David Macpherson
@macpherzone.bsky.social
Writer, poet, LTL, Discworlder, puppy lover & tripawd owner. Creator of ‘The Rig’ on Prime, plus other things hopefully, eventually, maybe…
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Big time "Your dad commenting on the route your brother took home for Christmas" energy
Good Lord! is this the road that Jonah went?
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Big time "Your dad commenting on the route your brother took home for Christmas" energy
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Not saying I would be caught by sirensong but I would definitely crash my ship straight into a rock if I heard this
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Not saying I would be caught by sirensong but I would definitely crash my ship straight into a rock if I heard this
Tired: Lessons must be learned.
Wired: C*nts must be prosecuted.
Wired: C*nts must be prosecuted.
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Tired: Lessons must be learned.
Wired: C*nts must be prosecuted.
Wired: C*nts must be prosecuted.
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This is wild af
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This is wild af
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Time to look into your settings, folks.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Time to look into your settings, folks.
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Oh, look. That thing that was always going to be a total disaster turns out to have been a total disaster.
I will never not be angry about this.
I will never not be angry about this.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Oh, look. That thing that was always going to be a total disaster turns out to have been a total disaster.
I will never not be angry about this.
I will never not be angry about this.
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We have raised concerns about how Waterstones have chosen to open a sixth Edinburgh branch rather than a location in one of the many underserved communities across the country.
✍️: c.org/tRvvQM7Jrt
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November 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We have raised concerns about how Waterstones have chosen to open a sixth Edinburgh branch rather than a location in one of the many underserved communities across the country.
✍️: c.org/tRvvQM7Jrt
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✍️: c.org/tRvvQM7Jrt
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“But the most absurd & preposterous of all… was one started by an unknown adventurer, entitled ‘A company for carrying on an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is’”
—Charles Mackay (1814–1889) on the South Sea Bubble, in Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds
—Charles Mackay (1814–1889) on the South Sea Bubble, in Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“But the most absurd & preposterous of all… was one started by an unknown adventurer, entitled ‘A company for carrying on an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is’”
—Charles Mackay (1814–1889) on the South Sea Bubble, in Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds
—Charles Mackay (1814–1889) on the South Sea Bubble, in Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds
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3/ Since 1950, the world has created 6.3 trillion kgs of plastic waste —91% has never been recycled even once, according to a landmark 2017 study in the journal Science Advances
Read @vbivar.bsky.social on Fossil Fuel industry decades of lies about Recycling www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Read @vbivar.bsky.social on Fossil Fuel industry decades of lies about Recycling www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
November 16, 2025 at 3:09 AM
3/ Since 1950, the world has created 6.3 trillion kgs of plastic waste —91% has never been recycled even once, according to a landmark 2017 study in the journal Science Advances
Read @vbivar.bsky.social on Fossil Fuel industry decades of lies about Recycling www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Read @vbivar.bsky.social on Fossil Fuel industry decades of lies about Recycling www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
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NEW @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @polycrisis
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
NEW @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @polycrisis
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Its a Plastic Planet.
You are poisoned by plastic, the world is plastic.
@katemac.bsky.social & I asked @vbivar.bsky.social to analyse the fossil fuel industry's latest trick. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
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For #InternationalMensDay - a thread of amazing Allies. First, Sir Walter Scott who supported several female writers including Susan Ferrier who found the 'burden of authorship' heavy. Scott called her his 'sister shadow' & said she was a better writer than him. (she was!)/1
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
For #InternationalMensDay - a thread of amazing Allies. First, Sir Walter Scott who supported several female writers including Susan Ferrier who found the 'burden of authorship' heavy. Scott called her his 'sister shadow' & said she was a better writer than him. (she was!)/1
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This is happening like clockwork and exactly as the activists predicted.
Does this answer a few of those niggling questions that have been cropping up in your head too …?
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
theconversation.com/how-the-rich...
