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 · 1h

“Never thought I’d die fucking side by side with an elf.”

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 2h

Make a Bond movie academic:

No Time To Write

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h

Make a Bond movie academic:

You Only Review Twice

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4h

Make a Bond movie academic:

The Grant Is Not Enough

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Hair of the Hound @hairofthehound.bsky.social · 2h

Chrimbo Limbo is my favourite time of year.

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 3h

All else aside who the fuck wants a marble armrest? (Other than Lincoln, who sits not far from the Kennedy Center.)

Donald J. Trump & @realDonald Trump
Potential Marble armrests for the seating at The Trump Kennedy Center. Unlike anything ever done or seen before!
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12/26/25, 3:44 PM

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3h

Make a Bond movie academic:

You Only Review Twice

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4h

Make a Bond movie academic:

The Grant Is Not Enough

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 8h

make a Bond movie academic

The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies

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Snow Abby @arobertswrites.com · 23h

You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

My grandmother used to keep a few pre-decimal coins set aside for precisely this purpose. They only came out for Christmas pudding.

Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 1d

When decimalisation occurred in 1966, the Australian government compiled an 81 page file on dangers of using decimal coins in Christmas puddings. There was a media campaign warning people not to use the new coins in their cooking. The file is now digitised.

recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetri...

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 1d

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

LOUIS ARMSTRONG: Gifts I'm preparing for some Christmas sharing
But I pause because
Hanging my stocking I can hear a knocking-
Is that you, Santa Claus?
Oh, it’s you! [thump]
[Midsomer Murders theme plays]

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