Tony McAlinden
@mackanory.bsky.social
Leith.
Photography.
Screenwriting.
Flibbertigibbet.
Photography.
Screenwriting.
Flibbertigibbet.
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This is your reminder that the climate killing, electricity draining, data centres that are required to support job destroying AI, are this Labour govt's big (and only) idea for saving the UK economy.
HP on Tuesday announced that it will be reducing its corporate head count by between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs due to the adoption of AI initiatives.
HP puts a number on how many jobs it'll cut due to AI
HP on Tuesday announced that it will be reducing its corporate head count by between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs due to the adoption of AI initiatives.
www.businessinsider.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is your reminder that the climate killing, electricity draining, data centres that are required to support job destroying AI, are this Labour govt's big (and only) idea for saving the UK economy.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
The sort of barely literate clown that Starmer’s Labour are running the country for.
You can follow whatever economic policy you like as long as you kick down on someone else.
You can follow whatever economic policy you like as long as you kick down on someone else.
you get tax breaks so you provide a basic service ? why should the state provide those breaks ? Privde the car, great 100% agree but beyond a base version ? then top it up with your own cash with no tax breaks same as you or I
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The sort of barely literate clown that Starmer’s Labour are running the country for.
You can follow whatever economic policy you like as long as you kick down on someone else.
You can follow whatever economic policy you like as long as you kick down on someone else.
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As someone with a Motability car, higher spec cars mean your have to make an advanced payment, because the car will then cost more than the monthly payment to lease. Why shouldn't a wealthy Motability driver have a more expensive car? They are paying for it, not you, DWP or anyone else.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
As someone with a Motability car, higher spec cars mean your have to make an advanced payment, because the car will then cost more than the monthly payment to lease. Why shouldn't a wealthy Motability driver have a more expensive car? They are paying for it, not you, DWP or anyone else.
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Reeves removes certain brands from the Motability scheme for severely disabled people, to signal that even though disabled folk pay for it, they dont deserve nice things.
As she speeds away in her free chauffeur driven luxury car as perks, that she contributes zero in MOT road tax fuel etc for.
As she speeds away in her free chauffeur driven luxury car as perks, that she contributes zero in MOT road tax fuel etc for.
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Reeves removes certain brands from the Motability scheme for severely disabled people, to signal that even though disabled folk pay for it, they dont deserve nice things.
As she speeds away in her free chauffeur driven luxury car as perks, that she contributes zero in MOT road tax fuel etc for.
As she speeds away in her free chauffeur driven luxury car as perks, that she contributes zero in MOT road tax fuel etc for.
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We are moving inexorably to the end point of electoral chaos - five parties all tied on 19% in the polls, election to be decided by blindfolded chimps chucking coloured darts at a constituency map
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We are moving inexorably to the end point of electoral chaos - five parties all tied on 19% in the polls, election to be decided by blindfolded chimps chucking coloured darts at a constituency map
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Don’t want to be too moralistic about this, but it is an active disgrace what people are doing to a profoundly liberational scheme that costs relatively piddling amounts on the basis of a couple of right wing shitposters misrepresenting it on Twitter.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don’t want to be too moralistic about this, but it is an active disgrace what people are doing to a profoundly liberational scheme that costs relatively piddling amounts on the basis of a couple of right wing shitposters misrepresenting it on Twitter.
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Labour party today:
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Labour party today:
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
A pretendy progressive speaks.
Sick and tired of these sheep who’d follow the Overton window to the Nuremberg rally yet still believe themselves to be moral and decent humans.
There is something very damaged in English society.
Sick and tired of these sheep who’d follow the Overton window to the Nuremberg rally yet still believe themselves to be moral and decent humans.
There is something very damaged in English society.
I don't see anything wrong with that policy. Motability should be about keeping elderly and disabled people mobile, not providing them with a top end luxury car.
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A pretendy progressive speaks.
Sick and tired of these sheep who’d follow the Overton window to the Nuremberg rally yet still believe themselves to be moral and decent humans.
There is something very damaged in English society.
Sick and tired of these sheep who’d follow the Overton window to the Nuremberg rally yet still believe themselves to be moral and decent humans.
There is something very damaged in English society.
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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I said this in February and I’ll say it again.
I’ve spent almost my entire life arguing for nuclear disarmament.
But after February that changed. A Europe without nukes independent of US geopolitical wishes makes them almost irrelevant.
The EU needs a French derived delivery solution, pronto…
I’ve spent almost my entire life arguing for nuclear disarmament.
But after February that changed. A Europe without nukes independent of US geopolitical wishes makes them almost irrelevant.
The EU needs a French derived delivery solution, pronto…
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I said this in February and I’ll say it again.
I’ve spent almost my entire life arguing for nuclear disarmament.
But after February that changed. A Europe without nukes independent of US geopolitical wishes makes them almost irrelevant.
The EU needs a French derived delivery solution, pronto…
I’ve spent almost my entire life arguing for nuclear disarmament.
But after February that changed. A Europe without nukes independent of US geopolitical wishes makes them almost irrelevant.
The EU needs a French derived delivery solution, pronto…
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November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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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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✍️: 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
(2/3)
✍️: c.org/tRvvQM7Jrt
(2/3)
Real David and Goliath battle going on here in Leith between the wonderful Argonaut Books and Waterstones. Please sign the petition.
c.org/5GXgkW4Mvh
c.org/5GXgkW4Mvh
Sign the Petition
An Open Letter to Waterstones Regarding a Sixth Edinburgh Branch in Leith
c.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Real David and Goliath battle going on here in Leith between the wonderful Argonaut Books and Waterstones. Please sign the petition.
c.org/5GXgkW4Mvh
c.org/5GXgkW4Mvh
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I know that some blue Labour advisors will be saying — “Great, the remainers are remoaning. The Metrosexual metropolitan elites are squirming. We‘re owning the libs”.
But guys. You ARE the libs. You won’t ever replace Farage. You’ve just sabotaging yourselves by blowing up your base
But guys. You ARE the libs. You won’t ever replace Farage. You’ve just sabotaging yourselves by blowing up your base
What is it about the Home Office which inculcates in Home Secretaries (going back to Blunkett and May) this performative cruelty?
And where is any evidence it works?
Other than amping up xenophobia does borrowing Trump’s ICE rhetoric actually it have any deterrence effect?
And where is any evidence it works?
Other than amping up xenophobia does borrowing Trump’s ICE rhetoric actually it have any deterrence effect?
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I know that some blue Labour advisors will be saying — “Great, the remainers are remoaning. The Metrosexual metropolitan elites are squirming. We‘re owning the libs”.
But guys. You ARE the libs. You won’t ever replace Farage. You’ve just sabotaging yourselves by blowing up your base
But guys. You ARE the libs. You won’t ever replace Farage. You’ve just sabotaging yourselves by blowing up your base
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What’s happened here is that, by sticking to their guns and refusing to be intimidated and shitehoused, the club and police have thankfully prevented Parliament and the press inciting rioting and running battles in the streets of a major city.
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
What’s happened here is that, by sticking to their guns and refusing to be intimidated and shitehoused, the club and police have thankfully prevented Parliament and the press inciting rioting and running battles in the streets of a major city.
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One of the best things about the Vince Gilligan run shows have been their sublime podcasts thanks to Kelley Dixon and latterly Chris McCaleb.
I am glad to report that the official #Pluribus podcast is no exception, truly a film school in your ears.
One of the best things about the Vince Gilligan run shows have been their sublime podcasts thanks to Kelley Dixon and latterly Chris McCaleb.
I am glad to report that the official #Pluribus podcast is no exception, truly a film school in your ears.
We Is Us
Podcast Episode · Pluribus: The Official Podcast · S1 E1 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
One of the best things about the Vince Gilligan run shows have been their sublime podcasts thanks to Kelley Dixon and latterly Chris McCaleb.
I am glad to report that the official #Pluribus podcast is no exception, truly a film school in your ears.
One of the best things about the Vince Gilligan run shows have been their sublime podcasts thanks to Kelley Dixon and latterly Chris McCaleb.
I am glad to report that the official #Pluribus podcast is no exception, truly a film school in your ears.
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... plus Jews everywhere by making football hooliganism sound like a Jewish tradition by calling criticism of it 'antisemitic'.
Keir Starmer owes a profound apology to:
▪️Birmingham Safety Advisory Group
▪️West Midlands Police
▪️Residents of Birmingham
▪️The local MP
▪️The UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU)
▪️Europe-wide intelligence-sharing networks
▪️ Amsterdam police
▪️Birmingham Safety Advisory Group
▪️West Midlands Police
▪️Residents of Birmingham
▪️The local MP
▪️The UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU)
▪️Europe-wide intelligence-sharing networks
▪️ Amsterdam police
I am a Jew supporting the Maccabi ban: There must be no foul play in local democracy
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the Aston Villa game
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
... plus Jews everywhere by making football hooliganism sound like a Jewish tradition by calling criticism of it 'antisemitic'.
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Great lesson here!!
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Great lesson here!!
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Do you mean in money - or do you mean to humanity?
Because I’m interested in the latter.
Because I’m interested in the latter.
Here’s How Much New York Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Is Worth
Here’s How Much New York Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Is Worth
Despite his own privileged path to power, or perhaps because of it, the son of a Columbia University professor and a movie director campaigned as a socialist intent on redistributing New York’s wealth...
www.forbes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Do you mean in money - or do you mean to humanity?
Because I’m interested in the latter.
Because I’m interested in the latter.
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British Labour MPs trying to associate themselves with Mamdani's win all "how do you do, fellow lefties" style, as if they aren't the same sort of right-enabling establishment he was a reaction against, embarrassing, the cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity and the gumption required
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
British Labour MPs trying to associate themselves with Mamdani's win all "how do you do, fellow lefties" style, as if they aren't the same sort of right-enabling establishment he was a reaction against, embarrassing, the cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity and the gumption required
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Many in politics and media are trapped on X/Twitter, a latter-day Plato's cave, mistaking projected shadows for reality.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Many in politics and media are trapped on X/Twitter, a latter-day Plato's cave, mistaking projected shadows for reality.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
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"That thing is going to rot your brain..."
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"That thing is going to rot your brain..."
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."