Alistair McMillan
@alistairmcmillan.bsky.social
I build stuff, but mostly I fix stuff. When I’m not breaking stuff.
I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
I've completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I've completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1
Work in progress #StarWars R2-D2 astromech in #Blender Part 2
YouTube video by Alistair McMillan
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November 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Funding for Scottish Independence Related Media www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funding-fo...
Funding for Scottish Independence Related Media
To raise funds for the production of Scottish Independence related media specifically the 'Free Scotland From Westminster' campaign
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November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Funding for Scottish Independence Related Media www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funding-fo...
TREK STAR: The Doug Drexler Documentary
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TREK STAR: The Doug Drexler Documentary
Go behind-the-scenes with legendary Star Trek designer DOUG DREXLER in this new Documentary!
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October 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
TREK STAR: The Doug Drexler Documentary
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Struggled for a few hours trying to do this, then stumbled on this short tutorial. Fantastic!
Master the Knurled Pattern in Blender Easily #blender #blender3d #b3d
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Master the Knurled Pattern in Blender Easily #blender #blender3d #b3d
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Master the Knurled Pattern in Blender Easily #blender #blender3d #b3d
YouTube video by Andy M Visuals
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October 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Struggled for a few hours trying to do this, then stumbled on this short tutorial. Fantastic!
Master the Knurled Pattern in Blender Easily #blender #blender3d #b3d
youtube.com/shorts/xJbfA...
Master the Knurled Pattern in Blender Easily #blender #blender3d #b3d
youtube.com/shorts/xJbfA...
Help Talking-up Scotland tell truth about Scotland www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talki...
Help Talking-up Scotland tell truth about Scotland
For 11 years now, Talking-up Scotland, has been on an almost daily basis countering media bias - please help with a donation.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Help Talking-up Scotland tell truth about Scotland www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-talki...
Love that you can walk along the Thames foreshore at low tide.
PS I’m doing a walking challenge. step.diabetes.org.uk/fundraising/...
#london #thames #diabetes #walking #challenge
PS I’m doing a walking challenge. step.diabetes.org.uk/fundraising/...
#london #thames #diabetes #walking #challenge
August 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Love that you can walk along the Thames foreshore at low tide.
PS I’m doing a walking challenge. step.diabetes.org.uk/fundraising/...
#london #thames #diabetes #walking #challenge
PS I’m doing a walking challenge. step.diabetes.org.uk/fundraising/...
#london #thames #diabetes #walking #challenge
I have diabetes. It sucks. Thanks to people like @diabetesuk.bsky.social it is much much easier to manage now than it was 21 years ago when I was diagnosed.
Please donate whatever you can so this pain in the backside continues to get easier to manage each year.
step.diabetes.org.uk/fundraising/...
Please donate whatever you can so this pain in the backside continues to get easier to manage each year.
step.diabetes.org.uk/fundraising/...
Alistair's fundraising page
I have diabetes. It sucks. I've had it for 21 years now, but thanks to people like Diabetes UK it is dramatically easier to manage now than it was 21 years ago. I know money is tight for most people, ...
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July 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I have diabetes. It sucks. Thanks to people like @diabetesuk.bsky.social it is much much easier to manage now than it was 21 years ago when I was diagnosed.
Please donate whatever you can so this pain in the backside continues to get easier to manage each year.
step.diabetes.org.uk/fundraising/...
Please donate whatever you can so this pain in the backside continues to get easier to manage each year.
step.diabetes.org.uk/fundraising/...
Human artist?
Use one piece to convince people to follow you.
Use one piece to convince people to follow you.
June 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Human artist?
Use one piece to convince people to follow you.
Use one piece to convince people to follow you.
I have a counter-counter offer. Jail them. Jail every single person who has gleefully profited off this blatant disaster.
The Billionaire Media is pushing for Thames Water to be 'temporarily renationalised' at a cost to you of £21bn so billionaires don't lose a penny.
I have a counter offer, make them go bankrupt, renationalise permanently for free.
I have a counter offer, make them go bankrupt, renationalise permanently for free.
June 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I have a counter-counter offer. Jail them. Jail every single person who has gleefully profited off this blatant disaster.
Something that I think is funny about the first #StarWars film is Luke's lightsaver. Ben gives Luke his father's lightsaber, we see Luke practice with it, and then... nothing. It just hangs on Luke's belt for the second half of the movie. What happened to the principle of Chekhov's Gun?
May 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Something that I think is funny about the first #StarWars film is Luke's lightsaver. Ben gives Luke his father's lightsaber, we see Luke practice with it, and then... nothing. It just hangs on Luke's belt for the second half of the movie. What happened to the principle of Chekhov's Gun?
