Rosie Mitchell
@mavisgrind.bsky.social
Ageing queer, autistic, socialist-minded woman, writer, film-maker and curmudgeon. Used to be a science teacher, a database analyst and organic market-gardener. English by birth, Scots by convincement. Kept by two cats.
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Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed.
Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
July 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed.
Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
Reposted by Rosie Mitchell
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?
Why isn't it headline news?
June 20, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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?
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
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A curious silence from the usual suspects. Whaddya mean, that's different? #FarageRiots
Boy, 14, among arrests over fatal assault in Chelmsford
Essex Police say three teenagers are being questioned on suspicion of murder.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 13, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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
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
#meta #facebook #enshittification
June 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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
#meta #facebook #enshittification
May 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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I'm an unperson since yesterday morning. And the news gets worse and worse. #transgender #transsexual #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #uksupremecourt
April 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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-...
www.quora.com/Why-do-many-...
Why do many men dress as & claim to be women, saying they've always felt female? They don't know what that feels like.
Rosalind Mitchell's answer: Speaking as one of the 8,464¹ people (0.012% of the population) in Britain with Gender Recognition Certificates who have had their rights and protections ripped away from t...
www.quora.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Wot I said in Another Place #transgender #transsexual #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #uksupremecourt
www.quora.com/Why-do-many-...
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...
This is disgusting
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Trans women arrested Britain’s railways to be strip-searched by male officers
British Transport Police amends policy in light of supreme court’s landmark ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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...
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
February 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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
February 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CodU...
'You Boring, Nasty...': Trump Retaliates After Bishop Bashes U.S. President Over Immigration Policy
YouTube video by Times Of India
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Nothing to add to this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CodU...
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
January 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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
January 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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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
January 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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.
January 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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
January 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Dinkster interrupting me at work to mooch for Dreamies. #cats #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #tabbycats #marbletabby
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“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".
He also told @TheNewsAgents: "These girls are being exploited all over again. Politicians jumping on the bandwagon after years of silence is shameful".
January 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“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".
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.
January 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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.