John MacL
@johnmacl.bsky.social
Documentary director & scone afficianado
Glasgow, Scotland.
Glasgow, Scotland.
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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Happy St Andrew’s Day! Alasdair championed Scottish independence and believed Scotland could be a nation with a new vision of itself. His 2014 screen print artwork reads: “Is Scotland a Possible Nation? Yes—Make It!” #alasdairgray #standrewsday
November 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy St Andrew’s Day! Alasdair championed Scottish independence and believed Scotland could be a nation with a new vision of itself. His 2014 screen print artwork reads: “Is Scotland a Possible Nation? Yes—Make It!” #alasdairgray #standrewsday
"I've been saying goodbye to the players since I arrived"
Martin O'Neil
The Absolute Man.
Martin O'Neil
The Absolute Man.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"I've been saying goodbye to the players since I arrived"
Martin O'Neil
The Absolute Man.
Martin O'Neil
The Absolute Man.
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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What’s Scotland supposed to do? Consult Nostradamus to find out how we have another referendum?
Rachel Reeves says that even if the SNP wins a majority on its own at Holyrood the UK government will still not permit another vote.
It’s a democratic outrage
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
Rachel Reeves says that even if the SNP wins a majority on its own at Holyrood the UK government will still not permit another vote.
It’s a democratic outrage
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
Must Scotland consult Nostradamus to find out how we hold another referendum?
The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves says there won’t be another vote even if the SNP wins a majority at Holyrood in May – that’s a democratic…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What’s Scotland supposed to do? Consult Nostradamus to find out how we have another referendum?
Rachel Reeves says that even if the SNP wins a majority on its own at Holyrood the UK government will still not permit another vote.
It’s a democratic outrage
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
Rachel Reeves says that even if the SNP wins a majority on its own at Holyrood the UK government will still not permit another vote.
It’s a democratic outrage
My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
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Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
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Never, ever trust the Labour party on the climate. Corporate profits will always come first to them 🔥🌍
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Never, ever trust the Labour party on the climate. Corporate profits will always come first to them 🔥🌍
Putting the spotlight on tabloid horseshit entirely plays into the Rights hands.
Thats where they want the conversation to be
Thats where they want the conversation to be
Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC 6 music is one of my favourite things
Having it interrupted by breathless news bulletin telling me ‘government has banned taxis for asylum seekers’ *really isn’t*
New lines like ‘Home Office spent £1k over weekend on taxis’ would struggle to make a local newspaper
Having it interrupted by breathless news bulletin telling me ‘government has banned taxis for asylum seekers’ *really isn’t*
New lines like ‘Home Office spent £1k over weekend on taxis’ would struggle to make a local newspaper
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Putting the spotlight on tabloid horseshit entirely plays into the Rights hands.
Thats where they want the conversation to be
Thats where they want the conversation to be
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This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is how the Mail has covered a 70% fall in net migration.
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
The Government should stop kidding itself it will ever get credit for being anti-migration. They could cut numbers to zero and there would still be front pages blasting them for making the UK a socialist wasteland no one wants to come to
There are many appalling problems in the world. But today I’m annoyed at the EnShittification of the Scrabble app.
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
There are many appalling problems in the world. But today I’m annoyed at the EnShittification of the Scrabble app.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Capitulation and Quiet Piggy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/24/c...
Capitulation and Quiet Piggy
As the COP ends in another abject failure the wider geopolitical world seems to also falter into complete madness. A ‘peace plan’ emerged last week that was at first purported to be an …
bellacaledonia.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Capitulation and Quiet Piggy bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/11/24/c...
@johncusack.bsky.social
Hi JC, could you give me a wee follow so I can write you an absurdly (music related ) speculative question ?
Promise I'm not a lunatic stalker.
Hi JC, could you give me a wee follow so I can write you an absurdly (music related ) speculative question ?
Promise I'm not a lunatic stalker.
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@johncusack.bsky.social
Hi JC, could you give me a wee follow so I can write you an absurdly (music related ) speculative question ?
Promise I'm not a lunatic stalker.
Hi JC, could you give me a wee follow so I can write you an absurdly (music related ) speculative question ?
Promise I'm not a lunatic stalker.
@danigaravelli.bsky.social enjoyed that Dani
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
@danigaravelli.bsky.social enjoyed that Dani
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
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Today at 1.30pm for anyone interested.
Me and @caitlinsmith.bsky.social have teamed up to make another BBC Radio 4 documentary. If At First You Don't Secede asks if there is any way through the current impasse on independence. It's on this coming Sunday (November 23) at 1.30pm if you fancy a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Currently, If at First You Don’t Secede
If at first you don’t secede, should you really try, try, try again?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Today at 1.30pm for anyone interested.
Brilliant goal from McGregor
a man wearing glasses is holding a piece of duct tape over a crack in a wall .
ALT: a man wearing glasses is holding a piece of duct tape over a crack in a wall .
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Brilliant goal from McGregor
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BBC News lead headline on radio 4 “in the past few minutes Australia have won the first ashes test”
I know it’s kinda cheap to bbc bash, but really ? That is the lead story in the world right now ?
I know it’s kinda cheap to bbc bash, but really ? That is the lead story in the world right now ?
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
BBC News lead headline on radio 4 “in the past few minutes Australia have won the first ashes test”
I know it’s kinda cheap to bbc bash, but really ? That is the lead story in the world right now ?
I know it’s kinda cheap to bbc bash, but really ? That is the lead story in the world right now ?
Telling a reporter ‘quiet, piggy’ was shocking – even for Trump | Margaret Sullivan
Telling a reporter ‘quiet, piggy’ was shocking – even for Trump | Margaret Sullivan
We’re supposed to be used to this by now, but getting used to it is dangerous. Her colleagues should have spoken up
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
give me John McGinn any day.
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
give me John McGinn any day.
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You don't hate Cristiano Ronaldo enough.
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
You don't hate Cristiano Ronaldo enough.