@phyllida.bsky.social Lots of apostrophes the way in to today's self-helping of otiose wisdom. Decodex 2026-06-06 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:50 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Nice long word to start with! But go in with the shortest: the one after the apostrophe and it's quite easy from there. Decodex 2026-06-03 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:34 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social OK but you can get it on the internet right? Decodex 2026-05-28 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 3:50 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Some great self-help 🤮 The first word is the one you expect from an egotist. I then got in by guessing NGC and PYJC. Decodex 2026-05-27 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:42 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Even the complicated polytropic man? 🤔 Decodex 2026-05-24 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:41 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Not sure if that's a good thing though... Decodex 2026-05-23 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:50 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Easy one, with one of the most common words to start a sentence with. Decodex 2026-05-22 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:36 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Good one today. First few words an easy way in. Decodex 2026-05-21 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:16 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Some good meaningless self-help pap for today :) Decodex 2026-05-20 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:53 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Good quote. DFTT at the end of a word was my way in. Decodex 2026-05-19 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:52 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Very self-helpy from the 🦙 Decodex 2026-05-17 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:41 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Nice epigram. Decodex 2026-05-16 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:19 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social There is an exception to every rule... Decodex 2026-05-15 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:31 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Philosophicomedy from Allen :) Decodex 2026-05-14 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:35 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Lots of easy short words to get in with. Decodex 2026-05-13 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:11 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social The grammar is a bit 🧐 but an interesting quote. I wonder when he is supposed to have said this? Decodex 2026-05-12 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:33 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Sound advice. Decodex 2026-05-11 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:21 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social ⚾ and bad grammar today. Decodex 2026-05-10 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:59 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social I guess this explains why Silicon Valley still pay $400k salaries to Human 1.0s instead of eating their own dog-food. Decodex 2026-05-09 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 3:56 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social But only SXXFSH to? 🤔 Decodex 2026-05-08 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:03 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Slightly tricky on account of the lack of definite articles, or any articles, or anything definite. Decodex 2026-05-07 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:24 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social More ancient self-help. The 🦝 makes another appearance. Decodex 2026-05-06 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:29 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Clever :) Decodex 2026-05-05 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:20 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Nice turn of phrase from Winnie. Decodex 2026-05-04 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:51 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Mainly nonsense today, but decipherable nonsense :) Decodex 2026-05-03 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:59 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Easy one today because of the apostrophe. Decodex 2026-05-02 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:46 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Very self-helpy. Looked the guy up and it turns out he was a US president. Decodex 2026-05-01 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:46 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Wise words from Lee. 🥋 Decodex 2026-04-30 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:36 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Not too hard. I got delayed by some wrong turnings at the start. Decodex 2026-04-29 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:48 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social 💡 Decodex 2026-04-28 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:37 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social An important contribution to the debate on whether AI is conscious from Dr Seuss. Decodex 2026-04-27 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:01 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social The first word is the obvious one. Bonus: crossword clue from yesterday (which is very good and doesn't require any special crossword knowledge): "Like Dorothy's house in that famed 1939 film?" (4,4,3,4) Decodex 2026-04-26 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:52 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Mixed-metaphors galore! Decodex 2026-04-25 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:38 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Confucius sounding surprisingly self-helpy today. Decodex 2026-04-24 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:40 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Not too tricky today, with a few common word, including RMZRKM which you will recognize at once :) Decodex 2026-04-23 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:14 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social A self-help deepity from Epictetus 🤔 Decodex 2026-04-22 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:42 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Tricky one. Lots of double letters to guess at and not enough easy short words! Decodex 2026-04-21 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 2:06 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Interesting quote. He's probably talking about "General Skepticism" rather than conspiracy theories, which is how I first read it :) Decodex 2026-04-20 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:28 Play here: playdecodex.com

Quite a tricky one. Vague and slightly poncy grammar :) @phyllida.bsky.social Decodex 2026-04-19 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 4:40 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Not sure about "GIGFUAWNRC" 🤔 Decodex 2026-04-18 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:37 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Lots of long words and braggadocio in today's quote. But a couple of the short ones are still the best way in I think. Decodex 2026-04-17 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:03 Play here: playdecodex.com

@phyllida.bsky.social Inspiring. Though technically incorrect I think. Decodex 2026-04-16 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:14 Play here: playdecodex.com

Support real artists! Also these are beautiful pictures.

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

But maybe some things are better left out? @phyllida.bsky.social Decodex 2026-04-14 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:31 Play here: playdecodex.com

Nice article about Mahler especially the circumstances around the 5th symphony. I only came across the idea that the adagietto was supposed by some to be a "love long" recently myself (to some skepticism). We shall find out later what Bychkov does with it.

Reassuring re Trump I guess. @phyllida.bsky.social Decodex 2026-04-07 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 1:13 Play here: playdecodex.com

It is done! The #Prokofiev Symphony Cycle Survey is up on ionarts! 16 Cycles deep! Loads of listening, tons of work. Plenty of details. Massive amounts of links to reviews. Let me know if you find that sort of thing useful. ionarts.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-su...

Decodex 2026-04-02 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:36 Play here: playdecodex.com I assume Laozi said this to a rich friend when he was a bit short. @phyllida.bsky.social

Wise words from Bertie. @phyllida.bsky.social Decodex 2026-03-13 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Time: 0:51 Play here: playdecodex.com