James Macle🍩d 🐀
@mymateshouse.bsky.social
When you're not doing so well, vote for a better life for yourself. If you are doing quite nicely, vote for a better life for others.
https://substack.com/@jamesmacleod
https://substack.com/@jamesmacleod
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rob reiner was so good as the radio therapist in bye bye love, one of my favorite movies.
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
rob reiner was so good as the radio therapist in bye bye love, one of my favorite movies.
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As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
If Russia is uniquely aggressive…
…why does the West struggle so badly when anyone asks for a comparison table?
This piece is that table.
And it is not flattering:
Selective Outrage: How the West Condemns Russia While Erasing Its Own Record open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
…why does the West struggle so badly when anyone asks for a comparison table?
This piece is that table.
And it is not flattering:
Selective Outrage: How the West Condemns Russia While Erasing Its Own Record open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
Selective Outrage: How the West Condemns Russia While Erasing Its Own Record
The geopolitical art of pointing while standing in a house made entirely of glass
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
If Russia is uniquely aggressive…
…why does the West struggle so badly when anyone asks for a comparison table?
This piece is that table.
And it is not flattering:
Selective Outrage: How the West Condemns Russia While Erasing Its Own Record open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
…why does the West struggle so badly when anyone asks for a comparison table?
This piece is that table.
And it is not flattering:
Selective Outrage: How the West Condemns Russia While Erasing Its Own Record open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
The EBU confirmed these broadcasters/countries have publicly announced they will not participate in Eurovision 2026:
Spain
Ireland
Slovenia
Netherlands
Iceland
Given that, let me dig this one out of the archives for you. Currently my most read and popular article:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
Spain
Ireland
Slovenia
Netherlands
Iceland
Given that, let me dig this one out of the archives for you. Currently my most read and popular article:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
Tel Aviv’s Rainbow Mirage: How Israel Used Gay Men, Glitter and Eurovision to Gaslight the World:
When propaganda slips into Speedos — how Israel turned Pride into policy.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The EBU confirmed these broadcasters/countries have publicly announced they will not participate in Eurovision 2026:
Spain
Ireland
Slovenia
Netherlands
Iceland
Given that, let me dig this one out of the archives for you. Currently my most read and popular article:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
Spain
Ireland
Slovenia
Netherlands
Iceland
Given that, let me dig this one out of the archives for you. Currently my most read and popular article:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
This is largely due to a drop in sales as people boycott it as part of the BDS movement. It works.
The other advantage is having a product essentially just sugar and water. Naturally, your margins are huge so you can afford to lower the price and still make money.
It’s all about selling units.
The other advantage is having a product essentially just sugar and water. Naturally, your margins are huge so you can afford to lower the price and still make money.
It’s all about selling units.
PepsiCo’s operational changes will include a 20% reduction of its product lineup in the U.S.
PepsiCo Planning Price Cuts—Joining Target Amid Affordability Crunch
PepsiCo’s operational changes will include a 20% reduction of its product lineup in the U.S.
www.forbes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is largely due to a drop in sales as people boycott it as part of the BDS movement. It works.
The other advantage is having a product essentially just sugar and water. Naturally, your margins are huge so you can afford to lower the price and still make money.
It’s all about selling units.
The other advantage is having a product essentially just sugar and water. Naturally, your margins are huge so you can afford to lower the price and still make money.
It’s all about selling units.
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Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
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The exodus is happening slowly but surely.
(I try not to share Meta links and just screenshot. I know there’s still good activism happening on IG and Threads, but want to encourage migration off those too)
(I try not to share Meta links and just screenshot. I know there’s still good activism happening on IG and Threads, but want to encourage migration off those too)
December 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The exodus is happening slowly but surely.
(I try not to share Meta links and just screenshot. I know there’s still good activism happening on IG and Threads, but want to encourage migration off those too)
(I try not to share Meta links and just screenshot. I know there’s still good activism happening on IG and Threads, but want to encourage migration off those too)
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Damn you Albanese! Too afraid to go to the park today in Melbourne because of all those roaming gangs of under 16's sitting around reading books
December 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Damn you Albanese! Too afraid to go to the park today in Melbourne because of all those roaming gangs of under 16's sitting around reading books
Modern supermarkets aren’t shops.
They’re behavioural labs with carrots.
Here’s how we got here, and why it feels so miserable:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
They’re behavioural labs with carrots.
Here’s how we got here, and why it feels so miserable:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
From the Village Grocer to the Surveillance Panopticon
The industrialisation of inconvenience, surveillance, and contempt — now with parsley
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Modern supermarkets aren’t shops.
They’re behavioural labs with carrots.
Here’s how we got here, and why it feels so miserable:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
They’re behavioural labs with carrots.
