Alasdair MacDonald
@macdonwald.bsky.social
Former university administrator; happily married step-dad to three, and cat-servant to two. Also a “middle-class leftie remoaner lunatic" (wtt Dan Wootton). There are places to visit, books to read, guitars to play, and songs to sing.
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The people of Minneapolis have shown us that radical love and community are more powerful than masked thugs and guns.
Stand in solidarity with Minneapolis on 1/31 by hitting the streets at an ICE Out of Everywhere protest near you. Link in bio.
Stand in solidarity with Minneapolis on 1/31 by hitting the streets at an ICE Out of Everywhere protest near you. Link in bio.
January 28, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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open.substack.com/pub/benansel...
This is a good read.
This is a good read.
My Minneapolis
An ode to a city that knows who it is
open.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:40 PM
open.substack.com/pub/benansel...
This is a good read.
This is a good read.
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Bring ‘em all down
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Bring ‘em all down
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This administration is now 40 days past the deadline to release the full Epstein files. The lawlessness in our streets goes all the way to the top.
January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This administration is now 40 days past the deadline to release the full Epstein files. The lawlessness in our streets goes all the way to the top.
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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CEOs of Minnesota companies, including Target and Hormel, say they're pushing against ICE's occupation.
But their industry trade groups actively lobbied for Trump's Big Ugly Bill, which boosted ICE's budget by $75B.
Corporate America will not save us.
But their industry trade groups actively lobbied for Trump's Big Ugly Bill, which boosted ICE's budget by $75B.
Corporate America will not save us.
Minnesota CEOs Cry Crocodile Tears Over ICE - The American Prospect
Executives who lobbied for Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which enabled the immigration terror in their state, now
prospect.org
January 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
CEOs of Minnesota companies, including Target and Hormel, say they're pushing against ICE's occupation.
But their industry trade groups actively lobbied for Trump's Big Ugly Bill, which boosted ICE's budget by $75B.
Corporate America will not save us.
But their industry trade groups actively lobbied for Trump's Big Ugly Bill, which boosted ICE's budget by $75B.
Corporate America will not save us.
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Looks A Lot Like Pam Bondage
Epstein Files Transparency.......
Epstein Files Transparency.......
January 28, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Looks A Lot Like Pam Bondage
Epstein Files Transparency.......
Epstein Files Transparency.......
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No response yet from Reform pundit and activist Tim Montgomerie about his party's selection in Gorton and Denton
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 AM
No response yet from Reform pundit and activist Tim Montgomerie about his party's selection in Gorton and Denton
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Teaching AI literacy to every UK adult seems like an odd priority.
Teaching basic critical thinking? Teaching media scrutiny? Teaching how social media functions? Those things are FAR more important than teaching them how to get ChatGPT to estimate what you would look like as a roman soldier.
Teaching basic critical thinking? Teaching media scrutiny? Teaching how social media functions? Those things are FAR more important than teaching them how to get ChatGPT to estimate what you would look like as a roman soldier.
January 28, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Teaching AI literacy to every UK adult seems like an odd priority.
Teaching basic critical thinking? Teaching media scrutiny? Teaching how social media functions? Those things are FAR more important than teaching them how to get ChatGPT to estimate what you would look like as a roman soldier.
Teaching basic critical thinking? Teaching media scrutiny? Teaching how social media functions? Those things are FAR more important than teaching them how to get ChatGPT to estimate what you would look like as a roman soldier.
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Number 10s own evidence base shows that things are still getting worse in Britain's most deprived areas. Until that changes political disillusionment will continue
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
England’s most deprived areas to get worse by next election, report for No 10 finds
Exclusive: the 613 most deprived areas will see higher crime rates and worse unemployment under current funding schemes, report says
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Number 10s own evidence base shows that things are still getting worse in Britain's most deprived areas. Until that changes political disillusionment will continue
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
January 28, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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Something to cheer the start to your day!
January 28, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Something to cheer the start to your day!
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David Hinton, the chief executive of South East Water vowed to turn it around 30,000 plus people had no water ahead of Xmas and afterwards..
Yet interestingly he refused to attend a Council meeting to face them and residents..
He loves the power, taking a big fat salary, but avoids responsibility
Yet interestingly he refused to attend a Council meeting to face them and residents..
He loves the power, taking a big fat salary, but avoids responsibility
Under-fire South East Water boss vows to improve services
South East Water boss David Hinton apologises to customers who lost water in December and January.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 8:31 AM
David Hinton, the chief executive of South East Water vowed to turn it around 30,000 plus people had no water ahead of Xmas and afterwards..
Yet interestingly he refused to attend a Council meeting to face them and residents..
