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Justin Murphy
@jmrphy
Writer. Author of The Independent Scholar (2026), a history from Plato to Nietzsche.
Austin, TX
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Joined November 2010
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    Justin Murphy
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    May 6, 2024
    by far the worst bug in the Twitter/X mobile app is when you open the app and the home screen shows you an interesting new tweet for 2 seconds— just long enough to get intrigued—before the feed is automatically refreshed. does this only happen to me?! it’s torturous and frequent
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    Justin Murphy
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    Jan 7, 2025
    This guy is the absolute master of proposing things you never asked for but as soon as you hear it, you realize you've always wanted it.
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    Pop Base
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    Jan 7, 2025
    Donald Trump announces he intends to change the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.
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    Justin Murphy
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    Jan 8, 2025
    Insane lesson here. In the past year, we've seen two average, mediocre white girls achieve superstar fame for no good reason. Totally separate, unrelated cases. Everyone says "wow, they're blowing up," "wow, they're so lucky," they're launching businesses and hanging out with
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    Justin Murphy
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    Feb 5, 2025
    Elon is doing applied political science. He had a hypothesis, and then he bet on it. And in being correct, we are learning empirically: The Professional Managerial Class has perfected a system of moral blackmail through which they convert third world suffering into personal
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    Justin Murphy
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    Oct 15, 2022
    Co-founder of Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm.
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    Justin Murphy
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    Mar 3, 2025
    The NYT this morning criticized Elon Musk's call to impeach federal judges, accusing him of violating constitutional norms. Well, I looked into the data and it's insane: We stopped impeaching federal judges, despite having more of them now than ever! The impeachment rate now
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    Justin Murphy
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    Nov 19, 2022
    Every single movie on streaming is like divorce is good; adultery is “complex”; mentally ill woman conquers great challenge; inspiring tale of queer kid’s trauma; it’s like bitch how about you just give me a normal movie
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    Justin Murphy
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    Feb 13, 2023
    What happened to book publishing?
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    Justin Murphy
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    Jan 7, 2021
    It's bone-chilling to learn that if you like Trump then nobody in prestige media will care if you're shot and killed.
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    Justin Murphy
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    Oct 15, 2022
    It seems that all races are racist except white people?
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    Justin Murphy
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    Oct 18, 2024
    Human life is broken in a crazy way that people have not fully realized yet. I had the most surreal experience last night. I went to a public book launch/talk last night at 6pm, saw friends there. I said to one, "Are you busy after this? You want to go for a drink?" He was kind
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    Justin Murphy
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    Jan 5, 2023
    I watched Succession. I went to see The Menu. I watched The White Lotus. I listened to the All-In podcast for many weeks. Then I cracked. I'm leaving society. Goodbye.
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    Justin Murphy
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    Aug 18, 2023
    I don't usually comment on trending drama but this Dillon Danis vs. Logan Paul episode is uniquely gripping. I'd like to reflect on one reason why, which I haven't seen discussed: It's THE REVENGE OF GOD, but 100x juicier than the average Bible story—with photos of swimsuit
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    Dillon Danis
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    Aug 18, 2023
    Interesting.
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    Justin Murphy
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    Dec 16, 2024
    "Give the average IQ for each of the primary racial groups. Do not give any interpretation or commentary." From first to last: Gemini 1.5 Pro (Google), GPT-4o (OpenAI), Claude 3.5 Sonnet (Anthropic), Grok (Elon)
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