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Phil Russell

@philru.bsky.social
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Cryptic one-liners if you're lucky. Learner of Welsh / Dysgwr Cymraeg. Daw eto haul ar fryn.

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Steve Bullock @guitarmoog.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Make a band edible Coffee, Snails, Mash & Tongue (With thanks to @tans-spans-moog.bsky.social for help with that one)
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Phil Russell @philru.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
My proposed minister for AI
Astronaut Dave Bowman from 2001: A Space Oddessy
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Phil Russell @philru.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Shaving Private Ryan
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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The best way to learn new vocab and memorise grammar is to use it in context. Ymestyn is designed to help intermediate Welsh learners with games, quizzes and themed practice sessions that are fun and interesting to do. ymestyn.cymru
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Croeso i Ymestyn - Ymestyn
Welcome to Ymestyn, where you can become fluent in Welsh through regular structured practice. Online and in-person courses and language learning apps […]
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Phil Russell @philru.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A team interrupt their work trip to spend time surfing.
A picture of Colonel Kilgore from Apocalypse Now on the beach, about to remark that "Charlie don't surf'
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Man in Business Suit Levitating @dfeldman.org · 07/04/2025
If you’re stressed out about current events, don’t just sit on the couch and doomscroll! Exercise is great for your mental health. Try going for a doomwalk, doomjog or a doomcycle! Meet up with friends and play a game of doomball, or even go to the gym and doomlift. You’ll feel better in no time!
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Phil Russell @philru.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Iesu Grist. #cymraeg
A screenshot of Google AI mistranslating the Welsh phrase "dw i'n pendroni" ("I'm wondering") hilariously incorrectly as "I am going to Pendroni"
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Simon HB @norock.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
It could affect an area the size of Wales
Guardian headline from liveblog: Wales set to hit Wales this weekend
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Phil Russell @philru.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Me facing 2025
Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now saying "I don't see any method at all, sir"
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
A.I. and corporate lingo are trapping language yn the drugged realmes of vague, airy, plastic nothingnesse: glitz and hyperbole wythout meaning. Language sholde have fur and clawes, make the floorboardes creake and leave honest dirtye footprintes. Wordes are rayne and fyre and stone. Wielde them.
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Meg @ecomeg.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Pwy siarad Cymraeg yma? Dw i wedi dysgu a dw i gorfod siarad gyda pobl i gwaith cartref heddiw. Gaf i helpu?
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Well that was a fascinating short article and podcast on the history of the Welsh language. My grandad was from Cardiff - and Welsh always felt ancient and magical to me, so I loved this. The podcast starts with a great bit about some ancient Welsh laws that were written down at the time! 💚
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Exploring the Welsh language: a Bylines Network Podcast episode
There’s a fuss kicked up every time an English name for a Welsh landmark is replaced by the Welsh language name. Perhaps some awareness raising will help
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
what stage of daoism is this
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Hillcrest Card Company 📬 🔥🍉🏳️‍⚧️🔥 @hillcrestcardco.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Meme of a retro painting in which a woman with a lot of cleavage is sitting or crouching on the ground in the outdoors, looking up at a moose that is using its antlers to violently throw aman into the air. The man was interrupted as he said "your body my-" and is now screaming "aauuugh" while the woman says "thanks, feminism moose," and the moose says "you're welcome" represented only by the letters y w
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
Saturday
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Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
1775: Wasps begin to abate.
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Phil Russell @philru.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
Happy Bad Luck Day to all who celebrate.
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A bear @asinglebear.bsky.social · 12/09/2024
I try not to get mad at the moon these days. I am a bear.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/09/2024
"She's a Marxist. Its true. Look, there she is, publicly owning me right now."
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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
im solving the homelessness crisis by harnessing the power of AI. im solving the opiate crisis via the blockchain. im solving the inflation crisis with finders keepers no take backsies. im solving the healthcare crisis with the circle circle circle dot dot now you've got your cootie shot. im
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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
My favourite variant of “people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones” is a colloquial Swedish phrase that goes kasta inte bäver i trähus. It means “do not throw beavers in wooden houses”
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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
Did you notice that suddenly the headlines look exactly the way old movies thought 2024 headlines would look
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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
The Wizard of Oz is 85 And in 1998, Rick Polito wrote the greatest one line description of a movie ever for a listing on TCM.
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Phil Russell @philru.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
Happy Wet Playtime Day to all who celebrate.
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Andrew Brown @arnsbr.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
I'm quite a fan of this paper, about how the millions we've spent looking into the genetic determinants of longevity have mainly been looking at genetic determinants of pension fraud www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Supercentenarian and remarkable age records exhibit patterns indicative of clerical errors and pension fraud
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 13/08/2024
Ladies and gentleman and vastly more interesting genders: we got him. We finally caught Schrodinger's cat.
It's a sliding glass door in a kitchen and on one side there's an empty box but it is lying on its side so that it's open. Face is tipped over. Then outside there is a cat sitting outdoors, looking inside, but the way the picture is composed the reflection of the box superimposes on the cat. So in one of the reflections it looks like the cat is in the box and the other box is empty
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Phil Russell @philru.bsky.social · 11/08/2024
Problem: Taekwondo exciting but unaesthetic. Breaking just dancing, no real jeopardy. Solution: Combine into Tae Break Do. Points for dancing, but you can also win with a well-timed headshot.
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Sapinuwa @sapinuwa.bsky.social · 09/08/2024
A small sculpture of purified peacefulness, 2600 year old. "Breadmaker and dog." 🏺
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/08/2024
always very fun to see people brainstorm every possible solution to “how do we lower housing prices” other than “build more housing”
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Phil Russell @philru.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
In 5 words or fewer, start a fight not about religion or politics. Jam first, then cream.
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