Thom
@thwphipps.bsky.social
This is the official BlueSky account of beloved TV writer Thom Phipps
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Thom
@thwphipps.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Moving my extra difficult cryptic crossword thread to here. Twitter no longer deserves it
One of the least followable films I’ve ever seen
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
One of the least followable films I’ve ever seen
Andrew’s out
It is meaningless nonsense and if you had put it the other way around it would not have sounded any more or less nonsensical.
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Andrew’s out
Holly just said “magic is for men as acapella is to women”. Feels correct although I can’t explain why
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Holly just said “magic is for men as acapella is to women”. Feels correct although I can’t explain why
How is Crazy Ex-Girlfriend not available on any UK streaming platforms? Cmon guys
Aline Brosh McKenna kindly but emphatically telling that listener it’s not gonna happen on the latest episode of Scriptnotes is the kind of content more of these screenwriting podcasts need
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
How is Crazy Ex-Girlfriend not available on any UK streaming platforms? Cmon guys
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Aline Brosh McKenna kindly but emphatically telling that listener it’s not gonna happen on the latest episode of Scriptnotes is the kind of content more of these screenwriting podcasts need
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Aline Brosh McKenna kindly but emphatically telling that listener it’s not gonna happen on the latest episode of Scriptnotes is the kind of content more of these screenwriting podcasts need
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It's Friday night baby
July 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It's Friday night baby
It looked fabulous though!
Good, I think. As ever with GTD it blends wonderful design with amusingly visceral violence and an overriding emotional mawkishness. I had fun I think
Nw
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It looked fabulous though!
Good, I think. As ever with GTD it blends wonderful design with amusingly visceral violence and an overriding emotional mawkishness. I had fun I think
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Good, I think. As ever with GTD it blends wonderful design with amusingly visceral violence and an overriding emotional mawkishness. I had fun I think
Aline Brosh McKenna kindly but emphatically telling that listener it’s not gonna happen on the latest episode of Scriptnotes is the kind of content more of these screenwriting podcasts need
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Aline Brosh McKenna kindly but emphatically telling that listener it’s not gonna happen on the latest episode of Scriptnotes is the kind of content more of these screenwriting podcasts need
Reposted by Thom
Part of poaster’s bushido is being detached from the fruits of your poasting, both good and bad. “I was saying that I wanted to kill someone as a reference to Johnny Cash” no you poasted a little too close to the sun. We all do it (some more than others). Accept and move on, this is pathetic.
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Part of poaster’s bushido is being detached from the fruits of your poasting, both good and bad. “I was saying that I wanted to kill someone as a reference to Johnny Cash” no you poasted a little too close to the sun. We all do it (some more than others). Accept and move on, this is pathetic.
This is really good fun. A kind of
dice-based Slay The Spire deal. V easy to pick up. Charming, surreal and actually funny too. Also it’s only seven quid
dice-based Slay The Spire deal. V easy to pick up. Charming, surreal and actually funny too. Also it’s only seven quid
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is really good fun. A kind of
dice-based Slay The Spire deal. V easy to pick up. Charming, surreal and actually funny too. Also it’s only seven quid
dice-based Slay The Spire deal. V easy to pick up. Charming, surreal and actually funny too. Also it’s only seven quid
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You can recognise him by his glazed expression
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
You can recognise him by his glazed expression
The Batman villain Clayface used to work in a pottery factory, but they fired him
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Batman villain Clayface used to work in a pottery factory, but they fired him
WEBSITE: Pweaaaaaase turn off your adblocker so that we can continue to be fweee!!!!!!
ME: Oh fine
WEBSITE: *attempts to load sixty ads at once and immediately crashes*
ME: Oh fine
WEBSITE: *attempts to load sixty ads at once and immediately crashes*
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
WEBSITE: Pweaaaaaase turn off your adblocker so that we can continue to be fweee!!!!!!
ME: Oh fine
WEBSITE: *attempts to load sixty ads at once and immediately crashes*
ME: Oh fine
WEBSITE: *attempts to load sixty ads at once and immediately crashes*
What's a decent mid/heavyweight non-hooded non-puffer A/W jacket that looks nice and is not a Carhartt chore coat. Or is it just a Carhartt chore coat
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What's a decent mid/heavyweight non-hooded non-puffer A/W jacket that looks nice and is not a Carhartt chore coat. Or is it just a Carhartt chore coat
Oh great, makes sense that this would happen just when I've had a crime optioned and we've spent six months developing it
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
System introduced in 2012 across England and Wales has faced criticism from police chiefs
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UK politics live – latest updates
The controversial system of police and crime commissioners is to be abolished by the government, the Guardian has learned.
Under the system, introduced under the Conservatives, all 43 police forces covering local areas across England and Wales had to answer to an elected official. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Oh great, makes sense that this would happen just when I've had a crime optioned and we've spent six months developing it
Idly daydreaming about all the things that might happen in the third episode of Pluribus
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Idly daydreaming about all the things that might happen in the third episode of Pluribus
Episode two: yes. I was worried that “worldbuilding” can only get you so far but this one manages to build an actual relationship between characters that should by definition have nothing to talk about. Delicate / subtle / colossal / apocalyptic. THIS IS TELEVISION
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Episode two: yes. I was worried that “worldbuilding” can only get you so far but this one manages to build an actual relationship between characters that should by definition have nothing to talk about. Delicate / subtle / colossal / apocalyptic. THIS IS TELEVISION
May have to mute this as people keep suggesting that “James Bond” might be a codename
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
May have to mute this as people keep suggesting that “James Bond” might be a codename
My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
Just never acknowledge it. Elordi drives a sports car through a tunnel, kicks a goon off a roof, gun-barrel opening, off to the races. Who cares
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just never acknowledge it. Elordi drives a sports car through a tunnel, kicks a goon off a roof, gun-barrel opening, off to the races. Who cares