Sarah Mackie
@lumi1984.bsky.social
Lover of sci-fi, gaming, soundtracks and the Scots language.
https://www.youtube.com/@sarahmackievids
Aspires to a Scotland with self determination and a better world for all.
"...humans can be better than they are, so let's do that."
- James S.A. Corey
https://www.youtube.com/@sarahmackievids
Aspires to a Scotland with self determination and a better world for all.
"...humans can be better than they are, so let's do that."
- James S.A. Corey
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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength"
-- George Orwell (1949)
-- George Orwell (1949)
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength"
-- George Orwell (1949)
-- George Orwell (1949)
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A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A raccoon entered a liquor store in Virginia and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
Don’t worry — he’s OK. trib.al/R3wXGbV
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…
Nasty wee man that does nothing good for anybody in politics being a nasty wee man...quelle surprise.
Tomorrow's front page 📰
Nigel Farage attacks Glasgow pupils for being bilingual ... but is fine with his own children all speaking 'perfect German'
Nigel Farage attacks Glasgow pupils for being bilingual ... but is fine with his own children all speaking 'perfect German'
December 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Nasty wee man that does nothing good for anybody in politics being a nasty wee man...quelle surprise.
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Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️⚧️
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️⚧️
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The rise in mental ill heath is real. Can we please have a review into why so many people are struggling, instead of trying to brush them under the carpet. My mental health has suffered because of Labour's threat to withdraw the social security on which I depend.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar
Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The rise in mental ill heath is real. Can we please have a review into why so many people are struggling, instead of trying to brush them under the carpet. My mental health has suffered because of Labour's threat to withdraw the social security on which I depend.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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We only rate dogs. This is a very cozy bed bug. We advise you to get a new bed, since this one is taken, and kindly request you only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 (TT: coldsmuckersuncrustable)
December 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We only rate dogs. This is a very cozy bed bug. We advise you to get a new bed, since this one is taken, and kindly request you only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 (TT: coldsmuckersuncrustable)
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Happy 10th launch anniversary, LISA Pathfinder! 🥳
For the first time ever, this mission tested in space the technology needed to detect gravitational waves, which paved the way to LISA 🤜 🤛
Planned to launch in 2035, LISA will be first gravitational wave detector in space 👉 esa.int/lisa
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For the first time ever, this mission tested in space the technology needed to detect gravitational waves, which paved the way to LISA 🤜 🤛
Planned to launch in 2035, LISA will be first gravitational wave detector in space 👉 esa.int/lisa
🔭
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Happy 10th launch anniversary, LISA Pathfinder! 🥳
For the first time ever, this mission tested in space the technology needed to detect gravitational waves, which paved the way to LISA 🤜 🤛
Planned to launch in 2035, LISA will be first gravitational wave detector in space 👉 esa.int/lisa
🔭
For the first time ever, this mission tested in space the technology needed to detect gravitational waves, which paved the way to LISA 🤜 🤛
Planned to launch in 2035, LISA will be first gravitational wave detector in space 👉 esa.int/lisa
🔭
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Home Office inadvertently bans historical research about the Dunkirk evacuation.
I'd hate to be a boat owner after this passes.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
Imagine all the information that could be be useful for your navigation but which would ALSO be potentially useful to those guiding small boats across the Channel.
Will the Shipping Forecast cease broadcasting? That, after all, makes crossings easier.
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Home Office inadvertently bans historical research about the Dunkirk evacuation.
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What a news story
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
What a news story
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
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This is basically every interaction with a "portal".
I am not a fan of "portals".
I am not a fan of "portals".
December 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is basically every interaction with a "portal".
I am not a fan of "portals".
I am not a fan of "portals".
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‘The cruelty, brutality and ugliness was having a profound emotional effect on me. It was making me unhappy, making me see humanity as something disgusting’
Here’s the story of why I left Twitter, and why the world is a happier and more beautiful place without it
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Here’s the story of why I left Twitter, and why the world is a happier and more beautiful place without it
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
'I quit Twitter because the hate made my stomach heave'
Writer at Large Neil Mackay says that the hate and violence on Elon Musk’s X site was having a profoundly negative effect on him. Now he’s quit,…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
‘The cruelty, brutality and ugliness was having a profound emotional effect on me. It was making me unhappy, making me see humanity as something disgusting’
Here’s the story of why I left Twitter, and why the world is a happier and more beautiful place without it
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Here’s the story of why I left Twitter, and why the world is a happier and more beautiful place without it
In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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#PPOD: The object captured here by the Hubble Space Telescope is a reflection nebula, identified as GN 04.32.8. Reflection nebulae are clouds of dust in space that don't emit their own light, as other nebulae do. 🧪 🔭
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Duchêne
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Duchêne
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#PPOD: The object captured here by the Hubble Space Telescope is a reflection nebula, identified as GN 04.32.8. Reflection nebulae are clouds of dust in space that don't emit their own light, as other nebulae do. 🧪 🔭
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Duchêne
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, G. Duchêne
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I feel like we're moving closer to the inevitable day when Liz Truss announces she's defected to Reform, and Reform frantically spins that she absolutely has not
December 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I feel like we're moving closer to the inevitable day when Liz Truss announces she's defected to Reform, and Reform frantically spins that she absolutely has not
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So chosen because of the way it will prompt those online to say "actually, that is two words".
qed.
qed.
CONFIRMED: Oxford University Press has named ‘rage bait’ as the Oxford Word of the Year 2025.
#OxfordWOTY
#OxfordWOTY
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
So chosen because of the way it will prompt those online to say "actually, that is two words".
qed.
qed.
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They're small. Muddy knees. Higher voices than adults. Easy.
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
They're small. Muddy knees. Higher voices than adults. Easy.
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I am deceased.
November 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I am deceased.
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A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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when did earth have to fight for the right to party
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
when did earth have to fight for the right to party