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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺

@scott-eff.bsky.social
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Socialist. Movie lover. Leither. Code-monkey. Geriatric millennial. Lifts. Cycles. Very bad jogger and Scottish Green. Pro-independence.

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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I don't know much about Parton's music career, but what a wonderful human being.
A letter from Dolly Parton.

Text reads:

Dear Imagination Library Graduate,

My, how time flies. It seems it was only yesterday when your family and friends read you your first story. You were just a baby. Now you're five years old and about to go to school. How exciting!

This may be your last book from my Imagination Library but you have to promise me you will keep on reading. If you go to your local public library you will find a great number of books just for kids your age. Every book is a treasure and every time you open one up you will meet new friends and take wonderful journeys to magical places.

I hope you have a great time in school. I bet your school will even have a library where you can check out books. You and all of your friends are very special. There is no limit to what you can do or how far you can go.
Just remember the lessons my family taught me - dream big dreams; learn everything you can learn; and care for all those who care for you. You do all of these things and you can be anyone you want to be.

You are terrific, and remember...

I Will Always Love You,

[signature]

Dolly
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Our dear friend and comrade Allan Armstrong, a founding member of the @heckle.scot editorial board, left behind a library of 8,000+ books spanning politics, culture and history when he passed away in 2024. His impressive collection has now been donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP).
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
without comment
meme of a crying mario handing over a crown.

Text reads: "you dropped this *king*"
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Keith.
Screenshot of The Thick of It. Quote says “FAREWELL OUR SHIT AND USELESS SERVANT.”
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A pleasant, spirited rally outside Holyrood.
Early pre rally.A sign held in the air. It reads, “End London Rule”.A gathering of musicians. Piper, saxophone and drums.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
hmm. I'll take it.
Screenshot from findmypolitics.com - indicating "Democratic Socialist"
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
pictures of people's backs has never felt more useful.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Ooft. He's had a few. It's like watching the Maximum Eck five years ago, steaming and pissed off, like sookin pish aff a jaggy nettle.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Also stolen from the group chat.
Meme about the difference in election results so far in England and Scotland.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Oh, baby. 😎 Abolish the monarchy.
Would being a republic increase Scottish independence support?

Should Scotland be an independent country?
YES
54%

Should Scotland be an independent republic?
YES
59%
+5%
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Shelves. Not bad. 😎
A picture of the shelves.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) - Glorious, pulpy and beautiful. A complete treat to revisit, 20 years on.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
As always, Tony Benn had the measure of these foul little diseases running the British state.
Picture of Tony Benn, with a quote.

"The way a Government treats refugees is very instructive because _it shows you how they would treat the rest of us_ if they thought they could get away with it."
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
And this is someone who's got no interest in repeating the pretty awful folly of RISE.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Ran 3km *without* stopping to a walk this morning. I run slower than dialup internet, but I ran it all. 🙂 I wouldn’t say it was easy, but it wasn’t prohibitively challenging. And it was pain-free. So fuck yeah. Next week, we push to 3.5. The mythic “easy run” - the check is in the mail.
Strava screenshot.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
terfs upset with you all? getting the following when I clicked the video.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Got my first 10k run today. 🏃 Found myself eventually hitting a rhythm. The first km was too fast. But by around 4km in, I’d found it. Where breathing and steps were mostly right. Now I want to find the pace where I can just keep going with less recover. Then push the distance, get the miles in.
Strava details and a map of the route.

Start at Ocean Terminal. Head west until 5.1km. Turn back.Myself and Conor Murray-GouldPattern of kilometres and pacing.

7:35
8:20
9:47
9:27
9:31
9:39
9:39
9:15
9:13
9:10Pie chart with heart rate distribution.

“Mostly in zones 2-3 (endurance and tempo), with brief threshold pushes, indicating structured training.”
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
My lovely wee beast.
A comfortable little deer-head chihuahua, lying on top of soft, fluffy bedsheets.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Of course, I needed to know enough about the problem space - to be able to critique and suggest improvements.
AI chat screen - building out a small utility program.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
I will absolutely take that. First 8km intervals.
The watch telling me I’ve never ran as far1K 7:45
2MI 27:31
5MI 1:12:30Recovery in the heart of Leith Table of lapped intervals.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Speed work is terrible.
A knackered dude.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
The internet is weird for some people, I think. Superman (2025) got a passing grade because it tickled the "unfettered heroism is lovely, actually" pleasure centres in my brain so well.
A picture of a smiling David Corenswet as Superman.

Text reads: "Me watching grown men whinge online because a popular superhero movie told them to be nice to people and not do war crimes"
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
The look of someone who is finally getting this. Even if I'm still knackered.
A picture of me. Sweaty and in a bright orange running vest.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
How To Train Your Dragon 2025 live action might be the single most pointless film I have ever seen. Not a single moment that improves on the 2010 film. The entire beat for beat screenplay, design decisions, art direction, performances, and creature design in the movie? Almost identical.
Still from How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Really happy with this one. Starting to get bitten by the bug. * Did the first 1km at slow jog pace, but did it without stopping to walk. YAY! Kept up average pace for 2min on/off intervals. * 5k time smashed. 43:19 (3:20 off parkrun PB) YAY! * Longest run so far: 6.25km. YAY!
PT and me.Graphic with 5K as PB - 43:19Pace graph. Indicating the first km done without dropping to walking pace, and the rest done in reasonably consistent intervals.Heart rate pie-chart. 56.6% in zone 4. I think I really pushed myself a bit hard.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
This morning. I'll call it progress. If I’d set the watch to record when we started jogging from OT, it would have been a 5k. 60 damn metres. We live and learn, haha.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The sequel at Pride Edinburgh.
Non-binary person's torso with a T-Shirt which reads: "ERROR 404: GENDER NOT FOUND"
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
The best placard at Pride Edinburgh. 💖
Placard text : Nigel Sucks But He Doesn't Swallow
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
After the 5k around Arthur's Seat. Ow.
Two sweaty as heck lefties. Amazed at walk/jogging around a big hill.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Feeling like a bit of a berk. But off for a jog around Arthur's Seat. Pray for me.
Mirror selfie in running gear.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
A little bit of Fourteen cosplay before last night's trip to the cinema for #DoctorWho And my niece bullying me with the sonic screwdriver. :)
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I have missed my wee beast.
A cute deer-head chihuahua doggie.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
*swig*
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Taking the niece to see the two part #doctorwho finale at the cinema.
THE TWO
EPISODE FINALE
WISH WORLD & THE REALITY WAR WATCH IN CINEMAS
SATURDAY 31 MAY
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
The Equality Network are the standard bearer for raising queer rights in Scotland. I just got a raise at work. They're getting a little from me, along with some mutual aid things. Help if you can, pals. www.justgiving.com/equality-net...
Infographic. Text reads -

"Allies: We need your support and voices now, more than ever.

Lets keep working for trans rights - together."
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Stopping off at the British Government's office. Making noise and singing in deviancy and defiance.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Huge.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Code Nerds for trans rights in Edinburgh.
A placard with a C#/JavaScript code reference about privacy and mutability of gender.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Token machine go "brrr" time.
Twitter/X post screenshot from Logan Kilpatrick.

Text: """Lots of Gemini developer updates today:
- Bumped 2.5 Pro limit to 20 RPM (billing enabled)
- Added "Get code" to Live mode in Al Studio
- Made "Open in Colab" include your prompts / settings
- Added history toggle + full screen for "Get code" """
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
We can like slop - and that's okay, I guess. But if it means nothing to us beyond surface pleasantries... Great quote.
Twitter/X screenshot by Colin Fraser:

Text: "Slop is about collapsing to the mode. It's about information heat death. It's lukewarm emptiness. It's ten million approximately identical cartoon selfies that no one will ever recall in detail because none of the details matter."
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Time for Spider-Man 2 on the deck.
Photo of a Steam Deck. Indicating full compatibility of a game.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Being unwell was not the means or method I wanted to get to sub-115kg.
Feet on a set of bathroom scales: 114.6kg.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Feeling fucking skinny in this wee Fitizen hoodie. Slim fit. And it looks *really* good! 👍
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I've never understood TikTok, but I know how to read a trend graph.
Graph of TikTok trending topics on the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The pro-Palestine trending tags overwhelmingly outweigh the pro-Israel ones. Around 40 to 1.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I am losing weight even faster than expected (from memory, nearly 7kg in 4 weeks which is a lot). While I’d usually be delighted with that, I want to have a chat with my GP, make sure there’s no medical reasons why. Did a weigh-in after getting up in the middle of the night for a pee.
Feet. On a set of scales. 116.7kg
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Having a wee play with the Apple on board avatar generation AI. It’s a bit weird. Makes me look like this.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Bluesky posting integration coming soon to @eyeforfilm.bsky.social
Screenshot of a review - with a post to bluesky widget in there.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Making progress. There is going to be quite a bit of work, but I think we'll make reasonable progress soon.
Building out old source code on a modern Mac and Python interpreter.
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I’ll take it. It’s slow, but it’s kind of staggering when laid out on a long timescale.
Screenshot of wodup - a fitness tool. Text reads:

22 May 2023 to 11 January 2025
Duration: 600 days
Weight change: -30.5 kg -20.1%
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Scott Macdonald (he/him) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇨🇺 @scott-eff.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
This graphic blew me away this morning in the Facebook memories - 3 years ago. Started off this lifting+workout journey @ 159.1kg. This morning's weigh-in: 121.4kg. I've never been stronger, fitter, lighter or physically capable in my adult life. Slow, gradual, but wonderful, consistent progress.
Graph of body weight - starting from nearly 4 years ago.
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