Here’s how we got here, and why it feels so miserable:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
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Labour had ample opportunity to use their majority to protect us from this David and Goliath situation. @writesbright.bsky.social gets Reform's mega-donation into perspective. It's so clearly anti-democratic that one person can so disproportionately buy into politics
Farage rescued (for now) by mega donor
Reform lands £9 million from one man...
writesbright.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Labour had ample opportunity to use their majority to protect us from this David and Goliath situation. @writesbright.bsky.social gets Reform's mega-donation into perspective. It's so clearly anti-democratic that one person can so disproportionately buy into politics
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Linda Reynolds is rumoured to be starting legal action against Bruce Lehrmann for trying to make it all about him being the victim not her. 😳
#AusPol
#AusPol
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Linda Reynolds is rumoured to be starting legal action against Bruce Lehrmann for trying to make it all about him being the victim not her. 😳
#AusPol
#AusPol
No nepotism here then:
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James Macleod (@jamesmacleod)
That is a very “Select” committee. Just not in a good way. I wonder who made that selection? 🤔
substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
No nepotism here then:
substack.com/@jamesmacleo...
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Tucker Carlson didn’t change.
The business model did.
A story about inheritance, media power & why his “rebrand” is just better, new packaging:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
The business model did.
A story about inheritance, media power & why his “rebrand” is just better, new packaging:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
Tucker Carlson: A Story About Legacy, Reinvention, and the Long American Tradition of Selling You the Same Old Fear With a Different Label
A narrative investigation into family, Cold War broadcast machinery, the economics of outrage, and the surprisingly generational art of cultural persuasion.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Tucker Carlson didn’t change.
The business model did.
A story about inheritance, media power & why his “rebrand” is just better, new packaging:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
The business model did.
A story about inheritance, media power & why his “rebrand” is just better, new packaging:
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
Regardless of the poster calling it the worst violence they’ve seen, the worst isn’t on camera. I urge people to watch — it shows how savage Israeli settlers act with impunity and with IDF assistance.
Please share, people need to see this madness as it is.
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
Please share, people need to see this madness as it is.
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
The Most Hideous Act of Violence I've Ever Witnessed
Watch now (9 mins) | The IDF led us directly into a settler ambush during the Turmus'ayya olive harvest.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Regardless of the poster calling it the worst violence they’ve seen, the worst isn’t on camera. I urge people to watch — it shows how savage Israeli settlers act with impunity and with IDF assistance.
Please share, people need to see this madness as it is.
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
Please share, people need to see this madness as it is.
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
Taylor Sheridan doesn’t make propaganda — he makes very entertaining television that sometimes behaves like propaganda, but with better hats.
I wrote about why Landman really matters right now:
jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/how-taylor...
I wrote about why Landman really matters right now:
jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/how-taylor...
How Taylor Sheridan Accidentally Reinvented State Media (With Better Hats)
It’s Only a TV Show—Until It Isn’t: Why Sheridan’s Neo-Western Universe Actually Matters
jamesmacleod.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Taylor Sheridan doesn’t make propaganda — he makes very entertaining television that sometimes behaves like propaganda, but with better hats.
I wrote about why Landman really matters right now:
jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/how-taylor...
I wrote about why Landman really matters right now:
jamesmacleod.substack.com/p/how-taylor...
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Might apply for a temp job as a Liberal Party leader
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Might apply for a temp job as a Liberal Party leader
People aren’t wrong — Bluesky is censoring. Below is a screenshot of what appeared when I posted my last update.
The post is emotionally graphic but not graphic content. Increasingly, Bluesky hides material about Gaza under excuses, while not doing the same for other conflicts.
The post is emotionally graphic but not graphic content. Increasingly, Bluesky hides material about Gaza under excuses, while not doing the same for other conflicts.
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
People aren’t wrong — Bluesky is censoring. Below is a screenshot of what appeared when I posted my last update.
The post is emotionally graphic but not graphic content. Increasingly, Bluesky hides material about Gaza under excuses, while not doing the same for other conflicts.
The post is emotionally graphic but not graphic content. Increasingly, Bluesky hides material about Gaza under excuses, while not doing the same for other conflicts.
“ceasefire”
substack.com/@emangaza/no...
substack.com/@emangaza/no...
Eman Mohammed (@emangaza)
“Dad… Dad… that’s my father.”
A little girl breaks down in horror as her entire family is injured in an Israeli air strike on the Awqaf building in the Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
طفلة ...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“ceasefire”
substack.com/@emangaza/no...
substack.com/@emangaza/no...
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Is this what Labour politicians came into politics for?
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Is this what Labour politicians came into politics for?
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
The Maxwell story is far bigger than you think (both Ghislaine’s & her father’s Robert). Media power, PROMIS, espionage, missing files — all pulled together in a way that makes some kind of sense.
It’s long, so one for the weekend.👇
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
It’s long, so one for the weekend.👇
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
* Final draft* The Web of Maxwell: Power, Espionage, and the Digital Ghosts of History
From Ted Heath’s yacht to Epstein’s island — how media moguls, spies, and predators built a web of power, blackmail, and surveillance.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The Maxwell story is far bigger than you think (both Ghislaine’s & her father’s Robert). Media power, PROMIS, espionage, missing files — all pulled together in a way that makes some kind of sense.
It’s long, so one for the weekend.👇
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...
It’s long, so one for the weekend.👇
open.substack.com/pub/jamesmac...