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Book addict, user of recreational maths. Green Party member. Wildlife buff. Plant-based happiness. Not unpartial to the odd dram.
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Simon 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦 @mirthematician.bsky.social · Jan 10
The best cure for buying too many books is to not worry about buying too many books.
#booksky
mirthematician.bsky.social
Well that's odd. I thought we were told immigrants were taking all the jobs, which we'd immediately get back once we left the EU. It's almost as if they were, I don't know, lying.

BBC News - Job market weakens as unemployment rate rises to 5% - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Job market weakens as unemployment rate rises to 5%
It is the highest rate since 2021, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Off you fuck, then.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
David Lammy says he "was not equipped with all the details" when questioned on prisoner release - live updates - BBC News
One of two men freed in error from Wandsworth prison hands himself in - live updates
William
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Unhinged orange psychopath rants in five, four, three...
#mamdani 🥳
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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atrupar.com
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Still the best book in the world for young, growing minds 😁
phantomtollbot.bsky.social The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social · 11d
“I thought you were the Weather Man,” said Milo, very confused.

“Oh no,” said the little man, “I’m the Whether Man, not the Weather Man, for after all it’s more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be.”
A short, smiling, bald, bearded man wearing a robe, releasing a balloon into the sky
November 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....

Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.

It's time for Proportional Representation.

www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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bookshop.org
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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flwillregret22.bsky.social
WELL WELL WELL
Look what Senator Warren Found that TRUMP Took down👀😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
October 30, 2025 at 5:57 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Playing around with MS Co-Pilot today, seeing how well it could create images. I'm staggered how well these AI things work. I had this idea for a pun based on a sausage driving a car. This is what I came up with. I have no artistic abilities whatsoever so this was thrilling!
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
mirthematician.bsky.social
@sunflowerlatte.bsky.social In reply to your post, this is so beautiful. A love of reading is one of the best gifts I think anyone can ever give a child, and they will be grateful to you their whole lives. Thank you for posting, it made me smile 🙂🙂
October 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Just finished reading the quite wonderful 1983 by @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social. As someone who grew up just across the border (Derbyshire), at about the same time, as Benji, this was a particular delight to me, but I would recommend it to anyone. Full of love, joyful characters and fabulous tales.
October 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Putting the clocks back means an extra hour in bed for some. To me that's a waste; it's an extra hour's reading time for me. That's why I'm up at 4.30am 😁
October 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Just had to drop off a parcel at an Evri locker. There was a lady using it as I arrived. When she'd finished, she asked me if I needed help using it.
I daresay I would have worked it out, but she was a big help.
Such simple acts of kindness are so rare, but so beautiful.
Thank you, kind stranger 🙂
October 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Can anyone tell me how to say "fuck you" in Welsh? Just composing a message to send to Nigel Farage.
October 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Does anyone else read these as hostage messages?
October 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
I've never been a member of a political party in my life.
That has just changed 🙂
zackpolanski.bsky.social Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 22d
Sorry you've been a victim of fake news.

I said this morning to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that the Green Party had passed 123,000 members.

A couple of hours later it's out of date. @greenparty.org.uk have 126,000! 🎉🚀

Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
mirthematician.bsky.social
In breaking news, I have just discovered the beat biscuits ever, in my local Polish shop 😋😋😋
October 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
This utter cunt isn't satisfied with fucking up just his own country, he seems hell-bent on screwing the entire planet.

BBC News - Landmark global shipping deal in tatters after US pressure
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats
President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a "green scam".
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
mirthematician.bsky.social
So has he or hasn't he?

BBC News - 'I've run along all of Birmingham's 8,000 streets'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Orange meltdown incoming 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado wins - BBC News
Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado wins
Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Trump overlooked again.

BBC News - Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Literature Prize
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize for Literature
He was recognised “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.
www.bbc.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Trump overlooked again. Typical radical left Nobellers

BBC News - Chemistry Nobel awarded to three scientists for work on metal-organic frameworks
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chemistry Nobel awarded to three scientists for their work on metal organic frameworks
The winners of the prestigious science prize was announced by the Nobel committee in Sweden.
www.bbc.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Nature's bounty! Birch Boletes, Bay Boletes, Yellow Marsh Brittlegills, Charcoal Burners, and of course Penny Buns 😋😋 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫
October 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Kicked the bouquet.

Sorry, couldn't resist 🙂

BBC News - Keeping Up Appearances star Patricia Routledge dies at 96
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Keeping Up Appearances star Patricia Routledge dies at 96
She also starred in Alan Bennett's TV monologues and played BBC One's crime-busting Hetty Wainthropp.
www.bbc.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
mirthematician.bsky.social
Well that'll shut up all those people who say this country isn't progressive.
It's taken a mere 500 years to get to this point.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...
Dame Sarah Mullally will be first woman Archbishop of Canterbury in Church of England's history - BBC News
Dame Sarah Mullally becomes first woman Archbishop of Canterbury in Church of England's history
Mullally, 63, has served as Bishop of London for more than seven years and is a former nurse.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM