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Phil Gibson
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If anyone wants to be friends in real-life, my user name is "Phil".
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After a fairly traumatic day all round, our baby is home. The vet said she was a superstar. Now for the difficult business of recovery, and in about 10 days we find out how successful the op was. :/
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Bea's having some pretty major surgery tomorrow and she's going to need to be extra brave (as will I). Fingers crossed for Bea.
Bea being smol on the kitchen counter Bea being smol on the kitchen table Bea being smol in the garden Bea being smol under the clothes dryer
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Always been a fan of Zorrans.
Zorran, antagonist of the British 80s childrens' TV show "TUGS".
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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New reaction gif just dropped (for my enemies)
November 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The fuck is this? Where are the Buffalo Phils supposed to go?
Toilets at a Smith & Western restaurant. The signs on the two doors read "Buffalo Jills" and "Buffalo Bills"
November 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Donation no. 73. Another few and I get to meet the Queen or something.
October 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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It's simple, they just remouvred the valuables.
Headline from BBC website: "How Louvre gang carried out France's most shocking theft"
October 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Ireland's been brilliant. 10/10, would Ireland again. Well done all involved.
Looking pensive as I gaze out over the Celtic Sea from Hook Peninsula Looking pensive and relaxed by the River Suir in Waterford Looking contemplative as I gaze out over Duncannon Beach. Looking sharp in Celtic military regalia at the Ireland National Heritage Centre in Wexford.
October 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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2 days left in Ireland. What should I do before I leave?
Looking southwards from the tip of Hook Peninsula over the Celtic Sea. Tintern Abbey
October 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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I'm in Fishguard.

GUARD YOUR FISH.
October 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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This picture tracks Manchester United's shots on goal last year. At first they tried to reinforce those areas by signing more strikers to miss more goals. But then someone realised these dots are from all the goals they DIDN'T score, and that they need to hit the target instead. Makes you think.
Picture of a football goal with red dots around it, riffing on the "Survivor's Bias" plane image.
October 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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REFUSED
Photo of Refused's stage backdrop prior to coming on at Brixton Academy. It's ostensibly Refused's farewell tour. Glad I saw it, but a bit underwhelmed by the performance generally. Seen them be much better. Still, Quicksand as main support were good. Not familiar with their back catalogue but sounds like I'd enjoy it. Anyway, hope everyone had a lovely time out there.
October 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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motivation.jpg
Adaptation of the Pingu "well now i am not doing it" meme, in which penguine igloo-botherer Pingu sits angrily on a chair with his arms folded. The caption in the original meme reads "well now I am not doing it", which I've rewritten to say "well do".
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Achievement unlocked. For the longest time I wasn't optimistic it could be done. But I wouldn't take "wasn't optimistic it could be done" for an answer. 😎
Treadmill display showing the stats from my first ever sub-60 minute 5k. Forgive my brevity, I'm still on the treadmill as I type this.
September 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Refused, Million Dead, Common Thread fest. Wife's seeing Gaga. Also not really a gig but going to Ireland on holiday in October.
September 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Does anyone know where Europa League spot-botherer and all-round handsome fucker Fabian Hürzeler got this rather dashing jumper from? I'd quite like it for myself.
Handsome fucker Fabian Hürzeler gives a post-match interview following Brighton's 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth yesterday. If you can avoid getting lost in his eyes for a second, I'd like to draw your attention to his beige knitted jumper.
September 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Watching the Hundred reminds me just how strong the KP Snacks portfolio is. Some I can take or leave of course, but also at least half a dozen Absolute God Tier in there. Well done all involved.
A grid containing logos of the KP Snacks portfolio, including: Popchips, McCoys, Butterkist, KP, Nik Naks, Roysters, Frisps, Space Raiders, Hula Hoops, Pom-Bear, Skips, Tyrrell's, Penn State, Discos, Wheat Countries, and Whole Earth.
August 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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YOU GUYS HAVE ONE JOB AND NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE ME DO IT?!
Pop-up ad from Google, encountered during a Google search, reading: "Please help us improve Google.". There are "No, thanks" and "Show question" buttons.
August 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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The only Prime Barclays I'm interested in.
Lieutenant Reginald Endicott Barclay III (often referred to as "Reg") was a highly talented Human Starfleet systems diagnostic engineer who lived in the 24th century. In his early days aboard the Enterprise-D, he frequently displayed nervous behavior, demonstrated a noticeable lack of confidence, stammered frequently, was extremely introverted, and occasionally bumbled. These traits aroused the derision of some of his shipmates on the USS Enterprise-D – with some even going as far as calling him "Lieutenant Broccoli" behind his back or, on unfortunate occasions including one involving his commanding officer, Jean-Luc Picard, to his face.
August 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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I love Test cricket, but I do find it tedious how whenever anything good happens in Test cricket, every commentator and player lines up to say "This is why Test cricket is good and not actually bad". Obviously it's not going anywhere. Why does everyone have to be so very defensive about it?
Screencap of a thumbnail of a video interview entitled 'Test cricket isn't going anywhere' - Stokes optimistic despite defeat"
August 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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"Why aren't you using AI, Phil? Everyone else is."
Screencap from Star Trek: TNG episode "The Game". The scene is filmed from the POV of Wesley Crusher, who has spent the episode deducing that the mysterious VR game that everyone has recently become addicted to is in fact an alien ruse to brainwash the crew and compromise the ship. In this scene, Wesley has just been forced against his will by the bridge crew to play the game. I'm using this as clunky allegory for how my industry is increasingly using it, and forcing me to use it, despite its many and obvious flaws.
July 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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I'm here at Wembley, the "Home of Football", to enjoy the musical stylings of popular beat combo "Oasis".
July 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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A reworking of the "Is this a pigeon?" meme, done quickly and dirtily in MS Paint to create imperfections based on AI tells such as adding a sixth finger, turning the book title into gibberish, adding extra wings to the butterly, and duplicating/moving other elements. The caption reads "IS THIS AI?"
July 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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It's my wife @llia.bsky.social's birthday today. Wish her a happy birthday you cowards!
Me (left) and Llia on our wedding day. I'm dressed in my wedding suit with a royal blue paisley tie and matching pocket square cracking a rare smile (rare because she says I'm "not prone to whimsy"), while she's in her wedding dress laughing vigorously at something, I forget what. The backdrop is a leafy hedge. Photo by Joanna Bradley. Me and Llia in Scotland, on a beautiful day with a clear blue sky, and a massive glen (mountain not person) behind us. I'm actually looking uncharacteristically cool in my sunglasses. Despite it being a gloriously sunny day it was still very cold so we're both dressed in winter clothes. This was taken during our week in Edinburgh, and specifically on one of those touristy coach trips around Scotland (hence the glen in the background). Probably the greatest photo anyone's ever taken of me. I'm dancing maniacally at my brother's wedding, throwing such furious shapes (on an otherwise empty dancefloor) that it's caused the motion blur on the photograph. Llia watches on from the background, putting on a brave face amid my rampant idiocy in the foreground.
July 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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What's on yr mind?
June 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM