Philip Bowles
@lordwingnut.bsky.social
Englishman abroad, tea drinker and biscuit aficionado. World weary Arsenal fan who’s finally getting excited.
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We've all heard that there is no free lunch.
Well, guess what?
There is no free 747 either.
Well, guess what?
There is no free 747 either.
October 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We've all heard that there is no free lunch.
Well, guess what?
There is no free 747 either.
Well, guess what?
There is no free 747 either.
January 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
A little bit of hope after a terrible week
A survival guide to the next four years.
iandunt.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
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The antidote to drecky, hacky takes on LA from people who don't know it is the great writing we're seeing from people who love it.
my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social
my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.
"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.
"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted The Dystopia of the LA Fires By Studying History
This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed, and 5 schools burned to ash.
www.teenvogue.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The antidote to drecky, hacky takes on LA from people who don't know it is the great writing we're seeing from people who love it.
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Flashy Lies traveling much faster than the truth
January 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Flashy Lies traveling much faster than the truth
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LA didn’t slash the fire budget by $23 mill. While the city worked on a new contract, extra funds were set aside until November. When all was said and done, the fire budget actually grew by over $50 million. FACTS MATTER
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Wildfire response threatens to end Karen Bass' extended honeymoon
The Los Angeles mayor returned home from Ghana on Wednesday and said she was in “constant contact” while abroad.
www.politico.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
LA didn’t slash the fire budget by $23 mill. While the city worked on a new contract, extra funds were set aside until November. When all was said and done, the fire budget actually grew by over $50 million. FACTS MATTER
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Why the sudden influx of people following me who are all young women with OF accounts? I don’t subscribe to any and I’ve never searched for any.
I block them all but it’s a time consuming nuisance that makes this platform more like Threads.
I block them all but it’s a time consuming nuisance that makes this platform more like Threads.
January 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Why the sudden influx of people following me who are all young women with OF accounts? I don’t subscribe to any and I’ve never searched for any.
I block them all but it’s a time consuming nuisance that makes this platform more like Threads.
I block them all but it’s a time consuming nuisance that makes this platform more like Threads.
Her general level of cognition has plummeted over the last couple of days too as her dreams and friends stories all become mixed into her reality.
I can’t believe I’m sharing this here but in reality I don’t have anyone else to talk to.
I can’t believe I’m sharing this here but in reality I don’t have anyone else to talk to.
December 26, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Her general level of cognition has plummeted over the last couple of days too as her dreams and friends stories all become mixed into her reality.
I can’t believe I’m sharing this here but in reality I don’t have anyone else to talk to.
I can’t believe I’m sharing this here but in reality I don’t have anyone else to talk to.
Another trip to the ER with my lovely wife. She has become a shadow of her former self after a couple of seemingly innocuous falls spread over a year. She has TBI insomnia and every now and again an inability to support herself in a standing position.
December 26, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Another trip to the ER with my lovely wife. She has become a shadow of her former self after a couple of seemingly innocuous falls spread over a year. She has TBI insomnia and every now and again an inability to support herself in a standing position.
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It’s important to point out here, just for, you know, accuracy - that no tax cut in the history of taxes has ever cost nothing, let alone “pay for itself”.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...
Republicans Ponder: What if the Trump Tax Cuts Cost Nothing?
Some in the party are considering alternative ways of assessing the federal budget as they prepare to extend temporary tax cuts passed in 2017.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:26 PM
It’s important to point out here, just for, you know, accuracy - that no tax cut in the history of taxes has ever cost nothing, let alone “pay for itself”.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
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The Republican-controlled US Senate confirmed 19 federal judges in 2020 after Donald Trump lost his reelection bid to Joe Biden. One of them: District Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed the classified documents case against Trump. ballotpedia.org/Federal_judg...
November 20, 2024 at 3:22 PM
The Republican-controlled US Senate confirmed 19 federal judges in 2020 after Donald Trump lost his reelection bid to Joe Biden. One of them: District Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed the classified documents case against Trump. ballotpedia.org/Federal_judg...
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In a couple weeks you're all going to meet the 16-year-old trans girl who's challenge to a ban on gender-affirming medical care is being heard at SCOTUS and I'm going to need you all to 1) be loud and thankful for how badass she's being and 2) fight for her like your life depends on it
November 12, 2024 at 9:42 PM
In a couple weeks you're all going to meet the 16-year-old trans girl who's challenge to a ban on gender-affirming medical care is being heard at SCOTUS and I'm going to need you all to 1) be loud and thankful for how badass she's being and 2) fight for her like your life depends on it
It’s taken me way too long but my Twitter account is now inactive and I shall be continuing to do nothing over here.
November 12, 2024 at 10:48 PM
It’s taken me way too long but my Twitter account is now inactive and I shall be continuing to do nothing over here.