S.E.MacRae

@semacrae

Digital sociology ECR researching the interplay between education, politics and the digital. Own views, she/her.

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S.E.MacRae@semacrae· 5d

Been thinking about this excerpt this morning.

A paragraph from the first chapter of The Sociological Imagination, C.Wright Mills.
‘In these terms, consider unemployment. When, in a city of 100,000, only one man is unemployed, that is his personal trouble, and for its relief we properly look to the character of the man, his skills, and his immediate opportunities. But when in a nation of 50 million employees, 15 million men are unemployed, that is an issue, and we may not hope to find its solution within the range of opportunities open to any one individual. The very structure of opportunities has collapsed. Both the correct statement of the problem and the range of possible solutions require us to consider the economic and political institutions of the society, and not merely the personal situation and character of a scatter of individuals.’

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· 11d

Dinner is served - partner called it an infinity lasagne which I can’t argue with 😂

A veggie lasagne that fills every inch of its dish

Another angle of the very full veggie lasagne

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· 15d

Love that and any excuse to post this

A black and white image of a woman with shoulder length dark hair. She is wearing a white shirt and black trousers with an undone black tie and a black suit jacket slung over her left shoulder. The image is an homage or photoshop of a Patti Smith album cover - the title of the image in top left corner reads ‘Pam Ayres ‘Orses’

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Jun 30

Ahhhhh

A freshly made pina colada with a cherry and slice of pineapple on top

A beach palm is lit up against a late sunset of pink, peach and midnight blue

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Jun 26

Looks like I'm in a New York state of mind!

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Jun 12

Hockney’s work greets me everyday in my office along with my other heroes Jarman and Haring. Sad to hear he has gone but he leaves so much light and joy behind. His was a life well lived.

A number of Hockney postcards are pinned to a wall from the bottom up they are
‘Trees Near Killham’ 2004 watercolour tree filled landscape
‘A Year in Normandie’ 2020-2021 (detail) a digital work wintery black and spring
blossom trees against a turquoise and duck egg sky
A Year in Normandie’ detail digital work or a lush green tree filled landscape and low rolling hills next to small French farmhouse
‘Pacific surf’ 1980 a black and white abstract printing crashing waves with a red frame.

A number of postcards are pinned to a yellow wall amongst them a photo of Derek Jarman in his garden at Prospect Cottage and a red lino print left over from my teenagers art portfolio. In the centre are two Hockney pieces, Tennis 1989 and 6 Studies of Masks of Principal and Chorus from Oedious Rex undated.

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Jun 2

Been feeling a bit under the weather as I’ve had a flair up of a painful eye problem over the weekend. Just got a gift box sent to me from my friend Danaidh with the note 'If the eye is making you feel a bit piratey, just lean into it..' Its contents are below.

A copy of ‘Grace O’ Malley The biography of Irelands Pirate Queen 1530-1603’ by Anne Chambers

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· May 25

love that your post lined up with @mcsweeneys.net trolley problem

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· May 16

Cursing our sports package choice that isn’t showing this 💔

BBC sounds graphic on a tv says: sports sound on air radio Celtic v hearts in the premiership title showdown

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· May 2

Our house was built on the site of an old pig farm next to a blacksmith. Found this lot digging today. Been visited by the friendly robin a good few times in the process, but missed getting a shot of it on my fork handle.

Over our garden fence an old brick farm outbuilding sits behind some wisteria ( I think) the roof of a garden greenhouse is also visible

A clear glass square firm bottle, an iron hook, ring and some kind bracket sit on the grass next to my muddy boots

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Apr 12

First of these BBC news alerts I’ve welcomed in a good while

BBC Breaking News
now
Viktor Orbán concedes Hungarian election to challenger Péter Magyar, ending his 16 years in power

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Apr 5

Beautiful sky tonight.

Pink stripes of thin cloud steak across a blue/violet sky.

