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Phil Hare's Ghost

@mrlepus.bsky.social

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Idiot. Dog lover owned by a cat. NHS superfan. Harassing Tories. Lego. Religiophobic Humanist. Occasional #Wülferhampton mud slinger.

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 7d

Today Mog has been desperately trying to shake the feeling she's being watched.

A head shot photo of a black cat. Out of focus over her left shoulder is a Lego cat staring directly at her.

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 4h

getting a lot of haters talking shit about my set at the epstein island comedy festival, as if those young women don’t deserve to see me do stand up

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1h

Speaking as a former parish councillor I would like to repeat my assertion that anyone who actually wants to be a parish councillor should automatically be banned from doing so.

www.itv.com/news/anglia/...

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1h

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*Arsehole. You are not American.

Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 2h

two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` you got this '' while the other is dancing .

ALT: two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` you got this '' while the other is dancing .

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 3h

Mog has signed an agreement with a local octopedal silk manufacturer to model their latest range of headwear.

A photo of a black cat with a large clump of spider web on her head.

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 4h

Dire Straits finally get their wish.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

MTV to axe its music TV channels in the UK - BBC News

The broadcaster will stop showing music videos in December, but its main channel will remain on air.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 16h

There will shortly be a press briefing on my reaction to the Nobel committee failing to award my BlueSky feed the Prize For Literature it so richly and obviously deserves.

Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 16h

FREE THE MOETON ONE

Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 16h

*snarls*

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 23h

Tommy-Lee Jones to reprise role in surprise sequel to "The Fugitive" and "U.S Marshalls".

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Almost 75,000 salmon escape from storm-damaged Lochaber farm - BBC News

Fish farm company Mowi says the fish got out of a pen after its net was torn.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1d

If they tried this in the UK it would be wearing a traffic cone about 25 seconds after they switched it on.

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What do South Koreans think about Seoul's hologram cop?

A life-sized holographic police officer has been installed in central Seoul in a bid to deter crime. The BBC took to the streets to ask people if they think it’ll work.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1d

In my mind this is still technically 3.

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1d

It is about time you Gru up.

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1d

I think it would be best if the BBC only hired women DJs from now on.

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1d

It was either that or Twiggy.

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1d

This contest has real "Monster Raving Loony vs Count Binface for the parish council" energy.

El Squigg @psychicsquirrel.bsky.social · 2d

Mole:
Blind.
Slow.
Completely defenseless above ground.
Completely trapped below ground.

Squirrel:
Fast.
Smart.
Suave.
Sophisticated.
Generally not found underground.
And if Wulfhelm lays a finger on me @meadhallwench.bsky.social will kill him.

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1d

Mine's "Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next"

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...

Strong flat white for Batman: should I use a ‘coffee name’?

Some people go undercover when ordering takeaway – here’s what baristas think of the practice

www.theguardian.com

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1d

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 1d

In lieu of yesterday's failed trivia obligation here's a story about more UK based bears.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Boki the bear gets mice cake to celebrate brain surgery milestone - BBC News

Keepers in Kent say the operation was a "success" and the brown bear can now play with his mates.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 2d

Has anyone checked to make sure Robert Jenrick isn't a Mysteron?

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 2d

It's PHYSICS FOR CATS publication day!! Luna has her copy: do you? www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

A black cat sits on a wicker basket reading the book PHYSICS FOR CATS by Tom Gauld... Ok, so she's not really reading it. She's not even quite looking at it to be completely honest. But it is possible to imagine that she is reading and thoroughly enjoying it.

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Feelingantsy 🇬🇧🇩🇪. Maker of Puns @feelingantsy.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr. Lotte Pummerer @lpummerer.bsky.social · 2d

Why are some people more prone to believe in conspiracy theories? Part of the answer may lie in metacognition, i.e., the ability to correctly estimate one's own knowledge about topics.
-> New paper with @kwinter.bsky.social, @kaisassenberg.bsky.social & Helen Fischer
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“Knowing what I don’t know” – belief in conspiracy theories relates to lower metacognitive sensitivity: a signal detection theoretic approach

Beliefs in conspiracy theories are seemingly hard to dispute through facts. Researchers have partly attributed this resistance to certain information processing styles that are associated with cons...

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Phil Hare's Ghost @mrlepus.bsky.social · 2d

Just realised I owe a trivia for yesterday. Will try and make my brain work.

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