Patrick Stokes
@patrickstokes.com
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
@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:
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I'm sure some of the mushroom-trial fans would have considered it.
"Oh, it was the winter of 23
when Erin had her folks to tea,
A tale so grim then did unfold
of murder served with gravy
Her poison plan was passing bold
Beware the mushroom lady"
"Oh, it was the winter of 23
when Erin had her folks to tea,
A tale so grim then did unfold
of murder served with gravy
Her poison plan was passing bold
Beware the mushroom lady"
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I'm sure some of the mushroom-trial fans would have considered it.
"Oh, it was the winter of 23
when Erin had her folks to tea,
A tale so grim then did unfold
of murder served with gravy
Her poison plan was passing bold
Beware the mushroom lady"
"Oh, it was the winter of 23
when Erin had her folks to tea,
A tale so grim then did unfold
of murder served with gravy
Her poison plan was passing bold
Beware the mushroom lady"
New rule: Everyone has to sing their true crime podcasts instead of narrating them
You ever think about how there was only 1 to 2 months between the actual wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and Gordon Lightfoot recording his song.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
And how weird and slightly deranged it would be if someone had dropped a banger about a contemporary disaster on its heels.
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
New rule: Everyone has to sing their true crime podcasts instead of narrating them
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the government forcing the wiggles to do a podcast episode as punishment really shifts the Overton window of regulatory enforcement possibilities
www.accc.gov.au/medi...
www.accc.gov.au/medi...
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
the government forcing the wiggles to do a podcast episode as punishment really shifts the Overton window of regulatory enforcement possibilities
www.accc.gov.au/medi...
www.accc.gov.au/medi...
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you have more people who love you than any of these weenie billionaire losers
how cool is that
how cool is that
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
you have more people who love you than any of these weenie billionaire losers
how cool is that
how cool is that
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
MEDIA: RDR3 is in pre-production! Get excited!
ME, A TOOL FAN WHO ALSO LOVED RDR2: [long drag on cigarette, stares into distance]
ME, A TOOL FAN WHO ALSO LOVED RDR2: [long drag on cigarette, stares into distance]
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
MEDIA: RDR3 is in pre-production! Get excited!
ME, A TOOL FAN WHO ALSO LOVED RDR2: [long drag on cigarette, stares into distance]
ME, A TOOL FAN WHO ALSO LOVED RDR2: [long drag on cigarette, stares into distance]
I was finally going to be able to grab some nugs on the way home from the monthly 774 slot. Curse those starched shirt pencil-pushers in Gower Street!
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I was finally going to be able to grab some nugs on the way home from the monthly 774 slot. Curse those starched shirt pencil-pushers in Gower Street!
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this must've been so annoying before computers
March 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
this must've been so annoying before computers
Cash for Cremate
John Laws is getting a state funeral. Really?
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Cash for Cremate
You can buy Justice Lee's judgment in Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Ltd as a book.
That... doesn't feel right?
That... doesn't feel right?
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
You can buy Justice Lee's judgment in Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Ltd as a book.
That... doesn't feel right?
That... doesn't feel right?
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Mark Parton is the new leader of the Canberra Liberals, which means 44 per cent of the current party room members (4 out of 9) have now served as leader
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Mark Parton is the new leader of the Canberra Liberals, which means 44 per cent of the current party room members (4 out of 9) have now served as leader
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Dear military history enthusiasts, note anything odd about this book cover?
And yeah, it’s a real thing. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
And yeah, it’s a real thing. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Dear military history enthusiasts, note anything odd about this book cover?
And yeah, it’s a real thing. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
And yeah, it’s a real thing. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
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John Laws is dead, so as well as remembering him for outrageous on-air statements and the cash-for-comment affair, let me take this opportunity to remind everyone that in 1976 he released an album of country music covers called You've Never Been Trucked Like This Before
It reached 69 on the charts
It reached 69 on the charts
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
John Laws is dead, so as well as remembering him for outrageous on-air statements and the cash-for-comment affair, let me take this opportunity to remind everyone that in 1976 he released an album of country music covers called You've Never Been Trucked Like This Before
It reached 69 on the charts
It reached 69 on the charts
Now that Laws has died I can finally admit: I did not, in fact, "know what I mean."
