Since 2000 two things have become reality: 1) the share of Scots who identify primarily as Scottish has risen from 57 % in 2012 to 72% 2) about half of🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿want to run their own country, and those that think this is impossible/unthinkable are in 60s-80s tinyurl.com/y93pubwe

Great coffee with William from Scotonomics today. He shared the below—we’re agreeing that food supply might be the first crisis that really changes our economic model

My Omnipedia trends-letter returns, the solar eclipse clearing my head... Today: AI says, “you’re not so special”; play says, “you always are”—& the rest is sheer thrival. Also: Indy from below, China from above, Yoruba all over. RT, support, thnx! patkane.substack.com/p/omnipedia-38…

Other than its chilling insight into the drone-centric priorities of modern warfare, this piece is notable for the fact that the US Army Chief of Staff is called Gen. Randy George. Randy George defenseone.com/technology/202…

My Omnipedia trends-letter returns, the solar eclipse clearing my head... Today: AI says, “you’re not so special”; play says, “you always are”—& the rest is sheer thrival. Also: Indy from below, China from above, Yoruba all over. RT, support, thnx! patkane.substack.com/p/omnipedia-38…

Much to contemn TikTok for, in its relentless algorithmic investigation of sixty-year old baldy white Scottish male sensibilities. But I so thank it for gifts like this:

Really, Scots are entertaining a dalliance with the numptocrats at Holyrood/WM? There's dumb, but there's also dumberer

What Indy politics often looks like at the moment. The squintiness is an optical illusion

Funny video on editorial policy. Must try it

Not likely round our bit

I wonder what band the front two became?

Good review

This.....truth-telling ain't hard. Wish more journalists/commentators would do it.

Does anything scream “Ballardian collapse scenario” more than this?

I’m sold monthlyreview.org/2023/09/01/the…

More “the news” than almost all of what passes for news

How far away is fusion energy? 8.33 minutes.