Robert MacDonald
@rfmacdonald.bsky.social
Social Scientist/ Professor (Honorary - Durham)
South Shields, UK.
The usual stuff: ‘left-wing flim-flam’/ sociology (youth, inequality, class etc)/ hills/ birds/ dogs/ politics/ punk/ MCFC/ archaeology/ the North East, & those sort of things.
💙&✌🏽
South Shields, UK.
The usual stuff: ‘left-wing flim-flam’/ sociology (youth, inequality, class etc)/ hills/ birds/ dogs/ politics/ punk/ MCFC/ archaeology/ the North East, & those sort of things.
💙&✌🏽
Doggos ❤️❤️
Dora is getting old & a bit slow & poorly; Mabel is her best friend (& vice versa)
#DogsOfBlueSky
Dora is getting old & a bit slow & poorly; Mabel is her best friend (& vice versa)
#DogsOfBlueSky
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Doggos ❤️❤️
Dora is getting old & a bit slow & poorly; Mabel is her best friend (& vice versa)
#DogsOfBlueSky
Dora is getting old & a bit slow & poorly; Mabel is her best friend (& vice versa)
#DogsOfBlueSky
November 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A couple of days with Prof Webster & Mabel the Dog, #Northumberland #YeaveringBell #Longhorsley… ✌🏽🍂⛅️🥾🥾
October 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A couple of days with Prof Webster & Mabel the Dog, #Northumberland #YeaveringBell #Longhorsley… ✌🏽🍂⛅️🥾🥾
A few pics from 27th…
Various racist & fascist groups tried to have a national launch/ rally/ march in #Newcastle
Vastly outnumbered, they were stopped at every point by thousands of anti-fascists
Proud of my city ✊🏽✌🏽♥️
#nopasaran
#antifascism
Various racist & fascist groups tried to have a national launch/ rally/ march in #Newcastle
Vastly outnumbered, they were stopped at every point by thousands of anti-fascists
Proud of my city ✊🏽✌🏽♥️
#nopasaran
#antifascism
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A few pics from 27th…
Various racist & fascist groups tried to have a national launch/ rally/ march in #Newcastle
Vastly outnumbered, they were stopped at every point by thousands of anti-fascists
Proud of my city ✊🏽✌🏽♥️
#nopasaran
#antifascism
Various racist & fascist groups tried to have a national launch/ rally/ march in #Newcastle
Vastly outnumbered, they were stopped at every point by thousands of anti-fascists
Proud of my city ✊🏽✌🏽♥️
#nopasaran
#antifascism
St Mary the Virgin Church, #Morpeth #Northumberland
September 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
St Mary the Virgin Church, #Morpeth #Northumberland
September 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
August 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
August 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
August 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
#Newcastle #NoPasaran
Strong ant-racist turn out today - good vibes, far more of us, music, fun, Northumberland flags too!
The Union Flag wavers on the other side look pathetic, silly and a bit… anti-social.
#GeordiesAreBlackAndWhite
✌🏽✊🏽🕺🏻💃🏾👊🏽
Strong ant-racist turn out today - good vibes, far more of us, music, fun, Northumberland flags too!
The Union Flag wavers on the other side look pathetic, silly and a bit… anti-social.
#GeordiesAreBlackAndWhite
✌🏽✊🏽🕺🏻💃🏾👊🏽
August 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#Newcastle #NoPasaran
Strong ant-racist turn out today - good vibes, far more of us, music, fun, Northumberland flags too!
The Union Flag wavers on the other side look pathetic, silly and a bit… anti-social.
#GeordiesAreBlackAndWhite
✌🏽✊🏽🕺🏻💃🏾👊🏽
Strong ant-racist turn out today - good vibes, far more of us, music, fun, Northumberland flags too!
The Union Flag wavers on the other side look pathetic, silly and a bit… anti-social.
#GeordiesAreBlackAndWhite
✌🏽✊🏽🕺🏻💃🏾👊🏽
Day out in #York today @yorkuniversity.bsky.social to hear Aniela Wenham, Katherine Smith & Antonios Roumpakis present findings on #youth #place #mentalhealth
@youthstudies.bsky.social
(Top Biscuits 👏🏽)
@youthstudies.bsky.social
(Top Biscuits 👏🏽)
July 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Day out in #York today @yorkuniversity.bsky.social to hear Aniela Wenham, Katherine Smith & Antonios Roumpakis present findings on #youth #place #mentalhealth
@youthstudies.bsky.social
(Top Biscuits 👏🏽)
@youthstudies.bsky.social
(Top Biscuits 👏🏽)
Excellent walk on the Simonside Hills, #Northumberland today with @profwebster.bsky.social
Prize to whoever deciphers the cap x2 initials 😄
Prize to whoever deciphers the cap x2 initials 😄
June 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Excellent walk on the Simonside Hills, #Northumberland today with @profwebster.bsky.social
Prize to whoever deciphers the cap x2 initials 😄
Prize to whoever deciphers the cap x2 initials 😄
Big turn out for @ucu.org.uk @newcastleucu.bsky.social demonstration against redundancies at @newcastleuni.bsky.social & just about everywhere else. ✊🏽
#DogsOnPicketLines
#DogsOfBlueSky
#Universities
#BeardPower
#DogsOnPicketLines
#DogsOfBlueSky
#Universities
#BeardPower
June 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Big turn out for @ucu.org.uk @newcastleucu.bsky.social demonstration against redundancies at @newcastleuni.bsky.social & just about everywhere else. ✊🏽
#DogsOnPicketLines
#DogsOfBlueSky
#Universities
#BeardPower
#DogsOnPicketLines
#DogsOfBlueSky
#Universities
#BeardPower
May 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Osprey? 80% sure. Flew over Marston Lake at Low Barns Co Durham @durhamwildlife.bsky.social
Scared up all the birds on the lake, then chased off. 18/5/25
Apols for the v poor/ v short video.
