Murphers Paradise
@kerriemurphy.bsky.social
Growing old disgracefully. ex-journo. current pessimist.
I’m carrying a Vanity Fair tote and just walked past someone carrying a New Yorker tote. I’m required by law to challenge them to a duel, right?
December 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I’m carrying a Vanity Fair tote and just walked past someone carrying a New Yorker tote. I’m required by law to challenge them to a duel, right?
I know it’s only one in a billion breathtakingly horrible things that happened in the past 24 hours, but it fucking sucks we lost Rob Reiner too.
December 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I know it’s only one in a billion breathtakingly horrible things that happened in the past 24 hours, but it fucking sucks we lost Rob Reiner too.
In some cheering news, apparently my local blood donation place has no appointments left before Christmas and at least a two hour wait for walk-ins.
If you’re feeling helpless in the face of the horrific news out of Bondi, might I suggest booking a blood donation? 🩸
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
In some cheering news, apparently my local blood donation place has no appointments left before Christmas and at least a two hour wait for walk-ins.
Modicum of Cheese was the working title for Quantum of Solace.
Martha Stewart has revealed how she eats bagels and I am speechless
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Modicum of Cheese was the working title for Quantum of Solace.
If you’re feeling helpless in the face of the horrific news out of Bondi, might I suggest booking a blood donation? 🩸
December 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
If you’re feeling helpless in the face of the horrific news out of Bondi, might I suggest booking a blood donation? 🩸
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we also got a few different versions of duran duran as well (the bravery, franz ferdinand, kaiser chiefs and i'd say the killers, who are duran duran if simon le bon grew up in new jersey)
it's funny that between 2001 and 2006 we got like five different versions of gang of four
December 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
we also got a few different versions of duran duran as well (the bravery, franz ferdinand, kaiser chiefs and i'd say the killers, who are duran duran if simon le bon grew up in new jersey)
VIDEO: Polar Bear fur is translucent
Me: my daughter should get lots of information from this YouTube documentary for her school project
VIDEO: and that’s why such a miraculous creature could not have evolved by chance and is evidence of god’s glory
ME: ahh fuck, I hope the rest of it is true.
Me: my daughter should get lots of information from this YouTube documentary for her school project
VIDEO: and that’s why such a miraculous creature could not have evolved by chance and is evidence of god’s glory
ME: ahh fuck, I hope the rest of it is true.
VIDEO: and that's how you cook a whole turkey in a log cabin
ME: what an informative and soothing time
YOUTUBE: more videos from FrontierPatriot88
ME: oh, I did not read that name before--
FRONTIERPATRIOT88 VIDEO: how to homeschool your white children
ME:
ME: yeah my bad
ME: what an informative and soothing time
YOUTUBE: more videos from FrontierPatriot88
ME: oh, I did not read that name before--
FRONTIERPATRIOT88 VIDEO: how to homeschool your white children
ME:
ME: yeah my bad
December 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
VIDEO: Polar Bear fur is translucent
Me: my daughter should get lots of information from this YouTube documentary for her school project
VIDEO: and that’s why such a miraculous creature could not have evolved by chance and is evidence of god’s glory
ME: ahh fuck, I hope the rest of it is true.
Me: my daughter should get lots of information from this YouTube documentary for her school project
VIDEO: and that’s why such a miraculous creature could not have evolved by chance and is evidence of god’s glory
ME: ahh fuck, I hope the rest of it is true.
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The Harper's Letter test almost never misses...
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The Harper's Letter test almost never misses...
Not only that, he is initially beloved for his brashness and is also such an arsehole that he cheats at cards.
December 13, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Not only that, he is initially beloved for his brashness and is also such an arsehole that he cheats at cards.
This worker was fired for hurling racist abuse at a customer. That’s the “view”.
I didn’t think The Atlantic could surprise me any more with its idiotic articles, but it’s really outdone itself.
I didn’t think The Atlantic could surprise me any more with its idiotic articles, but it’s really outdone itself.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This worker was fired for hurling racist abuse at a customer. That’s the “view”.
I didn’t think The Atlantic could surprise me any more with its idiotic articles, but it’s really outdone itself.
I didn’t think The Atlantic could surprise me any more with its idiotic articles, but it’s really outdone itself.
Ok now the culture wars are coming for fonts. Would like someone to explain how font choice is wasteful www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
US State Department to revert to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri
In a leaked internal cable, Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls the department's decision to adopt Calibri in 2023 a "wasteful" diversity move.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ok now the culture wars are coming for fonts. Would like someone to explain how font choice is wasteful www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
I get that "foods that didn't exist 10 years ago" is a bit of a shorthand, but maybe define what is actually wrong with them. Ultra-processed is a pretty poorly defined term. www.smh.com.au/national/foo...
