Co-host of SCOTONOMICS, SNP Aberdeen City Councillor, interested in economics, the environment and politics. Born at 321ppm. Promoted by Kairin van Sweeden, Town House, Broad street, Aberdeen. AB10 1FYhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mw7tuohpz22c"It does not fully capture the productive value of a railway, a stronger electricity grid, a healthier population, a skilled workforce or a research ecosystem. These capabilities may not appear on the public balance sheet the way a financial asset does" https://marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/fiscal-rules-should-serve-britains?r=z97h1&utm_medium=ios23 Sep 2026 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7tuohpz22chttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mw6mxrtj322zI can't believe a landowner is putting the iconic Glenelg to Skye ferry at risk. Support the local community and save the world famous Glenelg to Skye ferry by joining me and signing the petition today: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-glenelg-skye-ferry?share=d6e4e006-c7df-4b2e-a055-472f643bdf40&source=bluesky&time=1789844576&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky23 Sep 2026 11:24 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6mxrtj322zhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mvxk3j52as2e"He’s unwittingly created a great name for a band: “Welcome to the stage, Sinister Cabal, performing their hit single The end of the United Kingdom.” , #scottishindependence #scotland #wales #ireland #northernireland https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/the-cardiff-agreement-marks-a-new-chapter-in-the-path-to-independence/#like-2381520 Sep 2026 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxk3j52as2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mvlozbawzk2f"it has unleashed howls of outrage from a political / media class unused to recalcitrant Jocks and their Celtic Cousins acting with a modicum of agency" #scottishindependence https://fiftysixdegreesnorth.substack.com/p/the-post-cardiff-unionist-meltdown?r=z97h1&utm_medium=ios15 Sep 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlozbawzk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mu3c5xo6tc2b"The prime minister, the Guardian reports, “decided not to back amendments to the elections bill, which would cap the amount a person or an organisation can give in a single donation.” https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/burnham-is-failing-his-first-big-test-as-pm-donations-dark-money?r=z97h1&utm_medium=ios27 Aug 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3c5xo6tc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mtufiz545k2i"MAGA demands everything be English-speaking, WASPY, male, neurotypical and yield to their warped view of the world. This is universal. Nature is to be abhored. Anything that is not controllable is unacceptable." #MAGA #trump #USA #canada https://fiftysixdegreesnorth.substack.com/p/american-psycho?r=z97h1&utm_medium=ios24 Aug 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtufiz545k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mtsr5iloe22p"Scotland must note the madness of the City of London and avoid it when it has the chance to do so." #interestrates #centralbanking #uk https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26488471.madness-bank-england-explained/24 Aug 2026 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsr5iloe22phttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mtqpdfye522kIf you like a succinct and darkly entertaining take on world politics, look no further than Cody Dahler. #politics https://youtube.com/shorts/JRPkWwDHQEs?is=TNGWs6K9i3x4N8MT23 Aug 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqpdfye522khttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mrwgqdzgm22x"The BBC would literally do anything to avoid broadcasting its main news programme every evening that gave Scottish news its correct prominence instead of adding a “news where you are” segment portraying Scotland as nothing more than a UK region. #broadcasting https://www.thenational.scot/comment/26424962.bbc-bosses-must-explain-continue-fail-scottish-audiences/31 Jul 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwgqdzgm22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mrljw5ead22t"The institution is corrupting precisely because it removes ­accountability. ­Politicians rejected by the electorate ­acquire titles, legislative power and, ­occasionally, executive office without ever having to trouble the public again for permission to rule over them" #HouseOfLords #UK [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrljw5ead22thttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mnomfx24y22sSuch that it is. Personally, I don't thinks first-past-the-post or a House of Lords is a democracy. #corruption #uk #politics https://open.substack.com/pub/democracyforsale/p/billionaires-are-buying-our-democracy-cap-donations-spotlight-on-corruption?r=z97h1&utm_medium=ios07 Jun 2026 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnomfx24y22shttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mm4gyrdfhc2o❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4gyrdfhc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mlxr3leoac2fSo long as the rich and powerful can continue to pay lawyers exorbitant fees, this country is, in the words of the veteran human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson KC, “not the land of free speech. It is the land of expensive speech.” #slapps #justice #inequality #uk https://open.substack.com/pub/democracyforsale/p/how-lawyers-to-the-super-rich-strangled?r=z97h1&utm_medium=ios16 May 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxr3leoac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mlw42xg7as2ta democracy dogged by fear of bond market vigilantes is unhealthy. In a country that is a monetary sovereign, this climate points to one thing: a disconnect between the government and the central bank the independence of the Bank of England has become a sacred cow." https://open.substack.com/pub/adamtooze/p/chartbook-449-voldemort-on-threadneedle?r=z97h1&utm_medium=ios15 May 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlw42xg7as2thttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mlqmjg6w6k2h""The UK government has a long and damaging habit of socialising risk and privatising reward, nationalising firms on the brink of collapse, and selling off strategic state assets at under market value" #ScottishIndependence #economics https://open.substack.com/pub/marianamazzucato/p/saving-british-steel-bailout-or-new?r=z97h1&utm_medium=ios13 May 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqmjg6w6k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mlpusofdjs2oThis is where the myth that "business people" would be good at governing hits the road. Neither of them seem to understand the basics of becoming a monetary sovereign, hence wondering where the money comes from. #economics #ScottishIndependence https://www.thenational.scot/news/26097212.tom-hunter-slammed-calls-make-scotland-tax-haven/13 May 2026 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpusofdjs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mllomkhaf22lThe Starmer speech today, basically - “It’s a dangerous world, we’re doomed, so just stick with pleeese” #Labour #UK #ScottishIndependenceASAP vm.tiktok.com/ZNRs7hPXd/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRs7hPXd/11 May 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllomkhaf22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mlasfcehvc2n❤️ #VoteSNP #ScottishIndependence [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlasfcehvc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3ml7qnga4ik2uC'mon let's do this. #VoteSNP #ScottishIndependenceASAP [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7qnga4ik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mkg7cru7ok22Protecting women, aye right. We see your triarchy. #racism #fascism #misogyny https://www.thenational.scot/news/26053433.misogynistic-abuse-targets-anti-fascist-demonstrators/?ref=eb&nid=2680&block=article_block_a&u=a1d139e739882e958efd2568db496cbe&date=26042626 Apr 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg7cru7ok22https://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mkawdfdm6c2b"Nearly a half (47%) believed income tax was set solely by the Scottish Parliament." https://www.tax.org.uk/new-poll-underscores-case-for-better-scottish-tax-awareness24 Apr 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkawdfdm6c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mk65byawic2f"the Institute for Fiscal Studies has carried out an analysis which shows that under Labour, NHS Scotland would receive £1 billion less than it would do under the SNP over the five year term of the next Scottish Parliament" https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/labours-holyrood-campaign-lurches-from-one-crisis-to-another/#like-23441 #NHS #ScottishIndependence23 Apr 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk65byawic2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mk2otbn52c2v"Robins made clear that at no point was the Mandelson appointment made conditional on vetting, despite being announced well in advance. The Cabinet Office, he said, argued there was no need to vet Mandelson at all." #labour #mandelson https://open.substack.com/pub/owenjonesjourno/p/it-was-always-obvious-what-starmer?r=z97h1&utm_medium=ios22 Apr 2026 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2otbn52c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/indyanatomist.bsky.social/post/3mj7bmuina22r"research by cognitive psychologist Shane Littrell introduces the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale (CBSR), a tool designed to measure susceptibility to impressive-but-empty organizational rhetoric." #bullshitjobs #work #employment https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-their-jobs11 Apr 2026 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:kx4bcsaulrculybitiqta5tg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7bmuina22r