Phil C
phil-c.bsky.social
Phil C
@phil-c.bsky.social
Retired wordsmith, now living on a hill-top in the West Riding
Vānaprastha
Green Socialist
English European

The paradise that you will find
Lies deep within your very own mind
Know the seer, know the seer
‘It’s just a bomb’
The true story of two strangers and an extraordinary act of courage
archive.ph/oKJAz
archive.ph
December 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today
September 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Currently watching Awakenings with Robin Williams as Oliver Sacks. A friend lent me the book back in 1976. Dr Sacks led a very interesting life, to say the least.
September 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Found this little fellow outside peering into our house tonight. 😂
August 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Today's Wikipedia learning curve: merging two duplicate citations and creating a Harvard footnote for the one with a pages reference.
August 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I realised today that I have been an active member of Wikipedia for a quarter of my life.
August 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Today's timeline swamp: American sports.
August 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
20 years ago and still…
HT @calmeilles@mstdn.social
July 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
In a life full of rock'n'roll moments, only Ozzy could get busted for taking a drunken leak on a Texas war memorial wearing one of Sharon's dresses.
July 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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LOL
July 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today my feed is full of rather boring photographs of the sky at sunset or sunrise. Is there a name for this?
July 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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According to the UK government, and thanks to Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, these elderly people are all legally terrorism supporters for holding ‘I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action’ signs

www.instagram.com/reel/DLunNar... (London)
July 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Late June. Edward Thomas ♥️
June 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
For some reason, my feed at the moment features a lot of Australian and moth content. I've tried using the "Show less like this" option, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
June 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Two Palestinians showed us first-person videos of what it's like to try and retrieve, and provide, food in Gaza City.
By Ang Li, Meg Felling, and me. Heaps of geolocation help too from @fdov21.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: Inside the Struggle to Find Food in Gaza
Aid agencies say Gaza faces the threat of widespread starvation in the wake of the 80-day Israeli blockade on food deliveries that ended in mid-May. Two young Gazans, Salem Madhat Alaydi and Aya Ehab ...
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So long Brian Douglas Wilson.
youtu.be/v75f5W6LgLM?...
Surf's Up (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Happy "The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever" to those who celebrated it in #Edinburgh today. 🤗

ℹ️: www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/the-most-w...
📺: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B9t...
The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever - Edinburgh 2023
YouTube video by Beat Signer
www.youtube.com
June 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A lovely 1988 soul-pop track from Glasgow band Love and Money.
music.youtube.com/watch?v=gjkA...
Strange Kind Of Love by Love and Money (remastered)
YouTube video by Love and Money
music.youtube.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Germany’s recent UBI trial showed, once again, that giving people an unconditional monthly income improves mental well-being, stress levels, sleep, and overall life satisfaction — all without reducing working hours.

The myth that ‘free money’ turns people into couch potatoes simply isn't true.
Just How Many More Successful UBI Trials Do We Need?
Another major experiment, another set of predictable results
thenoosphere.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM