Andrew McDermott (Macca)
@maccamk.bsky.social
Work: Open University
From: Milton Keynes, Europe
Music: Radiohead, Talking Heads, Willy Mason, LIFE, IDLES, Gomez, Billy Nomates, BEAK>, Tom Vek
Football: Open University Vets FC, Liverpool FC, Woburn and Wavendon FC
Tech: everything
From: Milton Keynes, Europe
Music: Radiohead, Talking Heads, Willy Mason, LIFE, IDLES, Gomez, Billy Nomates, BEAK>, Tom Vek
Football: Open University Vets FC, Liverpool FC, Woburn and Wavendon FC
Tech: everything
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🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
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All the hardcore ravers from school who used to bully the indie kids are at Oasis.
July 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
All the hardcore ravers from school who used to bully the indie kids are at Oasis.
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17 years on, the Tories still paint the £45 billion bailout of RBS as a once in a lifetime economic disaster that proves Gordon Brown was a terrible PM.
Brexit costs just as much every 19 months. Tories spent last week demanding we keep it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Brexit costs just as much every 19 months. Tories spent last week demanding we keep it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Taxpayers set for £10bn loss on NatWest as disgraced ex-boss takes £600k-a-year pension
Government expected to sell last shares in banking group this week, drawing a line under 2008 financial crisis bailout
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
17 years on, the Tories still paint the £45 billion bailout of RBS as a once in a lifetime economic disaster that proves Gordon Brown was a terrible PM.
Brexit costs just as much every 19 months. Tories spent last week demanding we keep it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Brexit costs just as much every 19 months. Tories spent last week demanding we keep it.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Stop chiding people for the closure and loss of things like shops, pubs, and cinemas like it's their fault. The reason people aren't using these things is BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FUCKING AFFORD THEM.
May 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Stop chiding people for the closure and loss of things like shops, pubs, and cinemas like it's their fault. The reason people aren't using these things is BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FUCKING AFFORD THEM.
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One estimate is that the cessation of USAID funding could result in ~25 million additional deaths over 15 years. I would like to see a story written about how potentially murderous Trump could be, so that people in Congress who could stop him can ask themselves if that's what they want the US to be.
25 million deaths: what could happen if the US ends global health funding
Models estimate the ginormous potential impact of foreign-aid cuts.
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
One estimate is that the cessation of USAID funding could result in ~25 million additional deaths over 15 years. I would like to see a story written about how potentially murderous Trump could be, so that people in Congress who could stop him can ask themselves if that's what they want the US to be.
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Congratulations, it's a Pope!
May 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Congratulations, it's a Pope!
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Yup, that’s right.
Chase Reform.
Legitimise them.
Punch down.
Brag about cruelty.
Abandon values.
Lose elections to Reform.
Rinse.
Repeat.
🙄
Chase Reform.
Legitimise them.
Punch down.
Brag about cruelty.
Abandon values.
Lose elections to Reform.
Rinse.
Repeat.
🙄
Labour targets international students claiming asylum after losses to Reform in local elections
Exclusive: Ministers understood to be drafting white paper this month in move to reduce legal migration
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Yup, that’s right.
Chase Reform.
Legitimise them.
Punch down.
Brag about cruelty.
Abandon values.
Lose elections to Reform.
Rinse.
Repeat.
🙄
Chase Reform.
Legitimise them.
Punch down.
Brag about cruelty.
Abandon values.
Lose elections to Reform.
Rinse.
Repeat.
🙄
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Apparently getting masked thugs to snatch a student off the street and send her to a detention centre 1000 miles away - for writing an opinion piece - is "uncivil" but absolutely necessary.
Just in case anyone had any doubts about who these people really are..
thecritic.co.uk/will-donald-...
Just in case anyone had any doubts about who these people really are..
thecritic.co.uk/will-donald-...
March 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Apparently getting masked thugs to snatch a student off the street and send her to a detention centre 1000 miles away - for writing an opinion piece - is "uncivil" but absolutely necessary.
Just in case anyone had any doubts about who these people really are..
thecritic.co.uk/will-donald-...
Just in case anyone had any doubts about who these people really are..
thecritic.co.uk/will-donald-...
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“Authoritarian populism is more willing to engage in lie-based politics that essentially condenses complexity down to simplicity.” Great article on why the over simplification of the vastly complex issues we face is so dangerous
"Simple solutions assume nothing will go wrong at the moment, when the most likely thing that will happen is things will go really wrong in unprecedented ways"
If Trump can create alternative realities, can 'reality' catch up with him?
My essay, with insights from political scientist Brian Klaas 👇
If Trump can create alternative realities, can 'reality' catch up with him?
My essay, with insights from political scientist Brian Klaas 👇
Populist Simplicity In A Hyper-Complex World: Will Trump Overplay His Hand?
