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PhilippaB

@philippab.bsky.social
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Spoilt by Feminism. Intersectionality is context. Context is vital. She/her. If you say nothing, you can never be wrong. Go you Huskies. Check out the FFW podcast: soundcloud.com/frenchfootballweekly open.spotify.com/show/0rN6ZTcQz57T1…

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 7h
I was confused why some of the City charges related to understating costs, which seems counterintuitive if they were trying to understate income overall. But those 'costs' were amounts covered by income that should have come through the club (the Mancini contract - one of Ludlum's earlier works)...
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 8h
If anyone says "there were rumours..." I have to respond with "he was into field hockey players", and fortunately about 50% of my friends get it. My parents, not so much. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGTg...
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I'm Amazed (2007 Remaster)
YouTube video by Pixies - Topic
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sparkleglow? Is Mancini a Brony?
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is now raining. FFS.
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After 40 hours IT HAS STOPPED RAINING. Thoughts with any business owners trying to get through to their insurance companies right now, they're going to spend a long time on hold. No reports of errant swans in the riverside bars this time, so that's a bonus.
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Still raining, but it's calmed down a bit. Local paper is describing yesterday as "Un épisode méditerranéen", which doesn't really seem strong enough, as the river went up by over 4 metres...
Picture of a car half-submerged next to the river Lez in Montpellier after an absolutely ridiculous storm.
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Still raining, thundering, lightninging, and now HAILING, there's a foot ofwater in the basement and this isn't stopping any time soon. My cat, obviously, is blaming me for this whole situation.
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's raining so hard I've just receiving an emergency alert on my phone - all the schools are closed and we've been told to stay indoors. I presume the civil defence siren went off at some point but we couldn't hear it over the thunder...
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
13 Monsters Good And True I think there are so many genuine monsters in the world that I am consoling myself by drawing little monsters who are good.
Drawing of 13 little 'monsters', rather cute little critters who wouldn't harm a fly, in fact they'd probably give it a bowl of milk and a tiny bed for the night.
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OK they're corny, but the Man City mickey-takes on Reels are making me laugh so hard...
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When I was on Twitter, I'd occasionally click on links to egregious content being cited in a thread to see that it was not available in my country (France; Germany has similar laws) so...they've always been able to do it, they just didn't care. Obvious, I know, but worth remembering.
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My oven broke. Bought a new one. First delivery slot 'I wasn't there' (I was). Second slot, they show up, but the guy takes one look at the current wiring, says 'that's illegal' and tells me I need an electrician to make it safe before they can do the installation. I am considering a raw food diet.
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Jude @judeinlondon.com · 25/09/2026
Are there any Dutch lawyers available to answer a few questions for me? Quite an urgent request
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We all know that the fash are going to start going after the BDMLR now...
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 23/09/2026
no it fuckin won’t
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just saw a red squirrel!
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Go Beatrice. I'd say 'Queen' but that would be inappropriate.
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Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb
Pope Leo by a green glass orb the size of a med-large pumpkin
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
cc @dansquier.bsky.social you got this.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
You know a plumber's good when they get you to try out different heights/placements for the grab-rail before fixing it. Turning up on time is also a bonus.
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Ben Bowman @bennosaurus.com · 14/09/2026
It's a work in progress, but I've written and signed a pledge to my students this year that I will not use GenAI in teaching www.bennosaurus.com/no-ai-pledge
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BOB DYLAN writing in The New York Times on being 80. We’re so used to Dylan being an enigmatic & elusive trickster that it’s always a delightful surprise when he writes something so personal, heartfelt and wise.
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I have a cardigan on. This is joyous.
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kevinwilliams @kevvwill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Like those COVID checks, and tariff dividends. As far as anyone knows, the only check pledge Trump has in fact made good on is to Stormy Daniels.
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
STORM!!!!!
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's been a tough time financially since a work project ended. I fixed the dishwasher, sorted out monthly payments for a new oven, but the devis for the toilet replacement is in and I've just got my 'council tax' bill. If you can spare anything to help, or can share, bless you. ko-fi.com/philippab
My cat Plume in close-up. She is small, ginger, with big green eyes and long whiskers. She is extremely melodramatic and occasionally violent. I love her to bits.
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French Football Weekly @frenchfootball.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
*NEW POD* on Spotify - Phil, Tom and Jez try to work out if PSG are just playing with us after their worst start in the season for at least a decade. open.spotify.com/episode/4MIn...
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FFW 1 - Happy to be here
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Westcountrybird @racheljs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We’re reaching a new low in this country when the fantastic heroes of the #RNLI being attacked for their amazing work. Not forgetting the other #Lifeboat services that also keep people safe too. Bill Bryson said it best. Please unfollow me if this is a problem for you.
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French Football Weekly @frenchfootball.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
WELCOME BACK EVERYONE! The first FFW podcast of the new season is here. Ooh PSG. 😱 soundcloud.com/frenchfootba...
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FFW 1 - Happy to be here
Phil, Jez and Tom review the start of Ligue 1
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
OK it's too soon but JFC these three look like they're bad stock photos for how your incompetent and annoying boss comes into your office...
Photo of 3 top AFD people trying and failing to look normal. Tino Chrupalla is leaning awkwardly forward with a creepy pursed-lips smile, Ulrich Siegmund is leaning sideways with a rictus grin and big 'thumbs up' and Alice Weidel is waving while looking like a deer in headlights but with dead, dead eyes...
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I think the nearby construction site is running behind as they started up at 7am today and I am noooooo happy.
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🎶What would Bryan Mbeumo do?🎶
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
So... SIT?
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
There's library in the US that is sinking into the ground because the architects forgot to include the weight of the books in the weight of the building. A library.
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 05/09/2026
oh protesters are they? if just stop oil block a street for an hour thats a criminal offence and when a nice old grammy holds up a pro-palestine sign shes a domestic terrorist but seizing a port still counts as a protest then, i see
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Alissa Wilkinson @alissawilkinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Jesus Christ, famously stingy about giving fish to people
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This simultaneously makes sense and confuses me. Then again, my knowledge of this part of the world is mostly down to CSI:Manhattan and Rizzoli & Isles... mydialect.us/quiz-standar...
My map results for a dialect quiz, showing that I - a Brit - speak like someone from the north-east of the US. Which I suppose makes sense, but it specifically says New York or Boston, which confuses me a bit.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Finally, if you want some rainbow-flavoured Jesus, St Nicks is doing our annual Rainbow Eucharist the Sunday after pride, come along for the gayest service of the year, in a Church that's so LGBTQ inclusive we had to put an FAQ on the website to make it clear that straight people can and do attend.
A poster for the annual rainbow Eucharist at st Nicholas church, Leicester city centre, LE1 4lb

