Phil Wilkinson
@philmorandi.bsky.social
Frustrated artist. A life trashed by (very) late diagnosed AuDHD (ADHD + ASD). And misophonia. Angry and depressed by 14 years of destructive Tory rule.
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Paul Doyle who injured more than 100 people in Liverpool has pleaded Guilty to 9 charges of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm and 17 charges of Attempting to Cause Grievous Bodily Harm.
He is a MAGA and Andrew Tate supporter.
Why do we never hear about the dangers of the Far Right?
He is a MAGA and Andrew Tate supporter.
Why do we never hear about the dangers of the Far Right?
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Paul Doyle who injured more than 100 people in Liverpool has pleaded Guilty to 9 charges of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm and 17 charges of Attempting to Cause Grievous Bodily Harm.
He is a MAGA and Andrew Tate supporter.
Why do we never hear about the dangers of the Far Right?
He is a MAGA and Andrew Tate supporter.
Why do we never hear about the dangers of the Far Right?
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😂. New White House font dropped!
I’m gonna guess they go for something Germanic and Gothic…
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
😂. New White House font dropped!
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Dunster Castle's team of staff and volunteers have been snipping, twisting, and tying natural foliage from the gardens into spectacular festive displays.
Together their Christmas garlands stretch as tall as a ten storey building. That's 108ft of garland in total!
Together their Christmas garlands stretch as tall as a ten storey building. That's 108ft of garland in total!
December 10, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Dunster Castle's team of staff and volunteers have been snipping, twisting, and tying natural foliage from the gardens into spectacular festive displays.
Together their Christmas garlands stretch as tall as a ten storey building. That's 108ft of garland in total!
Together their Christmas garlands stretch as tall as a ten storey building. That's 108ft of garland in total!
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Say goodbye to the US Bluesky.
All travelers from ESTA countries (yes the ones on visa waiver programs) will have to disclose 5 years of social media + huge amounts of personal data to enter the US now. All US academic associations should now meet outside the US if we want to meet our international colleagues.
December 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Say goodbye to the US Bluesky.
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I just woke up and am hearing about “woke fonts” and if I didn’t have to get ready for work, would immediately begin drawing an alphabet covered in hairy dicks.
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I just woke up and am hearing about “woke fonts” and if I didn’t have to get ready for work, would immediately begin drawing an alphabet covered in hairy dicks.
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Wondering about the editorial process that concluded that ironic Trumpian framing was a good idea. Pitching your tent in these fields never ends well.
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Wondering about the editorial process that concluded that ironic Trumpian framing was a good idea. Pitching your tent in these fields never ends well.
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Lads, lads, sans serif fonts are woke now!
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Lads, lads, sans serif fonts are woke now!
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She understands British values so poorly. The British thing would be to make this into a self-parody, hamming up how bad she was at being PM rather than attempting the unrecognised prophet genius act.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard
Britain’s briefest PM kept her fans waiting before launching her latest plea for Maga attention in the form of a ham-fisted YouTube talk show
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
She understands British values so poorly. The British thing would be to make this into a self-parody, hamming up how bad she was at being PM rather than attempting the unrecognised prophet genius act.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Maybe I’ll stand on a platform of making deadlines illegal. A revolution in anxiety management.
December 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Maybe I’ll stand on a platform of making deadlines illegal. A revolution in anxiety management.
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What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Watching Rolf Harris play the didgeridoo on TV as a kid I taught myself how to circular breathe.
Watching Rolf Harris play the didgeridoo on TV as a kid I taught myself how to circular breathe.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Curling a freekick around a wall.
Curling a freekick around a wall.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Lacing up a 6-plate Steinbeck to view a film print to start an edit - and come to that, fixing a cut with tape
Lacing up a 6-plate Steinbeck to view a film print to start an edit - and come to that, fixing a cut with tape
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Watching Rolf Harris play the didgeridoo on TV as a kid I taught myself how to circular breathe.
Watching Rolf Harris play the didgeridoo on TV as a kid I taught myself how to circular breathe.
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Never again!!
Never?
Well … maybe sometimes.
(The serious point - the forces that bring evil can be suppressed but rarely eliminated.)
Never?
Well … maybe sometimes.
(The serious point - the forces that bring evil can be suppressed but rarely eliminated.)
December 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Never again!!
Never?
Well … maybe sometimes.
(The serious point - the forces that bring evil can be suppressed but rarely eliminated.)
Never?
Well … maybe sometimes.
(The serious point - the forces that bring evil can be suppressed but rarely eliminated.)
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We will protect you from the cradle to the grave. We’re just bringing the grave closer to the cradle.
“New moms said the shifting health advice from the Trump administration has made an already seemingly endless number of decisions feel even more daunting”
Confusion, Anxiety for Parents as Vaccine Guidelines are Upended
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We will protect you from the cradle to the grave. We’re just bringing the grave closer to the cradle.
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The New World Order.
A few billion in Trump Meme coins
Promise of a Moscow Trump Tower
A little property deal for Barron
Russian assets unfrozen
Alaska returned to Russia
The Art of the Deal.
Crack open the Temperance Champagne!
