Alison M
@alisonm.bsky.social
Editor and lexicographer by day, yarn ninja by night. So, y'know, books and yarn, gardens and language.
Spreading this before they get a chance to take it down and revise the story
January 20, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Spreading this before they get a chance to take it down and revise the story
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Found this website this morning, useful as a starting point if you’re trying to boycott American goods and services, which we absolutely all should!
https://www.goeuropean.org
https://www.goeuropean.org
Go European — Discover European products and services
Go European is a community-driven directory bringing you European products and services from across the continent.
www.goeuropean.org
January 18, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Found this website this morning, useful as a starting point if you’re trying to boycott American goods and services, which we absolutely all should!
https://www.goeuropean.org
https://www.goeuropean.org
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Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
January 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
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@Grok Add a Bikini Atoll
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM
@Grok Add a Bikini Atoll
Ah, nothing says "smashing the metropolitan elites" like recruiting the guy who got taxpayers to pay for the heating of his stables.
January 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Ah, nothing says "smashing the metropolitan elites" like recruiting the guy who got taxpayers to pay for the heating of his stables.
It's a shame this dude isn't a Traitor because nobody seems to have noticed that he's even in the castle. He hasn't been mentioned by anybody, at all. I didn't even know what his name was. #TheTraitorsUK
January 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
It's a shame this dude isn't a Traitor because nobody seems to have noticed that he's even in the castle. He hasn't been mentioned by anybody, at all. I didn't even know what his name was. #TheTraitorsUK
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Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.
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I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
*struts in triumphant circle round the room*
Head removed from sand ✔️
Tax return submitted ✔️
Head removed from sand ✔️
Tax return submitted ✔️
bugs bunny is standing in a boxing ring with the word champion written on the screen .
Alt: bugs bunny is standing in a boxing ring with the word champion written on the screen .
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
*struts in triumphant circle round the room*
Head removed from sand ✔️
Tax return submitted ✔️
Head removed from sand ✔️
Tax return submitted ✔️
The #traitors hashtag is a strange mix tonight of delight at the unmasking of a reality gameshow villain and the terrifying actions of a reality gameshow villain.
January 3, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The #traitors hashtag is a strange mix tonight of delight at the unmasking of a reality gameshow villain and the terrifying actions of a reality gameshow villain.
I guess Infantino would be feeling a bit sheepish this morning if that "Peace Prize" was an actual peace prize and not a shameful display of toadying.
January 3, 2026 at 10:20 AM
I guess Infantino would be feeling a bit sheepish this morning if that "Peace Prize" was an actual peace prize and not a shameful display of toadying.
What are Scottish people eating at Hogmanay that involves such vast amounts of cream that the shelves are always cleaned out by the 30th?
December 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
What are Scottish people eating at Hogmanay that involves such vast amounts of cream that the shelves are always cleaned out by the 30th?
How lovely. A warm and merry Christmas to all. 🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲
How delicately a Romanesque angel uses the lightest touch of a finger to wake one of the magi, snuggled with the other 2 under their embroidered circular blanket at St Lazare, Autun, c1130 (& how beautifully the textures of pillow & blanket are represented).
Season's greetings to you all!
Season's greetings to you all!
December 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
How lovely. A warm and merry Christmas to all. 🎄🌲🎄🌲🎄🌲
I'm extremely invested in these absolute lunatics, who are currently ROWING across the Atlantic Ocean. Particularly the legend Milli Abrams, who is 5 foot tall, rowing solo, and will turn 50 in the middle of the Atlantic.
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I'm extremely invested in these absolute lunatics, who are currently ROWING across the Atlantic Ocean. Particularly the legend Milli Abrams, who is 5 foot tall, rowing solo, and will turn 50 in the middle of the Atlantic.
We have reached the "let's eat all the unidentified frozen cubes in our freezer to clear some space" stage of the Xmas preparations. It's like Russian roulette, but with stew/soup/whatever this red stuff is.
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We have reached the "let's eat all the unidentified frozen cubes in our freezer to clear some space" stage of the Xmas preparations. It's like Russian roulette, but with stew/soup/whatever this red stuff is.
This purring fluffalump is helping me overcome the dismay of spending a lifetime wanting a set of twinkle lights for our roof, having them for one Xmas then discovering they no longer work when retrieved from the loft for this Xmas. 😭😭😭🌲
December 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This purring fluffalump is helping me overcome the dismay of spending a lifetime wanting a set of twinkle lights for our roof, having them for one Xmas then discovering they no longer work when retrieved from the loft for this Xmas. 😭😭😭🌲
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The person of the year is just outside of the frame, sawing through the girder.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The person of the year is just outside of the frame, sawing through the girder.
This is an excellent thread about current media hysteria about flu.
🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
December 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This is an excellent thread about current media hysteria about flu.
Walking advice from an AI bot that would, if followed, take the walker over the side of a crag.
I'm so tired of this being shoved down our necks.
I'm so tired of this being shoved down our necks.
This is a heads-up about fake AI accounts which have proliferated across social media.
The screenshot is from a genuine thread asking for advice on a mountain route; there are plenty of useful, real human replies.
The attempted reply (we stopped it) looks very real - but it is from an AI bot.
The screenshot is from a genuine thread asking for advice on a mountain route; there are plenty of useful, real human replies.
The attempted reply (we stopped it) looks very real - but it is from an AI bot.
December 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Walking advice from an AI bot that would, if followed, take the walker over the side of a crag.
I'm so tired of this being shoved down our necks.
I'm so tired of this being shoved down our necks.
We seem to be rapidly approaching a point where search engines like Google are becoming useless. I assume it's down to AI, but the results seem to be getting noticeably worse and worse every week. It's like watching technology go backwards, something I don't think I've ever seen.
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We seem to be rapidly approaching a point where search engines like Google are becoming useless. I assume it's down to AI, but the results seem to be getting noticeably worse and worse every week. It's like watching technology go backwards, something I don't think I've ever seen.
Watching Lucy Worsley on the Black Death. To absolutely nobody's surprise, it was guess whose fault?
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Watching Lucy Worsley on the Black Death. To absolutely nobody's surprise, it was guess whose fault?
Why are the panellists on #GQT talking about the Black Isle as somewhere on the west coast of Scotland? It's very much on the east coast. Good old BBC London centrism on steroids 🙄
December 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Why are the panellists on #GQT talking about the Black Isle as somewhere on the west coast of Scotland? It's very much on the east coast. Good old BBC London centrism on steroids 🙄
Annabel's in London has really gone the extra mile with their decorations this year 😍
December 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Annabel's in London has really gone the extra mile with their decorations this year 😍
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Guy Fawkes signature before and after watching this World Cup Draw
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Guy Fawkes signature before and after watching this World Cup Draw
Please hold. There is
*ONE*
person in front of you in the queue
*ONE*
person in front of you in the queue
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Please hold. There is
*ONE*
person in front of you in the queue
*ONE*
person in front of you in the queue