Andrew Russell
@amrussell.bsky.social
Live in Scotland, work in Social Impact (Carers Trust), occasional DM, occasional cricketer, hardly ever posts. Also, expert in social media engagement.
"Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's. Because... he's just a cool guy who deserves a bit of rendering, no other reason. Seriously, he'll be made up, that man loves a good render, absolutely loves it."
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's. Because... he's just a cool guy who deserves a bit of rendering, no other reason. Seriously, he'll be made up, that man loves a good render, absolutely loves it."
If we'd told them it was an ODI, do you think they could have made it to 50 overs?
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
If we'd told them it was an ODI, do you think they could have made it to 50 overs?
Went to bed braced for a bad score, woke up and found I hadn't been pessimistic enough. Then immediately made the mistake of not being optimistic enough. Crazy game. #TheAshes
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Went to bed braced for a bad score, woke up and found I hadn't been pessimistic enough. Then immediately made the mistake of not being optimistic enough. Crazy game. #TheAshes
"Karmic aid?" Ozymandias said "Na. My Zodiac? I'm Ra, K?
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"Karmic aid?" Ozymandias said "Na. My Zodiac? I'm Ra, K?
Cambyases
Had his biases
Ozymandias
Looked down on those with pretension to grandeur, but now lying in the sand he is
Had his biases
Ozymandias
Looked down on those with pretension to grandeur, but now lying in the sand he is
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Cambyases
Had his biases
Ozymandias
Looked down on those with pretension to grandeur, but now lying in the sand he is
Had his biases
Ozymandias
Looked down on those with pretension to grandeur, but now lying in the sand he is
Ozymandias
Head in the sand while his vast trunkless legs just lie there
Ye mighty despair
Head in the sand while his vast trunkless legs just lie there
Ye mighty despair
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Ozymandias
Head in the sand while his vast trunkless legs just lie there
Ye mighty despair
Head in the sand while his vast trunkless legs just lie there
Ye mighty despair
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Hi, my name is, what? My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Ozymandias
Hi, kids, are ye all mighty?
Wanna go out in the desert and have yourselves a sight-see?
Wanna see two vast trunkless legs standing uprightly?
Look on this pair and despair what it might be?
My name is, chka-chka, Ozymandias
Hi, kids, are ye all mighty?
Wanna go out in the desert and have yourselves a sight-see?
Wanna see two vast trunkless legs standing uprightly?
Look on this pair and despair what it might be?
October 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hi, my name is, what? My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Ozymandias
Hi, kids, are ye all mighty?
Wanna go out in the desert and have yourselves a sight-see?
Wanna see two vast trunkless legs standing uprightly?
Look on this pair and despair what it might be?
My name is, chka-chka, Ozymandias
Hi, kids, are ye all mighty?
Wanna go out in the desert and have yourselves a sight-see?
Wanna see two vast trunkless legs standing uprightly?
Look on this pair and despair what it might be?
Atropos, of nothing.
Is that anything? Probably not, but still:
Atropos, of nothing
Is that anything? Probably not, but still:
Atropos, of nothing
October 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Atropos, of nothing.
Is that anything? Probably not, but still:
Atropos, of nothing
Is that anything? Probably not, but still:
Atropos, of nothing
Reposted by Andrew Russell
You can find all our Carer's Allowance work below. The campaign goes on!
www.theguardian.com/society/seri...
www.theguardian.com/society/seri...
Carer's allowance crisis | The Guardian
<p>A series reporting on unpaid carers in the UK who are being plunged into debt and prosecuted for fraud by the Department for Work and Pensions over its own benefit overpayments</p>
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You can find all our Carer's Allowance work below. The campaign goes on!
www.theguardian.com/society/seri...
www.theguardian.com/society/seri...
This is from the 1930s, not a parody, and oh, come on.
September 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is from the 1930s, not a parody, and oh, come on.
As a 47 year old father of teenagers, I do spend quite a bit of time wondering how strongly I should be advising them to plan on relocating to Australia when they graduate.
Not just 20 somethings. You can be 40 and have never really worked in a Britain not rocked by rolling economic crisis. Those younger have it worse, but at least they can leave.
September 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
As a 47 year old father of teenagers, I do spend quite a bit of time wondering how strongly I should be advising them to plan on relocating to Australia when they graduate.
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A silence, during which Smiley's eyes seemed almost entirely to have closed. Guillam was mulling the wisdom of a wry quip when Smiley finally, softly, asked: "I wonder how this might have happened, Toby?" Esterhase erupted. "Well now look, George, these spreadsheet things are damned fiddly, right?"
July 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A silence, during which Smiley's eyes seemed almost entirely to have closed. Guillam was mulling the wisdom of a wry quip when Smiley finally, softly, asked: "I wonder how this might have happened, Toby?" Esterhase erupted. "Well now look, George, these spreadsheet things are damned fiddly, right?"
Father's Day: spent most of the afternoon at the local cricket ground, playing catch and frisbee with my daughter while watching my son score 43 stylish runs, before coming on myself with 3 needed from the last 9 balls, and to everyone's surprise, scoring them. With actual cricket shots! A good day.
June 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Father's Day: spent most of the afternoon at the local cricket ground, playing catch and frisbee with my daughter while watching my son score 43 stylish runs, before coming on myself with 3 needed from the last 9 balls, and to everyone's surprise, scoring them. With actual cricket shots! A good day.
"And with the last kick of the game Che Adams gets his hat-trick against Liechtenstein! That's the first Scotland player to score a hat trick since 2019, when John McGinn scored one against San Marino."
And they say stats don't tell the whole story.
And they say stats don't tell the whole story.
June 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"And with the last kick of the game Che Adams gets his hat-trick against Liechtenstein! That's the first Scotland player to score a hat trick since 2019, when John McGinn scored one against San Marino."
And they say stats don't tell the whole story.
And they say stats don't tell the whole story.
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I love Captain Beefheart but... maybe 3 times.
My Don top 5
5. Lick My Decals Off Baby
4. Strictly Personal
3. Safe As Milk
2. Bongo Fury (with Frank Zappa)
1. Clear Spot
My Don top 5
5. Lick My Decals Off Baby
4. Strictly Personal
3. Safe As Milk
2. Bongo Fury (with Frank Zappa)
1. Clear Spot
So how many times have you listened to Trout Mask Replica in the last 20 years?
May 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I love Captain Beefheart but... maybe 3 times.
My Don top 5
5. Lick My Decals Off Baby
4. Strictly Personal
3. Safe As Milk
2. Bongo Fury (with Frank Zappa)
1. Clear Spot
My Don top 5
5. Lick My Decals Off Baby
4. Strictly Personal
3. Safe As Milk
2. Bongo Fury (with Frank Zappa)
1. Clear Spot
Re last repost: Obviously correct, but it takes only a few replies before two dog owners chime in to explain that their dangerous, sorry, "reactive" dogs are a threat to other people and this is: other people's fault.
May 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Re last repost: Obviously correct, but it takes only a few replies before two dog owners chime in to explain that their dangerous, sorry, "reactive" dogs are a threat to other people and this is: other people's fault.
Reposted by Andrew Russell
I notice this stuff the most acutely in New York, where, to be frank, I am leaving a place in London to spend time where my cousins live, which is in many ways basically the same place, except less pedestrian-friendly, right down to the fact it is the same *type of dog* people have, but: wow!
Yeah, British people are really, really, really tolerant of bad behaviour by dogs. It's something I am freshly struck by whenever I spend longer than a few days in most other countries.
May 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I notice this stuff the most acutely in New York, where, to be frank, I am leaving a place in London to spend time where my cousins live, which is in many ways basically the same place, except less pedestrian-friendly, right down to the fact it is the same *type of dog* people have, but: wow!
So Severance Season 2 was really good, and did hit a lot of the targets it was aiming for... But there was also a clear element of, "We don't need to answer that now, we've just booked another season" which bodes ill
April 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So Severance Season 2 was really good, and did hit a lot of the targets it was aiming for... But there was also a clear element of, "We don't need to answer that now, we've just booked another season" which bodes ill
See? See? Now do you see?
Dogs. Are. Bad
Dogs. Are. Bad
April 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
See? See? Now do you see?
Dogs. Are. Bad
Dogs. Are. Bad
A thing I occasionally wonder is if reduced exposure to Biblical tales is making even mainstream culture of the past less current/accessible/resonant.
[quoted comment re. Aslan's appearance as a lamb in Dawntreader..]
[quoted comment re. Aslan's appearance as a lamb in Dawntreader..]
Ironically a metaphor that is now much less obvious than it would have been to the average reader on publication
March 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A thing I occasionally wonder is if reduced exposure to Biblical tales is making even mainstream culture of the past less current/accessible/resonant.
[quoted comment re. Aslan's appearance as a lamb in Dawntreader..]
[quoted comment re. Aslan's appearance as a lamb in Dawntreader..]
My crustiest opinion, which in fairness I've had since primary school: teachers are too enthusiastic about engaging kid's creativity.
WBD should be - and evidently was - about reading books. But now it's about dressing up. Because that's fun and helps kids express themselves right?
WBD should be - and evidently was - about reading books. But now it's about dressing up. Because that's fun and helps kids express themselves right?
I remember the first World Book Day, no dressing up and we all got a £1 book voucher a small book of recommendations of other books with a foreword by Peter Mandelson??? Anyway THAT was New Labour.
March 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My crustiest opinion, which in fairness I've had since primary school: teachers are too enthusiastic about engaging kid's creativity.
WBD should be - and evidently was - about reading books. But now it's about dressing up. Because that's fun and helps kids express themselves right?
WBD should be - and evidently was - about reading books. But now it's about dressing up. Because that's fun and helps kids express themselves right?
Well, now we all know who everybody is, as if we didn't already.
February 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Well, now we all know who everybody is, as if we didn't already.
He was later described by the whale as "nice, but nubbly"
February 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
He was later described by the whale as "nice, but nubbly"