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David Pattie

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Teaches Drama at University of Birmingham. Scot. And unfeasibly tall. Written about Beckett, UK theatre, popular music, Eno, Kraftwerk, Velvets, Talking Heads, and why gigs look the way they do.

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Aah, I see you’ve met the parents.

07.10.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems that Badenoch looked at the Tories’ current polling and thought β€˜Hang on. We’re way too popular.’

07.10.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Script meeting must’ve been wild… β€˜ok Will, you’ve got the sexual assault, the mutilation, the killing, anything else we need to know before the rehearsals hang on he cooks them in a what?’

07.10.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

07.10.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6088    πŸ” 1580    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 30

You can actually see him losing maturity as he speaks. By the peroration, he's crashed backwards through puberty and he sounds just like a posh, squeaking little boy.

07.10.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic settlement website – update for writers - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Following on from our update for writers last month about the Anthropic class action in the United States, the settlement website is now live and can be found here. The …

πŸ“’ Anthropic class action - an update

The settlement website is now live + includes comprehensive information about the case + settlement, including a searchable tool to see if your books are included in the settlement + a claim form

Find out more πŸ”½

writersguild.org.uk/anthropic-se...

07.10.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Off you go and find out.

06.10.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Poirot: Mon cher Hastings, the proof? That we could not find, even though we searched, mon Dieu, how we searched?
Hastings: Yes, Poirot?
Poirot: It was in the pudding! Enfin, all the time! In the pudding!
(pause)
Hastings: Have a seat, Poirot.
Poirot: The pudding! All the time!

06.10.2025 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Should we be worried that one’s fought free of the packaging?

06.10.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chessene. And instantly The Two Doctors is double the fun.

06.10.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Frodo: I wish it need not have happened in my time.

Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Frodo: I think that having a historical scope that wide can make the present too deterministic.

06.10.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 696    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 4
The MC Escher drawing which creates an infinite, circular staircase.

The MC Escher drawing which creates an infinite, circular staircase.

Today, I am working on my book. I am doing the reference list. I have always been doing the reference list. I will always be doing the reference list.

06.10.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

huge drama at the dad's taylor swift new album listening party as steve's opened the cellophane with a phillips head screwdriver and scratched the vinyl and all the while dave's telling us how he got here

05.10.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Y'know, I preferred it when Trump disappears for a few days and we can kid ourselves he's dead.

05.10.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I... hate you. With a hate that burns.

05.10.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#AchievementUnlocked (but, more seriously, by God you've got my sympathy)

05.10.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bad enough following the speech on Bluesky: can't bear to actually watch it. Thanks for doing the posting.

05.10.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A thug? Worse. We’ve got plenty…led by the Thug-in-Chief

Bypassed paywallπŸ‘‡
archive.md/2025.10.05-0...
"Robinson has a long criminal record, having served five prison terms between 2005 and 2025, and has been convicted of assault (twice), using a fake passport, mortgage fraud and contempt of court.

05.10.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your own
foldable
Jesus
Someone to hear your prayers
Someone who cares
Your own
foldable
Jesus
He can be neatly stored
Under the stairs

04.10.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#PrayForSnoops

04.10.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#ListenToSnoops

04.10.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yes. Sinners is stunning.

04.10.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I find it impossible to keep up with Snoops. He is a true citizen of the world #TransnationalSnoops

04.10.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The heat this generates my iPhone is steaming

04.10.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I on the other hand will name your child Colgate Ennui

04.10.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A cheap fast food bidding war… ain’t seen one o’ them for a while…

04.10.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh God: you’re an accelerationist.

04.10.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I WILL DO THIS FOR CHIPS & CURRY SAUCE

04.10.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Again.

03.10.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
DUGGA DOO | FULL SONG from The Interstellar Song Contest | Doctor Who
YouTube video by Doctor Who DUGGA DOO | FULL SONG from The Interstellar Song Contest | Doctor Who

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdzT...

03.10.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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