Tony McAlinden
mackanory.bsky.social
Tony McAlinden
@mackanory.bsky.social
Leith.
Photography.
Screenwriting.
Flibbertigibbet.
I see the Observer might not be owned by Guardian Media Group any more but the Graun level sub editing persists.

Epstein sandal indeed.
September 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Meanwhile today’s escapee from the zone has gone West to Stenhouse.

It’s unclear if it got there by bam or by tram.

With a decent amount of charge on it, Voi are missing a trick not offering rescue side missions on the app.
September 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Your regular insomnia/Voi Edinburgh update.

31 bikes in-zone on the map this morning.

The fact that *10* of them are at Pollock Halls could be good news for DIY triathletes starting their day at the Commie Pool I suppose…
September 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
24 Voi bikes showing available on Edinburgh map right now.

Feels like this trial is turning a corner and I might have reliable last mile transport to and from the tram network.
September 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Forgot the photo…
September 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
With apologies for my language, this is fucking class.

Although I think I’d be terrified that Begbie was sneaking up
on me.

My favourite from tonight is a bit more conventional but I love the Edinburgh light in it.
August 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#Spoilers if you haven’t finished the document, but this by internet space expert Scott Manley is the most eloquent summation of #Oceangate
June 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Two stories on this page “cross the line of decency”.

Putin is certainly guilty.

Note how no one dares accuse Israel of it, though.

Fucked up times, and total complicity from so many of you reading this.
April 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
As a follower of Scottish politics, it really tickled me to see this headline on BBC News this morning.
April 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
On #SignalGate, the BBC manage to take their corporate fellation of the Trump admin to new levels.

What possible basis is there for repeating Hegseth’s smear here, particularly unchallenged?

Why does any decent journalist would want to work for the corporation anymore?

The shame would kill me.
March 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Over on the hellsite, bravura cinematography now passes the “woke” threshold…

#Adolescence
March 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Online editor on @heraldscotland.bsky.social spelling words they’ve never heard before phonetically…

As they say in El
Salvador.

Oopsie.
March 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The key paragraph from the BBC’s article on Nicola Sturgeon’s removal from suspicion.

You can almost taste their desperation to drag this out further.

After all, the conclusion of Operation Branchform would leave so many of their political reporters with little reason for living.
March 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Your regular reminder Sopel was the American Right’s Leni Riefenstahl a few short years ago.
March 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Jimbo and the Sub-Set
March 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
“Out. And to the side.”
March 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
One reason I can’t take The News Agents seriously is the part Sopel played in establishing the iconography of this monstrous human being.

You do sometimes wonder if many journos brains can reach back into history further than a single news cycle.

This was pure Riefenstahl.
February 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Perhaps Gove’s metabolism has also accelerated now he’s back in the private sector and got the money for good ching again.
February 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
How long before BBC News cowardly retreat from this accurate headline of Zelensky’s ballsy presser today?

I give it an hour.
February 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Edinburgh. Kodak Gold 200. Rollei 35 TE.
November 21, 2024 at 10:01 PM
November 21, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Supermoon via Superzoom,

Saturday 16th November 2024.
November 17, 2024 at 1:49 PM