A few billion in Trump Meme coins
Promise of a Moscow Trump Tower
A little property deal for Barron
Russian assets unfrozen
Alaska returned to Russia
The Art of the Deal.
Crack open the Temperance Champagne!
December 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The New World Order.
A few billion in Trump Meme coins
Promise of a Moscow Trump Tower
A little property deal for Barron
Russian assets unfrozen
Alaska returned to Russia
The Art of the Deal.
Crack open the Temperance Champagne!
A few billion in Trump Meme coins
Promise of a Moscow Trump Tower
A little property deal for Barron
Russian assets unfrozen
Alaska returned to Russia
The Art of the Deal.
Crack open the Temperance Champagne!
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“Excuse me, what I am buying from you and going to put in my body?”
“It’s a secret!”
“It’s a secret!”
Food industry groups sue Texas over ingredient warning labels reut.rs/3Mi4e7b
Food industry groups sue Texas over ingredient warning labels
Food industry trade groups have sued Texas over a new state law that requires warning labels for ingredients like food dyes and preservatives, saying that the new labels violate companies’ free speech rights and risk confusing customers.
reut.rs
December 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“Excuse me, what I am buying from you and going to put in my body?”
“It’s a secret!”
“It’s a secret!”
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An economist from Ghana told me that a bonus reason for promoting wind and solar power is that it’s much harder to use for corruption and repressive geopolitics.
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
An economist from Ghana told me that a bonus reason for promoting wind and solar power is that it’s much harder to use for corruption and repressive geopolitics.
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
Remind me again. Who is in favour of fossil fuels?
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Hands up if you already knew that Marx’s daughter Eleanor was the first translator of Madame Bovary into English (under the name Eleanor Marx-Aveling).
Here’s a bonus illustration from the book.
Here’s a bonus illustration from the book.
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Hands up if you already knew that Marx’s daughter Eleanor was the first translator of Madame Bovary into English (under the name Eleanor Marx-Aveling).
Here’s a bonus illustration from the book.
Here’s a bonus illustration from the book.
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I normally dislike the term ‘newly minted’ but I applaud its use here, in British slang.
Nearly 40% of newly minted billionaires this year received their wealth through inheritance.
This is the highest figure since UBS started releasing its annual billionaire wealth report in 2015.
Another reminder that the myth of the "self-made" billionaire is just that, a myth.
This is the highest figure since UBS started releasing its annual billionaire wealth report in 2015.
Another reminder that the myth of the "self-made" billionaire is just that, a myth.
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I normally dislike the term ‘newly minted’ but I applaud its use here, in British slang.
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“The opponents of freedom exult because their indignation has been yielded to.” Spinoza
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“The opponents of freedom exult because their indignation has been yielded to.” Spinoza
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I must have visited the US 20-30 times. Lived there for a year. I have set foot in almost all States. (Missing North Dakota, Hawaii, Alaska maybe one or two others.) Love being there. Some of my most cherished memories. Not expecting to go again until regime change.
December 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I must have visited the US 20-30 times. Lived there for a year. I have set foot in almost all States. (Missing North Dakota, Hawaii, Alaska maybe one or two others.) Love being there. Some of my most cherished memories. Not expecting to go again until regime change.
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Don’t be ridiculous. The US is far from a Banana Republic. It’s a Banana De Facto Monarchy.
December 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Don’t be ridiculous. The US is far from a Banana Republic. It’s a Banana De Facto Monarchy.
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Great to see the Pet Shop Boys finally honoured with a stamp.
December 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Great to see the Pet Shop Boys finally honoured with a stamp.
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My Times letter on why most Europeans find the new Trump doctrine hard to recognise. This is an American administration that is friendly to authoritarian Russia while seeking regime change in Europe's democracies. At least we get to decide at the ballot box whether to vote for Trumpism here.
December 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
My Times letter on why most Europeans find the new Trump doctrine hard to recognise. This is an American administration that is friendly to authoritarian Russia while seeking regime change in Europe's democracies. At least we get to decide at the ballot box whether to vote for Trumpism here.
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Recently digitised - March 1945; at Mandalay Palace in Burma (once known as Fort Dufferin), Thunderbolt fighters attack Japanese positions, guns blazing, with gunfire and bombing. Footage by Indian Army cameraman A R Hayat. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #AvHist
IWM JIN 22 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
IWM JIN 22 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Recently digitised - March 1945; at Mandalay Palace in Burma (once known as Fort Dufferin), Thunderbolt fighters attack Japanese positions, guns blazing, with gunfire and bombing. Footage by Indian Army cameraman A R Hayat. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #AvHist
IWM JIN 22 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
IWM JIN 22 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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V interesting this - really a classic pavement politics strategy, combined with two big lessons learned from the first six months: a) “leave the social media to us” b) conspicuously no mention of council tax
open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
Reform UK's leaked plan to win in London
Plus: Is this Google Map the way to unlock London's real hidden gem restaurants, are you the driver who owes Hackney council £250,000, and is the Bakerloo finally getting new trains?
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
V interesting this - really a classic pavement politics strategy, combined with two big lessons learned from the first six months: a) “leave the social media to us” b) conspicuously no mention of council tax
open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
open.substack.com/pub/londonce...