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Mari Murphy
@marimurphy.bsky.social
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she/her. LFC, movies, music, politics, nonsense.

Instagram: yourphotosarewellshit
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Up the Reds. Trans rights are human rights.

“never knowingly a knobhead, always a gobshite”
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Heheheheh
Conor Bradley’s post is seen in the background. In the foreground there is a comment se thin that includes a player we can’t see hyping him up and also your man Rahul Kohli telling Conor he had a MOTM performance that was “epic” Below that there’s a comment from hekitike that just says “Thanks” It is liked by the post author. No other visible comment is
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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MATES I AM IN ABSOLUTE TEARS AT THIS SET OF MESSAGES BETWEEN ME AND MY MOTHER
Today 15:41 SENT: Dick Cheney has died I dunno if you had champagne stored for the occasion, but it might be an occasion to play The Chicks RECEIVED: Yes, and Liverpool is playing well despite the ref* continually disrupting passing and running lanes Didn't care for Dick for sure
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Petition to make my digging deeper just a single sad selfie
I look mournfully at the camera in a silly hat (pink, reads “local goblin”) that is ill-fitting for the times
September 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I will miss Ederson, who gave me one of my fave Liverpool Twitter moments:
@ aj_ajsblue1 tweets: Ederson would walk into Liverpool's midfield. @ LF_1906 quote tweets him to say: Think he tried it once and Salah lobbed the fucker
September 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Have left my corrective fluid at home and am crying, crying

(Badge will be filled in just brought the wrong big pen as well lmao)
Filled in page where I chat shit about Newcastle a good bit)
August 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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I’ve actually let myself down a bit on the sketch but I was given two Guinness by mistake and did obv have to try to split the g on both before having a go at the badge. The f being as straight as it is given it’s off the tick marks is wild but — and I had a ruler for the sketch and not now
Two guinnesses with one drank to under the G and one splitting A rough but decent Newcastle badge and a lot of shit talking about their owners around it
August 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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In an empty pub on Lark Lane doing Liverpool prep below the formidable Blues chat, excellent afternoon
A Guinness and a water sit on a table near a sketchbook with the round NUF badge drawn to an okay level
August 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Unhinged lmao
VAR review: The ball was in contact with Senesi's right arm two times. The first when it rebounded off his thigh onto his arm, which was in an expected position. And then when Senesi made a deliberate swipe to knock the ball out of Ekitike's path. Oliver was too concerned with the first touch on the arm, which was clearly accidental and wouldn't be considered DOGSO, and didn't notice the second handball for the actual offense. Verdict: The incident was cleared too quickly, with Oliver only considering the first touch of the arm. This was clearly wrong as Senesi then deliberately knocked the ball from Ekitike's run. DOGSO on the halfway line is rare, but not unknown: Arsenal's Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent off against West Ham United last season through a VAR intervention. Senesi should have been shown the red card; only Liverpool's two late goals to secure the win prevented this from being a bigger talking point.
August 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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And I also hasten to add that this sort of thing is also why it’s often a great city to be in just normally? Small talk is a thing but it’s a gateway to actual chat vs elsewhere it’s a defense against actual connection. Like this viral bit is hilarious but also happens only in Liverpool lmao
One Star TripAdvisor review that reads: “My wife and I visited Liverpool for our 30th wedding anniversary from Texas. Our evening was ruined when a man dressed as an adult baby called my wife a ‘’mad yank slut’ because she’d never heard of a band called Steps”
August 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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I have to admit that I find this Bournemouth goalkeeping jersey to be delightful? Design whimsy. Not surprised to see Umbro (even if they're not quite the same as the Umbro of old).
August 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Gonna have to take a big deep breath to do a write up on this one and not sound malicious about the latter half and pens if I’m honest.

Think Sarr is now safely a scourge against us as well 🤣
Match day facts with background on Palace — founding, ownership, ground, finish last season, etc. Mentions that Wembley wouldn’t allow one of their tifos. Shows the last five played. On facing page is the lineups.
August 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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absolute legends xxx
An image showing that I have indeed received the sapphic cover of the current issue of Mundial
July 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I’m in really dangerous dad movie waters here, next viewing choice carries a lot of weight.
Four films: Nobody (four stars, rewatch); F1 (3.5 stars); reservoir dogs (four stars); Yi Yi (four stars)
July 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Post an actor in two roles that show their range.
Rooney Mara sits at a table looking at a printed receipt in Carol. She appears somewhat demure. Rooney Mara in heavy goth makeup with a severe dark haircut. She’s getting an ass tattoo.
June 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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What a man
Porto fan holds a scarf aloft with both hands, holding his plastic beer cup with his mouth. He’s wearing sunglasses. All the fans around him are seemingly disinterested, looking at phones, talking amongst themselves.
June 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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When you’re “just asking questions” because you’re “concerned” it will absolutely lead to anti-immigrant riots that have no basis in reality by the way.
Rebecca Loader (@rmloader) on Twitter: Grim scenes from Ballymena, a town that had exactly 0 people in receipt of asylum support in 2024. No "illegals" (not that any human should be seen that way); literally everyone was born there or was a legal migrant or refugee. (1/2) It is, however, a town led by a council that turned down £100k money earmarked to support the integration of dispersed refugees and others in 2023/24. (2/2)
June 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Rotting in the Sun.

