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Archie MacKay

@paperbhoy.bsky.social
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community journalist, celtic fan, lifelong learner, gaidhlig speaker owner of heb.holiday (contact direct if you fancy a wee break)

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 7h
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Anndra @anndra.bsky.social · 4h
the UK government's 'AI minister' is asking LLMs what to think about LLMs and thinks this is a 'focus group'
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 5h
This is why I'll never set foot inside St James's Park, or watch a Newcastle Utd match while they're owned by the regime that murdered Jamal Kahashoggi. How anyone who calls themselves a journalist can set foot inside that place is beyond me.
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 6h
Need a second or we're going to end up Scotlanding this game.
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 6h
Robertson obsessed with scoring tonight, to the detriment of the team.
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 6h
In danger of taking this game for granted. Or is it just that we're as hopeless as they are at scoring?
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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 9h
I have not been able to post because there are so many people on the Garvaghy Road that phone signal is jammed. But I have two takeaways before we drive back to Belfast: • this isn’t a Protestant v Catholic conflict. Members of the Protestant and unionist communities signed an open letter -
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 9h
“And then a queer thought came to her there in the drookèd fields, that nothing endured at all, nothing but the land she passed across, tossed & turned & perpetually changed below the hands of the crofter folk…” Lewis Grassic Gibbon, SUNSET SONG (1932) #BookWormSat www.penguin.co.uk/books/57513/...
[…] Nothing endures. And then a queer thought came to her there in the drookèd fields, that nothing endured at all, nothing but the land she passed across, tossed and turned and perpetually changed below the hands of the crofter folk since the oldest of them had set the Standing Stones by the loch of Blawearie and climbed there on their holy days and saw their terraced crops ride brave in the wind and sun. Sea and sky and the folk who wrote and fought and were learnéd, teaching and saying and praying, they lasted but as a breath, a mist of fog in the hills, but the land was forever, it moved and changed below you, but was forever, you were close to it and it to you, not at a bleak remove it held you and hurted you. And she had thought to leave it all!
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sir Ian McKellen orates 'The Stranger's Case' from 'Sir Thomas More' by Shakespeare about the Evil May Day xenophobic riot of 1517 in London. This passage was written 400 years ago, but times never change. Humanity refuses to change its unwarranted bias against 'others'.
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Lyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social · 17h
I would like women to have whatever colour hair they'd like. I would also like accurate data on: 50+ female unemployment rates; number of 65+ single women on/below poverty line; percentage of 50+ women unpaid carers; impact of austerity on all the above. And for that data to be headline news.
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Schrodinger’s Etihad.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A glorious bit of How It Works here, being said openly in public
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Exclusive with @AlexDooler @DNair5
UAE officials have warned the UK government that the severity of Man City's punishment could undermine their appetite for future grand-scale commitments in Britain, according to people familiar with the matter
They consider the Premier League's actions to have an influence on the bilateral state relationship, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing undisclosed information
The extraordinary pressure comes after Andy Burnham faced criticism, including from within government, for saying Man City's Abu Dhabi owners should not be disqualified specifically because of the investment they bring to Britain
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football.
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In case you ever wondered whose interests the UK mainstream media serve...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 02/10/2026
Five years of brutal oppression in Saudi Arabia A look at the human rights violations committed by Saudi in the time after the Newcastle United takeover northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/reme...
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Five years of brutal oppression in Saudi Arabia
A look at the human rights violations committed by Saudi in the time after the Newcastle United takeover
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hoople 2 Oct 2026: 2/6 ❌🏆❌⚽ 🏆🏆🏆🏆 www.celticnewsnow.com/hoople/ #hoople #celtic #celticfc @celticnewsnow.com
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Hoople - a word game for Celtic fans
Guess the Hoople in six tries. Play a new puzzle every day to build up your streak and reach the top of the Hoople leaderboard.
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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Britain’s “double lock” on arms exports to Israel has resulted in no additional export licences being suspended or revoked, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has said. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261001-uks...
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Westminster simply can’t be trusted to deliver for Scotland. Scotland needs independence.
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ah well, that was a great ten minutes of football. Either waste my time for the next 80 mins or watch the Bake Off. 🙄
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power. The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever. But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Most of Burnham's promises were for policies to be introduced after the next GE, the national care service, reform of the voting system, closer ties with the EU, all put off until after the next GE - political code for ‘never’. It was a very traditional Labour speech, the jam is always tomorrow.
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That thing where you can't revisit a referendum because 12 years is too soon, but you can revisit a referendum because 10 years is long enough. #IndyRef
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Eric @ericgrote.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What’s with this guy? Seems like he cares about literally all types of people. I didn’t know politicians could do that
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is how a football league should report on systematic breaking of league rules. It's now up to the FA to act in the interests of the league. Compare and contrast to the SFA's sham treatment of Sevco. Man City guilty of 'sham' contracts and misleading accounts - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Manchester City charges: Premier League confirms club guilty of all charges related to financial rule breaches
The Premier League confirms that Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges related to breaches of Premier League financial rules between 2009-10 and 2017-18.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shame on the UK government
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tomorrow's front page 📰 New satellite pictures lay bare Israel's destruction of Gaza
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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Israel is NOT a European nation-state. Simple geography, history and facts. It should not be in #UEFA full stop and it should be suspended from UEFA & FIFA for its genocidal actions.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 27/09/2026
Teesside Reuse Shop celebrates first year with more than 27,000 items given a second life “The Reuse Shop was always a brilliant idea, but to see more than 27,000 items find new homes really has surpassed all expectations" northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
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Teesside Reuse Shop celebrates first year with more than 27,000 items given a second life
“The Reuse Shop was always a brilliant idea, but to see more than 27,000 items find new homes really has surpassed all expectations"
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The casual, dissmissive tone while speaking of an ongoing genocide. Not even a qualification to say she accepts what is happening there is a tragedy. Just 'who cares'. Well, we do. Eternal shame on the complicit BBC.
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Beating Spain in competitive football isn't for everyone. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 😉
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Surgical footbal from Spain. Beautiful.
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Justice after a blatant dive.
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Gary Gannon TD @garygannontd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The FAI repeatedly told us players would be protected. Yet when a 24 year old acted on his conscience, they left him to stand alone & used a vote among his teammates to validate their own cowardice. This isn’t protecting a young player, it’s protecting themselves at his expense. #StopTheGame
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Even the Telegraph describes "Tommo" as a "far-right activist." Not so the BBC - which has a track record of sending its own reporters to harass people trying to cross the channel.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Note how there is no (0) person, whether politician or activist, quoted in this piece who‘s in favour of more liberal asylum policies, and as for quoting any actual refugees, their function is to be the silent object of other people’s violent imaginings, not to have a voice or personhood
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Most migrant small boat arrivals in single day of 2026
A total of 781 migrants arrive on Wednesday, but the yearly total is below the same point in 2025.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The BBC has long given up even pretending to be interested in who these people are, why they are coming or how they might feel, in favour of acting as a kind of shop window for the parties to display their wares of violence and cruelty
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Most migrant small boat arrivals in single day of 2026
A total of 781 migrants arrive on Wednesday, but the yearly total is below the same point in 2025.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Macklemore has announced a Free Palestine tour with all proceeds going to charities and organisations that support Palestinians after he was kicked off Ed Sheeran’s tour for opposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're literally where we are today because he shat out of calling an early election when he took over as PM, then sold out the country of his birth during its independence referendum.
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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🕎🍉 #WATCH | Jewish activists gathered in Brooklyn, New York, coinciding with Yom Kippur, to protest the visit of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. The rally voiced strong opposition to the ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, emphasizing that these actions are not done in their name.
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"We will address and learn from the challenges faced and mistakes made." Um, no you fucking will not, because you haven't for the past twenty years. Time's up. #SackTheBoard
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Millions of Chopped Landlord Pieces @thirteentwelve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Charlotte Church roasting Ed Sheeran over a Dead Kennedy's cover
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Algarve Celtic @algarveceltic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If you’ve time this is a great paper from @celticsupporters.bsky.social celticsupporters.net/celtic-paradox
celticsupporters.net
The Celtic Paradox | Celtic Supporters Limited
A strategic review of Celtic PLC by Celtic Supporters Limited, built on Celtic plc's own audited accounts and public regulatory records.
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Desmond and his omnishambles must go. He's had 20 years to learn from his mistakes, instead he's exacerbated them. Fears of something worse shouldn't lead to a 'better the devil you know' mindset. Celtic is regressing under this board. We should push to adopt the Bundesliga 50+1 model. #SackTheBoard
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Dr Han-kenstein 🖤🩶🤍💜🇵🇸 @tooriekep.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This thread is mental.
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Since Strachan left in 2009 we've had 11 changes of manager in 16 years, three having more than one spell at the club. A damning indictment of this useless, clueless, hapless, reckless board of shysters. Until they go, we remain a club with a history but no future. #SackTheBoard
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
While the management needs refreshed, it will make no difference while we have a bunch of inept dinosaurs ruining the club. Regime change is the number one priority by an infinite margin. #SackTheBoard
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coupe des clubs champions europeens ⭐67🍀 @henkesdreadlocks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Archie MacKay @paperbhoy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Imagine being sacked by this board. Got to be the ultimate humiliation in world football.
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