Alex Matheson
@scarista.bsky.social
Music lover, bookworm and cove optimistically hoping we don't burn up our planet. You can read stuff I write on www.am-cs.co.uk (which is really just scarista.github.io) and see more of my pictures on instagram.com/matheson33.
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Alex Matheson
@scarista.bsky.social
· Dec 10
My favourite beach late one afternoon in November 2017. It's the beach at Scarista, Isle of Harris.
#photography
#landscape
#IsleofHarris
#Scotland
#photography
#landscape
#IsleofHarris
#Scotland
One of my favourite #vinyl albums is Jethro Tull's Aqualung. So I recently added this remastered version in yellow to my collection. Top stuff. And Wind-up is still my favourite track.
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
One of my favourite #vinyl albums is Jethro Tull's Aqualung. So I recently added this remastered version in yellow to my collection. Top stuff. And Wind-up is still my favourite track.
Well, hell, Scotland finally did it. What a result. World Cup here we come!
Scotland vs Denmark LIVE: UEFA World Cup Qualifiers - watch, listen, team news, updates, report, reaction, stats & head-to-head
Watch Sportscene, listen to Sportsound and follow live text commentary, score updates and match report from Scotland vs Denmark in the UEFA World Cup Qualifiers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Well, hell, Scotland finally did it. What a result. World Cup here we come!
Little Donnie J will be having bigly tantrums today #NobelPeacePrize
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Little Donnie J will be having bigly tantrums today #NobelPeacePrize
I subscribe to a few Substack mailing lists which, dinosaur-like, I've just been reading in my mail client. Thought it might be an idea to try the app on my phone and see what else is available there.
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I subscribe to a few Substack mailing lists which, dinosaur-like, I've just been reading in my mail client. Thought it might be an idea to try the app on my phone and see what else is available there.
Well, that got turned around very quickly. El Taco Grande will be totally raging 😆
Jimmy Kimmel will return to TV after highly criticized suspension
Late-night host reinstated after brief suspension related to comments on Maga and Charlie Kirk that Disney called ‘insensitive’
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Well, that got turned around very quickly. El Taco Grande will be totally raging 😆
Well, who'd have thought that any AI created by mankind would turn out to be a racist pervert? Cannot. Say. I'm. Surprised.
Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info: Report
An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s artificial intelligence creations to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensua...
ground.news
August 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Well, who'd have thought that any AI created by mankind would turn out to be a racist pervert? Cannot. Say. I'm. Surprised.
Well that was weird. Signed in and was asked to verify that I'm an adult. Opted to use face verification and it decided I am indeed old enough to use this platform. Guess I am as old as I look 😂
July 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Well that was weird. Signed in and was asked to verify that I'm an adult. Opted to use face verification and it decided I am indeed old enough to use this platform. Guess I am as old as I look 😂
Dear America, when are you going to wake up? It's the final act and this play is not going to end well.
The Trump administration pushed out a university president – its latest bid to close the American mind | Robert Reich
Demanding that the University of Virginia’s president resign is taken from the Viktor Orbán playbook of authoritarianism
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Dear America, when are you going to wake up? It's the final act and this play is not going to end well.
Last night just before the Iron Maiden show at the OVO Hydro. Didn't take any other pictures because I wanted to just enjoy the show. And what a bloody brilliant show it was. Spectacular!
#photography
#ironmaiden
#heavymetal
#glasgow
#scotland
#photography
#ironmaiden
#heavymetal
#glasgow
#scotland
July 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Last night just before the Iron Maiden show at the OVO Hydro. Didn't take any other pictures because I wanted to just enjoy the show. And what a bloody brilliant show it was. Spectacular!
#photography
#ironmaiden
#heavymetal
#glasgow
#scotland
#photography
#ironmaiden
#heavymetal
#glasgow
#scotland
Lawful? Mmm. Moral? Definitely not. Protective of British interests and money? Yes. Likely to see use in Gaza breaching humanitarian law? Well, it's food for the Israeli war machine whose sole purpose seems to be the destruction of Gaza. Shouldn't be hard for the UK Government to work that out!
UK’s sale of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel is lawful, high court rules
Rights group loses challenge despite government accepting they could be used in breach of humanitarian law in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Lawful? Mmm. Moral? Definitely not. Protective of British interests and money? Yes. Likely to see use in Gaza breaching humanitarian law? Well, it's food for the Israeli war machine whose sole purpose seems to be the destruction of Gaza. Shouldn't be hard for the UK Government to work that out!
Another #vinyl from the archives. My signed copy of Marillion's Script For A Jester's Tear. Unfortunately it's signed by Fish, Pete Trewavas, Mark Kelly, Steve Rothery and ... Ian Mosley (rather than Mick Pointer). So really just a curiosity rather than a collector's item.
June 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Another #vinyl from the archives. My signed copy of Marillion's Script For A Jester's Tear. Unfortunately it's signed by Fish, Pete Trewavas, Mark Kelly, Steve Rothery and ... Ian Mosley (rather than Mick Pointer). So really just a curiosity rather than a collector's item.
Perhaps an alternate phrasing for this headline is "UK PM dribbles on demand at the sound of his master's bell" 😉
Keir Starmer backs US strike on Iran and calls for Tehran to return to talks
Prime minister says there is ‘risk of escalation’ in region and beyond after US attacks on three nuclear sites
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Perhaps an alternate phrasing for this headline is "UK PM dribbles on demand at the sound of his master's bell" 😉
Really hard to feel anything but contempt for Netanyahu. The postponement of a wedding pales somewhat against the devastation he has rained on Gaza, and the deaths of his fellow Israeli's amidst Iran's retaliation for his attack on them.
Netanyahu stuns Israelis by describing ‘personal cost’ of Iran war – postponing son’s wedding
Israeli prime minister prompts furious backlash for remarks in front of missile-struck hospital at height of Iran conflict
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Really hard to feel anything but contempt for Netanyahu. The postponement of a wedding pales somewhat against the devastation he has rained on Gaza, and the deaths of his fellow Israeli's amidst Iran's retaliation for his attack on them.
And finally today, the latest release from IQ, Dominion on clear blue #vinyl. I've been a fan of this band for 42 years now - which I find kind of hard to believe. Where's the time gone.
#progrock
#progressiverock
#progrock
#progressiverock
June 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
And finally today, the latest release from IQ, Dominion on clear blue #vinyl. I've been a fan of this band for 42 years now - which I find kind of hard to believe. Where's the time gone.
#progrock
#progressiverock
#progrock
#progressiverock
Today's first #vinyl, Nine In A Pond Is Here by IQ. A "bootleg" recorded during tour rehearsals in October 1985 with new vocalist Paul Menel. Side 4 includes some typical IQ wackiness 😃
June 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Today's first #vinyl, Nine In A Pond Is Here by IQ. A "bootleg" recorded during tour rehearsals in October 1985 with new vocalist Paul Menel. Side 4 includes some typical IQ wackiness 😃
My favourite neo-prog #vinyl. This is the first reissue on The Classic One Shoe Record Label. With any luck I'll eventually get hold of a first press of The Major Record Company release 😃
June 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My favourite neo-prog #vinyl. This is the first reissue on The Classic One Shoe Record Label. With any luck I'll eventually get hold of a first press of The Major Record Company release 😃
I've been out of the game for the last month, recovering from a fractured collarbone. Not something I recommend at all. So getting the ball rolling again, here's an old picture of Cuddy Point below the Lews Castle, projecting into Stornoway harbour.
#photography
#Stornoway
#IsleOfLewis
#Scotland
#photography
#Stornoway
#IsleOfLewis
#Scotland
June 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I've been out of the game for the last month, recovering from a fractured collarbone. Not something I recommend at all. So getting the ball rolling again, here's an old picture of Cuddy Point below the Lews Castle, projecting into Stornoway harbour.
#photography
#Stornoway
#IsleOfLewis
#Scotland
#photography
#Stornoway
#IsleOfLewis
#Scotland
What a great weekend. Celtic winning their 13th of the last 14 SPL titles and Liverpool notching up their 20th title. Happy days 🏆😀
April 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
What a great weekend. Celtic winning their 13th of the last 14 SPL titles and Liverpool notching up their 20th title. Happy days 🏆😀
Tonight we have 2 neo prog classics from the 80s. The Sentinel by Pallas and Twelfth Night by Twelfth Night (aka XII or The Virgin Album). Both recently acquired on cassette.
#musicsky
#nowplaying
#progrock
#musicsky
#nowplaying
#progrock
April 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tonight we have 2 neo prog classics from the 80s. The Sentinel by Pallas and Twelfth Night by Twelfth Night (aka XII or The Virgin Album). Both recently acquired on cassette.
#musicsky
#nowplaying
#progrock
#musicsky
#nowplaying
#progrock
So how do you spell "tariff"? Is it G.R.I.F.T?
Trump ignites ‘insider trading’ accusations after global tariffs U-turn
US president posted it was ‘a great time to buy’ on social media just hours before pausing tariff impositions
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
So how do you spell "tariff"? Is it G.R.I.F.T?