Mitchell Stirling
@mitchellst.bsky.social
I work with data and tell stories about it. I also write about closing tracks on albums on Substack.
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Mitchell Stirling
@mitchellst.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Reader's Poll - Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1990-9
Have Your Say - Your best album closers of the 1990s
open.substack.com
Reader's Poll - Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1990-9
open.substack.com/pub/therunou...
Vote for your favourite 1990s closing track, please!
#90smusic
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#all50rts
#AlbumClosers
#MusicPoll
open.substack.com/pub/therunou...
Vote for your favourite 1990s closing track, please!
#90smusic
#MusicSky
#MusicChallenge
#all50rts
#AlbumClosers
#MusicPoll
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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Now I've heard there was a secret chord that Lorde played, and it pleased David.
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Now I've heard there was a secret chord that Lorde played, and it pleased David.
I mean I do wish my Korean TV would stop wishing me Happy Thanksgiving here in the UK but let people have their annual arguments about Trump with their uncle in peace.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean I do wish my Korean TV would stop wishing me Happy Thanksgiving here in the UK but let people have their annual arguments about Trump with their uncle in peace.
What does this graph look like extended to 2031 now and with the real terms value of the 1995 allowance graphed alongside it @jburnmurdoch.ft.com ?
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
What does this graph look like extended to 2031 now and with the real terms value of the 1995 allowance graphed alongside it @jburnmurdoch.ft.com ?
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And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
That wasn't very responsible of them.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
That wasn't very responsible of them.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
My milkshake brings all the tax to the exchequer.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
My milkshake brings all the tax to the exchequer.
#TheTwen2ie5
Day 50
01) Self Esteem - 'I Do This All The Time'
UK
27 Apr 2021
12 POINTS (2/2)
youtu.be/Mtd_jlV61mA?...
Day 50
01) Self Esteem - 'I Do This All The Time'
UK
27 Apr 2021
12 POINTS (2/2)
youtu.be/Mtd_jlV61mA?...
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
#TheTwen2ie5
Day 50
01) Self Esteem - 'I Do This All The Time'
UK
27 Apr 2021
12 POINTS (2/2)
youtu.be/Mtd_jlV61mA?...
Day 50
01) Self Esteem - 'I Do This All The Time'
UK
27 Apr 2021
12 POINTS (2/2)
youtu.be/Mtd_jlV61mA?...
Reposted by Mitchell Stirling
29 years ago today, Grampa Simpson walked into (and out of) the Maison Derrière and a meme was born. “Bart After Dark” premiered November 24, 1996.
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
29 years ago today, Grampa Simpson walked into (and out of) the Maison Derrière and a meme was born. “Bart After Dark” premiered November 24, 1996.
The glass is smashed open.substack.com/pub/therunou... I went back to Britpop's Ur-Text
The glass is smashed
The La's - 'Looking Glass' (The La's, 1990)
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The glass is smashed open.substack.com/pub/therunou... I went back to Britpop's Ur-Text
Reposted by Mitchell Stirling
U have died of dysentery
The artist formerly known as Prince was a beta tester for the first Oregon Trail (he was in third grade at the school near the developers)
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
U have died of dysentery
A movie that takes place where you're from.
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
Oh no, will somebody think of the pensioners. How annoying for them the triple lock pushes their state pension up that much. Absolutely incredible way of framing this.
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Oh no, will somebody think of the pensioners. How annoying for them the triple lock pushes their state pension up that much. Absolutely incredible way of framing this.
#TheTwen2ie5
Day 49
02) Olivia Rodrigo- 'vampire'
USA
30 Jun 2023
12 POINTS (1/2)
youtu.be/RlPNh_PBZb4?...
Day 49
02) Olivia Rodrigo- 'vampire'
USA
30 Jun 2023
12 POINTS (1/2)
youtu.be/RlPNh_PBZb4?...
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#TheTwen2ie5
Day 49
02) Olivia Rodrigo- 'vampire'
USA
30 Jun 2023
12 POINTS (1/2)
youtu.be/RlPNh_PBZb4?...
