Alister mac gille Uidhir
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Social Justice/Human Rights advisor; Gay man; Christian Left (i.e. inclusive, progressive); Charity Trustee; Singer; Writer; 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🏴🐻 Pro 🇵🇸🇬🇱🇺🇦🇱🇧
The Return of Minky, the Learning Monkey. New friends and followers may not be aware of the Adventures of Minky the Learning Monkey. Well, now he's back with a massive 🍉, most concerned about all the tensions in the world and telling us all to 'Kalm the Fudge Dahn'.
September 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Return of Minky, the Learning Monkey. New friends and followers may not be aware of the Adventures of Minky the Learning Monkey. Well, now he's back with a massive 🍉, most concerned about all the tensions in the world and telling us all to 'Kalm the Fudge Dahn'.
Artwork of the Day (22 July): The Tower [Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles], by Casey Wait, 21st century
July 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Artwork of the Day (22 July): The Tower [Mary Magdalene, Apostle to the Apostles], by Casey Wait, 21st century
Reminder:
The founding fathers were the colonists, undocumented immigrants, occupiers, and slave owners.
The USA revolted against Lord North's government of a nation with a constitutional monarch (Geo III) with the help of an Absolute monarch (Louis XVI), to create, in effect, an elected 'monarchy'
The founding fathers were the colonists, undocumented immigrants, occupiers, and slave owners.
The USA revolted against Lord North's government of a nation with a constitutional monarch (Geo III) with the help of an Absolute monarch (Louis XVI), to create, in effect, an elected 'monarchy'
July 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Reminder:
The founding fathers were the colonists, undocumented immigrants, occupiers, and slave owners.
The USA revolted against Lord North's government of a nation with a constitutional monarch (Geo III) with the help of an Absolute monarch (Louis XVI), to create, in effect, an elected 'monarchy'
The founding fathers were the colonists, undocumented immigrants, occupiers, and slave owners.
The USA revolted against Lord North's government of a nation with a constitutional monarch (Geo III) with the help of an Absolute monarch (Louis XVI), to create, in effect, an elected 'monarchy'
Icon of the Day: Pentecost
Orthodox icon, Byzantine form
O Thou who camest from above,
the pure celestial fire to impart,
kindle a flame of sacred love
upon the altar of my heart
Orthodox icon, Byzantine form
O Thou who camest from above,
the pure celestial fire to impart,
kindle a flame of sacred love
upon the altar of my heart
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Icon of the Day: Pentecost
Orthodox icon, Byzantine form
O Thou who camest from above,
the pure celestial fire to impart,
kindle a flame of sacred love
upon the altar of my heart
Orthodox icon, Byzantine form
O Thou who camest from above,
the pure celestial fire to impart,
kindle a flame of sacred love
upon the altar of my heart
Artwork of the Day: Ascension of Christ, Salvador Dalí, 1958
May 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Artwork of the Day: Ascension of Christ, Salvador Dalí, 1958
Deep theology: merciful not delusional.
Discuss
Discuss
May 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Deep theology: merciful not delusional.
Discuss
Discuss
Now then, now then, 'ows about that then?
*shudders*
*shudders*
May 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Now then, now then, 'ows about that then?
*shudders*
*shudders*
... The notion of "third spaces" in hospitals for trans people ignores the different status of transwomen and transmen.
The EHRC also assumes (incorrectly) that "biological sex" is based on visual observation at birth, rather than complex genetic biology. The ruling doesn't specify.
The EHRC also assumes (incorrectly) that "biological sex" is based on visual observation at birth, rather than complex genetic biology. The ruling doesn't specify.
April 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
... The notion of "third spaces" in hospitals for trans people ignores the different status of transwomen and transmen.
The EHRC also assumes (incorrectly) that "biological sex" is based on visual observation at birth, rather than complex genetic biology. The ruling doesn't specify.
The EHRC also assumes (incorrectly) that "biological sex" is based on visual observation at birth, rather than complex genetic biology. The ruling doesn't specify.
Statue of the Day (23 April): Sant Jordi (St George), on the corner Palau de Musica Catalana, Barcelona.
April 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Statue of the Day (23 April): Sant Jordi (St George), on the corner Palau de Musica Catalana, Barcelona.
Roll back the stone so all may live
Happy Easter
(Art: The Empty Tomb, by Richard Bavin, 2013. Curated by the Methodist Modern Art Collection)
Happy Easter
(Art: The Empty Tomb, by Richard Bavin, 2013. Curated by the Methodist Modern Art Collection)
April 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Roll back the stone so all may live
Happy Easter
(Art: The Empty Tomb, by Richard Bavin, 2013. Curated by the Methodist Modern Art Collection)
Happy Easter
(Art: The Empty Tomb, by Richard Bavin, 2013. Curated by the Methodist Modern Art Collection)
Watch out! Watch out! There's an Easter WereBunny about
April 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Watch out! Watch out! There's an Easter WereBunny about
Artefact of the Day (Holy Saturday): The Harrowing of Hell, 15th Century Panel, Victoria and Albert Museum
A scene from the Apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus where Christ brings the Hebrew Patriarchs out of Limbo and rescues humankind from the jaws of Hades.
A scene from the Apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus where Christ brings the Hebrew Patriarchs out of Limbo and rescues humankind from the jaws of Hades.
April 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Artefact of the Day (Holy Saturday): The Harrowing of Hell, 15th Century Panel, Victoria and Albert Museum
A scene from the Apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus where Christ brings the Hebrew Patriarchs out of Limbo and rescues humankind from the jaws of Hades.
A scene from the Apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus where Christ brings the Hebrew Patriarchs out of Limbo and rescues humankind from the jaws of Hades.
Chag Pesach Sameach to my Jewish friends and extended family.
A blessed and happy Passover
A blessed and happy Passover
April 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Chag Pesach Sameach to my Jewish friends and extended family.
A blessed and happy Passover
A blessed and happy Passover
Reading a post about Windy Miller getting drunk on cider, made me glad I'm from the Trumpton/Chigley/Camberwell Green era, and not brought up on the Tweenies.
Also realised that I had a thing for Windy Miller, Cpt Flack of the fire station and Cpt Snort of Pippin Fort.
Also realised that I had a thing for Windy Miller, Cpt Flack of the fire station and Cpt Snort of Pippin Fort.
April 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Reading a post about Windy Miller getting drunk on cider, made me glad I'm from the Trumpton/Chigley/Camberwell Green era, and not brought up on the Tweenies.
Also realised that I had a thing for Windy Miller, Cpt Flack of the fire station and Cpt Snort of Pippin Fort.
Also realised that I had a thing for Windy Miller, Cpt Flack of the fire station and Cpt Snort of Pippin Fort.
Paired Images of the Day:
Swedish folklore "Agneta and the Sea-King", and an Annunciation Icon (Greek Orthodox). These are side by side on our dining room wall. Both are stories of a pregnant woman visited by messenger of a deity, and told she was highly favoured.
#Annunciation
Swedish folklore "Agneta and the Sea-King", and an Annunciation Icon (Greek Orthodox). These are side by side on our dining room wall. Both are stories of a pregnant woman visited by messenger of a deity, and told she was highly favoured.
#Annunciation
March 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Paired Images of the Day:
Swedish folklore "Agneta and the Sea-King", and an Annunciation Icon (Greek Orthodox). These are side by side on our dining room wall. Both are stories of a pregnant woman visited by messenger of a deity, and told she was highly favoured.
#Annunciation
Swedish folklore "Agneta and the Sea-King", and an Annunciation Icon (Greek Orthodox). These are side by side on our dining room wall. Both are stories of a pregnant woman visited by messenger of a deity, and told she was highly favoured.
#Annunciation
Happy Greek Independence Day (25 Mar 1821).
Image: Greek flag flies at a hermitage in Zia infront of Mt Dhikheos, Kos - which had remained under Italian (& briefly German then British) control til 1945. Kos' union with the rest of Greece took place 124 years after the initial Greek-Ottoman War.
Image: Greek flag flies at a hermitage in Zia infront of Mt Dhikheos, Kos - which had remained under Italian (& briefly German then British) control til 1945. Kos' union with the rest of Greece took place 124 years after the initial Greek-Ottoman War.
March 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Happy Greek Independence Day (25 Mar 1821).
Image: Greek flag flies at a hermitage in Zia infront of Mt Dhikheos, Kos - which had remained under Italian (& briefly German then British) control til 1945. Kos' union with the rest of Greece took place 124 years after the initial Greek-Ottoman War.
Image: Greek flag flies at a hermitage in Zia infront of Mt Dhikheos, Kos - which had remained under Italian (& briefly German then British) control til 1945. Kos' union with the rest of Greece took place 124 years after the initial Greek-Ottoman War.
RIP Maisie Trollette/David Raven, who was still performing at 91. I was fortunate to meet David as David and as Maisie, and had a drink or three at the Amsterdam in Brighton. [My partner, now husband, was at the World Methodist Conference at the BIC, and I was having a pint with a legend.]
March 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
RIP Maisie Trollette/David Raven, who was still performing at 91. I was fortunate to meet David as David and as Maisie, and had a drink or three at the Amsterdam in Brighton. [My partner, now husband, was at the World Methodist Conference at the BIC, and I was having a pint with a legend.]
I've revised again the #AshWednesday Sentences to focus #Lent on affirmation and liberation, starting by replacing the words 'but dust' with 'Stardust'.
"You are stardust: conceived from the heart of God, and to which you will return. Receive grace; Let go of life's baggage; Love as Jesus did"
"You are stardust: conceived from the heart of God, and to which you will return. Receive grace; Let go of life's baggage; Love as Jesus did"
March 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I've revised again the #AshWednesday Sentences to focus #Lent on affirmation and liberation, starting by replacing the words 'but dust' with 'Stardust'.
"You are stardust: conceived from the heart of God, and to which you will return. Receive grace; Let go of life's baggage; Love as Jesus did"
"You are stardust: conceived from the heart of God, and to which you will return. Receive grace; Let go of life's baggage; Love as Jesus did"
Clean Monday: I love the fact that Orthodox Lent begins with kite flying, rather than ashing. A "lifted high on a divine wind" kind of repentance, and invitation to choose life.
#Lent #CleanMonday
#Lent #CleanMonday
![Two brightly coloured kites in a cloudless sky.
[Image from creative commons]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:os6mainnc6biirgt3o2nkirf/bafkreif7dudvxhibm66j3yg4n2xrpv7whvfx4pjl43tu4axzte7whtfvza@jpeg)
March 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Clean Monday: I love the fact that Orthodox Lent begins with kite flying, rather than ashing. A "lifted high on a divine wind" kind of repentance, and invitation to choose life.
#Lent #CleanMonday
#Lent #CleanMonday
"Be joyful, keep the faith, and do the little things that you have heard and seen me do"
Last words of St David (Dewi Sant).
When things seem tough, doing the little things can be more than enough.
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus
(Happy St David's Day)
[Image: St David's Cross flag]
Last words of St David (Dewi Sant).
When things seem tough, doing the little things can be more than enough.
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus
(Happy St David's Day)
[Image: St David's Cross flag]
March 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"Be joyful, keep the faith, and do the little things that you have heard and seen me do"
Last words of St David (Dewi Sant).
When things seem tough, doing the little things can be more than enough.
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus
(Happy St David's Day)
[Image: St David's Cross flag]
Last words of St David (Dewi Sant).
When things seem tough, doing the little things can be more than enough.
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus
(Happy St David's Day)
[Image: St David's Cross flag]
Flags of the Day: 15th February
On the left, Canada's flag from 1892 to 1965 (comprises the Red Ensign with the Canadian Royal Arms).
On the right, Canada's flag from 15th Feb 1965 till present, with its now familiar and iconic design; now 60 years old.
On the left, Canada's flag from 1892 to 1965 (comprises the Red Ensign with the Canadian Royal Arms).
On the right, Canada's flag from 15th Feb 1965 till present, with its now familiar and iconic design; now 60 years old.
February 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Flags of the Day: 15th February
On the left, Canada's flag from 1892 to 1965 (comprises the Red Ensign with the Canadian Royal Arms).
On the right, Canada's flag from 15th Feb 1965 till present, with its now familiar and iconic design; now 60 years old.
On the left, Canada's flag from 1892 to 1965 (comprises the Red Ensign with the Canadian Royal Arms).
On the right, Canada's flag from 15th Feb 1965 till present, with its now familiar and iconic design; now 60 years old.
Today's post
"How we learn to be brave" +Mariann Edgar Budde
"How we learn to be brave" +Mariann Edgar Budde
February 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Today's post
"How we learn to be brave" +Mariann Edgar Budde
"How we learn to be brave" +Mariann Edgar Budde
Holding Paradox: Saint of the Day (1 February) Brigid of Kildare.
Irish saint spanning the pre-christian Celtic era, and the birth of Irish Christianity. A goddess or priestess to Pagans, a saint and abbess to Christians.
A 'wild woman', a mystic, and an LGBTQ icon
Images described in AltTxt
Irish saint spanning the pre-christian Celtic era, and the birth of Irish Christianity. A goddess or priestess to Pagans, a saint and abbess to Christians.
A 'wild woman', a mystic, and an LGBTQ icon
Images described in AltTxt
February 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Holding Paradox: Saint of the Day (1 February) Brigid of Kildare.
Irish saint spanning the pre-christian Celtic era, and the birth of Irish Christianity. A goddess or priestess to Pagans, a saint and abbess to Christians.
A 'wild woman', a mystic, and an LGBTQ icon
Images described in AltTxt
Irish saint spanning the pre-christian Celtic era, and the birth of Irish Christianity. A goddess or priestess to Pagans, a saint and abbess to Christians.
A 'wild woman', a mystic, and an LGBTQ icon
Images described in AltTxt
At the start of LGBT History Month, it has become apparent that inclusion and equity are not guaranteed. Learn the history of why and how our rights had to be fought for, and realise that the struggle isn't over. Many people support equal rights only when it suits them, personally.
February 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
At the start of LGBT History Month, it has become apparent that inclusion and equity are not guaranteed. Learn the history of why and how our rights had to be fought for, and realise that the struggle isn't over. Many people support equal rights only when it suits them, personally.