Mitchell Stirling
@mitchellst.bsky.social
I work with data and tell stories about it. I also write about closing tracks on albums on Substack.
When I think about some of the things I read about British politics during the week on Substack or some corners of the British media, then I think about what the BBC emails me each week.
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
When I think about some of the things I read about British politics during the week on Substack or some corners of the British media, then I think about what the BBC emails me each week.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
GW10, this is where the model should have 18 teams +/- 2 spaces.
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
GW10, this is where the model should have 18 teams +/- 2 spaces.
Morning. Eye of the storm I guess today. On the next 45 HMs in the interests of making your life as easy as possible is my RAG rating of detail you need in those lists accurate? You also mention posting a screenshot of them with alt-text, is there an embargo date on that? Thanks!
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Morning. Eye of the storm I guess today. On the next 45 HMs in the interests of making your life as easy as possible is my RAG rating of detail you need in those lists accurate? You also mention posting a screenshot of them with alt-text, is there an embargo date on that? Thanks!
GW9 had been and gone and the title race and relegation race are not as exciting as the race for 4th/5th
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
GW9 had been and gone and the title race and relegation race are not as exciting as the race for 4th/5th
I mean that is surely deliberate.
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I mean that is surely deliberate.
We have a title race after GW8. Lots of points stacking further down the table, is the TV money narrowing the gaps across the board?
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We have a title race after GW8. Lots of points stacking further down the table, is the TV money narrowing the gaps across the board?
I do not want to see this guy every time I Google an album thanks
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I do not want to see this guy every time I Google an album thanks
Statement incoming from Forest.
October 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Statement incoming from Forest.
A lot of talk like this, but does anyone know of any decent books about the dot-com crash? Hell, I'd take a documentary.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A lot of talk like this, but does anyone know of any decent books about the dot-com crash? Hell, I'd take a documentary.
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GW7 and Arsenal and Man City essentially in the same boat. First time I've looked up Bournemouth's title odds. Model not so impressed with Burnley's defence anymore.
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
GW7 and Arsenal and Man City essentially in the same boat. First time I've looked up Bournemouth's title odds. Model not so impressed with Burnley's defence anymore.
Early pace setters tend to the start of the decade so far on our poll for the 1990s best closing tracks.
October 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Early pace setters tend to the start of the decade so far on our poll for the 1990s best closing tracks.
GW6 and unsurprisingly the Arsenal - Liverpool gap is closed. Bournemouth and Palace continue to make strides.
September 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
GW6 and unsurprisingly the Arsenal - Liverpool gap is closed. Bournemouth and Palace continue to make strides.
GW5 sees more love for Bournemouth and Liverpool starting to run away with it.
September 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
GW5 sees more love for Bournemouth and Liverpool starting to run away with it.
Happy to be challenged on the exact numbers but here's what I did.
September 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy to be challenged on the exact numbers but here's what I did.
Because no-one in the UK is showing it. That's probably a good starting position.
September 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Because no-one in the UK is showing it. That's probably a good starting position.
GW4 not a fan of Man Utd still. Aston Villa slipping, Bournemouth riding high.
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
GW4 not a fan of Man Utd still. Aston Villa slipping, Bournemouth riding high.
The best Zubi banger since the mid 60s.
September 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The best Zubi banger since the mid 60s.
GW3 Starting to like the Crystal Palace defence are we model? Sunderland would be very unlucky to go down with that many points but it does look tight.
September 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
GW3 Starting to like the Crystal Palace defence are we model? Sunderland would be very unlucky to go down with that many points but it does look tight.
I once had to do the Torp to Oslo trek and this is a picture, from late March 2008 when I spent most of the journey listening to Twenty-One by Mystery Jets on my Creative Zen MP3 player and playing with my BlackBerry.
September 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I once had to do the Torp to Oslo trek and this is a picture, from late March 2008 when I spent most of the journey listening to Twenty-One by Mystery Jets on my Creative Zen MP3 player and playing with my BlackBerry.
I couldn't even find the door. I couldn't even see the floor. I'd be sad and blue if...
September 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I couldn't even find the door. I couldn't even see the floor. I'd be sad and blue if...