David Phillips
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The Holiday (for Eli Wallach alone), Tokyo Godfathers, A Muppet Christmas Carol (best version of Dickens's tale), 8-Bit Christmas (unwatched and underrated), The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (very long and very excellent), Die Hard (fight me), Gremlins.
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So now we're finished with Thanksgiving season... Merry Christmas!!! 🎅🏽🎄
What are your favorite Christmas movies?
Mine are Polar Express and Home Alone
What are your favorite Christmas movies?
Mine are Polar Express and Home Alone
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Holiday (for Eli Wallach alone), Tokyo Godfathers, A Muppet Christmas Carol (best version of Dickens's tale), 8-Bit Christmas (unwatched and underrated), The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (very long and very excellent), Die Hard (fight me), Gremlins.
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Imran Sherwani, one of Great Britain’s heroes in the 1988 men’s Olympic hockey final, has died aged 63. I wrote about that final, and the journey there, for @sport.theguardian.com prior to the 2012 Games. Link below. If you don’t read it, well, frankly who cares.
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50 stunning Olympic moments No46: GB win hockey gold at Seoul 1988
How an eight-year dream turned into glorious reality
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November 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Imran Sherwani, one of Great Britain’s heroes in the 1988 men’s Olympic hockey final, has died aged 63. I wrote about that final, and the journey there, for @sport.theguardian.com prior to the 2012 Games. Link below. If you don’t read it, well, frankly who cares.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/j...
Probably not the sort of thing that can be done accidentally.
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An interesting situation and cautionary tale about the rise of Japanese soccer players in Europe
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Brighton Forced to Apologise to China After Image They Posted of Kaoru Mitoma Sparks Outrage
'The club sincerely apologises for any offence caused...' 😮
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November 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Probably not the sort of thing that can be done accidentally.
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If you want to join the People's Front of Judea, you have to really hate the Romans.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you want to join the People's Front of Judea, you have to really hate the Romans.
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Rather fabulously, Koushun Takami said he was heavily influenced by Stephen King's novella "The Long Walk". King didn't sue.
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Quentin Tarantino bashes ‘The Hunger Games’ for “ripping off” ‘Battle Royale’ on Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast:
“I do not understand how the Japanese writer didn’t sue Suzanne Collins for every f***ing thing she owns.”
“I do not understand how the Japanese writer didn’t sue Suzanne Collins for every f***ing thing she owns.”
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Rather fabulously, Koushun Takami said he was heavily influenced by Stephen King's novella "The Long Walk". King didn't sue.
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Ahhhh, penny for Roger Mitchell's thoughts. 🫢
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Proposed R360 series delays launch until 2028
R360, the proposed global rugby series targetting the game's top stars, has pushed back its launch date two years to 2028, raising doubts over the project's viability.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Ahhhh, penny for Roger Mitchell's thoughts. 🫢
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Almost certainly AI-generated content. Look at her hands, and where she puts them.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Almost certainly AI-generated content. Look at her hands, and where she puts them.
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Whatever the view of Tony Smith - and mine isn't particularly positive, especially regarding international students - the definition he uses of "economically inactive" is nonetheless correct. It's the official term used to describe people not in work and not seeing work.
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Former Director of the UK Border Force.
Tony Smith on Ch4News saying international students should be limited because they’re “economically inactive”.
International students pay around £27k p.a. in fees to their universities, at least half again to landlords and they spend their parents’ hard-earned money in local shops.
International students pay around £27k p.a. in fees to their universities, at least half again to landlords and they spend their parents’ hard-earned money in local shops.
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Whatever the view of Tony Smith - and mine isn't particularly positive, especially regarding international students - the definition he uses of "economically inactive" is nonetheless correct. It's the official term used to describe people not in work and not seeing work.
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Football is a very silly game. Repeated errors in defence (Van Dijk, Konate) continue to be punished, and there doesn't appear to be any sign of those errors subsiding - meanwhile, no-one can score goals. Arne Slot is, for the first time I think, in trouble. #lfc
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Football is a very silly game. Repeated errors in defence (Van Dijk, Konate) continue to be punished, and there doesn't appear to be any sign of those errors subsiding - meanwhile, no-one can score goals. Arne Slot is, for the first time I think, in trouble. #lfc
Birmingham City Football Club has applied to register the trade marks "Chimney Boys" and "Chimney Girls".
