Scott Mackie
@smackie.org
Lapsed Ginger. Scottish. Retired Internet Plumber. Old Macs. Splinter Maker. Photography. SF Giants. Snark. MDANT. Santa Cruz. Kendal.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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January 14, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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If the Dems vote to increase ICE funding for "better training" (overseen by whom? accountable to what?) I will never give a single Dem a single penny ever again
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 PM
If the Dems vote to increase ICE funding for "better training" (overseen by whom? accountable to what?) I will never give a single Dem a single penny ever again
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I make unique hand made Cat Sofas >>> craftysharp.etsy.com
But do cats really use them? Well let’s ask some of my feline customers … 🧵
Gretchen and Amy say yes…
But do cats really use them? Well let’s ask some of my feline customers … 🧵
Gretchen and Amy say yes…
July 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I make unique hand made Cat Sofas >>> craftysharp.etsy.com
But do cats really use them? Well let’s ask some of my feline customers … 🧵
Gretchen and Amy say yes…
But do cats really use them? Well let’s ask some of my feline customers … 🧵
Gretchen and Amy say yes…
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I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?
January 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?
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As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
Special Report: Stripped Tees
IT WAS to be the UK’s largest regeneration scheme in decades, a model for regional devolution and the flagship post-Brexit freeport. But the redevelopment of the former steelworks on the south bank of...
www.private-eye.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
New level of hell unlocked. Hospital Costa Coffee full of middle-aged folk watching videos on their phones with the sound on. About 6 different videos for competing for attention amongst the other folk trying to come to terms with whatever just happened. JFC.
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
New level of hell unlocked. Hospital Costa Coffee full of middle-aged folk watching videos on their phones with the sound on. About 6 different videos for competing for attention amongst the other folk trying to come to terms with whatever just happened. JFC.
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The ISW's update from yesterday.
The spread of these protests is pretty remarkable and clearly organic.
understandingwar.org/research/mid...
The spread of these protests is pretty remarkable and clearly organic.
understandingwar.org/research/mid...
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The ISW's update from yesterday.
The spread of these protests is pretty remarkable and clearly organic.
understandingwar.org/research/mid...
The spread of these protests is pretty remarkable and clearly organic.
understandingwar.org/research/mid...
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Word of the day is ‘fanfaronade’ (19th century): to strut and swagger about as if you own the stage.
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Word of the day is ‘fanfaronade’ (19th century): to strut and swagger about as if you own the stage.
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NEW from me:
The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since early COVID or the Great Recession—the country has lost 65k jobs over the last year as manufacturing, transport, & mining employment decline, while growth in construction has nearly zeroed out
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since early COVID or the Great Recession—the country has lost 65k jobs over the last year as manufacturing, transport, & mining employment decline, while growth in construction has nearly zeroed out
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
America is Losing Blue Collar Jobs
For the First Time Since Early COVID & the Great Recession, the US is Losing Jobs in Manufacturing, Construction, & Other Blue Collar Industries
www.apricitas.io
January 6, 2026 at 10:36 PM
NEW from me:
The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since early COVID or the Great Recession—the country has lost 65k jobs over the last year as manufacturing, transport, & mining employment decline, while growth in construction has nearly zeroed out
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since early COVID or the Great Recession—the country has lost 65k jobs over the last year as manufacturing, transport, & mining employment decline, while growth in construction has nearly zeroed out
www.apricitas.io/p/america-is...
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Delightful work by @bryce.lol:
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
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January 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Delightful work by @bryce.lol:
Neighbourhood-rattling LOL at this…
January 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Neighbourhood-rattling LOL at this…
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Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
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For every minute Britons spend on Twitter, they spend:
35 minutes on YouTube
35 minutes on Facebook/Messenger
11 minutes on Instagram
7 minutes on TikTok
5 minutes on Snapchat.
If the UK government wants to scale down on Twitter than it's really not a problem for directly reaching people.
35 minutes on YouTube
35 minutes on Facebook/Messenger
11 minutes on Instagram
7 minutes on TikTok
5 minutes on Snapchat.
If the UK government wants to scale down on Twitter than it's really not a problem for directly reaching people.
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
For every minute Britons spend on Twitter, they spend:
35 minutes on YouTube
35 minutes on Facebook/Messenger
11 minutes on Instagram
7 minutes on TikTok
5 minutes on Snapchat.
If the UK government wants to scale down on Twitter than it's really not a problem for directly reaching people.
35 minutes on YouTube
35 minutes on Facebook/Messenger
11 minutes on Instagram
7 minutes on TikTok
5 minutes on Snapchat.
If the UK government wants to scale down on Twitter than it's really not a problem for directly reaching people.
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Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
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At least in They Live you had to put on the glasses to see the dystopian messages.
January 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
At least in They Live you had to put on the glasses to see the dystopian messages.
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"Welcome to Decline" -- still one of my favourite graphs from last year. In the late 1970s, Britain's economic fate very clearly split in two. How much you blame Thatcher will depend on your politics, but her leadership is useful to understand the timing. tomforth.co.uk/welcometodec...
January 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"Welcome to Decline" -- still one of my favourite graphs from last year. In the late 1970s, Britain's economic fate very clearly split in two. How much you blame Thatcher will depend on your politics, but her leadership is useful to understand the timing. tomforth.co.uk/welcometodec...
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Ribblehead viaduct at sunset featuring Avanti…
It’s very very very cold here! But worth braving the cold for a photo I think
It’s very very very cold here! But worth braving the cold for a photo I think
January 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Ribblehead viaduct at sunset featuring Avanti…
It’s very very very cold here! But worth braving the cold for a photo I think
It’s very very very cold here! But worth braving the cold for a photo I think
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They gentrified the tinfoil hat
January 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
They gentrified the tinfoil hat
Hope no one thinks about using the Avanti West Coast mainline service to Glasgow next week. There’s the usual engineering works and then there’s this…
It’s understandable given they’re swapping a major bridge out in just two weeks but let’s not pretend this is a viable replacement service…
It’s understandable given they’re swapping a major bridge out in just two weeks but let’s not pretend this is a viable replacement service…
January 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Hope no one thinks about using the Avanti West Coast mainline service to Glasgow next week. There’s the usual engineering works and then there’s this…
It’s understandable given they’re swapping a major bridge out in just two weeks but let’s not pretend this is a viable replacement service…
It’s understandable given they’re swapping a major bridge out in just two weeks but let’s not pretend this is a viable replacement service…
IPv6 is a wonderful example of what happens if you let a disparate group of engineers try to solve all the pet problems they can think of rather than just the problems that need fixed.
Doubling the IP address size (with legacy V4 being 0.0.0.0.A.B.C.D) would have been more than fine, even now.
Doubling the IP address size (with legacy V4 being 0.0.0.0.A.B.C.D) would have been more than fine, even now.
IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn’t taken over the world, but don't call it a failure
IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn’t taken over the world, but don't call it a failure
The world has passed it by in many ways, yet it remains relevant
Feature In the early 1990s, internetworking wonks realized the world was not many years away from running out of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses, the numbers needed to identify any device connected to the public internet. Noting booming interest in the internet, the internet community went looking for ways to avoid an IP address shortage that many feared would harm technology adoption and therefore the global economy.…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
IPv6 is a wonderful example of what happens if you let a disparate group of engineers try to solve all the pet problems they can think of rather than just the problems that need fixed.
Doubling the IP address size (with legacy V4 being 0.0.0.0.A.B.C.D) would have been more than fine, even now.
Doubling the IP address size (with legacy V4 being 0.0.0.0.A.B.C.D) would have been more than fine, even now.
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how all youtube ads sound to me
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
how all youtube ads sound to me