Emily Mackay
@emilyrosemackay.bsky.social
Rhymes with pie. Guardian homepage editor, and writer/editor of various things.
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Dear Hearts can you help us get up to 2,000 subscribers? Spread the word, gift a sub, let your insanely rich mate who owns a private island that he could do with taking out 20 subscriptions... It's what will secure our future for the following year. Bless up.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Dear Hearts can you help us get up to 2,000 subscribers? Spread the word, gift a sub, let your insanely rich mate who owns a private island that he could do with taking out 20 subscriptions... It's what will secure our future for the following year. Bless up.
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Remember how biased and leading the questions were in favour of the AI companies? And this was still the response.
🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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December 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Remember how biased and leading the questions were in favour of the AI companies? And this was still the response.
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TQ Tracks of the Year! I'm reppin' hard for Elijah Minnelli, Aya, Rosalia, Charli xcx/John Cale, Blawan, SunnO))), Agriculture, Burial, Matmos, Oh Mr James, Jerkin Fendrix & more!
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The Quietus Tracks of the Year 2025 | The Quietus
Every year, when we publish our round-up of the year’s best albums, the default reaction on social media and certain corners of Reddit – yes, I have scanned them on occasion I’m afraid – is to assume ...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
TQ Tracks of the Year! I'm reppin' hard for Elijah Minnelli, Aya, Rosalia, Charli xcx/John Cale, Blawan, SunnO))), Agriculture, Burial, Matmos, Oh Mr James, Jerkin Fendrix & more!
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This is a piece on how my GP practice appeared to be misuing the new online booking service by suggesting it's the only way of making appointments. (ie not through phone or walk-in)
If something similar has happened to you, I'd be interested to hear about it.
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If something similar has happened to you, I'd be interested to hear about it.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is a piece on how my GP practice appeared to be misuing the new online booking service by suggesting it's the only way of making appointments. (ie not through phone or walk-in)
If something similar has happened to you, I'd be interested to hear about it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If something similar has happened to you, I'd be interested to hear about it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Now this is how to start a history book. A Wiltshire story teller 1890s.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Now this is how to start a history book. A Wiltshire story teller 1890s.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
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Carbon emissions aside, I think what I also want to highlight here is that the scale of job losses associated with these proposals is truly shocking. Apprenticeships gone. Thousands of businesses going bust. A government truly motivated by growth simply would not do this.
In case you're not across the Budget next Wednesday, it looks like it's going to be really bad for helping Britain reduce its carbon emissions. I'll explain... 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Carbon emissions aside, I think what I also want to highlight here is that the scale of job losses associated with these proposals is truly shocking. Apprenticeships gone. Thousands of businesses going bust. A government truly motivated by growth simply would not do this.
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Climate change affects EVERYTHING. It’s mad that the issue has become left-coded when it should be just reality-coded
Climate change is a kitchen table issue. For most people a home is their largest investment, when climate change depresses their property values or makes their home uninsurable, it's a huge economic hit.
Rising Home Insurance Premiums Are Eating Into Home Values in Disaster-Prone Areas
Changes in the insurance market have started to affect home prices in the most disaster-prone areas, new research finds, pushing some homeowners’ finances to the breaking point.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Climate change affects EVERYTHING. It’s mad that the issue has become left-coded when it should be just reality-coded
KYRIE ELEISON! CMAT at Cambridge Corn Exchange, lord have mercy indeed.
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
KYRIE ELEISON! CMAT at Cambridge Corn Exchange, lord have mercy indeed.
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At the Reform press conference I asked Richard Tice about Matthew Goodwin being made the head of the party's student wing, and Goodwin's views on some minority ethnic Britons not being British.
Tice did *not* distance Reform from Goodwin or the views – feels like a significant moment.
Tice did *not* distance Reform from Goodwin or the views – feels like a significant moment.
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
At the Reform press conference I asked Richard Tice about Matthew Goodwin being made the head of the party's student wing, and Goodwin's views on some minority ethnic Britons not being British.
Tice did *not* distance Reform from Goodwin or the views – feels like a significant moment.
Tice did *not* distance Reform from Goodwin or the views – feels like a significant moment.
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Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
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November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Beautiful piece by @TimAdamsWrites on the brilliant Observer journalist Rachel Cooke who could write wonderfully about anything, has died tragically young and will be hugely, hugely missed by so many people.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
She was a truly formidable critic, so erudite and sharp as a knife.
Wonderful and moving tribute by @timadamswrites.bsky.social to Rachel Cooke, the brilliant Observer journalist who also frequently lit up the pages of the Guardian Weekly, who has died at the age of 56.
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Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
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November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
She was a truly formidable critic, so erudite and sharp as a knife.
Of course, I love it. It went straight to my goth heart, and straight on to my Halloween playlist.
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Charli xcx - House featuring John Cale (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charli xcx
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November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Of course, I love it. It went straight to my goth heart, and straight on to my Halloween playlist.
youtu.be/Xgp7wlBfASA?...
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The Crescent is the sort of utter gem any sensible city should treasure, protect and promote. Its booking is superb and its vibe immaculate. Please object on its behalf!
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We Need Your Help! – The Crescent York
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November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Crescent is the sort of utter gem any sensible city should treasure, protect and promote. Its booking is superb and its vibe immaculate. Please object on its behalf!
thecrescentyork.com/we-need-your...
thecrescentyork.com/we-need-your...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I learned here that Andrew Tate's Hustlers University taught copywriting. Imagine you unwittingly hired one and your website copy is all like: "My unmatched perspicacity coupled with sheer indefatigability makes me a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavour."
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Emily Witt · Do you feel like a failure? In the Manosphere
The winners in an autocracy have little in common with the losers, but putting on aviator sunglasses or a leather jacket...
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September 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I learned here that Andrew Tate's Hustlers University taught copywriting. Imagine you unwittingly hired one and your website copy is all like: "My unmatched perspicacity coupled with sheer indefatigability makes me a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavour."
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
I don't really know what to say about this, other than: you should read it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
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September 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I don't really know what to say about this, other than: you should read it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
All hail CMAT, with whom I am healthily obsessed. I have watched the Euro-Country video A Lot.
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The emblem of modern Ireland? Not fiddles and Guinness but a soulless shopping plaza | Emer McHugh
The singer CMAT dances around a retail centre in a video for her new album. It is the elegy those of us who grew up in the post-Celtic tiger recession have been craving, says Irish writer Emer McHugh
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August 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
All hail CMAT, with whom I am healthily obsessed. I have watched the Euro-Country video A Lot.
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Still almost three years until Thameslink franchise expires 😭
August 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Still almost three years until Thameslink franchise expires 😭
