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Witchy Annie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 21h

"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 15h

The best stats we have for SA are 1/3 women and 1/8 men. Some groups are higher risk (sex-workers, trans people, homeless people) but it works out roughly as 1/5 overall. That's a lot of people and I don't think that saying 'not everyone!' is helpful. It's like 'not all men'. We know that. Support.

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 20h

I was a big fan of Roald Dahl's children's books, and at that point Dad didn't know he'd also written for adults too, so I was gifted a collection of short stories he'd found at a Church jumble sale...

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 20h

All this is reminding me of the time I wrote a chapter for Taxline called 'Evadance and Avoision' and it went through two rounds of proofing before someone gently suggested changing the title...

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Weren't most of the people he beat also doped up to the eyeballs? Again, that might explain that particular approach...

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There's a gap in the L1 list of title winners from when OM were stripped of the title (92-3?). Seems a reasonable solution, although this is obviously a much bigger set of gaps we're talking about...

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Who the fuck is Michael Tracey? I am Jane Doe.

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The weird thing is that the HoL has a tradition of saying 'nope' to the government, which is arguably because they work off principles rather than the need to be re-elected. I'm not a fan in theory, but in practice (within the limits imposed), I'm OK with them. Completely agree on MPs, of course.

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I had an electrician round, but he was lovely and efficient so I have decided not to take any more meds. One step closer to having a working oven! Hope you are well...

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh and it's raining again. Pffffff....

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Email from Dad, back from Nephrology at IGH: "Consultant bright and cheerful again, if still puzzled as to what I was doing there. Ok, kidneys may be asymmetric, but function is fine and GP who found the former ‘interesting’ could have kept his curiosity to himself..." We're all wonky, basically.

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

...at ludicrously inflated prices. So Mancini saying this isn't his problem seems bizarre as...PAYE/income tax? NI? IR35? Sparkleglow? My Little Sodding Pony? He has to be up for charges too, right? Let's see how Brexit deals with this...

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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 · 02/10/2026

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

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

Happy Birthday! And per Hedwig, I think you're in your early mid 40s.

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some of the neighbours wrenched up the drain covers which seems to have done the trick and everyone's cars are OK. Plume is furious. But we're fine 8-)

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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

There are rules, though. After FFP came in I wrote a piece about how it wasn't really possible to value sponsorship properly ('arms-length' per schedule X) as clubs got bigger and comparisons got more limited. But City didn't even try that argument, they hid stuff. Agree on the Glazers, obvz.

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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

I am going nowhere! Thing is, this started around 8pm yesterday and is forecast to go on all day, so the centre of town is basically cut off, all public transport is down, and there's waves of water coming down off the higher ground just to make it worse. Crossing fingers we keep electricity...

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh and the underground parking lot is up to 10cm of water and it ain't stopping.

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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

"What on earth is an MK Dons?"

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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 was the monastery built? What is the best-known local cheese? I love the TdF commentary.

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also, this wasn't the result of reporting - you could look up details of bans and they were mostly TV channels complaining about streaming links. There's no way someone at the Elysee is downloading the whole firehose every ten f-ing minutes to report them. This was *automated* based on local laws.

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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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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And in a job interview they will normally offer you water?

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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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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Go Beatrice. I'd say 'Queen' but that would be inappropriate.

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So sorry to hear about his illness, but glad things are looking up. Please remember to look after yourself as well as those around you. x P

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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

OK that one's gone and I see you are already all over this. Start practising Welsh. bsky.app/profile/neil...

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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 · 15/09/2026

I wonder what the graph would look like if they broke down the 'groupings' into specific languages. Because some of those groups cover a *lot*.

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

There was a lot of sludge around at the time, so maybe it was just a bit of a relief? Also, Stutter was a limited release (1500 copies - I have one), and Vaseline was a bit problematic for radio play *cough*.

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PhilippaB @philippab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When I had the shower done I swear I spent 15 minutes in the shower with the plumber to make sure both rails were OK for me. It's the little things that count.

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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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