Jack Mackay

writer. actor. shadow home secretary.
cofounder of @griffonstheatre.
bad opinions are mine.

[Jack Mackay @jamackay_]

@clemferguson @b_heartdove Yeah that's fair. I think there's scope for discussion about the way her work has been interpreted or co-opted. I just get weirded out when I see such reactionary takes coming out of ostensibly leftist accounts on here.

[Jack Mackay @jamackay_]

@_AC_Carpenter_ @karaokecomputer I'm not arguing with you about what she said or didn't say, because it's irrelevant. My point is that making crass jokes about her death and her grief is unproductive and isn't an awesome way to show how epic and moral you are. Not every celebrity you dislike is Henry Kissinger.

[Jack Mackay @jamackay_]

@_AC_Carpenter_ @karaokecomputer lol okay dude

[Jack Mackay @jamackay_]

@theoceanblooms "singularly and clearly not infallible" unlike noted paragon of virtue ingmar bergman

[Jack Mackay @jamackay_]

@_AC_Carpenter_ @karaokecomputer If you're implying it's actually leftist praxis to make fun of a recently deceased woman's grief for her husband, I don't know what to say to you.

[Daniel Gerke @drgerke1]

Somewhere along the line the centre-left decided that the way to defeat the right wasn’t to defeat racism, but to get racists to vote Labour. How’s that going?

[Secular Talk ([email protected]) @KyleKulinski]

Elon deserves to be in prison for life

[Jack Mackay @jamackay_]

In other words, the youth are mobilising for progressive economic policies, and the wealth-hoarding gargoyles in the political and media class are absolutely rattled.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

The next generation of illiberal leftism is gaining ground. It is time to fight back https://t.co/D8h9Jjzbrj

[kez :-) @kezottle]

‘BACKROOMS’ director Kane Parsons reveals he had no idea the movie was filmed on a fictional set. The 20-year-old filmmaker had simply assumed they were filming in the real Backrooms.

"I was so scared", he says in a recent interview.

(Source: Deadline)

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

'Backrooms' Director Kane Parsons Calls AI "Genuinely Harmful" To Creativity: "Cultural And Economic Rot" https://t.co/w5DQi6EgnH

[Tas Gunner @GunnerTas]

People talk about Reddit countries (Japan, Norway etc.) but I think the UK is the clearest example of a twitter country.
Miserable, cynical population that is never happy with anything but is still rather witty and creative. Everyone despises the place for different reasons too.

[Rolo Tony @PoorOldRoloTony]

Hollywood’s creative class is *expectedly warming up to the idea of *lining their own pockets, not pushing the medium forward. This isn’t about innovation, this is a class dispute. Leave it to Variety to try and manufacture consent. No one is being fooled.

[Rock the Boat 🌊 @RocktheBoatNews]

We're so proud of our authors @jamackay_ and @4NIKKOLAS for being shortlisted for the @theweekjunior Children's Book Awards! 👏👏

Gloam in the Breakthrough category
The History of We in the STEM Book category

https://t.co/UCsNLtgi9q

[Kit Butler (Author) @TheMagsterChap]

A very Happy Publication Day to the legend that is @JenniferKillick.
A new book / series from Jennifer always has the corridors of Magster Towers buzzing with excitement!
Out today from @BarringtonStoke.
#middlegradehorror #youngreaderhorror

[Jack Mackay @jamackay_]

Happy pub day to the incredible @JenniferKillick, the undisputed queen of kids' horror. So excited for the new book (and in awe of this gorgeous cover!!!)

[Barrington Stoke @BarringtonStoke]

Caiden & Sam often help Caiden’s dad clear houses. But tonight, alone in the warehouse, it seems they have brought an uninvited evil passenger back w/ them. Can they unravel the mystery in time to save themselves? Hair-raising horror from @JenniferKillick. https://t.co/19vlA7mXho

[Jack Mackay @jamackay_]

@Darren_Mooney Had not clocked the AI parallels in Obsession and now I feel silly

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

I know it’s become pretty cliche and cringey to talk about at this point but if you’re under like 25 I cannot stress enough how one time Obama wore a tan suit and people spent a week arguing over whether or not it was demeaning to the Oval Office and they were serious about it.

[AG @hissingchoir]

it’s called “life.” You walk to the store. Maybe you see someone you know on the way. You find a dollar on the ground. The sun shines on your face. You are participating in the world.