Patrick Stokes

@patrickstokes.com

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A/Prof of Philosophy at Deakin Uni (all views mine). Writer, radio producer, half of The Fake McCoys. Works on digital death, personal identity, Kierkegaard, moral phil. Has more hobbies than advisable. Melbourne + Werona
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Patrick Stokes is an Australian philosopher, Associate Professor in Philosophy at Deakin University and a former Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire. He is a winner of Australasian Association of Philosophy Media Prize and is known for his research on Kierkegaard's philosophy. .. more

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · Feb 22

My first pen commission! A former student of mine commissioned a fountain pen in Purpleheart (Peltogyne purpurea), a timber which goes purple when exposed to UV light. But that means when you turn it down to pen size, you're left with dull brown wood. Here's how to bring the purple back quickly:

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 8h

Yeah the deer thing is insane. And don’t get me started on government trout restocking…

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 12h

Like it's doable if you're prepared to do baiting *and* fumigation *and* excavation, and so is everyone around you. (Someone asked 'what about shooting?' to which the answer was 'it just kills the ones silly enough to be out of the burrows, which even at peak feeding time is less than half of them')

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 12h

Yeah I did a rabbit control workshop Connecting Country ran in Harcourt last year. What they told us is 'you need to do *all the things and get all your neighbours to do them too, at the same time' - except our neighbours are mostly state forest, so that's not happening.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 13h

I mean that is definitely one way to give up alcohol

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 14h

Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 14h

M&L did an incredible job on that garden! It's changed a fair bit in the time we've had it (our co-owners are excellent and hugely enthusiastic gardeners) but it's still their foundation. It's a wonderful space to just be in. Unfortunately every rabbit in the district agrees...

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 15h

Jess just pointed out this photo in the ABC's coverage. A few days after this photo was taken we bought the lithograph above Jon's head, 'The Turning,' from his gallery in Hobart. After years interacting on the socials I was so nervous about meeting him! But he was such a gentle, lovely man.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 15h

Jon Kudelka is gone. A sweet-souled man who could see the world all too clearly and still find the joy and the beauty in it. An awful, irreparable loss. Thinking of his family and friends.

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Ben Peake @reddishraven.bsky.social · 15h

Vale, Jon Kudelka.

And as always, Fuck Cancer.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 19h

now do Stray Cats you coward

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 19h

BEETLE: Alas, I die! Farewell, dearest bug wife! Farewell, beloved offspring! But I take comfort knowing that my death shall advance the noblest cause of learning - that you, entomologist friend, are doing this for science!

BUG COLLECTOR: uh, sure, science

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 2d

Check the video. Kinda kills the “whoa yeah he finally found his spine!” vibe when he’s reading a written statement and they bleep out the ‘fuck.’

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING:

New reaction from Leader Jeffries to the racist Trump video:

"This disgusting video posted by the so-called president was done intentionally. Fuck Donald Trump and his vile, racist, and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom feeder."

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 2d

Taking longer than expected but getting there.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · Jun 24

He is absolutely going to use the n-word within earshot of a hot mic sometime between now and Thanksgiving.

6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · Jun 24

WATCH THE VIDEO:

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uosdɯᴉS ɐuɐꓷ 🦄 @danacorn.bsky.social · 2d

Why does no one talk about, like, athletics that way?

We need to democratize sports. The days of actual athletes hoarding athletic success are over! I should be able to compete in a marathon in my car.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 3d

when your favourite DCFC song is A Lack of Color

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Misha Chicackalacky @spoketension.bsky.social · 3d

Death Camp For Cutie over here

a shopping mall emo/indie kid who is somehow also an ICE thug