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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 22m

In some canny good company in the GNM: Hancock library

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 13h

Probably best to chase it indefinitely

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 13h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 22h

My old university spent absolutely loads of money on a rebrand where they dropped the comma between "Queen Mary" and "University of London", while everything else was getting completely gouged

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

"self-serious" is the tell here, isn't it

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

i'd love to tell you but sadly you're going to have to come to the event and/or buy Richard's forthcoming book to find out

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

This is an incredible thread, and if you live in Newcastle and want to hear more about it, next Tuesday evening at the Hancock, and book your place immediately (I can give you a discount code to get it free), I might not have to cancel it for lack of uptake www.nhsn.org.uk/events/richa...

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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 1d

There you go. Did you enjoy that? If so, I'll be talking about all this kind of thing - plus birds, books, writing and a bunch of other stuff - in Newcastle next Tuesday. Book your tickets now! Ta. www.nhsn.org.uk/events/richa...

Richard Smyth: A Nature Writer at Large

An evening with nature writer Richard Smyth in the NHSN Council RoomRichard Smyth is one of the UK's busiest nature writers. His most recent book, The Jay, the Beech and the Limpetshell: Finding Wild ...

www.nhsn.org.uk

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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 1d

The latest event I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social takes place in Newcastle this Saturday.

We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.

🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

actual massive lol

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

still eminently sensible and obviously correct, sorry

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Cassie Creswell @cassiecreswell.bsky.social · 2d

“I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 2d

youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4?...

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

absolutely seen off

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

there are two doors before you, and two guards. one of them says he cannot lie. the other says he likes big arses

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

well *I* don't believe in Norway, so that's definitely a non-starter

Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

that's what they all say

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

2007: pretending a mobile phone and two roast potatoes from christmas dinner are a cock and balls, to hilarious effect

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

I think it was Milton who, late in life, said "fucke justyfying the wayes of God to Man in Mightie Line, for tis tyme to indite Poetrie about Griefe, Embodymente, Labor, traumaticke Healying, & ye Worlds wee build within us & arounde us"

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

if you're not writing poetry about grief, embodiment, labour, traumatic healing, and the worlds we build within us and around us, what are you even playing at. why are you even writing poetry. idiot

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

he's a real cat, albeit with a constantly changing number of limbs

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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 2d

Abolish the Home Office

Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK

Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely banging haul from @westwoodbooks.bsky.social in Sedbergh this weekend, go there immediately. This cost me just shy of forty quid! All of this sadly wasted on John Brown the cat, who understands neither the written word nor the concept of money

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 3d

tfw ur an optimistic, slightly eccentric custodian of wonder and joy and passion and love

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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote this quite a few years ago now. CW: what you'd expect. richarddsmyth.com/2020/11/03/o...

Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 6d

Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week.

This year, it comes as the UK is about to pass a law guaranteeing the right to bereavement leave for miscarriage, making us one of only 4 countries in the world to offer it.

My heart is with everyone who experiences the heartbreak of baby loss.

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Peter Mitchell @pdkmitchell.bsky.social · 5d

and, uh

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