Put out your Valvolines.
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Now that Laws has died I can finally admit: I did not, in fact, "know what I mean."
First bowl! After 18 months of spindle turning I finally did a bowl turning class at Pop’s Shed this afternoon. Great fun, very keen to do more! (Camphor Laurel, sanded to 400 and finished in Bivos oil) #woodturning
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
First bowl! After 18 months of spindle turning I finally did a bowl turning class at Pop’s Shed this afternoon. Great fun, very keen to do more! (Camphor Laurel, sanded to 400 and finished in Bivos oil) #woodturning
Whoever does @australia.theguardian.com’s headlines is absolutely on fire lately
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Whoever does @australia.theguardian.com’s headlines is absolutely on fire lately
Did you know that under Australian law the dead can’t sue for defamation? Just a fun fact I thought I’d mention apropos of nothing in particular.
November 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Did you know that under Australian law the dead can’t sue for defamation? Just a fun fact I thought I’d mention apropos of nothing in particular.
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hey Bluesky whatever you’re doing to pick the thumbnails for videos……. Keep doing that Shit
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
hey Bluesky whatever you’re doing to pick the thumbnails for videos……. Keep doing that Shit
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NEW Were the Picts of northern Scotland wiped out by Viking conquest? New radiocarbon dates from the 1st millennium AD settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney paint a more complex picture of cultural interaction in the Northern Isles.
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
@northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
@northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
NEW Were the Picts of northern Scotland wiped out by Viking conquest? New radiocarbon dates from the 1st millennium AD settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney paint a more complex picture of cultural interaction in the Northern Isles.
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
@northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
#AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵
@northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology
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"why don't Australians care about local council as much as a NYC mayoral election?"
Australian local government: jade.io/article/1162...
Australian local government: jade.io/article/1162...
November 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"why don't Australians care about local council as much as a NYC mayoral election?"
Australian local government: jade.io/article/1162...
Australian local government: jade.io/article/1162...
[scenes from a marriage]
JESS: I’ve just started watching this series with Michael Shannon as Garfield
ME: Guessing that’s Garfield the assassinated president, not the lasagne-loving cat?
JESS: Oh way to ruin the ending, arsehole
JESS: I’ve just started watching this series with Michael Shannon as Garfield
ME: Guessing that’s Garfield the assassinated president, not the lasagne-loving cat?
JESS: Oh way to ruin the ending, arsehole
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
[scenes from a marriage]
JESS: I’ve just started watching this series with Michael Shannon as Garfield
ME: Guessing that’s Garfield the assassinated president, not the lasagne-loving cat?
JESS: Oh way to ruin the ending, arsehole
JESS: I’ve just started watching this series with Michael Shannon as Garfield
ME: Guessing that’s Garfield the assassinated president, not the lasagne-loving cat?
JESS: Oh way to ruin the ending, arsehole
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The future of Australian medical research is being held back, not by a lack of ideas, talent, or urgency, but by the failure to honour a long‐held funding promise, a situation all the more perplexing given that the promised funds are already available.
Read more: www.burnet.edu.au/news/burnet-...
Read more: www.burnet.edu.au/news/burnet-...
Burnet backs calls to fully release MRFF: media release
The MRFF was established to transform Australian health and medical research. We are calling on all funds to be released.
www.burnet.edu.au
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The future of Australian medical research is being held back, not by a lack of ideas, talent, or urgency, but by the failure to honour a long‐held funding promise, a situation all the more perplexing given that the promised funds are already available.
Read more: www.burnet.edu.au/news/burnet-...
Read more: www.burnet.edu.au/news/burnet-...
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the sandwich guy walking away from the court house and suddenly, his limp disappears
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
the sandwich guy walking away from the court house and suddenly, his limp disappears
This cormorant is cleaning our rivers, apparently.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This cormorant is cleaning our rivers, apparently.
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Personally, I do things not because they’re easy, but because I incorrectly thought they’d be easy
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Personally, I do things not because they’re easy, but because I incorrectly thought they’d be easy