Neil Mackay

Sorry Heather

Stay well x

‘If you’ve been wondering who I look like, it’s that American comedian Rich Hall who used to be on telly all the time. Hope that helps.’

The sheer hell of this year's flu ...by a survivor Our Writer at Large was floored by the mutated strain of the flu that is now shutting wards and surging across Scotland.

I get the flu jag every year. And every year it works. This year, though, the flu mutated after I was vaccinated. And it got me. It got me bad. It’s an especially bad virus this year. I was floored for three weeks. Here’s my guide to surviving the monster variant

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Women who uphold the patriarchy and constantly demean feminism should not be online spouting their opinions on their own social media platforms.

You shouldn’t have an opinion or a platform. Let your husband do that for you…

Left frame: Three men in suits wearing a golden noose pin on their lapels. Right frame: Close up of a golden noose pin.

Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party wore golden noose-shaped pins to a Knesset National Security Committee meeting to discuss a bill to execute Palestinian detainees.

The flu season typically starts in Australia (AIUI), and it was known from results there that this year's flu vaccine was not going to be as effective as it typically is. So, take precautions to avoid catching it or spreading it! Masking is very effective at flu prevention, we learned during Covid.

Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...

“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

A Screenshot showing a complaint has been made. the text reads Make A Complaint To submit your complaint you must verify your email address now. Click on the link we have sent to the email address you provided. If you can’t find the email, please check your spam or junk folder. This link will expire after 60 minutes. If your email address isn’t verified, we won’t receive it and you won’t receive an acknowledgement or reply. BBC Complaints Team Read how we handle your complaint

I would recommend that people make formal complaints about the reporting in the Sandy Pegg case.

No comment necessary

Radio 4 and BBC and Channel 4 News and all the papers completely skewing the Peggie story so your average person will have no idea what actually happened. Doesn’t this make you furious? Integrity in journalism is dead, not just in the US

Glasgow calling. Glasgow calling. Please be aware ...

complaining about paywalls when so many journalists are being laid off and there are fewer market incentives to do great reporting and in-depth investigations, data analysis and features is also wild when everyone understands you need to pay for electronics, streaming services, and utilities

The sheer hell of this year's flu ...by a survivor Our Writer at Large was floored by the mutated strain of the flu that is now shutting wards and surging across Scotland.

I get the flu jag every year. And every year it works. This year, though, the flu mutated after I was vaccinated. And it got me. It got me bad. It’s an especially bad virus this year. I was floored for three weeks. Here’s my guide to surviving the monster variant

In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

The real victim at the centre of this absurd case is very clearly Dr Beth Upton

To witness the way in which she’s been dehumanised and vilified by Peggie and their (Sex Matters) legal team, the tribunal judge, the British media, and UK politicians has been beyond horrifying

Solidarity Beth

Noticeable that most news outlets are reporting the Peggie/Fife tribunal decision as a victory for Peggie, while Sex Matters have put out a statement attacking the decision; the tenor of coverage might well change between today and tomorrow’s press.

Scottish Labour MP Joani Reid said: “What happened to Sandie Peggie was a disgrace. "Harassment enabled by an NHS culture warped by ideology and fostered by a Scottish Government that has let this virus spread through our institutions. "Those in NHS Fife who played any part in this cannot stay in post. They’re a risk to public trust and patient safety. They must go."

I think Joani Reid is a disgrace, actually.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...

If the reporting on the Peggie decision tells us anything, it should be that the way news gets reported in this country has little to do with truth, and much more to do with narrative - as well as whose heavily spun press release lands on journos desks first.

Perhaps the key point to consider

This is a very important thread

Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.

'In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail"

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Well said

Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.

She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...

It really is sad to say, but it cannot be denied: we in Europe now have to consider America and Americans as our enemy. The publication of Trump's new doctrine in the National Security Strategy makes clear that the US government wants to hurt us in Europe. We need to turn our back on America

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.

pete_wharmby_books & ••• HADLEY FREEMAN Wes Streeting must stand up to the ADHD activists I can help with the minister's review: some people are just confused by life Hadley Freeman pete_wharmby_books Ah, as expected the right wing press (and Freeman's pipeline from the Guardian op-Ed pages to the Times is worth looking into) is now piling on, suggesting that these scary ADHD activists are just trying to ruin things for everyone. Not, like, try to improve people's self esteem and sense of what is going on. 2025 is so horrifyingly, predictably *boring*

then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM

Perfect

Sickened human rights chief reveals how poverty is destroying Scotland The head of the Scottish Human Rights Commission steps forward to say that poverty is robbing citizens of their dignity. She talks candidly to our…

‘Poverty is a human rights violation. We cannot realise our own human rights until we address tax’

I talk to Scotland’s human rights chief who says poverty is trashing citizens rights to food, warmth, education and healthcare. ‘It robs people of dignity’.

My Big Read @heraldscotland.bsky.social