Neil Mackenzie
@nmackenzie.bsky.social
Books, music, technology.
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
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This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Something is wrong with this world of yours. Why
Is wickedness so rewarded, and why is so much suffering
Reserved for the good?
- Bertolt Brecht, The Good Person of Szechwan
Tr: John Willett
Is wickedness so rewarded, and why is so much suffering
Reserved for the good?
- Bertolt Brecht, The Good Person of Szechwan
Tr: John Willett
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Something is wrong with this world of yours. Why
Is wickedness so rewarded, and why is so much suffering
Reserved for the good?
- Bertolt Brecht, The Good Person of Szechwan
Tr: John Willett
Is wickedness so rewarded, and why is so much suffering
Reserved for the good?
- Bertolt Brecht, The Good Person of Szechwan
Tr: John Willett
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The Ancient of Days: Frontispiece to Europe a Prophecy, 1794, colour relief etching with added hand-colouring by William Blake, English poet, artist & visionary; born #OTD 1757.
British Museum
British Museum
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The Ancient of Days: Frontispiece to Europe a Prophecy, 1794, colour relief etching with added hand-colouring by William Blake, English poet, artist & visionary; born #OTD 1757.
British Museum
British Museum
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Four of Trump's five children have an immigrant mother, and the one who doesn't is married to the son of two immigrants.
Trump makes the outrageous claim that “most” immigrants, which include over 25 million U.S. citizens, “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Four of Trump's five children have an immigrant mother, and the one who doesn't is married to the son of two immigrants.
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"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
La Luz
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
(British) Sea Power
Ravi Shankar
Cab Calloway
La Luz
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
(British) Sea Power
Ravi Shankar
Cab Calloway
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Kris Kristofferson
David Bowie
Live Aid
Leonard Cohen
Patti Smith
Kris Kristofferson
David Bowie
Live Aid
Leonard Cohen
Patti Smith
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
La Luz
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
(British) Sea Power
Ravi Shankar
Cab Calloway
La Luz
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
(British) Sea Power
Ravi Shankar
Cab Calloway
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The Labour government threatened to arrest Sally Rooney and now she's saying that her books - which are extremely popular in the UK - could disappear from bookstores here as long as Palestine Action remains a proscribed organisation.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Sally Rooney says she will be unable to publish books in UK while Palestine Action banned
Author tells high court her public support for group means her books could disappear from UK stores altogether
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Labour government threatened to arrest Sally Rooney and now she's saying that her books - which are extremely popular in the UK - could disappear from bookstores here as long as Palestine Action remains a proscribed organisation.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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ICE detaining indigenous people who were literally here first.
Despicable.
Despicable.
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
ICE detaining indigenous people who were literally here first.
Despicable.
Despicable.
Meanwhile, this Texas university has two separate courses where STEM students learn “counting.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Meanwhile, this Texas university has two separate courses where STEM students learn “counting.”
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"Every life is many days, day after day."
— James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922.
The Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin displays Copy No. 1 of the first edition of 'Ulysses' by James Joyce.
📷 Literary Journeys | Existential Literature, Art, Music and Film
— James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922.
The Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin displays Copy No. 1 of the first edition of 'Ulysses' by James Joyce.
📷 Literary Journeys | Existential Literature, Art, Music and Film
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Every life is many days, day after day."
— James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922.
The Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin displays Copy No. 1 of the first edition of 'Ulysses' by James Joyce.
📷 Literary Journeys | Existential Literature, Art, Music and Film
— James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922.
The Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin displays Copy No. 1 of the first edition of 'Ulysses' by James Joyce.
📷 Literary Journeys | Existential Literature, Art, Music and Film
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I just loved the forms of the trees in this wood, adorned with countless other plants growing on them. An incredible sight to see and photograph!
#autumn #dartmoor #woodland #nature #photography
#autumn #dartmoor #woodland #nature #photography
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I just loved the forms of the trees in this wood, adorned with countless other plants growing on them. An incredible sight to see and photograph!
#autumn #dartmoor #woodland #nature #photography
#autumn #dartmoor #woodland #nature #photography
In John, Alice had found an artist who encouraged her to “fully express what you had. Not half of it…or three-quarters—the entire experience of the expressive self. Truth on your instrument.”
- Adam Shatz
- Adam Shatz
The Spiritual Jazz of Alice Coltrane | Adam Shatz
Alice Coltrane reinvented her adoptive Hinduism by interweaving it with the music of the Black church.
www.nybooks.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
In John, Alice had found an artist who encouraged her to “fully express what you had. Not half of it…or three-quarters—the entire experience of the expressive self. Truth on your instrument.”
- Adam Shatz
- Adam Shatz
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The open support for the AfD and Le Pen— and Farage, though there's been less noise about him so far in Trump 47— ought to be shocking, and ought to be seen as the tip of an ideological iceberg. There's more, and will continue to be more, active US support for the extreme right globally.
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The open support for the AfD and Le Pen— and Farage, though there's been less noise about him so far in Trump 47— ought to be shocking, and ought to be seen as the tip of an ideological iceberg. There's more, and will continue to be more, active US support for the extreme right globally.
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the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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“They should do it the right way”
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“They should do it the right way”
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Reith Lectures are very prestigious! Trump's threats got a true claim about his world-historical corruption, obviously a legit topic for inquiry, removed from the airwaves.
Same with the investigation into Mark Kelly. Threats are designed to silence *truth-teling.*
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Same with the investigation into Mark Kelly. Threats are designed to silence *truth-teling.*
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Reith Lectures are very prestigious! Trump's threats got a true claim about his world-historical corruption, obviously a legit topic for inquiry, removed from the airwaves.
Same with the investigation into Mark Kelly. Threats are designed to silence *truth-teling.*
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Same with the investigation into Mark Kelly. Threats are designed to silence *truth-teling.*
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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Great big news!
My book, LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is coming to America! I'm so pleased that @princetonupress.bsky.social will be publishing my strange, slippery take on Spark's life and work. It'll be out in spring!
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My book, LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is coming to America! I'm so pleased that @princetonupress.bsky.social will be publishing my strange, slippery take on Spark's life and work. It'll be out in spring!
🐈⬛💘🐦⬛
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Great big news!
My book, LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is coming to America! I'm so pleased that @princetonupress.bsky.social will be publishing my strange, slippery take on Spark's life and work. It'll be out in spring!
🐈⬛💘🐦⬛
My book, LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is coming to America! I'm so pleased that @princetonupress.bsky.social will be publishing my strange, slippery take on Spark's life and work. It'll be out in spring!
🐈⬛💘🐦⬛
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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The Overton Window has shifted and increasingly wanton overt bigotry and evil are mainstream. Don’t accept it. Fight and defy people like this.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-colu...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-colu...
British columnist Melanie Phillips lashes out at Palestinians at pro-Israel NYC event
The controversial columnist and broadcaster also mocked Christianity and claimed the West is facing a 'death cult' in 'forces of Islam'
www.middleeasteye.net
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The Overton Window has shifted and increasingly wanton overt bigotry and evil are mainstream. Don’t accept it. Fight and defy people like this.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-colu...
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-colu...
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ponte vecchio
firenze, it
firenze, it
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
ponte vecchio
firenze, it
firenze, it
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This is an official statement from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who is the top civilian at the Pentagon, and thus the link in the chain of command between the President and the SOUTHCOM commander, and thus the key civilian who would be giving orders in what may soon be a war with Venezuela.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is an official statement from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who is the top civilian at the Pentagon, and thus the link in the chain of command between the President and the SOUTHCOM commander, and thus the key civilian who would be giving orders in what may soon be a war with Venezuela.
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A robbery suspect posing as a delivery person forced their way into a victim's home Saturday morning at gunpoint, and made off with a major crypto haul. buff.ly/37ZBTn2
Thief Steals a Reported $11M In Cryptocurrency, Plus Laptop, In Home Invasion Near Dolores Park
A robbery suspect posing as a delivery person forced their way into a victim's home Saturday morning at gunpoint, and made off with a major crypto haul.
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A robbery suspect posing as a delivery person forced their way into a victim's home Saturday morning at gunpoint, and made off with a major crypto haul. buff.ly/37ZBTn2