John MacPherson
@johnmacpherson.bsky.social
Mostly a photographer: https://www.john-macpherson-photography.com
I sometimes write: https://www.duckrabbit.info/blog/author/j-macpherson/
Scottish Highlander, left-coast, interested in all sorts of things. I make stuff, some of it even works.
I sometimes write: https://www.duckrabbit.info/blog/author/j-macpherson/
Scottish Highlander, left-coast, interested in all sorts of things. I make stuff, some of it even works.
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I like stories. I posted this one on The Other Place and many people liked it. So I thought I'd post it here for anyone who missed it. It's about travel, but mainly it's about trust, risk & reward and a reminder that we're all strangers to others at some point. But only temporarily... 1/12
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One thing about these particular agents is that once you pay attention, you realize they’ve been in so many iconic photos from this time. Just one example:
In this photo from Anthony Vazquez in the Sun-Times, that’s Michael Sveum on the right. Edgar Vazquez was out of frame, but nearby.
In this photo from Anthony Vazquez in the Sun-Times, that’s Michael Sveum on the right. Edgar Vazquez was out of frame, but nearby.
February 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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Incredible work here by local Chicago journalists investigating two of the especially violent DHS agents terrorizing people in Chicago & MSP. Using body cam footage, after-action reports, social media videos & much more, @unraveledpress.com tells a jarring and must read story:
February 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Incredible work here by local Chicago journalists investigating two of the especially violent DHS agents terrorizing people in Chicago & MSP. Using body cam footage, after-action reports, social media videos & much more, @unraveledpress.com tells a jarring and must read story:
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This should be front page news. There should be hearings about it.
"For much of the 2010s and likely before and since, it appears the crime rate of CBP agents and offices was higher PER CAPITA than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants in the United States."
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This should be front page news. There should be hearings about it.
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"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
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they've downsized into the washington post-it
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
they've downsized into the washington post-it
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Well beyond time for the British Gov to end all contracts with Palantir.
Capgemini, a prominent French IT firm, on Sunday said it was selling off its American activities after it faced political backlash from the French government that its software was being used by ICE authorities. Civil rights groups, lawmakers & other watchdogs fear the new EU-U.S. data sharing deals
February 4, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Well beyond time for the British Gov to end all contracts with Palantir.
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you can literally travel to Mongolia, take a taxi from Ulaanbaatar to Choirin, find the last house in the outskirt, and ask Munkhbat who's about fifty or eighty, no one knows for sure, he spent his entire life drinking and throwing rocks at passing cars, he would say "Peter Mandelson? He's a c*nt."
February 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM
you can literally travel to Mongolia, take a taxi from Ulaanbaatar to Choirin, find the last house in the outskirt, and ask Munkhbat who's about fifty or eighty, no one knows for sure, he spent his entire life drinking and throwing rocks at passing cars, he would say "Peter Mandelson? He's a c*nt."
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🚨🚨Given current situation and with the sharply deteriorating situation in #trumpland, I think it is unwise, imprudent and just a very bad idea for the EU to go ahead with plans to grant #US border authorities unprecedented access to Europeans’ data. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
EU plan to share data with US border force sparks surveillance fears
Washington is demanding access to sensitive data as ICE heightens fears in Europe.
www.politico.eu
February 4, 2026 at 7:53 AM
🚨🚨Given current situation and with the sharply deteriorating situation in #trumpland, I think it is unwise, imprudent and just a very bad idea for the EU to go ahead with plans to grant #US border authorities unprecedented access to Europeans’ data. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
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This isn’t about awards it’s about the idea that ordinary people, standing together, can push back against fear, defend their neighbors, and demand accountability from those in power. That’s how democratic values stay alive!
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This isn’t about awards it’s about the idea that ordinary people, standing together, can push back against fear, defend their neighbors, and demand accountability from those in power. That’s how democratic values stay alive!
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World's least surprising stat, now with alt text:
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
World's least surprising stat, now with alt text:
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Ever completed a woodland creation application at your kitchen table? Andrew Adamson of Netherurd Home #Farm in West Linton has & he's ready to share his learning in an online webinar
📅 Tue 17 Feb 2026
🕖️ 7:00 pm
Book ➡️ buff.ly/5TI63NG
#treesonfarms #RightTreeRightPlace #Agroforestry
📅 Tue 17 Feb 2026
🕖️ 7:00 pm
Book ➡️ buff.ly/5TI63NG
#treesonfarms #RightTreeRightPlace #Agroforestry
February 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Ever completed a woodland creation application at your kitchen table? Andrew Adamson of Netherurd Home #Farm in West Linton has & he's ready to share his learning in an online webinar
📅 Tue 17 Feb 2026
🕖️ 7:00 pm
Book ➡️ buff.ly/5TI63NG
#treesonfarms #RightTreeRightPlace #Agroforestry
📅 Tue 17 Feb 2026
🕖️ 7:00 pm
Book ➡️ buff.ly/5TI63NG
#treesonfarms #RightTreeRightPlace #Agroforestry
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the kids are alright
also hunting in packs
also hunting in packs
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
the kids are alright
also hunting in packs
also hunting in packs
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"In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home."
