John Murphy

Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #355 - At the International Film Festival in Berlin, jury president Wim Wenders sparked controversy, stating that art and artists are “the counterweight to polit... Dear Rainer, I have known Wim for over forty years, and his response to the question at the Berlinale moved me deeply. It reaffirmed my...

Who: @nickcave63.bsky.social

What: A response on @wimwenderswindow.bsky.social

Why: this is important, art does not serve as a voice of the world, art is the voice of the soul, and as such it is beyond politic yet not ignoring it....

Source: RedHandfiles
www.theredhandfiles.com/film-festiva...

Yes Canada is the nation whose invite was rescinded. Really? Is there anything else you need to know just that right there.

Damn you Jordan! You are such a good Nation.

Who: NWO 3.0
What: an image is worth 1000 words
Why: it scares me
Source: oooof Al Jazeera had the best graphic

The dynamics of bicycles for disaster recovery and relief - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - The dynamics of bicycles for disaster recovery and relief

Who : Cyclists

What: Disasters

Why: Because when I read "The Road" I was like... why are these idiots not on bikes?

There is really cutting edge research showing that Because are one of the most important tools in disasters to help maintain infrastructure.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Tools from EFF's Tech Team EFF’s team of technologists and computer scientists engineers solutions to the problems of sneaky tracking, inconsistent encryption, and more. Where users face threats to their privacy and security

Where users face threats to their privacy and security online, EFF’s technology tools are there to defend them. www.eff.org/tools

Dutch Queen Maxima joins army as a reservist, as "safety can no longer be taken for granted" The Netherlands' Queen Maxima wants to contribute to her country's safety, the royal family says, as Europe's defense anxieties deepen.

Who: The Queen of Denmark
What: when royalty takes up swords again
Why: it foretells of the coming battles humanity will soon engage in

Dutch Queen Maxima joins army as a reservist, as "safety can no longer be taken for granted" - CBS News share.google/OXSzboLIzODk...

Syria gives Kurds four days to accept integration as US signals end of support Syria announced a ceasefire with Kurdish forces it has seized swathes of territory from in the northeast and gave them four days to agree on integrating into the central state, which their main ally, ...

Horrors

Syria gives Kurds four days to accept integration as US signals end of support | Reuters share.google/6NNIBdSI6DOL...

Kurdish-led SDF says armed group attacks Islamic State prison as Syrian forces tighten grip The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday that forces affiliated with the Syrian government attacked Shaddadi prison in Hasaka in Syria's northeast, where it said thousands of Islamic St...

The incorporation of ISIL into the new Syrian Regime

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Machado presents her Nobel award to Trump, prompting incredulity in Norway "This is incredibly embarrassing," Raymond Johansen, a Norwegian lawmaker for the center-left Labour Party, said in a Facebook post.

I mean, yeah, end stage capitalism, it is pathetic. When democratic leaders drop to their knees to appease despotic rulers. Global justice is against the ropes and bleeding.

www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/t...

Joint Statement on Greenland Statement by President Macron of France, Chancellor Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Tusk of Poland, Prime Minister Sánchez of Spain, Prime Minister Starmer of the Unite...

What: didn't invade Greenland
Who: Europe
Source: joint statement
Why: WWIII is going to be weird.

www.governo.it/en/articolo/...

RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy)This article has b…

Who: Monsanto, Science

What: Retraction of the "round up is safe" paper back in 2000

Why: these people are evil, they bought the scientists

Source: science direct retraction notice

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

For me... Superman.... Because it's been a (long)while since I've seen a simple sincere narrative about simple sincere good guys. And reality.... movies really affect the world.
Good guys... Bring it @jamesgunn.bsky.social

What: policy memo banning asylum and immigration from 19 developing nations

Who: Homeland SSecurity

Why: xenophobia

Source: memorandum PDF

PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf share.google/Fnq903CLy7oB...

What: a lawsuit suing food manufacturers who have made food toxic

Who: San Francisco

Why: the cost from toxic food is killing not just us, but cities now, it's a picnic health crisis.

Source: PDF of charges

sfcityattorney.org/wp-content/u...

The Tragedy of the Commons The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.

Literally THE textbook real world example of Hardin.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

So I'm assuming this sets judicial law on the matter.
TWINKIES AWAYYYYY!!!!!!

Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault

I am assuming this sets judicial law.
#twinkiesaway!!!!

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

Why I’m an AI hater - A few reasons My Top 10 list of why I’m an AI HATER (despite being an early adopter to technology and I have many more): My brain works and I use it. AI makes already lazy folx more lazy. The environmental …

Simple succinct to the point.
I agree at every level.

mclemoremr.medium.com/why-im-an-ai...

Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area

That's odd.
And just a little paranoid?
Or?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

If you reflect on this article through the understanding Sepah Al Quds directed this... I title this..."How Iran destroyed the efficacy of civil disobedience in the West" (and thus empowered dictators and autocrats)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...

Every town is run by a guy who lives in the highlands with armed guards who drive around in a SUV with AR-15s.
Who writes about how he is afraid of the day that the peasants rise up with torches and pitchforks?.

What's their point for real?

Oppression of the poor.

Class maintenance.

Gun safety advocates warn of a surge in untraceable 3D-printed weapons in the US Police in a handful of big cities have seen an increase in 3D printed guns over the last few years. That's leading gun-safety advocates, law enforcement, legislators and industry experts to seek early...

This is why gun control will not work.
And a safe society is a society...
where people choose not to commit violence.

Everything else is delusion.
Everytown wastes our energy and keeps us from a better world by their authoritarian approach to safety.

apnews.com/article/ghos...

Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries will debate on C-SPAN The yet-to-be-scheduled showdown will take place on "Ceasefire," hosted by POLITICO's Dasha Burns.

But imagine if this makes the dissent worse?
Where does that take us

search.app/Vvzkz

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

What: ride a bike
Who: SA
Cool retro revisit

www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

Yeeeek

Source: The Guardian
search.app/Zpazr

How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in conversation From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future

Daaaaamn

"Liz Truss, my boss and colleague, who became prime minister in the United Kingdom, basically thought that her job was Instagram and campaigning, ."

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Hospital Staffing and Patient Outcomes After Private Equity Acquisition | Annals of Internal Medicine Background: After private equity acquisition, hospitals may experience changes in staffing with implications for patients. Objective: To examine hospital staffing and patient outcomes in emergency dep...

Who: public health

What: patient safetyvs Private Equity

Why: Hired evidence that private equity firms are killing patients Nationwide as they place profit over humanity

Source: ACP

www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Tylenol and autism: What parents deserve to know Nuance and empowerment instead of underestimation.

For the non-scientist.

yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/tylenol-an...

Billionaire surveillance enthusiast set to acquire TikTok's US operations In the near future, Larry Ellison, an 81-year-old tech oligarch, could be in control of one of the world's most powerful media empires.

Important read

popular.info/p/billionair...

State of Global Water Resources 2024

What:
global water cycle ∆s is growing.
Who:
world meteorological organization
Why:
So CNN headlined about the water cycle becoming more entropic today. Of course they did not link to the study. This is the study.

Source:
wmo.int/publication-...