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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.
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
June 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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
May 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
May 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
May 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
May 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
May 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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 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...
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
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
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
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
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January 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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January 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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January 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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
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
The Dinkster interrupting me at work to mooch for Dreamies. #cats #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #tabbycats #marbletabby
January 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reposted by Rosie Mitchell
“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".
January 8, 2025 at 12:51 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.
January 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
January 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Here is my photo of the day. The Kibble Palace in Glasgow Botanic Gardens, late on a winter afternoon.
January 2, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Pepper the monochrome #cats #catsofbluesky
December 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM