Alastair McIntosh
@alastairmci.bsky.social
Human ecologist and Quaker, I share on social justice, environment, land reform, nonviolence and spirituality. Books include Soil and Soul, Poacher's Pilgrimage & Riders on the Storm. Honorary prof Glasgow Uni.
Hebrides and Govan.
www.AlastairMcIntosh.com
Hebrides and Govan.
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I worked as a literacy tutor in the BSU, 1980-82. Very strong agreement
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I worked as a literacy tutor in the BSU, 1980-82. Very strong agreement
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A lesson in compassion and innovation from 1973
Treating prisoners with human dignity - insights from the Barlinnie Special Unit and reducing the need to have prisons. My Thought for the Day today on BBC Radio Scotland. Can also be heard about 1:24 in (0723) at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A lesson in compassion and innovation from 1973
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Apologies for being late to this news, but it seems we have found ourselves a Muslim gentleman that no one can find a reason to hate on.
Doesn’t that feel grand!
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Doesn’t that feel grand!
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Samir Zitouni named as train hero who saved lives during attack
The family of rail worker Samir Zitouni say they are
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November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Apologies for being late to this news, but it seems we have found ourselves a Muslim gentleman that no one can find a reason to hate on.
Doesn’t that feel grand!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Doesn’t that feel grand!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Treating prisoners with human dignity - insights from the Barlinnie Special Unit and reducing the need to have prisons. My Thought for the Day today on BBC Radio Scotland. Can also be heard about 1:24 in (0723) at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Treating prisoners with human dignity - insights from the Barlinnie Special Unit and reducing the need to have prisons. My Thought for the Day today on BBC Radio Scotland. Can also be heard about 1:24 in (0723) at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
"The Bog Shaman: Manchán on Moriarty" an Irish RTE broadcast where the recently late Manchán Magan rifles through the audio recordings of the poet and writer John Moriarty. I met Manchán at St Ethelburgas in London in June. We deeply hit it off. A sad, early passing. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
The Bog Shaman: Manchán on Moriarty
A celebration of the wild and wonderful Co. Kerry philosopher John Moriarty. Manchán Magan rifles through the audio recordings of this great prophet and deep-thinker.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"The Bog Shaman: Manchán on Moriarty" an Irish RTE broadcast where the recently late Manchán Magan rifles through the audio recordings of the poet and writer John Moriarty. I met Manchán at St Ethelburgas in London in June. We deeply hit it off. A sad, early passing. www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Pope Leo on the “martyrs for dialogue, who stood against violence and hatred… Dialogue is not a tactic or a tool, but it's a way of life – a journey of the heart that transforms everyone involved, the one who listens and the one who speaks.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo: The message of 'Nostra aetate' remains as urgent as ever - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV presides at “Walking Together in Hope,” a celebration of 60 years of “Nostra aetate”, the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on ...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Pope Leo on the “martyrs for dialogue, who stood against violence and hatred… Dialogue is not a tactic or a tool, but it's a way of life – a journey of the heart that transforms everyone involved, the one who listens and the one who speaks.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Claim: “In the broad sweep of land reform history, this Bill marks a watershed moment” says minister Mairi Gougeon.
More like a platitudinous trickle: see andywightman.scot/2025/10/stag...
Timid and disappointing stuff from @snp.org and @scottishgreens.org
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More like a platitudinous trickle: see andywightman.scot/2025/10/stag...
Timid and disappointing stuff from @snp.org and @scottishgreens.org
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
'The Land Reform Bill marks a watershed moment' says minister Mairi Gougeon
Scotland’s new Land Reform Bill could mark a historic shift in how land is owned and managed, says Land Reform minister Mairi Gougeon.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Claim: “In the broad sweep of land reform history, this Bill marks a watershed moment” says minister Mairi Gougeon.
More like a platitudinous trickle: see andywightman.scot/2025/10/stag...
Timid and disappointing stuff from @snp.org and @scottishgreens.org
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
More like a platitudinous trickle: see andywightman.scot/2025/10/stag...
Timid and disappointing stuff from @snp.org and @scottishgreens.org
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/hol...
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Pope Leo to Jubilee of Education: “Today, we have become experts in the smallest details of reality, yet we have lost the capability of an overarching vision that integrates things through a deeper and greater meaning.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
October 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Pope Leo to Jubilee of Education: “Today, we have become experts in the smallest details of reality, yet we have lost the capability of an overarching vision that integrates things through a deeper and greater meaning.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
The problem with Scottish Greens nailed by Hassan: “The party’s trajectory in recent times has seen it over-identify with the most enthusiastic part of the electorate which is pro-Green – the student vote.” Won’t regain my vote ‘til folk they’ve ejected can come back.
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Can the Green Surge come to Scotland? - Gerry Hassan - writing, research, policy and ideas
Can the Green Surge come to Scotland? Sunday National, 26 October 2025 Gerry Hassan Zack Polanski’s recent election as leader of the Greens in England and Wales was a major moment in UK politics. It h...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The problem with Scottish Greens nailed by Hassan: “The party’s trajectory in recent times has seen it over-identify with the most enthusiastic part of the electorate which is pro-Green – the student vote.” Won’t regain my vote ‘til folk they’ve ejected can come back.
gerryhassan.com/blog/can-the...
gerryhassan.com/blog/can-the...
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"I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit" - John Knox. Now we know why.
October 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit" - John Knox. Now we know why.
Prof Henry Maitles: “As a Scottish, Glaswegian Jew who has been on many of these marches, sometimes as part of a bloc under a loose heading of “Scottish Jews stand with Palestine”, I’ve found no hostility whatsoever towards me or indeed any Jewish people.”
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
I am a Scottish Jew. This is the truth about pro-Palestine 'antisemitism'
THERE has been unease among British Jews about our major cities, including Glasgow and Edinburgh, being “no-go areas” ...
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October 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Prof Henry Maitles: “As a Scottish, Glaswegian Jew who has been on many of these marches, sometimes as part of a bloc under a loose heading of “Scottish Jews stand with Palestine”, I’ve found no hostility whatsoever towards me or indeed any Jewish people.”
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...
Liberation theology: “Pope Leo XIV said popular movements grow out of the peripheries of society, so as to seek justice and find solutions for people dominated by unjust systems.” In the “poor Church for the poor … Jesus has hidden His face in that of the poor.”
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Pope: Popular movements must fill void left by society’s inhuman indifference - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV meets with participants in the Fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements, and criticizes inhuman social structures that sow death and ...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Liberation theology: “Pope Leo XIV said popular movements grow out of the peripheries of society, so as to seek justice and find solutions for people dominated by unjust systems.” In the “poor Church for the poor … Jesus has hidden His face in that of the poor.”
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
This free event on prison reform, based on insights from the Barlinne Special Unit, is TODAY (Wed) at 3.30 in Glasgow, by Ibrox subway.
Last call for this tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd) on the Barlinnie Special Unit (prison reform) at the GalGael Trust, 15 Fairlie St, near Ibrox subway station Glasgow. 3.30 prompt with speakers Mike Nellis (criminologist), Karyn McCluskey (Community Justice), Sara Trevelyan (therapist) & Livi of GalGael.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This free event on prison reform, based on insights from the Barlinne Special Unit, is TODAY (Wed) at 3.30 in Glasgow, by Ibrox subway.
If right to roam legislation is not enforced, there is a risk that people out walking in the countryside might start carrying the means to ensure that it is. Who needs big game trophy hunting, when you’ve got “No Entry” signs?
October 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If right to roam legislation is not enforced, there is a risk that people out walking in the countryside might start carrying the means to ensure that it is. Who needs big game trophy hunting, when you’ve got “No Entry” signs?
Last call for this tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd) on the Barlinnie Special Unit (prison reform) at the GalGael Trust, 15 Fairlie St, near Ibrox subway station Glasgow. 3.30 prompt with speakers Mike Nellis (criminologist), Karyn McCluskey (Community Justice), Sara Trevelyan (therapist) & Livi of GalGael.
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Last call for this tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd) on the Barlinnie Special Unit (prison reform) at the GalGael Trust, 15 Fairlie St, near Ibrox subway station Glasgow. 3.30 prompt with speakers Mike Nellis (criminologist), Karyn McCluskey (Community Justice), Sara Trevelyan (therapist) & Livi of GalGael.
