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Philippa

@philippa11.bsky.social
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reader, knitter, traveller, flâneuse. Academic-adjacent.

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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 1h
Envying all the Dutch people sailing through passport control. 😥
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 1h
Another Brexit benefit: UK passport holders can't use the e-gates here. Joined the queue with the Colombians and Costa Ricans, and met the first Brit I've encountered here.
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🍂 Simon Threadgold 🎃 @sthreadgold.bsky.social · 3h
Is Aardman pitching for Doctor Who? How do we make Aardman pitch for Doctor Who?
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 4h
Lionfish are invasive in the Caribbean and have no natural predators. If they weren't hunted they'd basically overrun the place.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 4h
Lionfish and chips
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 4h
😄 I don't think they've got anything to fear...
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 5h
Pro tip: hand sanitiser gel quite good for getting a coffee stain out of a white t-shirt 😣
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FUCK IT. Let's give away 3 more signed paperbacks of my latest novel, each with fab linoprint bookmarks, made by my mum Jo. Repost & reply to enter! You might like it if you like: Folkloric creatures Old records Intricate psychedelic stories The idea of circular time All shares much-appreciated!
My latest novel Everything Will Swallow You, next to the sea, where some of it takes place.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 23h
Oh yes please, it's been on my Want To Read list for a while now...
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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I just checked the schedule, it's happening again tomorrow, but the ships are considerably smaller than the 11000 passengers that have disembarked today 😱
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There's a shop selling Air Jordans for 85 bucks, or so I hear.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Walking around town today I discover I'm in the company of 2 enormous cruise ships that have disgorged their American passengers.
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Sister Michael from Derry Girls: 'Am I in Hell?'
ALT: Sister Michael from Derry Girls: 'Am I in Hell?'
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The challenge is to butter and jam a croissant using the pointy steak knife with which I've been issued.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Now that's what I call breakfast
Granola and yoghurt, fresh tropical fruit, mini croissant with jam, bread and cheese, scrambled egg, iced coffee.
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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
RIP Jeffery Archer.
Simon Farnaby as Julian Fawcett MP in Ghosts. A character partly inspired by corporate Tory MPs in the 1980s like Alan Clark and Jeffery Archer
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They couldn't have thought of a better name to entice me in.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Children's imagination is capable of so much! That sounds actually really scary.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It was awful for a while! Also no idea why there's a link in that post.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Good morning from these iguanas
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
For me it was the walking corpse in the B7 episode 'Killer'. Lay in bed every night thinking it was coming for me.
corpses.in
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 04/10/2026
A brutal bodying for the median bluesky user
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Its back leg toes are so spindly!
Cute beige-coloured lizard on bricks with a stone wall in the background. It's about 40cm from nose to very long tail.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You're a martyr to it.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#AmReading Katabasis by RF Kuang. Completely hooked. The blurb made me think it might not be my thing so I got it on BorrowBox, but it turns out I'm loving it.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes yes yes. She is amazing. The fact that they focused on getting people out rather than the money showed how Ross Kemp is more concerned with being liked than raising money for charity. They could have left a couple of people in the ground to lengthen the odds a bit for the murder! I am cross.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In a restaurant where the ambient music is breathy bossa nova versions of well known tunes. Currently Clocks by Coldplay.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I've saved myself huge amounts of anguish and anxiety this way.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Honestly one of the best things about my PhD is having time and space to go down citation rabbit holes.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They're starting Celebrity Traitors while I'm out of the country. Rude. Time to test out my VPN later....
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Night dive. Saw a couple of slipper lobsters for the first time. Those buggers are *weird* looking.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Where I'm calling from
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Amazing!
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
😍😍
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Right, well, slightly shambolic but they'll get there. I miss Claud but it's fine without Tess I think.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Always.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wrighty's lad is *terrible* at the cha cha, I can barely watch #Strictly
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yuck. Wishing you a speedy recovery x
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh, sorry I missed this and sorry to hear it. She was such a character.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh no, what happened to your cat, did I miss a memo?
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The fact that Downton Abbey is even on the list renders the whole thing meaningless
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
SO excited
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 25/09/2026
That's a huge success for the British cultural industry on the world stage. We should maybe even start considering it a major 21st century British export industry, maybe even get a ministry to oversee it?
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Perfect description of it.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
TWO WEEKS OFF WORK
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Community Britta with Glasses
ALT: Community Britta with Glasses
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Christopher Reeve was the best Clark & Superman because of this wonderful scene where his change of posture, gestures & tone of voice are all perfectly calibrated within a beautifully composed shot. No CGI required to show his transformation. He & Margot Kidder are much missed. #SupermanDay
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ceej @ceej.online · 30/08/2023
one explanation is that chemicals in the air or water are making everyone stupider every year and we haven’t noticed because we’re all too stupid. this hypothesis would help explain why everything and everyone is really stupid now
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So stressful. That's really rough.
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I totally get it, I just hate the whole English thing!
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Philippa @philippa11.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I think this what Baldrick was referring to when he talked about 'Rat au Vin' (cc @cabbagepatchcat.bsky.social)
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