Derryl Murphy

Derryl Murphy

@derrylm.bsky.social

Author, photographer, football/soccer fan. I've written some books, but good luck finding them.

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Stephen Moran.
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This note's for Pedolf - from the filing “a blistering anthem that contrasts the hollow promises of American political rhetoric with the harsh realities faced by the poor, homeless and forgotten - the song is the opposite of everything that Donald J. Trump stands for.” Another Canuck stands tall

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Reuters
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With Halloween approaching, New York dogs have already put their best paws forward at the 36th annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade. #halloween #dog #halloweendogparade #tompkinssquarepark #newyork

Derryl Murphy
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I joined Medium a few months ago, but life has gotten in the way. Today I decided to combine a few memories with a chapter from the book I'm writing about Grandpa. I do hope you will drop by and give it a read, and if you like it to share. medium.com/@derrylm/one...

medium.comOne Chapter From the Book I’m Writing About My GrandfatherAfter my grandfather Bud Murphy died a bit over 20 years ago, the family descended on the house he shared with Reva, his second wife and…
Derryl Murphy
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Canadians, especially British Columbians, currently don't harbour the same sort of mediocre hope.

Nissim@nissimss.bsky.social

BREAKING: Putin And Trump Got Their Teeth Kicked In By Serbia And Brazil On The Same Night. The Beginning of The End Of The Trump Nightmare Is Here.

deanblundell.substack.comBREAKING: Putin And Trump Got Their Teeth Kicked In On The Same NightSerbia’s students and Brazil’s voters erased two Putin-Trump assets in 24 hours. Your turn is in 8 days.
Derryl Murphy
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My son Brennan is a professional youth soccer coach, so I talked with him about it. His takes: - The kid is a great player - If he were coach he'd get the dad (the parents, really) to shut up. They aren't the coaches and should just let young Nevada play

Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith@mewefree.bsky.social

They called the cops on this 3-year-old Black boy because he was kickin the white kids' ass on the soccer field.

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But I admit that more often than not kids are reffed by other kids. Young refs, especially newer ones, often don't have the strength or life lessons to be able to stand up to an adult. Especially a vocal one. Of course, there was no ref for young Nevada, and there shouldn't be.

Derryl Murphy
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Addendum: the more I read, the more I suspect (and really, even as absurd as this story is, logic suggests as much) the call to the cops went out because of something between the parents. Still appalling, still enraging. Nevada going into Eddie Johnson's program in January suggests he turns 4 then.

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Olga Nesterova
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Based on WSJ sources, Trump administration officials are reportedly floating former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán for UN secretary-general, potentially backed by the US, Russia and China.

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Charlie Angus
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Canada stands with Brazil. There will be a growing alliance between Canada and Brazil. The response from MAGA is the language of violence and threat. "The time has come for the wicked and cowardly to meet their rewards." Unhinged nutbars.

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Offbeat Eats
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Sharing my #OffbeatEats review of Bibis Italianissimo in Leeds, UK. Despite the odd location (it's basically the bottom floor of a car park), they serve up some flavorful Italian food in a nicely-decorated Art Deco dining room, and handle large groups flawlessly. offbeateats.org/2026/10/bibi...

offbeateats.orgBibis Italianissimo (Leeds, UK)At the end of our NH Trade Delegation visit, before everyone started to disperse to the winds, we wanted to have a group dinner. This turned out to be challenging, since two other things were happeni...
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My son Brennan is a professional youth soccer coach, so I talked with him about it. His takes: - The kid is a great player - If he were coach he'd get the dad (the parents, really) to shut up. They aren't the coaches and should just let young Nevada play

Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith@mewefree.bsky.social

They called the cops on this 3-year-old Black boy because he was kickin the white kids' ass on the soccer field.

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Noted to me that I forgot to say that Bren was appalled that the cops were called. Angry, too. I'd like to note that when I was a board member to solve the problem of *ahem* over-enthusiastic parents, each team had a parent assigned as a steward...

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...there to keep other parents on your kid's team under control. As a ref I would sometimes have to go to the coach and ask him or her to get a parent under control, and in this system the coach could call on the steward.

