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Rob Mac

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"He was kind of raggedy and wild. And she was very beautiful, you know..."

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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 12h
Books of Scotland: Lanark – Alasdair Gray. A modern vision of hell, set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow. First published in 1981.
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 13h
london underground station sign saying badicaul......erbusaig......drumbuidhe......diurinish.
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Bicycles Recycle @bicyclesrecycle.bsky.social · 17h
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On NTS this morning Jack Rollo played two hours of music by Popol Vuh, German new age band that made soundtracks for Werner Herzog, among other things. It's very dreamy.
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The Early Bird Show w/ Jack Rollo - Popol Vuh Special 2nd October 2026
Playing Krautrock, Prog Rock, Ambient. First thing on Fridays - Jack Rollo's here to take care of things.
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
a young woman looking sad with the subtitles 'i feel too little and know too much'. still from exposed, 1971.
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wee ride to Broadford the other day. 🚲
my bike on broadford pier.some birds sitting on the pier, chewing the fat. sea and village and hillside behind.
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
the two wee boys from the 'gies a swatch a yer fanny' sketch on chewing the fat.
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Clara @claracloud.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Eccoci...
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Mike Curry Photography ©️ 📷 @mikecurryphotography.com · 16/09/2026
Just daydreaming. A reflection of a building in water. No Photoshop, no AI
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I realise I'm somewhat proving his point here but I cycle on the pavement when I cross the Skye Bridge. I go slow and apologise to people walking. I do it because every time I've ridden on the road DRIVERS ALMOST KILL ME.
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I think yesterday's Vuelta stage is the most entertaining stage race day that I've ever watched. It had everything; big groups up the road, attacks from start to finish, a winner we were all rooting for, tears, intrigue until the end. Even had echelons. Best GT of recent years, viva la vuelta.
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Adrian Chills @adrianchills.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#80: Miserable
A screenshot of a headline to Guardian column by Adrian Chiles. It reads 'I've spent my whole life looking miserable. It's time for a change'.

