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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.

119 Followers  |  183 Following  |  93 Posts  |  Joined: 26.10.2023  |  2.0601

Latest posts by mavisgrind.bsky.social on Bluesky

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

08.06.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mexican kitchen workers in New York

Mexican kitchen workers in New York

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

29.05.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Sleepy cat next to me

Sleepy cat next to me

#cat #cats #catsofbluesky #caturday

24.05.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dinky being a floozie

Dinky being a floozie

#cat #cats #catsofbluesky #caturday

09.05.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pepper pretending to be a lion.

Pepper pretending to be a lion.

#cat #cats #catsofbluesky #caturday

09.05.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Dinky looking wary

Dinky looking wary

#cat #cats #catsofbluesky #caturday

09.05.2025 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm an unperson since yesterday morning. And the news gets worse and worse. #transgender #transsexual #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #uksupremecourt

17.04.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why do many men dress as & claim to be women, saying they've always felt female? They don't know what that feels like. Rosalind Mitchell's answer: Speaking as one of the 8,464ΒΉ people (0.012% of the population) in Britain with Gender Recognition Certificates who have had their rights and protections ripped away from t...

Wot I said in Another Place #transgender #transsexual #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #uksupremecourt

www.quora.com/Why-do-many-...

17.04.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I refer my honourable friend to the post I have already made on this subject.

This is horrifying. An open invitation to sexual assault.

17.04.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

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...

17.04.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
D-Day Landings at Omaha Beach

D-Day Landings at Omaha Beach

Woke liberal elites suppressing the freedom of speech, thought and action of the precursors of the AfD. Β© Robert Capa, Magnum

18.02.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is there a mycologist in the house who can tell me what these are? Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow, February. Many thanks. #fungifriends #fungi #mycology

09.02.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 235    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
'You Boring, Nasty...': Trump Retaliates After Bishop Bashes U.S. President Over Immigration Policy
YouTube video by Times Of India 'You Boring, Nasty...': Trump Retaliates After Bishop Bashes U.S. President Over Immigration Policy

Nothing to add to this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CodU...

22.01.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

16.01.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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#wordle #nytgames

16.01.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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14.01.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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13.01.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Doughnut "Torta della Tantrum" with coffee.

Doughnut "Torta della Tantrum" with coffee.

Doughnut du jour: Torta della Tantrum by Tantrum Doughnuts. Eat your heart out Krispy Kreme, you've no chance! #food #foodanddrink #doughnuts

11.01.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

11.01.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Commiserations, Adrian. Doesn't the toerag live in Florida?

10.01.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Cat mooching for Dreamies

Cat mooching for Dreamies

The Dinkster interrupting me at work to mooch for Dreamies. #cats #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #tabbycats #marbletabby

10.01.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not sure but it may well have been A Hard Day's Night, released four weeks earlier. I'm not holding my breath though.

09.01.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chinatown
CΓ©line et Julie vont en bateau
Badlands

08.01.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œIt 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".

08.01.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 483    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

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.

08.01.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here is my photo of the day. The Kibble Palace in Glasgow Botanic Gardens, late on a winter afternoon.

02.01.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pepper the 10-year-old monochrome

Pepper the 10-year-old monochrome

Pepper the monochrome #cats #catsofbluesky

30.12.2024 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dinky the 13-year-old marble tabby

Dinky the 13-year-old marble tabby

Dinky the marble tabby again

30.12.2024 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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