Ally Gray
@allyg72.bsky.social
Apparently a grey-haired Grandad in his 50’s, which is weird ‘cos I swear I was only in my twenties yesterday…👴🏻
Likes: Whisky, Guinness and Red Wine.
Dislikes: The day after Whisky, Guinness and Red Wine…
Likes: Whisky, Guinness and Red Wine.
Dislikes: The day after Whisky, Guinness and Red Wine…
Pinned
My brother died in a diving accident 26 years ago.
It was sudden and devastating.
If I’ve learnt anything about grief it’s represented by this photo.
It becomes part of you.
You don’t get over it, or through it.
It becomes part of you and you grow round it.
And you WILL smile and laugh again
It was sudden and devastating.
If I’ve learnt anything about grief it’s represented by this photo.
It becomes part of you.
You don’t get over it, or through it.
It becomes part of you and you grow round it.
And you WILL smile and laugh again
Come on, somebody claim it’s actually white and gold…
“Engineers at Cornell University have created the blackest fabric on record, finding it absorbs 99.87 percent of all light that dares to illuminate its surface.”
#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/blackest-fab...
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#scicomm
www.sciencealert.com/blackest-fab...
🧪
Blackest Fabric Ever Made Absorbs 99.87% of All Light That Hits It
If you want to stand out at your next metal gig, don't settle for a spot of color in a sea of black – go ultrablack instead.
www.sciencealert.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Come on, somebody claim it’s actually white and gold…
This is up there with John Smeaton’s interview about pulling a burning terrorist out of his car to give him a kicking at Glasgow airport…✊🏻
This is the funniest opening line from someone witnessing a shooting that I've seen in forever. A perfect interview all around, honestly
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November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is up there with John Smeaton’s interview about pulling a burning terrorist out of his car to give him a kicking at Glasgow airport…✊🏻
‘You keep your umbrellas WHERE?
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
‘You keep your umbrellas WHERE?
‘You get nothing for 2-in-a-bed, not in this game’
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
‘You get nothing for 2-in-a-bed, not in this game’
There’s going to be a hell of a lot of properties valued at £1,999,999 in 2028 then, as their owners desperately try to avoid paying what amounts to a 0.125% annual tax…
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"From 2028, I am introducing a high value council tax surcharge in England. An annual £2,500 charge for properties worth more than £2 million, rising to £7,500 for properties worth more than £5 million."
"From 2028, I am introducing a high value council tax surcharge in England. An annual £2,500 charge for properties worth more than £2 million, rising to £7,500 for properties worth more than £5 million."
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There’s going to be a hell of a lot of properties valued at £1,999,999 in 2028 then, as their owners desperately try to avoid paying what amounts to a 0.125% annual tax…
My brother died in a diving accident 26 years ago.
It was sudden and devastating.
If I’ve learnt anything about grief it’s represented by this photo.
It becomes part of you.
You don’t get over it, or through it.
It becomes part of you and you grow round it.
And you WILL smile and laugh again
It was sudden and devastating.
If I’ve learnt anything about grief it’s represented by this photo.
It becomes part of you.
You don’t get over it, or through it.
It becomes part of you and you grow round it.
And you WILL smile and laugh again
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
My brother died in a diving accident 26 years ago.
It was sudden and devastating.
If I’ve learnt anything about grief it’s represented by this photo.
It becomes part of you.
You don’t get over it, or through it.
It becomes part of you and you grow round it.
And you WILL smile and laugh again
It was sudden and devastating.
If I’ve learnt anything about grief it’s represented by this photo.
It becomes part of you.
You don’t get over it, or through it.
It becomes part of you and you grow round it.
And you WILL smile and laugh again
Ok @zackpolanski.bsky.social you’ve got my vote.
Labour is dead as a left-leaning cooperative.
They are a government of fearfulness, dread and despair.
And now apparently racism and xenophobia is their only way out…
That’s not the future I want for myself, my kids or my grandkids.
#choosehope
Labour is dead as a left-leaning cooperative.
They are a government of fearfulness, dread and despair.
And now apparently racism and xenophobia is their only way out…
That’s not the future I want for myself, my kids or my grandkids.
#choosehope
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Ok @zackpolanski.bsky.social you’ve got my vote.
Labour is dead as a left-leaning cooperative.
They are a government of fearfulness, dread and despair.
And now apparently racism and xenophobia is their only way out…
That’s not the future I want for myself, my kids or my grandkids.
#choosehope
Labour is dead as a left-leaning cooperative.
They are a government of fearfulness, dread and despair.
And now apparently racism and xenophobia is their only way out…
That’s not the future I want for myself, my kids or my grandkids.
#choosehope
I’m a middle-aged left-leaning anyone-but-Tory voter in a staunchly Tory (even now…🙄) constituency.
Nothing about this makes me want to vote Labour.
It’s pathetic and it’s racist.
Immigration builds countries, but you morons can’t see that.
Fuck the lot of you.
Nothing about this makes me want to vote Labour.
It’s pathetic and it’s racist.
Immigration builds countries, but you morons can’t see that.
Fuck the lot of you.
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I’m a middle-aged left-leaning anyone-but-Tory voter in a staunchly Tory (even now…🙄) constituency.
Nothing about this makes me want to vote Labour.
It’s pathetic and it’s racist.
Immigration builds countries, but you morons can’t see that.
Fuck the lot of you.
Nothing about this makes me want to vote Labour.
It’s pathetic and it’s racist.
Immigration builds countries, but you morons can’t see that.
Fuck the lot of you.
We’re all fucking mongrels, we’re all fucking brothers.
As Bill & Ted said unto us, ‘Be cool to one another.
As Bill & Ted said unto us, ‘Be cool to one another.
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We’re all fucking mongrels, we’re all fucking brothers.
As Bill & Ted said unto us, ‘Be cool to one another.
As Bill & Ted said unto us, ‘Be cool to one another.
Narya Capital you say?
Unusual name, wonder what made them pick that?
Hey, maybe it’s an anagram of somethi…wait a minute…
#fascists
Unusual name, wonder what made them pick that?
Hey, maybe it’s an anagram of somethi…wait a minute…
#fascists
“The investment firm Narya Capital—which Vance launched in 2020 with backing from Peter Thiel—was a vehicle for [AcreTrader] investments & a key backer in early funding rounds of the farmland startup…Vance is still an investor in the firm.” — Civil Eats
JD Vance benefits from farms going bankrupt.
JD Vance benefits from farms going bankrupt.
October 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Narya Capital you say?
Unusual name, wonder what made them pick that?
Hey, maybe it’s an anagram of somethi…wait a minute…
#fascists
Unusual name, wonder what made them pick that?
Hey, maybe it’s an anagram of somethi…wait a minute…
#fascists
Look’s like the Canadian Supreme Court are going to have a decent season, but ultimately get beaten into second place by their nearest rivals…
October 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Look’s like the Canadian Supreme Court are going to have a decent season, but ultimately get beaten into second place by their nearest rivals…
I seem to recall Britain forcing foreign people to work for no pay against their will before, can anyone remember how that went?…#ffs
Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
September 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I seem to recall Britain forcing foreign people to work for no pay against their will before, can anyone remember how that went?…#ffs
Keir Starmer reading this:
‘Right, so you’re saying appointing Mandelson BECAUSE of his Epstein links rather than DESPITE of them isn’t the way to go then?’
‘Right, so you’re saying appointing Mandelson BECAUSE of his Epstein links rather than DESPITE of them isn’t the way to go then?’
September 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Keir Starmer reading this:
‘Right, so you’re saying appointing Mandelson BECAUSE of his Epstein links rather than DESPITE of them isn’t the way to go then?’
‘Right, so you’re saying appointing Mandelson BECAUSE of his Epstein links rather than DESPITE of them isn’t the way to go then?’
And was also a film..
Fucking hell guys, you’re not Woodward & Bernstein.
Real or moviefied.
Do your job.
Ask. Verify. Interrogate. Doubt. Question. Inform.
It’s what used to happen in the olden days.
Maybe try it now?…
Fucking hell guys, you’re not Woodward & Bernstein.
Real or moviefied.
Do your job.
Ask. Verify. Interrogate. Doubt. Question. Inform.
It’s what used to happen in the olden days.
Maybe try it now?…
When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
September 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
And was also a film..
Fucking hell guys, you’re not Woodward & Bernstein.
Real or moviefied.
Do your job.
Ask. Verify. Interrogate. Doubt. Question. Inform.
It’s what used to happen in the olden days.
Maybe try it now?…
Fucking hell guys, you’re not Woodward & Bernstein.
Real or moviefied.
Do your job.
Ask. Verify. Interrogate. Doubt. Question. Inform.
It’s what used to happen in the olden days.
Maybe try it now?…
I miss people caring.
About us.
Humans.
Black, white, fucking purple, what does it fucking matter?
We are all human, we all have children, we all have grandchildren.
Politics is what it is.
It’s not a fucking game.
It’s our lives.
Stop playing and start working.
I miss being happy.
About us.
Humans.
Black, white, fucking purple, what does it fucking matter?
We are all human, we all have children, we all have grandchildren.
Politics is what it is.
It’s not a fucking game.
It’s our lives.
Stop playing and start working.
I miss being happy.
A prediction: if there are still proper historians in 80 years, someone will write a revisionist biography of Rachel Reeves. It will fail in its aim but it will successfully ruin the reputation of Jeremy Hunt.
And I do wonder how much of a role that plays in their current travails. It's not just that they broke the country, it's that they then didn't try to fix it or even to pretend very hard they were going to.
September 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I miss people caring.
About us.
Humans.
Black, white, fucking purple, what does it fucking matter?
We are all human, we all have children, we all have grandchildren.
Politics is what it is.
It’s not a fucking game.
It’s our lives.
Stop playing and start working.
I miss being happy.
About us.
Humans.
Black, white, fucking purple, what does it fucking matter?
We are all human, we all have children, we all have grandchildren.
Politics is what it is.
It’s not a fucking game.
It’s our lives.
Stop playing and start working.
I miss being happy.
Reposted by Ally Gray
A prediction: if there are still proper historians in 80 years, someone will write a revisionist biography of Rachel Reeves. It will fail in its aim but it will successfully ruin the reputation of Jeremy Hunt.
And I do wonder how much of a role that plays in their current travails. It's not just that they broke the country, it's that they then didn't try to fix it or even to pretend very hard they were going to.
September 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A prediction: if there are still proper historians in 80 years, someone will write a revisionist biography of Rachel Reeves. It will fail in its aim but it will successfully ruin the reputation of Jeremy Hunt.
Reposted by Ally Gray
I’m quite far from being able to do my work properly and therefore feel in any way confident about it, so feel a bit helpless and broke, and if anyone wishes to buy something I’d love that
I’ve added these three recent mostly ink square drawings to my shop, they’re of a clown and some tigers, but I hope the spirit or qualities of them is the main thing. Shares of this post would be most appreciated. 🖼️ #art
www.chloecumming.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I’m quite far from being able to do my work properly and therefore feel in any way confident about it, so feel a bit helpless and broke, and if anyone wishes to buy something I’d love that
I once bought some pure art from this amazing engine of creative genius.
Went on to win
lotteries*
Premium Bonds**
*Ok. Didn’t.
**Ok. Didn’t
But I could have…..🤷🏻♂️
Went on to win
lotteries*
Premium Bonds**
*Ok. Didn’t.
**Ok. Didn’t
But I could have…..🤷🏻♂️
I’m quite far from being able to do my work properly and therefore feel in any way confident about it, so feel a bit helpless and broke, and if anyone wishes to buy something I’d love that
I’ve added these three recent mostly ink square drawings to my shop, they’re of a clown and some tigers, but I hope the spirit or qualities of them is the main thing. Shares of this post would be most appreciated. 🖼️ #art
www.chloecumming.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I once bought some pure art from this amazing engine of creative genius.
Went on to win
lotteries*
Premium Bonds**
*Ok. Didn’t.
**Ok. Didn’t
But I could have…..🤷🏻♂️
Went on to win
lotteries*
Premium Bonds**
*Ok. Didn’t.
**Ok. Didn’t
But I could have…..🤷🏻♂️
I’m no stats graduate, but surely that means 4 out of 5 ARE financially better off?
Or 80%?
Better off. Doing a degree.
Jesus fuck Nelson is an absolute plastic culture warrior in barely human form.
Imagine earning a living this way and trying to look yourself in the eye when you’re shaving…
Or 80%?
Better off. Doing a degree.
Jesus fuck Nelson is an absolute plastic culture warrior in barely human form.
Imagine earning a living this way and trying to look yourself in the eye when you’re shaving…
but “financially better off” and “doing a job you love” aren’t synonyms. arts careers are underpaid (and that isn’t universities’ fault) but that clearly doesn’t stop people from wanting to be artists.
August 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I’m no stats graduate, but surely that means 4 out of 5 ARE financially better off?
Or 80%?
Better off. Doing a degree.
Jesus fuck Nelson is an absolute plastic culture warrior in barely human form.
Imagine earning a living this way and trying to look yourself in the eye when you’re shaving…
Or 80%?
Better off. Doing a degree.
Jesus fuck Nelson is an absolute plastic culture warrior in barely human form.
Imagine earning a living this way and trying to look yourself in the eye when you’re shaving…
It kept your made up space fairy bullshit religion alive though.
Unless you’re not actually god, and perhaps just some bloke who hates Trump.
Which on the balance of probabilities is slightly more likely…🤷🏻♂️
Unless you’re not actually god, and perhaps just some bloke who hates Trump.
Which on the balance of probabilities is slightly more likely…🤷🏻♂️
The fact so many people are happy and oblivious today is infuriating.
July 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
It kept your made up space fairy bullshit religion alive though.
Unless you’re not actually god, and perhaps just some bloke who hates Trump.
Which on the balance of probabilities is slightly more likely…🤷🏻♂️
Unless you’re not actually god, and perhaps just some bloke who hates Trump.
Which on the balance of probabilities is slightly more likely…🤷🏻♂️
Nice to see Bluesky has this level of fuckwittery.
No, we CAN’T have good things…
No, we CAN’T have good things…
July 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Nice to see Bluesky has this level of fuckwittery.
No, we CAN’T have good things…
No, we CAN’T have good things…
You absolutely have permission to use whatever reposts, comments etc I’ve given, although to be fair most of those were probably on the Space Racist’s Hellsite.
So here’s another one -
If you want unique/bespoke/quirky/original artwork like this, @chloecumming is absolutely the artist to engage 🖌️👌🏼
So here’s another one -
If you want unique/bespoke/quirky/original artwork like this, @chloecumming is absolutely the artist to engage 🖌️👌🏼
June 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
You absolutely have permission to use whatever reposts, comments etc I’ve given, although to be fair most of those were probably on the Space Racist’s Hellsite.
So here’s another one -
If you want unique/bespoke/quirky/original artwork like this, @chloecumming is absolutely the artist to engage 🖌️👌🏼
So here’s another one -
If you want unique/bespoke/quirky/original artwork like this, @chloecumming is absolutely the artist to engage 🖌️👌🏼
Reposted by Ally Gray
People HAVE said nice things and flattering things about my work already, perhaps I need to be asking them permission to reproduce their words on my site. But also, customers
June 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
People HAVE said nice things and flattering things about my work already, perhaps I need to be asking them permission to reproduce their words on my site. But also, customers