“While Taft-Hartley’s restrictions make it all but impossible for labor unions to orchestrate anything akin to a national general strike, it does not dictate how grassroots activists and coalitions could organize, as long as those efforts do not include the help of legally-recognized labor unions.”
#Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Ups The Ante As He Calls For A #GeneralStrike www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag... #1u
Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike
It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.
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October 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“While Taft-Hartley’s restrictions make it all but impossible for labor unions to orchestrate anything akin to a national general strike, it does not dictate how grassroots activists and coalitions could organize, as long as those efforts do not include the help of legally-recognized labor unions.”
And that was ... "a good thing".
(because betting shops exploit the hopes of poor people)
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(because betting shops exploit the hopes of poor people)
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Betfred says all its shops may close if Reeves hikes gambling tax
The company's co-founder says it would be forced to close all its sites, putting 7,500 jobs at risk, if gambling taxes go up.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And that was ... "a good thing".
(because betting shops exploit the hopes of poor people)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
(because betting shops exploit the hopes of poor people)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m glad that someone somewhere in the world is still talking like this.
@johnswinney.bsky.social
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Scotland has 'moral obligation' to support global south - Swinney
The first minister minister made the remarks during a visit to Zambia and Malawi, 20 years on from a historic co-operation agreement.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I’m glad that someone somewhere in the world is still talking like this.
@johnswinney.bsky.social
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
Neil Mackay on the SNP from a progressive position: “They’re the only party which seems to care about the poor — and that’s my driving motivation: to see the lives of the poor improve. The Scottish Child Payment remains an admirable piece of legislation.” www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Neil Mackay: Why the SNP might just have won me back
Our Writer at Large explains his turbulent relationship with SNP: from support to disgust and now back to a place where he’s prepared to give them…
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October 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Neil Mackay on the SNP from a progressive position: “They’re the only party which seems to care about the poor — and that’s my driving motivation: to see the lives of the poor improve. The Scottish Child Payment remains an admirable piece of legislation.” www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
“Scotland’s land is owned by the few—and the Government is letting it happen….
“And why? Because land is power.”
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“And why? Because land is power.”
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'No citizens anywhere else in the world own so little of their own country'
Scotland’s land is owned by the few, while the many are left powerless. Despite overwhelming public support for reform, political will remains…
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October 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“Scotland’s land is owned by the few—and the Government is letting it happen….
“And why? Because land is power.”
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“And why? Because land is power.”
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My thoughts on the seasons of life broadcast this morning @alastairmci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio Scotland - New Every Sunday, 12/10/2025
Act of worship with Prof Mairéad Nic Craith.
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October 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My thoughts on the seasons of life broadcast this morning @alastairmci.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Pope Leo’s first ‘exhortation’ is on poverty: “The document’s apparent commendation of aspects of liberation theology … may cause conflict with some conservative Roman Catholics, as well as with governments committed to vigorous free-market economies.”
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Pope Leo calls on Christians to ‘hear the cry of the poor’
Poverty has been made worse by the ‘blindness and cruelty’ of those who see it as a choice, he tells Catholics
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October 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Pope Leo’s first ‘exhortation’ is on poverty: “The document’s apparent commendation of aspects of liberation theology … may cause conflict with some conservative Roman Catholics, as well as with governments committed to vigorous free-market economies.”
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
"We're definitely going to build a bunker before we release Artificial General Intelligence," he's widely reported to have said, though it's unclear who he meant by "we".”
Hiding in their bunkers, they cannot see what a human being is, never mind the fullness that constitutes “intelligence”.
Hiding in their bunkers, they cannot see what a human being is, never mind the fullness that constitutes “intelligence”.
Jeez. I thought they were all to be immortal by 2030.🤷🏻♂️
Spineless psychotics who need to get out more.
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Spineless psychotics who need to get out more.
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Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
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October 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
"We're definitely going to build a bunker before we release Artificial General Intelligence," he's widely reported to have said, though it's unclear who he meant by "we".”
Hiding in their bunkers, they cannot see what a human being is, never mind the fullness that constitutes “intelligence”.
Hiding in their bunkers, they cannot see what a human being is, never mind the fullness that constitutes “intelligence”.