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Apr 1

I notice Microsoft place the responsibility for any harm incurred by embedding copilot in all their products firmly on the consumer. Further down this list it also tells people not make deepfake exploitative images, instead of putting guardrails in their product to make it impossible to do so.

When you use Copilot, you must follow the general Code of Conduct set out in the Microsoft Services Agreement. As applied to Copilot, this means:

Don’t use Copilot to harm yourself or others. Don’t use Copilot to help harass, bully, abuse, threaten, or intimidate other people, or otherwise harm others. Don’t use Copilot to help exploit others based on age, disability, or social or economic situations.

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Mar 19

A Dune poster with the profiles of Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya in the foreground reads ‘ballet, opera, poetry, art, theatre and museums too’.

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Feb 21

No cheating your last saved picture of a celebrity is your therapist

Joe Lycett looking startled wearing a light floral shirt against a red flock background

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Feb 20

This 👇

The tape of Bryan Ferry / Roxy Music, Street Life 20 Greatest Hits sitting on a red background.

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Feb 5

Committing this to memory for the next pious outburst from the 'Judeo-Christian values' brigade.

Below a suitably disgruntled image of Luther is the insult 'All your holiness is only stench and filth, and it merits nothing but wrath and damnation'.

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Feb 3

Didn’t expect to hear this on tv tonight

An orange 12 inch single of Paris angels ‘all on you’

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Jan 23

Quote post with a clue of where you're from

A snowy promenade with 3 benches looking out into the Clyde. Across the water Cumbrae and behind it Arran are both white with snow.

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Jan 21

I just saw this on Instagram. Is it too much to wish for a Proustian outbreak of empathy as this stuff starts wafting about the place again? We could do with a bit of the spirit of those times again.

A bottle of perfume with deep purple label saying Dewberry dots on top of lilac coloured cassette with a yellow lightening bolt on it, amongst more cassettes strewn about. The text on the image says ‘Remember me? Bold then, bold now’

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Jan 11

Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert, and a picture of the band/artist if you'd like October 1989,

Exterior night shot of the Barrowlands Ballroom in Glasgow - the word Barrowland is spelled out in neon across the front of the building with neon stars shooting out from it.

Shot of the Icelandic band The Sugarcubes with Bjork in the foreground with a red top on. Behind her are her four bandmates who I think are Einar Örn Benediktsson, Sigtryggur Baldursson, Þór Eldon and
Bragi Ólafsson but I might be wrong.

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Jan 1

🎯

Two deer stand on their hind legs in forest, one has a red and white bullseye on their stomach. The deer without the bullseye says ‘bummer of a birthmarkHal.’

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Dec 28

Will continue to post this for as long as is necessary.

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S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Dec 18

Turtle Doves aren’t just for Christmas – but their numbers have plummeted by almost 99% since the 1960s. The RSPB need your help to save their gentle, purring song. www.rspb.org.uk/donate/turtl...

A turtle dove with a grey and white head and distinctive russet banded chest feathers sits on a branch in a tree. Its chest feathers are fluffed against the cold.

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Dec 14

Nice view with my coffee this morning

A view of Edinburgh castle with wintry sky abd pale sun appearing low on the horizon

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Dec 9

At Lincoln Cathedral for the carols by candlelight.

Two Christmas trees in front of the organ at Lincoln Cathedral

A circular brass candelabra against the blue lit columns of the cathedral

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Nov 3

The post Halloween pumpkin soup I made is maybe a bit on the thick side..

A blue soup bowl holds orange pumpkin soup, a spoon is standing up by itself in the middle of it.

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Oct 31

Witching hour has commenced - neighbours wee girl loved picking stuff and then putting it back in the bowl or her brothers treat bag, some customs take a while to learn ♥️

Sweets in a bowl waiting for Halloweenies

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Oct 20

Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only

Patricia Routkedge as Hetty Wainthrop she is partly hiding behind a hedge with a notebook and pen in hand

S.E.MacRae@semacrae· Oct 19

On a wintry match day Homebaked hits the spot 😋#YNWA