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MurphySG

@murphysg.bsky.social

Canadian in Singapore doing the do

created August 25, 2023

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My guess is he is in the hospital getting a procedure. They don’t want to show him as weak so they are avoiding telling anyone he needs surgery (bypass?).

30/8/2025, 12:48:26 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This suggests there might also be an over-easy detective.

27/8/2025, 9:41:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Clearly, someone finally got it through his head what’s happening there.

21/8/2025, 6:57:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Took Via Toronto to Ottawa. I had a lot of luggage (living out of suitcases right now). Ended up booking Business to avoid the hassle and additional costs. Carry on only is joke. There should be no limit to baggage.

21/8/2025, 6:46:04 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Isn’t that the point?

13/8/2025, 11:08:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

God, I hope not.

13/8/2025, 12:52:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

The Sun not my Mom’s place. Any comparisons are my own and not the responsibility of this app.

12/8/2025, 10:39:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Squatting (from time to time) at my Mom’s place, where The Sun is delivered daily. It’s always been a rag, but it paints a very bleak picture of life in Toronto (and the World at large). Seriously. It’s as if nothing ever happens that is positive. And people are swimming in this pool of negativity.

12/8/2025, 10:38:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Hush. It won’t be long before it’s too damn cold!

12/8/2025, 10:04:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Getting away gives me joy.

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11/8/2025, 1:14:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

This is not only a Toronto issue. It’s a global one.

9/8/2025, 8:12:30 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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8/8/2025, 1:17:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have been driving a lot (for me) this summer and have noticed the change. The 401 is way more aggressive with drivers who weave and tailgate. Happy to note that it’s a lot calmer on roads off the highway.

4/8/2025, 2:30:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

They are centrist. The problem is that the centre has shifted rightward. So much so that we can’t recognise the centre.

3/8/2025, 11:37:06 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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the main thing you need to know about all these tariffs is that Donny's name is on every page of the Epstein Files

1/8/2025, 1:54:10 AM | 11700 3392 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

He is so thirsty for the Peace Prize.

26/7/2025, 4:28:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

What did they think would happen?

22/7/2025, 12:51:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

You sound like you need to touch grass.

19/7/2025, 2:53:43 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s the right to bear arms people, right? The people who swear they need guns to protect from government overreach, right?! They are going to fight the power… right?

12/7/2025, 11:25:27 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My gut tells me that the idea Clark Kent’s Kansas parents are a source of moral strength is the biggest fiction of this new film. In what world aren’t they mainlining Newsmax and Fox News while wearing red ball caps? Perhaps their ability to resist their neighbours is the point?

12/7/2025, 1:57:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Urban trees are the difference between a good city and great city.

11/7/2025, 2:28:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This wins.

10/7/2025, 5:51:20 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The double act of Rob Ford and John Tory are the slide to do nothing. All of Miller’s momentum sucked dry. Looking ahead… Toronto can’t fall for this kind of ‘leadership’ again.

8/7/2025, 10:50:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hit the Toronto Fringe at the Tarragon and saw $$$. The show is excellent! Two artists who’ve lost their funding struggle to make the best of their budget! Chaos. Go see it! #torontofringe #comedy

8/7/2025, 8:19:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I’ve been wandering the streets of Toronto and taking 100% public. Despite summer construction diversions, this city is awesome. It’s been ages since I lived here full time. I can feel the pull to return.

8/7/2025, 3:47:47 AM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Clearly he is forgetting. If anyone thought Biden was old and dottery, Trump trumps him. Can’t even remember his own ‘great’ deals.

7/7/2025, 11:44:40 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Comical. Absolute clown show.

7/7/2025, 11:41:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I love Raiders. Love it. Please just make new original films. Stop trying to remake or iterate the past.

2/7/2025, 7:44:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Ranked choice voting would also help.

2/7/2025, 12:58:24 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

I am down! Slow roasted beets are the best.

12/6/2025, 8:34:14 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Clearly… I can’t count. But let’s be fair and put five faces on our Mount Rushmore. Odd numbers are more aesthetically pleasing.

12/6/2025, 8:28:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

If not Prince and Brian Wilson… who? Nothing deranged about including those two. The question would be… who are the other three?

12/6/2025, 8:25:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Elvis is not a hero to most.

12/6/2025, 8:23:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Travel, and the perspective that comes with travel, would solve 85% of the resistance to progress.

12/6/2025, 8:05:24 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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How long before they shooting citizens who protest in the streets!?

4/6/2025, 7:49:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Less than one month before my flight. Will this be the end of 19 years?

30/5/2025, 5:46:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Zone of Interest and Son of Saul double feature... two sides of the same horror.

21/5/2025, 6:38:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is this just Reagan's Star Wars all over again? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

21/5/2025, 6:30:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

JD and the Bear? Will you be trying to outwit Sheriff Lobo on each pod?

18/5/2025, 2:32:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Isn’t Grok using Twitter for its base of data? Does it surprise anyone that Grok is spouting white supremacy and holocaust denial? Consider the source.

18/5/2025, 2:15:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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He is the dog we sent to live on a farm up north (only it wasn’t a euphemism).

15/5/2025, 6:50:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The desire to “soak in it” is real. I was so sad it was over. I want more.

14/5/2025, 9:16:23 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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14/5/2025, 3:14:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Vietnam.

14/5/2025, 3:05:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Scrappy is a good word for it. Blue Steel has a similar feel, as does Near Dark.

14/5/2025, 2:55:33 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I was surprised to be reminded how beautiful he was as a young man. I am so used to how he looks now (still attractive but… older).

14/5/2025, 2:54:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What a cast.

13/5/2025, 2:03:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Got around to watching Strange Days. A lot better than I remember it being (and also just a little rough around the edges).

