Fraser MacDonald
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Geographer, historian.
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I have some hot compost news
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about 2 months ago
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âšâšLovely day with students thinking about community ownership enabling Gaelic revival and ecological restoration. 12.11pm: the sound of a US KC-135 Stratotanker above us. Profoundly unsettling.
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Just saw Everybody to Kenmure Street, magic film. Catch it if you can.
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16 days ago
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Things feel pretty bleak at work. This isn't normal.
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17 days ago
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Cold, determination â
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20 days ago
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I'm reminded of that terrible warning from the apostle James: âWeep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you âŠÂ Listen! The wages of the labourers ⊠which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries have reached the ears of the Lordâ
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Absolutely this
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24 days ago
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Edinburgh being Edinburgh
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Laurie Macfarlane
about 1 month ago
NEW: We often hear that Scotlandâs more progressive income tax is âdriving people out the country.â New HMRC data shows the opposite. Far more taxpayers are moving to Scotland than leaving it. Letâs look at the data đ§”
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Severin Carrell
about 1 month ago
The BBC has run an interesting piece about USAF air refuelling tankers using Prestwick in Ayrshire to resupply for operations in Iran. John Swinney has implied when questioned this is untoward and his hands are tied:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Swinney seeks UK meeting over US military use of Prestwick Airport
Three American military refuelling aircraft that previously stopped at the airport are believed to be supporting US-Israeli airstrikes.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8wlr9k27wo
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The most Edinburgh thing to have Edinburghâd â a stand of Colin Baxter postcards scattered to the wind over Princes Street, a lost red squirrel snagged in a pothole.
about 1 month ago
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An incredible achievement. Hoping that this can be rolled out across Scotland too�
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Marthaâs rule may have saved 400 lives so far in England, figures show
Exclusive: System brought in after death of 13-year-old is helping âtransform cultureâ of NHS, says patient safety director
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/08/marthas-rule-may-have-saved-400-lives-so-far-in-england-figures-show
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Some very interesting work here on the biodiversity impact of land abandonment during the Black Death. I'd love to see something similar on the Highland Clearances ... it would usefully inform re-wilding chat.
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about 1 month ago
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âFirst as tragedy, then as farceâ â bombing a girls school followed by this grotesque UN panto. It's a truly grim timeline, friends, but we hope and work for justice.
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about 2 months ago
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I have some hot compost news
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about 2 months ago
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2 months ago
Wow! Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report. This is a *big* legal win.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest groupâs co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/13/uk-ban-palestine-action-unlawful-high-court-judges-rule
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The future of the university â AI getting high on its own supply
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2 months ago
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Ring? Just donât.
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2 months ago
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An analysis of systems â patriarchy, billionaire capitalism, violent borders â is rarely popular but exactly right. Iâm grateful that an MSP is willing to say this.
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2 months ago
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Daniel Trilling
3 months ago
Hello, I have a new book out in the spring with Picador and I would love it if you could help me spread the word. IF WE TOLERATE THIS draws on years of work, to help readers understand why British politics is hurtling rightwards and what to do about it. Pre-orders:
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...
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Despatches from the biocide aisle in Tesco. đ
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3 months ago
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Sara Koopman
3 months ago
Geographers, in case you missed this detail, Alex Pretti graduated from the Minnesota Geography department in 2011.
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Garrett M. Graff
3 months ago
The courage of Minnesotans is contagious.
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Peter Geoghegan
3 months ago
Canât stop thinking about what we will happen closer get to elections in 2026 - and even more importantly in 2028 - that MAGA will be on course to lose
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Jack Jenkins
3 months ago
Arrests calmly ongoing. This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
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Gospel / the Gospel was always a threat to the MAGA state. Arresting people singing âDown in the River to Prayâ đ¶ will leave a brittle, desperate regime.
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3 months ago
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Margaret Killjoy
3 months ago
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Ryan Marino, MD
3 months ago
People can say they didnât vote for this but people are liars
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Babel Colour feed
3 months ago
I have cleaned-up this fascinating autochrome of James Thin (famous for his chain of bookshops), who was born 202 years ago (in Edinburgh on 23rd March 1824), making him (so far as is currently known) the earliest-born person ever to have been photographed in colour. He is seen here in the garden...
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Definitely ummm *interesting* to see the postwar global system collapsing on the timeline.
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3 months ago
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This entire thread is exactly right about whatâs happening at Edinburgh.
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3 months ago
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In fascist messaging, the lie is not supposed to be convincing. Itâs that state power is bigger than what you know or saw. The stupidity is the point.
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3 months ago
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Itâs a relief to see some Christian leaders recognise the moment.
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3 months ago
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Andy
3 months ago
Anyways, my ride is here
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Jonathan Portes
3 months ago
The immigration doom loop in full swing. Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically. (1/3)
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âWould you mind giving the car a push?â
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3 months ago
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So the UK Government will have an enquiry into âgrooming gangsâ but not into CASM produced and circulated on an industrial scale? Labour does not believe in *anything*.
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3 months ago
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This is incredibly grim, but it will keep happening unless knowledge workers organise.
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3 months ago
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No one should be posting on that site. It isn't complicated.
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3 months ago
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This weekâs ingredients: * water * coffee grounds * neighbourâs pet bedstraw * shredded Christmas wreath * kitchen and food waste * manuscript drafts
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Alejandro De Coss
4 months ago
The BBC keeps calling the imperialist actions of the US 'unprecedented'; I wonder if they know anything about the history of Latin America in the last 200 years or so.
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At least one pair now in Duddingston, Edinburgh.
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Rapid expansion of ring-necked parakeets in UK sparks concern
Bird organisations say more research on the species needed to control impact on other wildlife
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/02/rapid-expansion-of-ring-necked-parakeets-in-uk-sparks-concern
4 months ago
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Last of this yearâs light from a cherished Edinburgh view.
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Forty years ago, in late December 1985, The Bangles released Manic Monday, written by Prince under the pseudonym âChristopherâ. Treat yourself đ§
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The Bangles - Manic Monday (Official Video)
YouTube video by TheBanglesVEVO
https://youtu.be/SsmVgoXDq2w
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Welcome to The Future
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4 months ago
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Tim Dickinson
4 months ago
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
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It's the scales that will make this an iconic photograph.
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4 months ago
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Mind-blowing how little impact the spycops scandal has had on public life despite the courage of these women. 139 undercover cops spied on antifascist and other activists.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Undercover police officer who deceived woman showed âsadistic tendenciesâ spycops inquiry told
Activist says treatment of her by Mark Jenner, with whom she had five-year relationship, left her devastated
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/09/undercover-police-officer-who-deceived-woman-showed-sadistic-tendencies-spycops-inquiry-told
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Will Davies
4 months ago
No idea what is and isnât beyond the pale any longer
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At last, some properly rigorous reporting on the vampiric management consulting behind proposed cuts at Edinburgh Uni. Grab some garlic, read and weep.
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5 months ago
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I have âreformed evangelical Christiansâ on my timeline preaching daily about the sanctity of life and theyâll say nothing about one of their own doing murder out in the open.
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