Scott Mackie
@smackie.org
Lapsed Ginger. Scottish. Retired Internet Plumber. Old Macs. Splinter Maker. Photography. SF Giants. Snark. MDANT. Santa Cruz. Kendal.
https://glass.photo/smackie
https://optional-extras.org
https://glass.photo/smackie
https://optional-extras.org
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Beautiful capture of snow cover over the Pennines and Lake District fells from #NASA Terra satellite. Oh to be up in the hills on a day like this!
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Beautiful capture of snow cover over the Pennines and Lake District fells from #NASA Terra satellite. Oh to be up in the hills on a day like this!
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Would you mind if I gave my zines a little push again? Hopefully the first batch(es) have reached owners now. Maybe a good Christmas gift for someone who likes photography 👀.
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Would you mind if I gave my zines a little push again? Hopefully the first batch(es) have reached owners now. Maybe a good Christmas gift for someone who likes photography 👀.
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
Here are four pics of the same house taken over several years. #Zine #Photography
www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
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It would make sense the next clusterfuck ended up in US insurance, tbh. They mostly dodged the post GFC reforms, have a super weird regulatory/supervisory structure, and the risk that was moved out of banking had to go somewhere
US life insurers are increasing their chances of suffering a run by borrowing more from short term markets and risking the kind of panic that would encourage policyholders to demand cash too. Great numbers in this @opinion.bloomberg.com editorial >> www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It would make sense the next clusterfuck ended up in US insurance, tbh. They mostly dodged the post GFC reforms, have a super weird regulatory/supervisory structure, and the risk that was moved out of banking had to go somewhere
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Forton is my best selling design.
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Stopped twice on motorway & had a look from this tower.
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Forton is my best selling design.
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
Theres a lot of love out there for the Pennine Tower.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
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Morning all.
Photographer Eric de Maré. St Edward's, Brotherton, with Ferrybridge B power station behind, 1960s.
Photographer Eric de Maré. St Edward's, Brotherton, with Ferrybridge B power station behind, 1960s.
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Morning all.
Photographer Eric de Maré. St Edward's, Brotherton, with Ferrybridge B power station behind, 1960s.
Photographer Eric de Maré. St Edward's, Brotherton, with Ferrybridge B power station behind, 1960s.
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It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
PicoIDE
An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers
www.crowdsupply.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
Although the Cloudflare outage yesterday was a massive screwup, you have to give props to the Cloudflare team for being open about sharing the post-mortem info.
Lots of companies absolutely refuse to do this (or couch it in vague legalese terms).
Cloudflare do fess up, which is to be applauded.
Lots of companies absolutely refuse to do this (or couch it in vague legalese terms).
Cloudflare do fess up, which is to be applauded.
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.
blog.cloudflare.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Although the Cloudflare outage yesterday was a massive screwup, you have to give props to the Cloudflare team for being open about sharing the post-mortem info.
Lots of companies absolutely refuse to do this (or couch it in vague legalese terms).
Cloudflare do fess up, which is to be applauded.
Lots of companies absolutely refuse to do this (or couch it in vague legalese terms).
Cloudflare do fess up, which is to be applauded.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…
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40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
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Braun FS80 Television (1964)
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Braun FS80 Television (1964)
Extraordinary. Takes dedication to screw up a Guinness this badly…
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Extraordinary. Takes dedication to screw up a Guinness this badly…
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I had a long chat with Justin about - your friend and mine - pop music. It’s what he calls a textcast. You don’t listen to it, like a podcast. You literally sit and read it.
NEW! #FirstLastAnything ep 33: Stand-up and novelist Mark Watson (@watsoncomedian.bsky.social) joins me this week to talk about how music helped to inspire his crafts of writing and performing. Plus his first, last and wildcard purchases! Join us! firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/16/f...
FLA 33: Mark Watson (16/11/2025)
For over twenty years now, the writer-performer Mark Watson has sustained two parallel careers. In one of them, he has pursued stand-up comedy to great acclaim, both in live settings and via broadc…
firstlastanything.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I had a long chat with Justin about - your friend and mine - pop music. It’s what he calls a textcast. You don’t listen to it, like a podcast. You literally sit and read it.
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The reviews are in! What do you think? Have you got a copy yet? linktr.ee/warringtonru...
(Apologies for a ghastly brag of a post, but I've got records to sell.)
(Apologies for a ghastly brag of a post, but I've got records to sell.)
November 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The reviews are in! What do you think? Have you got a copy yet? linktr.ee/warringtonru...
(Apologies for a ghastly brag of a post, but I've got records to sell.)
(Apologies for a ghastly brag of a post, but I've got records to sell.)
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Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
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A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
Website of artist, cartoonist & tweeter Moose Allain
Welcome to the website of artist, cartoonist and prolific tweeter Moose Allain. Please fell free to have a poke about.
www.worldofmoose.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
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Stephen Collins in today's Guardian.
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Stephen Collins in today's Guardian.