Really liked doing this one

Flask is, of course, Beaker

somehow ended up buying 2kg of dates for a meeting, not a single one got eaten, and now I'm in my house looking at 2kg of dates

men will literally write 39 volumes of cathedral prose rather than go to therapy / confront the reality of female bush

You should never be embarrassed about not knowing something, even when it's something you definitely should know and also should probably be embarrassed about not knowing tbh

🐳 EPISODE 15 🐳 We discuss one of the most infamous chapters of Moby-Dick in this episode. The chapter where less hardy souls give up on reading the book. It's a list of whales, but is it any good? Listen for free on Patreon or wherever you get your podcasts 🐳🐳

Once a week I partake in literary criticism.

"those with power in society are deeply intolerant of any space in which exceptions are possible, in which something could happen"

Been interviewed on Tyne Tees about trying to pursue the case of my sister's murder in Nairobi, which is still unsolved. Very grateful to Kris Jepson for his sensitive reporting: www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...

An organization like FIRE is going to look at this and conclude the problem is with faculty, who are insufficiently heterodox, and not with the fact that one political party has made it their goal to dismantle my profession and everything I do. Why would we vote for those who openly hate us?

obviously I cannot condone the use of AI here but I would like it noted that Flava Flav having "FLAVA FLAV" written on his socks seems less a likelihood than an absolute certainty

its WHALE TIME motherfuckaaaaaaz

Been interviewed on Tyne Tees about trying to pursue the case of my sister's murder in Nairobi, which is still unsolved. Very grateful to Kris Jepson for his sensitive reporting: www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...

On hottest May day recorded, reanimated corpse funded by fossil fuel interests recommends abandoning efforts to tackle climate crisis www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I did my first ever lino cut about this! (The whale is Norwegian, the skellingtons are Swedes. It's a geopolitical allegory)

also: BURLY MEN and LOADS OF WHALES

Some welcome coverage from the Daily Nation (apologies for the screengrab) - as I say here, time is of the essence in finding out what happened to my sister, and we've faced nothing but obstruction so far:

All (w)Hales Are Bastards

Tfw it's the Ahab episode on @thewhale1851.bsky.social

Huge love to the they/thems, apparently a key demographic for Moby-Dick podcasts.

Some welcome coverage of our case here from the Mail; as I say here, four and a half years after Kate's death we're still facing some quite determined institutional resistance to getting on with any kind of legal process to establish what happened www.dailymail.com/news/article...

TODAY'S THE DAY, KIDS

it's AHAB TIME

The Gaffer

Always happy to be reminded of this piece of genius

It’s very hard to digest how the explicit antimuslim racism on display in the streets of London on Saturday is passing by with no consequences. Very hard not to feel like we’re regarded as second class citizens and fair game to be sacrificed on the alter of pacifying angry voters. Very hard & scary.

This is an incredible documentary, to be fair youtu.be/E6PAYKBR3RQ

If there’s one thing the past decade has taught us, it’s that the British press can certainly make voters loathe a politician if they want, or choose to give an easy ride to a politician who enjoys positive perception. The one thing they cannot do is make voters like the politicians that they like.

Today is World IBD Day, a day about diseases like Crohn's and Colitis. I did my media-wanker duty and wrote about how I was diagnosed with Crohn's, and what it's like to live with day-to-day.

Some welcome coverage of our case here from the Mail; as I say here, four and a half years after Kate's death we're still facing some quite determined institutional resistance to getting on with any kind of legal process to establish what happened www.dailymail.com/news/article...

On further reflection, there's something very Eve Sedgwick here about some bi women looking at men the way gay men look at men

Reminder that those worst affected by our dismal immigration policies are all too often children, something which the government would prefer you to forget

Guy with visible stink lines: the birth rate,

our BOY

Just met Joseph from @gamingdemocracy.bsky.social in the Coach and Horses and then paid eight quid for a pint of lager. God bless and keep you Soho

we're here

Joanne Rowling's fellow traveller Kellie-Jay Keen is speaking at Tommy Robinson's rally tomorrow. Transphobia is the engine that pulls the train of fascism.

Just wondering, Simon, is ‘the Birmingham speech’ better known by any other description? I just feel like people may be more familiar if… oh… I’m sure it’s nothing.

I know there’s a lot going on in the world, and we don’t have enough attention to pay to any of it. But the throttling of Cuba by the US should be a bigger story than it is. There are about 10 million people in Cuba, subjected to horrendous collective punishment. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

If only the PM's response to that resignation letter had been to bellow 'SO FUCKING WHAT?', then this would have been the perfect time to mention that the new issue of Viz is now on sale, featuring The Anti-Nowhere League of Greystones School. Disappointingly, however, he didn't.

We've made very little progress this time - obstructiveness, foot-dragging and institutional resistance keep piling up. Pretty disappointing to be honest, but we'll be back at it for the next court date in July. As ever, my email for coverage is pdkmitchell at gmail dot com.

We've made very little progress this time - obstructiveness, foot-dragging and institutional resistance keep piling up. Pretty disappointing to be honest, but we'll be back at it for the next court date in July. As ever, my email for coverage is pdkmitchell at gmail dot com.

"Weinberg was awarded Germany’s order of merit...but handed it back last year when a parliamentary vote calling for many more migrants to be turned back at Germany’s borders passed with the help of a far-right party. The motion was put forward by Friedrich Merz, who is now the country’s chancellor."

This is a flat out horrifying article. It may be too much for some to read. But this should be documented, and we should know this is happening.

“Are they a proud people?” - my wife, just now, about Juggalos

Yesterday was a sad Mother's Day in our house: my wife's lovely mum died last month after a long illness. I saw the incredible care that @mariecurieuk.bsky.social provided, and that's why I'm hell-bent on smashing my fundraising target. Please help if you can. www.justgiving.com/page/richard...

The history of asylum and refuge in the UK for the past thirty years is such a blot on our national conscience, and such a powerful obstacle to all our aspirations to be a decent and humanitarian society

you have to admit that this is very, very funny

I settle for "not outwardly hostile to immigrants and asylum seekers" but that's science fiction these days

Once again I'm back in Nairobi for the ongoing and apparently endless inquest into my sister's death here four and a half years ago. BBC coverage here and more to come - any enquires feel free to DM or email me on pdkmitchell at gmail dot com www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...