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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 4h

Liverpool v Man City getting a bit physical. I suppose it's good prep for City when they're in League 2. 😉

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 5h

He has quality. It's that simple.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 5h

Much better today. More forward passing; more pressing. TBF Motherwell were poor though. Baur is the player CalMac used to be.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 9h

A plant that refined diesel, just the sort of asset you'd need during fuel supply disruption. A story that the media have deemed not to be newsworthy.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 9h

Someone on here posted about the fact Africans (in the Roman Legions) would have been procreating in England long before any Anglo-Saxon arrived and just thought of every tiny racist mind that would blow.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 10h

Camilo should have been a diplomat with that response.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 10h

I laughed at that more than i should have. Yes, making McInnes look like a tactical genius is quite the feat; especially when he's just doing what he's always done.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 10h

Hopefully MON has spent the three weeks reflecting on the fact the way he tried to play against Rangers is totally foreign to our squad. If we don't get back to high-pressing we'll continue to struggle.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 10h

Wouldn't even use it to balance a wobbly table leg.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12h

Company behind Scotland’s biggest data centre proposal is owned by the treasurer of the UK Conservative party via British Virgin Islands. It could receive £23m public subsidy. BVI facilitates opacity and tax avoidance. Successive UK govts have defended the use of tax havens by wealthy elites.

theferret.scot

The Tory treasurer, an offshore company and Scotland’s biggest data centre plan

Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

'Lord Botham' just highlights what an affront the House of Lords is to the little democracy we actually have in the UK. What great expertise and wisdom does he bring to be able to legislate on the political direction of the UK? Even the contestant in chair 4 on The Chase could answer that one.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It would seem our govt doesn't even want 'the brightest and the best' when it comes to immigration. Only the richest. When i was younger i thought most politicians were smarter than me. I don't think that anymore.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

QPR had a great team in 1975/76 and almost won the league. Been to Loftus Rd a few times - tight little old school ground. If i lived in London i'd go to see one of the smaller clubs like themselves or Fulham. If West Ham were still at the Boleyn, them too.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I can't even listen anymore.

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

MI5 have been using Northern Ireland as a testbed for: a unifiying of paramilitary terror + state agent + far-right extremism. This has been used to facilitate the rise of Tommy Robinson.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Austerity destroyed the lives of tens of thousands, sending many to an early grave. It was all based on a miscalculation too.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Not if you've no soul to begin with.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Large parts of the US never left the dark ages. We think they're 'just like us' because we share a common language. That's pretty much all we have in common.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Ironically, McInnes' Rangers team is much more like a MON team than we are. Our high-press was our superpower - choking off the opposition's possession means we restrict their opportunities. Not pressing is the reason we concede so many chances now.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don't think you even need to be that tactically aware to see the issues. We all see the haphazard attempts at pressing; the passing across the back line that just invites trouble and then the hoof up the park. MON was never a tactician, 'old school' doesn't cut it in 2026.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

When you're rooted in a land you protect the environment because it's part of you. Settlers destroy without any emotion because they have no connection to it. It's true everywhere.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Wasn't Cameron's and Osborne's austerity based on a similar error? Nothing adds up with these jokers.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Greens are doing their job whether you win or lose seats - you're pressurising Labour to move left.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

When insurance companies refuse your claim because they've found a get-out buried deep in the thousands of terms & conditions on your policy, they should have to refund all the premiums you've paid.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It is a fig-leaf politicians use to do nothing but it's also the law. The last ICJ ruling was definitive - Israel must leave the occupied territories asap. No negotiation; no discussion. Just leave. Ed Miliband said he'd follow international law. So enforce it.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Stick it on Edmiston Drive.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Military spending has always been the easiest way to transfer public money into private pockets. Capitalists have long given up 'making stuff' now it's just a constantly dreaming up new ways to pick tax-payers pockets.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Celtic are an attractive proposition for any potential buyer - Roger Mitchell confirmed this the other day (as has David Low). The club has massive potential for expansion. DD is clearly content with the status quo - our only hope is that he doesn't want the hassle anymore and sells up.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yeah, i recall plenty of ex-players saying this during the covid season. We may have some better players (highly debatable) but at this point we're definitely not a better team.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The UK spends billions on maintaining bases around the world so it can pretend to still be a world power and to help the US facilitate its' illegal wars. You want more money for defence? There it is.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This talk isn't good for my anger management. 🤫

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

You're ruining a relaxing three weeks where we're unbeaten with this talk. 😢

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The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

❝ From Nazi ‘language rules’ to the American military’s ‘collateral damage’ and Israel’s ‘voluntary migration’ policy for Gaza, euphemisms do more than conceal crimes. They allow ordinary people to live with them ❞ — Prof. Daniel Blatman

thepalestineproject.medium.com

How to conceal war crimes: The language of denial that makes atrocities possible

From Nazi ‘language rules’ to the American military’s ‘collateral damage’ and Israel’s ‘voluntary migration’ policy for Gaza, euphemisms do…

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

To check if he has a pulse? Whether he's anything to offer or not, this type of thing just highlights the gross incompetence.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You must really struggle during the festive season then!

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The elites preach 'individualism' to the masses but have always practiced collective solidarity for themselves.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I went to the Free church in my youth and even there most would be horrified to be called 'orange'. The order was created to sow religious division - marching where they're not wanted is exactly the point.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Tory messaging never really changes, it's always a variation of, 'vote for us and we will make you as wealthy as us'. Of course that's a load of bollocks but it constantly dupes enough people to vote against their own, actual interests.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The headline should be, 'The tories want everyone's children to die'.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Because capitalism is always about doing what's the most profitable; not doing what's required.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've worked in pubs all my life. It's a fact that 99.9% of people can't tell the difference in quality. It's party all in the mind/ partly the pretence of being a connoisseur.

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was always told by people in the industry that anything older than 12 years was just clever marketing. Older doesn't mean better, it's just a way from extracting more money from the same product.

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Dr Craig Dalȝell @thecommongreen.scot · 05/10/2026

See my article here: www.commonweal.scot/articles/mag... I'm not convinced that the state pension can be further reformed without tackling the private pension sector. ScotGov should investigate what it can do there with devolved powers. Possibly a publicly-owned "single-payer" workplace pension?

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Ian Mackay @ianmackay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Reform of the private sector pensions should start with reducing the higher rate of tax relief down to the lower level. It doesn't make sense that the wealthiest should get more tax relief. That alone would save billions.

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