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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, interested in all sorts of things. I make stuff, some of it even works.
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Perfect 👇

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control

submitted 5 days ago • 101 comments

Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet. ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.

submitted 5 days ago • 146 comments

What Zack said.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

los angeles california 1940

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

Efficiency is when you make the troops homeless *before* they're veterans

submitted 6 days ago • 62 comments

is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.

submitted 513 days ago • 265 comments

Jeremy Bowen's long, measured, objective, but ultimately entirely clear and conclusive essay on Israeli war crimes. As Jonathan Sumption puts it: "These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 8 days ago • 25 comments

I feel like the President of the United States threatening a private citizen if they support the rival political party should be a big story? - “If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC News. “He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” he added. -

submitted 8 days ago • 17 comments

Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

submitted 8 days ago • 203 comments

This you??

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

jesus christ lmao

submitted 9 days ago • 222 comments

Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

submitted 9 days ago • 190 comments

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

In the Toretsk direction of Donetsk region, Azov Warriors found a bird's nest woven from branches and... fiber optics. The birds used the remains of man-made debris to create life amid the ruins.

submitted 9 days ago • 21 comments

Most federal employees fired by DOGE received fabricated documents justifying their dismissal, complete with bogus performance reviews. Some were labeled “poor performers” despite recently receiving internal awards for excellence. Now, Trump is pushing to expand these purge tactics.

submitted 11 days ago • 34 comments