@rspb.bsky.social
Scared up all the birds on the lake, then chased off. 18/5/25
Apols for the v poor/ v short video.
@rspb.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Osprey? 80% sure. Flew over Marston Lake at Low Barns Co Durham @durhamwildlife.bsky.social
Scared up all the birds on the lake, then chased off. 18/5/25
Apols for the v poor/ v short video.
@rspb.bsky.social
Scared up all the birds on the lake, then chased off. 18/5/25
Apols for the v poor/ v short video.
@rspb.bsky.social
Still a very good dog indeed.
Happy Birthday Dora!
(12 today).
Happy Birthday Dora!
(12 today).
May 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Still a very good dog indeed.
Happy Birthday Dora!
(12 today).
Happy Birthday Dora!
(12 today).
Chopwell Woods, NE England, Summer on the way.
Wonderful to be able to wander quietly & slowly, going off the paths to follow deer tracks through the woods. 🥾🥾🐾🐶🌲🌳🌲🌳🐦⬛🪶
Wonderful to be able to wander quietly & slowly, going off the paths to follow deer tracks through the woods. 🥾🥾🐾🐶🌲🌳🌲🌳🐦⬛🪶
May 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Chopwell Woods, NE England, Summer on the way.
Wonderful to be able to wander quietly & slowly, going off the paths to follow deer tracks through the woods. 🥾🥾🐾🐶🌲🌳🌲🌳🐦⬛🪶
Wonderful to be able to wander quietly & slowly, going off the paths to follow deer tracks through the woods. 🥾🥾🐾🐶🌲🌳🌲🌳🐦⬛🪶
Late breakfast today.
The height of Regional Cuisine (NE England): ‘Broon Ale Geordie Bangers’ in a Greggs Stottie. Superb. 👨🏽🍳
The height of Regional Cuisine (NE England): ‘Broon Ale Geordie Bangers’ in a Greggs Stottie. Superb. 👨🏽🍳
May 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Late breakfast today.
The height of Regional Cuisine (NE England): ‘Broon Ale Geordie Bangers’ in a Greggs Stottie. Superb. 👨🏽🍳
The height of Regional Cuisine (NE England): ‘Broon Ale Geordie Bangers’ in a Greggs Stottie. Superb. 👨🏽🍳
May 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Mabel Update.
She’s a little trooper; nicely sorted out by the Vet.
Coned-up this morning; devouring a teddy bear this afternoon.
#DogsOfBlueSky
She’s a little trooper; nicely sorted out by the Vet.
Coned-up this morning; devouring a teddy bear this afternoon.
#DogsOfBlueSky
May 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Mabel Update.
She’s a little trooper; nicely sorted out by the Vet.
Coned-up this morning; devouring a teddy bear this afternoon.
#DogsOfBlueSky
She’s a little trooper; nicely sorted out by the Vet.
Coned-up this morning; devouring a teddy bear this afternoon.
#DogsOfBlueSky
Poorly doggo. Hurt her paw out on a walk; vet tomorrow. Pork pie to ‘keep her spirits up’.
May 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Poorly doggo. Hurt her paw out on a walk; vet tomorrow. Pork pie to ‘keep her spirits up’.
Mabel searches for any stream of morning sunlight, however thin. She’s like a lizard!
#DogsOfBlueSky
#TongueOutThursday
#DogsOfBlueSky
#TongueOutThursday
May 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Mabel searches for any stream of morning sunlight, however thin. She’s like a lizard!
#DogsOfBlueSky
#TongueOutThursday
#DogsOfBlueSky
#TongueOutThursday
#ThickTrunkTuesday
Somewhere in Middle Earth (well, Levens Hall Deer Park, Cumbria, England to be precise)
Somewhere in Middle Earth (well, Levens Hall Deer Park, Cumbria, England to be precise)
April 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
#ThickTrunkTuesday
Somewhere in Middle Earth (well, Levens Hall Deer Park, Cumbria, England to be precise)
Somewhere in Middle Earth (well, Levens Hall Deer Park, Cumbria, England to be precise)
April 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM