Patrick Mackie
@patrickmackie.bsky.social
Staff to Tinkerbell. Phumbling fotographer. Humanist and secularist. I am looking forward to retirement next year and visiting galleries, museums, and classical concerts. Living in Argyll and loving in Ayrshire.
Vale Tinkerbell.
b. 01/06/2007
d. 25/05/2025.
A good and faithful cat.
b. 01/06/2007
d. 25/05/2025.
A good and faithful cat.
May 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Vale Tinkerbell.
b. 01/06/2007
d. 25/05/2025.
A good and faithful cat.
b. 01/06/2007
d. 25/05/2025.
A good and faithful cat.
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A growing list of cases including this one here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activis... No wonder Musk told his followers to stop supporting Wikipedia
April 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A growing list of cases including this one here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activis... No wonder Musk told his followers to stop supporting Wikipedia
Trump's "Executive Orders" are, in plain English, diktats, which makes him ... er ... a diktator? Have I got that right?
April 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Trump's "Executive Orders" are, in plain English, diktats, which makes him ... er ... a diktator? Have I got that right?
If I'd ordered this and not been served breaded spleen stuffed with cheese, I'd be very disappointed. #WhyPunctuationMatters
March 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
If I'd ordered this and not been served breaded spleen stuffed with cheese, I'd be very disappointed. #WhyPunctuationMatters
Never forget the 5 Ps Principle:
Proper Procrasination Prevents Premature Performance.
Proper Procrasination Prevents Premature Performance.
March 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Never forget the 5 Ps Principle:
Proper Procrasination Prevents Premature Performance.
Proper Procrasination Prevents Premature Performance.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u... But remember what JD Vance said: the Professors are the enemy 🧪
When This Stanford Professor Got Cancer, He Decided to Teach a Class About It
Dr. Bryant Lin, who teaches medicine at Stanford University, was given a terminal diagnosis. He wanted his students to understand the humanity at the core of medicine.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u... But remember what JD Vance said: the Professors are the enemy 🧪
Smoke at sunset
www.blipfoto.com/entry/332188...
www.blipfoto.com/entry/332188...
Smoke at sunset | AideDeCat
Short winter afternoons give early dusks, this one enhanced by the smoke from burning a fallen tree.
www.blipfoto.com
January 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Smoke at sunset
www.blipfoto.com/entry/332188...
www.blipfoto.com/entry/332188...
This Bengal cat knows a thing or two about chasing sunbeams.
www.blipfoto.com/entry/332152...
www.blipfoto.com/entry/332152...
Sunbeam | AideDeCat
If there's a sunbeam to be found anywhere in the house, Tinkerbell will find it.
www.blipfoto.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This Bengal cat knows a thing or two about chasing sunbeams.
www.blipfoto.com/entry/332152...
www.blipfoto.com/entry/332152...
Christmas Eve highlights.
December 24, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Christmas Eve highlights.
Musk is going to disband all of SpaceX's regulators and competitors, isn't he?
December 20, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Musk is going to disband all of SpaceX's regulators and competitors, isn't he?
Some rando called Tammy-many-numbers has followed me.
Tammy has a screw loose. It's there on the shelf behind her.
Tammy has a screw loose. It's there on the shelf behind her.
December 18, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Some rando called Tammy-many-numbers has followed me.
Tammy has a screw loose. It's there on the shelf behind her.
Tammy has a screw loose. It's there on the shelf behind her.
In lieu of sending out Christmas cards to everyone I know, I've once again made a donation to the very excellent www.refuweegee.co.uk.
So, have yourselves a very happy Christmas, and may the New Year be all you may wish for yourselves and those you love.
Patrick
So, have yourselves a very happy Christmas, and may the New Year be all you may wish for yourselves and those you love.
Patrick
December 13, 2024 at 4:50 PM
In lieu of sending out Christmas cards to everyone I know, I've once again made a donation to the very excellent www.refuweegee.co.uk.
So, have yourselves a very happy Christmas, and may the New Year be all you may wish for yourselves and those you love.
Patrick
So, have yourselves a very happy Christmas, and may the New Year be all you may wish for yourselves and those you love.
Patrick
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Nationalising essential utilities – like water – should not cost taxpayers anything at all youtu.be/TlVbKVBLOiM?... Labour claims taxpayers would face a massive bill for nationalising the water industry. But that’s not true.
Nationalising essential utilities – like water – should not cost taxpayers anything at all
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 13, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Nationalising essential utilities – like water – should not cost taxpayers anything at all youtu.be/TlVbKVBLOiM?... Labour claims taxpayers would face a massive bill for nationalising the water industry. But that’s not true.
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If your country has a lot of hydro power then any installation of intermittent renewables automatically gets grid storage.
Every hour on a panel, every rotation of a wind turbine means less water through a dam which is saved for later when the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine.
Every hour on a panel, every rotation of a wind turbine means less water through a dam which is saved for later when the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine.
December 1, 2024 at 1:48 AM
If your country has a lot of hydro power then any installation of intermittent renewables automatically gets grid storage.
Every hour on a panel, every rotation of a wind turbine means less water through a dam which is saved for later when the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine.
Every hour on a panel, every rotation of a wind turbine means less water through a dam which is saved for later when the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine.
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20 years ago today, I moved to Argyll.
November 27, 2024 at 7:03 AM
20 years ago today, I moved to Argyll.
It's a sobering thing seeing your job advertised ... but I can heartily recommend this Principal #EHO job here in Argyll and Bute. If you're looking for a rewarding health and safety role with great colleagues, click the link.
myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/arg...
myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/arg...
Principal Environmental Health Officer (Health, Safety and Environment) - ARB15296 | Argyll & Bute Council | myjobscotland
View details and apply for this environmental health role in Negotiable Argyll Bute with Argyll & Bute Council on myjobscotland
myjobscotland.gov.uk
November 25, 2024 at 9:41 AM
It's a sobering thing seeing your job advertised ... but I can heartily recommend this Principal #EHO job here in Argyll and Bute. If you're looking for a rewarding health and safety role with great colleagues, click the link.
myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/arg...
myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/arg...
This is going to be fun!
November 16, 2024 at 7:04 PM
This is going to be fun!
Tinkerbell questioning why her rest has been disturbed.
November 16, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Tinkerbell questioning why her rest has been disturbed.
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Hello and welcome to even more new followers! I’m a social historian from Glasgow and have been working on an LGBT+ history project in Belfast. As part of this I wrote about Henry Lynch Robinson, a ‘flamboyant’ architect… www.queerhistoryni.com/blog/henry-l...
Henry Lynch-Robinson - The Belfast Architect
The recounting of the life of the debonair 'tradition-free designer'.
www.queerhistoryni.com
November 13, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Hello and welcome to even more new followers! I’m a social historian from Glasgow and have been working on an LGBT+ history project in Belfast. As part of this I wrote about Henry Lynch Robinson, a ‘flamboyant’ architect… www.queerhistoryni.com/blog/henry-l...
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I naively thought we could one day take back and 'save' the bird app, but I see now that was foolish. Mea culpa for taking so long to do so, but I've downloaded my archive and closed up shop there now. Here for early medieval nerdery, and @almostarch.bsky.social for pop culture archaeology madness
November 8, 2024 at 12:08 PM
I naively thought we could one day take back and 'save' the bird app, but I see now that was foolish. Mea culpa for taking so long to do so, but I've downloaded my archive and closed up shop there now. Here for early medieval nerdery, and @almostarch.bsky.social for pop culture archaeology madness
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Hello lovely followers! Given - ahem - global events and constantly worsening state of Twitter it seems wise to start preparing to end use of that platform, and make this my primary outlet. However so far, only got about 5% of the following carried over. If you can gies a wee boost, I'd be thankful!
November 6, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Hello lovely followers! Given - ahem - global events and constantly worsening state of Twitter it seems wise to start preparing to end use of that platform, and make this my primary outlet. However so far, only got about 5% of the following carried over. If you can gies a wee boost, I'd be thankful!
Tinkerbell helping with the housework this morning.
November 7, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Tinkerbell helping with the housework this morning.