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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2h

NOOOO!!!!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'She hasn't been feeling her best': Dolly Parton's sister asks fans for prayers

The message comes a week after the 79-year-old musician postponed gigs due to health issues.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 22h

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

With perfect serendipity I’m rereading Frankenstein

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

It sounds absurd but we're now growing brains in labs to power super-computers for AI giants. It's a dystopian horror. Progress isn't always progress. Humanity is godlike when it comes to science, but a toddler emotionally

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

'Humans are incapable of dealing with our technological powers'

Humanity has godlike powers when it comes to science but emotionally we’re too lacking to handle our abilities, argues our Writer at Large

www.heraldscotland.com

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RG Poulussen @rgpoulussen.bsky.social · 2d

(6 June 1944, Colosseum, Rome.) An Italian woman inspecting the kilts of Pipe Major William MacConnachie and Pipe Major William Boyd. #WW2 #HISTORY

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Thorough accounting of TFP's shoddy journalism here.

slate.com/technology/2...

Forget “DEI”—Bari Weiss Is Proof That Merit Doesn’t Matter

She’s made a career railing against “wokeness.” Now she’s in charge of a venerated newsroom.

slate.com

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Bastards. Playing for likes and fucking the world for money. Their names will stink in history along with Trump

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Brent Butt @brentbutt.bsky.social · 1d

It is so incredibly weird and scary and disheartening to watch the world's most powerful nation being systematically dismantled and pilfered by a gang of ego-thugs led by a painted carnival barker who is literally famous for being a greedy crooked cheat.

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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 1d

The question now is stark: When the illegal order comes — to turn U.S. troops with live ammunition on the American people — will these generals follow it? And are they more or less likely to after this gathering?

@hartmannreport.com & I discuss: gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/trump-decl...

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

You know what would be a real sign of patriotism? Learning to spell the word ‘Britain’

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Bunch of stupid kents

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters

Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

on.ft.com

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Coming to Britain soon...

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Blairer @haggisblarer.bsky.social · 3d

‘If you would still vote Labour today then you have to redefine your political position as rightwing. You can’t support this party and dare call yourself someone on the left.
Such a claim is laughable.
Have the courage and intelligence to own what you believe in’

Neil Mackay

The Socialist Dad @thesocialistdad.bsky.social · 3d

"I've voted Labour all my life and will continue to do so no matter what they do" is saying that you treat voting like supporting a football team. It makes you a deeply unserious person.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

yip, basically

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

you'd be welcome here, and thank you

Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1d

The only good thing about the rise of the Reform* is that Scotland will never have to hear from Murdo Fraser again after the next election. The man is an abject clown

* that said, Farage's lot will indubitably give us even bigger eejits, but let's enjoy small mercies while we can...

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 2d

We need more of this! Well done for this leaflet with its strong message supporting inclusion, rejecting racism #Celtic

I hope the invited refugees enjoyed the match
#ScotlandForAll

ICYMI @scotnational.bsky.social @alisonphipps.bsky.social @dailyrecord.co.uk.web.brid.gy @neilmackay.bsky.social

D Mcguire @dmcguirecfc67.bsky.social · 2d

This 👇👏👏👏

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 3d

‘Tony Blair has remarkable influence over Keir Starmer’

I talk to the author of a new biography of Blair who reveals the powerful hold he has over Britain’s current Prime Minister

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2551802...

New Steve Richards biography paints complex portrait of controversial PM

Our Writer at Large talks to the author of a new biography of one of Britain’s most controversial leaders

www.heraldscotland.com

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 3d

‘Margaret Thatcher had an affair’

I talk to the author of a new biography of the former Prime Minister who says Thatcher did have an affair, and she names names

My long read in @heraldscotland.bsky.social

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2551800...

Autism and adultery: Inside new Thatcher book's sensational private life revelations

Our Writer at Large talks to the author of a new biography of one of Britain’s most controversial leaders

www.heraldscotland.com

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 3d

As Argentina’s economy starts to rapidly unravel, let’s never forget the comments by our own politicians.

Ta.

"It's Thatcherism on steroids - this is incredible, cutting and slashing public expenditure, doing all the things he's done….. That's leadership... He is amazing."
Nigel Farage
"[Milei] is the 'chainsaw-wielding, bushy-sideburned wild man of Hayekian free-market thinking'. He hailed Milei for giving Argentina 'the economic medicine it needs' through drastic spending cuts."
Boris Johnson
"Britain needs shock therapy. A Milei-style approach would mean radical surgery. First: stop the bleeding. Slash wasteful public spending. Shut down unproductive agencies and quangos... We need to aim for a primary
[surplus."
Jacob Rees-Mogg
"Milei is the template."
Kemi Badenoch
"Javier Milei rightly tells the elite [at the] awful WEF the facts of life - socialism and state intervention tends to make people poorer."
Richard Tice

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen, your 1933 boner is showing

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 2d

They’re fucking Nazis. It’s as simple as that

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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