Reposted by Alan McGowanAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 11hA personal episode from the three of us. 24310
Reposted by Alan McGowanJemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 23/09/2026podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comAmerica's Losing It: Trump Silenced the Press. The Press Silenced Trump & Europe Stocks Up On BeansPodcast Episode · The Trawl · 23 September · 46min 0132
Reposted by Alan McGowanJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank 128115881943
Reposted by Alan McGowanelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Until forced to stop, Israel will continue to expand and destroy 27853
Reposted by Alan McGowanJohn O'Connell @jdpoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Oh, dear, Mr Ferguson. Oh, dear. ID'd through your Instagram, cross-checked against your self-published photos of you at your place of employment, and a phone call. Your head office is talking to your boss, right now. Enjoy the rest of your week. 63952242
Reposted by Alan McGowanHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you. 511872789
Reposted by Alan McGowanDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If "legitimate concerns" were considered to excuse illegitimate methods, then nobody from Just Stop Oil or Palestine Action would have been arrested. So we know it doesn't. In fact that phrase is only ever used in one context. Only in that context is uniformed mob intimidation "peaceful protest" 211107401
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 07/09/2026@mrjamesob.bsky.social I can't call him Honest Bob. Makes him sound loveable like Del Boy. He used children to score a political point via mural erasure so to me he's Child Abuser Jenrick. 000
Reposted by Alan McGowanJay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Channel 4 reporter: Hello. I am Mr. Alias and this is my extremely suspicious comically large donation that i can only make in the form of a bag of money with a dollar sign on it. every other reform guy: seems legit! let me tell you every single way in which i and my boss have broken the law 191497328
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 03/09/2026@thechrismasontv.bsky.social Anything to say about the C4 investigation? BBC very quiet. 000
Reposted by Alan McGowancall634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Fuck Google Maps for licking Fat Donnies' ass...AGAIN. Seen here: Corrected final map. 614328
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: Broke blokes go panning for gold and come home emptyhanded Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston. 000
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 17/08/2026@mrjamesob.bsky.social A poet who lived here in Sligo I know you're familiar with (re your callers): "The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity" - The Second Coming -WB Yeats 010
Reposted by Alan McGowanNikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026If you or a loved one is stuck on the USS Lincoln my signal is nikkimcr.70 and i would LOVE to chat 02810
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 13/08/2026@mrjamesob.bsky.social #barneyfarmer #Leehealey the strip you were after 38530
Reposted by Alan McGowanMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎 775237468789
Reposted by Alan McGowanGroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Epstein files aren't worth seeing or discussing, but Fauci's personal diary...? THERE's our new distraction. I'd listen to this remarkable woman. 725300128501
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Good morning from Queen Maeve's cairn, Knocknarea mountain Co. Sligo 000
Reposted by Alan McGowanMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 18/06/2026A trillionaire exists… Meanwhile there’s Trump’s UFC circus The appalling Michelle Obama comment Gwyneth Paltrow shilling for Israel …and Trump’s HUMILIATING $300bn capitulation to Iran All in today’s brand new episode of The Trawl Listen below… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comUFC White House, Tragic Trillionaire and The Art of The Deal 😏Podcast Episode · The Trawl · 17 June · 46min 1028266
Reposted by Alan McGowanRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 06/06/2026"Erreur de Transmission" From French cartoonist "Flock" in 2017 1327
Reposted by Alan McGowanBrett @23brett.bsky.social · 01/06/2026How much of what we see is now: Stupid, wilfully ignorant man says clearly stupid, wilfully ignorant thing, but it's news because he's rich? So sick of it. 345033
Reposted by Alan McGowanCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Whatever about the impact on my own career, I am so sad and frustrated to see more and more artists I love struggling or considering leaving the field because of decreased sales, increased costs, and the impact of genAI. I don't want to lose the joy of seeing my favourite artists' beautiful work. 012228
Reposted by Alan McGowanCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Lil' reminder that the discount code for my vehicle's lil' limp is still valid - enter the code FECKINGCAR at checkout for 10% off any print orders 🛍️ bsky.app/profile/ciar... 14719
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Greece has much to learn from ancient American cuisine. The French stole the American word "cuisine" and they're ones with the reputation for food.static.klipy.comGranger Smith Earl Dibbles Jr. - 'Merica!ALT: Granger Smith Earl Dibbles Jr. - 'Merica! 130
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I'm Cool-You've Never Heard Of I know Music,You Don't-The Superiors Better than you-Know All Educated Ear-Exclusive Old Hat-Better Than YOU Think Your Taste Sucks-Smokey Someone Pointless Lists-Impressing Myself Music Ain't Subjective- Gatekeeper Unexpected Entry-Huh? Nellie The Elephant-Toy Dolls 020
