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Scott Mackay

@steakerz.bsky.social
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Writer, educator, speaker, film maker and a major source of the world's mistake supply.

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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#MMT in my secret heart the current French financial crisis forces the ECB to adopt a realistic finance view of bonds and 'debt' turning one huge bloc into a heterodox economy. Sigh. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/b...
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France Is Veering Toward a Potential Debt Crisis Amid Protests and Turmoil
French bond investors are demanding sharply higher interest rates, a cautionary development for other high-debt countries.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Okay, so you can revisit a referendum then Lisa? Thanks from Scotland.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just about as wrong as you can be. If you are against saving people from drowning then I'm afraid there's no hope for you. The next time you're down there just walk right in and don't come back out. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action
RNLI facility had been affected by attempts by activists to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
OMG! Justin is on R4 and I thought for a second that we were in for good news as he talked to Sir Charlie Bean about how the govt could reduce borrowing rates. But any thoughts of an emergency being called regarding interest rates were just a fleeting dream. No, cut welfare was the only option #MMT
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Labor Day in the USA saw some protests and unity marches where American workers showed solidarity with Canada. But why is there a Labor Day? It all goes back to 1894 when workers shut down the railroads in protest. You should look it up, or just look out the window. Same sh*t.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
‘Scots are the kindest people on earth!’ Meet the Americans moving to Scotland | Scotland | The Guardian share.google/0GuDwOya5gBx... Somebody had to say it.
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‘Scots are the kindest people on earth!’ Meet the Americans moving to Scotland
Since Donald Trump’s re-election in 2024, there has been a 63% rise in Americans renting properties in Scotland. Politics is one reason – but there are many other surprising motivations …
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I kinda need this to be true. Because if it is, it's genius.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The economy is not a house but even if it was; if you don't invest resources and money in maintenance and upkeep what you get is decline, disrepair and eventual collapse. #MMT #householdanalogy #economics
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Voron Fire: It's Fine 3D Printer Meme
ALT: Voron Fire: It's Fine 3D Printer Meme
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
On a train late at night listening to synth music is like time travel for me. #riskybusiness This is where I find out Rebecca De Mornay is 85 now.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I wanted to point out what real societal investment looks like. Here's Mykola Kalashnyk in war torn Ukraine. "The reconstruction of educational institutions is a key investment in the future of our country and the restoration of sustainable life in communities." mininfra.gov.ua/en/news/na-k...
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Ministry for Recovery, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine
This year, children from the village of Lukashi in Kyiv Region returned to their own school for the first time since the educational institution was damaged at the beginning of Russia’s full-scale inv...
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So, governments and economies aren't like households and businesses. But economists and politicians treat them like they are. Even so, even if they were. Why is the answer always lay off workers and give the C suite a raise and a bonus? #MMT, #economics
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... And that's our show! Denial of the results. Chaos.
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US supreme court rules Trump can proceed with crackdown on mail-in voting
Justices’ ruling comes after lower courts had blocked president’s election order ahead of November midterms
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Jenrick says Reform would make long-term benefits claimants clean up high streets – UK politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... Oh! And you could pay actual street cleaners less or have fewer of them. What are they going to do? Claim benefits and clean the streets?
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Jenrick says Reform would make long-term benefits claimants clean up high streets – UK politics live
Party’s ‘welfare to work’ policy would force long-term claimants to do community work or face losing benefits
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Bad luck with the train times means I have to wait. But luckily...
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Edinburgh festival took £600k in taxpayer funding before England move | The National share.google/xvxtjTlC4GiN...
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Edinburgh festival took £600k in Scottish taxpayer funding before moving to England
THE Edinburgh TV Festival received almost £600,000 in funding from the Scottish Government before its organisers announced it would be relocated to…
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Over the summer I tend to work a lot more in various far flung locations which means I have less time for the gym. Went back today after almost 1 month off.
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Exhausted Baby Falls Asleep on Couch
ALT: Exhausted Baby Falls Asleep on Couch
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Been thinking about the Burnham premiership and early moves towards change. open.substack.com/pub/steakerz...
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Slowly, slowly catchy mon(k)ey
Changing the economic model is an exercise in frog boiling
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Went to the Marilyn exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. These are photos of her at the Actor's Studio in New York. They say everything I think I want to say about how and who she was. Luminous. #NPG #Marilyn
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
So, part of me hopes that Andy Burnham really is about to introduce a new economic model. I want to hear that the Bank of England is raging because he's slapping them around on interest rates. #MMT. Or, you know, Indyref2. So far we have a coat of paint on energy VAT and (not unhappy) rough sleeping
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Gatwick Airport. Need water. I selected row 108. It gave me row 403. Fair enough, they are the same but why have the numbers at all? Why have a window bigger than 1 bottle?
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I don't know what percentage of life is just me putting my car keys in the wrong pocket and having to pull my laptop bag onto my shoulder multiple times whilst failing to get them out. But it's too high, whatever it is.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
So, last night I'm thinking about economics as you do. How women should understand the need to hold on to wealth for freedom of choice, security etc like Virginia Woolf 'A room of one's own'. Turns out Virginia Woolf was friends with? John Maynard Keynes. 100 year circle. Who influences who?
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Does anyone have a paywall free version of the Sunday Herald MMT article? #MMT
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
#worldcup #BBC celebrities getting put up constantly and bbc commentators don't even mention them likely because they have no idea (like the world) who these people are.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Stop the count!
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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
stop the count, etc, etc
Table showing Scotland’s World Cup Group with Scotland at the top with 3 points, Morocco and Brazil on 1, and Haiti on 0
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Mon' the Scotland! #worldcup #HAISCO
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Source: The Guardian share.google/WXdIFj8ixst6... Utopia. Which will be rejected by the 35% of the population who are dyed in the wool c*it's.
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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival www.theguardian.com/environment/... I cannot wait to read more about this. Willing to bet that a fundamental part of it will be #MMT lens informed approach looking at resources rather than money.
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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Why do the English put up with this? Outrageous. Let Scotland go independent now I say. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Striking differences in benefit entitlements across UK countries, study finds
Scottish family on low income receives £15,000 more a year than identical household in England
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
@mmt-action.bsky.social question for folks. I think this is a non issue but if you can help clear up an argument with myself. Foreign actor (countries, corps, funds) hold 33% of gilts say. If someone wanted to use those to buy things instead of gilts how does the inflation stabilise?
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?” Rory the lion was bad, wurzel gummidge a horror show but this guy was first.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
substack.com/@writesbrigh...
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Sam Bright (@writesbright)
Led By Donkeys stuck a screen into the far-right rally in London today. Absolutely brilliant 👏🏻 🔥
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Childish? Like your candidate in Almond valley not taking the stage when they lost? That kind of childish?
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Holyrood leaders 'childish' for excluding Reform, MSP says
Helen McDade, one of Reform's 17 new MSPs, has called for other parties to stop
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Why the hell am I watching the horror show Nigel Farage for his entire victory lap minute after minute @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @BBC
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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
They are working us to death. This is the UK finding. These things are normally worse in Scotland and I would like to see those numbers but can we just admit that the current system has the wrong priorities? Oh, and USA is worse than here even. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study finds
Exclusive: Health Foundation says Britain is ‘going backwards’ compared with most other rich countries
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I know a lot of people are down on the US right now but I have always found them to be eminently sensible. They are, for example, still fighting the war on drugs. If youbhave to fight a war then being on drugs seems a completely reasonable response.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Okay, so we have a few hours until the deadline set by the maniac (note: I don't need to name him). Can we just reflect for a second that the chance of him using nukes is a non zero percentage. Ostensibly to remove a nuclear threat. Utter madness.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Heading into the weekend bouyed by the knowledge that a short speech I gave profoundly annoyed some below-the-line commenters on a right leaning site (reported by a right-leaning friend). Ah well..
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I genuinely think Trump believes his many moves are so clever that no one can see through his machiavellian stratagems when actually we just can't believe how dumb they are #Trump He thinks they are complex because the situation is so baffling to him any idea must be genius. Idiot.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Spent some of today listening to William Thomson chat to Prof Richard Murphy. I am only recently aware of MMT and fantastic that it was in Leith. 100+ people listening to a conversation about how economics can change our world. Finally, a big idea worth getting excited about! #MMT #politicsofcare
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Channel 4 reporting on the broken NHS causing lethal delays in ambulance service in the West Midlands. It's never impossible to find the money #MMT change lives by changing the economics. These people are killing you!
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Where did they find these Dr Who episodes? It wouldn't surprise me if they were in the Epstein files. Daleks actually nowhere near being the worst monsters in there.
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a dalek is standing in a room next to a chair
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Writing about hope I hope. substack.com/@steakerz/no...
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We need a new approach. Let’s start talking up the future.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
So are we not cock-a-hoop about the Iran war? Is Rachel Reeves dancing a jig? Brent crude is near $90 a barrel. No, we aren't. Because people are more important than money and we aren't Putin or Trump.
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I normally write over on my website at www.edisonbolt.com but decided it might be time to get into substack as well. Here's the first one. open.substack.com/pub/steakerz...
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
OMG! Scotland! #6Nations #Rugby
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... I don't need you to make me feel safe mate. You make everyone feel less safe you fascist clown. Somebody ask me again why I am pro indy.
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Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say
Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search
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Scott Mackay @steakerz.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
#baftas #iswear Just delighted that this beautiful film got some gongs.
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