Sunday sept 6th at 18:30 - church opens at 18:00

Guest preacher: rev Alice jolly

St Nicholas church has been including and affirming LGBT+ people in all areas of church life since the early 1960's - come and be who god made you to be, without fear of judgement or exclusion.

www.stnicholasleicester.com
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
*Another* lowflying helicopter buzzing repeatedly overhead. This has been happening every other day for a fortnight, getting a bit worrying, as well as annoying...
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Visit somewhere" 😂
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Introduce yourself with ten acts you’ve seen live: PJ Harvey Le Tigre Hole The Breeders The Gossip Lydia Lunch Kenickie Patricia Morrison Wir Sind Helden The Organ
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Yup, checked it - they had 2 pts in 23/4 but won the TdC. 3 pts in 19/20 and 20/1 but won the TdC. Otherwise 6 pts, and only lost the TdC in 21/2 to Lille. This *is* their worst start for at least ten years.
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Jude @judeinlondon.com · 29/08/2026
I wrote this about Jason Arday and lying. Free to read for 48hrs. www.patreon.com/judeinlondon...
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A LIE IS NOT A MORTAL SIN | judeinlondon
Jason Arday lied. Everybody lies. Should the price of a lie be a life? Throughout our lives everybody will tell a lie, a half-truth or an em
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
OK so PSG have 2 points after having to come back from 2-0 down twice in the first 2 games (at Rennes and Lille), and after losing the Trophee des Champions to Lens. This must be their worst start to a domestic season in ages. Long may it continue.
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Well, at least I didn't embarass myself on my home town, heh. www.maptap.gg August 28 95🏅 100🎯 81🌟 97🔥 99🎯 Final score: 945
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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I've always wondered what 100% humidity actually means, and I still don't understand it, but now I *know*...
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