Reposted by Alan McGowanAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Incidentally, the inscription below the carving of the two phalluses meeting, reads "ΤΟΥΤΟ ΕΜΟΙ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥΤΟ ΣΟΙ" - THIS ONE IS FOR ME AND THIS ONE IS FOR YOU. Which seems pretty equitable. 😱 8849
Reposted by Alan McGowanMai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 09/04/2026I'm not sure why there's any discussion of whether Lebanon is included in the ceasefire or not. You don't want to trust Iran? Don't. But THE KEY MEDIATOR in all of this, the Pakistani Prime Minister, said clearly and unequivocally that Lebanon is included. Israel is violating the ceasefire. 614448
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 08/04/2026@nikkimcr.bsky.social Hi Nikki, Do you know if there is any truth to this? 110
Reposted by Alan McGowanIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/04/2026New Origin Story is out in the wild: on the most intense industrial dispute in British history 411514
Reposted by Alan McGowanjoes-spot.bsky.social @joes-spot.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The same geniuses who think Trump, who dodged the draft five times, knows how to win a war also think Trump, who declared bankruptcy six times, knows how to run the economy. That's what Trump Derangement Syndrome actually looks like. 16475962074
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 23/03/2026One of my go-to podcasts every week. They've bagged a real one with Nikki McCann Ramirez 073
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 17/03/2026youtube.com/watch?v=5jwP... Happy St. Patrick's Day from Ireland 🇮🇪🍀youtube.comRio Grande - Down By The Glenside (Those Bold Finnian Men)YouTube video by KenCurtisFans 001
Reposted by Alan McGowanDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 13/03/2026I have a question. Let's (absolutely wildly) assume: - An MEU of 2000-4000 troops can invade Iran (pop 90 mil); - Can hold the Strait (104 miles long); - Can prevent all attacks on shipping, including by drones; - Don't get picked off by drones themselves. What's next? Do they just stay forever? 2514627
Reposted by Alan McGowanNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 12/03/2026UPDATE: There is no war, this is a war, the war ends soon, the war is just beginning, Iran’s nuclear program is gone, Iran could have a nuke in 2 weeks, Iran has no navy, Iran is planting mines, Iran is weak, Iran could attack California, oil is down which is good, oil is up which is good. 38747310
Reposted by Alan McGowanNiall Stanage @niallstanage.bsky.social · 09/03/2026The evidence that the U.S. hit the girls’ school in Iran, killing scores of children, keeps growing. It’s horrific and not something from which the media, or anyone else, should just move on. 10288110
Reposted by Alan McGowanDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Just fascinating to see Blair, a man whose reputation was ruined by the Iraq war, advocate joining a war that is exponentially stupider and more chaotic. How is it possible to learn nothing from the worst mistake of your life? 2804215778
Reposted by Alan McGowanMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Well, that was fun… • Reform’s “new” cabinet… which is just the old Tory one (cue Benny Hill music) • Farage makes a tit of himself. Again. • Who needs the Equality Act? • And the battle for Gorton & Denton is on! Come join the chaos - new Trawl ep out today. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comTorching Equality & The Battle for Gorton and DentonPodcast Episode · The Trawl · 25 February · 47m 830456
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Americans. Remember when your troops made local Germans face what was done in their name? Soon be your turn 000
Alan McGowan @alan1970.bsky.social · 18/02/2026youtube.com/watch?v=KvoQ... No wonder Reform are doing so well. These voters are completely unaware of their policies beyond immigrationyoutube.comReform Voters Don't Actually Like Reform PoliciesYouTube video by Van Man Talks 000
Reposted by Alan McGowanPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/02/2026🔴 Tony Blair Institute privately pressed a top EU official working on rebuilding of Gaza to work with Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. Fair to say Democracy for Sale isn’t sleeping at the moment! New story up w/ Lighthouse Reports and Follow the Money democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-t...democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: Tony Blair’s Institute lobbied EU to work with Trump’s Board of Peace in GazaTBI pushed bloc on US plan for Palestine but internal disquiet on “taboo topic” Gaza grows 18191123
Reposted by Alan McGowanIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Yes great, but the last time he said this he followed it up with asylum policies which divided people and played on their sense of grievance. Hopefully the departure of McSweeney means things will be different this time, but I'm sceptical. 56696103
Reposted by Alan McGowanAlex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 08/02/2026🆕 PROMETHEUS: I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire One man; several contradictory myths. Is he protector or disruptor? Genius or arsonist? Season 2 of Podyssey kicks off with an absolute belter. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0s0L... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...podcasts.apple.comPROMETHEUS: I Don't Want to Set The World On FirePodcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 08/02/2026 · 1h 28m 1513448
Reposted by Alan McGowanGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Leonard Nimoy was more than a colleague—he was a friend, an ally, and my political soulmate. Leonard played a half-human, half-Vulcan officer—a being caught between two worlds. Yet in his own life, he was perhaps the most profoundly human person I have ever known. 311139121724
