Nick Mitchell
@nick-mitchell.bsky.social
Comms-ing @UKChange.bsky.social | ex-journo and editor NationalWorld, @inews.co.uk, @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social | sleep-deprived dad to twins
I missed it at the time but this is such a great piece of digital journalism - an easily consumable format in keeping with the subject and target audience: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive
The manosphere is known for misogyny, but that’s not the only thing that influencers in this space offer. Young men explain the allure and the problems of the manosphere in their own words
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I missed it at the time but this is such a great piece of digital journalism - an easily consumable format in keeping with the subject and target audience: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
First LNER train for me today since the attack last month, and there are a couple of security guards on board, unsurprisingly.
Any anxiety is lessened by one of them telling "dad jokes" as he walks through the carriage.
Any anxiety is lessened by one of them telling "dad jokes" as he walks through the carriage.
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
First LNER train for me today since the attack last month, and there are a couple of security guards on board, unsurprisingly.
Any anxiety is lessened by one of them telling "dad jokes" as he walks through the carriage.
Any anxiety is lessened by one of them telling "dad jokes" as he walks through the carriage.
Wonderful piece, courtesy of @austinkleon.bsky.social's newsletter: How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Wonderful piece, courtesy of @austinkleon.bsky.social's newsletter: How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I just decided to abandon my 1475-day streak on Duolingo, stretching back to 2021.
That's roughly equivalent to over 15 solid days of my life translating sentences like 'my dog is unemployed' into French and German.
Tant pis.
That's roughly equivalent to over 15 solid days of my life translating sentences like 'my dog is unemployed' into French and German.
Tant pis.
September 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I just decided to abandon my 1475-day streak on Duolingo, stretching back to 2021.
That's roughly equivalent to over 15 solid days of my life translating sentences like 'my dog is unemployed' into French and German.
Tant pis.
That's roughly equivalent to over 15 solid days of my life translating sentences like 'my dog is unemployed' into French and German.
Tant pis.
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
Essential reading for anyone in the media using CapCut for social content:
www.journalism.co.uk/news/capcut-...
www.journalism.co.uk/news/capcut-...
CapCut’s policy update raises major red flags for newsrooms
The go-to mobile-editing app for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts has slipped in problematic new terms for newsrooms which risks source safety and surrenders copyright
www.journalism.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Essential reading for anyone in the media using CapCut for social content:
www.journalism.co.uk/news/capcut-...
www.journalism.co.uk/news/capcut-...
I'm no UX design expert, but Spotify's text display on the app is probably not best practice?
June 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm no UX design expert, but Spotify's text display on the app is probably not best practice?
⌚️ Two days to go till #EMF2025
📈 93% to my new fundraising goal of £3000 for @mssocietyuk.bsky.social
🙏 Grateful if you can help push me over the line (figuratively and literally!)
🔗 www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
📈 93% to my new fundraising goal of £3000 for @mssocietyuk.bsky.social
🙏 Grateful if you can help push me over the line (figuratively and literally!)
🔗 www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
May 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
⌚️ Two days to go till #EMF2025
📈 93% to my new fundraising goal of £3000 for @mssocietyuk.bsky.social
🙏 Grateful if you can help push me over the line (figuratively and literally!)
🔗 www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
📈 93% to my new fundraising goal of £3000 for @mssocietyuk.bsky.social
🙏 Grateful if you can help push me over the line (figuratively and literally!)
🔗 www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
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Autism rights campaigner Emma Dalmayne stood outside Amazon’s UK HQ in London this week with fellow activists — and a petition signed by over 35,000 people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk3_...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk3_...
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Outside Amazon’s UK HQ, advocate demands end to sales of books that promote autism 'cures'
YouTube video by Change.org
www.youtube.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Autism rights campaigner Emma Dalmayne stood outside Amazon’s UK HQ in London this week with fellow activists — and a petition signed by over 35,000 people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk3_...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk3_...
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We were very saddened to learn of the passing of Hannah Deacon, a devoted mother and tireless campaigner for medical reform in the UK
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May 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We were very saddened to learn of the passing of Hannah Deacon, a devoted mother and tireless campaigner for medical reform in the UK
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Two weeks till marathon day, and I'm over 75% to my fundraising goal for the @mssocietyuk.bsky.social 📈
Thanks to everyone who's donated so far, it makes it much easier to keep going on the long runs🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
#edinburghmarathon #mssociety
Thanks to everyone who's donated so far, it makes it much easier to keep going on the long runs🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
#edinburghmarathon #mssociety
I'm attempting to run the Edinburgh Marathon to raise funds for @mssocietyuk.bsky.social (if the old knees can take it).
I'd be very grateful for anything you can chip in to help an important cause 🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
I'd be very grateful for anything you can chip in to help an important cause 🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
Nick's 2025 Edinburgh Marathon Fundraiser for MS Society
Help Nick Mitchell raise money to support Multiple Sclerosis Society
www.justgiving.com
May 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Two weeks till marathon day, and I'm over 75% to my fundraising goal for the @mssocietyuk.bsky.social 📈
Thanks to everyone who's donated so far, it makes it much easier to keep going on the long runs🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
#edinburghmarathon #mssociety
Thanks to everyone who's donated so far, it makes it much easier to keep going on the long runs🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
#edinburghmarathon #mssociety
Ah, the neighbour's 9.45pm Sainsbury's delivery, in all its door-slamming predictability. Not like we have a couple of kranky babies trying to sleep at last.
Correction: they're awake now 😩
Correction: they're awake now 😩
May 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Ah, the neighbour's 9.45pm Sainsbury's delivery, in all its door-slamming predictability. Not like we have a couple of kranky babies trying to sleep at last.
Correction: they're awake now 😩
Correction: they're awake now 😩
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I'm attempting to run the Edinburgh Marathon to raise funds for @mssocietyuk.bsky.social (if the old knees can take it).
I'd be very grateful for anything you can chip in to help an important cause 🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
I'd be very grateful for anything you can chip in to help an important cause 🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
Nick's 2025 Edinburgh Marathon Fundraiser for MS Society
Help Nick Mitchell raise money to support Multiple Sclerosis Society
www.justgiving.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm attempting to run the Edinburgh Marathon to raise funds for @mssocietyuk.bsky.social (if the old knees can take it).
I'd be very grateful for anything you can chip in to help an important cause 🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
I'd be very grateful for anything you can chip in to help an important cause 🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
I've already seen 5 petitions started on @ukchange.bsky.social over the past 24 hours calling on the BBC to save #RiverCity
It might not seem like a terribly important issue, but it's clearly caused anger among viewers and the Scottish TV industry
www.change.org/p/save-bbc-s...
It might not seem like a terribly important issue, but it's clearly caused anger among viewers and the Scottish TV industry
www.change.org/p/save-bbc-s...
Sign the Petition
Save BBC's River City
www.change.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I've already seen 5 petitions started on @ukchange.bsky.social over the past 24 hours calling on the BBC to save #RiverCity
It might not seem like a terribly important issue, but it's clearly caused anger among viewers and the Scottish TV industry
www.change.org/p/save-bbc-s...
It might not seem like a terribly important issue, but it's clearly caused anger among viewers and the Scottish TV industry
www.change.org/p/save-bbc-s...
I'm attempting to run the Edinburgh Marathon to raise funds for @mssocietyuk.bsky.social (if the old knees can take it).
I'd be very grateful for anything you can chip in to help an important cause 🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
I'd be very grateful for anything you can chip in to help an important cause 🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
Nick's 2025 Edinburgh Marathon Fundraiser for MS Society
Help Nick Mitchell raise money to support Multiple Sclerosis Society
www.justgiving.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm attempting to run the Edinburgh Marathon to raise funds for @mssocietyuk.bsky.social (if the old knees can take it).
I'd be very grateful for anything you can chip in to help an important cause 🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
I'd be very grateful for anything you can chip in to help an important cause 🙏
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
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Richard Tice came to Glasgow today to reveal Reform UK’s latest defectors. It did not go well. Got stuck when the Daily Mail’s Tom Gordon asked him for their names.
March 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Richard Tice came to Glasgow today to reveal Reform UK’s latest defectors. It did not go well. Got stuck when the Daily Mail’s Tom Gordon asked him for their names.
Scotland's land ownership debate has made it to the New York Times - one of the best articles I've read on the subject
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/r...
Who Gets to Own Scotland?
A new land-reform bill aims to unwind a long history of inequality. But centuries of feudalism are difficult to shake.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Scotland's land ownership debate has made it to the New York Times - one of the best articles I've read on the subject
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/r...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/r...
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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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Looking forward to the @washingtonpost.com’s hot take on the Trump-Zelenskyy debacle. It’s all about personal liberties and free markets, remember?
February 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Looking forward to the @washingtonpost.com’s hot take on the Trump-Zelenskyy debacle. It’s all about personal liberties and free markets, remember?
Absolutely extraordinary to watch a wartime leader - who never left Ukraine even when his life was threatened - being patronised and bullied on live TV by Trump and Vance
February 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Absolutely extraordinary to watch a wartime leader - who never left Ukraine even when his life was threatened - being patronised and bullied on live TV by Trump and Vance
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A petition has been launched on @ukchange.bsky.social calling on the UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to extradite the Tate brothers from the US.
Andrew and Tristan Tate landed in Florida on Thursday in a private jet after flying from Romania.
Andrew and Tristan Tate landed in Florida on Thursday in a private jet after flying from Romania.
February 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A petition has been launched on @ukchange.bsky.social calling on the UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to extradite the Tate brothers from the US.
Andrew and Tristan Tate landed in Florida on Thursday in a private jet after flying from Romania.
Andrew and Tristan Tate landed in Florida on Thursday in a private jet after flying from Romania.
"He tried" - Trump's response to a question about whether Starmer persuaded him to avoid tariffs on UK. Goes on to suggest again that a "terrific" trade deal is in the works. That remains to be seen.
February 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"He tried" - Trump's response to a question about whether Starmer persuaded him to avoid tariffs on UK. Goes on to suggest again that a "terrific" trade deal is in the works. That remains to be seen.
Trump just cut off Starmer while he was answering a potentially awkward question about Canada - "That's enough"
Power dynamics at play right there.
Power dynamics at play right there.
February 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Trump just cut off Starmer while he was answering a potentially awkward question about Canada - "That's enough"
Power dynamics at play right there.
Power dynamics at play right there.
A sign of the times that headlines as insane as this seem like an hourly occurrence in the US, rather than an Onion parody
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A sign of the times that headlines as insane as this seem like an hourly occurrence in the US, rather than an Onion parody