Ian Mackay
@ianmackay.bsky.social
Former bar-keep. Occasional gardener up in the North Highlands. Independence for Scotland. Politics on the left. Love Celtic FC.
The best thing you'll read on AI fever, today. Or any other day.
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
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It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
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The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The best thing you'll read on AI fever, today. Or any other day.
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'In Scotland we have a badly misfiring political culture which makes a new generation of leaders worth having appear impossible.
You can’t build good strategy on bad foundations, and our foundations are rotten.'
Robin McAlpine
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You can’t build good strategy on bad foundations, and our foundations are rotten.'
Robin McAlpine
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November 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'In Scotland we have a badly misfiring political culture which makes a new generation of leaders worth having appear impossible.
You can’t build good strategy on bad foundations, and our foundations are rotten.'
Robin McAlpine
robinmcalpine.org/sc...
You can’t build good strategy on bad foundations, and our foundations are rotten.'
Robin McAlpine
robinmcalpine.org/sc...
Palestinians in Gaza are little more than lab-rats that western powers test out their latest weaponry on. Sickening.
British troops are using Israeli arms technology tested in Gaza
They’re now equipped with a ‘cutting-edge weapons sight’ produced by an Israeli arms firm nurtured by its defence ministry.
They’re now equipped with a ‘cutting-edge weapons sight’ produced by an Israeli arms firm nurtured by its defence ministry.
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Palestinians in Gaza are little more than lab-rats that western powers test out their latest weaponry on. Sickening.
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Trump wants to recreate the British mandate in Palestine www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Trump wants to return Palestine to the British mandate
The US president is pushing a UN resolution that would hand Washington the powers London once held over Palestine.
www.aljazeera.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Trump wants to recreate the British mandate in Palestine www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
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🇫🇷 Wilfried Nancy
🔎 We looked at the man who transformed Columbus Crew and what you can expect if he becomes the new Celtic manager.
🧵 1/9 - Here’s a thread on “NancyBall”
These thoughts on the man from Le Havre are from our recent Manager Search Podcast - Link below ⬇️
🔎 We looked at the man who transformed Columbus Crew and what you can expect if he becomes the new Celtic manager.
🧵 1/9 - Here’s a thread on “NancyBall”
These thoughts on the man from Le Havre are from our recent Manager Search Podcast - Link below ⬇️
November 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🇫🇷 Wilfried Nancy
🔎 We looked at the man who transformed Columbus Crew and what you can expect if he becomes the new Celtic manager.
🧵 1/9 - Here’s a thread on “NancyBall”
These thoughts on the man from Le Havre are from our recent Manager Search Podcast - Link below ⬇️
🔎 We looked at the man who transformed Columbus Crew and what you can expect if he becomes the new Celtic manager.
🧵 1/9 - Here’s a thread on “NancyBall”
These thoughts on the man from Le Havre are from our recent Manager Search Podcast - Link below ⬇️
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No Wes Streeting, the BMA is not acting like a cartel. It’s acting like a trade union. And frankly it’s disgusting to hear you talk like this while huge numbers of doctors can’t get NHS jobs because you haven’t created them, while millions of patients are on waiting lists🚨🚨🚨
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
No Wes Streeting, the BMA is not acting like a cartel. It’s acting like a trade union. And frankly it’s disgusting to hear you talk like this while huge numbers of doctors can’t get NHS jobs because you haven’t created them, while millions of patients are on waiting lists🚨🚨🚨
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November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Stares in Hindu.
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Stares in Hindu.
'Historic underinvestment' is the story of privatised utilities. Now the national grid needs a multi-billion pound investment to upgrade it. Guess who's going to be paying for that?
SSE is a winner in the great grid upgrade. Who is looking out for consumers and small businesses? | Nils Pratley
SSE is a winner in the great grid upgrade. Who is looking out for consumers and small businesses? | Nils Pratley
Nobody doubts chunky spending is necessary to improve the grid. But how much of that money will be funded through consumer bills?
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
'Historic underinvestment' is the story of privatised utilities. Now the national grid needs a multi-billion pound investment to upgrade it. Guess who's going to be paying for that?
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82% of israelis support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, while 47% support killing every man, woman and child — that’s a very #SickSociety indeed
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Yes to transfer: 82% of Jewish Israelis back expelling Gazans
Twenty Years Ago, Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh, the Spiritual Father of the 'Hilltop Youth,' Sketched Out His Vision for Destroying Israel's Democratic Institutions and Establishing Jewish Supremacy. Afte...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
82% of israelis support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, while 47% support killing every man, woman and child — that’s a very #SickSociety indeed
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Land isn't just about wealth and justice, it's about power. Scotland is cut off from its own land resources and hence is poorer as a nation | Robin McAlpine
@thecommonweal.bsky.social
@thecommonweal.bsky.social
Land is power – Scotland’s people have none
Land isn't just about wealth and justice, it's about power. Scotland is cut off from its own land resources and hence is poorer as a nation
bylines.scot
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Land isn't just about wealth and justice, it's about power. Scotland is cut off from its own land resources and hence is poorer as a nation | Robin McAlpine
@thecommonweal.bsky.social
@thecommonweal.bsky.social
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#Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s #energy watchdog, making the transition away from #fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
#Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s #energy watchdog, making the transition away from #fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe
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BBC news has a long record of disinformation. But this time it chose the wrong target.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/bbc-news-h...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/bbc-news-h...
BBC news has a long record of disinformation. But this time it chose the wrong target
The BBC's now in a death loop: it grows ever more craven to the billionaires, shifting the political centre of gravity further rightwards, even as the billionaire-owned media claim it's too 'leftwing'
jonathancook.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
BBC news has a long record of disinformation. But this time it chose the wrong target.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/bbc-news-h...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/bbc-news-h...
