Stephen Pihlaja
@stephenpihlaja.bsky.social
Labour Candidate for Moseley Ward 🌹
Also: Language Linguistics Religion Education Aston University Birmingham Community Organising Running Immigration Veganism bit.ly/m/SPihlaja
Also: Language Linguistics Religion Education Aston University Birmingham Community Organising Running Immigration Veganism bit.ly/m/SPihlaja
Take, take, take // Flagging blogcast
Flagging
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February 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Take, take, take // Flagging blogcast
Newest Blogcast! Also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Winners Never Quit
In which I reflect on Thankfulness
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February 11, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Newest Blogcast! Also on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Take, take, take// The Pursuit of Happiness
The Pursuit of Happiness
In which I am American on New Year's Eve
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January 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Take, take, take// The Pursuit of Happiness
Take, take, take // Embracing Facts
Embracing facts
In which I refuse to die on a mountain
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December 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Take, take, take // Embracing Facts
Can anyone write a chapter on 'Belief' for me for a Cambridge Companion on Religion and Language?
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Can anyone write a chapter on 'Belief' for me for a Cambridge Companion on Religion and Language?
I had the most excellent, short conversation about editing with @lyzzybee.bsky.social tonight. I love how language works and how people know how language works.
November 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I had the most excellent, short conversation about editing with @lyzzybee.bsky.social tonight. I love how language works and how people know how language works.
Take, take, take // Winners never quit
In which I write about American Thanksgiving.
In which I write about American Thanksgiving.
Winners Never Quit
In which I try to be thankful on a day of mandated thankfulness
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November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Take, take, take // Winners never quit
In which I write about American Thanksgiving.
In which I write about American Thanksgiving.
Thanks for the review @lyzzybee.bsky.social!
Why indulgent? They weren't on the list! Sarah Miller Walters – “Woods Ware China at the Serving Hatch”, Stephen Pihlaja – “Narrative and Religion in the Superdiverse City” librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t... #NovNov25 #NonfictionNovember2025 #booksky 📚💙💡 @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thanks for the review @lyzzybee.bsky.social!
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Train fares frozen: not happened for decades.
Bringing rail back into public ownership means we can take action on fares.
Bringing rail back into public ownership means we can take action on fares.
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Train fares frozen: not happened for decades.
Bringing rail back into public ownership means we can take action on fares.
Bringing rail back into public ownership means we can take action on fares.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Loving all the, uh, nuanced discussion of immigration and refugee and asylum seekers this morning. My take: 20 years is a ridiculous amount of time to take to settle and terrible for everyone in the system.
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Loving all the, uh, nuanced discussion of immigration and refugee and asylum seekers this morning. My take: 20 years is a ridiculous amount of time to take to settle and terrible for everyone in the system.
I hate when the algorithm picks up on you being interested in a thing you're trying to low key avoid.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I hate when the algorithm picks up on you being interested in a thing you're trying to low key avoid.
I feel like I should be here more, what's going on here, what are we talking about.
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I feel like I should be here more, what's going on here, what are we talking about.
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Man on the DLR: Are you prepared for today’s meeting?
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Man on the DLR: Are you prepared for today’s meeting?
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
Woman: No.
Man: It’s at 9am.
Woman: I know it’s at 9am, Dave. And I remain, unprepared.
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That’ll be a no from me dawg. Call your local asshole and explain that this ain’t it
From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
That’ll be a no from me dawg. Call your local asshole and explain that this ain’t it
Take, take, take // The Sound after the Sound
The sound after the sound
In which I try to write an ending
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November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Take, take, take // The Sound after the Sound
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V good: 'My Socialism is a Christian Socialism, an actual redemption of a Christian Evangelicalism I have rejected, where I had read, 'Blessed are the poor', and immediately amended it with 'in spirit' to deflect it, to not have to deal with the open wound in our society that Socialism addresses.'
November 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
V good: 'My Socialism is a Christian Socialism, an actual redemption of a Christian Evangelicalism I have rejected, where I had read, 'Blessed are the poor', and immediately amended it with 'in spirit' to deflect it, to not have to deal with the open wound in our society that Socialism addresses.'
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Great to be out over the weekend with my good friend @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social campaigning in the Moseley by-election for @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social.
Friends in politics are very important. Jess is loyal, feisty, kind, and you know exactly what she’s about. Politics needs more like Jess.
Friends in politics are very important. Jess is loyal, feisty, kind, and you know exactly what she’s about. Politics needs more like Jess.
October 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Great to be out over the weekend with my good friend @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social campaigning in the Moseley by-election for @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social.
Friends in politics are very important. Jess is loyal, feisty, kind, and you know exactly what she’s about. Politics needs more like Jess.
Friends in politics are very important. Jess is loyal, feisty, kind, and you know exactly what she’s about. Politics needs more like Jess.
Please follow my Candidate FB page for updates about my candidacy at Labour Councillor for Moseley Ward.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Please follow my Candidate FB page for updates about my candidacy at Labour Councillor for Moseley Ward.
Moseley Farmers Market! Ftw!
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September 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Moseley Farmers Market! Ftw!
The art of the FB argument is giving a person the last work right as it makes them look like an asshole.
September 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The art of the FB argument is giving a person the last work right as it makes them look like an asshole.
🧵Big news thread incoming🧵
Tonight, I participated in my first doorknocking session as a Labour candidate in the Moseley Ward for the city council by-election on 23 October. This summer, the Labour councillor in this Ward, Kerry Jenkins, passed away after a sudden illness.
Tonight, I participated in my first doorknocking session as a Labour candidate in the Moseley Ward for the city council by-election on 23 October. This summer, the Labour councillor in this Ward, Kerry Jenkins, passed away after a sudden illness.
September 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
🧵Big news thread incoming🧵
Tonight, I participated in my first doorknocking session as a Labour candidate in the Moseley Ward for the city council by-election on 23 October. This summer, the Labour councillor in this Ward, Kerry Jenkins, passed away after a sudden illness.
Tonight, I participated in my first doorknocking session as a Labour candidate in the Moseley Ward for the city council by-election on 23 October. This summer, the Labour councillor in this Ward, Kerry Jenkins, passed away after a sudden illness.
I challenged my colleagues yesterday to come up with a seven-word definition of Stylistics. This is as close as I could get:
Stylistics is the study of how language choice affects meaning.
Stylistics is the study of how language choice affects meaning.
September 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I challenged my colleagues yesterday to come up with a seven-word definition of Stylistics. This is as close as I could get:
Stylistics is the study of how language choice affects meaning.
Stylistics is the study of how language choice affects meaning.