Derryl Murphy
@derrylm.bsky.social

My son Brennan is a professional youth soccer coach, so I talked with him about it. His takes: - The kid is a great player - If he were coach he'd get the dad (the parents, really) to shut up. They aren't the coaches and should just let young Nevada play

Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith@mewefree.bsky.social

They called the cops on this 3-year-old Black boy because he was kickin the white kids' ass on the soccer field.

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Derryl Murphy
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Finally, and me speaking now, as a former club board member and youth coach and ref and, yes, parent, I'm guessing his coach is either very young or a parent. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but I would hope he finds his way to a program that encourages him and helps the other players develop as well.

Derryl Murphy
@derrylm.bsky.social

My son Brennan is a professional youth soccer coach, so I talked with him about it. His takes: - The kid is a great player - If he were coach he'd get the dad (the parents, really) to shut up. They aren't the coaches and should just let young Nevada play

Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith@mewefree.bsky.social

They called the cops on this 3-year-old Black boy because he was kickin the white kids' ass on the soccer field.

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-Most talented kids don't go on to play D1, much less pro. But part of that is tamping down the talent in the interest of fairness - He and his parents are clearly American, so comments about him going to European academies are pie in the sky. For proof look at Cavan Sullivan or Alphonso Davies...

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...who have to or had to wait until age 18 to be able to move to Europe -3 years old is too early to be signed by anybody, but he doesn't need to be only playing games to develop. You want to encourage this talent and skill and - eventually - start in on teamwork

Derryl Murphy
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My son Brennan is a professional youth soccer coach, so I talked with him about it. His takes: - The kid is a great player - If he were coach he'd get the dad (the parents, really) to shut up. They aren't the coaches and should just let young Nevada play

Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith@mewefree.bsky.social

They called the cops on this 3-year-old Black boy because he was kickin the white kids' ass on the soccer field.

Derryl Murphy
@derrylm.bsky.social

- Moving Nevada up to U7 would be unsafe. The kids there would be too large and are still not in total control of their bodies (or tempers) - Moving Nevada to U7 or older would also send a message that winning isn't important, but with this quality of play you *want* to encourage that

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Thread. Having just been in BC and talked with friends on both sides of the divide I can say I’m unsurprised, and wonder about what kind of advice was being offered or ignored when Eby decided to drop the writ. Tragic.

Naomi Klein@naomiaklein.bsky.social

🧵Yesterday, British Columbia elected a Conservative majority government that ran on a platform of tax cuts and accelerating the pillaging of nature, or what the party calls “natural resources exploitation.” They also ran on attacking Indigenous sovereignty and trans rights.

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alix e. harrow
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no yeah this is great midterm messaging actually, keep it up 👍

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef: "Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. You can buy liver or the cheap cuts."

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Jan Rosenow
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What most people don't know: when you fill up a petrol car most of the energy never moves it. Petrol car: 13–21% of the crude oil's energy reaches wheels. Electric car on today's UK grid: 43–45%. Electric car on wind+solar: 77–80%. That's why we don't need to replace fossil energy one for one.

Derryl Murphy
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Passenger flights are (kinda sorta) a wash. It's *so* much better that everyone back of row 12 doesn't have to deal with the cigarette smoke wafting from those first 12 rows, and we can pick and choose our own movies rather than sharing one, but the seats and the cattle herding drag it back down.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Derryl Murphy
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More like bookwriter.slop, amirite? JFC, what a load of absolute shit.

bookwritershop.bsky.social@bookwritershop.bsky.social

Your book, written while you sleep You've had the book idea for years. Bookwriter does the research, outlines it, writes every chapter, runs editorial passes, and formats it for publishing — plus the promo copy afterward. You still make the calls. It just stops being a… https://bookwriter.shop

Derryl Murphy
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There’s been a wind storm all night, and at 3:30am I finally got out of bed and went out to check for damage because I keep hearing things slam into the house. Nothing, but the sounds continue, and so I remain awake.

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Davenant 📸
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It’s come to something when a photographer has to get legal advice, before displaying this photo in an exhibition, due to the risk of being prosecuted as a terrorist, but that’s exactly what I had to do yesterday. What a state this country is in.

Davenant 📸@marcdavenant.bsky.social

A woman weeps over the genocide in Gaza as she waits to be arrested as a terrorist for holding up a piece of cardboard. Parliament Square today.