Adam Butterworth
@adambutterworth.bsky.social
Tweets about rocks, film and politics
Editor of the Alpine Journal. Digital and Comms for the Alpine Club, Mount Everest Foundation & others.
Opinions are my girlfriend's, but you wouldn't know her. She posts on a different app.
Editor of the Alpine Journal. Digital and Comms for the Alpine Club, Mount Everest Foundation & others.
Opinions are my girlfriend's, but you wouldn't know her. She posts on a different app.
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Hello 👋
You can mostly expect to read posts from me about:
- Rocks and climbing on rocks
- Pictures of my dog
- Occasional thoughts on films
- Fun tidbits of mountaineering history
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Hello 👋
You can mostly expect to read posts from me about:
- Rocks and climbing on rocks
- Pictures of my dog
- Occasional thoughts on films
- Fun tidbits of mountaineering history
I predict you will mostly engage with:
- Pictures of my dog
Always here for a bit of Castle posting and this is a very good bit of it.
This week is Road Safety Week & a chance to talk about Barbara Castle!
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
Barbara was Transport Minister for three years yet she was able to introduce the Breathalyzer, a proper integrated transport strategy & more!
This was done despite fierce opposition.
📸 Photo from the Parliamentary Achieve
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Always here for a bit of Castle posting and this is a very good bit of it.
Just realised that I've now edited 10 issues of the AC newsletter.
(And the latest even has the peak on the logo fixed!)
(And the latest even has the peak on the logo fixed!)
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Just realised that I've now edited 10 issues of the AC newsletter.
(And the latest even has the peak on the logo fixed!)
(And the latest even has the peak on the logo fixed!)
Crimes of the Future (2022)
Dir. David Cronenberg
Dir. David Cronenberg
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Crimes of the Future (2022)
Dir. David Cronenberg
Dir. David Cronenberg
Yesterday began with a quick scramble in the Llanberis Pass.
While 'The Dragon's Back' looks spectacular as you drive down the pass, it's unfortunately a little grassy and inconsistent up close.
Still, never a bad morning when you can put a few hundred metres under your heels and enjoy this view.
While 'The Dragon's Back' looks spectacular as you drive down the pass, it's unfortunately a little grassy and inconsistent up close.
Still, never a bad morning when you can put a few hundred metres under your heels and enjoy this view.
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Yesterday began with a quick scramble in the Llanberis Pass.
While 'The Dragon's Back' looks spectacular as you drive down the pass, it's unfortunately a little grassy and inconsistent up close.
Still, never a bad morning when you can put a few hundred metres under your heels and enjoy this view.
While 'The Dragon's Back' looks spectacular as you drive down the pass, it's unfortunately a little grassy and inconsistent up close.
Still, never a bad morning when you can put a few hundred metres under your heels and enjoy this view.
Going to need the pope to drop his Letterbox account.
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Going to need the pope to drop his Letterbox account.
Reposted by Adam Butterworth
At some point we have to ask why British politics keeps producing leaders who struggle to do the job.
That's partly about the pressures of the role itself, but it's also about the "pipeline": how likely are our procedures to generate leaders with the skill-set to manage those pressures?
[THREAD] 🧵
That's partly about the pressures of the role itself, but it's also about the "pipeline": how likely are our procedures to generate leaders with the skill-set to manage those pressures?
[THREAD] 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
At some point we have to ask why British politics keeps producing leaders who struggle to do the job.
That's partly about the pressures of the role itself, but it's also about the "pipeline": how likely are our procedures to generate leaders with the skill-set to manage those pressures?
[THREAD] 🧵
That's partly about the pressures of the role itself, but it's also about the "pipeline": how likely are our procedures to generate leaders with the skill-set to manage those pressures?
[THREAD] 🧵
The Gorillaz song Feel Good Inc from 2004 is currently back in the charts...
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Gorillaz song Feel Good Inc from 2004 is currently back in the charts...
Apropos of nothing in particular, would once again like to make my pitch for the 'Reality' pressure group whose contribution to every discussion is simply to point out things like: our ageing population, the cost of a functioning public realm & to ask how every proposal helps address these issues.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular, would once again like to make my pitch for the 'Reality' pressure group whose contribution to every discussion is simply to point out things like: our ageing population, the cost of a functioning public realm & to ask how every proposal helps address these issues.
"As for the four other peaks, only two of them remain ice-capped. Liberty Cap, a sub-peak of Mt Rainier, and Colfax Peak, a sub-peak on Mt Baker, have a few remaining meters of ice."
Mount Rainier Has Shrunk, and Its Summit Location Has Changed » Explorersweb
A new study shows that all five ice-capped peaks in the Lower 48 have shrunk, including Mt. Rainier, which has lost 10 feet in height since the 1950s.
explorersweb.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"As for the four other peaks, only two of them remain ice-capped. Liberty Cap, a sub-peak of Mt Rainier, and Colfax Peak, a sub-peak on Mt Baker, have a few remaining meters of ice."
Enjoyed discovering that the quote isn't something someone said about the film, it's the film's actual logline.
