Phill Cook
@drphillc.bsky.social
Elder statesman of underachievement; brand ambassador for laziness; case study in evolutionary dead ends.
Someone once told me I "sound like a fucking Wurzel". This pleased me.
Someone once told me I "sound like a fucking Wurzel". This pleased me.
I know, I know, world's smallest violin and all that.
December 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I know, I know, world's smallest violin and all that.
Side topic but it's not just Brexit. Corbyn is a full spectrum idiot whose incompetence has done more to enable the current surge in regressive politics than anyone else I can think of. And, yes, I can think of Nigel Farage. Even in that company, Corbyn is top table.
No fan of Starmer either.
No fan of Starmer either.
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Side topic but it's not just Brexit. Corbyn is a full spectrum idiot whose incompetence has done more to enable the current surge in regressive politics than anyone else I can think of. And, yes, I can think of Nigel Farage. Even in that company, Corbyn is top table.
No fan of Starmer either.
No fan of Starmer either.
If you're in the market for an EV, do you wanna buy a 2nd hand Renault Zoe, one "fuck it, it's just a car" owner, stinks of dog (the car, not the owner, mainly)?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If you're in the market for an EV, do you wanna buy a 2nd hand Renault Zoe, one "fuck it, it's just a car" owner, stinks of dog (the car, not the owner, mainly)?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
Sausage fingers. 28.8% obvs
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Sausage fingers. 28.8% obvs
B: His 'nearly' is doing some heavy lifting. 29.8% is 'nearly' 33.33333333333...%.
I am surprised he didn't push it to 'nearly half'.
I am surprised he didn't push it to 'nearly half'.
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
B: His 'nearly' is doing some heavy lifting. 29.8% is 'nearly' 33.33333333333...%.
I am surprised he didn't push it to 'nearly half'.
I am surprised he didn't push it to 'nearly half'.
1-11 + 13 maybe good but largely irrelevant in the face of 12.
The performative dog whistle cruelty of 12, the "when Starmer said stand at a fork in the road, he meant let's follow Reform down the far right one" of 12, is the only thing.
Shameful. Not in my name.
The performative dog whistle cruelty of 12, the "when Starmer said stand at a fork in the road, he meant let's follow Reform down the far right one" of 12, is the only thing.
Shameful. Not in my name.
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
1-11 + 13 maybe good but largely irrelevant in the face of 12.
The performative dog whistle cruelty of 12, the "when Starmer said stand at a fork in the road, he meant let's follow Reform down the far right one" of 12, is the only thing.
Shameful. Not in my name.
The performative dog whistle cruelty of 12, the "when Starmer said stand at a fork in the road, he meant let's follow Reform down the far right one" of 12, is the only thing.
Shameful. Not in my name.
They always cover the story. It's more subtle than that.
You'll see no mention of him as an Algerian immigrant in those leading paras. Rightly so, it's irrelevant. (CBA to read it all to see if snuck in later.)
Now, imagine if he had been accused of a crime. Immigrant = 3rd word of headline.
You'll see no mention of him as an Algerian immigrant in those leading paras. Rightly so, it's irrelevant. (CBA to read it all to see if snuck in later.)
Now, imagine if he had been accused of a crime. Immigrant = 3rd word of headline.
November 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
They always cover the story. It's more subtle than that.
You'll see no mention of him as an Algerian immigrant in those leading paras. Rightly so, it's irrelevant. (CBA to read it all to see if snuck in later.)
Now, imagine if he had been accused of a crime. Immigrant = 3rd word of headline.
You'll see no mention of him as an Algerian immigrant in those leading paras. Rightly so, it's irrelevant. (CBA to read it all to see if snuck in later.)
Now, imagine if he had been accused of a crime. Immigrant = 3rd word of headline.
I've done the hard yards so you don't have to: It's in the Sun the Daily Mail, the Sun, GBNews, ... (not yet checked the Express).
I now need to go and rest my eyes.
I now need to go and rest my eyes.
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I've done the hard yards so you don't have to: It's in the Sun the Daily Mail, the Sun, GBNews, ... (not yet checked the Express).
I now need to go and rest my eyes.
I now need to go and rest my eyes.
I rather like their disingenuous use of 'overlooks' too, a word most of us understand to mean 'ignores' or 'avoids', but where they seem to be going for its - shall we say niche? - use as 'looks at while fully participating in'.
You'd almost think they were implying one thing by writing another.
You'd almost think they were implying one thing by writing another.
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I rather like their disingenuous use of 'overlooks' too, a word most of us understand to mean 'ignores' or 'avoids', but where they seem to be going for its - shall we say niche? - use as 'looks at while fully participating in'.
You'd almost think they were implying one thing by writing another.
You'd almost think they were implying one thing by writing another.
In what way is it 'infamous'?
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In what way is it 'infamous'?
Our evolution:
(1) Dog not allowed on sofa.
(2) Dog allowed on sofa if blanket first.
(3) Dog allowed on sofa.
(4) Dog gets first dibs, we sit where dog does not wanna be.
(5) Dog owns sofa.
About 8 days that.
(1) Dog not allowed on sofa.
(2) Dog allowed on sofa if blanket first.
(3) Dog allowed on sofa.
(4) Dog gets first dibs, we sit where dog does not wanna be.
(5) Dog owns sofa.
About 8 days that.
October 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Our evolution:
(1) Dog not allowed on sofa.
(2) Dog allowed on sofa if blanket first.
(3) Dog allowed on sofa.
(4) Dog gets first dibs, we sit where dog does not wanna be.
(5) Dog owns sofa.
About 8 days that.
(1) Dog not allowed on sofa.
(2) Dog allowed on sofa if blanket first.
(3) Dog allowed on sofa.
(4) Dog gets first dibs, we sit where dog does not wanna be.
(5) Dog owns sofa.
About 8 days that.
I'd also say your pet's name is not a great answer to the security question "what is your pet's name?" It is a little better, though, than your mother's maiden name in answer to "what is your mother's maiden name?"
In both cases, develop a pattern of wrong answers and use it.
In both cases, develop a pattern of wrong answers and use it.
October 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I'd also say your pet's name is not a great answer to the security question "what is your pet's name?" It is a little better, though, than your mother's maiden name in answer to "what is your mother's maiden name?"
In both cases, develop a pattern of wrong answers and use it.
In both cases, develop a pattern of wrong answers and use it.
I nearly went a bit Falling Down at a "fat content 4% per 100g" on the back of a pack of cereal a while back, so I sympathise.
October 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I nearly went a bit Falling Down at a "fat content 4% per 100g" on the back of a pack of cereal a while back, so I sympathise.
"Attacking" does a lot of heavy lifting in this sort of speech.
What was the Bush/Rumsfeld era phrasing for something that was definitely not an attack, honest - "a preemptive defensive strike" iirc?
What was the Bush/Rumsfeld era phrasing for something that was definitely not an attack, honest - "a preemptive defensive strike" iirc?
September 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"Attacking" does a lot of heavy lifting in this sort of speech.
What was the Bush/Rumsfeld era phrasing for something that was definitely not an attack, honest - "a preemptive defensive strike" iirc?
What was the Bush/Rumsfeld era phrasing for something that was definitely not an attack, honest - "a preemptive defensive strike" iirc?