Fraser MacDonald
@frasermacdonald.bsky.social
Geographer, historian.
Despatches from the biocide aisle in Tesco. 👇
January 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Despatches from the biocide aisle in Tesco. 👇
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Geographers, in case you missed this detail, Alex Pretti graduated from the Minnesota Geography department in 2011.
January 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Geographers, in case you missed this detail, Alex Pretti graduated from the Minnesota Geography department in 2011.
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The courage of Minnesotans is contagious.
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 7:23 PM
The courage of Minnesotans is contagious.
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Can’t 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
What we are watching is a paramilitary force learning that they can kill with impunity, that the regime will smear the victim and defend them. Unless politicians and the legal system exerts accountability, it will not stop. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...
January 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Can’t 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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Arrests calmly ongoing.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
January 23, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Arrests calmly ongoing.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
Gospel / the Gospel was always a threat to the MAGA state.
Arresting people singing ‘Down in the River to Pray’ 🎶 will leave a brittle, desperate regime.
Arresting people singing ‘Down in the River to Pray’ 🎶 will leave a brittle, desperate regime.
Singing
January 23, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Gospel / the Gospel was always a threat to the MAGA state.
Arresting people singing ‘Down in the River to Pray’ 🎶 will leave a brittle, desperate regime.
Arresting people singing ‘Down in the River to Pray’ 🎶 will leave a brittle, desperate regime.
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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.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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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People can say they didn’t vote for this but people are liars
January 22, 2026 at 2:10 AM
People can say they didn’t vote for this but people are liars
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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...
January 21, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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...
Definitely ummm *interesting* to see the postwar global system collapsing on the timeline.
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Definitely ummm *interesting* to see the postwar global system collapsing on the timeline.
This entire thread is exactly right about what’s happening at Edinburgh.
Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive
According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This entire thread is exactly right about what’s happening at Edinburgh.
In fascist messaging, the lie is not supposed to be convincing. It’s that state power is bigger than what you know or saw.
The stupidity is the point.
The stupidity is the point.
BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
cbsn.ws
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
In fascist messaging, the lie is not supposed to be convincing. It’s that state power is bigger than what you know or saw.
The stupidity is the point.
The stupidity is the point.
It’s a relief to see some Christian leaders recognise the moment.
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
It’s a relief to see some Christian leaders recognise the moment.
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Anyways, my ride is here
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Anyways, my ride is here
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The immigration doom loop in full swing.
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
January 10, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The immigration doom loop in full swing.
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
(1/3)
archive.ph/pyVLg
“Would you mind giving the car a push?”
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
“Would you mind giving the car a push?”
So the UK Government will have an enquiry into ‘grooming gangs’ but not into CASM produced and circulated on an industrial scale?
Labour does not believe in *anything*.
Labour does not believe in *anything*.
Keir Starmer's spokesman tells me that X and Grok's creation of sexual deepfakes of children is "completely unacceptable" but again won't commit to taking direct action against them, or to stop posting there.
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
January 7, 2026 at 1:57 PM
So the UK Government will have an enquiry into ‘grooming gangs’ but not into CASM produced and circulated on an industrial scale?
Labour does not believe in *anything*.
Labour does not believe in *anything*.
This is incredibly grim, but it will keep happening unless knowledge workers organise.
Texas A&M actually tells a philosophy professor he may not teach Plato.
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:53 AM
This is incredibly grim, but it will keep happening unless knowledge workers organise.
No one should be posting on that site. It isn't complicated.
One example of how Grok is being used to target women. Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch being sexualised, degraded, and humiliated step-by-step by Grok. All the images accurately reflect the prompts provided.
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM
No one should be posting on that site. It isn't complicated.
This week’s ingredients:
* water
* coffee grounds
* neighbour’s pet bedstraw
* shredded Christmas wreath
* kitchen and food waste
* manuscript drafts
* water
* coffee grounds
* neighbour’s pet bedstraw
* shredded Christmas wreath
* kitchen and food waste
* manuscript drafts
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 PM
This week’s ingredients:
* water
* coffee grounds
* neighbour’s pet bedstraw
* shredded Christmas wreath
* kitchen and food waste
* manuscript drafts
* water
* coffee grounds
* neighbour’s pet bedstraw
* shredded Christmas wreath
* kitchen and food waste
* manuscript drafts
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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.
January 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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.
At least one pair now in Duddingston, Edinburgh.
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
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
At least one pair now in Duddingston, Edinburgh.
Last of this year’s light from a cherished Edinburgh view.
December 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Last of this year’s light from a cherished Edinburgh view.
Forty years ago, in late December 1985, The Bangles released Manic Monday, written by Prince under the pseudonym ‘Christopher’.
Treat yourself 🎧
Treat yourself 🎧
The Bangles - Manic Monday (Official Video)
YouTube video by TheBanglesVEVO
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December 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Forty years ago, in late December 1985, The Bangles released Manic Monday, written by Prince under the pseudonym ‘Christopher’.
Treat yourself 🎧
Treat yourself 🎧
Welcome to The Future
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Welcome to The Future