He loves the power, taking a big fat salary, but avoids responsibility
Yet interestingly he refused to attend a Council meeting to face them and residents..
He loves the power, taking a big fat salary, but avoids responsibility
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“Very deep poverty is defined as less than 40% of the UK poverty threshold after rent. The average income of a household in very deep poverty is 59% below the poverty line. For a couple with two young children this amounts to £16,400 or below.”
Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 AM
“Very deep poverty is defined as less than 40% of the UK poverty threshold after rent. The average income of a household in very deep poverty is 59% below the poverty line. For a couple with two young children this amounts to £16,400 or below.”
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The USA has become such a vile , lawless, and dangerous shit hole that a multitude of us have been warning that the country is unfit to be a World Cup ⚽️ cohost.
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The World Cup is intrinsically an international event which means it is incompatible with the Trump Regime.
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The World Cup is intrinsically an international event which means it is incompatible with the Trump Regime.
January 28, 2026 at 8:42 AM
The USA has become such a vile , lawless, and dangerous shit hole that a multitude of us have been warning that the country is unfit to be a World Cup ⚽️ cohost.
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The World Cup is intrinsically an international event which means it is incompatible with the Trump Regime.
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The World Cup is intrinsically an international event which means it is incompatible with the Trump Regime.
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It seems rash to conclude, as many media outlets seem to have done, that Trump is changing course
Minnesota raids continue as DHS report indicates two agents fired guns at Alex Pretti
Report emerges as Trump signals he may reduce the surge of ICE and other federal agents in the state
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:48 AM
It seems rash to conclude, as many media outlets seem to have done, that Trump is changing course
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January 28, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
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Beatrice Tinsley was born #OTD in 1941.
British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist, and the first female professor of #astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow, and die. #WomenInSTEM (1/2)
British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist, and the first female professor of #astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow, and die. #WomenInSTEM (1/2)
January 28, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Beatrice Tinsley was born #OTD in 1941.
British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist, and the first female professor of #astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow, and die. #WomenInSTEM (1/2)
British-born New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist, and the first female professor of #astronomy at Yale University, whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve, grow, and die. #WomenInSTEM (1/2)
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CNN: Are you okay?
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
January 28, 2026 at 2:42 AM
CNN: Are you okay?
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
Omar :I've survived war. And I'm definitely going to survive intimidation and whatever these people think they can throw at me because I'm built that way.
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the six million Jewish people murdered by the Nazis, as well as countless other victims.
We honor their lives by rejecting the evils of antisemitism, dehumanization, and authoritarian violence wherever they appear.
Never again means never again for anyone.
We honor their lives by rejecting the evils of antisemitism, dehumanization, and authoritarian violence wherever they appear.
Never again means never again for anyone.
January 28, 2026 at 2:47 AM
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the six million Jewish people murdered by the Nazis, as well as countless other victims.
We honor their lives by rejecting the evils of antisemitism, dehumanization, and authoritarian violence wherever they appear.
Never again means never again for anyone.
We honor their lives by rejecting the evils of antisemitism, dehumanization, and authoritarian violence wherever they appear.
Never again means never again for anyone.
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Never stop talking about the Epstein Files, a criminal rapist dictator who is guilty AF is currently hiding them.
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files, a criminal rapist dictator who is guilty AF is currently hiding them.
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files, a criminal rapist dictator who is guilty AF is currently hiding them.
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.
January 28, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files, a criminal rapist dictator who is guilty AF is currently hiding them.
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files, a criminal rapist dictator who is guilty AF is currently hiding them.
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files, a criminal rapist dictator who is guilty AF is currently hiding them.
Never stop talking about the Epstein Files.
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Dear UK journalists,
Do your job. If Farage says the NHS is broken, force him to explain how he'd fix it and what that would mean for us in practice. If he says we must leave the ECHR, pin him down on what that would mean for our rights and international treaties. Never let him just use slogans!
Do your job. If Farage says the NHS is broken, force him to explain how he'd fix it and what that would mean for us in practice. If he says we must leave the ECHR, pin him down on what that would mean for our rights and international treaties. Never let him just use slogans!
January 27, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Dear UK journalists,
Do your job. If Farage says the NHS is broken, force him to explain how he'd fix it and what that would mean for us in practice. If he says we must leave the ECHR, pin him down on what that would mean for our rights and international treaties. Never let him just use slogans!
Do your job. If Farage says the NHS is broken, force him to explain how he'd fix it and what that would mean for us in practice. If he says we must leave the ECHR, pin him down on what that would mean for our rights and international treaties. Never let him just use slogans!
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