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.
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"Russian forces have suffered approximately 1.2 million casualties (killed, wounded, and missing) and as many as 325,000 killed since February 2022. No major power has suffered anywhere near these numbers of casualties or fatalities in any war since World War II."
www.csis.org/analysis/rus...
www.csis.org/analysis/rus...
Russia’s Grinding War in Ukraine
Despite claims of success in Ukraine, new CSIS data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains, with over 1.2 million casualties. Russia is also in decline as a major economi...
www.csis.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"Russian forces have suffered approximately 1.2 million casualties (killed, wounded, and missing) and as many as 325,000 killed since February 2022. No major power has suffered anywhere near these numbers of casualties or fatalities in any war since World War II."
www.csis.org/analysis/rus...
www.csis.org/analysis/rus...
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“It appears to me like this is some kind of experiment or lab where you’re chosen to go in, and you’re fully monitored – you have IDs, there’s surveillance - about whether you can be a good citizen or not in a sort of lab environment.”
Sky’s Yalda Hakim speaks to Drop Site about our latest...
Sky’s Yalda Hakim speaks to Drop Site about our latest...
January 29, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“It appears to me like this is some kind of experiment or lab where you’re chosen to go in, and you’re fully monitored – you have IDs, there’s surveillance - about whether you can be a good citizen or not in a sort of lab environment.”
Sky’s Yalda Hakim speaks to Drop Site about our latest...
Sky’s Yalda Hakim speaks to Drop Site about our latest...
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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Zionist billionaire buys TikTok; almost overnight Palestinian voices and criticism of Israel gets shut down. Dump ZioTok and move to UpScrolled.
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Zionist billionaire buys TikTok; almost overnight Palestinian voices and criticism of Israel gets shut down. Dump ZioTok and move to UpScrolled.
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Taxing wealth redresses inequality. Public ownership, another layer of change. There are more layers. Independence is a break point from which to make those deep structural change decisions - will we take them - who is talking about this in Scottish politics?
www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
Assa Samake-Roman: Why taxing the rich on its own is not enough
I WATCHED Zack Polanski’s party-political broadcast a few days ago. It is, understandably, becoming viral.
www.thenational.scot
January 28, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Taxing wealth redresses inequality. Public ownership, another layer of change. There are more layers. Independence is a break point from which to make those deep structural change decisions - will we take them - who is talking about this in Scottish politics?
www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
www.thenational.scot/politics/258...
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This post is correct.
Israeli-developed facial recognition tech will be embedded in the UK’s emerging Live Facial Recognition security measures.
Feel safer now?
Israeli-developed facial recognition tech will be embedded in the UK’s emerging Live Facial Recognition security measures.
Feel safer now?
January 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
This post is correct.
Israeli-developed facial recognition tech will be embedded in the UK’s emerging Live Facial Recognition security measures.
Feel safer now?
Israeli-developed facial recognition tech will be embedded in the UK’s emerging Live Facial Recognition security measures.
Feel safer now?
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Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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"UpScrolled, a Palestinian owned social media app with no censorship and no biased algorithms, has exploded in the last 24 hours, with over 100,000 new users signing up."
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UpScrolled, a Palestinian owned social media app with no censorship and no biased algorithms, has exploded in the last 24 hours, with over 100,000 new users signing up.
UpScrolled is a short-form...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:24 AM
"UpScrolled, a Palestinian owned social media app with no censorship and no biased algorithms, has exploded in the last 24 hours, with over 100,000 new users signing up."
www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk/p...
www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk/p...
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This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2580004...
Judicial review of Palestine Action ban approved
A LEGAL bid to overturn the Palestine Action proscription through the Scottish courts has passed a major milestone as judges have approved plans for…
www.thenational.scot
January 27, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2580004...
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"END THE BANS, SACK THE BOARD"
The Deportivo Alavés supporters’ group Iraultza 1921 displayed a solidarity banner with the Green Brigade. The Green Brigade has been facing serious issues with the Celtic FC board for some time and is dealing with stadium bans.
The Deportivo Alavés supporters’ group Iraultza 1921 displayed a solidarity banner with the Green Brigade. The Green Brigade has been facing serious issues with the Celtic FC board for some time and is dealing with stadium bans.
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
"END THE BANS, SACK THE BOARD"
The Deportivo Alavés supporters’ group Iraultza 1921 displayed a solidarity banner with the Green Brigade. The Green Brigade has been facing serious issues with the Celtic FC board for some time and is dealing with stadium bans.
The Deportivo Alavés supporters’ group Iraultza 1921 displayed a solidarity banner with the Green Brigade. The Green Brigade has been facing serious issues with the Celtic FC board for some time and is dealing with stadium bans.
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Resisting the might-makes-right order, in solidarity with the peoples of Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba and Greenland.
Boycott, divest from, or exclude from contracts these complicit US companies.
Boycott, divest from, or exclude from contracts these complicit US companies.
January 26, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Resisting the might-makes-right order, in solidarity with the peoples of Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba and Greenland.
Boycott, divest from, or exclude from contracts these complicit US companies.
Boycott, divest from, or exclude from contracts these complicit US companies.
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I am a historian who has written about insurgencies. This is true.
The irony in militaristic terms is that the bovino maga set are buying themselves into a classic counter insurgency trap (everyone who lives in the place you're occupying and laying siege to hates you and will give aid without question to anyone who looks likely to have a chance at fucking you up).
these guys are LARPing like siege commanders talking about "supply lines"
rightoids literally cannot comprehend the idea of a community caring for their own; these people live in Minneapolis their supply line is a five minute drive to the grocery store
rightoids literally cannot comprehend the idea of a community caring for their own; these people live in Minneapolis their supply line is a five minute drive to the grocery store
January 26, 2026 at 10:16 AM
I am a historian who has written about insurgencies. This is true.
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"Total traitor and a fascist snake-oil salesman!!"
via John F Stevens
via John F Stevens
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 AM
"Total traitor and a fascist snake-oil salesman!!"
via John F Stevens
via John F Stevens
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“It undermines their credibility to go to other countries and complain about arbitrary detention when they are arbitrarily detaining these people.”
Dr Muin Boase -
Take complaint of the British gov’s detention of IPPs to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention #IPPScandal
Dr Muin Boase -
Take complaint of the British gov’s detention of IPPs to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention #IPPScandal
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
“It undermines their credibility to go to other countries and complain about arbitrary detention when they are arbitrarily detaining these people.”
Dr Muin Boase -
Take complaint of the British gov’s detention of IPPs to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention #IPPScandal
Dr Muin Boase -
Take complaint of the British gov’s detention of IPPs to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention #IPPScandal
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Tony Bloom - no emotional ties to Hearts, desperate to win the league and willing to invest
Andrew Kavanagh - no emotional ties to Rangers, desperate to win the league and willing to invest
Dermot Desmond & Michael Nicolson - you decide?
Andrew Kavanagh - no emotional ties to Rangers, desperate to win the league and willing to invest
Dermot Desmond & Michael Nicolson - you decide?
January 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Tony Bloom - no emotional ties to Hearts, desperate to win the league and willing to invest
Andrew Kavanagh - no emotional ties to Rangers, desperate to win the league and willing to invest
Dermot Desmond & Michael Nicolson - you decide?
Andrew Kavanagh - no emotional ties to Rangers, desperate to win the league and willing to invest
Dermot Desmond & Michael Nicolson - you decide?
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Mark Clattenburg makes his VAR stance crystal clear with Auston Trusty Celtic red card verdict
https://www.67hailhail.com/match/mark-clattenburg-makes-his-var-stance-crystal-clear-with-auston-trusty-celtic-red-card-verdict/
https://www.67hailhail.com/match/mark-clattenburg-makes-his-var-stance-crystal-clear-with-auston-trusty-celtic-red-card-verdict/
Mark Clattenburg makes his VAR stance crystal clear with Auston Trusty Celtic red card verdict
www.67hailhail.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Mark Clattenburg makes his VAR stance crystal clear with Auston Trusty Celtic red card verdict
https://www.67hailhail.com/match/mark-clattenburg-makes-his-var-stance-crystal-clear-with-auston-trusty-celtic-red-card-verdict/
https://www.67hailhail.com/match/mark-clattenburg-makes-his-var-stance-crystal-clear-with-auston-trusty-celtic-red-card-verdict/
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“If you consider yourself a unionist, you should be very concerned that we are getting to a point where 3 out of the 4 of the countries within it have large numbers of voters that don’t want the UK to exist.”
Will Hayward bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/25/t...
Will Hayward bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/25/t...
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
“If you consider yourself a unionist, you should be very concerned that we are getting to a point where 3 out of the 4 of the countries within it have large numbers of voters that don’t want the UK to exist.”
Will Hayward bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/25/t...
Will Hayward bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/01/25/t...
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Who really runs Britain?
Was great to talk to the excellent @samfriedman.bsky.social for the latest D4S
Really struck by his idea of a ‘symbolic marketplace for ordinariness’ - how politicians try to present as ‘ordinary’ when they are anything but
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-really...
Was great to talk to the excellent @samfriedman.bsky.social for the latest D4S
Really struck by his idea of a ‘symbolic marketplace for ordinariness’ - how politicians try to present as ‘ordinary’ when they are anything but
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-really...
Who really rules Britain?
I talked to Sam Friedman about Britain’s elite - and its political power
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Who really runs Britain?
Was great to talk to the excellent @samfriedman.bsky.social for the latest D4S
Really struck by his idea of a ‘symbolic marketplace for ordinariness’ - how politicians try to present as ‘ordinary’ when they are anything but
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-really...
Was great to talk to the excellent @samfriedman.bsky.social for the latest D4S
Really struck by his idea of a ‘symbolic marketplace for ordinariness’ - how politicians try to present as ‘ordinary’ when they are anything but
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-really...
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Rise up. Speak up. Don’t let them silence you.
Solidarity with all who want a free and fair world.
#socialistsunday
Will follow back all like minded.
Solidarity with all who want a free and fair world.
#socialistsunday
Will follow back all like minded.
January 25, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Rise up. Speak up. Don’t let them silence you.
Solidarity with all who want a free and fair world.
#socialistsunday
Will follow back all like minded.
Solidarity with all who want a free and fair world.
#socialistsunday
Will follow back all like minded.
During this phoney ceasefire, Israel has demolished 2,500 buildings and built military infrastructure inside Gaza. Basically achieving things they had no hope of achieving when under fire from the Palestinian resistance.
For Palestinians in Gaza, Phase 2 of the so-called "ceasefire" offers little hope that it will fundamentally change the status quo Israel has established over the past three months, which many refer to as "a new form of genocide."
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/the-...
mondoweiss.net/2026/01/the-...
The U.S. has announced ‘Phase 2’ of the Gaza ceasefire. Here’s why it doesn’t matter for Palestinians.
For Palestinians in Gaza, Phase 2 of the ceasefire offers little hope that it will fundamentally change the status quo Israel has established over the past three months, which many refer to as “a new…
mondoweiss.net
January 24, 2026 at 3:18 PM
During this phoney ceasefire, Israel has demolished 2,500 buildings and built military infrastructure inside Gaza. Basically achieving things they had no hope of achieving when under fire from the Palestinian resistance.
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the feel-good film of Sundance is a documentary where a community stands up to immigration officials, tells them to fuck off, and wins www.avclub.com/everybody-to...
A timely Sundance doc is an ICE-breaker around community action
Everybody To Kenmure Street shows what's possible when immigration officials aren't allowed to murder at will.
www.avclub.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:03 PM
the feel-good film of Sundance is a documentary where a community stands up to immigration officials, tells them to fuck off, and wins www.avclub.com/everybody-to...
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January 24, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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