Russ Swan
@russs.bsky.social
Recovering journalist, universe/UK/Notts. Geek, nerd, dweeb. Fixer. Author of popular science book. Columnist @ Lab News. Motorcycles. Spaniels. Science. Engineering. Screaming into the void
You loam your own tilth, pottymouth.
December 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
You loam your own tilth, pottymouth.
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif.
Hard mode - no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney animated or Pixar.
Hard mode - no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney animated or Pixar.
a woman with orange hair is wearing a white sweater
Alt: The 'multi pass' scene from the movie The Fifth Element. Leelu, an orange haired woman played my Mila Jovovich, shows her ID multi pass card.
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif.
Hard mode - no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney animated or Pixar.
Hard mode - no Stars (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney animated or Pixar.
And the algorithm now has you down as a suicide risk. Helplines are open etc.
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And the algorithm now has you down as a suicide risk. Helplines are open etc.
SPOILER ALERT: no, they didn't.
From today's spam folder. Redacted to deny any potential for publicity.
From today's spam folder. Redacted to deny any potential for publicity.
![Headline on a press release found today in my email spam: [redacted] Announces Revolutionary Mathematical Proof of God's Existence and a Theory of the Origins of the Universe, Life, and Chemicals](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bmtf7dohjslyo5zi457ijtzg/bafkreihmjaqcmar7mf3ke7cpeszqeao73wyubiyoj74jl65tf2kcgwelem@jpeg)
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Yes. I thought you'd all have fun working it out.
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Yes. I thought you'd all have fun working it out.
Someone close to me used to say 'pussy-dom-nime' until enlightened. Never tease anyone for mispronouncing a word. It means they learned by reading.
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Someone close to me used to say 'pussy-dom-nime' until enlightened. Never tease anyone for mispronouncing a word. It means they learned by reading.
Boris Johnson entered a room. "Hello" he lied.
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Boris Johnson entered a room. "Hello" he lied.
My parents bought a three-bed semi in North Shields in 1970, for £4000. Six beds in North Ken for the same money? No.
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
My parents bought a three-bed semi in North Shields in 1970, for £4000. Six beds in North Ken for the same money? No.
Matter to energy back to matter or something, idk. Why would this be different from regular transporting?
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Matter to energy back to matter or something, idk. Why would this be different from regular transporting?
Scotty held himself in a recursive buffer loop for decades, thus managing to span the gap from TOS to TNG. Transporter buffer is canon.
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Scotty held himself in a recursive buffer loop for decades, thus managing to span the gap from TOS to TNG. Transporter buffer is canon.
You do come out with some shite Ed. Were you bungee jumping when you thought of this zinger?
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
You do come out with some shite Ed. Were you bungee jumping when you thought of this zinger?
AI used in eye study. Coming up next, AI used in A study.
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
AI used in eye study. Coming up next, AI used in A study.
A pedant writes: the rail crossing is properly called the Forth Bridge. That's all, no qualification needed. Awesome structure.
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A pedant writes: the rail crossing is properly called the Forth Bridge. That's all, no qualification needed. Awesome structure.
There is no such thing as metrological winter. I will die on this hill.
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There is no such thing as metrological winter. I will die on this hill.
I think this is the shadow of the mountain projected onto clouds, which lie between the mountain and the viewer.
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I think this is the shadow of the mountain projected onto clouds, which lie between the mountain and the viewer.
I can only imagine that soldier shouting about wombats and elderberries.
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I can only imagine that soldier shouting about wombats and elderberries.