Adam Butterworth
@adambutterworth.bsky.social
Tweets about rocks, film and politics
Editor of the Alpine Journal. Digital and Comms for the Alpine Club, Mount Everest Foundation & others.
Opinions are my girlfriend's, but you wouldn't know her. She posts on a different app.
Editor of the Alpine Journal. Digital and Comms for the Alpine Club, Mount Everest Foundation & others.
Opinions are my girlfriend's, but you wouldn't know her. She posts on a different app.
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Hello 👋
You can mostly expect to read posts from me about:
- Rocks and climbing on rocks
- Pictures of my dog
- Occasional thoughts on films
- Fun tidbits of mountaineering history
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- Pictures of my dog
Hello 👋
You can mostly expect to read posts from me about:
- Rocks and climbing on rocks
- Pictures of my dog
- Occasional thoughts on films
- Fun tidbits of mountaineering history
I predict you will mostly engage with:
- Pictures of my dog
I agree with Camilla Tominey.
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I agree with Camilla Tominey.
I know people like to complain about the Christmas pub goers, but I just popped to big Tesco & there were people acting like they'd never left the house before, let alone visited a supermarket.
Men staring in total bafflement at packs of onions, women standing still in the middle of crowded aisles.
Men staring in total bafflement at packs of onions, women standing still in the middle of crowded aisles.
December 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I know people like to complain about the Christmas pub goers, but I just popped to big Tesco & there were people acting like they'd never left the house before, let alone visited a supermarket.
Men staring in total bafflement at packs of onions, women standing still in the middle of crowded aisles.
Men staring in total bafflement at packs of onions, women standing still in the middle of crowded aisles.
Did you get that photo of the former VP?
Sure did boss. Real love child of Colin Mochrie and Quentin Tarantino vibes, just like you asked for...
Sure did boss. Real love child of Colin Mochrie and Quentin Tarantino vibes, just like you asked for...
I wonder if there are any biographies titled "Defeated"
December 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Did you get that photo of the former VP?
Sure did boss. Real love child of Colin Mochrie and Quentin Tarantino vibes, just like you asked for...
Sure did boss. Real love child of Colin Mochrie and Quentin Tarantino vibes, just like you asked for...
Weird to see Amazon pushing this film given, y'know *gestures* everything...
December 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Weird to see Amazon pushing this film given, y'know *gestures* everything...
As if this weren't impressive enough, he managed to get several of these jobs done despite having to work with me on them.
December 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
As if this weren't impressive enough, he managed to get several of these jobs done despite having to work with me on them.
We're a long way from the anguished uncertainty of putting the El Cap solo on camera.
December 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We're a long way from the anguished uncertainty of putting the El Cap solo on camera.
We used to be a country.
On this day (19th December) in 1983, the Scala Cinema was showing The Devils and Caligula as a double bill.
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
We used to be a country.
Oh Christmas hound, oh Christmas hound!
December 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh Christmas hound, oh Christmas hound!
A 15-year-old boy was charged with the murder of a 9-year-old girl YESTERDAY!
What is she playing at?!
What is she playing at?!
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A 15-year-old boy was charged with the murder of a 9-year-old girl YESTERDAY!
What is she playing at?!
What is she playing at?!
So provided no one invents time travel, I should be safe.
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
So provided no one invents time travel, I should be safe.
The spice must flow...
December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The spice must flow...
The cat who stood guard outside our local Co-Op hoping for affection/tinned fish has moved and it's the most united I've ever seen the local Facebook group.
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The cat who stood guard outside our local Co-Op hoping for affection/tinned fish has moved and it's the most united I've ever seen the local Facebook group.
Visited a potential client recently and his artist wife pointed out the paintings she'd recently finished: "I hate this part. I hang then up around the house so I can look at where I went wrong."
The human condition may suck, but at least it's deeply, recognisably human.
The human condition may suck, but at least it's deeply, recognisably human.
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Visited a potential client recently and his artist wife pointed out the paintings she'd recently finished: "I hate this part. I hang then up around the house so I can look at where I went wrong."
The human condition may suck, but at least it's deeply, recognisably human.
The human condition may suck, but at least it's deeply, recognisably human.
Reposted by Adam Butterworth
But the good news is, by doing this, we defeated racism in the UK.
Government has now - belatedly -published the impact assessment for the changes to skilled worker and care worker visas announced in May.
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
But the good news is, by doing this, we defeated racism in the UK.