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In retrospect, my choice of career - given the obvious disadvantages conferred on me by my countenance - may have been a mistake. Possessing a face that, through no fault of my own (and none owed to my parents either - a relatively cheerful pair - unless you count through the combining of their genetics) perpetually bears an expression memorably described to me by a colleague as ‘like a dropped meat pie’, I have long been used to people seeing me as a harbinger of gloom, a kind of avatar of bad news. A misery.
But medicine was always my dream, and I convinced myself that I could rise above the accident of my features and become a success. And so I did. After completing my initial training - during which I learned that approaching a patient with test results, no matter how positive in outlook, was never going to be my forte - I moved toward my specialism, surgery. Masked from the nose down, with only my hangdog eyes visible, I could at least feel somewhat like a normal person. Of course, consultations were always a little difficult - I would often require to have a colleague on hand to ensure my patient that the prognosis was actually positive - but generally I muddled through.
But as the years wore on, I longed for change, to be the kind of man who brought light into a room, rather than looming black clouds of rain. I had a solution in mind. But how to enact it?
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Then I met Gary. New to the neighbourhood, he soon became a fixture at all social gatherings, due to his bright, natural smile, an outcrop of his inherent joie de vivre. He was everything I longed to be. Even when his cat, Eduardo, went missing, nothing could faze Gary. Though the eyes were sad, the smile was ever-present. He’ll turn up, it seemed to say, It’ll all be okay. (Meanwhile, Eduardo, who I had kidnapped precisely to stage this test, was befouling my basement with the most rancid excreta, not helping to soften my own sullen expression.)
What I had sought for so long was a donor. And so Gary was selected. 
It was then just the matter of putting together the team that would carry out the transplant to my precise instructions, and securing a surgical slot at a nearby private hospital. To a man of my standing, child’s play.
All I needed then was to devise some way of persuading Gary to go under the knife. Which was when luck finally found me.
At a recent cocktail party, Gary asked my advice about a (clearly benign) mole on his upper lip. I told him to visit me this evening for a consultation.
I don’t believe I will have any trouble in convincing him that the news, I’m afraid, is quite bad.
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I have to go to the big city today.
four wholesome young lads standing in an alley in inverness, just round the back of the eastgate.
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
photo of my cat through a window. i'm reflected in it, in my cycling gear, about to go for a ride.
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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Something lovely for your Sunday morning - "Transylvanian Lullaby" from "Young Frankenstein", performed by Leviosa Quartet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh0t...
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Transylvanian Lullaby from "Young Frankenstein"
YouTube video by Leviosa Quartet
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Another view of the road up the Coire na Ba.
Mountain road.
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bopterror @bopterror.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I went for a ride to Kylerhea. 🚴‍♂️
looking down over the moor towards broadford and the red cuillin.my bike leaning against a rock at the top of the climb looking down towards kylerhea and glenelg. 5 sisters in the distance.the glenelg ferry crossing the straits of kylerhea. fuck richard oliphant, the smelly aristo cunt.a faded red phonebox.
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This is nice. Doesn't sound like it was recorded in an empty multi story car park like the original did.
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Bonner Kramer | Thurston Moore - "Insight" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Silver Current Records
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I loved this. A loose story rather than a plot. Dreamy, surreal, funny, lovely images. Great dog.
film poster for the love that remains, 2025, hlynur pálmason.
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Decided to make the most of my fuck-it-why-not day off and go for a ride. Went to Elgol. 🚴‍♂️
open road.my bike leaning against a very orange digger, next to a concrete jetty. the black cuillin in the distance.
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I should go to work today, but I don't have to. I can think of no good reason not to work today, apart from I don't really feel like it. I'm not going to work today.
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Denver is too damn high 🚲 @yodelinghippie.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
There's an entire subreddit called r/blurrypicturesofcats
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
(New) wee ride to (not) the top of the road. 🚴‍♂️
my bike leaning against a rusty post, moorland behind, a nice cloudy sky. the cuillin in the distance.
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Bob McIntosh @scotfot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Birch shieldbugs
A tightly clustered group of fourteen birch shieldbugs on a pendant leaf
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Went for a ride on my bike today. 🚴‍♂️
my bike leaning against a picnic table, loch and hills behind, cloudy sky.
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Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.com · 08/08/2026
Dunno. I mean, I've told it to people, but I'm not sure I've told it in a public forum. It's a good one. Makes me cackle. I heard it from one of the people Lynch leaned on the hardest on that film, the guy who tracked down the warehouse space in Northridge that Lynch rented as a "soundstage." (1/10)
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Skye Trail warning as 20 walkers rescued in one day
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Skye Trail warning as 20 walkers rescued in one day
Skye Mountain Rescue Team described the period from 07:00 to 20:00 on Friday as "one of the busiest days the team can remember".
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Meanwhile NW Scotland's had a very wet summer, even for us. Seems like we're getting all the moisture from the Atlantic while England gets none. It's not good for any of us.
rain radar map of uk. we're getting pished on, again, while rest of the uk's dry as a bone.
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Giant Cats of Dunbar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @giantcatsdunbar.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
>New: >spotted by stake_knife; >56.001603,-2.527166; >2059hrs 24/7/26
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Me: I'll just go out for a little one hour post work ride, go slow, take it easy, I'm a bit tired. Me, after killing myself sprinting up all the hills:...
mathieu van der poel lying on the ground exhausted after winning stage 21 tdf in paris.
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Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
1969, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. Six-year-old Elizabeth Davidson Fraser with two of her five elder siblings
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NotQuiteLight @notquitelight.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Manchester & Salford, August 3rd 2026 First Light: 03.45 Sunrise: 05.27 Sunset: 21.01 Nightfall: 22.42
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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Vali Myers - BOTD
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Quote with a ridiculous movie you think people should watch.
poster for spanish film, el milagro de p. tinto, 1998.
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👻BOOryan BlessDeAd🎃 @bryb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Trumpet-botherer, Louis Armstrong is doing Mack the Knife on telly so I'll tell you a tenuously linked story. I was -many moons ago- dragged to a karaoke night at an extremely rough bar in Glasgow by a mate whose girlfriend's gangster dad had taken him there a few weeks before "with no bother".
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Grant McGaheran @grantmcgaheran.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
August then. Looking good, feeling great.
Rusty and dilapidated tin building with new buildings either side, a survivor of the mass demolitions ongoing in Koiwa, Tokyo.
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"Rock pools rock pools rock pools rock pools rock pools rock pools rock pools rock pools rock pools rock pools."
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Saint Saviour - Rock Pools (feat. Willy Mason)
YouTube video by Saint Saviour
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Jeremy Whittle @jeremywhittle.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Spoke to Demi Vollering earlier this summer…. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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‘I’m just a different type’: Demi Vollering gears up for Tour de France Femmes tilt
Dutch rider tells Jeremy Whittle she is determined to claim a second title in France after completing the set of Grand Tours by winning the Giro
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Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
1979, Dorset. 9-year-old Polly Jean Harvey is already outstanding in her field...
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Kyleakin.
the side of a metal shed, faded cream and green paint with rust and water marks.
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Jaunty Art @jaunty.art · 29/07/2026
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L Chupacabra: The Pope Of Chili Town @lchupacabra.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
When a middle aged man wears skinny jeans
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Rob Mac @robmacrae.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Skye Bridge.
a photo from the car, waiting for my tesco's delivery. the skye bridge is reflected in the windows of kyleakin community hall.
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Andrew Hunt (British Artist, born 1973) "True Love", 2025. Oils on Board, 70 × 90 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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cyclingalps.bsky.social @cyclingalps.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My niece painted this photo for me #cycling #moo awesome
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Morning all. Photographer Jack Davison, London, Undated. www.jackdavison.co.uk/recent-08
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David Lynch's Worlds @davidlynchsworlds.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Happy Birthday, Laura Palmer! #TwinPeaks
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NotQuiteLight @notquitelight.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Manchester & Salford, July 22nd 2026 First Light: 03.12 Sunrise: 05.08 Sunset: 21.21 Nightfall: 23.15
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