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
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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.
Take, Take, Take // It was not a dream open.substack.com/pub/stephenp...
In which I go and come back
In which I go and come back
It was not a dream
In which I return to and from Japan, and in which I am honest
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September 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Take, Take, Take // It was not a dream open.substack.com/pub/stephenp...
In which I go and come back
In which I go and come back
Now we have state sanctioned grieving?
September 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Now we have state sanctioned grieving?
If a Union or a political party is having an internal election, they should not tell you how to vote in that election. Honestly.
September 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
If a Union or a political party is having an internal election, they should not tell you how to vote in that election. Honestly.
I love a BBC interview with an American gun expert where the gun expert is going on and on and on about things like muzzle velocity like there moment has finally come, someone will finally listen to them and the BBC interviewers is like, You realise this whole thing is completely crazy, right?
September 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I love a BBC interview with an American gun expert where the gun expert is going on and on and on about things like muzzle velocity like there moment has finally come, someone will finally listen to them and the BBC interviewers is like, You realise this whole thing is completely crazy, right?
A new standing desk is great and I have solved the wobble. Yes.
September 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A new standing desk is great and I have solved the wobble. Yes.
Aaaaaand the internet is terrible there.
I have a place to work in my home for the first time in about 11 eleven years and it's incredible.
September 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Aaaaaand the internet is terrible there.
I have a place to work in my home for the first time in about 11 eleven years and it's incredible.
September 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I have a place to work in my home for the first time in about 11 eleven years and it's incredible.
New article up on Social Compass: Positioning in discourse about religious belief and practice in superdiverse contexts. It's Open Access so download and read for free!
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September 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
New article up on Social Compass: Positioning in discourse about religious belief and practice in superdiverse contexts. It's Open Access so download and read for free!
I can't tell if this is profound or not.
I feel like leadership is wrapping your mind around the task that needs doing and then communicating to your team how that task will get done.
September 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I can't tell if this is profound or not.