Facebook can absolutely fuck off with this 'pay for verification' subscription crap.
I add value to your platform. I should not have to pay you for decent search and basic customer service.
I add value to your platform. I should not have to pay you for decent search and basic customer service.
December 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Facebook can absolutely fuck off with this 'pay for verification' subscription crap.
I add value to your platform. I should not have to pay you for decent search and basic customer service.
I add value to your platform. I should not have to pay you for decent search and basic customer service.
What a heartening thought.
I'm sorry but a country where the legislature sells jerk seasoning as gift shop tat is not one where the engines of multiculturalism can be rolled back to 1948
December 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
What a heartening thought.
Very impressed by the interviewer, Mark Stephen, here, who manages to walk the line of drawing out answers that are interesting to both an experienced and a general audience.
Helped, of course, by the fact that Guy Robertson speaks so eloquently about Scottish winter. Highly recommended listen.
Helped, of course, by the fact that Guy Robertson speaks so eloquently about Scottish winter. Highly recommended listen.
Scotland Outdoors - Winter Climbing with Guy Robertson - BBC Sounds
Mark Stephen meets Scottish based winter climber Guy Robertson
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Very impressed by the interviewer, Mark Stephen, here, who manages to walk the line of drawing out answers that are interesting to both an experienced and a general audience.
Helped, of course, by the fact that Guy Robertson speaks so eloquently about Scottish winter. Highly recommended listen.
Helped, of course, by the fact that Guy Robertson speaks so eloquently about Scottish winter. Highly recommended listen.
You can take The Observer out of The Guardian...etc, etc
December 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
You can take The Observer out of The Guardian...etc, etc
2 Cas, 2 Blanca
Casablanca 2: Couscous Drift
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
2 Cas, 2 Blanca
Reposted by Adam Butterworth
The 2025 Alpine Journal is out now.
Alongside expedition reports from AC members, this year's edition has fabulous pieces on mountaineering greats like TG Longstaff and as an eye-opening account of how mountain plants make the weather.
You can pick up a copy here ➡️ alpineclub.org/shop/2025-al...
Alongside expedition reports from AC members, this year's edition has fabulous pieces on mountaineering greats like TG Longstaff and as an eye-opening account of how mountain plants make the weather.
You can pick up a copy here ➡️ alpineclub.org/shop/2025-al...
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The 2025 Alpine Journal is out now.
Alongside expedition reports from AC members, this year's edition has fabulous pieces on mountaineering greats like TG Longstaff and as an eye-opening account of how mountain plants make the weather.
You can pick up a copy here ➡️ alpineclub.org/shop/2025-al...
Alongside expedition reports from AC members, this year's edition has fabulous pieces on mountaineering greats like TG Longstaff and as an eye-opening account of how mountain plants make the weather.
You can pick up a copy here ➡️ alpineclub.org/shop/2025-al...
You could not get me to post this at gun point.
People have absolutely melted their brains.
People have absolutely melted their brains.
I'll take "Things That Never Happened" for fifty, please Bob.
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
You could not get me to post this at gun point.
People have absolutely melted their brains.
People have absolutely melted their brains.
This is wild.
I was really struck by this chart showing drop off in newspaper circulation just since 2019. Obviously no surprise it's happening but it's stark seeing it visually.
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is wild.
Just spotted that you can get a copy of Nicola Sturgeon's collected speeches for the same price signed and unsigned.
Really feel they should knock 50p off the signed copies just for the sake of the joke.
Really feel they should knock 50p off the signed copies just for the sake of the joke.
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Just spotted that you can get a copy of Nicola Sturgeon's collected speeches for the same price signed and unsigned.
Really feel they should knock 50p off the signed copies just for the sake of the joke.
Really feel they should knock 50p off the signed copies just for the sake of the joke.
I've always loved '(Nothing but) Flowers', but watching this performance of it I found myself unexpectedly crying.
There's something so magical about live performance. It's not the best recording of the song, but there's just something in the emotion of the moment.
There's something so magical about live performance. It's not the best recording of the song, but there's just something in the emotion of the moment.
David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I've always loved '(Nothing but) Flowers', but watching this performance of it I found myself unexpectedly crying.
There's something so magical about live performance. It's not the best recording of the song, but there's just something in the emotion of the moment.
There's something so magical about live performance. It's not the best recording of the song, but there's just something in the emotion of the moment.