Clive Mitchell
@clivemitchell1.bsky.social
Out of hours: masters swimmer, pond tenderer, step-grandad, and words. Occasionally, planes. In hours: freelance charity governance & operations. https://www.cranfieldtrust.org/ volunteer. Facilitator. Staffordshire, UK.
The ghost of my dead plant watching me go to Lowe's gardening section
It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough
Only 12.5% of the accommodation in this hotel is occupied, which makes one ruminate.
I love capturing those moments where London Underground trains line up perfectly with station posters. With a little patience and a bit of luck, you can end up with some wonderfully amusing and unexpected shots.
Where do these #r4today delays on the line come from? It doesn't happen to any of us when we're on the blower.
The answer to your climate-change question, Justin, is: we need to do all of it. We need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions AND remove CO2 AND we need to adapt. #r4today
Sorry to say, Jonny Dymond is a useless presenter for #r4today
Burnham has addressed this head on today and extremely effectively. He's done something else too- he's expressed it as core to his personal story and political project. Couldn't ask for more at this stage.
Anthony Painter@anthonypainter.bsky.social · last wk.The number one future of work and opportunity policy goal should be to develop care work as an occupation with status. Number one. The PM's focus on the sector could make a huge difference to UK political economy and national culture.
My The Odyssey take: Nolan should not write his screenplays.
In the UK we have a new Prime Minister (that’s a whole minister who can only be divided evenly by one and themselves).
There are, relatively, so few trans people in the world. How frightening, and isolating, this must be for them. How cruel it all is. There's a great deal of shame to be had.
Mike Hixenbaugh@mikehixenbaugh.com · 3w agoA father in Idaho, speaking to police after his child died by suicide: “There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole fucking country. The whole fucking administration, every single fucking day.” Please read this important story by @joyurcaba.bsky.social
Fascinating thread from the writer whose 2017 translation of The Odyssey you are now going to see many people reading!
EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 3w agoOn the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
I reckon the threat to Farage is about 100th of that directed at Diane Abbott but his performative whinging is 100x greater.
If they went to more libraries, they might learn how to use commas correctly.
Joe G@eastendjoe.bsky.social · 3w agoI must’ve been going to the wrong libraries all my life.
BBC news editorial is so dumb and gullible; buying hook, line and sinker into the Reform/Farage agenda around "security". The whole thing is so patently a distraction, engineered by Reform. We can all see it, why the bloody hell can't the Beeb see it? #wato
I made this because as far as I can see nobody else has?
I love how this makes it seem like they stopped monitoring RFK Jr
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4w agoCDC stopped monitoring parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country
Hi England, here’s the Christmas tree we’re sending you for Trafalgar Square this year.