13/5/2025, 2:02:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All funds and resources were being diverted to their Hail Mary—the Death Star.

13/5/2025, 12:35:14 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Was happy to see it appear on Criterion Channel. Will be rewatching soon. Had to jump on Blue Steel first.

11/5/2025, 5:59:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

He was an important step to the rebellion. Don’t count him out. He won’t survive it and what it has become won’t remember him. But he was essential to the traction it eventually finds.

7/5/2025, 7:46:51 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social)

Perfectly sunny day on fake Friday.

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30/4/2025, 4:32:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So… Pierre Poilievre just lost his seat? Crazy. Doug Ford is going to take the cannoli.

29/4/2025, 9:27:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

She didn’t even show up for the candidates debate. Not cool.

29/4/2025, 4:47:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There are so few independent bookstores (heck… bookstores even) in Singapore. I will see what I can do.

26/4/2025, 3:36:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Meanwhile… genZ.

25/4/2025, 6:08:16 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Just hold your fist up in solidarity. Leave the interpretation to others.

25/4/2025, 5:09:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

I think of the hatred for Toronto’s streetcars from certain sectors and I am so glad we decided to hold the line and keep them.

25/4/2025, 5:07:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Saw another post celebrating this release and my first thought was, I am happy for them! My second was, nope, not for me.

25/4/2025, 5:06:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

He wishes he was Blaine. That’s part of his problem. The Blaine’s of the world rejected him too.

25/4/2025, 5:00:12 AM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Choose the Bear.

25/4/2025, 12:19:20 AM | 15 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

The ride is real.

19/4/2025, 6:18:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Whew!

19/4/2025, 4:56:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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“The very best people”

19/4/2025, 4:56:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s a broad brush. It probably says more about who you were exposed to than anything else. My family rented, as did nearly everyone I knew. And that was true until I moved to a different neighbourhood.

18/4/2025, 8:52:30 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is it just me or is Black Bag best described as Sex, Lies, and Videotape meets Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy?

16/4/2025, 3:14:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Keep searching

16/4/2025, 12:18:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Looking like moving back to the homeland is the destination this year. I am not ready.

15/4/2025, 7:50:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

The article. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

15/4/2025, 7:48:29 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It is entirely problematic that he sees thing as a zero sum. Trade is not about screwing people over, it’s about exchange. Screwing people over means they will find others with whom to trade. China’s Xi Jinping is in Vietnam to figure out how to ‘screw’ the US, says Trump

15/4/2025, 7:47:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Do not come to Singapore. Kiasu slow walkers everywhere.

9/4/2025, 5:07:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lilley was offended? Sounds like Carney is on the right track.

8/4/2025, 7:15:26 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So pleased it’s coming back. Fingers crossed for a great season.

8/4/2025, 6:23:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I still think Rick just met his actual father and that the finale will se a proper reunion. Also, Saxon is about to redeem himself.

1/4/2025, 3:38:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

I think it was the Rebel Mayor’s residence, no?

1/4/2025, 12:12:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway: It was the best of times, it was Mrs. Dalloway.

31/3/2025, 3:06:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

Excellent choices.

31/3/2025, 1:51:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Two things can be true.

30/3/2025, 2:07:00 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Residence on Netfix has been so much fun so far. Uzo Aduba is a delight!

29/3/2025, 9:17:03 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

And he never leaves the US base while there. How much money spent for a photo op?

29/3/2025, 2:26:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I have never been happier that I am a subscriber to The Atlantic.

27/3/2025, 12:59:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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On the same train. Did not want to hear this announcement.

27/3/2025, 5:01:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Your vibes are on point.

26/3/2025, 3:10:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This kind of sounds like a Nick Cave song. Is Kylie Minogue involved?

26/3/2025, 7:43:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It is spectacular and I cannot wait. Andor, so far, has been everything I have wanted from Star Wars as an adult who saw the first film in a theatre during the original run.

26/3/2025, 7:42:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good.

20/3/2025, 9:16:26 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The lack of transparency. What is he afraid of?

19/3/2025, 4:35:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Now that my hair is grey, I wonder if I might qualify to join The Sons of Lee Marvin.

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18/3/2025, 1:06:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

This exactly. Nothing wrong with them per se, they just need someone to give them guard rails. I find creativity comes with limits. I hope they have to make something low budget again.

18/3/2025, 7:43:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture MurphySG (@murphysg.bsky.social) reply parent

That’s my read on it as well. I think they excelled on TV, where show runners reign, and inside Marvel, where Feige and others do the same. They might have a solid eye for actors and are able to execute, but they need a firm hand guiding them.

18/3/2025, 4:44:28 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Haven’t seen it yet but my gut told me to expect something like this. It bums me out. We need big swings like this but we keep giving them to folks like the Russos who can’t seem to find traction since Endgame.

18/3/2025, 12:19:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A great alternative to Audible. Bezos can step off.

16/3/2025, 12:43:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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These are the types of songs that play in Singapore taxis.

16/3/2025, 12:36:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Charles is our head of state. Regardless of how we might feel about him, it’s an important face-to-face.

16/3/2025, 12:33:08 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So much peace.

16/3/2025, 12:11:02 AM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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No but you be sure government procurement will be pushed to do so.

12/3/2025, 12:28:46 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Canadian flag on an American backpack.

12/3/2025, 12:14:34 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Sounds like snowbirds should consider Mexico, Costa Rica, or somewhere in the Caribbean. I be they would be very open to Canadian money.

11/3/2025, 11:56:12 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Imagine if someone had said this sort of thing would happen unless the ceasefire had guarantees of protection.

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11/3/2025, 11:48:50 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I agree that diplomacy is the only true solution. I wonder if this administration would agree the same is true for Gaza?

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