Caroline Mortimer
@carolinmortimer.bsky.social
Journalist. Mostly BBC. Interests mostly revolve around Taylor Swift, politics, economics, climate, social issues and the life and times of various Real Housewives…
New from me: Until recently, the gap between comfortably-off and just-getting-started could plausibly be crossed in a decade or two of hard work. Growth in asset prices means that’s no longer true: even a lifetime of striving doesn’t offer a realistic prospect of feeling you’ve “made it”.
Has anyone asked Adele how she feels about her fate hanging on the Clacton by election…
Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · last wk.Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
ChatGPT requests are starting to turn up as evidence in criminal trials and these ones are going to be hard to beat
Anyone after a second hand tiara?Yours for just £2.5k on Vestiare… The cost of living crisis must have reached the debutante ball circuit…. www.vestiairecollective.com/women-jewell...
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This is a wild piece of political trivia from the BBC about Burnham’s wife that I am shocked @popbitch.bsky.social hasn’t clocked yet…
I think the people coming into A&E would be slightly concerned that their doctor barely knows her way around a stethoscope all of a sudden…
Bethany Albertson@albertsonb2.bsky.social · 3w agoThought experiment- if you were suddenly appointed to do your sibling’s job, how badly would you suck at it?
I will only respect this if the person larping as the ocean occasionally just demands the lives of some innocent sailors www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Giving nature a say: why Scottish marine scientists appointed the ocean to their board
As the rights of nature are increasingly being recognised, the Scottish Association for Marine Science is the latest organisation to make the ocean a trustee
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It is starting to seem like the Norwegian team is Erling Haaland and 10 other blokes just tagging along #norvbra
A groundhog named Chunk has been stealing a Delaware farmer's crops for four years and eating them in front of a camera
Via @popbitch.bsky.social. Maybe it’s actually Harry Kane that is the source of the UK’s political instability? Has anyone asked him his opinion on lettuce?
These small primates 🐵 are pygmy marmosets, recognized as the smallest monkeys in the world snacking on peas 🫛
My daughter is about to see her fifth prime minister... and she's three 🫠
I love it when the Elizabeth line makes sure to only relay the most minimal information so you hang around on the hot trains for longer while they continue claim tethered is a ‘good service’ - I admire their commitment to maximising the pain of their customers
I've reported on Musk for around 8 years. I've co-authored a book on him. I don't think folks understand the rate of his wealth accumulation. Shortly after he helped elect Donald Trump in Nov 2024, his net worth was around $350 billion. That net worth has nearly tripled in less than two years.
This is Baby. She is celebrating her first ever International Corgi Day today. Personally thinks she should be celebrated every day, but this is a good start. 14/10 (IG: cooperandbaby_corgi)
Classicist here to inform you all that this is ancient Greek for summoning a cat
Yiannis@yiannisbab.bsky.social · 2mo agoAh yes, the "Thdpsssps"
I am fairly sure Wonderwall came out in 1994. This lady would have come out in 1997/8
Daily Mail@dailymail.co.uk · 2mo agoNoel Gallagher, 58, looks utterly smitten with marketing manager Nina Johnson, 28, as rumoured new couple are pictured enjoying date night two months after his split from Sally Marsh trib.al/LFsgPzw
There are days when I miss being an editor. I loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off.
It’s kinda giving Death of Stalin today #starmer
Maybe one of JD’s staff should show him the Wikipedia entry for the Investiture Conflict? Just a thought…
Shoe@shoe.bsky.social · 4mo ago"The Pope is incorrect on matters of theology" is excommunication time. H/t @jumulojimbus.bsky.social
Laura Trott quoting ‘Father Figure’ (Taylor’s version) in the Commons on the social media ban - does she know she is quoting a song written in voice of a mafia don threatening to kill someone for defying them? Politicians really shouldn’t do a pop culture if they don’t understand the context…
A woman succeeding in a male dominated field. We (almost) love to see it..
Reuters@reuters.com · 4mo agoSouth Korea says 'credible intelligence' indicates North Korean leader's daughter is successor reut.rs/41AOe4B
Even the ocean’s most aggressive sharks can make friends, a new study found. Researchers say both sexes preferred to socialize with female sharks, but on average, males had more social connections: https://wapo.st/4ly5cJH
The scarlet monkeyflower’s rapid adaptation to drought has given some scientists hope for species’ survival amid climate change. https://wapo.st/47IZuit
