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MM
@callmac.bsky.social
Professional responsible traveller.

@calmac on the foto app.

I'll read your...blue skies? Tweets? Anyway, I'll read them, but can't guarantee I'll understand them.
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Was about to jump into a conversation here that I wasn't part of, with someone I don't know, to defend someone else I don't know, on a point they may not have been making, about a subject I am not an expert in.

But didn't. Feel like I am growing.

Can't guarantee I won't next time. Baby steps.
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The thing about Trump. He's not afraid of telling it as it isn't.
June 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
@fairphone.com trying to tempt me with the Fairphone 6, which looks great, but I'm nearing 3 years with the excellent Fairphone 4.

Stop! I have over 2 more years to go here!
June 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
You were first. This is where we get Obamas level.
But… have you seen his wife?
June 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A man struggles to keep his family business going.
June 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My hair doesn't naturally go up at the front, it's cause I spend so much time with my head in my hands.
guy next to me in the café was quite dramatically sitting with his head in his hands so I glanced at his screen to see what he was working on, and it was a doc with "IDEAS:" written at the top and absolutely nothing else

my brother I hear you, I feel you, we are as one
June 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Has anyone else been using those Spice Tailor curry kits for bbq?

I use the spices and base as a marinade, then brush the main sauce onto the meat as it bbqs. It's been pretty good so far, but some defo better than others.
May 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
VE day London

#VEDay
May 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
On this VE day it's important that I mention that I keep reading 80th as Both
May 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Had to look this one up to get it right.

Not sure if it counts as my language though.

Riddley Walker, Russell Hoban
May 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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In years to come we will view the mainstreaming of transphobia with the same contempt and disgust we view Section 28 and those who supported it. That doesn't help trans and non-binary individuals facing it now though. That requires a concerted effort to push for change, support and recognition.
May 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Really wanted to be dismissive of the @politicsjoe.bsky.social Kneecap ep, but, imo, Sean knocked it out of the park.
April 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thankfully it wasn't where MLK made that speech, any excuse to go back and re-listen to that speech though!

A lot of quotes on here of the "first they came for socialists..", but what Dr King says here is we should act, not because they come for us, but because they've gone after them.
Umm, I don’t see this mentioned in any national news outlets… but the historic Clayborn Temple in Memphis, the site of MLK’s “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, burned down this morning. My sadness is immeasurable. www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-h...
WATCH: Historic Clayborn Temple Church goes up in flames after 130 years
WATCH: Historic Clayborn Temple Church goes up in flames after 130 years
www.fox13memphis.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
April 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Pope Francis was in some ways the Papal Rory Stewart.
April 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Watch me overact while eating a delicious honey roast number on my OnlyHams
watch me be old on my OnlyGrans
April 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
You don't hear about people dropping their phones in the loo anymore.

Can only assume it's down to waterproof phones. You dirty creeps are just rinsing it and putting it back in your pockets.
April 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Thousands of people rallied in central London in support of trans rights, after a landmark court ruling on the definition of a "woman"
Trans rights supporters rally outside UK parliament
Thousands of people rallied in central London in support of trans rights, after a landmark court ruling on the definition of a "woman".
www.rte.ie
April 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
THIS is how I flirt?!?!
April 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I know I'm just an amateur camera jocky, and this is a fine stock image of a type of shoot, but I find this advert depressing.

Surely a camera advert should be a bit more ambitious?

#photography
April 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A lot of chat about self service check out lately, and I can't help thinking it's mostly missing the point.

Reminds me of the Flight of the Conchords lyrics:

They're turning kids into slaves
Just to make cheaper sneakers
But what's the real cost?
'Cause the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper
April 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Feedback is pleased to discover the latest research into the wine-identifying abilities of rats, but feels the rodents still have a long way to go before they are truly obnoxious to be around
Rats come one step closer to becoming snobby and pretentious
Feedback is pleased to discover the latest research into the wine-identifying abilities of rats, but feels the rodents still have a long way to go before they are truly obnoxious to be around
www.newscientist.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Seem to be gettig a lot of "over 40's man? Stop being fat" adverts.

I'd like to point out that I have an ok six pack, it's in there, I can feel it.
April 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
To whomever it was who just fraudulently used all my nectar points, it's people like you who give Croydon a bad name.
April 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Come on news producers, give the people what they want
as a French-born journalist who's covered several French elections, I'd be more than happy to appear on your news TV programmes today and do the running man for as long as you're willing to keep the camera on me, without ever breaking eye contact with the lens
March 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#giveblood the Westend Donor Centre seemed a little more quiet than usual today.
March 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM