Philip R Holden
@pwotg.bsky.social
Academic, writer, theatre director, sometime actor, coffee, red wine and pie lover; erstwhile bookseller. Brunch gets my attention every time. PWOTG stands for please walk on the grass (inquire for details)🙂
Not a momentous announcement , but I'm going off SM for the next week.
A world revolving around the orange dumpster and his playing army, is too much for me.
A world revolving around the orange dumpster and his playing army, is too much for me.
January 20, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Not a momentous announcement , but I'm going off SM for the next week.
A world revolving around the orange dumpster and his playing army, is too much for me.
A world revolving around the orange dumpster and his playing army, is too much for me.
Oh, I get it. This is a parable.
The bus driver is the president, the bus is the USA.
Brilliant.
The bus driver is the president, the bus is the USA.
Brilliant.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Oh, I get it. This is a parable.
The bus driver is the president, the bus is the USA.
Brilliant.
The bus driver is the president, the bus is the USA.
Brilliant.
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Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
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There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
1/
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Trump himself signed it off in 2025 so I guess hat makes him unbelievably stupid by his own measure
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
Donald Trump Says Keir Starmer's Decision To Give Up Chagos Islands Was 'An Act Of Great Stupidity'
The US president accused the prime minister of "total weakness" in extraordinary attack.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Trump himself signed it off in 2025 so I guess hat makes him unbelievably stupid by his own measure
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
Checking the news every morning to see if the WW3 has started doesn't help my anxiety.
January 20, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Checking the news every morning to see if the WW3 has started doesn't help my anxiety.
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A bookseller in need of rehoming some of her books. How would you like the idea of £5 + post for a mystery bundle of a minimum of 3 books from my own collection? You can choose from middle grade, YA, or adult. Books pre-loved. Proceeds to my marathon fundraising for BookTrust! ❤️
January 19, 2026 at 9:41 AM
A bookseller in need of rehoming some of her books. How would you like the idea of £5 + post for a mystery bundle of a minimum of 3 books from my own collection? You can choose from middle grade, YA, or adult. Books pre-loved. Proceeds to my marathon fundraising for BookTrust! ❤️
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🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED BY MADURO, IRAN NOR GREENLAND & STAY LOUD 🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN 🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS & I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared 🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN 🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS & I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared 🔥🔥🔥
January 19, 2026 at 11:25 AM
🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED BY MADURO, IRAN NOR GREENLAND & STAY LOUD 🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN 🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS & I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared 🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN 🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS & I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared 🔥🔥🔥
There's barely time for the #USA to rescue its reputation.
That's removing #Trump immediately plus a very public trial and punishment as well as restoration, and committment to, national and international structures of democracy.
Otherwise, you're just telling China and Russia "anything goes"
That's removing #Trump immediately plus a very public trial and punishment as well as restoration, and committment to, national and international structures of democracy.
Otherwise, you're just telling China and Russia "anything goes"
January 19, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Dump dollar bonds.
That is all.
That is all.
January 19, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Dump dollar bonds.
That is all.
That is all.
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This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
January 18, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
I think the UK and EU governments should put 1000% tariffs on US products.
Then they should offer a 100% discount on that just for Trump, if he leaves Greenland the f*** alone.
Get him to work out what that means.
Get him to explain it to the US population.
Preferably on live TV.
Then they should offer a 100% discount on that just for Trump, if he leaves Greenland the f*** alone.
Get him to work out what that means.
Get him to explain it to the US population.
Preferably on live TV.
January 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I think the UK and EU governments should put 1000% tariffs on US products.
Then they should offer a 100% discount on that just for Trump, if he leaves Greenland the f*** alone.
Get him to work out what that means.
Get him to explain it to the US population.
Preferably on live TV.
Then they should offer a 100% discount on that just for Trump, if he leaves Greenland the f*** alone.
Get him to work out what that means.
Get him to explain it to the US population.
Preferably on live TV.
The Greenland 'crisis' is entirely of Trump's making.
That is all.
That is all.
January 18, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The Greenland 'crisis' is entirely of Trump's making.
That is all.
That is all.
No one in the USA with a reading age above 12 can seriously think that Trump has made a wise, clever or even effective move on Greenland.
From 1951 U.S. built 13 Army bases and four Navy bases in Greenland manned by nearly 5,800 military personnel.
They reduced this to one base and a few hundred ...
From 1951 U.S. built 13 Army bases and four Navy bases in Greenland manned by nearly 5,800 military personnel.
They reduced this to one base and a few hundred ...
January 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM
No one in the USA with a reading age above 12 can seriously think that Trump has made a wise, clever or even effective move on Greenland.
From 1951 U.S. built 13 Army bases and four Navy bases in Greenland manned by nearly 5,800 military personnel.
They reduced this to one base and a few hundred ...
From 1951 U.S. built 13 Army bases and four Navy bases in Greenland manned by nearly 5,800 military personnel.
They reduced this to one base and a few hundred ...
The perfect BlueSky exchange on how to boycott US brands...
January 17, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The perfect BlueSky exchange on how to boycott US brands...
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Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
January 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
I should really go to bed, but before I do, here's a thought or two.
Has anyone asked the people of Alaska if they'd rather be Canadian?
If (insert name of country) wants to change the regime in the USA, can they just kidnap Trump?
Has anyone asked the people of Alaska if they'd rather be Canadian?
If (insert name of country) wants to change the regime in the USA, can they just kidnap Trump?
January 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I should really go to bed, but before I do, here's a thought or two.
Has anyone asked the people of Alaska if they'd rather be Canadian?
If (insert name of country) wants to change the regime in the USA, can they just kidnap Trump?
Has anyone asked the people of Alaska if they'd rather be Canadian?
If (insert name of country) wants to change the regime in the USA, can they just kidnap Trump?
@toriherridge.bsky.social The Quaternary, sure; palaeontology, of course; a carnyx, definitely (we've just binge-watched Digging for Britain) but my partner ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ wants to know where your jumper is from!
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
@toriherridge.bsky.social The Quaternary, sure; palaeontology, of course; a carnyx, definitely (we've just binge-watched Digging for Britain) but my partner ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ wants to know where your jumper is from!
If your MP is on BlueSky, do feel free to tag them.
Remaining on X, a platform which that allows for the mass manufacturing of non-consensual sexual images of women and minors, is no longer endorsement.
The government needs to leave it.
Now.
Remaining on X, a platform which that allows for the mass manufacturing of non-consensual sexual images of women and minors, is no longer endorsement.
The government needs to leave it.
Now.
Staying on X is an Endorsement - and It's Unforgivable
The UK government cannot claim to protect women and children while continuing to post on a platform that enables their abuse.
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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Who is lying?
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
apps.npr.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Who is lying?
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/
Sometimes writing is really REALLY hard
January 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Sometimes writing is really REALLY hard
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Here’s the scathing statement from @markwarner.bsky.social, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
January 3, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Here’s the scathing statement from @markwarner.bsky.social, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.
It's not every day you accidentally discover a goldmine...
January 2, 2026 at 7:54 PM
It's not every day you accidentally discover a goldmine...
What is the name of Satan's testicles is Temu selling? And to whom?
December 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
What is the name of Satan's testicles is Temu selling? And to whom?
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Kenrex at The Other Palace - review: open.substack.com/pub/screenon... #theatresky
December 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Kenrex at The Other Palace - review: open.substack.com/pub/screenon... #theatresky