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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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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 1d

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.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

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 · 23h

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@gralefrit.bsky.social

I gave their floppy cloth ears a poke about this in 2022, 2023, 2024...sigh rinse...repeat.. They picked a bad example in MM!

John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 1d

Ha!

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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 · 1d

"Prawn stars can come here anytime, you're always whelkom"

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 1d

You and my son would get on really well....!

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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 1d

Yay!

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

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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Dr. Franzenstein @protopigeon.lol · 2d

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.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

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 · 2d

"Scouse Cows"

"Mind yer car for a tenner mister..??!!"

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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 2d

I suspect they'd prefer the ones with bull bars....

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 2d

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 · 3d

Salthouse, 2015

#otd

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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 2d

A Fezzari?

John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 2d

Ha! There was a wee bit of that going on last week on a brief trip up Glen Alladale for a poke around to see their peatland restoration (which is progressing well). Before the storm obviously!

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 2d

If Monday has been a shock to the senses, why not hug a tree (not in a storm ravaged woodland though!)

elwalkfest.bsky.social @elwalkfest.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hugging trees, a purely optional activity on the all-ability walk to #ButterdeanWoods

#woodlandwalking
#nature
#woodlandtrust
#forest
#scottishforestry
#rnib

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Two of the visually impaired walkers taking time out ti hug a large oak tree. They look very happy!

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Mick Houghton @mickh5.bsky.social · 2d

"No egrets"

they were just out of shot....four of them all fishing the same channel

#sharemondays2025

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S. Kamau Mucoki @forota.bsky.social · 3d

A touch of Maasai elegance (Concours d’Elegance 2025, Nairobi.)

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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 3d

This is the classy stuff we need more of here!

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colin @clcart.bsky.social · 3d

bird

#photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #StreetPhotography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Lumix

Black and white photograph featuring a vast, dramatic sky with scattered cumulus clouds taking up the majority of the frame. A strong diagonal line across the lower portion of the image is formed by the silhouette of a stone bridge, creating a high-contrast division between the light sky and the dark foreground. A small bird, also rendered in complete silhouette, is perched near the center-right of the wall, slightly breaking the horizon line. The light appears bright and slightly hazy, suggesting a sunny day with high dynamic range.

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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 3d

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John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 3d

Know the feeling...I was walking back from the pub one winter night and in the gloom between street lights near the cemetery saw a horrible black thing writhing slowly along the road towards me, terror stricken I stood frozen in horror...as an empty black bin bag wafted by & headed towards town...

John MacPherson @johnmacpherson.bsky.social · 3d

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transylvaniantwist.bsky.social @transylvaniantwist.bsky.social · 4d

What DHS is doing in Chicago is abhorrent but this image is from an older YouTube video where a cop
dad pretended to arrest his toddler as a [not funny] joke.

I couldn’t find the original but here’s a repost from 11 months ago.

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Little Kid Arrested! - Funny Police Moment 😂

YouTube video by Tenz live

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