Rosie Mitchell

Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.

A Scottish man has been arrested in Edinburgh for stabbing 5 people whilst shouting he wanted to 'Murder Muslims'. Why isn't it headline news?

Gosh! Better batten down the hatches in Chelmsford tonight. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A curious silence from the usual suspects. Whaddya mean, that's different? #FarageRiots

Looks like Meta aka BaseFuck has finally ensured that I will no longer be using its 'services'. As of this afternoon it is demanding that I give them a video selfie. I've put up with a lot of enshittification but that is a step too far. #meta #facebook #enshittification

This evening Rosie has been watching La Cocina (Alonso Ruizpalacios, 2024). 1957 Angry Young Men, filtered through Noises Off and Gosford Park and transplanted to a Times Square diner with exploited undocumented workers. #film #cinema

#cat #cats #catsofbluesky #caturday

#cat #cats #catsofbluesky #caturday

#cat #cats #catsofbluesky #caturday

#cat #cats #catsofbluesky #caturday

I'm an unperson since yesterday morning. And the news gets worse and worse. #transgender #transsexual #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #uksupremecourt

Wot I said in Another Place #transgender #transsexual #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #uksupremecourt www.quora.com/Why-do-many-...

I will kill myself rather than be subjected to an intimate search by a male police officer. I mean it. This is disgusting www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Woke liberal elites suppressing the freedom of speech, thought and action of the precursors of the AfD. © Robert Capa, Magnum

Is there a mycologist in the house who can tell me what these are? Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow, February. Many thanks. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology

Nothing to add to this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CodU...

Some comedian sitting behind me on the bus yesterday had his phone or iPad or something playing music without earphones. I didn't look back, I simply produced my own phone and gave him a blast of Siegfried. He stopped. So I stopped. Small #moralvictory. #annoyingpeople

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Doughnut du jour: Torta della Tantrum by Tantrum Doughnuts. Eat your heart out Krispy Kreme, you've no chance! #food #foodanddrink #doughnuts

What the hell was that Magarat Greg Swenson doing on #bbcaq? What's he doing in our country? If he doesn't like our tax regime then he and those like him are welcome to piss off back to the US.

The Dinkster interrupting me at work to mooch for Dreamies. #cats #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #tabbycats #marbletabby

“It was Starmer who changed the rules to make more prosecutions possible. That happened and there was a huge increase in convictions.” He also told @TheNewsAgents: "These girls are being exploited all over again. Politicians jumping on the bandwagon after years of silence is shameful".

Haha! I once raised a concern with the police about upstairs neighbours where the man was constantly shouting and swearing at the top of his voice. I was told that shouting and swearing did not constitute violence in the eyes of the police. Poor Harrison! #thearchers.

Here is my photo of the day. The Kibble Palace in Glasgow Botanic Gardens, late on a winter afternoon.

Pepper the monochrome #cats #catsofbluesky

Dinky the marble tabby again

I have a new camera, a Christmas present to myself. And what's the perfect subject for the first shots?

That's the end of Kentucky Fried Chicken for me then. Not that I've been that desperate for a good few years now. www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...

Why are we still even having a debate about this barbaric practice? Let's start with getting the Scottish government to act, the medieval fetish is holding back the regeneration of the Highlands.

The sensible thing for small family farmers to do is to sell the land to a holding company and lease it back. I'm sure that's what their accountants will be recommending. Meanwhile those like Clarkson, Dyson and probs Farage who bought land for tax abuse, sorry, avoidance are squealing. No sympathy!

The inheritance tax thing is hurting the Prime Minister as "Starmer" rhymes with "Farmer" and "Harmer." Given this, here are other things the PM should be wary about legislating on, in future: llamas. Robert Palmer. BBC One drama. Michelle Obama. Bananas In Pyjamas.

First outing of the winter for Scotland's named gritter lorries. I looked out for my own Gritter Garbo but it seems to be all new names this year. My favourite so far is Brinestone Ploughboy. #Scotland #coldsnap #winter #gritters www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...

Two twos in a row #wordle #nytgames Wordle 1,248 2/6 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Looks like a good plan to me.

Better… #wordle #nytgames Wordle 1,247 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Needed a hint to get going but easy after that. #strands #nytgames Strands #258 “"Oh, you!"” 💡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵

Not one of my monuments today. #wordle #nytgames Wordle 1,246 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

More luck than judgement, as so often. I know very little about the alleged blue group header but got them anyway because they fit together another way that I learned for pub quizzes 40 years ago! #connections #nytgames Connections Puzzle #524 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Meanwhile, #BlueSky appears to have had a wee glitch with all the new people joining at once. And over at Threads where I just had a look they're gloating. Moving from ExTwitter to Threads, Musk to Zuck is a FryingPan→Fire situation ISTM. Hope we're over the wobble.

US satirical magazine The Onion buys Alex Jones's Infowars. But how will we tell the difference? www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

The Management, Dinky and Pepper, greet a bright, sunny November morning in Edinbugh by snuggling up in an igloo. I feel they are neglecting their duties, they should have been keeping my feet warm!

Why am I immediately reminded of Ronnie Barker's role as "Intelligence" in the classic BBC radio comedy The Navy Lark? (For youngsters reading: Barker answered the phone with "This is Intelligence" in a dim-witted voice)

Good morning from Edinburgh, Scotland. It's sunny and a wee bit chilly, so the #cats Dinky (tabby girl) and Pepper (black and white boy), aka The Management, are snuggled up in one igloo.

An extraordinary moment. Guardian to stop publishing on Twitter www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...