‘A Ukrainian witch kicks the crap out of Russian soldiers’: the new wave of horror films taking on Putin’s army
‘A Ukrainian witch kicks the crap out of Russian soldiers’: the new wave of horror films taking on Putin’s army
Homegrown, female-driven scary movies in which witches and zombies lay waste to invading troops are proving popular in Ukraine. But why seek out horror on screen if you have so much of it in real life?
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Enjoyed discovering that the quote isn't something someone said about the film, it's the film's actual logline.
Look, I don't want to lean into stereotypes here, but I would be frankly amazed if the historical fiction that Reform voters are into isn't almost universally Sharpe and Flashman novels.
📕 With the Booker Prize winner set to be announced tonight, how does voting intention vary by favourite book genre. Reform’s highest score is with fans of horror, while Labour enjoys a landslide lead among fans of self-help books. *Read* into that what you will.
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Look, I don't want to lean into stereotypes here, but I would be frankly amazed if the historical fiction that Reform voters are into isn't almost universally Sharpe and Flashman novels.
I know the whole Lib Dem schtick right now is attacking Trump because it pleases wet, lib losers like me, but you can do it without pretending Davie was a good DG.
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I know the whole Lib Dem schtick right now is attacking Trump because it pleases wet, lib losers like me, but you can do it without pretending Davie was a good DG.
Does Dog TV help with the firework fear?
Mabel says: "What fireworks?"
Mabel says: "What fireworks?"
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Does Dog TV help with the firework fear?
Mabel says: "What fireworks?"
Mabel says: "What fireworks?"
Back at my folks' place this week and I'd forgotten that the local church rings the bells to mark Nov 5th, which you have to say, several hundred years on, feels a little OTT.
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Back at my folks' place this week and I'd forgotten that the local church rings the bells to mark Nov 5th, which you have to say, several hundred years on, feels a little OTT.
This sounds like an I Think You Should Leave sketch where Robinson is recounting the incident as if he's having a Vietnam flashback.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This sounds like an I Think You Should Leave sketch where Robinson is recounting the incident as if he's having a Vietnam flashback.
Would once again like to point out that the best way to stigmatise SUVs is to characterise them as unBritish because they are, ultimately, a vulgar American import.
There should be a tax on ridiculously bloated road boats registered in urban areas, because (a) they cause obvious problems in such areas (b) they are bad for the environment (c) they are dangerous for children (d) they are awful, and driving them should be expensive and socially stigmatised.
Cars the U.K are up to 55% larger today than they were in the 1970s and there are twice the number of motors on our roads as there were 30 years ago, but anti-Low Traffic Neighbourhood and anti-cycle lane campaigners keep claiming they 'cause congestion'.
Okay.
Okay.
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Would once again like to point out that the best way to stigmatise SUVs is to characterise them as unBritish because they are, ultimately, a vulgar American import.
Why yes phone, I would like to download this gif again. And I'll have a little less of the attitude, thank you!
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Why yes phone, I would like to download this gif again. And I'll have a little less of the attitude, thank you!
I'm not sure what kicked of the Ozymandias posting, but this is the best one.
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm not sure what kicked of the Ozymandias posting, but this is the best one.
This Pratchett quote has just suddenly come to mind for some reason...
October 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This Pratchett quote has just suddenly come to mind for some reason...
Read this as 'Olivia Rodrigo' and briefly had an existential crisis.
This is Olivia Reingold trying to get back at John Oliver for the blistering takedown they did of the Free Press.
It’s actually worse than you’re thinking.
It’s actually worse than you’re thinking.
October 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Read this as 'Olivia Rodrigo' and briefly had an existential crisis.
You come after a Resolution Foundation nerd on Bluesky, you best not miss.
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
You come after a Resolution Foundation nerd on Bluesky, you best not miss.
Really feel like someone should have spotted this before it got this far.
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Really feel like someone should have spotted this before it got this far.
As a midlander, this raises my hackles in an extremely "How dare you insult Birmingham. That's our job!" way.
October 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
As a midlander, this raises my hackles in an extremely "How dare you insult Birmingham. That's our job!" way.
Learning Jenrick is a Wolves fan.
Being reminded that we were out of the top flight for most of the '80s.
Insult after insult to my club, and all because Bob wants to do a little light historic revisionism and blow his dog whistle.
Unacceptable.
Being reminded that we were out of the top flight for most of the '80s.
Insult after insult to my club, and all because Bob wants to do a little light historic revisionism and blow his dog whistle.
Unacceptable.
The chances that Robert Jenrick *literally* went to "more than a few football matches in the away end" at Villa Park *in the 1980s* (ie, before his 8th birthday on 8.1.1990) are vanishingly small to non-existent. (He may have been in the away end at Villa Park as a child or teenager in the 1990s)
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Learning Jenrick is a Wolves fan.
Being reminded that we were out of the top flight for most of the '80s.
Insult after insult to my club, and all because Bob wants to do a little light historic revisionism and blow his dog whistle.
Unacceptable.
Being reminded that we were out of the top flight for most of the '80s.
Insult after insult to my club, and all because Bob wants to do a little light historic revisionism and blow his dog whistle.
Unacceptable.
I believe the term is 'florid'.
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I believe the term is 'florid'.