MacInteresting
@macinteresting.bsky.social
Author of Scottish History books (Edinburgh for Everyone, Edinburgh 10 Walks in the Historic Old Town), fan of comedy, history, languages, psychology and anything I didn't know before.
What's everyone's favourite Avatar quote?
Mine is: "Then they realised they weren't little girls anymore, they were little avatars."
Mine is: "Then they realised they weren't little girls anymore, they were little avatars."
What’s everyone’s favourite Avatar quote?
Mine is:
“Get away from her, you avatar!”
Mine is:
“Get away from her, you avatar!”
James Cameron says he’ll hold a press conference to reveal the ‘AVATAR’ franchise ending if films 4 & 5 don’t happen.
“I'll tell you what we were gonna do. How's that?”
#Avatar #JamesCameron #Avatar5
“I'll tell you what we were gonna do. How's that?”
#Avatar #JamesCameron #Avatar5
December 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
What's everyone's favourite Avatar quote?
Mine is: "Then they realised they weren't little girls anymore, they were little avatars."
Mine is: "Then they realised they weren't little girls anymore, they were little avatars."
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On the seventh anniversary of THIS image, here's a funny story about the elephants, Naomi Wolf and the absurdity of online nostalgia.
November 20, 2023 at 11:49 AM
On the seventh anniversary of THIS image, here's a funny story about the elephants, Naomi Wolf and the absurdity of online nostalgia.
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Imagine Scooby Doo saying "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori". It would be terrible. In fact, I don't think that Scooby Doo should read any war poems out loud. He can respect the fallen in other ways.
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Imagine Scooby Doo saying "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori". It would be terrible. In fact, I don't think that Scooby Doo should read any war poems out loud. He can respect the fallen in other ways.
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🦞 Open Seas is hiring 🦞
We’re looking for maternity cover of our Digital & Communications Officer.
You’ll help craft engaging digital content & drive public campaigns that raise awareness of seafood sustainability & marine protection.
To apply, visit the link below:
goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
We’re looking for maternity cover of our Digital & Communications Officer.
You’ll help craft engaging digital content & drive public campaigns that raise awareness of seafood sustainability & marine protection.
To apply, visit the link below:
goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
December 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
🦞 Open Seas is hiring 🦞
We’re looking for maternity cover of our Digital & Communications Officer.
You’ll help craft engaging digital content & drive public campaigns that raise awareness of seafood sustainability & marine protection.
To apply, visit the link below:
goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
We’re looking for maternity cover of our Digital & Communications Officer.
You’ll help craft engaging digital content & drive public campaigns that raise awareness of seafood sustainability & marine protection.
To apply, visit the link below:
goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
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The original archaeologists aren’t proposing that one house at Pompeii can be extrapolated out to show us the diets of all servi, but media needs to be very careful with how they word things. Editors and not journalists tend to control headlines. So just try a bit more nuance next time! Like this:
Pompeii, new findings on slave feeding in the villa of Civita Giuliana
Slaves in some cases had a better diet than the free: new discoveries in the servile quarter of the villa of Civita Giuliana, near Pompeii.
www.finestresullarte.info
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The original archaeologists aren’t proposing that one house at Pompeii can be extrapolated out to show us the diets of all servi, but media needs to be very careful with how they word things. Editors and not journalists tend to control headlines. So just try a bit more nuance next time! Like this:
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If you’ve ever wondered how my brain ticks, where my thoughts go - this masterpiece from @matthighton.bsky.social and @joznorris.bsky.social sums it up well…
youtu.be/ERrQE35vi2k
youtu.be/ERrQE35vi2k
How to draw an Elephant.
YouTube video by Matthew Highton
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
If you’ve ever wondered how my brain ticks, where my thoughts go - this masterpiece from @matthighton.bsky.social and @joznorris.bsky.social sums it up well…
youtu.be/ERrQE35vi2k
youtu.be/ERrQE35vi2k
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
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“When I was [at the BBC], at the height of Boris Johnson’s strength, that fear was ubiquitous. Scripts were sometimes written with a view not solely to their impartiality or truth, but the management of perception of impartiality from one side of the spectrum.“ @lewisgoodall.com
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“When I was [at the BBC], at the height of Boris Johnson’s strength, that fear was ubiquitous. Scripts were sometimes written with a view not solely to their impartiality or truth, but the management of perception of impartiality from one side of the spectrum.“ @lewisgoodall.com
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If the BBC caves to Trump and hands over licence fee payers' cash to him, it will lose far more from non-renewals by licence fee payers than it would ever risk having to pay to Trump in court
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If the BBC caves to Trump and hands over licence fee payers' cash to him, it will lose far more from non-renewals by licence fee payers than it would ever risk having to pay to Trump in court
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Unless my theory bears out - that something big is coming down the tracks - this is more proof how terminally online our media and authority figures are, and how it’s rot their sense of perspective to the core.
These resignations (regardless of the individuals involved) are so dumb. No-one normal cares about a clip from Panorama that aired 4 years ago. This is a completely made-up scandal by the Telegraph. The pandering is maddening.
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Unless my theory bears out - that something big is coming down the tracks - this is more proof how terminally online our media and authority figures are, and how it’s rot their sense of perspective to the core.
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succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
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“I asked Grok” “I asked ChatGPT” Yeah, well I asked my mother what will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here's what she said to me.
July 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“I asked Grok” “I asked ChatGPT” Yeah, well I asked my mother what will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here's what she said to me.
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Actually what am I talking about? It's me. I am Scotland's Zohran Mamdani. As ever my extraordinary modesty has held me back
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Actually what am I talking about? It's me. I am Scotland's Zohran Mamdani. As ever my extraordinary modesty has held me back
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"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
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If you want kids to read:
-Reopen the closed libraries
-Give them free books
-Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students
-Work on adult literacy
Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
-Reopen the closed libraries
-Give them free books
-Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students
-Work on adult literacy
Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests
Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you want kids to read:
-Reopen the closed libraries
-Give them free books
-Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students
-Work on adult literacy
Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
-Reopen the closed libraries
-Give them free books
-Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students
-Work on adult literacy
Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
It's the end of the road for BBC Science in Action. But science itself is facing growing roadblocks. For this terminal edition of SinA I'm joined by @naomioreskes.bsky.social @drdebhoury.bsky.social @michaelemann.bsky.social & @angierasmussen.bsky.social for where now?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Science In Action, How science got here, and where next
As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy have a future?
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
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Tell me, where did this fear of ski slopes begin?
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Tell me, where did this fear of ski slopes begin?
"You're like a modern day Jesus"
(for helping a crying drunk, knowing where the nearest 24 hour shop was and owning shoe polish)
(for helping a crying drunk, knowing where the nearest 24 hour shop was and owning shoe polish)
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"You're like a modern day Jesus"
(for helping a crying drunk, knowing where the nearest 24 hour shop was and owning shoe polish)
(for helping a crying drunk, knowing where the nearest 24 hour shop was and owning shoe polish)
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What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
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