T Tyrrell
@dyspraxicsushi.bsky.social
Writer and teacher. Cardiff. Frustrated ex-academic with far too many creative side projects
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T Tyrrell
@dyspraxicsushi.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Current project has three rules.
1. Story must start 'Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow'.
2. Story must end 'A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'
3. Every sentence in between must be a full pangram, containing every letter in the alphabet.
1. Story must start 'Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow'.
2. Story must end 'A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'
3. Every sentence in between must be a full pangram, containing every letter in the alphabet.
How do maths teachers teach square roots in Australia? Must be a lot of sniggering.
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
How do maths teachers teach square roots in Australia? Must be a lot of sniggering.
Terrifyingly relatable
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Terrifyingly relatable
Possibly Stephen Collins's masterpiece.
Parker board games actually used to do this and everybody thought it was normal
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The perfect game for Halloween – a portal to hell: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Mr Shimmer, the new marketing director, has come up with a new board game
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Possibly Stephen Collins's masterpiece.
British Museum, Room 16 upstairs.
Look at the astonishing delicacy with which the sculptor has moulded the palm of her hand.
Look at the astonishing delicacy with which the sculptor has moulded the palm of her hand.
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
British Museum, Room 16 upstairs.
Look at the astonishing delicacy with which the sculptor has moulded the palm of her hand.
Look at the astonishing delicacy with which the sculptor has moulded the palm of her hand.
Pour your unhappiness out
From your too bitter heart
Which grieving will not sweeten.
--Wallace Stevens
#poetrysky
From your too bitter heart
Which grieving will not sweeten.
--Wallace Stevens
#poetrysky
September 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Pour your unhappiness out
From your too bitter heart
Which grieving will not sweeten.
--Wallace Stevens
#poetrysky
From your too bitter heart
Which grieving will not sweeten.
--Wallace Stevens
#poetrysky
Do they sell fridges in Selfridges?
September 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Do they sell fridges in Selfridges?
One of those interesting cases where the cartoon is more interesting than the caption.
“His spatter is masterful, but his dribbles lack conviction”, New Yorker, 2 Dec 1953 (Peter Arno)
September 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
One of those interesting cases where the cartoon is more interesting than the caption.
One of my local pizzerias just sent this really charming email about how his kids accidentally ordered 3x more cheese than needed & now they're doing £5 Margheritas all week.
Eating out at #fizzandflour this week!
Eating out at #fizzandflour this week!
August 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
One of my local pizzerias just sent this really charming email about how his kids accidentally ordered 3x more cheese than needed & now they're doing £5 Margheritas all week.
Eating out at #fizzandflour this week!
Eating out at #fizzandflour this week!
I have just decided to finish the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series on the grounds that 'Harry Potter is the antichrist' does not feel as crotchety-old-mannish as it did in 2009. And VOL. IV: TEMPEST IS AMAZING!
August 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I have just decided to finish the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series on the grounds that 'Harry Potter is the antichrist' does not feel as crotchety-old-mannish as it did in 2009. And VOL. IV: TEMPEST IS AMAZING!
Furthest I've been:
N: Strokkur geyser
S: Te Anau
E: Rotorua
W: Vancouver
N: Strokkur geyser
S: Te Anau
E: Rotorua
W: Vancouver
Furthest I've been
N: Reykjavik
S: Christchurch
E: Wellington
W: Honolulu
N: Reykjavik
S: Christchurch
E: Wellington
W: Honolulu
furthest i've been
N: Quebec City, Quebec
E: Paris, France
S: West Palm Beach, Florida
W: Venice Beach, California
i haven't been many places
N: Quebec City, Quebec
E: Paris, France
S: West Palm Beach, Florida
W: Venice Beach, California
i haven't been many places
August 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Furthest I've been:
N: Strokkur geyser
S: Te Anau
E: Rotorua
W: Vancouver
N: Strokkur geyser
S: Te Anau
E: Rotorua
W: Vancouver
Loving the owl mask.
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Loving the owl mask.
Hello, I'm a deaf person in a film. I am only ever profoundly deaf, exclusively communicate through sign language, and never use any technology like cochlear implants or bone anchored hearing aids. Perhaps because of this, I have a mystical connection to nature.
Hello, I'm an English Professor in a film. I have only ever read Moby Dick, Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. I quote them extensively in ways that let you know the film writers were English majors.
Hello, I'm a historian in a film. My office is a massive space filled with Persian rugs, leather couches and massive wooden bookcases. There's a Tiffany lamp on my desk and an original Gutenberg Bible on a stand next to it. I am wearing a tweed suit with five layers.
July 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hello, I'm a deaf person in a film. I am only ever profoundly deaf, exclusively communicate through sign language, and never use any technology like cochlear implants or bone anchored hearing aids. Perhaps because of this, I have a mystical connection to nature.
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RIP Ozzy Osbourne. We scoured the archives to find our best medieval bats in the rocker’s honour.
#MedievalMonday.
1. Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Misc. 554
2: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 304.
3: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 764.
4: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511.
#MedievalMonday.
1. Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Misc. 554
2: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 304.
3: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 764.
4: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511.
July 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
RIP Ozzy Osbourne. We scoured the archives to find our best medieval bats in the rocker’s honour.
#MedievalMonday.
1. Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Misc. 554
2: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 304.
3: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 764.
4: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511.
#MedievalMonday.
1. Bodleian Library MS. Canon. Misc. 554
2: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 304.
3: Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 764.
4: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511.
One of those images that really doesn't look like a painting until you zoom.
'Rising Tides' by contemporary US painter Samantha French #UnlockingWomensArt
July 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
One of those images that really doesn't look like a painting until you zoom.
