Derryl Murphy (@derrylm.bsky.social)

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 1:34 AM

Your Canadian pick this week is a laid back memory of summer. #MutualMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7rm...

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:29 PM

On a trail on Salt Spring Island last week I was so intent on these mushrooms that I didn't even noticed the two black slugs above them until I got home and put all the shots up on my computer. #mushroom #x100v #invertebrate

A cluster of tan-coloured mushrooms on the side of the stump of a tree, with two dark slugs above them. In the background are out of focus plants and a tree.

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 9:57 PM

“Equal passion” suggests there will be a lot of dead lawns.

@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:15 PMReposted by @derrylm.bsky.social

In case you were wondering why Donald’s biggest fans suddenly went silent . . .

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 9:20 PM

Playing the new Twin Temple album and my wife is humming along, not knowing who or what they are (well, pretend to be) and too focused on baking to listen to the words. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJfE...

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:56 PM

Edmonton peeps! I will be at Audreys Books on Jasper Avenue this Friday, October 16 doing a signing for Napier's Bones from noon to 2pm. Come by and say hi, get a signed copy for yourself and one for a loved one. audreys.ca/events/65311...

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:47 PM

Yes, I'd love for you all to buy copies of my book (and to ask your library to do the same), but I'm keen to give it away as well.

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:46 PM

bsky.app/profile/derr... Enter! Win!

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:45 PM

Let's get the word out again and still. Planning on giving these away on the 18th. bsky.app/profile/derr...

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:42 PM

Reading The Dissidents by @derfbackderf.bsky.social right now and yes, I know it's not *always* going to be funny, but the silent looks of the cartoonists from The Masses sitting at the table when Joe Hertle explains what happened to his leg made me loudly guffaw. www.abramsbooks.com/product/diss...

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 8:36 PM

The highways of Newfoundland AND northern BC would like a word.

@rightardia.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:00 PMReposted by @derrylm.bsky.social

Daily Kos cartoon

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:15 PM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTbA...

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 5:15 PM

Oh, sure, a goose enters and gets away with it, but *I* try and everything goes to shit.

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 1:44 PM

5318008 on an upside-down calculator in middle school would offer an argument.

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:36 AM

This camel fell asleep for so long that when it woke up it was covered in moss. I have to say, the more I look at it the more it looks like a creature from Jeff Smith's Bone. #photography

The roots of a fallen tree, covered in moss and looking like a camel with its head turned to the side. Behind it are the tall trees of a forest.

The same camel/tree/moss of the other picture, only closer.

@ohrobin.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:15 AMReposted by @derrylm.bsky.social

This is incredible and I hope this caring soul tells the story just exactly like this to HR.

Am I wrong for removing a wheelchair user from an elevator when I thought it might snap?
Context: I grew up in a small town and only ever really used elevators at the mall. I now live in a big city and take one every day at work.
Me and a bunch of other people, including a wheelchair user, were waiting to use the elevator at my work and all got on at once. A sign came on in red lights saying that we were over the elevator's weight capacity and the doors stated open. Since I mostly know about elevators from movies before this year, my first thought was that this was an emergency where the cable could snap.
I pride myselt in caring for others and my first reaction was to assist the person who was least able to help themselves by removing her from danger. I gently pushed her off and the warning light went off and the doors closed, carrying the rest of us all to the floors we punched in.
She was very upset about this and reported me to HR.
They called me in on Monday and had me take the week off and I explained everything. They said they'll talk to me this following Monday.
I feel like I might be about to get fired for trying to be a good Samaritan. Am I in the wrong?

@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:17 AM

Thank you!

@robdelaney.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 3:40 PMReposted by @derrylm.bsky.social

Next time I’m blasting out some D-Juice on the work toilet, guess what? It’s because I got laid, not because I had a milkshake after 6pm, 𝐌𝐎𝐌!
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@derrylm.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:03 PM

Right, it's time to get the gloves back on.