Ross Macdonald

Goodbye my followers. I have decided to move on. I plan to have a Patreon account to share my work. This is not really working for me any more. Peace.

Magical forest next to Chichester harbour

Sunset on the Witterings

Early morning row - Chichester harbour

Inequality is a crisis for our age. The revenues ( adjusted for inflation ) of each of the mag 7 is double that of the GDP of the British Empire in the 19th Century . Mind boggling. Watch this video. vm.tiktok.com/ZN8kdL71X/

What a ridiculous tackle penalty on Ethan Hooker.

Scott and Abdul debate the word genocide. I think it misses the point. The industrial scale slaughter of women and children is a war crime ( whether genocide or not ) and should result in sanctions against the protagonists. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

The USA / Israel attack on Iran will prove more costly than Iraq in 2003

An equinox moon over the Channel tonight

A little known Fintech company recently acquired by MasterCard - BVNK - one to aspire to - founded by Saffas. www.forbes.com/sites/kjarta...

Fantastic - no reason to make anything plastic in future

2 dead in Michigan from Taylor Farms lettuce. 1.7M+ contaminated eggs at Kroger. 3 dogs sick from Oma's Pride dog food. E. coli berries in 8 states. This is what happens when the FDA can't act before the harm — and victims can't sue after. All thanks to The Roberts Court.

The only solution to the subscription problem - is micropayments - pay for the article you want to read only - watch this space sgcarney.substack.com/p/the-real-r...

My feed has gone 90% Espagnol / is that a hint I need to learn the language ?

Saddam Hussein would have been proud

The mind boggles at climate change denialism - à la the Trump administration. In terms of consequences - ie deaths - it is worse than Holocaust denialism. Because far more than 6 m will die due to climate change.

WTAF

This is the biggest systemic risk in the USA today

Where to stablecoins ? www.morganstanley.com/insights/art...

Stable coins are coming www.coindesk.com/business/202...

Hence the backlash

We need more of this in the USA… “NYC Mayor Mandani reveals a plan to allocate $122 million to hire an additional 1,000 teachers by 2027. This must be why they say socialism is so horrible. Rather than funding continuous foreign wars, tax funds are being redirected toward our educational system.”

"The mere existence of trillionaires is a major political and economic problem, probably the defining issue of our time," writes @gabrielzucman.bsky.social. "When the power of wealth is wielded by sociopaths, the consequences are a matter of life and death."

Between Trump ( Iran) and Putin ( Ukraine ) - it is not clear who has inflicted the bigger own goal upon their own economies and standing in the World.

Man who hates paying taxes loves government handouts boingboing.net/2026/06/15/m...

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All media seems to be in hock to climate denying, Epstein class- misogynists.

Of course they are

Tail wagging the dog

The opportunity to bring connectivity ( proper broadband ) to Africa is immense #digitalinclusion #connectivity www.news24.com/brandstory/p...

Yeh, all that's left to give it a simple fuck you...

@3pbbarristers.bsky.social it would be appropriate to make some kind of statement distancing yourself from the recent actions one of your former colleagues ? Or not? #judgenicholasrowland

My take on the African infrastructure deficit - especially energy open.substack.com/pub/rossmac1...

Kind of says it all ?

Govt’s incompetence is a threat to National security. If Reform were in Govt I would understand it - but it’s Labour . Is there no one in Labour with same basic technical nous who understands the threat that Palantir pose ? Beggars belief.

#ARSvATM brillant goal - just reward for a dominant first half

The King nails speech to Congress - I expected the gentle humor, refs to shared history, values, NATO, Ukraine, 9/11 etc - but surprised by his VERY pointed remarks about exec power being subject to checks and balances, and democracy not the will of one [person]. Wow, www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/u...

"The moral & strategic heart of the defense of liberal democracy no longer beats in Washington. It doesn’t beat in London or Paris or Berlin or Ottawa, either. It’s in Kyiv, where a courageous leader & a courageous people have picked up the torch America has dropped." Free link: archive.ph/rumgc

There is no amount of money, oil, or gold that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.

Amen

Have a look at the GDP growth rate over the subsequent decades. Higher tax = higher GDP

Inequality is the biggest risk to the world

Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.

Still spectacular even after 50+ years. Such a pity US politics is not as advanced as its tech.

Let's focus on something we ALL agree on: #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files