@wanderinggaia.bsky.social
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How the rich world is fortifying itself against climate migration
Climate change is already linked to mass deportation – and the worst is still to come.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This is happening like clockwork and exactly as the activists predicted.
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"Utterly focused" on the Cost of Living.
Water Bills - Authorised record increases.
Energy Bills - Still going up, still the most expensive in the world.
Rent - Refused rent control.
Council Tax - Going up at maximum or above.
I would hate to see him doing nothing.
Water Bills - Authorised record increases.
Energy Bills - Still going up, still the most expensive in the world.
Rent - Refused rent control.
Council Tax - Going up at maximum or above.
I would hate to see him doing nothing.
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Utterly focused" on the Cost of Living.
Water Bills - Authorised record increases.
Energy Bills - Still going up, still the most expensive in the world.
Rent - Refused rent control.
Council Tax - Going up at maximum or above.
I would hate to see him doing nothing.
Water Bills - Authorised record increases.
Energy Bills - Still going up, still the most expensive in the world.
Rent - Refused rent control.
Council Tax - Going up at maximum or above.
I would hate to see him doing nothing.
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For #RobertLouisStevensonDay (I'm running late I grant you) I give you D E Stevenson, 2nd cousin of RLS whose father disapproved of her writing so she did so in the attic of their Edinburgh house. She sold 7 million copies of her 40 novels. Yes, more than RLS. Gaun Dorothy. Where are the Women tho?
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
For #RobertLouisStevensonDay (I'm running late I grant you) I give you D E Stevenson, 2nd cousin of RLS whose father disapproved of her writing so she did so in the attic of their Edinburgh house. She sold 7 million copies of her 40 novels. Yes, more than RLS. Gaun Dorothy. Where are the Women tho?
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Argonaut is my local, and is the best bookshop I've ever been near. They're lovely people who care about what they do, know the tastes of their regulars, and have been nothing but supportive of me and my work. Waterstones can fuck right off.
Waterstones to open about 100m from Argonaut, a particularly nice indie bookshop. Quote from Waterstones management makes it sound like they got Argonaut mixed up with the gaming café next door.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Argonaut is my local, and is the best bookshop I've ever been near. They're lovely people who care about what they do, know the tastes of their regulars, and have been nothing but supportive of me and my work. Waterstones can fuck right off.
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This has become the normal ‘local news website’ reading experience.
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This has become the normal ‘local news website’ reading experience.
Being a sheep gets a bad rap - hang out with my pals, eat and sleep all day and do it all in our snazzy, warm jumpers we grow ourselves. What's not to like.
sorry but this is such a funny post from someone self identifying as a hobbit in her username
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Being a sheep gets a bad rap - hang out with my pals, eat and sleep all day and do it all in our snazzy, warm jumpers we grow ourselves. What's not to like.
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Delighted to see On Falling directed by @lauracarreira.bsky.social smashing it at Bafta Scotland awards - I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura earlier this year, here she is again for the still curious...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
‘You’re always on edge – it has consequences’: the extraordinary drama about working in an Amazon-style warehouse
In On Falling, first time director Laura Carreira exposes the hardships and humiliations of a woman struggling to earn a living in a ‘fulfilment centre’ in Glasgow
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Delighted to see On Falling directed by @lauracarreira.bsky.social smashing it at Bafta Scotland awards - I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura earlier this year, here she is again for the still curious...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
Seriously - who sells a bookshelf with shelves that are too short for a standard paperback. Wayfair - that's who - grrrr
November 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Seriously - who sells a bookshelf with shelves that are too short for a standard paperback. Wayfair - that's who - grrrr
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A lovely story of an archivist reaching out for religious community support to fully understand a holy book in the collection, and that community getting a wonderful experience in return.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sikhs flock to see rare outing of ancient holy book in Edinburgh
The Guru Granth Sahib is so fragile it was taken to Edinburgh Gurdwara in a special convoy by curators for just a few hours.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A lovely story of an archivist reaching out for religious community support to fully understand a holy book in the collection, and that community getting a wonderful experience in return.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...