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
As a public service today, I took the dog to Sherwood Forest. A dog with a slightly ambitious stick makes people smile.
January 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
As a public service today, I took the dog to Sherwood Forest. A dog with a slightly ambitious stick makes people smile.
January 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Quick calendar check at this confusing time of year. Today is Blursday the eleventy-seventh of Blembuary.
December 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Quick calendar check at this confusing time of year. Today is Blursday the eleventy-seventh of Blembuary.
The day after #boxingday is to be renamed idiot driver day.
December 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The day after #boxingday is to be renamed idiot driver day.
Watching throwdown, and offspring says that the structure in the Santa's north pole challenge should be a huge Amazon fulfillment centre with a fleet of vans outside. #potterythrowdown
December 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Watching throwdown, and offspring says that the structure in the Santa's north pole challenge should be a huge Amazon fulfillment centre with a fleet of vans outside. #potterythrowdown
The motorbike in The Snowman looks to be a Honda CB77, made in the early 1960s. The registration, HJK 596, does not appear on the DVLA database.
There you go, a bit of Christmas trivia for you.
#snowman #raymondbriggs #honda
There you go, a bit of Christmas trivia for you.
#snowman #raymondbriggs #honda
December 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The motorbike in The Snowman looks to be a Honda CB77, made in the early 1960s. The registration, HJK 596, does not appear on the DVLA database.
There you go, a bit of Christmas trivia for you.
#snowman #raymondbriggs #honda
There you go, a bit of Christmas trivia for you.
#snowman #raymondbriggs #honda
There really is nothing like a Christmas Eve visit to A&E.
It's fine. Not me, and all resolved. But you never stop being a parent.
It's fine. Not me, and all resolved. But you never stop being a parent.
December 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
There really is nothing like a Christmas Eve visit to A&E.
It's fine. Not me, and all resolved. But you never stop being a parent.
It's fine. Not me, and all resolved. But you never stop being a parent.
15.14 on 24 December, and my Christmas shopping is complete. I don't think I've ever been so well organised.
December 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
15.14 on 24 December, and my Christmas shopping is complete. I don't think I've ever been so well organised.
Walking my dog in the mid-day twilight, and happened upon this solitary, broken, daisy-like flower. Seems somehow symbolic.
December 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Walking my dog in the mid-day twilight, and happened upon this solitary, broken, daisy-like flower. Seems somehow symbolic.
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My home village of Lambley has made it into @privateeyenews.bsky.social (via @russs.bsky.social ?) Inevitably with a Reform council it's in Rotten Boroughs. I'm presuming the stated bureaucracy was waived by Reform for their own flag nonsense we're all now forced to see.
December 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
My home village of Lambley has made it into @privateeyenews.bsky.social (via @russs.bsky.social ?) Inevitably with a Reform council it's in Rotten Boroughs. I'm presuming the stated bureaucracy was waived by Reform for their own flag nonsense we're all now forced to see.
Christmas day highlights on BBC 1 & 2:
White Christmas (1956)
Dad's Army
Morecambe & Wise (1975)
Jaws (1975)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
On 3, 4, 5, &6:
Sister Act 2 (1993)
Peter Pan (2003)
Jumanji (1995)
Frozen II (2019)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Pirates of the Carribbean (2003)
1/2
White Christmas (1956)
Dad's Army
Morecambe & Wise (1975)
Jaws (1975)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
On 3, 4, 5, &6:
Sister Act 2 (1993)
Peter Pan (2003)
Jumanji (1995)
Frozen II (2019)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Pirates of the Carribbean (2003)
1/2
December 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Christmas day highlights on BBC 1 & 2:
White Christmas (1956)
Dad's Army
Morecambe & Wise (1975)
Jaws (1975)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
On 3, 4, 5, &6:
Sister Act 2 (1993)
Peter Pan (2003)
Jumanji (1995)
Frozen II (2019)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Pirates of the Carribbean (2003)
1/2
White Christmas (1956)
Dad's Army
Morecambe & Wise (1975)
Jaws (1975)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
On 3, 4, 5, &6:
Sister Act 2 (1993)
Peter Pan (2003)
Jumanji (1995)
Frozen II (2019)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Pirates of the Carribbean (2003)
1/2
You know what you don't see any more? Road atlases.
I know everyone has GPS but paper maps are still better for for planning and diversions. Also my eldest had just bought his first car and it would make a stocking filler.
I know everyone has GPS but paper maps are still better for for planning and diversions. Also my eldest had just bought his first car and it would make a stocking filler.
December 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
You know what you don't see any more? Road atlases.
I know everyone has GPS but paper maps are still better for for planning and diversions. Also my eldest had just bought his first car and it would make a stocking filler.
I know everyone has GPS but paper maps are still better for for planning and diversions. Also my eldest had just bought his first car and it would make a stocking filler.
Fucking right
December 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Fucking right
As if there wasn't already too much crappy genAI imagery around, check these beauties from the B&Q website.
The broken text is because I compressed the screengrab to reduce excesssive white space.
Synthetic images of 'real' trees. Not sure that's a great sales technique. #ohchristmastree
The broken text is because I compressed the screengrab to reduce excesssive white space.
Synthetic images of 'real' trees. Not sure that's a great sales technique. #ohchristmastree
December 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As if there wasn't already too much crappy genAI imagery around, check these beauties from the B&Q website.
The broken text is because I compressed the screengrab to reduce excesssive white space.
Synthetic images of 'real' trees. Not sure that's a great sales technique. #ohchristmastree
The broken text is because I compressed the screengrab to reduce excesssive white space.
Synthetic images of 'real' trees. Not sure that's a great sales technique. #ohchristmastree
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 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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.
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
"... plant in well-drained, moisture-retentive soil...".
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND GARDENING
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND GARDENING
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"... plant in well-drained, moisture-retentive soil...".
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND GARDENING
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND GARDENING
Up in the gods, for Jools Holland and Imelda May
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Up in the gods, for Jools Holland and Imelda May
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November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM