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
February 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
February 16, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Rain on me open.substack.com/pub/therunou... Only my second look at a closer from The Who in over 300 entries.
Rain on me
The Who - 'Love, Reign o'er Me' (Quadrophenia, 1973)
open.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Rain on me open.substack.com/pub/therunou... Only my second look at a closer from The Who in over 300 entries.
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It *literally* does.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
February 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
It *literally* does.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
February 15, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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Got this stuck in my head
February 14, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Got this stuck in my head
February 14, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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I note GB is now ahead Canada in the medal table and they have a lot more snow.
February 13, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I note GB is now ahead Canada in the medal table and they have a lot more snow.
Ferrari - You're a big man, but you're out of shape. With me, it's a full-time job
Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.
February 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Ferrari - You're a big man, but you're out of shape. With me, it's a full-time job
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PwC somehow more lucid on AI and education than most university leaders these days
February 13, 2026 at 6:52 AM
PwC somehow more lucid on AI and education than most university leaders these days
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#TheTenX5
38) Lana Del Ray
'hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it'
US
09 Jan 2019
youtu.be/rY2LUmLw_DQ?...
38) Lana Del Ray
'hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it'
US
09 Jan 2019
youtu.be/rY2LUmLw_DQ?...
February 13, 2026 at 7:02 AM
#TheTenX5
38) Lana Del Ray
'hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it'
US
09 Jan 2019
youtu.be/rY2LUmLw_DQ?...
38) Lana Del Ray
'hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it'
US
09 Jan 2019
youtu.be/rY2LUmLw_DQ?...
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This has tickled me immensely
February 12, 2026 at 10:45 PM
This has tickled me immensely
Much funnier when this arse backward way of doing the medal table demotes the US.
From @theathletic.com: Italy has surpassed Norway to take the lead in the medal count after Day 6 of the 2026 Winter Olympics, closely followed by the United States. Here are the full standings: nyti.ms/46O5nKN
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Much funnier when this arse backward way of doing the medal table demotes the US.
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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
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NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
www.carbonbrief.org/...
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
www.carbonbrief.org/...
February 12, 2026 at 7:38 AM
NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
www.carbonbrief.org/...
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
www.carbonbrief.org/...
February 12, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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Mullholland Drive (2002 UK)
Donnie Darko (2002)
Children of Men (2006)
Låt den rätte komma in (2009)
Donnie Darko (2002)
Children of Men (2006)
Låt den rätte komma in (2009)
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 11, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Mullholland Drive (2002 UK)
Donnie Darko (2002)
Children of Men (2006)
Låt den rätte komma in (2009)
Donnie Darko (2002)
Children of Men (2006)
Låt den rätte komma in (2009)
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Something Big Is Happening
A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.
shumer.dev
February 10, 2026 at 10:39 PM