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home."
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Presented without comment. I just want everyone here to know.
I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
1/8
I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
1/8
February 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Presented without comment. I just want everyone here to know.
I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
1/8
I want you to know what you're looking at the next time you see this guy being interviewed or RTed by an Abundance bro.
1/8
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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And at some places, we can feel closer to the rhythms of the world...
Cairn Holy 1 chambered cairn is a remarkable monument which has been visibly revisted and reused for nearly six thousand years.
#prehistory #TombTuesday @archscot.bsky.social @the.stone.club @megalithic.bsky.social
Cairn Holy 1 chambered cairn is a remarkable monument which has been visibly revisted and reused for nearly six thousand years.
#prehistory #TombTuesday @archscot.bsky.social @the.stone.club @megalithic.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 8:46 AM
And at some places, we can feel closer to the rhythms of the world...
Cairn Holy 1 chambered cairn is a remarkable monument which has been visibly revisted and reused for nearly six thousand years.
#prehistory #TombTuesday @archscot.bsky.social @the.stone.club @megalithic.bsky.social
Cairn Holy 1 chambered cairn is a remarkable monument which has been visibly revisted and reused for nearly six thousand years.
#prehistory #TombTuesday @archscot.bsky.social @the.stone.club @megalithic.bsky.social
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A troupe member of Bill Cody's 'Buffalo Bill' Wild West Show: collection of Roland Bonaparte, photographed during the Paris World Exposition of 1889, during the show's European tour.
© Musée Du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac collections
© Musée Du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac collections
February 1, 2026 at 6:57 PM
A troupe member of Bill Cody's 'Buffalo Bill' Wild West Show: collection of Roland Bonaparte, photographed during the Paris World Exposition of 1889, during the show's European tour.
© Musée Du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac collections
© Musée Du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac collections
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Illustrations from the Logbooks of Nantucket Whaleships, from @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Illustrations from the Logbooks of Nantucket Whaleships, from @publicdomainrev.bsky.social
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Uber has been an unethical, dishonest bully of a company from the day it launched in 2010.
The vindictiveness and selfishness of its founder and first CEO are deeply baked into Uber’s corporate DNA.
The vindictiveness and selfishness of its founder and first CEO are deeply baked into Uber’s corporate DNA.
Kudos to Mayor Mamdani.
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
This is what economic justice looks like.
And it's a reminder of how we can fight corporate greed at the state and local level. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mamdani-ice-delivery-workers-settlement-backpay-uber-gig-workers-million/
February 3, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Uber has been an unethical, dishonest bully of a company from the day it launched in 2010.
The vindictiveness and selfishness of its founder and first CEO are deeply baked into Uber’s corporate DNA.
The vindictiveness and selfishness of its founder and first CEO are deeply baked into Uber’s corporate DNA.
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$3,000 billion dollars. the whole earth is being turned into paperclips right now for this trash people don't even want being shoved into every product that's consistently failing businesses that are trying to use it, deeply screws up and even undoes learning in ways that seem borderline irreparable
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
$3,000 billion dollars. the whole earth is being turned into paperclips right now for this trash people don't even want being shoved into every product that's consistently failing businesses that are trying to use it, deeply screws up and even undoes learning in ways that seem borderline irreparable
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This is a Bigfoot migration interactive I made a while back by scraping amateur sightings. I am highly amused to inform you that I was updating data today, and folks, people keep reporting Bigfoot sightings.
It’s comforting to have some old-school conspiracists left. Bigfoot as MAGA prevention.
It’s comforting to have some old-school conspiracists left. Bigfoot as MAGA prevention.
Big Feet
3,797 bigfoot sightings connected by paths
dr.eamer.dev
February 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
This is a Bigfoot migration interactive I made a while back by scraping amateur sightings. I am highly amused to inform you that I was updating data today, and folks, people keep reporting Bigfoot sightings.
It’s comforting to have some old-school conspiracists left. Bigfoot as MAGA prevention.
It’s comforting to have some old-school conspiracists left. Bigfoot as MAGA prevention.