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On his first visit since Oct. 7, the author wonders whether there is still an Arab-Jewish future for his native country
A Palestinian Citizen of Israel Reflects on Life in the Shadow of Genocide in Gaza
On his first visit since Oct. 7, the author wonders whether there is still an Arab-Jewish future for his native country
newlinesmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
On his first visit since Oct. 7, the author wonders whether there is still an Arab-Jewish future for his native country
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When asked about his goals, an IDF soldier said he wanted to “enter Gaza and kill everyone.” The interviewer chuckled.
@OunkaonX via X: "Even in his wheelchair, all he can dream about is killing Palestinians. This is what decades of dehumanization creates - a nation where cruelty is celebrated."
@OunkaonX via X: "Even in his wheelchair, all he can dream about is killing Palestinians. This is what decades of dehumanization creates - a nation where cruelty is celebrated."
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
When asked about his goals, an IDF soldier said he wanted to “enter Gaza and kill everyone.” The interviewer chuckled.
@OunkaonX via X: "Even in his wheelchair, all he can dream about is killing Palestinians. This is what decades of dehumanization creates - a nation where cruelty is celebrated."
@OunkaonX via X: "Even in his wheelchair, all he can dream about is killing Palestinians. This is what decades of dehumanization creates - a nation where cruelty is celebrated."
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BREAKING: Internet and mobile service have been cut across Gaza City (northern Gaza) after heavy Israeli bombardment east of the Shujaiya neighborhood.
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
BREAKING: Internet and mobile service have been cut across Gaza City (northern Gaza) after heavy Israeli bombardment east of the Shujaiya neighborhood.
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UK-based surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah says bodies of deceased Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israel show signs of professional organ extraction.
Israel returns Palestinian bodies with organs ’expertly’ cut out
UK-based surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah says bodies of deceased Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israel show signs of professional organ extraction.
www.newarab.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
UK-based surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah says bodies of deceased Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israel show signs of professional organ extraction.
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Ex-CIA officer: "We don't allow the Israelis into CIA headquarters because they would always come with gifts and the gifts had always listening devices packed inside them..”
Patrick: “What percentage of all guys you work with didn't trust Mossad”
Ex-CIA officer: “100%”😮
Patrick: “What percentage of all guys you work with didn't trust Mossad”
Ex-CIA officer: “100%”😮
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Ex-CIA officer: "We don't allow the Israelis into CIA headquarters because they would always come with gifts and the gifts had always listening devices packed inside them..”
Patrick: “What percentage of all guys you work with didn't trust Mossad”
Ex-CIA officer: “100%”😮
Patrick: “What percentage of all guys you work with didn't trust Mossad”
Ex-CIA officer: “100%”😮
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Yep. And to think that so many people think this man is some sort of hero is such a sign of our twisted times.
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Yep. And to think that so many people think this man is some sort of hero is such a sign of our twisted times.
If the US is really now in charge of the flow of aid that means there's no excuse for the 600 trucks a day not getting in as was agreed.
US forces working with Israel to deliver aid in Gaza, says Israeli official - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-forces-working-israel-deliver-aid-gaza-says-israeli-official
US forces working with Israel to deliver aid in Gaza, says Israeli official
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>An Israeli security official on Saturday said that US forces are taking part in overseeing and coordinating aid transfer into Gaza with Israel as part of US President Donald Trump's ceasefire plan. </p>
<p>The Washington Post on Friday reported that the U.S.-led Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) will replace Israel in overseeing aid into Gaza.</p>
<p>It cited a U.S. official and people familiar with the matter as saying Israel was part of the process but that CMCC would decide what aid enters Gaza and how.</p>
<p>The Israeli security official told Reuters that Israeli security services remain part of policy, supervision and monitoring with decisions made jointly, and that the integration of the CMCC was already underway.</p>
<p>Israel claimed it was fulfilling its obligations under the ceasefire agreement, which calls for an average of 600 trucks of supplies into Gaza per day. </p>
<p>The Israeli official said that the United States will lead coordination with the international community, with restrictions still in place on the list of non-governmental organisations supplying aid and the entry of so-called dual-use items, which Israel considers to have both civilian and military use.</p>
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November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If the US is really now in charge of the flow of aid that means there's no excuse for the 600 trucks a day not getting in as was agreed.
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My Resistance Report: Recent messages from the Gaza resistance to the support fronts in Yemen, Iran and Lebanon; summary of Yemeni operations in the past 2 years; Saraya al Quds videos; Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades posters; ceasefire violations + exchange update; & more. youtube.com/watch?v=xXgAj9uVH0c
Resistance salutes Yemeni support operations, with Jon Elmer
YouTube video by The Electronic Intifada
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November 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
My Resistance Report: Recent messages from the Gaza resistance to the support fronts in Yemen, Iran and Lebanon; summary of Yemeni operations in the past 2 years; Saraya al Quds videos; Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades posters; ceasefire violations + exchange update; & more. youtube.com/watch?v=xXgAj9uVH0c
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Palestinian drivers are 'routinely' targeted by Israeli football fans, as unions warn of escalating assaults and lack of police response.
'I saw death': Arab bus drivers in Israel fear for their lives amid football fan violence
Drivers are 'routinely' targeted by Israeli football fans, as unions warn of escalating assaults and lack of police response
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November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Palestinian drivers are 'routinely' targeted by Israeli football fans, as unions warn of escalating assaults and lack of police response.
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"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
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New analysis by @lgilbert.co
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November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...