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Father, husband, feminist, ally, blogger, lifelong geek. Always sarcastic, imperfect, and too cheeky for his own good. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.gordonmclean.co.uk He/him.

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I would have said much the same but with added swears because I’m Scottish.

14.02.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a lot of this ahead of me, it’s a dilemma.

Also, what is sthg? I feel like I’m being really dense…

14.02.2026 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely part of the world, and they do like their oddly shaped balls down that way, that’s for sure!

14.02.2026 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Terribly sorry old chap! Welcome!!

14.02.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here for these comments about ruck conduct, not that England ever had an element of the dark arts about them, ohhh no.. πŸ˜‰

Overall too many errors and poor decision making from England, odd to see it happen like that, so many players are better than that.

14.02.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The sass of the person writing the minute by minute on England v Scotland is to be admired

14.02.2026 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 565    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 7

Hang on, what you doing in Scotland? (I may have missed something in the last few years…)

14.02.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Been a while coming that, we’ll take it! You guys didn’t really show up, worst I’ve seen England for a while.

14.02.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We do. Cos we dinnae like ye!! πŸ˜‰ (joshing, great game that!)

14.02.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Been ages since I was able to watch a Calcutta Cup game (4 yr old kinda dominates the weekends) but wow, what a victory by Scotland, better execution, better confidence, well deserved! #ScovsEng #CalcuttaCup

14.02.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still a tight game but yeah,much improved Scotland from last week

14.02.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes. I have a blog post sorta about this kinda thing currently brewing. Inconsiderate morons

14.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

C’mon Scotland!! #calcuttacup #sixnations

14.02.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She was great.

14.02.2026 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the better ideas I’ve seen. Scott Galloway with his β€œResist and Unsubscribe.
Resistandunsubscribe.com

14.02.2026 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2022    πŸ” 552    πŸ’¬ 121    πŸ“Œ 43

The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it

13.02.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4816    πŸ” 1179    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

Just maybe not substack, given their ongoing support of right-wing content

14.02.2026 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Current mood: I’m a decent considerate human. Why isn’t everyone else? So FUCKIN ANGRY and so VERY DONE with all of this.

13.02.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t.

13.02.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What a shit day. Car almost hit me, I swerved, mounted payment and bust one tyre, cracked another and when the recovery lorry finally arrived, 4 hrs later, it couldn’t load as the front suspension was too low. And no the other car didn’t stop.

13.02.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old

12.02.2026 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4447    πŸ” 1759    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 33

You can almost hear them… β€œnah, it’ll never get through” β€œyeah but try it anyway!!”

12.02.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You WILL enjoy this. Stewart Lee and I discussing language and the week’s politics. #StrongMessageHere . On #BBCSounds, Apple Podcast app, Spotify, and all the others too.

12.02.2026 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 1

Probably Shawshank Redemption (1994) and pretty sure there were only about 20 of us in the cinema.

After that The Matrix, day of release, a Tuesday evening, 6 of us in the cinema.

12.02.2026 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

48? Ouch. Father of six too, that’s brutal.

11.02.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hey Derek –

First of all, fuck ICE.

I am the son of an immigrant. My dad was born in a camp in Austria to two people fleeing violence because of who they were. They waited in that camp for years after the war for a chance to come to America, because America was supposed to be different.

But what’s happening here now is way too close to their story. People are being hunted and killed by masked federal agents because of who they are or what they look like. Our politicians are openly bigoted and sincere in their hatred of immigrants.

I know you know all this already. And I know the purpose of this email is to send you a coupon. But I just had to say it because I want you to know the values of the farm you’re supporting. And if you’re angry and scared about what’s happening in this country right now, I wanted you to know you’re not alone. Remember there are more of us than there are of them. We will resist this together as friends and neighbors and family, just like Minneapolis.

So here’s that coupon. We know money is tight for everyone and I bet we all could use a good night’s sleep right about now. Rest today so you can fight tomorrow.

Hang in there. You are needed.
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Use code ICEOUT at checkout or click the button below to apply the discount to your cart.

Hey Derek – First of all, fuck ICE. I am the son of an immigrant. My dad was born in a camp in Austria to two people fleeing violence because of who they were. They waited in that camp for years after the war for a chance to come to America, because America was supposed to be different. But what’s happening here now is way too close to their story. People are being hunted and killed by masked federal agents because of who they are or what they look like. Our politicians are openly bigoted and sincere in their hatred of immigrants. I know you know all this already. And I know the purpose of this email is to send you a coupon. But I just had to say it because I want you to know the values of the farm you’re supporting. And if you’re angry and scared about what’s happening in this country right now, I wanted you to know you’re not alone. Remember there are more of us than there are of them. We will resist this together as friends and neighbors and family, just like Minneapolis. So here’s that coupon. We know money is tight for everyone and I bet we all could use a good night’s sleep right about now. Rest today so you can fight tomorrow. Hang in there. You are needed. ✨ 20% Off! ✨ Use code ICEOUT at checkout or click the button below to apply the discount to your cart.

One of the perks of running my own business is having no one to tell me not to send a marketing email with the subject line "First of all, fuck ICE."

Here's the latest Milk Barn Farm email to our customers. I'm proud of it.

And, yeah, 20% off with the code: ICEOUT
milkbarn.farm/discount/ICE...

10.02.2026 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Watching Down Cemetery Road and they mention my hometown!

Sure it’s the train announcer stating that one of the stops of the Fort William sleeper from London is Dumbarton, but still!

11.02.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This barber from Glasgow is a legend.

11.02.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My son is 4 and a bit years old. We enrolled him in Squirrels (the youngest scouts group) and so far I’ve had to sit with him throughout.

This evening he joined in with the games for the first time, and right now he’s sitting with a group as they make an empire biscuit each.

Proud Dad.

11.02.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As I am currently WC (with children) I have the envy (not so much the infection, hope that clears up soon!).

11.02.2026 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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