Hardeep Matharu dissects what the now infamous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky revealed about the American President’s approach – and speaks to political scientist Brian Klaas about why hi...
bylinetimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Authoritarian populism is more willing to engage in lie-based politics that essentially condenses complexity down to simplicity.” Great article on why the over simplification of the vastly complex issues we face is so dangerous
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Is your PhD research on game design, game production, HCI, or design theory? I've got three 2-year postdoc positions in my ERC StG project to investigate what makes theory useful and usable in game design / interaction design.
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Postdoc positions in HCI and Videogames Theory at IT University of Copenhagen
The IT University of Copenhagen invites highly motivated individuals to apply for a Postdoc position in HCI and Videogames Theory at IT University of Copenhagen
candidate.hr-manager.net
March 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Is your PhD research on game design, game production, HCI, or design theory? I've got three 2-year postdoc positions in my ERC StG project to investigate what makes theory useful and usable in game design / interaction design.
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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The Employment Rights Bill was supposed to scrap draconian rules forcing 50% of workers to vote for a strike ballot to be valid - but the move appears to have been quietly delayed
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Ministers delayed repeal of Tory anti-union law and Union leaders are 'dismayed'
The Employment Rights Bill was supposed to scrap draconian rules forcing 50% of workers to vote for a strike ballot to be valid - but the move has been quietly delayed
www.mirror.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Employment Rights Bill was supposed to scrap draconian rules forcing 50% of workers to vote for a strike ballot to be valid - but the move appears to have been quietly delayed
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The more you think about it, the more the Ukrainian situation is like the plot of The Great Gabbo:
- Putin is Gabbo
- Trump is Otto
- Zelensky is Mary
- The EU is Frank
- Putin is Gabbo
- Trump is Otto
- Zelensky is Mary
- The EU is Frank
February 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The more you think about it, the more the Ukrainian situation is like the plot of The Great Gabbo:
- Putin is Gabbo
- Trump is Otto
- Zelensky is Mary
- The EU is Frank
- Putin is Gabbo
- Trump is Otto
- Zelensky is Mary
- The EU is Frank
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We know what’s going on here.
February 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
We know what’s going on here.
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Selective outrage of the right.
February 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Selective outrage of the right.
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Senator Rips Into RFK Jr. — And Gets Him To Admit He Spread A Conspiracy Theory
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
Senator Rips Into RFK Jr. — And Gets Him To Admit He Spread A Conspiracy Theory
Pretty sure Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) won't be supporting Kennedy's nomination.
www.huffpost.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Senator Rips Into RFK Jr. — And Gets Him To Admit He Spread A Conspiracy Theory
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
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Kemi Badenoch's spokesman repeatedly refuses to say whether she agrees with Suella Braverman's 'Sharia law in the UK' speech, insisting that "she hasn't read it", despite it being widely reported and her spokespeople having received multiple questions about it
January 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Kemi Badenoch's spokesman repeatedly refuses to say whether she agrees with Suella Braverman's 'Sharia law in the UK' speech, insisting that "she hasn't read it", despite it being widely reported and her spokespeople having received multiple questions about it
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who could be more suited for the role of Director of National Intelligence than such a master of Opsec
January 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
who could be more suited for the role of Director of National Intelligence than such a master of Opsec
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Haas claimed a Formula One milestone with Laura Mueller appointed as the sport’s first female race engineer, working with experienced French driver Esteban Ocon reut.rs/4hprJp6
Haas appoint Mueller as F1’s first female race engineer
Haas claimed a Formula One milestone on Tuesday with Laura Mueller appointed as the sport’s first female race engineer, working with experienced French driver Esteban Ocon.
reut.rs
January 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Haas claimed a Formula One milestone with Laura Mueller appointed as the sport’s first female race engineer, working with experienced French driver Esteban Ocon reut.rs/4hprJp6
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Just take a moment to imagine the reaction to Barack Obama pardoning 1,500 black people, involved in a riot, which led to five police officers dying, calling them "heroes" & "hostages".
January 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Just take a moment to imagine the reaction to Barack Obama pardoning 1,500 black people, involved in a riot, which led to five police officers dying, calling them "heroes" & "hostages".
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What did Obama say to George Bush at the #inauguration today?
January 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
What did Obama say to George Bush at the #inauguration today?
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A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it.
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
January 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it.
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
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Please buy books and read them. It will matter moving forward.
January 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Please buy books and read them. It will matter moving forward.
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Trump's inauguration should mark a turning point. Time for the UK to stop trying to ride the US's coattails and start working with those who share our values and want the things we want.
January 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump's inauguration should mark a turning point. Time for the UK to stop trying to ride the US's coattails and start working with those who share our values and want the things we want.
Reuters can go eff itself.
Triumphant?!
2 attempts?!
What has happened to news...
Triumphant?!
2 attempts?!
What has happened to news...
Donald Trump will be sworn in as US president today. The ceremony completes a triumphant comeback after surviving two impeachment trials, a felony conviction, two assassination attempts and an indictment for attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss reut.rs/4h1POSP
January 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Reuters can go eff itself.
Triumphant?!
2 attempts?!
What has happened to news...
Triumphant?!
2 attempts?!
What has happened to news...