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Mostly interested in politics, active travel, ADHD and local news. Rubbish at actually posting. Good at lurking
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Have a wee vote, folks! Be assured it's not me, Liz Lochhead and Jackie Kay in competition with each other - god forbid! It's you choosing a line by each of us to be carved on the Parliament Wall. www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/02/publ...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Here is my third weekly dispatch, imagining how the US media *should* be covering the Musk coup if it was clear-eyed about the threat to our democracy. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-trump...

submitted 17 days ago • 36 comments

These three horsemen of the MAGA-tech-bro apocalypse are in the position of penthouse dwellers who think their top floor apartment doesn't rest on all the floors underneath... www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-one-knows...

submitted 15 days ago • 35 comments

We are deep in the reporting, but this piece by one of our fearless leaders, @brbarrett.bsky.social, is a zoom out on what's happening in this moment, and what it means. Take a read. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-us...

submitted 25 days ago • 19 comments

What’s happening in the US is starting to feel more like a hacking than an election, with Trump basically cast as the idiot who clicked on the phishing email that let the ransomware guys in. Struck by how crucial tech not politics reporters are to us understanding it

submitted 27 days ago • 51 comments

A non profit substack - that doesn't want to get too big and where employees work a 4 day week - sounds great!

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

The perfect headline doesnt exi— www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 46 days ago • 86 comments

Great to see Filmhouse building a team again! Excited to see what they've got planned for reopening

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Please share if you are a/ know any Scottish game Devs on here. I'd love to follow more of you and see what you're creating!

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

I have an essay about how Netflix destroyed the movies in the new issue of @nplusonemag.com. Read it online and in print! www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...

submitted 77 days ago • 29 comments

I don't understand how not everyone knows by now that providing alternate modes of transportation eases traffic congestion. It's not rocket surgery!

submitted 95 days ago • 3 comments

There’s enough Edinburgh councillors on BlueSky now to make a starter pack! Let me know if more come on board and we can gather them up like Pokémon! go.bsky.app/JohMsiF

submitted 108 days ago • 6 comments