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David Pattie

@davidpattie.bsky.social

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Teaches Drama at University of Birmingham. Scot. And unfeasibly tall. Written about Beckett, UK theatre, popular music, Eno, Kraftwerk, Velvets, Talking Heads, and why gigs look the way they do.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 5h

I now want this more than anything. All the fellas. All the wee donkeys. Bring 'em on.

David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 10h

FYI: Upon reading this, I didn't do one of those strange snorting laughs that sounds like a donkey voiding its nostrils. I didn't. Must've been someone else.

David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 12h

Beckett’s novels mostly start with the main character writing.

David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 1d

If this was happening somewhere else it'd be hilarious.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 8d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 1d

We meet again.

Image says 'Write a Dr Who story using only 3 words'.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 1d

See also "Planet's name significant".

David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 2d

#SnoopsTheScotPup

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 5d

At a time when queer existence in universities is treated as an “ideology,” I’m proud to be on display at work being unapologetically gay.

Man takes selfie in front of a poster of them in drag.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 3d

Or don’t, because there are way more complicating factors than the subject you studied at degree level.

David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 3d

Yep- this is nonsense.

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 3d

"Hey handsome. Why not come over to my place and eat the fried breadcrumbs I'm covered in?" she said, croquettishly.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 3d

Superb.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 4d

I like how it looks like a bunch of happy cartoon animals have chased the goons up a tree

Jason❌ @gizmosspace.bsky.social · 4d

This is awesome.

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 3d

Look… just need to say it: tariff otaku is damn near perfect. Much thanks.

David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 4d

Maria Corina Machado awarded Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle against auithoritarian rule in Venezuela.

Donald Trump awarded Nobel Big Boy Prize for Dealing With It Like A Big Boy And Not Making A Fuss. Prize consists of life-size Lindt chocolate bunny.

Big Boy Prize later rescinded.

A disappointed, Nobel Prizeless Donald Trump.

David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 5d

#VictoryForSnoops

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 5d

#GoodLuckSnoops

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 5d

Zuckerberg is just in there himself. Leave him. He's happy.

David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 5d

Good. Preorders later today, then.

David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 5d

The Cybermen made their first appearance OTD in 1966 #DoctorWho

A picture of the Strictly Come Dancing contestant Tom Skinner in silver trousers.

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Roberta Mock @robertamock.bsky.social · 6d

You can read 'Caryl Churchill's Eco-Socialist Feminism' by Elaine Aston (published by Cambridge University Press) for free online until 22 October:

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Cover of Cambridge Elements title: Caryl Churchill's Eco-Socialist Feminism by Elaine Aston

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 6d

Something grimly predictable about the way that the conversation about 'ripoff degrees' in the UK is always about degrees that aren't rip-offs, but are instead fairly obvious 'this student has chosen something unlikely to pay off economically' rather than the short tail of crap business degrees:

Everyone needs educating in the fight over university degrees

Political confusion over the purpose of these institutions means the obvious fixes are being neglected

www.ft.com

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 6d

At some point these imbeciles are going to realise that arts courses are *funding* the courses they do like and if they cut those places unis will just go bankrupt so no maths or science either.

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