Day 49
02) Olivia Rodrigo- 'vampire'
USA
30 Jun 2023
12 POINTS (1/2)
youtu.be/RlPNh_PBZb4?...
I saw this from a distance and wondered why Saddam Hussein was advertising Sky.
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I saw this from a distance and wondered why Saddam Hussein was advertising Sky.
#TheTwen2ie5
Day 48
03) Fiona Apple - 'Under The Table'
USA
17 Apr 2020
11 POINTS (8/8)
youtu.be/WBUxinJhntk?...
Day 48
03) Fiona Apple - 'Under The Table'
USA
17 Apr 2020
11 POINTS (8/8)
youtu.be/WBUxinJhntk?...
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
#TheTwen2ie5
Day 48
03) Fiona Apple - 'Under The Table'
USA
17 Apr 2020
11 POINTS (8/8)
youtu.be/WBUxinJhntk?...
Day 48
03) Fiona Apple - 'Under The Table'
USA
17 Apr 2020
11 POINTS (8/8)
youtu.be/WBUxinJhntk?...
The last great record of the 20th Century
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The last great record of the 20th Century
Reposted by Mitchell Stirling
The cricket score.
i googled that thing that people said not to google and i do not know what i was expecting but sometimes you actually really should listen to your internet friends
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The cricket score.
#TheTwen2ie5
Day 46
04) Wet Leg - 'Chaise Longue'
UK
15 Jun 2021
11 POINTS (7/8)
youtu.be/Zd9jeJk2UHQ?...
Day 46
04) Wet Leg - 'Chaise Longue'
UK
15 Jun 2021
11 POINTS (7/8)
youtu.be/Zd9jeJk2UHQ?...
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
#TheTwen2ie5
Day 46
04) Wet Leg - 'Chaise Longue'
UK
15 Jun 2021
11 POINTS (7/8)
youtu.be/Zd9jeJk2UHQ?...
Day 46
04) Wet Leg - 'Chaise Longue'
UK
15 Jun 2021
11 POINTS (7/8)
youtu.be/Zd9jeJk2UHQ?...
Reposted by Mitchell Stirling
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
big bugs bunny getting elmer fudd to marry him vibes in the white house currently i see
Reposted by Mitchell Stirling
The Best Album of 1989 Round 6 (Semifinal) Match #125
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION
forms.gle/nwLTFGfcWji5...
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION
forms.gle/nwLTFGfcWji5...
The Best Album of 1989 Round 6 (Semi-Final) Match #125: Pixies vs. The Cure
This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Friday, November 21st, 9am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto the finals to determine the Best Album of 1989. If you haven’t hear...
forms.gle
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Best Album of 1989 Round 6 (Semifinal) Match #125
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION
forms.gle/nwLTFGfcWji5...
#1 Pixies, DOOLITTLE
vs.
#4 The Cure, DISINTEGRATION
forms.gle/nwLTFGfcWji5...
Upstanding patriots!
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in jail for taking bribes as part of a pro-Russia influence campaign
Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews in favour of a key Putin ally and to make speeches in European Parliament, where he was an MEP
Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews in favour of a key Putin ally and to make speeches in European Parliament, where he was an MEP
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Upstanding patriots!
#TheTwen2ie5
Day 46
05) Black Country, New Road- 'Track X'
UK
11 Jan 2021
11 POINTS (6/8)
youtu.be/u3H8O8RJp3M?...
Day 46
05) Black Country, New Road- 'Track X'
UK
11 Jan 2021
11 POINTS (6/8)
youtu.be/u3H8O8RJp3M?...
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#TheTwen2ie5
Day 46
05) Black Country, New Road- 'Track X'
UK
11 Jan 2021
11 POINTS (6/8)
youtu.be/u3H8O8RJp3M?...
Day 46
05) Black Country, New Road- 'Track X'
UK
11 Jan 2021
11 POINTS (6/8)
youtu.be/u3H8O8RJp3M?...