Best to go into with absolutely no context beyond the premise imo, but do expect a very high dick-per-screen ratio (this is NSFW in parts fr). A dark humor film where we follow a depressed filmmaker travel to a Mexican nudist beach to be in crisis. A better time than it sounds.
Bright pink poster with the film's name flanked by a black in-negative image of a cock and balls formed by banana and apple cut in half
June 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Desert Hearts, a classic. Also obv great watch for feminist history re: divorce laws. Big in desert scenes, yearning, and symmetric use of breasts.

Available in US on Criterion or MAX,, purely rentable in UK

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Visuals: mariwatchesmovies.tumblr.com/post/7558444...
Blue-toned movie poster with the title Desert Hearts in the clouds above a road. The foreground is a closeup of a car being driven on the road trailing behind, with two women in a convertible seen from chest-up, looking away from each other. Both are white, one blonde, one black-haired, wearing sunglasses. The passenger — the blonde — looks more put-together: she wears a prim hat, her hair is neatly back, and she has a pearl necklace visible between her jacket and shirt set. The driver's black hair is loose in the wind, and she wears a short-sleeved darker blue shirt, and looks freer. Both of their outfits suggest lightly a period piece from the middle third of the 19th century.
June 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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I enjoyed this video
June 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Event alert: Football Black List Celebration 2025 is at Anfield

Can’t find them on this app so apologies to Football Black List if you are here and my searching is poor.

Register interest at [email protected]
Promotional image for A Celebration of Black Achievement in Football in Liverpool scheduled for 25 July 2025 at Anfield Hosted graphics by Football Black List and the FA (For All) officialfootieblacklist (Instagram name) say: The Football Black List Celebration, supported by The FA, is coming to Liverpool on Friday, July 25th! Hosted at Anfield, the evening will celebrate and recognise the incredible achievements of the Black football community in Liverpool. To register your interest, please email events@timetorefresh.co.uk.
June 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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To put my money where my mouth is so to speak, this is the text conversation I had with my mother (still in SoCal) after it was clear it was becoming something, but still hours ago yet, and before I saw this entire discourse:
Yesterday 21:15 Are you guys seceding? I'm putting Dad up as the president of our new nation What the hell, sure As long as he doesn't nepotism his older brother in Ugly things are moving faster than I had expected from this administration. I did not back them to be as effective as they have been, but I suppose I failed to take into account that ICE was increasing massively under Biden so basically all they needed was something of a "go on, do whatever you want" to get to this They've been building ICE insanely -taking in sheriffs, etc. it's bad and unhinged
June 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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The clickbait titles about Conor Bradley in articles out today really underscore what I hate about transfer “journalism.”

This is about him thinking he’d missed his chance in 2022 when sent on loan to Bolton. Notice they’ve selected a non-LFC affiliated photo to raise questions as well.
“Conor Bradley's 'that's me done here' admission says a lot after Liverpool transfer exit” 9 hours ago The Mirror
June 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Friend I fear he is at it once again
Mo Salah thirst trap lounging at the beach
June 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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I won't generally post real reviews in this thread (mine or those from others!) but I think Monica is worth trying to characterize. This is one of the most popular reviews of it on Letterboxd, and it rang true for me.
user Hari Nef says: there have been several versions of this story—a fraught transsexual homecoming—floating around hollywood for years vying for a green light. i'm happy this one took it home elegantly photographed, intelligently framed. scripted with precision and restraint. every frame breathes trace lysette is a movie star and i look up to her a lot
June 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Monica (2022)

so gorgeous I prioritized watching everything from the cinematographer. A trans woman goes home as her mother's health declines — but this isn't a coming out or a reveal

Visuals:
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2. mariwatchesmovies.tumblr.com/post/7398355...
A cool-toned, deep mid-blue poster that features only a close-up of a woman's face. She looks up with her eyes closed, and the light from above makes the high points of her face a golden yellow while the shadows are cool blue. Her lips are the only divergence from this color story, as their red color comes through. The word "MONICA" appears in right across her raised chin and neck
June 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM