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Philip Ardagh

@philipardagh.bsky.social

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Award-winning children's author, poet, reviewer & commentator. Lifetime Ambassador CILIP School Libraries Group, ambassador Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and Northern Children's Book Festival. Co-writer 'High in the Clouds' with Paul McCartney

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · 20h

AI DEEPFAKE OF ME SPEWING RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA.
This is very disturbing because, with the exception of the moving image of me at the beginning of my segment, the words and images are not mine. My voice is AI generated and - I assume - sounds very like me. (I can't hear the join) Disgraceful.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 3d

Also featured in the latest batch of Russian disinformation videos are comedian @geoffnorcott.bsky.social and children's author @philipardagh.bsky.social, again with their voices being deepfaked to attack Armenia.

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · 10d

The AI Charles Dickens experiment was fascinating.

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · 10d

The trouble with having lost SO much weight, when I turn sideways, I'm SO thin it's hard to see me on stage. (I'm in the righthand end chair.)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12d

“Show us your warrant!”

“Ma’am, you’ve been watching too many movies. We’ll show you the warrant after we’re done.” 🤔

*busts in the door with babies crying*

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12d

Occam's Razor always rules. Always.

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · 15d

I'm heading to Wigtown - the Scottish Book Town - for the Wigtown Book Festival, have reached the Lake District, AND THE SUN IS STILL SHINING. Unheard of! Here's the year I was there with Lucy Mangan. (She's the one of the right.) @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social

Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · 18d

So kind, so very kind. I have so little time for myself, ALWAYS thinking of others...

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · 29d

LOL!

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Jill Bennett @jillshanti.bsky.social · Sep 11

A popular nursery rhyme given a zany new twist #OldMacDonaldontheMove @philipardagh.bsky.social illustrated Maria Karipidou @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #pictureobok of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dqS

Old MacDonald on the Move

Old MacDonald on the MovePhilip Ardagh and Maria KaripidouWalker Books Philip Ardagh has taken the popular nursery rhyme and twisted it hither and thither to create a zany new version. Nothing, it …

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am SO busy being humble that I have little time for anything else. It's NEVER about me, Projjwal. So giving!

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · Sep 4

This popped up on my timeline this morning. With my constant philanthropy and radiating goodness and selflessness 24/7, even I forget sometimes just HOW giving I am.

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · Sep 4

When you have a platform and use it for good. The wonderful Hugh Bonneville. The skill is to move on before the interviewer can say, "Yes, but..."

Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · Sep 4

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

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Lilly ⭐️ @mothcub.bsky.social · Sep 4

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · Sep 4

Now there's a surprise!

Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hmmm. So the low birth rate and migration means that there won't be enough people in the west do do all the jobs to keep the infrastructures working for the older generations. Hmmmm. I wonder what the solution might be?

Increased immigration?

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · Sep 2

I (genuinely) have a small colony of bats living in my attic which is why I can't convert it. But what would I convert a colony of bats to? Christianity? Anyway, fortunately, these bats are not the rabid kind. What a sad and misinformed man.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · Aug 26

Who did this?

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · Aug 22

Especially if that room was at IBM headquarters and you only went there to clean it, once in a while.

Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · Aug 21

things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes

Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Would you like a menu?"
"Reddit."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Aug 21

Gavin Newsom responds to Fox's OBSESSION with him

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The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @lorenzothecat.bsky.social · Aug 20

Kitty trolling. 😸😸😸😸

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · Aug 20

There's a real possibility that not only was Thomas Hardy's heart briefly kept in a biscuit tin but that a cat ate it. This can be neither proved nor disproved because authorities have refused an exhumation, despite the fact that the rest of Hardy's remains are 115+ miles away in Westminster Abbey.

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Aug 20

The toilet on Apollo 10 broke and poo floated around while the astronauts argued about whose it was, based on consistency eg that one's too sticky it's not mine

Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · Aug 19

Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?

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Philip Ardagh @philipardagh.bsky.social · Aug 16

So true. So very true.

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Paul Noth @paulnoth.bsky.social · Aug 18

Mine in today’s @newyorker.com

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