I do not know what to make of this.
Manchester City, meanwhile, has applied to register the trade mark "Crossbar" in the category of food and drinks, perhaps a hospitality offering.
I do not know what to make of this.
Manchester City, meanwhile, has applied to register the trade mark "Crossbar" in the category of food and drinks, perhaps a hospitality offering.
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Birmingham City Football Club has applied to register the trade marks "Chimney Boys" and "Chimney Girls".
I do not know what to make of this.
Manchester City, meanwhile, has applied to register the trade mark "Crossbar" in the category of food and drinks, perhaps a hospitality offering.
I do not know what to make of this.
Manchester City, meanwhile, has applied to register the trade mark "Crossbar" in the category of food and drinks, perhaps a hospitality offering.
Perhaps it's because he's credibly accused of just as if not worse as an adult, @newsagents.bsky.social. Have you considered talking to Alan Sked?
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November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Perhaps it's because he's credibly accused of just as if not worse as an adult, @newsagents.bsky.social. Have you considered talking to Alan Sked?
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Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life
Electric word, life
It means forever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here to tell you there's something else
The afterworld
We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life
Electric word, life
It means forever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here to tell you there's something else
The afterworld
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life
Electric word, life
It means forever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here to tell you there's something else
The afterworld
We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life
Electric word, life
It means forever and that's a mighty long time
But I'm here to tell you there's something else
The afterworld
The Hyrcanian Forests in Iran - estimated to be between 25 - 50 million years old - and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are burning.
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Iran Asks For Help As UNESCO-Listed Forests Burn
Iran has urgently requested international assistance to combat a devastating wildfire that has been raging for nearly three weeks in the ancient Hyrcanian Forests, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Hyrcanian Forests in Iran - estimated to be between 25 - 50 million years old - and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are burning.
www.rferl.org/a/iran-hyrca...
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Yes, I've seen this film before too.
And also they are grieving and it makes every decision that bit harder. Nothing seems important and everything seems more important, all at once.
And also they are grieving and it makes every decision that bit harder. Nothing seems important and everything seems more important, all at once.
I don't know, feel like we've seen this film before.
2020/21 Liverpool had a spell of relegation level results sandwiched between title challenging pace to start and end the season.
2022/23 Liverpool went 11 unbeaten to end the season
2020/21 Liverpool had a spell of relegation level results sandwiched between title challenging pace to start and end the season.
2022/23 Liverpool went 11 unbeaten to end the season
It would be brutal to sack Slot. He’s managing a group of grieving men. Any wonder they make mistakes? Getting rid of Arne would maybe bring the players down further too. There’s no magic wand for this.
But it’s also hard to know where Liverpool go from here. Loooong season ahead.
Up the Reds.
But it’s also hard to know where Liverpool go from here. Loooong season ahead.
Up the Reds.
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Yes, I've seen this film before too.
And also they are grieving and it makes every decision that bit harder. Nothing seems important and everything seems more important, all at once.
And also they are grieving and it makes every decision that bit harder. Nothing seems important and everything seems more important, all at once.
About as bad as it gets with the third. Players have simply been too slow to close down the opposition. A hideous second half.
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
About as bad as it gets with the third. Players have simply been too slow to close down the opposition. A hideous second half.
There's absolutely no doubt that Ndoye was in an offside position. VAR presumably satisfied he wasn't interfering / in line of sight.
Do I understand this compared to the #lfc disallowed goal against Man City? Not really.
Do I understand this compared to the #lfc disallowed goal against Man City? Not really.
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
There's absolutely no doubt that Ndoye was in an offside position. VAR presumably satisfied he wasn't interfering / in line of sight.
Do I understand this compared to the #lfc disallowed goal against Man City? Not really.
Do I understand this compared to the #lfc disallowed goal against Man City? Not really.