Tony McAlinden
@mackanory.bsky.social
Leith.
Photography.
Screenwriting.
Flibbertigibbet.
Photography.
Screenwriting.
Flibbertigibbet.
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What’s happened here is that, by sticking to their guns and refusing to be intimidated and shitehoused, the club and police have thankfully prevented Parliament and the press inciting rioting and running battles in the streets of a major city.
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
What’s happened here is that, by sticking to their guns and refusing to be intimidated and shitehoused, the club and police have thankfully prevented Parliament and the press inciting rioting and running battles in the streets of a major city.
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One of the best things about the Vince Gilligan run shows have been their sublime podcasts thanks to Kelley Dixon and latterly Chris McCaleb.
I am glad to report that the official #Pluribus podcast is no exception, truly a film school in your ears.
One of the best things about the Vince Gilligan run shows have been their sublime podcasts thanks to Kelley Dixon and latterly Chris McCaleb.
I am glad to report that the official #Pluribus podcast is no exception, truly a film school in your ears.
We Is Us
Podcast Episode · Pluribus: The Official Podcast · S1 E1 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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One of the best things about the Vince Gilligan run shows have been their sublime podcasts thanks to Kelley Dixon and latterly Chris McCaleb.
I am glad to report that the official #Pluribus podcast is no exception, truly a film school in your ears.
One of the best things about the Vince Gilligan run shows have been their sublime podcasts thanks to Kelley Dixon and latterly Chris McCaleb.
I am glad to report that the official #Pluribus podcast is no exception, truly a film school in your ears.
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... plus Jews everywhere by making football hooliganism sound like a Jewish tradition by calling criticism of it 'antisemitic'.
Keir Starmer owes a profound apology to:
▪️Birmingham Safety Advisory Group
▪️West Midlands Police
▪️Residents of Birmingham
▪️The local MP
▪️The UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU)
▪️Europe-wide intelligence-sharing networks
▪️ Amsterdam police
▪️Birmingham Safety Advisory Group
▪️West Midlands Police
▪️Residents of Birmingham
▪️The local MP
▪️The UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU)
▪️Europe-wide intelligence-sharing networks
▪️ Amsterdam police
I am a Jew supporting the Maccabi ban: There must be no foul play in local democracy
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the Aston Villa game
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
... plus Jews everywhere by making football hooliganism sound like a Jewish tradition by calling criticism of it 'antisemitic'.
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Great lesson here!!
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Great lesson here!!
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Do you mean in money - or do you mean to humanity?
Because I’m interested in the latter.
Because I’m interested in the latter.
Here’s How Much New York Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Is Worth
Here’s How Much New York Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Is Worth
Despite his own privileged path to power, or perhaps because of it, the son of a Columbia University professor and a movie director campaigned as a socialist intent on redistributing New York’s wealth...
www.forbes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Do you mean in money - or do you mean to humanity?
Because I’m interested in the latter.
Because I’m interested in the latter.
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British Labour MPs trying to associate themselves with Mamdani's win all "how do you do, fellow lefties" style, as if they aren't the same sort of right-enabling establishment he was a reaction against, embarrassing, the cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity and the gumption required
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
British Labour MPs trying to associate themselves with Mamdani's win all "how do you do, fellow lefties" style, as if they aren't the same sort of right-enabling establishment he was a reaction against, embarrassing, the cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity and the gumption required
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Many in politics and media are trapped on X/Twitter, a latter-day Plato's cave, mistaking projected shadows for reality.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Many in politics and media are trapped on X/Twitter, a latter-day Plato's cave, mistaking projected shadows for reality.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
No social media platform can be perfect - the 'social' bit ensures that - as people are also not perfect.
But some platforms are better than others.
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"That thing is going to rot your brain..."
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"That thing is going to rot your brain..."
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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A response to Jimmy Carr’s comments about Graham Linehan.
October 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A response to Jimmy Carr’s comments about Graham Linehan.
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Cnut. He's forgotten about Cnut, who went on pilgrimage to Rome in 1027. Oh, and Edward I, who spent 2 months at the court of Gregory X in 1273. Otherwise, all over the detail, as per.
October 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Cnut. He's forgotten about Cnut, who went on pilgrimage to Rome in 1027. Oh, and Edward I, who spent 2 months at the court of Gregory X in 1273. Otherwise, all over the detail, as per.
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The gap between the government, opposition and national press unifying over some ludicrous, wildly irresponsible, insultingly idiotic bullshit and that then exploding in their faces now appears to be down to about two days. I reckon they could manage same-day meltdowns, if they tried.
October 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The gap between the government, opposition and national press unifying over some ludicrous, wildly irresponsible, insultingly idiotic bullshit and that then exploding in their faces now appears to be down to about two days. I reckon they could manage same-day meltdowns, if they tried.
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Do parents still tell their children not to lie or has politics of the last 10 years put an end to that as it clearly doesn't matter/will hold them back in life?
October 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Do parents still tell their children not to lie or has politics of the last 10 years put an end to that as it clearly doesn't matter/will hold them back in life?
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Football match involving Maccabi Tel Aviv called off due to violence.
Is it anti semitic to call it off in Jerusalem or only in Birmingham?
Message to those who hurled the antisemitism libel around last week. Beware of Karma. She’s a real bitch!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Is it anti semitic to call it off in Jerusalem or only in Birmingham?
Message to those who hurled the antisemitism libel around last week. Beware of Karma. She’s a real bitch!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi called off after rioting
Israeli police make nine arrests, citing ‘disorderly conduct, riots, injured police officers’ and infrastructure damage
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Football match involving Maccabi Tel Aviv called off due to violence.
Is it anti semitic to call it off in Jerusalem or only in Birmingham?
Message to those who hurled the antisemitism libel around last week. Beware of Karma. She’s a real bitch!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Is it anti semitic to call it off in Jerusalem or only in Birmingham?
Message to those who hurled the antisemitism libel around last week. Beware of Karma. She’s a real bitch!
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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UK PM Keir Starmer who wants to reverse the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban at Villa Park Europa game next week said:
"The role of the police is to ensure all football fans can enjoy the game, without fear of violence or intimidation."
Exactly sir Keir, that’s why there has been a ban in the first place.
"The role of the police is to ensure all football fans can enjoy the game, without fear of violence or intimidation."
Exactly sir Keir, that’s why there has been a ban in the first place.
October 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
UK PM Keir Starmer who wants to reverse the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban at Villa Park Europa game next week said:
"The role of the police is to ensure all football fans can enjoy the game, without fear of violence or intimidation."
Exactly sir Keir, that’s why there has been a ban in the first place.
"The role of the police is to ensure all football fans can enjoy the game, without fear of violence or intimidation."
Exactly sir Keir, that’s why there has been a ban in the first place.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
“I Swear” is just a properly lovely film about some properly lovely people that I can easily see becoming a “Full Monty” style word of mouth hit.
I had wondered how such a story could sustain a 2 hour run time but it definitely needed it to do John’s story justice.
I had wondered how such a story could sustain a 2 hour run time but it definitely needed it to do John’s story justice.
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“I Swear” is just a properly lovely film about some properly lovely people that I can easily see becoming a “Full Monty” style word of mouth hit.
I had wondered how such a story could sustain a 2 hour run time but it definitely needed it to do John’s story justice.
I had wondered how such a story could sustain a 2 hour run time but it definitely needed it to do John’s story justice.
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An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
October 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
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I would like to hear similar sentiments expressed with as much conviction by leading UK politicians.
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I would like to hear similar sentiments expressed with as much conviction by leading UK politicians.
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If Labour put 10% as much effort into calling out Brexit as they do punching down at immigrants we'd already be negotiating to rejoin the EU.
Brexit only lacks importance for most voters because of the conspiracy of silence across politics and the media to not connect Brexit-related problems to it.
Brexit only lacks importance for most voters because of the conspiracy of silence across politics and the media to not connect Brexit-related problems to it.
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
If Labour put 10% as much effort into calling out Brexit as they do punching down at immigrants we'd already be negotiating to rejoin the EU.
Brexit only lacks importance for most voters because of the conspiracy of silence across politics and the media to not connect Brexit-related problems to it.
Brexit only lacks importance for most voters because of the conspiracy of silence across politics and the media to not connect Brexit-related problems to it.
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“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
September 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.
And that’s wrong.
Always something magical realising you’ve seen a future classic within a day of its release.
Can add “One Battle After Another” to what’s now a rather long list from thirty plus years of movie going.
Can add “One Battle After Another” to what’s now a rather long list from thirty plus years of movie going.
September 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Always something magical realising you’ve seen a future classic within a day of its release.
Can add “One Battle After Another” to what’s now a rather long list from thirty plus years of movie going.
Can add “One Battle After Another” to what’s now a rather long list from thirty plus years of movie going.
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I’m not
It isn’t.
It should be, but you’re working very hard to ensure it isn’t.
It isn’t.
It should be, but you’re working very hard to ensure it isn’t.
September 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I’m not
It isn’t.
It should be, but you’re working very hard to ensure it isn’t.
It isn’t.
It should be, but you’re working very hard to ensure it isn’t.
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I don’t know about you, but I’m still sort of processing that the US president stood up in the UN and declared that London is about to be under Sharia law, and the response has been “actually, that won’t happen” rather than “Jesus, that is insane.”
September 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I don’t know about you, but I’m still sort of processing that the US president stood up in the UN and declared that London is about to be under Sharia law, and the response has been “actually, that won’t happen” rather than “Jesus, that is insane.”