John David Francis McAra
@jmcara.bsky.social
Retired lefty gammon who lies about his name.
I like reading stuff by people who know more about things than me. If you DM me uninvited I will block you. I don’t care how big your chest is madam.
I like reading stuff by people who know more about things than me. If you DM me uninvited I will block you. I don’t care how big your chest is madam.
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A timeline cleanser: My recent newsletter is about rise of "repair cafes" around the world, where communities come together to fix each other's beloved things. The goal: reduce consumer waste, and maybe make some buddies in the process 🔧👭
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
A Growing Number of ‘Repair Cafes’ Are Popping Up Around the World to Curb Consumer Waste - Inside Climate News
Local communities are hosting events where people can bring in their broken goods for repairs—free of charge.
insideclimatenews.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A timeline cleanser: My recent newsletter is about rise of "repair cafes" around the world, where communities come together to fix each other's beloved things. The goal: reduce consumer waste, and maybe make some buddies in the process 🔧👭
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...
Tend to agree. Mos people saw Hunts pre election NI fuckery for what was and knew they’d have to pay to fix the Tories damage.
They most of all want things to stop being shit.
They most of all want things to stop being shit.
Ultimately it comes down to what you're going to say at the next election.
Would you rather say "we broke our pledge but at least things are better" or "everything's still shit but at least we kept our pledge"?
Would you rather say "we broke our pledge but at least things are better" or "everything's still shit but at least we kept our pledge"?
Too much analysis was still treating breaking the tax pledge as “just another unpopular decision” rather than recognising consequence of breaking a promise which defined an election for the public. If is correct the govt won’t now break it they may have avoided a deeply scarring loss of public trust
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Tend to agree. Mos people saw Hunts pre election NI fuckery for what was and knew they’d have to pay to fix the Tories damage.
They most of all want things to stop being shit.
They most of all want things to stop being shit.
Methinks he is about to become so to poisonous even the GOP will feel compelled to turn on him.
Whether they can run fast enough to escape the toxic ash cloud of association is another thing.
Whether they can run fast enough to escape the toxic ash cloud of association is another thing.
even Fuentes turning against Trump, I didnt had this shit on my bingo card.
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Methinks he is about to become so to poisonous even the GOP will feel compelled to turn on him.
Whether they can run fast enough to escape the toxic ash cloud of association is another thing.
Whether they can run fast enough to escape the toxic ash cloud of association is another thing.
Bleedin’ obvious .
Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Bleedin’ obvious .
Let me guess! Let me guess!
Great piece.
My analysis - how did No10 radicalise this cohort of loyal, centrist, careerist Labour MPs who are now all out for regime change?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Let me guess! Let me guess!
Sill strange how quickly it became even remotely acceptable to come out in public with crazy racist bollocks like this.
Not to mention that the poppy commemorates a war in which the national origins here being called "foreign" were in fact British territories and thousands of whose people died fighting for Britain.
Wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner has no right to wear the poppy!'.
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
Don't wear a poppy --> 'This foreigner is not showing due respect to our veterans!'.
Schrödinger's 'foreigner' strikes again ('stealing our jobs'/'not working' style).
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sill strange how quickly it became even remotely acceptable to come out in public with crazy racist bollocks like this.
Genie well out of the bottle now.
We're now at the stage where it's impossible to credibly deny racism was not always a primary driver of right-wing Brexitism. All the prominent, white-skinned advocates of leaving the EU have shown what they really are over recent times. It was always there.
For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Genie well out of the bottle now.
You have to laugh.
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
You have to laugh.
This is true. If Mamdami is successful then the jig is up.
The establishment is not worried that Zohran Mamdani's policies will fail. It is worried that they will succeed and prove the entire system is based on lies.
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This is true. If Mamdami is successful then the jig is up.
Wait, what?
Greene: "I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career for her party. I served under her speakership in my first term in Congress and I'm very impressed at her ability to get things done. I wish we could get things done for our party like Nancy Pelosi was able to deliver for her party."
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Wait, what?
Bold
Why I think Reform will get hammered at the next UK General Election and Farage will not form a government, despite current polling.
Tactical voting could block Nigel Farage’s path to No 10, poll shows
More than half of Liberal Democrat voters and nearly half of Greens would back Labour to stop Reform winning key seats, YouGov analysis for The Times suggests
www.thetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Bold
This is different.
If I didn't live in California I'd move to Illinois.
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This is different.
Good for them.
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Good for them.
“I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning”
November 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning”
Hope so. Boomer politics is killing us.
The NYC mayor‘s election might be the first big election where Millennials and Gen Zers realize that their broad participation can literally dictate the outcome of elections.
That alone is everything. It’s the way democracy will be reborn.
That alone is everything. It’s the way democracy will be reborn.
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hope so. Boomer politics is killing us.
You can bet your school fees on that!
Finally, they’ve done it. The smuggest show ever made.
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You can bet your school fees on that!
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Finally, they’ve done it. The smuggest show ever made.
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Finally, they’ve done it. The smuggest show ever made.
To an extent does it really matter?
The politics Mamdani represents is the credible genie that is now out of the bottle.
The politics Mamdani represents is the credible genie that is now out of the bottle.
Everybody already taking a victory lap for Mamdani: do you not remember how shockingly things can go?
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
To an extent does it really matter?
The politics Mamdani represents is the credible genie that is now out of the bottle.
The politics Mamdani represents is the credible genie that is now out of the bottle.
Gorged on too much TV football this weekend. Think I’ve made myself sick of it.
a woman in a red dress is sitting at a table with plates of food and drinks
ALT: a woman in a red dress is sitting at a table with plates of food and drinks
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Gorged on too much TV football this weekend. Think I’ve made myself sick of it.
Wait, what?
Yorkshire Photo of the Day - Scarborough, this Thursday.
November 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Wait, what?
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Yorkshire Photo of the Day - Scarborough, this Thursday.
November 1, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Yorkshire Photo of the Day - Scarborough, this Thursday.
Good man.
Every church should be doing this, and if your church isn’t, you’re at the wrong church.
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Good man.
Didn’t want the job, didn’t expect to be asked to do it, isn’t really arsed about it.
Nandy gives off an extremely similar energy to Badenoch – someone who just mouths off without doing any research first, and seems surprised or even offended when that often backfires. But it’s arguably worse when you’re running a government department even than when you’re LOTO.
All that I ask is that the culture secretary not ask questions which reveal she couldn’t tell you who *this year*’s Bafta shortlistees and winners were.
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Didn’t want the job, didn’t expect to be asked to do it, isn’t really arsed about it.
Truly insane.
Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.
FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.
October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Truly insane.
Talking hatstand decries science!
![Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake:
“They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreickzwdynkak7r4lur6afktglm3gontqsq5r5c7jeewyecyd4dczla@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Talking hatstand decries science!