Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Took this photo while getting band photos made. #thebreakdown 000
Reposted by TobyMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 29/06/2026When it comes to cycling, the Dutch succeed because we don't see it as a cost—we see it as an investment. One that delivers returns across healthcare, climate, public space, local economies and quality of life. If we want better cities, we need better business cases: dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/bl... 420548
Reposted by TobyGlobal Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 26/06/2026This 1679 “Sabionari” Stradivarius is the only playable guitar by Antonio Stradivari left in this world.🤗 So take just a moment to hear a sound that’s well over 300 years old! @55SweetThing #globalmuseum #music #guitar #Stradivarius 31163801866
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Yours truly and Cher’Rita Horne performing as part of the Women’s Day service at the Unitarian Church of Evansville. 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 13/02/2026I'll be playing tonight with my friends Cher'Rita Horne and Bethany Gillespie. A chill night of great music to kick off your Valentine's weekend. 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 05/02/2026This article basically restates every reason I left Twitter after 13 years on the platform. I'm glad I didn't stick around for the X era.open.substack.comBREAKING: France Just Raided Elon Musk’s X Offices In Paris — And It’s Not About One Office, One Country, or One WeekThis is about power. Influence. And what happens when one billionaire decides the rules don’t apply to him anymore. 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026IU is ranked on of the worst universities in the nation for free speech. Yay sportsball, I guess. #freespeechindianacapitalchronicle.comIndiana University again ranks among nation’s worst for free speech, FIRE report finds • Indiana Capital ChronicleIndiana University is once again among the worst colleges in the country for free speech, according to a new report. 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 23/06/2025“Once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” #mindfulness 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 12/05/2025"If you are waiting to be free of struggle in order to be happy, you could be waiting forever." #Mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025“We all have two lives. The second one begins when you realize you only have one.” #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 07/05/2025"The truth of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025"You are only confined by the walls you build yourself." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 020
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 05/05/2025“Be strong enough to let go and patient enough to wait for what you deserve." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 02/05/2025"Between stimulus and response lies a space. In that space lies our freedom." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 01/05/2025“The only thing standing between you and happiness is the story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't be happy right now” #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 30/04/2025"Avoidance has a way of empowering the thing you’re avoiding." #mindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 29/04/2025"To get over the past you first have to accept that the past is over." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 22/04/2025"Although nobody can go back and make a new beginning, anyone can begin now and make a new ending." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025"If you enjoy something, there is no failure, because enjoyment itself is success. Remember that next time you hold yourself back because you worry you won't be good enough." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 15/04/2025“You can’t heal if you keep pretending you’re not hurt.” #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 12/04/2025"So when you think about “being yourself” or “discovering yourself,” recognize that you aren’t searching for a fixed thing, but a process that is always changing and unfolding." #mindfulness 020
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025"What is going on around you doesn't matter nearly as much as what is going on within you." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 08/04/2025“A negative mind will never give you a positive life.” #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 07/04/2025“The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 04/04/2025"It's important to learn from suffering but just as important to not wear your suffering as a badge of honor." #mindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 02/04/2025"Never apologize to others for their misunderstanding of who you are." #mindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 28/03/2025"Despair is what happens when you fight sadness. Compassion is what happens when you don’t." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 26/03/2025“Life always offers us the opportunity to begin again.” #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 20/03/2025"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." #mindfulness 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 19/03/2025"We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 18/03/2025“Sometimes it takes our weariest moments to show us the true depth of our strength.” #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 17/03/2025“Your feelings and struggles are not invalid because other people have it worse than you.“ #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 17/03/2025What do Nat King Cole, Alex Chilton and Billy Corgan have in common? Today is their birthday! Wishing the best to the memory and life of these legends. #natkingcole #alexchilton #billcorgan #bigstar #smashingpumpkins 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Today we honor the memory of the late Quincy Jones on his birthday. Composer, arranger, record producer, Q has broken down barriers and made some of the biggest records of all time. #quincyjones #thriller 030
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 14/03/2025"A quality of the master musician is that they can get themself out of the way. A danger of the expert musician is the tendency to demonstrate their expertise." - Robert Fripp on the difference between an expert and a master 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 14/03/2025“It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Happy Birthday to Greg Norton, best known as the bassist with Husker Du! #huskerdu #gregnorton 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 13/03/2025"Everything is habit forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing." #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 13/03/2025At the end of the internet is someone playing the guitar solo to Freebird on bagpipes. Goodnight. 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Is there anyone more metal than Steve Harris? He invented the galloping bass lines that drive so much heavy rock and has remained a driving force behind Iron Maiden as both songwriter and performer. Happy Birthday to a legend! #bassplayer #steveharris #ironmaiden 150
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 11/03/2025“Think of your life in terms of what you have, not what is missing.” #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 11/03/2025The Sisters of Mercy 'First Last and Always' turns 40 today. Featuring the classics Black Planet, Mariann and Walk Away. Join me in giving this OG goth record a spin! #sistersofmercy #blackplanet #firstlastandalways 020
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 10/03/2025A platform that’s responsive to user feedback. Imagine that! 000
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Happiest of birthdays to guitarist, keyboardist, producer, electronics engineer and driving force behind Boston, Tom Scholz! #rockman #tomscholz #boston 020
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Got in my first two outdoor rides of the year this weekend! Looking forward to many more! #cycling 030
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 07/03/2025“It’s difficult to admit but most of our problems are simply a matter of perspective. We create more suffering in our heads than we ever actually experience.” #mindfulness #dailymindfulness 010
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Today we honor the memory of Townes Van Zandt on what would have been his 80th birthday. In the comments is a link to a playlist of other artists covering Townes' songs. #townesvanzandt #americana #singersongwriter 130
Toby @tobyellis.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Merry Gilmourmas! Today is the birthday of David Gilmour. There has been no greater influence on my playing and approach to guitar. What is your favorite Gilmour guitar solo? #merrygilmourmas #davidgilmour #pinkfloyd 000
