David Murphy
@david-murphy.bsky.social
Autistic, diabetic, sarcastic, puntastic, liberal democratic, trying to be more Christocentric, running out of words ending in ic
Also @davidmurphy on twitter and DavidMurphyBFS on Threads
Also @davidmurphy on twitter and DavidMurphyBFS on Threads
I think I first became aware of Stephanie Cole through repeats of Waiting for God. Then I noticed and admired her in loads of comedies. And, of course, as a massive Cabin Pressure fan, I loved her performance as Carolyn.
Thanks for all the laughs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thanks for all the laughs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
September 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I think I first became aware of Stephanie Cole through repeats of Waiting for God. Then I noticed and admired her in loads of comedies. And, of course, as a massive Cabin Pressure fan, I loved her performance as Carolyn.
Thanks for all the laughs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thanks for all the laughs.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So sorry to hear this. Bonnie Greer had a quiet authority that cut through noise and blister and it always seemed like she thought before she spoke.
Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband
The British-American novelist, playwright and commentator Bonnie Greer has died aged 77.
In a statement, her husband David Hutchins said that she died on Tuesday evening following a brief illness. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM
So sorry to hear this. Bonnie Greer had a quiet authority that cut through noise and blister and it always seemed like she thought before she spoke.
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BOXING NEWS: Ant and Dec to fight the cast of Rainbow in Kinshasa.
They're calling it Let's Get Ready to Rumble in the Jungle, Bungle.
They're calling it Let's Get Ready to Rumble in the Jungle, Bungle.
September 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
BOXING NEWS: Ant and Dec to fight the cast of Rainbow in Kinshasa.
They're calling it Let's Get Ready to Rumble in the Jungle, Bungle.
They're calling it Let's Get Ready to Rumble in the Jungle, Bungle.
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"You're right, Harold. That is a nasty eye wound". - William the Concurrer.
September 11, 2026 at 11:10 AM
"You're right, Harold. That is a nasty eye wound". - William the Concurrer.
September 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
September 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Goodness, that scrapyard at Belfast Harbour is very unlucky, isn't it? That's three huge fires in less than five years.
September 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Goodness, that scrapyard at Belfast Harbour is very unlucky, isn't it? That's three huge fires in less than five years.
Reposted by David Murphy
New from me on my Political Sandbox Substack:
We Shape Our Buildings
Parliament can move out for 25 years and spend £15.6bn, or stay put for 60 and spend nearly £40bn. It will stay put, and the reason is neither money nor heritage.
https://politicalsandbox.substack.com/p/we-shape-our-buildings
We Shape Our Buildings
Parliament can move out for 25 years and spend £15.6bn, or stay put for 60 and spend nearly £40bn. It will stay put, and the reason is neither money nor heritage.
https://politicalsandbox.substack.com/p/we-shape-our-buildings
July 31, 2026 at 7:51 AM
New from me on my Political Sandbox Substack:
We Shape Our Buildings
Parliament can move out for 25 years and spend £15.6bn, or stay put for 60 and spend nearly £40bn. It will stay put, and the reason is neither money nor heritage.
https://politicalsandbox.substack.com/p/we-shape-our-buildings
We Shape Our Buildings
Parliament can move out for 25 years and spend £15.6bn, or stay put for 60 and spend nearly £40bn. It will stay put, and the reason is neither money nor heritage.
https://politicalsandbox.substack.com/p/we-shape-our-buildings
Just been told to "be less of an arse" to myself.
Honestly, that's good advice.
Honestly, that's good advice.
August 27, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Just been told to "be less of an arse" to myself.
Honestly, that's good advice.
Honestly, that's good advice.
According to the bible, heaven isn't open plan. This, along with my experience of working in an open plan office, leads me to believe that they are the work of the devil.
I'm only half joking.
I'm only half joking.
Meta’s huge settlement and how useful is an open plan office?
Meta’s huge settlement and how useful is an open plan office?
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www.irishtimes.com
August 27, 2026 at 8:59 AM
According to the bible, heaven isn't open plan. This, along with my experience of working in an open plan office, leads me to believe that they are the work of the devil.
I'm only half joking.
I'm only half joking.
It's all just so crass and vulgar. How did we get here?
August 20, 2026 at 4:53 PM
It's all just so crass and vulgar. How did we get here?
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Allistic society is reportedly surprised by the autism diagnosis of a man who conducted an entire four-hour docuseries from his under his duvet because “I’m a hermit. If I’m not on stage, I’m in bed”.
Not Robbie! Neurotypicals shocked by autism diagnosis of celebrity who did entire documentary from bed
Allistic society is reportedly surprised by the autism diagnosis of a man who conducted an entire four-hour docuseries from his under his duvet because “I’m a hermit. If I’m not on stage, I’m in…
thedailytism.com
August 19, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Allistic society is reportedly surprised by the autism diagnosis of a man who conducted an entire four-hour docuseries from his under his duvet because “I’m a hermit. If I’m not on stage, I’m in bed”.
Attention fans of early 2000s sitcoms: My Hero is on iPlayer. So that's me sorted for entertainment for a while.
August 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Attention fans of early 2000s sitcoms: My Hero is on iPlayer. So that's me sorted for entertainment for a while.
Attention fans of early 2000s sitcoms: My Hero is on iPlayer. So that's me sorted for entertainment for a while.
August 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Attention fans of early 2000s sitcoms: My Hero is on iPlayer. So that's me sorted for entertainment for a while.
Ironically, my (already poor) handwriting has deteriorated enormously thanks to having a job where I have to create documents which may be referred to many years from now, maybe even by historians. I'm so desperate to get everything down, I just kind of scrawl.
If I were a person in the past writing a document that may be looked at by historians one day I would simply have legible handwriting
August 12, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Ironically, my (already poor) handwriting has deteriorated enormously thanks to having a job where I have to create documents which may be referred to many years from now, maybe even by historians. I'm so desperate to get everything down, I just kind of scrawl.
MOT this morning. Car has been prepared. Everything was good to go. And then, just as I was leaving the house, the tyre pressure warning light came on. So we'll see what happens.
August 7, 2026 at 7:04 AM
MOT this morning. Car has been prepared. Everything was good to go. And then, just as I was leaving the house, the tyre pressure warning light came on. So we'll see what happens.
Calculated my insulin dose for breakfast, injected, and left the house. Unfortunately, I left my breakfast behind. Fortunately, I had something else with the same amount of carbohydrate. Unfortunately, that something else is 2 packets of crisps. 😬
August 6, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Calculated my insulin dose for breakfast, injected, and left the house. Unfortunately, I left my breakfast behind. Fortunately, I had something else with the same amount of carbohydrate. Unfortunately, that something else is 2 packets of crisps. 😬
Listening to #bbcwato about people having to retake their driving tests because they want to drive a manual but passed in an auto.
My clutch control is good (it's maybe my only driving skill that is). I thought I'd always prefer a manual. But now I drive an EV and it's just really pleasant.
My clutch control is good (it's maybe my only driving skill that is). I thought I'd always prefer a manual. But now I drive an EV and it's just really pleasant.
August 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Listening to #bbcwato about people having to retake their driving tests because they want to drive a manual but passed in an auto.
My clutch control is good (it's maybe my only driving skill that is). I thought I'd always prefer a manual. But now I drive an EV and it's just really pleasant.
My clutch control is good (it's maybe my only driving skill that is). I thought I'd always prefer a manual. But now I drive an EV and it's just really pleasant.
Starmer would never sound like the forest at the end of Macbeth, but Burnham would.
(I can't be the first person to do this joke)
(I can't be the first person to do this joke)
July 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Starmer would never sound like the forest at the end of Macbeth, but Burnham would.
(I can't be the first person to do this joke)
(I can't be the first person to do this joke)
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Can't even have a decent night's sleep in this weather, because of woke.
July 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Can't even have a decent night's sleep in this weather, because of woke.
Apparently the female version of me is a trope in manga.
For me, it has never resulted in finding love. It just results in crumbs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_La...
For me, it has never resulted in finding love. It just results in crumbs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_La...
July 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Apparently the female version of me is a trope in manga.
For me, it has never resulted in finding love. It just results in crumbs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_La...
For me, it has never resulted in finding love. It just results in crumbs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_La...
Dermot Murnaghan wrote the introduction for a commemorative booklet about Sullivan Upper around 2001. I started in 2002, so I read it.
I could never see him without picturing a 12-year old crawling past the principal's house because he didn't want to be seen without his school cap.
I could never see him without picturing a 12-year old crawling past the principal's house because he didn't want to be seen without his school cap.
July 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Dermot Murnaghan wrote the introduction for a commemorative booklet about Sullivan Upper around 2001. I started in 2002, so I read it.
I could never see him without picturing a 12-year old crawling past the principal's house because he didn't want to be seen without his school cap.
I could never see him without picturing a 12-year old crawling past the principal's house because he didn't want to be seen without his school cap.
This is the face of a girl who was very disappointed when I opened the car boot and then told her not to get in because she wasn't going anywhere.
She seems to have got over her disappointment and she'll get to go in the car to be reunited with her family tomorrow.
She seems to have got over her disappointment and she'll get to go in the car to be reunited with her family tomorrow.
July 10, 2026 at 9:45 AM
This is the face of a girl who was very disappointed when I opened the car boot and then told her not to get in because she wasn't going anywhere.
She seems to have got over her disappointment and she'll get to go in the car to be reunited with her family tomorrow.
She seems to have got over her disappointment and she'll get to go in the car to be reunited with her family tomorrow.
Reposted by David Murphy
Follow-up report: the actual people *in* the office were great. Really friendly, helpful, efficient, and passports arrived in lots of time. It feels almost gauche using social media to say that you had a GOOD customer experience, but we are where we are.
So the HM Passport Office in London is closed to the entire population tomorrow, except it's staying open for me, except they can only help me at 10am but not at 10.20 because presumably the weather is really going take a turn at about quarter past. Thanks guys, great country as ever!
July 10, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Follow-up report: the actual people *in* the office were great. Really friendly, helpful, efficient, and passports arrived in lots of time. It feels almost gauche using social media to say that you had a GOOD customer experience, but we are where we are.
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“Everyone brings a different dish, then I’ll splatter them all over the floor.”
- Jackson Potluck
- Jackson Potluck
July 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“Everyone brings a different dish, then I’ll splatter them all over the floor.”
- Jackson Potluck
- Jackson Potluck