Phil
@unrequitedpud.bsky.social
Films, tv, retro gaming, sports, and forgetting what I'm doing. Easily distracted. Can be found digging through my childhood lego. Not smart or funny
I'm really digging Earth Abides right now. It's post-apocalyptic but without all the violence and crazy stuff. It's a more practical and philosophical look at what life would be like after an extinction-level pandemic
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I'm really digging Earth Abides right now. It's post-apocalyptic but without all the violence and crazy stuff. It's a more practical and philosophical look at what life would be like after an extinction-level pandemic
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Basic School science should have focused on method rather than information. Mostly critical thinking. Issues of extrapolation from unrepresentative sample size for example
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Basic School science should have focused on method rather than information. Mostly critical thinking. Issues of extrapolation from unrepresentative sample size for example
Popped into the library on the way back from the doc's
a man is behind bars and says `` it 's my happy place '' while looking at another man .
Alt: a man is behind bars and says `` it 's my happy place '' while looking at another man .
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November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Popped into the library on the way back from the doc's
Just got back from seeing the doc. Looks like I have arthritis in my neck (X-ray next week). It'll be right at home with all my other ailments.
40 years old and it feels like I'm held together with tape and string
40 years old and it feels like I'm held together with tape and string
November 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Just got back from seeing the doc. Looks like I have arthritis in my neck (X-ray next week). It'll be right at home with all my other ailments.
40 years old and it feels like I'm held together with tape and string
40 years old and it feels like I'm held together with tape and string
Robopocalypse was some good easy-reading sci-fi. Instead of chapters it uses a kind of witness account of key events to tell the story of the Robot Wars. It worked well and kept things interesting—like a sci-fi Love Actually.
There's a sequel, but this works better as a standalone novel imo
There's a sequel, but this works better as a standalone novel imo
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Robopocalypse was some good easy-reading sci-fi. Instead of chapters it uses a kind of witness account of key events to tell the story of the Robot Wars. It worked well and kept things interesting—like a sci-fi Love Actually.
There's a sequel, but this works better as a standalone novel imo
There's a sequel, but this works better as a standalone novel imo
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
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Know lot of the folk on here aren't football fans.... but I am sitting her 30mins after the fact still in euphoric bits. 3 of the very best goals Scotland have *ever* scored in a game where we were 2nd best by miles.... but the result is after 28yrs, Scotland are going to the World Cup 🏴🏴🏴❤️😭
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Know lot of the folk on here aren't football fans.... but I am sitting her 30mins after the fact still in euphoric bits. 3 of the very best goals Scotland have *ever* scored in a game where we were 2nd best by miles.... but the result is after 28yrs, Scotland are going to the World Cup 🏴🏴🏴❤️😭
I recently read Blankets by Craig Thompson, or possibly reread it. It felt familiar, but if I had already read it, I'd forgotten enough for it to be a proper page turner. Teenagers, eh?
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I recently read Blankets by Craig Thompson, or possibly reread it. It felt familiar, but if I had already read it, I'd forgotten enough for it to be a proper page turner. Teenagers, eh?
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2/3 I have made three of my cartoons into new, limited edition prints. You can get them now at www.tomgauld.com/shop
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
2/3 I have made three of my cartoons into new, limited edition prints. You can get them now at www.tomgauld.com/shop
I'd be outside 24/7 if I could, but even an hour by the loch does wonders for the old grey matter
November 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I'd be outside 24/7 if I could, but even an hour by the loch does wonders for the old grey matter
If you're wondering how tired I am this morning, I just tried to use my clock app as a calculator. It wasn't even a hard sum
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
If you're wondering how tired I am this morning, I just tried to use my clock app as a calculator. It wasn't even a hard sum
I'm around 35 years too late, but I might have to start watching Ms. Rachel
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I'm around 35 years too late, but I might have to start watching Ms. Rachel
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
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Metropolis Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 did not deserve three acts.
November 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Metropolis Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 did not deserve three acts.
I had to skip the Saints game to go visit my stupid in-laws. By all accounts it looks like it was a cracker of a game too 😭
November 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I had to skip the Saints game to go visit my stupid in-laws. By all accounts it looks like it was a cracker of a game too 😭
"D'You Know What I Mean?" is the best Oasis song—and anyone who disagrees is wrong
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"D'You Know What I Mean?" is the best Oasis song—and anyone who disagrees is wrong
Been in England for a few days. Shit water, shit flags everywhere, and no lorne sausage. Get me home!
November 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Been in England for a few days. Shit water, shit flags everywhere, and no lorne sausage. Get me home!
I'd vote for any party that promised to switch all the white led street lights to yellow/orange
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I'd vote for any party that promised to switch all the white led street lights to yellow/orange
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Spending tens, or even hundreds of thousands of pounds on a digital marketing ad campaign, and then using AI generated slop for the actual ads themselves, is a very expensive way of telling people you like to cut corners.
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Spending tens, or even hundreds of thousands of pounds on a digital marketing ad campaign, and then using AI generated slop for the actual ads themselves, is a very expensive way of telling people you like to cut corners.
Can we stop it with characters communicating in lines from Shakespeare?
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Can we stop it with characters communicating in lines from Shakespeare?
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Happy Walking Circulatory System In The Kitchen Day to those who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Happy Walking Circulatory System In The Kitchen Day to those who celebrate.
Btw this is really fucking good
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Btw this is really fucking good
On to the last two episodes of Station Eleven. I think this show's lost me tbh. It's 10 episodes and I only have 2 left, otherwise I would have bailed.
It's fine, but trying to flesh out a huge cast in a limited series is hard, and it feels like lots of building, but nothing is actually happening.
It's fine, but trying to flesh out a huge cast in a limited series is hard, and it feels like lots of building, but nothing is actually happening.
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
On to the last two episodes of Station Eleven. I think this show's lost me tbh. It's 10 episodes and I only have 2 left, otherwise I would have bailed.
It's fine, but trying to flesh out a huge cast in a limited series is hard, and it feels like lots of building, but nothing is actually happening.
It's fine, but trying to flesh out a huge cast in a limited series is hard, and it feels like lots of building, but nothing is actually happening.
Sat here complaining about picture quality while not wearing my glasses
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Sat here complaining about picture quality while not wearing my glasses
Rereading Saga has me missing comics-twitter around 2010-15ish. Nostalgia is a bastard
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Rereading Saga has me missing comics-twitter around 2010-15ish. Nostalgia is a bastard