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Brian Murphy

@burrite.bsky.social

Historian writing about the founding of Paterson, N.J. and the Passaic River. Brennan Center fellow studying state constitutions. Jersey guy, got a scar at Action Park. StateConstitutionsLab.org

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03.12.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello! @adamsopko.bsky.social and I have been working on a proposal to charter an AALS Section on State Constitutional Law. We believe that such a section is long overdue and that it is urgent to foster scholarly community and support in a growing discipline. Links to support this effort below: ⬇️

01.12.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

This is great!

01.12.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s at 60% disapproval you cowards

29.11.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And nobody in that useless credentialed press corps is remotely curious.

29.11.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dutch apple crumb pie to finish the day and the chocolate cherry brioche that started it.

Tomorrow is leg day so it’s fine.

28.11.2025 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hemispherical Stacks | Hemispherical Stacks An exploration of planetary computation, emerging geopolitics, and Hemispherical Stacksβ€”covering AI infrastructure, cloud platforms, sovereignty, and the future architecture of global power.

@nilsgilman.bsky.social’s β€œClimate Leviathan” in hemstacks.antikythera.org takes us to China’s emergence "as the comprehensive titan of the technology that would define the central development agenda of the twenty-first century.” This is @greatdismal.bsky.social’s post-Jackpot world made real.

27.11.2025 04:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fabulous balmacaan on him

27.11.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Time for a blogger ethics panel

26.11.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wtf

25.11.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait what is this real?

24.11.2025 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How about EU compensation rules for canceled flights instead of this bs

24.11.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yup it sure does

24.11.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Scout camp leader mugs are β€œthe worst coffee you ever had during one of the best weeks ever”

24.11.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent mug.

24.11.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Madness reigns lol

22.11.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trader Joe’s parking lots are up there

22.11.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone’s done the Wrath of Khan Starfleet Field Coat as a unisex cardigan.

21.11.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

They’re all in good standing! No big hand wringing conversations about who should be denied communion.

These are violent assaults an incarcerations of the faithful by the state & denial of access to sacraments. Arguably the most violent state assault on the RC Church in the modern US.

Crickets.

21.11.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a tremendous failure of leadership that US bishops openly talk about withholding the sacrament from Democratic elected officials for their abortion stances while JD Vance embraces Nazis and a significant chunk of the flock smash like buttons on ICE’s snuff content and there’s not a word spoken

21.11.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would love to see Leo visit Chicago and insist on visiting this facility and see MAGA Catholics lose their minds

21.11.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy cow that’s what he looks like now

20.11.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What even is that original post?

20.11.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m still dialing in the timing, grind settings, etc. There’s an app called Aeromatic that’s been useful.

I took it camping on a canoe trip with some scouts this summer where we were off grid and I just didn’t want to rely on instant (which tbh has gotten pretty great).

20.11.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I travel with this now and my own grinder and it’s totally worth the space and weight

20.11.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio
YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio

Jazz OTD: Miles Davis and Gil Evans's reimagining of the first movement of JoaquΓ­n Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" is an iconic moment in 20th-century music, stretching the boundaries of jazz contributions. They recorded it on November 20, 1959 for the landmark album "Sketches of Spain." #jazzsky

20.11.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: β€˜Who is part of the nation and who is not?’ After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign

I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.

18.11.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 770    πŸ” 219    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 18

It’s Tuesday

18.11.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mark Sanford was running for president?

18.11.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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