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William Ingle-Gillis

@padrewill.wales
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Anglican priest ☩ Writer 📕 Vocations Director 🕯️ Adopted Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Texas & Georgia 🤠 Retroactive Canadian 🇨🇦 Geek 🪐 Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Tattoos & boots ✯ Texas country music, norteño, tejano 🎶 BBQ 🍖 Cats 🐈 Posts in English & Español.

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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 30/08/2026
Listening to my wife complain to the elder daughter about our common work-imposed software suite. It’s clear enough that Copilot is the new Clippy. The world is not better off for this. Me? I’ve managed to put some research in and detach myself once more from Microsoft as far as possible.
That annoying little f**ker Clippy. For those who are of a certain age.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 16/08/2026
Zero. King’s College London, Westcott House Cambridge.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 16/08/2026
Hilton Head Beach, South Carolina. Might oughta been worried a little less about the alligators and more about the jellyfish. That is all.
Red and white sign. says: danger — alligators and turtles in area.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 14/08/2026
Publicación original: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Je Ne Comprends Pas @yonocomprepan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
–Hola, ¿qué haces? –Esconderme mal, por lo visto.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 08/08/2026
I’ve been taken to a well known American craft store (which I won’t name because apparently they worship the Bad Jesus), and here is a rack of tribble carcasses.
A rack of faux-fur pom poms in multiple colours.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 03/08/2026
I have a little ritual that evolved a while back, before I even realized it. Every time I land in the States, first thing I do, without fail, is go to the airport lounge and get me a nice big glass of unsweetened iced tea. Because I am a southern man. I don’t even drink iced tea at home. And yet …
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Wilma @wilma78.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Trump al enterarse que Pedro hizo que todos los marroquíes regresaran a su país sin matar ni herir a ninguno de ellos.
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Trump Trump Nod
ALT: Trump Trump Nod
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 31/07/2026
rompe el corazón.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 31/07/2026
Welp. My wife put my wallet through the washing machine just now, giving a rather more literal spin than usual to the term “money laundering”.
$87.00 wet USD and £55 wet GBP, sitting on my kitchen counter, drying.
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God @thegodshow.com · 29/07/2026
Kash Patel is an adjudicated googly-eyed chud.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 29/07/2026
Thing is: I don’t ask for much. So when I cook some fancy farm-fresh bacon that my wife bought for me last week at the Royal Welsh and it fries up and tastes just like american bacon does, I can’t help but think the Bouncing Baby Jesus was smiling on me tonight.
a small plate of streaky bacon strips. it was damned tasty.
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Paloma Llaneza @palomallaneza.com · 29/07/2026
El Only Fans de marmotas es todo lo que necesitamos.
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inspirina 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪶 @inspirina.aldea.social · 27/07/2026
Según la antropóloga Margaret Mead, el primer indicio de humanidad tiene poco que ver con una vasija o unas pinturas. Ella nos cuenta que ese primer indicio es el hallazgo de un hueso roto y curado. Los congéneres del pobre que se rompió ese fémur le alimentaron y cuidaron hasta que sanó.
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Óscar Perea Rodríguez @opr71.eurosky.social · 28/07/2026
Creo que he encontrado la taza perfecta para mi mujer 🤣🤣
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Wilma @wilma78.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Los únicos incendios no causados por el hombre son los incendios causados por un rayo durante una tormenta eléctrica o por la erupción de un volcan.
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Sir G. O. #7291 @subotai.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Dos fotos de la Luna desde el mismo sitio. La de la izquierda del día 24 y la de la derecha, de ayer, 25 de julio con la luna tapada por el humo rojizo de los incendios
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 25/07/2026
Honestly? I’m going with Bobcat Goldthwaite. Y’all enjoy …
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 25/07/2026
Diddums.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 25/07/2026
A little corner of Roath Park, Cardiff, looking for all the world like south Georgia.
A little grove of pine trees.
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 25/07/2026
Nope. No, you haven’t.
r/WritingWithAl
u/Dazzling-Major-5620 • 13h
ChatGPT not letting you emulate specific authors anymore
Prompting
Join
I've been writing my book for several months now, paid for a more advanced model. Took a break. Came back.
Now Ms. GPT says she can't generate content in the style of specific authors. My prompts were soooo specific and I got exactly what I wanted out of them. For example,
'rewrite in the literary style of 'author here' with abundant dialogue and detail avoiding staccato prose. That was my go-to. Or 'please write and flesh out in the style of
'author' etc. they tightened the ropes. I have no idea how to get around this other than maybe feed it prose I already edited that's technically mine? Fuck.
& Locked post. New comments cannot be posted.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 23/07/2026
"Cats don't get on the counter": a photo essay.
Two calico cats on the counter. First one looking down and left. Second one looking out of the window.Two calico cats on the counter. First one looking straight at the camera. Second one  standing in profile and looking nobly ahead.Two calico cats on the counter. First one looking at the second one. Second one looking towards the camera generally, but not actually at it.Two calico cats on the counter. First one looking down and left. Second one looking straight at the camera.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 22/07/2026
This is Dorothy Jean. She swears. A lot. Almost can’t let her around parishioners.
a calico cat of goodly size lying on a multicoloured rug.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 22/07/2026
I know it’s going on 5 or 6 years, now, but every once in a while I think to myself myself that there’s no justice in a world where John Prine dies of covid and Donald Trump doesn’t. Then my mind wanders to the chorus of Aaron Watson’s version of “Farther Along”, & I hum it to myself & trail off …
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 16/07/2026
me: “did you hear about the football?” son: “?” me: “it’s staying there.” son: “*they’re* coming home.”
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 12/07/2026
I turned up to church today to find that a new-to-me congregation had bought me my own coffee mug. Sometimes it’s the little things that make this job totally worth it. 🙂 ⚓️
A coffee mug with my name on it.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 06/07/2026
I’ve figured something out. Penny drop. Brits: y’all know how confused and upset y’all feel when some American mentions a peanut butter & jam sandwich? I feel exactly the same way about tuna, baked beans, and/or sweetcorn in any combination on a baked potato.
a screenshot from reddit showing a baked potato smothered in baked beans, tuna, and sweetcorn.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 13/06/2026
Listening to news, and thinking to myself that Trump has actually missed a trick with this UFC cage fight business on the White House lawn. I mean ... where's the love for Monster Trucks?
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 07/06/2026
Broke the cardinal rule of preaching. Preached on the meaning of the original Hebrew word hesed/heseth. Described it off the cuff as "bloody-minded love". I personally think that was a moment of the Holy Spirit's inspiration. ⚓️
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 25/05/2026
Sweet Bouncing Baby Beezus. Thanks to eldest daughter, I just discovered this exists. Peach. Sugar free. Pumped full of caffeine. What could be more perfect on a bank holiday Monday? I am sooooo there for this.
A can of peach sugar free Red Bull.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 13/05/2026
Right, anyone else ever taken a retreat and walked away with new ink? ⚓️
an arm tattooed, in vertical order, top to bottom, a Welsh dragon, an all seeing eye, and a Texas lone star. the upper two are mere hours old. the bottom one has been there around 15 years.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 08/05/2026
Congratulations, Dan Thomas, winner of Newport’s No. 1 seat. So … do you actually live in Wales, yet? #ReformUK #Senedd2026
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 08/05/2026
Why does every single Reform UK guy that they trot out on television always look exactly like that jerk who tailgates me in his Audi because he wants to go 100 mph on the A449?
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 06/05/2026
As I was clearing away the sacrament at the end of mass today, for no obvious reason it occurred to me that Donald Trump is the kind of guy who would celebrate communion with pork rinds and Old Milwaukee. No idea why the Holy Spirit gave me that. But I just put this out there.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 01/05/2026
Arise, ye workers from your slumber …
a red flag against a blue sky.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 30/04/2026
I think it might just be another Microsoft Rage Day.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 16/04/2026
Hell, yeah, Church in Wales! 🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Love wins! ❤️ By a handy margin! 👋 ⚓️ #ChurchinWales #YrEglwysYngNghymru #Pride
A pride flag lightly waving against a clear blue sky.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 11/04/2026
Once every quarter, I play host at an open community church event to which our local high-profile Reform UK candidate invariably turns up. I’m trying to think of something clever to say here, but honestly what do you do with someone whose campaign takes issue with the simple fact that you exist?
media.tenor.com
a dog is sitting in the back seat of a car looking out the window ..
Alt: a dog is sitting in the back seat of a car looking out the window. looks at the camera. not sure what he thinks, really.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 10/04/2026
Well. I must say, the breakfast room at the Holiday Inn Express is particularly feral this morning.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 09/04/2026
I’m in the little book shop of the Catholic cathedral in Birmingham. Lovely little shop. Packs a good punch with its book selection. But there is not a single glow-in-the-dark item to be found anywhere. There should be glow-in-the-dark stuff. ⚓️
The inside of a small book shop.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 07/04/2026
I wonder what Reform UK think they have to gain by sending one of their vile, fascist campaign leaflets to my dead son? Thank god I’m battle-hardened. I’ve had parishioners whom this would simply break. No other party has made this mistake. #senedd2026 #seneddelections #ReformUK #ReformWales
A campaign leaflet for Reform UK in advance of the Welsh Senedd elections. It is addressed to my son, who is dead.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 06/04/2026
Currently at this in Cardiff. Intermission. It’s good. Fans of the film, come see it. Haven’t seen the film? See it. Every time I do, I think, “This is the one where I don’t cry at the end.” And I do every time. There is power in a union.
Poster for the theatrical musical version of “Pride”.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 06/04/2026
I’ve had the best Holy Week that I’ve had in years. Engaged congregations. I used southern country gospel music all the way through (and they really got it). Joyful sunrise vigil with the whole clergy team. … and now it’s Easter Boxing Day, and I am doing not one dang thing. Perfect. ⚓️
20 easter lights, a large paschal candle on a stand, and a jug of holy water and a bowl, all lining a stone church porch.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 31/03/2026
So. This is an actual in-use, going-concern paschal candle in one of our churches in the ministry area. They’re getting a new one this year, by God, whether they like it or not. ⚓️
A paschal candle. Sticker on it says 1988.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 25/03/2026
Newport Market to celebrate the younger daughter’s acquisition of a job. Never thought of putting peanut butter on a smash burger. And, friends? It does not suck.
BRIAN GRIFFIN

SMASH PATTY | AMERICAN
CHEESE CRISPY BACON |
PEANUT BUTTER | CHILLI JAM

£11.00
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 12/03/2026
I think I have a new rule of life here.
pen and ink drawing of a tiger. caption: i eat people. i like doing it.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 05/03/2026
Credit Karma: “Congratulations! You’ve hit a milestone on your credit card!!” Me: “o yeah?” Credit Karma: “you’ve paid it off!!” Me: “erm. I do that every month.” :: sigh ::
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 03/03/2026
Sometimes the mere fact of being a clergy person means you attract people with … errm … interesting worldviews. This email, which would probably take up 50 to 75 pages, if printed on paper, was cheerfully awaiting me when I awoke this morning. ⚓️
Screenshot of an email that must be about 50-75 pages if it were printed that starts out with (in all caps): “ATTENTION ALL TRUE CHRISTIANS: THE JUDEO-SATANIC-ZIONIST-TRUMP-MILEKOVSKI-ZYLENSKI-SATANYAHU'S ANTICHRIST WARS OF BOLSHEVIK HOLODOMOR MASSACRES AGAINST INNOCENT CIVILIANS IS NOW”.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 28/02/2026
I wonder what this means for his Nobel Peace Prize.
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William Ingle-Gillis @padrewill.wales · 15/02/2026
“Curling!”, spits my belovéd. “Yipe-yipe-yipe-yipe-yipe-yipe-yipe!! It’s just shouting at rocks!” #milancortina2026 #winterolympics
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