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John MacPherson
@johnmacpherson.bsky.social
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Mostly a photographer: https://www.john-macpherson-photography.com I sometimes write: https://www.duckrabbit.info/blog/author/j-macpherson/ Scottish Highlander, left-coast, interested in all sorts of things. I make stuff, some of it even works.
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · Nov 20
I like stories. I posted this one on The Other Place and many people liked it. So I thought I'd post it here for anyone who missed it. It's about travel, but mainly it's about trust, risk & reward and a reminder that we're all strangers to others at some point. But only temporarily... 1/12
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 9h
I think you'll find that being dead is wholly biased towards death.
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 9h
Good Boy!
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 9h
I did, and chuckled, which is why I made the GB gag you might have missed!

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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 12h
Get Better
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T-Rexit @t-rexit.bsky.social · 13h
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Meet John John credits GB News with saving his life. After being in a coma for 3 months, a nurse came in and turned his hospital TV to GB News. John promptly got up and chanaed the channel.
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 12h
Nice to see someone using their loaf for a change.
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 1d
If you can bear the excitement, I photographed some Hebridean sheep yesterday. Very cute and inquisitive.
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 1d
You'll be pleased to learn that the shortened version of the word 'transparencies' as used by photographers is deemed "hateful conduct". Take that all you people shooting others and exposing yourselves with no thought for their welfare...
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 2d
🚨🚨🚨As Rutgers professor and anti-fascist researcher @Mark__Bray and his family tried to escape death threats, they found their tickets to Spain had been cancelled at their gate at Newark airport. apple.news/At9zbVrllRta...
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport — Guardian US
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d
If you had written this as a fake news headline a year ago, you would be called hysterical.

Reuters today. Fascism.
Reuters story headlines: Trunp calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 3d
Rhino Neil
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 3d
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I gave their floppy cloth ears a poke about this in 2022, 2023, 2024...sigh rinse...repeat.. They picked a bad example in MM!
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 4d
Ha!

www.duckrabbit.info/blog/2015/01...
Dance of the Sewer Trout — duckrabbit
It’s been a week of major dramas. Here’s a minor one. But a drama nonetheless. I worked in Social...
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 4d
"Prawn stars can come here anytime, you're always whelkom"
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 4d
The green-lane-as-tunnel type of interdimensional portal is one of my favourites.
A beautiful tunnelled footpath in mid-Cornwall in high summer.
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 4d
You and my son would get on really well....!
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 4d
Yay!
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d
While we're at it, I would also very much hope the term "creative artists" can include the category of amateur science enthusiasts with newsletters like me, so science communication can get a boost at a time when science is under assault in some places. 🙏

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Everything Is Amazing | Mike Sowden | Substack
A newsletter about asking better questions & a romp through science in search of a good "wow!" you can feel down to your boots. Click to read Everything Is Amazing, by Mike Sowden, a Substack publicat...
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Young Franzenstein @protopigeon.lol · 4d
Once again UBI has shown to be nothing but a positive for society.

No doubt someone will come along and say "Ackshually, I think you'll find [insert capitalist bullshit take]" any time now.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
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Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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Mick Houghton @mickh5.bsky.social · 4d
"Scouse Cows"

"Mind yer car for a tenner mister..??!!"
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 4d
I suspect they'd prefer the ones with bull bars....
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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 4d
I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.
Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.
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Michael Faint @ansolasoir.com · 5d
Salthouse, 2015

#otd
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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 5d
A Fezzari?
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