Kirk Murphy 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 ❌👑
@kirkmurphy.bsky.social
"We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable - but then, so did the divine right of kings" Ursula K LeGuin "The Nazis changed but they never went away" Chumba "He sees the bright and hollow sky" my people "Cuddle us" my kitties
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 18h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
This is genuinely astonishing: a piece by the Globe and Mail’s editorial board lamenting the “new normal” of wildfires and summer smoke and no mention whatsoever of a) climate change, or b) the burning of fossil fuels that causes it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: A summer season of fire, smoke, ashes and fear
The carefree feeling of summers past has been incinerated as wildfires rage across the country
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In which @politico.com says the important thing is whatever lies the demented old fool tells. Truth? Who cares, according to Gregory Svirnovskiy. www.politico.com/live-updates...
Trump targets El-Sayed, suggests voter irregularities after Michigan primary
“Wayne County (Detroit) in Michigan is one of the most corrupt voting areas in the United States, if not the World,” he wrote on Truth Social.
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This is... completely correct and I hope he doesn't get pilloried for it www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
New foreign influence office won't prevent foreign interference, commissioner says | CBC News
Canada's new foreign influence office won't prevent foreign interference in Canada, but it will provide more transparency for Canadians who want to know who is trying to influence their politicians an...
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Bluesky: "I appreciate the alt text on this." Facebook: "Why do you take photos of sheep? You're weird." Instagram: "Not interested. No music and they're not doing a dance."
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · last mo.I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.
A very senior retired Tory I was put next to at an event told me in terms that you simply can’t expect to get elected or govern if you’re not tough on immigration. It was a “known fact” to him. I suspect it’s ambient among politicians in the trad parties.
I recall we had a period of time where the response of Starmer and Cooper to concerns about these groups was ‘I like flags’
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterdayLeaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
Here is a clear example of how corporate capitalist forces (and their media) try to undermine science & create their own counterfactuals (and enemies) - in this case using useful idiots. A clear example of false consciousness - where publics must be deceived to protect corporate capital accumulation
Oh how I loved (and still love) my Sybilla clothes - and shoes and bedding… Such happy days skipping around Madrid like a pixie in the 80s. Can’t wait to see this exhibition at her gallery.
RTVE Noticias@rtvenoticias.rtve.es · 13h agoSybilla y la otra mirada: 40 años de moda convertida en arte dozz.es/9rb7o3
Major oil firms make $93bn profits in just 3 months amid war and climate crisis. They shift profits, dodge taxes, fuel poverty and inflation. They don't bear the social cost of their business. Forever holding people/govts to ransom. Polluters must pay. Need windfall tax now.
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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I resent having to care this much about state races in states I don't live in, but I'm relieved that finally, finally!, spewing rabid Islamophobia is not an (automatic) guarantee you're going to win.
Good on the FT: Follow-up on the role of banks in the Google financing machine: "the bank-focused market for infrastructure financing, which used to fund projects such as gas pipelines and airports, has been overwhelmed by the huge capital needs from AI build-outs."
Banks to offload $15bn of debt for Anthropic data centre backed by Google
Bond sale could free up lending capacity as mega AI deals stretch Wall Street financing limits
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That’s a nice chart but the most important actors are missing: The banks that are the ultimate source of leverage, and the government that will be the ultimate backstop when the music stops.
Well done. Rest your weary head. "He dressed Freddie Mercury as a prawn, got Paul Weller to wear lipstick, put a camera in Robert Smith’s mouth and created a 75ft penis for Hall & Oates"
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 13h ago‘I put a raging dent in Neil Young’s forehead!’ Tim Pope on his riotous videos for the Cure, Bowie, Queen, Soft Cell and more
The High Court also heard RTC leader Ben Cullen had threatened physical violence to a resident removing flags, boasting that he was a “violent criminal” who had served 15 years in prison. Full report in today’s Clarion: oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...
The Clarion, 4 August 2026
We're doing a rain dance. You? While we wait for some sorely needed water, here is some news, not all of it cheerful. Including less than savoury details about Raise the Colours; celebrating Oxford Ci...
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One highways manager told the High Court she had been placed on medication after becoming “fearful of being followed home, tracked and exposed on social media”. Highways staff now wear unbranded PPE, work in unbranded vehicles, wear face coverings to hide their identity, and do not travel alone.
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
There was a CG memo in 2003 requesting a review related to this... as far as I know, nothing happened with it at that time. The CG could have and should have done something sooner. It's disgraceful that it took this long to figure it out. Link to PDF with more info. www.facebook.com/groups/55933...
Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 2d agoYou should read this article, today. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
NBC projects El-Sayed the winner of the Michigan Senate primary! www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Michigan Senate Primary Election 2026 Live Results: Stevens, El-Sayed, Rogers and More
See live results from the 2026 Michigan Senate primary election as Republican and Democrat votes are counted by candidate and county.
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They had ladders, another banner and a crowd for this drop. Say what you will, but in an era where you can get 30 years for moving a box of zines, this takes guts.
Jeff Tischauser@jtischauser.bsky.social · 18h agoa banner found above the front doors of the police HQ in Madison, Wisconsin this morning stated: “Arrest the killer cop, 608-266-4211.”
There's going to be a lot more lunar traffic and lunar debris in the future as mining and habitation are planned. There's a big risk of damage to places of natural and cultural significance. End-of-life spacecraft disposal is becoming a big issue. 🧪 🔭
The good news is that the rocket crash isn't anywhere near any heritage sites, like the six Apollo landing sites, for example. But lunar dust is highly abrasive, so knowing how far it can be blown by crashes is important. 🧪 🔭 🏺
Matt Maasdam, the other defeated #MI07 candidate, with a very similar message: "And now, we turn to the real mission: beating Tom Barrett in the fall. I look forward to doing everything in my power to make that happen, and help flip the House blue."
#MI07 candidate Bridget Brink congratulates William Lawrence on winning Dem primary: "Now we come together as one to take on Tom Barrett and work to elect a leader who will listen and fight for what matters most to our community here in mid-Michigan."
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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So we may see the rocket impact, or not .... otherwise we'll have to wait until the US Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter or South Korean Danuri orbiter can give us 'before' and 'after' images. The crater might only be about 30 m in diameter. 🧪 🔭