At least Disney realizes that The Incredibles is the best Fantastic 4 movie. Unfortunately, live-action Jack-Jack is exactly as dull as you think.
July 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
At least Disney realizes that The Incredibles is the best Fantastic 4 movie. Unfortunately, live-action Jack-Jack is exactly as dull as you think.
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Here's a poem by one of the old Chinese scholar bureaucrats that I think captures a certain Vibe very well
July 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Here's a poem by one of the old Chinese scholar bureaucrats that I think captures a certain Vibe very well
Literally a conversation I had this evening with someone I knew from the university.
"I thought about teaching as an fallback as well, but then I ASSAULTED MY NEPHEW so I can't do it anymore."
Who just drops that into the conversation?!
"I thought about teaching as an fallback as well, but then I ASSAULTED MY NEPHEW so I can't do it anymore."
Who just drops that into the conversation?!
July 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Literally a conversation I had this evening with someone I knew from the university.
"I thought about teaching as an fallback as well, but then I ASSAULTED MY NEPHEW so I can't do it anymore."
Who just drops that into the conversation?!
"I thought about teaching as an fallback as well, but then I ASSAULTED MY NEPHEW so I can't do it anymore."
Who just drops that into the conversation?!
I don't know which deaf people need to hear this, but if someone ever asks to try on your hearing aids, you should get your coat because you've pulled.
July 22, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I don't know which deaf people need to hear this, but if someone ever asks to try on your hearing aids, you should get your coat because you've pulled.
10 directors by whom I've seen more than 5 films
#filmsky
Ridley Scott
Sergio Leone
John Ford
Wes Anderson
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Alfred Hitchcock
Peter Jackson
Howard Hawks
Joe Wright
John Carpenter
#filmsky
Ridley Scott
Sergio Leone
John Ford
Wes Anderson
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Alfred Hitchcock
Peter Jackson
Howard Hawks
Joe Wright
John Carpenter
July 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
10 directors by whom I've seen more than 5 films
#filmsky
Ridley Scott
Sergio Leone
John Ford
Wes Anderson
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Alfred Hitchcock
Peter Jackson
Howard Hawks
Joe Wright
John Carpenter
#filmsky
Ridley Scott
Sergio Leone
John Ford
Wes Anderson
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Alfred Hitchcock
Peter Jackson
Howard Hawks
Joe Wright
John Carpenter
10 authors by whom I've read more than 5 books
#booksky
Charles Dickens
Alexander Pushkin
Lindsey Davis
Patrick O'Brian
C.S. Forester
Mary Renault
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Alastair Reynolds
Adam Roberts
#booksky
Charles Dickens
Alexander Pushkin
Lindsey Davis
Patrick O'Brian
C.S. Forester
Mary Renault
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Alastair Reynolds
Adam Roberts
ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books
#booksky 💙 📚
Richard Brautigan
Kurt Vonnegut Jnr
Margaret Atwood
Ursula Le Guin
Richard Ford
Tove Jansson
Cormac McCarthy
Chuck Palahniuk
Henning Mankell
Jan Guillou
#booksky 💙 📚
Richard Brautigan
Kurt Vonnegut Jnr
Margaret Atwood
Ursula Le Guin
Richard Ford
Tove Jansson
Cormac McCarthy
Chuck Palahniuk
Henning Mankell
Jan Guillou
Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books:
Douglas Adams
Hunter S. Thompson
Terry Pratchett
JRR Tolkien
William Gibson
Iain Banks/Iain M. Banks
Susan Cooper
Kinky Friedman
Robert Rankin
Spike Milligan
💙📚
Douglas Adams
Hunter S. Thompson
Terry Pratchett
JRR Tolkien
William Gibson
Iain Banks/Iain M. Banks
Susan Cooper
Kinky Friedman
Robert Rankin
Spike Milligan
💙📚
July 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
10 authors by whom I've read more than 5 books
#booksky
Charles Dickens
Alexander Pushkin
Lindsey Davis
Patrick O'Brian
C.S. Forester
Mary Renault
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Alastair Reynolds
Adam Roberts
#booksky
Charles Dickens
Alexander Pushkin
Lindsey Davis
Patrick O'Brian
C.S. Forester
Mary Renault
Robert Louis Stevenson
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Alastair Reynolds
Adam Roberts
Dune 3: Arrakisworm J'im
July 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Dune 3: Arrakisworm J'im
Here in Cardiff, I've been enjoying the fuss around the Mike Flowers Pops concert. Truly an oasis in the desert of our contemporary music scene
youtu.be/NTfZshkNZRw?...
youtu.be/NTfZshkNZRw?...
The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall (Official Video)
YouTube video by London Records
youtu.be
July 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Here in Cardiff, I've been enjoying the fuss around the Mike Flowers Pops concert. Truly an oasis in the desert of our contemporary music scene
youtu.be/NTfZshkNZRw?...
youtu.be/NTfZshkNZRw?...
I have a joke about River Song but I keep getting it backwards.
We should have one of those "I've got a joke about X but Y" things but for Doctor Who
June 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I have a joke about River Song but I keep getting it backwards.
Once or twice a year (if I'm lucky) I find myself gripped by a spasm of laughter that continues for a good five minutes and literally brings tears to my eyes. This time it happened in the middle of Tom Stoppard's Shipwreck and I'm still recovering.
June 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Once or twice a year (if I'm lucky) I find myself gripped by a spasm of laughter that continues for a good five minutes and literally brings tears to my eyes. This time it happened in the middle of Tom Stoppard's Shipwreck and I'm still recovering.
