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A/Prof of Philosophy at Deakin Uni (all views mine). Writer, radio producer, half of The Fake McCoys. Works on digital death, personal identity, Kierkegaard, moral phil. Has more hobbies than advisable. Melbourne + Werona https://linktr.ee/patstokes .. more

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Patrick Stokes is an Australian philosopher, Associate Professor in Philosophy at Deakin University and a former Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire. He is a winner of Australasian Association of Philosophy Media Prize and is known for his research on Kierkegaard's philosophy. .. more

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · Feb 22

My first pen commission! A former student of mine commissioned a fountain pen in Purpleheart (Peltogyne purpurea), a timber which goes purple when exposed to UV light. But that means when you turn it down to pen size, you're left with dull brown wood. Here's how to bring the purple back quickly:

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 2h

Wood Duck in a London Plane, which is also the title of my forthcoming indie album

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 21h

Goddamn

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 23h

Not that it really matters but half of Irish pop seems to have a ‘born in the UK’ backstory. The Edge became an Irish citizen four months ago.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Shane MacGowan was born and largely raised in Kent. (To Irish parents, though). Went to Westminster.

Lady Grittle @cinatyte.bsky.social · 1d

This was the Pogues' entire deal.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 23h

People think Ashokan Farewell (the theme to Ken Burns’ Civil War series) is a 19th century southern waltz. It’s actually a Scottish-style lament written by a guy from the Bronx at a retreat in upstate NY in 1982.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

there are some songs which feel so much like traditionals that it's a little alarming when you find out someone wrote them in the 20th century. Long Black Veil was written in 1959!

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Shane MacGowan was born and largely raised in Kent. (To Irish parents, though). Went to Westminster.

Lady Grittle @cinatyte.bsky.social · 1d

This was the Pogues' entire deal.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

there are some songs which feel so much like traditionals that it's a little alarming when you find out someone wrote them in the 20th century. Long Black Veil was written in 1959!

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

there are some songs which feel so much like traditionals that it's a little alarming when you find out someone wrote them in the 20th century. Long Black Veil was written in 1959!

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 1d

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER: [in prison jumpsuit] So one time I had to use Stokes' personal bathroom on the private jet as the guest one was occupied. And in there, I saw it: a single roll of Sorbent. And that was the moment. That's when I knew. Everything we'd built? It was all lies.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

DISGRUNTLED FORMER ASSISTANT: Did you know it was going to be "French Wiping" but then someone remembered France has bidets, so Stokes just went with Japan. They have those special jet-cleaning toilets but he thought people wouldn't know that. Turns out they did.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

ENGINEER, VOICE DISTORTED, FACE IN SHADOW: We did literally thousands of tests, and there was no meaningful difference from regular wiping. And the testing protocols said we had to euthanise all the test chimps afterwards. It didn't feel right.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

Already got the black turtleneck, just need to work on the deep voice.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

Bunch of lifestyle features on 'The Japanese Art of Graduated Wiping: Will It Change Your Life?' Couple of celebs saying they love graduated wiping and will never go back.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

Monthly subscription model. Limited-edition super-fine rolls. Get influencers to do unboxing videos. YouTube videos that are all 'Welcome back to the channel, it's Sam the Shitter here, now I just want to make clear they did send me this one to test but this is my own unbiased review'

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

look obviously I don't know your friend and I don't want to make any rush judgments but PRISON IS TOO GOOD FOR THIS MAN

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

[into dictaphone] An array of toilet papers arranged in ascending fineness, marketed as giving a better overall result than just using a single roll, tell people it's how they do it in Japan or whatever, $59.98 on Amazon

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

The similarities don't end at single-use, either.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

About 16 years ago I went into a guitar store in Copenhagen where they were selling a carefully reliced copy of Gilmour's black Strat, and decided then and there that this practice should be banned by some sort of international treaty.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

Best piece of advice I've heard on sandpaper is treat it like toilet paper: strictly single use.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

I'm not going to like the answer to this am I

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

Totally get it, though even if you've just come back from holiday and you pull a sandy, battered Dan Brown out of your beach bag days later - it still goes on the shelf, right? Like, people aren't just throwing books out, are they?

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The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

Ah goddammit, this is the sort of posting error that will haunt me for weeks.

(Also you can tell I've never even had my hands on a Gibson before, sadly. Nearly bought an Epiphone LP once but went with a Strat instead. Still wonder if I made the right choice.)

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

Books are tools. That does mean they're meant to be used, and use can degrade them even to the point they need to be replaced. That's fine. But also: tools both work better and, yes, look better if you look after them.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

Apply this attitude to, say, guitars. They're meant to be used - the point is the music, not the object that produces it, right? - but that doesn't mean you have to drag your 1965 Les Paul face-down across a gravel driveway.

Treat your things properly. (Also: academic books are bloody expensive.)

Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 2d

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

I come back to this every few years and 'Call Me' never disappoints

Chipmunks on 16 Speed - Sludgefest (Full Album)

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

Yes!! Chocky scared the living piss out of me.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 2d

Yes just like ornithologists make birds

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 2d

What? It's still millinery if it's men's hats. A person who only makes men's hats is still a milliner.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 2d

That's not *that* small! You'd be a 55cm if you were after a modern hat that does precise sizes (Akubra etc), or upper end of S for ones that don't (might be worth going for a M with fillers)

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 2d

How to turn down an invitation c/o Harold Pinter, born on this day in 1930.

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