alistair g👋
@alistairblantyre.bsky.social
Fading socialist - returned 🏴 after 50yrs elsewhere - optimistic/retired…deffo not given up on progress of sorts🧐
Good article 👇 that nails the main current issue with BBC & other mainstream media output (IMO) open.substack.com/pub/redrumli...
Why Isnt the Working Class in and on the Telly
Musings from 'Is TV For the Working Class' Symposium at Manchester Met University in Salford 21st November 25
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Good article 👇 that nails the main current issue with BBC & other mainstream media output (IMO) open.substack.com/pub/redrumli...
Reminder of the delights of #StonefieldPublicPark @#Blantyre blantyreproject.com/2025/10/disc...
Discovering the Hidden Beauty of Stonefield Public Park - Blantyre Project - Official History Archives, Lanarkshire
Here on Blantyre Project, both myself and readers are often quick to point out what’s been lost in recent decades in Stonefield Public Park. Some of the play equipment, the loss of the boating pond, w...
blantyreproject.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Reminder of the delights of #StonefieldPublicPark @#Blantyre blantyreproject.com/2025/10/disc...
Comet Lemmon seen over Strathaven, Scotland👇 theblantyretelegraph.com/2025/10/26/d...
Don't Miss it! Comet Lemmon over Scottish Skies - Blantyre Telegraph
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is dazzling stargazers in Scotland, visible near the north-west horizon post-sunset. Last seen over a thousand years ago, it will shine brightest until early November. Photogr...
theblantyretelegraph.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Comet Lemmon seen over Strathaven, Scotland👇 theblantyretelegraph.com/2025/10/26/d...
October 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Can highly recommend the #AutumnMenu👇@Modou111, #Glasgow
September 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Can highly recommend the #AutumnMenu👇@Modou111, #Glasgow
Reposted by alistair g👋
When you forgot to take off your shoe covers 😁
Blue-footed booby is a large seabird of the booby family. It nests on tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean, mainly on the Galápagos Islands.
Blue-footed booby is a large seabird of the booby family. It nests on tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean, mainly on the Galápagos Islands.
August 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
When you forgot to take off your shoe covers 😁
Blue-footed booby is a large seabird of the booby family. It nests on tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean, mainly on the Galápagos Islands.
Blue-footed booby is a large seabird of the booby family. It nests on tropical islands of the Pacific Ocean, mainly on the Galápagos Islands.
Reposted by alistair g👋
Robbie Coltrane with Scottish artist and playwright John Byrne.
Coltrane starred in the award-winning 1987 drama series Tutti Frutti, which was written by Byrne.
Coltrane starred in the award-winning 1987 drama series Tutti Frutti, which was written by Byrne.
August 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Robbie Coltrane with Scottish artist and playwright John Byrne.
Coltrane starred in the award-winning 1987 drama series Tutti Frutti, which was written by Byrne.
Coltrane starred in the award-winning 1987 drama series Tutti Frutti, which was written by Byrne.
Reposted by alistair g👋
Art from a typewriter!!!
I love creative people and I want this in my home.
I love creative people and I want this in my home.
July 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Art from a typewriter!!!
I love creative people and I want this in my home.
I love creative people and I want this in my home.
July 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Reposted by alistair g👋
HM Revenue & Customs does not know how many billionaires pay tax in the UK, according to a new report by MPs
The Public Accounts Committee says this is despite fact only a small number of people have this status - & the significant sums of money involved
news.sky.com/story/hmrc-d...
The Public Accounts Committee says this is despite fact only a small number of people have this status - & the significant sums of money involved
news.sky.com/story/hmrc-d...
HMRC 'doesn't know' how many billionaires pay tax in the UK
"There is much public interest in the amount of tax the wealthy pay. People need to know everyone pays their fair share," a group of MPs warn.
news.sky.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
HM Revenue & Customs does not know how many billionaires pay tax in the UK, according to a new report by MPs
The Public Accounts Committee says this is despite fact only a small number of people have this status - & the significant sums of money involved
news.sky.com/story/hmrc-d...
The Public Accounts Committee says this is despite fact only a small number of people have this status - & the significant sums of money involved
news.sky.com/story/hmrc-d...
Reposted by alistair g👋
Colored droplets in corn syrup seemingly blended together can be returned to their original state by reversing the direction of mixing, a form of laminar flow called "Stokes flow".
Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy
Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy
July 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Colored droplets in corn syrup seemingly blended together can be returned to their original state by reversing the direction of mixing, a form of laminar flow called "Stokes flow".
Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy
Credit: UNM Physics & Astronomy
Reposted by alistair g👋
People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.
July 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.
Reposted by alistair g👋
The Blackbird of Annoyance has replaced the Bluebird of Happiness in my life
July 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The Blackbird of Annoyance has replaced the Bluebird of Happiness in my life
Reposted by alistair g👋
little library gallows humor for ya :'D
July 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
little library gallows humor for ya :'D
Reposted by alistair g👋
Reposted by alistair g👋
When you bought a bit of summer sun, but the bag broke on the way home.
July 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
When you bought a bit of summer sun, but the bag broke on the way home.
Caught #Man’sBestFriend 👇@Tron, #Glasgow yesterday - a bravura performance, play & brilliantly performed monologue 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 congrats to all involved✅
July 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Caught #Man’sBestFriend 👇@Tron, #Glasgow yesterday - a bravura performance, play & brilliantly performed monologue 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 congrats to all involved✅
Reposted by alistair g👋
Replace the economic union with England. Scotland next please 🏴
July 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Replace the economic union with England. Scotland next please 🏴
Noblese Oblige? - how about finance, tax concessions & privileges first, eh? 👁️👇🥴
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Royal train to be retired as King Charles seeks to modernise monarchy
Palace accounts show Treasury finding to remain at £86.3m, while duchy of Cornwall will waive some charity rents
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Noblese Oblige? - how about finance, tax concessions & privileges first, eh? 👁️👇🥴
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by alistair g👋
Reposted by alistair g👋
Kneecap 💚
Free Palestine
Free Palestine
June 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Kneecap 💚
Free Palestine
Free Palestine
Reposted by alistair g👋
Many of us helped pay for Jeff Bezos’ wedding and didn’t even get an invite.
June 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Many of us helped pay for Jeff Bezos’ wedding and didn’t even get an invite.
Reposted by alistair g👋
Reposted by alistair g👋
Facebook reminded me it's six years since I saw a fridge freezer waiting for a bus:
June 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Facebook reminded me it's six years since I saw a fridge freezer waiting for a bus: