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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 16h

They have always envied what al-Qaeda and ISIS "get to do".

Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 16h

I strongly suspect this is their revenge for the glee a few people joked about taking from watching the footage of Charlie Kirk's murder.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 23h

Quiz - which Euro members have portraits of their head of state on their coins?

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Corporate franchise owners will always grovel to neofascist fanboys.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Doomerism? Or Victor von Doom? (Correct in both cases)

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

3) Admit that some types of cycling infrastructure do make things worse for pedestrians and motorised public transport. (Eg "floating bus stops" should not be allowed without an IRON rule of "if people are boarding or alighting, cyclists WILL STOP".)

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

2) If you see a reckless, aggressive cyclist terrorising pedestrians, confront them or put up "who is this asshole" helmet cam footage the way you do when motorists threaten or harm you.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Very simple things! 1) When people on foot tell you about being terrorised or injured by reckless, aggressive cyclists, show sympathy and don't bombard them with "bUt CaRs ArE mOrE dAnGeRoUs".

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Usually "far right" is fascism, "hard right" is anti-government anarcho-capitalism.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

And it was the BBC's fault for going into existential national crisis mode with all normal programming cancelled and continuous rolling updates. I would really like to know who made those choices and on what grounds.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

(And also, "Smile Time" was an isolated comedy standalone in a heavily serialised and eventually tragic season, instead of just one in a series of random gimmick episodes.)

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The problem is that making everyone but Spock a muppet instead makes the episode look, as Liz suggests, like a poor attempt to copy the "Muppets as rep company playing roles in a classic story " films and TV shows. (4/4)

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The episode is absolutely hilarious, but this is because the focus is on the other characters' reactions to Angel as a muppet. It's one of the best of the many comic relief episodes of the series that mock Angel's "grim, brooding, self-pitying anti-hero shtick. (3/n)

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

In "Smile Time", Angel is investigating a group of demons who have turned themselves into puppets to make a children's TV show, in order to mystically prey on the child viewers. Angel accidentally activates their transformation spell himself and gets transformed into a puppet. (2/n)

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This critique of "Level Five Transporter Accident" is good, but it gives the show too much credit in what it was, I think, aiming for. I think it's an attempt to copy a very fondly remembered episode of "Angel", "Smile Time". (1/n)

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I thought there couldn't be any worse "queerbaiting" takes than those from fantom shipping, but...

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It's self-aggrandising belief in auteur theory and assumption that it can and should be applied to every human endeavour.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Bergoglio was Pope Francis's surname before he was elected Pope.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Is this a ripoff of Carrot trying to arrest the dragon in "Guards! Guards!"?

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Now search the area with corpse dogs and ground-penetrating radar.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

He had a huge majority because the left and centre voted tactically against the Conservatives and Reform and the right vote was split between the Tories and Reform. People voted against the right, not for him. Then he spent two years systematically persecuting minorities and insulting Labour voters.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I really wish a certain guy would go into space and do a reverse Stockton Rush.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Please, let this not reawaken the TJLC stuff.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

No, we know that reform want Laurence Fox dressed up like Three.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Recently there was a TV streaming show in Britain called Secrets of the Underground, about the London Underground, and a couple of episodes had appearances by an NB signaller called Charlie Monroe. I was scared there would be negativity on social media but no hostile reaction at all.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

BR 92025 Oscar Wilde BR 92026 Britten

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Ever heard of a Wickham Trolley?

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Now changed as an "editing error".

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Yes, reminds me of the people who demanded that the Star Wars sequel trilogy be remade without Rey, Finn and Rose.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The kind of brick and mortar shops that can compete with online are specialist shops with knowledgeable staff who can give opportunities to try or taste before you buy. Unfortunately those are the ones that don't make enough money to satisfy landlords and financiers.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I really hope that isn't a dogwhistle for "it's the Muslims and we don't want their votes"

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Remaking Cape Fear AGAIN? Even when it isn't an SF/F franchise there's no imagination.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

He wasn't policing fanfic, he was responding to shippers who were calling him a self-hating gay man for not writing H/W. They would end up demanding that British gay orgs disassociate themselves from him because he'd "harmed queer folk" by not having Cumberbatch and Freeman fuck on screen.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Also, even if it was due to EES it wouldn't have been because of Brexit - EES is for non-Schengen countries and the UK never joined Schengen.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

People hated Resurrections? For me it was everything I was hoping for in the third film and got the opposite of.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Just accidentally "left" that wrench there. In 1920s Florida. Yeah, right.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

As someone who was in that position, it makes sense to have a visible steering wheel lock. Professional car thieves aren't interested in cheap old cars, but you want to deter the kind of scrote who'll steal it, do some donuts, and then burn it for a laugh.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Conan Doyle Holmes in modern dress risks provoking the kind of justified reactions we saw to Moffat-Gattiss Holmes, along the lines of the left-edgelord reading of Bruce Wayne as just "a billionaire who goes out at night in a mask to beat up poor people".

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I think it's more justifiable in a modern-dress adaptation. Other than the specific context of US policing I think people are less trusting of upper class amateurs and want people in professional roles of power to be accountable to peers and the wider community.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I'd disagree here - Elementary Holmes can be arrogant and inconsiderate, but even in the earliest episodes he has a powerful sense of justice and compassion for people in bad situations. Far from an "arsehole".

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Amused that you can say exactly the same things about disco music and "Disco" as in Star Trek Discovery.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Libraries should dispose of obsolete or worn out stock as part of their routine.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

"Famous for not being famous"?

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Lots of other people from #UKSG2026 on this train to London

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Who is this meant to appeal to? I mean, Sunak wanted to bring back conscription in 2024, but that was for his base of hateful old gits who wanted to fantasise about imaginary pink-haired snowflake teens getting screamed at by sergeant-majors and made to clean the drill yard with toothbrushes.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I was not expecting how stupid that was, with bonus aggressive English-monolingualism.

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Is this actually some weird biological thing about how they're bred, or wild culture war waffle?

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Philip Eagle @philegal.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

186mph is the max speed on Eurostar and TGV. 224mph was always unnecessary in a country the size of the UK.

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