Davie McMaster
@daviemcm.bsky.social
Grateful Dead, Scottish fitba and other things
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Happy Birthday to the brilliant Liz Lochhead 🎉📚
One of Scotland’s most influential poets and playwrights—and a former Makar—Liz Lochhead’s work has powerfully explored Scottish identity, gender, and language.
One of Scotland’s most influential poets and playwrights—and a former Makar—Liz Lochhead’s work has powerfully explored Scottish identity, gender, and language.
December 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Happy Birthday to the brilliant Liz Lochhead 🎉📚
One of Scotland’s most influential poets and playwrights—and a former Makar—Liz Lochhead’s work has powerfully explored Scottish identity, gender, and language.
One of Scotland’s most influential poets and playwrights—and a former Makar—Liz Lochhead’s work has powerfully explored Scottish identity, gender, and language.
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"Foreign-born doctors and nurses were being put off by antagonism by politicians towards migrants, media coverage of immigration, the racist abuse of international medical graduates by NHS colleagues and racist aggression by patients toward minority ethnic NHS staff, she said."
Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor
Exclusive: UK now an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"Foreign-born doctors and nurses were being put off by antagonism by politicians towards migrants, media coverage of immigration, the racist abuse of international medical graduates by NHS colleagues and racist aggression by patients toward minority ethnic NHS staff, she said."
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this year, I'm giving all my Christmas gifts to the richest child in the neighborhood. I'm sure they'll trickle down to all the other kids eventually
December 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
this year, I'm giving all my Christmas gifts to the richest child in the neighborhood. I'm sure they'll trickle down to all the other kids eventually
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If the Daily Mail backs Reform UK at the next election, it will be the first time it hasn't supported the Conservative Party since it came out in favour of the British Union of Fascists
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If the Daily Mail backs Reform UK at the next election, it will be the first time it hasn't supported the Conservative Party since it came out in favour of the British Union of Fascists
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We are now sharing 60 minutes bootlegs, like we shared Grateful Dead tapes. I have the 12/21/25 CECOT report!
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We are now sharing 60 minutes bootlegs, like we shared Grateful Dead tapes. I have the 12/21/25 CECOT report!
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2025: Web pages vanished. Links broke. Public data disappeared. But the Internet Archive kept the receipts.
From investigative reports to video features, these stories show why preserving the web became one of the year’s defining information battles.
➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/22/t...
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From investigative reports to video features, these stories show why preserving the web became one of the year’s defining information battles.
➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/22/t...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
2025: Web pages vanished. Links broke. Public data disappeared. But the Internet Archive kept the receipts.
From investigative reports to video features, these stories show why preserving the web became one of the year’s defining information battles.
➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/22/t...
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From investigative reports to video features, these stories show why preserving the web became one of the year’s defining information battles.
➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/12/22/t...
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When 1989’s Road to Hell did well, his US record label thought he could be a huge star in America if he put the hours touring or appeared on MTV Unplugged; Chris Rea declined both. He didn't have much time for other rock stars, claiming the only one who didn’t disappoint him was David Gilmour.
Despite his knack for slick pop, the principled and passionate Chris Rea never took the easy road
The late musician bristled against his record companies, his producers and fame itself – but that friction ignited both his AOR hits and his raw, spirited take on the blues
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
When 1989’s Road to Hell did well, his US record label thought he could be a huge star in America if he put the hours touring or appeared on MTV Unplugged; Chris Rea declined both. He didn't have much time for other rock stars, claiming the only one who didn’t disappoint him was David Gilmour.
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😂 such a LOSER 😂
“On Saturday in Dubai, former kickboxer Andrew Tate tried his hand at boxing, facing Misfits Boxing Heavyweight champion Chase DeMoor.
Tate left the ring bloodied, bruised and officially a loser. ”
apple.news/A-2xVbrx1RVO...
“On Saturday in Dubai, former kickboxer Andrew Tate tried his hand at boxing, facing Misfits Boxing Heavyweight champion Chase DeMoor.
Tate left the ring bloodied, bruised and officially a loser. ”
apple.news/A-2xVbrx1RVO...
‘Woke Is Back’—The Internet Celebrates The Defeat Of Andrew Tate — Forbes
Andrew Tate was brutally defeated in the boxing ring by Chase DeMoor, sparking celebration and memes from internet users who are tired of Tate’s misogyny.
apple.news
December 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
😂 such a LOSER 😂
“On Saturday in Dubai, former kickboxer Andrew Tate tried his hand at boxing, facing Misfits Boxing Heavyweight champion Chase DeMoor.
Tate left the ring bloodied, bruised and officially a loser. ”
apple.news/A-2xVbrx1RVO...
“On Saturday in Dubai, former kickboxer Andrew Tate tried his hand at boxing, facing Misfits Boxing Heavyweight champion Chase DeMoor.
Tate left the ring bloodied, bruised and officially a loser. ”
apple.news/A-2xVbrx1RVO...
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From the CWS ARCHIVE. 20th August 2024.
December 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
From the CWS ARCHIVE. 20th August 2024.
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Good morning guys, just wanted to touch base with any friends that might need a helping hand these next few weeks. We are here 24/7, I know it's a hard time but we need you dancing into the new year with us, please 💃💫🌹hit 988 #NFA xxoo
#KindnessAlways 🤗
#LoveWins 💜
#YouMattetToMe 🫂
#KindnessAlways 🤗
#LoveWins 💜
#YouMattetToMe 🫂
December 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Good morning guys, just wanted to touch base with any friends that might need a helping hand these next few weeks. We are here 24/7, I know it's a hard time but we need you dancing into the new year with us, please 💃💫🌹hit 988 #NFA xxoo
#KindnessAlways 🤗
#LoveWins 💜
#YouMattetToMe 🫂
#KindnessAlways 🤗
#LoveWins 💜
#YouMattetToMe 🫂
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How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion.
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
December 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
How the BBC & ITV give disproportionate coverage to Farage & Reform: hard evidence from a serious study. BBC & ITV now give Reform more coverage than the Conservatives, more than the Lib Dems & nine times the Greens. Superb research from Stephen Cushion.
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/broadca...
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RON SINGS "CIRCLE OF STEEL" BY GORDON LIGHTFOOT
YouTube video by Rawnboy
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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The sheer brass neck of the Daily Mail: a continuing series. A lengthy feature bemoaning the mass exodus of Poles from the UK & the declining number of the Polish population staying. All without one single mention of Brexit or a Daily Mail apology. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
The great exodus: How Poles are ditching UK for their booming homeland
New statistics reveal that while 7,000 Poles arrived in the year ending last June, 25,000 returned home: a net outflow of 18,000. The UK's total Polish population has shrunk to 750,000.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The sheer brass neck of the Daily Mail: a continuing series. A lengthy feature bemoaning the mass exodus of Poles from the UK & the declining number of the Polish population staying. All without one single mention of Brexit or a Daily Mail apology. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Irish Traveller family in Killorglin, County Kerry, 1954, photo by Inge Morath.
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Irish Traveller family in Killorglin, County Kerry, 1954, photo by Inge Morath.
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
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Pete Buttigieg on Indiana’s Redistricting:
“You know, a big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered — to make him feel inevitable — and yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable & you are not without power—”
“You know, a big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered — to make him feel inevitable — and yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable & you are not without power—”
December 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Pete Buttigieg on Indiana’s Redistricting:
“You know, a big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered — to make him feel inevitable — and yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable & you are not without power—”
“You know, a big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered — to make him feel inevitable — and yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable & you are not without power—”
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Beneath the unclouded and mild azure sky, upon the fair face of the pleasant sea, wafted by the joyous breezes, that great mass of death floats on and on, till lost in infinite perspectives.
December 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Beneath the unclouded and mild azure sky, upon the fair face of the pleasant sea, wafted by the joyous breezes, that great mass of death floats on and on, till lost in infinite perspectives.
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A gerrymander is not a sure thing…
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A gerrymander is not a sure thing…
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Around a million Syrians have returned since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Around a million Syrians have returned since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
And every day at Damascus airport, families separated by years of war and dictatorship, are finally being reunited.
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The man who wrote The Jeely Piece Song and Yellow's On The Broom died this week and almost no-one heard about it. Scotland deserves better of its media.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jeely Piece songwriter Adam McNaughtan dies aged 86
Adam McNaughtan wrote a host of songs including The Yellow on the Broom and Oor Hamlet.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The man who wrote The Jeely Piece Song and Yellow's On The Broom died this week and almost no-one heard about it. Scotland deserves better of its media.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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OTD in 1981. Hi-De-Hi!, Mastermind, Bergerac and Dallas are on BBC1. Over on ITV, there's another chance to see The Professionals, with A Fine Romance following.
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
OTD in 1981. Hi-De-Hi!, Mastermind, Bergerac and Dallas are on BBC1. Over on ITV, there's another chance to see The Professionals, with A Fine Romance following.
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Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 26% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 19% (+1)
GRN: 16% (=)
LDM: 14% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 30 Nov - 1 Dec.
Changes w/ 23-24 Nov.
RFM: 26% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 19% (+1)
GRN: 16% (=)
LDM: 14% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 30 Nov - 1 Dec.
Changes w/ 23-24 Nov.
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 26% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 19% (+1)
GRN: 16% (=)
LDM: 14% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 30 Nov - 1 Dec.
Changes w/ 23-24 Nov.
RFM: 26% (+1)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 19% (+1)
GRN: 16% (=)
LDM: 14% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 30 Nov - 1 Dec.
Changes w/ 23-24 Nov.