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)🙂
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This chart is making the rounds again — and it might be the defining story of the Disruption Decade. One line goes vertical, one goes flat. China scaling energy like a civilisation in ascent. America stuck on maintenance mode. The future follows the energy curve. ⚡📈 #Renewables #BESS #EV #Disruption
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This chart is making the rounds again — and it might be the defining story of the Disruption Decade. One line goes vertical, one goes flat. China scaling energy like a civilisation in ascent. America stuck on maintenance mode. The future follows the energy curve. ⚡📈 #Renewables #BESS #EV #Disruption
I got into real trouble when I tried to employ a new wine waiter, and I'm beginning to think I choose the wrong person.
They shouted at me when I offered them the job:
"No, YOU'RE smellier!"
They shouted at me when I offered them the job:
"No, YOU'RE smellier!"
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I got into real trouble when I tried to employ a new wine waiter, and I'm beginning to think I choose the wrong person.
They shouted at me when I offered them the job:
"No, YOU'RE smellier!"
They shouted at me when I offered them the job:
"No, YOU'RE smellier!"
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"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
#academicsky
I'm planning a book. It has a provocative title for the airport bookstore and then a subtitle AND a sub-subtitle.
Happy to receive recommendations for content, examples and case studies from those who 'get' it.
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔻𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜
(ᴡʜʏ ɪᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ)
⁽ᵃⁿᵈ ʷʰʸ ⁱᵗ ᵈᵒᵉˢ ᵃⁿʸʷᵃʸ⁾
I'm planning a book. It has a provocative title for the airport bookstore and then a subtitle AND a sub-subtitle.
Happy to receive recommendations for content, examples and case studies from those who 'get' it.
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔻𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜
(ᴡʜʏ ɪᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ)
⁽ᵃⁿᵈ ʷʰʸ ⁱᵗ ᵈᵒᵉˢ ᵃⁿʸʷᵃʸ⁾
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#academicsky
I'm planning a book. It has a provocative title for the airport bookstore and then a subtitle AND a sub-subtitle.
Happy to receive recommendations for content, examples and case studies from those who 'get' it.
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔻𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜
(ᴡʜʏ ɪᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ)
⁽ᵃⁿᵈ ʷʰʸ ⁱᵗ ᵈᵒᵉˢ ᵃⁿʸʷᵃʸ⁾
I'm planning a book. It has a provocative title for the airport bookstore and then a subtitle AND a sub-subtitle.
Happy to receive recommendations for content, examples and case studies from those who 'get' it.
𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔻𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜
(ᴡʜʏ ɪᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ)
⁽ᵃⁿᵈ ʷʰʸ ⁱᵗ ᵈᵒᵉˢ ᵃⁿʸʷᵃʸ⁾
Saying I don't understand US politics is stating the obvious and universal. But why do the Democrats need to agree to anything in order for the government to reopen?
With a Rep Senate, Congress and President, how is that decision made?
With a Rep Senate, Congress and President, how is that decision made?
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Saying I don't understand US politics is stating the obvious and universal. But why do the Democrats need to agree to anything in order for the government to reopen?
With a Rep Senate, Congress and President, how is that decision made?
With a Rep Senate, Congress and President, how is that decision made?
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November 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
The Northern counterpart to Artificial Intelligence is Genuine Skepticism.
We call it "Oh aye?"
We call it "Oh aye?"
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The Northern counterpart to Artificial Intelligence is Genuine Skepticism.
We call it "Oh aye?"
We call it "Oh aye?"
I just popped over to Twitter.
I need a shower and tranquillisers.
I need a shower and tranquillisers.
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I just popped over to Twitter.
I need a shower and tranquillisers.
I need a shower and tranquillisers.
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
Even the most goggle-eyed tech bro has got to admit that, when all our jobs are taken by AI, there won't be anyone left to buy their crap.
Their only option is to keep as many people as possible working shitty jobs for minimum wages.
They call them "consumers".
Their only option is to keep as many people as possible working shitty jobs for minimum wages.
They call them "consumers".
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Even the most goggle-eyed tech bro has got to admit that, when all our jobs are taken by AI, there won't be anyone left to buy their crap.
Their only option is to keep as many people as possible working shitty jobs for minimum wages.
They call them "consumers".
Their only option is to keep as many people as possible working shitty jobs for minimum wages.
They call them "consumers".
Personally looking forward to the day Trump is arrested on non-US soil.
The arresting authority just needs to copy ICE and disappear him.
The arresting authority just needs to copy ICE and disappear him.
November 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Personally looking forward to the day Trump is arrested on non-US soil.
The arresting authority just needs to copy ICE and disappear him.
The arresting authority just needs to copy ICE and disappear him.
Amazon making 14,000 redundant because a 13% year on year increase in sales to $167.7bn (£125bn) just isn't enough.
(That 414ft, $400,000,000 schooner won't pay for itself, eh Jeff?)
But it's not just Amazon...
#wealthtax
(That 414ft, $400,000,000 schooner won't pay for itself, eh Jeff?)
But it's not just Amazon...
#wealthtax
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Amazon making 14,000 redundant because a 13% year on year increase in sales to $167.7bn (£125bn) just isn't enough.
(That 414ft, $400,000,000 schooner won't pay for itself, eh Jeff?)
But it's not just Amazon...
#wealthtax
(That 414ft, $400,000,000 schooner won't pay for itself, eh Jeff?)
But it's not just Amazon...
#wealthtax
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🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster
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A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Perfect coffee ☕
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Perfect coffee ☕
So just who CAN issue a warrant for Trump's arrest?
October 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
So just who CAN issue a warrant for Trump's arrest?
I genuinely don't understand the Epstein files thing.
Bondi said they were on her desk, then that they don't exist.
And all the prevarication has meant they can be destroyed and even falsified.
Can't s͓̽o͓̽m͓̽e͓̽o͓̽n͓̽e͓̽ leak them?
Bondi said they were on her desk, then that they don't exist.
And all the prevarication has meant they can be destroyed and even falsified.
Can't s͓̽o͓̽m͓̽e͓̽o͓̽n͓̽e͓̽ leak them?
October 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I genuinely don't understand the Epstein files thing.
Bondi said they were on her desk, then that they don't exist.
And all the prevarication has meant they can be destroyed and even falsified.
Can't s͓̽o͓̽m͓̽e͓̽o͓̽n͓̽e͓̽ leak them?
Bondi said they were on her desk, then that they don't exist.
And all the prevarication has meant they can be destroyed and even falsified.
Can't s͓̽o͓̽m͓̽e͓̽o͓̽n͓̽e͓̽ leak them?
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685,000 Britons has wealth of £2.8 trillion, 48m have £2.4trn.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.
Rachel Reeves’ budget must reduce inequalities and increase spending capacity of the masses
This is how to secure sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
685,000 Britons has wealth of £2.8 trillion, 48m have £2.4trn.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.
4 people have more wealth than 20m Britons.
Bottom 50% of the population has 5% of wealth, the bottom fifth only 0.5%.
Rich buy political parties, legislators; hold govts to ransom.
Can't get economic growth without redistribution.