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dr joshua phillips

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Woolf Doctor | Turns squiggles into angle brackets | modernism, digital humanities, bad puns | he/him | would prefer not to

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and walking. endless walking.

28.02.2026 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

do the tunnels come with their own Tunnel Hermitℒ️?

28.02.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reform: (((family meal planners))) have deprived celery of the victory that is its birthright

28.02.2026 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*sucks teeth*

Right, I see what’s gone wrong. The original builders only went and installed the gravity upside down.

27.02.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The most fantastical part is that they manage a just transition

27.02.2026 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am the world’s worst runner but even I could manage this.

27.02.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🫑 🫑 🫑

27.02.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can't believe this is how I learn there are new Pokemon games, thank you for your Slurmsvice 🫑

27.02.2026 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman is giving a speech at a podium and says that is a disgrace . ALT: a woman is giving a speech at a podium and says that is a disgrace .
27.02.2026 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Control sat down, frowning. Eventually he spoke:

β€œGeorge, George, George. We’ve got to get you laid, if not for you then for the good of the realm.”

Smiley shifted imperceptibly in his seat, cleared his throat, and began to clean his glasses with the fat end of his tie.

27.02.2026 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Allister Heath Starmer is using Six-Seven to wage a vicious class war on
Middle England
ALLISTER HEATH
The Telegraph

Allister Heath Starmer is using Six-Seven to wage a vicious class war on Middle England ALLISTER HEATH The Telegraph

Am I doing this right?

26.02.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the future, everyone will approve Oxford Street pedestrianisation for fifteen minutes

26.02.2026 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I miss Lord Buckethead.

26.02.2026 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Further proof that the British public is wrong about everything. The answer is clearly Bulbasaur: sweep the first two gyms, Mt Moon and Rock Tunnel with grass-type moves, inflict status conditions and heal with Leech Seed. Charmander could never 😀

26.02.2026 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Surely the grandson of a toolmaker should be able to get some gear?

25.02.2026 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dang. Might have to fail again and then fail better.

25.02.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ham
Clov
Nag
Nell

25.02.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Came here to post this

25.02.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It sounds better in the original German, lbr

25.02.2026 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I once read a library copy of, iirc, Civilization and its Discontents, where every instance of the word β€œfather” had been underlined and annotated β€œFreud”.

25.02.2026 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

babe wake up, new definition of chutzpah just dropped

24.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character from the simpsons is standing in front of a row of lockers and waving . ALT: a cartoon character from the simpsons is standing in front of a row of lockers and waving .

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me!

24.02.2026 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Going all-in on the plagiarism-psychosis machine is certainly a… bold… choice.

23.02.2026 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s giving this place is not a place of honour… no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.

23.02.2026 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tfw you turn down The Sims' graphics settings to Very Low

22.02.2026 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your local swingers club and sauna looks like a far comfortable place.

22.02.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

[Insert goose meme here]

22.02.2026 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You mean you don’t know about the Salop Kabbalah? Or the Telford Chassidim?

21.02.2026 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You have the London Eye across the bridge! It has a better view precisely because you can see the HoP and it’s completely accessible

20.02.2026 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Smiling' fossil discovered in Northumberland The unusual looking fossil is estimated to be a few hundred million years old dating to the Carboniferous period.

[Lindisfarne]

Me: (chanting) teeth, teeth-

Other fossil hunters: teeth, TEETH

British Geological Society: [pounding its clipboard] TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!

19.02.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 994    πŸ” 295    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 76