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Oh my god. I thought this was some historical thing, maybe from the convict's first term. But it's from two days ago. What an arse.
Said it before & will say it again. There is no reason for this grievance monkey to be in America on Tartan day, Celebrating the US/Scottish connections to feather his own nest. Aligning Scotland up with Trump's value's is dangerous enough, Without trying to pass himself off as a credible politician
April 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Oh my god. I thought this was some historical thing, maybe from the convict's first term. But it's from two days ago. What an arse.
Went for a wander down Brick Lane at lunchtime. #streetart #streetartist #art #graffiti #graffitiart #londongraffiti
March 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Went for a wander down Brick Lane at lunchtime. #streetart #streetartist #art #graffiti #graffitiart #londongraffiti
Someone needs to set up a "LIVE: Can Mark Carney outlast a lettuce?" webcam. Only way to know for sure.
Liz Truss has said that Mark Carney will be disasterous as Canadian PM.
She of course still claims to have caused no disasters.
She of course still claims to have caused no disasters.
March 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Someone needs to set up a "LIVE: Can Mark Carney outlast a lettuce?" webcam. Only way to know for sure.
Love this!
A Star Trek illustration I did last night/this morning. Surprised how quick it came together. Was thinking about the last time Spock and McCoy might have seen each other.
February 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Love this!
Please sign this petition. It's a simple concept. Who should make decisions for Scotland; the people who live and work in Scotland, or Westminster politicians. #scottishindependence petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Petition: Implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in Scottish legislation
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure that, prior to the next Holyrood parliamentary election, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) i...
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January 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Please sign this petition. It's a simple concept. Who should make decisions for Scotland; the people who live and work in Scotland, or Westminster politicians. #scottishindependence petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Family photo albums. 😢
When I was 23, the house I lived in burned to the ground. I was asleep, and got out with nothing but my pjs and my roommate’s dog.
When you lose your house it is not about the sofa or tv. It’s the concert t-shirt you bought with your best friend, and the last letter your grandfather wrote you.
When you lose your house it is not about the sofa or tv. It’s the concert t-shirt you bought with your best friend, and the last letter your grandfather wrote you.
January 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Family photo albums. 😢
Petition: Introduce statutory provision for independence referendums in Scotland & Wales. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Introduce statutory provision for independence referendums in Scotland & Wales.
It has been stated that the UK is a voluntary union. If this is democratically the case I think there should be a legal mechanism for any part of the union to decide whether or not to leave that union...
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January 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Petition: Introduce statutory provision for independence referendums in Scotland & Wales. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Started the New Year by completing the Portfolio Piece iOS dev course by @seanallen.bsky.social. Fun learning SwiftUI basics in a structured guided way rather than randomly prodding at Apple docs. Now to go back and add blood glucose charts… seanallen.teachable.com
January 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Started the New Year by completing the Portfolio Piece iOS dev course by @seanallen.bsky.social. Fun learning SwiftUI basics in a structured guided way rather than randomly prodding at Apple docs. Now to go back and add blood glucose charts… seanallen.teachable.com
From Ancestry: "The facts in this collection were found using #artificialintelligence technology and may contain errors."
1) My gran wasn't a "Mr"
2) Her name didn't start with the letter J
3) She wasn't officiating sport events at the age of 1
But aside from that super useful hint, thanks. #fail
1) My gran wasn't a "Mr"
2) Her name didn't start with the letter J
3) She wasn't officiating sport events at the age of 1
But aside from that super useful hint, thanks. #fail
December 26, 2024 at 10:32 PM
From Ancestry: "The facts in this collection were found using #artificialintelligence technology and may contain errors."
1) My gran wasn't a "Mr"
2) Her name didn't start with the letter J
3) She wasn't officiating sport events at the age of 1
But aside from that super useful hint, thanks. #fail
1) My gran wasn't a "Mr"
2) Her name didn't start with the letter J
3) She wasn't officiating sport events at the age of 1
But aside from that super useful hint, thanks. #fail
Rewatched Wrath of Khan recently and it just occurred to me, what happened to the other crewmen who died during Khan’s attack? We know others died. Did they also get launched out in torpedo casings down to the Genesis Planet? Did they also get resurrected as rapidly-aging mindless gholas? #startrek
December 12, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Rewatched Wrath of Khan recently and it just occurred to me, what happened to the other crewmen who died during Khan’s attack? We know others died. Did they also get launched out in torpedo casings down to the Genesis Planet? Did they also get resurrected as rapidly-aging mindless gholas? #startrek