T Tyrrell
@dyspraxicsushi.bsky.social
Writer and teacher. Cardiff. Frustrated ex-academic with far too many creative side projects
Life takes too long
October 23, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Life takes too long
True
October 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
True
I know the real Pynchon-types think of this one as pretty low-voltage but goddammit I really love this book
October 11, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I know the real Pynchon-types think of this one as pretty low-voltage but goddammit I really love this book
Ireland is the world's most boring country.
September 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Ireland is the world's most boring country.
BBC in the UK has just dropped the whole 23-episode first season of Krapopolis, and as someone who was subsisting on a 10-week dribble of bad Futurama episodes, it feels like a lifesaver.
September 19, 2026 at 11:13 AM
BBC in the UK has just dropped the whole 23-episode first season of Krapopolis, and as someone who was subsisting on a 10-week dribble of bad Futurama episodes, it feels like a lifesaver.
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This beautiful woodcut print is Evening Glow at Seta by master Japanese printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.
It comes from a series called Eight Views of Ōmi which celebrates Ōmi province (modern Shiga prefecture) in both poetry and art.
It comes from a series called Eight Views of Ōmi which celebrates Ōmi province (modern Shiga prefecture) in both poetry and art.
August 30, 2026 at 7:00 AM
This beautiful woodcut print is Evening Glow at Seta by master Japanese printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.
It comes from a series called Eight Views of Ōmi which celebrates Ōmi province (modern Shiga prefecture) in both poetry and art.
It comes from a series called Eight Views of Ōmi which celebrates Ōmi province (modern Shiga prefecture) in both poetry and art.
Tomb Raiders of Mars, anyone?
August 22, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Tomb Raiders of Mars, anyone?
I remember wearing my father's souveneir Russian fur cap down to breakfast and getting hairs in my cornflakes.
August 22, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I remember wearing my father's souveneir Russian fur cap down to breakfast and getting hairs in my cornflakes.
Fair play to Andy Burnham, "Everyone in for Christmas" is a specific and measurable target that's also an emotive and instantly understandable piece of political messaging.
August 19, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Fair play to Andy Burnham, "Everyone in for Christmas" is a specific and measurable target that's also an emotive and instantly understandable piece of political messaging.
I remember the gusty roar of a VHS tape on quick rewind.
August 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I remember the gusty roar of a VHS tape on quick rewind.
Emily Wilson's review of the Odyssey has crashed the LRB website, so here are some of her points.
--it was TOO LOUD
--There were no sex scenes and all the food looked horrible
--The Sea People aren't a thing
--Odysseus could build a better raft than that
--I would be ashamed to write this script
--it was TOO LOUD
--There were no sex scenes and all the food looked horrible
--The Sea People aren't a thing
--Odysseus could build a better raft than that
--I would be ashamed to write this script
July 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Emily Wilson's review of the Odyssey has crashed the LRB website, so here are some of her points.
--it was TOO LOUD
--There were no sex scenes and all the food looked horrible
--The Sea People aren't a thing
--Odysseus could build a better raft than that
--I would be ashamed to write this script
--it was TOO LOUD
--There were no sex scenes and all the food looked horrible
--The Sea People aren't a thing
--Odysseus could build a better raft than that
--I would be ashamed to write this script
Darth Agamemnon is my favorite part of Nolan's Odyssey.
All the rest of it is gritty realism in the Saving Private Ryan mode, but Benny Safdie brings a welcome dash of Star Wars to the mix.
All the rest of it is gritty realism in the Saving Private Ryan mode, but Benny Safdie brings a welcome dash of Star Wars to the mix.
July 18, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Darth Agamemnon is my favorite part of Nolan's Odyssey.
All the rest of it is gritty realism in the Saving Private Ryan mode, but Benny Safdie brings a welcome dash of Star Wars to the mix.
All the rest of it is gritty realism in the Saving Private Ryan mode, but Benny Safdie brings a welcome dash of Star Wars to the mix.
A group of sixteen-year-olds struggle to adapt to a change of school administration following a governmental review.
The itinerary for the boys’ trip to Holland may have been overly ambitious. Starring Sean Connery
July 16, 2026 at 7:46 AM
A group of sixteen-year-olds struggle to adapt to a change of school administration following a governmental review.
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We read an entire scroll — without ever opening it
PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end
scrollprize.org/firstscroll
The Herculaneum Papyrus Scrolls project
www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/herculan...
#books #old_Manuscripts
PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end
scrollprize.org/firstscroll
The Herculaneum Papyrus Scrolls project
www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/herculan...
#books #old_Manuscripts
June 27, 2026 at 9:21 AM
We read an entire scroll — without ever opening it
PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end
scrollprize.org/firstscroll
The Herculaneum Papyrus Scrolls project
www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/herculan...
#books #old_Manuscripts
PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end
scrollprize.org/firstscroll
The Herculaneum Papyrus Scrolls project
www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/herculan...
#books #old_Manuscripts
Bluesky, Y U got 2 b like this?
June 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Bluesky, Y U got 2 b like this?
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i will NEVER learn what trivago is. this is my solemn promise to you
June 12, 2026 at 2:06 AM
i will NEVER learn what trivago is. this is my solemn promise to you
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I put “is it OK that I read this problematic author” in the same category. What you do with your decades-old Neil Gaiman books carries no actual moral weight. The equation changes for buying new copies that give terrible people money, sure. But the stakes here are far lower than we pretend.
May 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I put “is it OK that I read this problematic author” in the same category. What you do with your decades-old Neil Gaiman books carries no actual moral weight. The equation changes for buying new copies that give terrible people money, sure. But the stakes here are far lower than we pretend.
I will block every saving whose entire personality is posting shitty American political cartoons, but I will never block Stephen Collins.
June 11, 2026 at 6:39 AM
I will block every saving whose entire personality is posting shitty American political cartoons, but I will never block Stephen Collins.
Ruin a classic Dr Who story by changing one letter
June 6, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Ruin a classic Dr Who story by changing one letter
Make a Dr Who title less scary
June 6, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Make a Dr Who title less scary
Make a Doctor Who title less scary
June 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Make a Doctor Who title less scary
I'm unable to eat Krispy Kreme donuts because 'crispy cream' sounds so horrific as a texture.
June 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I'm unable to eat Krispy Kreme donuts because 'crispy cream' sounds so horrific as a texture.
In-flight movie: original Star Wars on the PS Vita
June 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
In-flight movie: original Star Wars on the PS Vita
Hugo Reading Thread
Focusing on the novels and novellas at the moment, may get to the rest later.
Focusing on the novels and novellas at the moment, may get to the rest later.
June 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Hugo Reading Thread
Focusing on the novels and novellas at the moment, may get to the rest later.
Focusing on the novels and novellas at the moment, may get to the rest later.
She blew it all on catnip and fast living.
being given a cat with $1.5M would solve a lot of my problems right now
June 1, 2026 at 9:06 AM
She blew it all on catnip and fast living.