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New book out now! A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE END OF THE F*CKING WORLD – https://linktr.ee/endofthefckingworld Previous books: Humans; Truth; Conspiracy. Formerly BuzzFeed & Full Fact.

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · Jul 31

Hello, the paperback of my latest book is in stores TODAY, which is very exciting.

It's had some wonderful reviews and I'm very proud of it, please buy it and also tell everybody you know to buy it too.

Bookshop link here (other retailers are available): bit.ly/4ocy630

The paperback cover of Tom Phillips's A Brief History of The End of the F*cking World – subtitle: 3,000 Years of Getting It Wrong (So Far...) – which shows an exploding planet Earth on a white background, the mushroom cloud obscuring the "u" in "Fucking".

The image is captioned "OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK", because it is now out in paperback.

A quote from the Irish Independent, reading: "'Exceptionally funny from cover to cover, it is not only an entertaining read but also deeply researched and thoughtful".

This appears over the paperback cover of Tom Phillips's A Brief History of The End of the F*cking World – subtitle: 3,000 Years of Getting It Wrong (So Far...) – which shows an exploding planet Earth on a white background, the mushroom cloud obscuring the "u" in "Fucking".

A quote from the Daily Telegraph, reading: "Superb... entertaining... Phillips traverses this sprawling terrain with energy and charm".

This appears over the paperback cover of Tom Phillips's A Brief History of The End of the F*cking World – subtitle: 3,000 Years of Getting It Wrong (So Far...) – which shows an exploding planet Earth on a white background, the mushroom cloud obscuring the "u" in "Fucking".

A quote from the New Scientist, reading: "A great read... [Phillips] fills his timeline of unfilled apocalypses with wry humour".

This appears over the paperback cover of Tom Phillips's A Brief History of The End of the F*cking World – subtitle: 3,000 Years of Getting It Wrong (So Far...) – which shows an exploding planet Earth on a white background, the mushroom cloud obscuring the "u" in "Fucking".

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 14h

Banged newsletter out a couple of hours early because I'm busy all afternoon and don't want to be overtaken by Events.

This week: the Tories are dying, and it’s less fun than I’d imagined? Also: a new way of mapping urban UK; and some anti-car propaganda from the Walt Disney Corporation.

…but with a whimper

This week: the Tories are dying, and it’s less fun than I’d imagined? Also: a new way of mapping urban UK; and some anti-car propaganda from the Walt Disney Corporation.

jonn.substack.com

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 1d

From memory they don't try to justify it at all. (I *assume* there was once a justification - old planes without digital components that the AI couldn't take over - but it got lost in drafts, reshoots or the edit as the plot changed around it.)

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 1d

a reminder that my book is currently almost OFFENSIVELY cheap on the ebook reader of your choice

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 6d

If you want to read it for yourself, and find out why people say such goddam lovely things, you can get it all this month on Kindle for just 99p

A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller

A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller eBook : Elledge, Jonn: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 1d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 2d

what an incredible combination of things

Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 2d

I would like to know more about the Kevin Costner racecar dog reincarnation film. Obviously I could just Google it, but I'm enjoying living with the uncertainty over whether I imagined that bit.

Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 2d

Falmouth!* Come see me and Jonn talk about all the things at Falmouth Book Festival! It will be a very fun evening as he shouts about borders and I shout about the apocalypse and we both shout about conspiracy theories probably.

*and surrounding areas such as Penryn

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 2d

Two weeks' today, @tom-phillips.com and I are having a lovely chat at the Falmouth Book Festival. Come along, and watch me torn limb from limb by a rampaging mob of Mebyon Kernow activists, while Tom laughs that I got what I asked for!

Elledge and Phillips | Falmouth Book Fest

www.falmouthbookfestival.com

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Sophie E. Hill @sophieehill.bsky.social · 2d

A thread of inspirational quotes from two of my idols: Kemi Badenoch and Ange Postecoglou

(uh-oh, I may have gotten some mixed up... or have I??)

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 3d

have you factored in the huge success of their patriotic "take a photo of your deliveroo guy and upload it" campaign

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 3d

We need to hear out the legitimate concerns of people who think generals are conspiring with civil servants to do race communism in Britain.

David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 3d

Just the US correspondent of GB News

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francisco varela fan club @paleopragmatist.bsky.social · 3d

if you spend a lot of time on the internet's premier destination for race science and nazi ideology, over time the chances of acquiring some number of reactionary beliefs approach 1

Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 3d

what the fuck is going on

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 3d

It is widespread, but in the UK context I think it's worth being very clear that the radicalisation of our political and media spheres is running way ahead of broader public opinion.

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 3d

Suspect part of our elite radicalisation problem is that the mechanisms mean they don't realise it's happening to them. It's not a conscious rejection of previous beliefs, it's all ambient radicalisation that lets them believe *they* haven't changed - so they end up saying mad shit about reality.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 3d

The UK is “madly left, madly liberal, hyper-progressive”, Syed says. This is a deeply odd speech, seemingly from yet another person who spends a lot of time on X.

[I deleted earlier post which had the typo of saying, 'US' rather than 'UK'.]

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 3d

Ange out

Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 3d

On the one hand, these attempts to import an extremist Christian nationalism from the US are deeply alarming; on the other, Soho should be pedestrianised, so

Daniel @deargodwhatnow.bsky.social · 3d

Have to say, this is quite weird

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

CHOTINER: Until what time?
RICHIE: Nearly 4 in the morning! It was absolutely wild and
CHOTINER: So not actually all night long.
RICHIE: Look, uh, artists take liberties. This is — can we stop for a sec

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 5d

In a new interview, Lionel Richie discusses the lessons he learned from talking to artists like Tina Turner and Marvin Gaye. “Don’t say much. Just listen. And they’ll teach you the whole navigation of this crazy world we’re living in,” he said.

How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song

The artist discusses touring with Tina Turner, what he learned from Marvin Gaye, and the “most important note” to hit—in music and in life.

www.newyorker.com

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 5d

I mean as Zoe noted in her original post, Full Fact had debunked this several days before this show was even recorded, there's absolutely no excuse. The number of people who had to just not even slightly do their job for this to happen is amazing

Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 5d

I mean they're surely getting extremely sued and it feels like only the most grovelling, extremely widely broadcast apology is going to maybe save them a bit

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 5d

The number of things that need to have gone staggeringly wrong at the BBC for this to make it to air is honestly kind of remarkable

Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 5d

Oh my god.

Have I Got News For You just referred to this completely false claim as a fact!!

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Frances Robinson @francespurple.bsky.social · 5d

Finally put up the next Square Eyes!! Featuring Shape Island, Murderbot, Mark Ronson and mine and @tom-phillips.com thoughts on optimal programme length... open.substack.com/pub/squareey...

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 5d

69 all out. Nice. #TheCricket

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 5d

bloody hell it's all happening* in the cricket

*I mean it's mostly cricket that's happening

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 5d

yeah sometimes you've just got to give your core audience what they want: questionable trivia about racist comedians of the 70s

Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 5d

(I didn't see it myself, wasn't there by the time I looked)

Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 5d

apparently CNN did very briefly?