Scott Mackie
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Lapsed Ginger. Scottish. Retired Internet Plumber. Old Macs. Splinter Maker. Photography. SF Giants. Snark. MDANT. Santa Cruz. Kendal.
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#TheTraitors Soundtrack Recording Session #1. #TheTraitorsUK
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
#TheTraitors Soundtrack Recording Session #1. #TheTraitorsUK
This is an excellent piece about the addictive political hit of quick fix solutions…
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Fast answers, overconfidence and the superficial appearance of rigour. Airport bookstores are the perfect place for those who chase fresh ideas without doing the legwork.
Unfortunately, much of our policy is shaped by the same impulse.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo...
Fast answers, overconfidence and the superficial appearance of rigour. Airport bookstores are the perfect place for those who chase fresh ideas without doing the legwork.
Unfortunately, much of our policy is shaped by the same impulse.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo...
Airport Book Brain
How faddish ideas keep seducing.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 10:30 AM
This is an excellent piece about the addictive political hit of quick fix solutions…
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Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
January 23, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today
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A story in three parts
January 22, 2026 at 6:09 PM
A story in three parts
The new Bond movie is really not convincing me with the revised SPECTRE lineup…
Trump's "Board of Peace": Albania, Armenia, Bahrain, Belarus, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Morocco, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
January 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The new Bond movie is really not convincing me with the revised SPECTRE lineup…
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Thank you Mr President, that clears things up.
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Thank you Mr President, that clears things up.
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A breathtaking look at a dying star. This new image of the Helix Nebula is just in from JWST.
We've never seen this level of detail, as the star's remains stream back out to interstellar space. Our Sun will look something like this 7 billion years from now. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
We've never seen this level of detail, as the star's remains stream back out to interstellar space. Our Sun will look something like this 7 billion years from now. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
January 21, 2026 at 7:51 PM
A breathtaking look at a dying star. This new image of the Helix Nebula is just in from JWST.
We've never seen this level of detail, as the star's remains stream back out to interstellar space. Our Sun will look something like this 7 billion years from now. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
We've never seen this level of detail, as the star's remains stream back out to interstellar space. Our Sun will look something like this 7 billion years from now. 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
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Let's not blow this out of proportion. It was just an admin error. Two admin errors. A few admin errors. Seventeen admin errors worth £380,000.
… including payments for promoting gold, presenting on GB News and from his friend George Cottrell, within 28 days.
Reform UK leader apologised for what he described as administrative errors by his team.
Reform UK leader apologised for what he described as administrative errors by his team.
January 21, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Let's not blow this out of proportion. It was just an admin error. Two admin errors. A few admin errors. Seventeen admin errors worth £380,000.
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This Wondermark comic is years old and still precisely captures my feelings.
January 21, 2026 at 8:53 AM
This Wondermark comic is years old and still precisely captures my feelings.
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I know they share an airport, but Leeds and Bradford are still technically two different places.
January 20, 2026 at 9:07 AM
I know they share an airport, but Leeds and Bradford are still technically two different places.
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Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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Apart from my usual wedding speech services I’m also offering a ChatGPT Speech Fix for people who’ve gone to AI and are disappointed with the outcome. All the details are available on my recently updated website www.mathew-owen.co.uk/ai-speech-fix - thank you for reading, and please do share 👍
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Don't worry, I can fix it.
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January 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Apart from my usual wedding speech services I’m also offering a ChatGPT Speech Fix for people who’ve gone to AI and are disappointed with the outcome. All the details are available on my recently updated website www.mathew-owen.co.uk/ai-speech-fix - thank you for reading, and please do share 👍
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John Boorman is 93.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
January 18, 2026 at 12:14 PM
John Boorman is 93.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
This anecdote about him & Lee Marvin has quite the punchline.
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"It is the most shattering experience of a US President‘s life when one morning he awakes and quite reasonably says to himself 'I will never defeat the Dane.'
“When that moment comes, one's ambition ceases."
“When that moment comes, one's ambition ceases."
January 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
"It is the most shattering experience of a US President‘s life when one morning he awakes and quite reasonably says to himself 'I will never defeat the Dane.'
“When that moment comes, one's ambition ceases."
“When that moment comes, one's ambition ceases."
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Just had the “try our updated app” email from Trainline. If it wasn’t so depressing it’d be hilarious.
What’s the ONE thing you want with travel information…?
What’s the ONE thing you want with travel information…?
January 17, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Just had the “try our updated app” email from Trainline. If it wasn’t so depressing it’d be hilarious.
What’s the ONE thing you want with travel information…?
What’s the ONE thing you want with travel information…?
Excellent thread of why the status quo of international order generally holds.
See also the reasons why nation states usually avoid directly capturing or assassinating other nation state’s leaders in peacetime.
See also the reasons why nation states usually avoid directly capturing or assassinating other nation state’s leaders in peacetime.
1/ Something which I don't think gets articulated clearly often enough is that a system where countries generally respect international sovereignty and territorial integrity is not pure charity or morality by the United States, but in its direct interests.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
Despite it being the strongest bear.
January 17, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Excellent thread of why the status quo of international order generally holds.
See also the reasons why nation states usually avoid directly capturing or assassinating other nation state’s leaders in peacetime.
See also the reasons why nation states usually avoid directly capturing or assassinating other nation state’s leaders in peacetime.
I do wish someone would ask Wes Streeting or, actually, *any* government minister why the UK government is allowing Palantir to bid for work…
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‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I do wish someone would ask Wes Streeting or, actually, *any* government minister why the UK government is allowing Palantir to bid for work…
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CAR-T therapy Zorpo-cel shows promising safety and efficacy in refractory autoimmune diseases, achieving significant remission rates across diverse conditions.
by Müller F, Hagen M (...) Schett G et 31 al. in Nat Med #MedSky
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by Müller F, Hagen M (...) Schett G et 31 al. in Nat Med #MedSky
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CD19 CAR-T cells for treatment-refractory autoimmune diseases: the phase 1/2 CASTLE basket trial - Nature Medicine
In the phase 1/2 CASTLE basket trial, autologous CD19 CAR-T cell therapy in patients with treatment-refractory systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis or idiopathic inflammatory myopathy was safe, with improved disease activity and patient-reported global health in most patients.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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January 14, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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If the Dems vote to increase ICE funding for "better training" (overseen by whom? accountable to what?) I will never give a single Dem a single penny ever again
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 PM
If the Dems vote to increase ICE funding for "better training" (overseen by whom? accountable to what?) I will never give a single Dem a single penny ever again