence as Roger Taney for all time.
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The US look like they always do when they're not playing with a true 6. Just insane roster management from Poch.