Foods that didn’t exist 10 years ago are putting baby and toddler health at risk
Parents are being hoodwinked by misleading marketing of ultra-processed snacks for babies and toddlers that claims the foods are healthy and natural.
www.smh.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I get that "foods that didn't exist 10 years ago" is a bit of a shorthand, but maybe define what is actually wrong with them. Ultra-processed is a pretty poorly defined term. www.smh.com.au/national/foo...
My position on the social media ban is that it's a pretty blunt tool wielded without much nuance, so maybe I am biased. Still, the condescending, gloating tone taken by politicians and the media this morning is doing my head in.
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
My position on the social media ban is that it's a pretty blunt tool wielded without much nuance, so maybe I am biased. Still, the condescending, gloating tone taken by politicians and the media this morning is doing my head in.
You will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
You will be visited by 3 spirits
I hate folding sheets, so I tend to wash them and put them back on the bed. However, I read something that advised just putting on fresh sheets when you strip the bed, because then it's done and you can fold sheets in your own time. I hate to admit it, but they have a point.
December 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I hate folding sheets, so I tend to wash them and put them back on the bed. However, I read something that advised just putting on fresh sheets when you strip the bed, because then it's done and you can fold sheets in your own time. I hate to admit it, but they have a point.
It's always interesting the person who can accurately judge in a group of strangers, that it's an audience who will be open to a vigorous sledging of the behaviour we all just witenessed
December 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It's always interesting the person who can accurately judge in a group of strangers, that it's an audience who will be open to a vigorous sledging of the behaviour we all just witenessed
I’ve tried to ignore the Tarantino discourse because he’s in the category of person whose work I’ve enjoyed where the less I know about them the happier I am. But Matthew Lillard? You can go fuck yourself QT
December 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I’ve tried to ignore the Tarantino discourse because he’s in the category of person whose work I’ve enjoyed where the less I know about them the happier I am. But Matthew Lillard? You can go fuck yourself QT
Now and then, I think of that episode of Law & Order: SVU where a murder occurs at a factory that produces homestyle Italian foods, and one of the big reveals at the end of the episode is that the Nonna running the company is actually of Irish descent.
December 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Now and then, I think of that episode of Law & Order: SVU where a murder occurs at a factory that produces homestyle Italian foods, and one of the big reveals at the end of the episode is that the Nonna running the company is actually of Irish descent.
I never knew that Costner tis the reason for the season
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I never knew that Costner tis the reason for the season
Thinking that Jordan Peterson and Olivia Nuzzi should collaborate on a book, just so we can see what the world's most overwrought, self-satisfied writing that says nothing of substance would look like.
December 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Thinking that Jordan Peterson and Olivia Nuzzi should collaborate on a book, just so we can see what the world's most overwrought, self-satisfied writing that says nothing of substance would look like.
This being 2025, you can only imagine how cringe any name this "movement" will be. www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Talk grows about new movement to replace ‘irretrievable’ Liberals
With the Liberal Party at one of its lowest ebbs with voters, some disaffected members are starting to think a new political movement might be the answer.
www.afr.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This being 2025, you can only imagine how cringe any name this "movement" will be. www.afr.com/politics/fed...
I thought he only banged the couch?
*boom titsh*
I thank you, try the veal.
*boom titsh*
I thank you, try the veal.
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I thought he only banged the couch?
*boom titsh*
I thank you, try the veal.
*boom titsh*
I thank you, try the veal.
If you're worried about your deliveries being stolen off your front porch, I recommend having a massive stack of cardboard you're not quite sure how to recycle there, so the packages blend right in. Follow me for more life hacks.
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
If you're worried about your deliveries being stolen off your front porch, I recommend having a massive stack of cardboard you're not quite sure how to recycle there, so the packages blend right in. Follow me for more life hacks.
This reminds me of the time I was talking to a pet shop owner who said that because they live so long, you need succession planning when you buy a Macaw.
Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This reminds me of the time I was talking to a pet shop owner who said that because they live so long, you need succession planning when you buy a Macaw.
I have not cringed so much listening to an interview since Naomi Wolf learned live on the BBC that the factual basis of her book was incorrect.
Watch til the end. How has no one asked her this before
www.youtube.com/shorts/yhhWj...
www.youtube.com/shorts/yhhWj...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera."
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I have not cringed so much listening to an interview since Naomi Wolf learned live on the BBC that the factual basis of her book was incorrect.