Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sr. Carolyn Morrison ra @srcarolyn.bsky.social · 3hO Lord, grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. #Compline 710714
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Poetry publishers will tell you 99% of sales occur within three months of a collection's launch. That's why I'm stunned to find that sales of Whatever You Do, Just Don't have gone through the roof this year, all thanks to Bluesky. Drop me a DM and I'll sort out your signed copy for you... 27427
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2h11 October 1933 | A Polish Jewish girl, Berthe Zlotnik, was born in Będzin. She emigrated to France. In August 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy with her mother Sarah, her sisters Jeanine & Yvette and her brother Jacques. All were murdered in a gas chamber. 16415112
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 02/02/2025If we don't use our small poetry presses, we'll lose them. This is why I refuse to flinch or shy from asking you to purchase a copy of Whatever You Do, Just Don't, my second full collection. Here's a sample poem from the book. Just drop me a DM and I'll sort out a signed copy for you... 1336155
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14h“Tariffs are a favoured diplomatic tool of President Trump and Reform could face significant legal challenges if it follows suit” (page2) Farage is a desperate, vindictive bullshitter who only appeals to racists with no idea how the world and trade and law actually work. Cos that’s a bit hard. 61650208
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A new batch of books has now reached me and they're all itching to find a reader, clamouring for me to slip them into an envelope and post them off, ready to be devoured. Would you like to lend them a helping hand?! 😜 If so, just drop me a DM and I'll sort out your signed copy for you... 36721
Reposted by Andrew McAlister The Chinook Justice Campaign @chinookjustice.bsky.social · 9hA Sunday appeal to @andyburnham.bsky.social to do what no cabinet minister has done in 32 years. Can you even believe that ? Meet our families. The families of service personnel. Who need the truth. Be the PM that makes a difference please. 🙏 #chinookjustice 16 days left #hillsboroughlawnow 1246
Reposted by Andrew McAlister John Dabell @johndabell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026A Letter From Tomorrow Dear Human, Thank you for your continued interest in my arrival. Unfortunately, I cannot guarantee that we will meet. May I suggest you make the most of my colleague, Today? Yours, provisionally, Tomorrow 1115719
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sr. Carolyn Morrison ra @srcarolyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026O Lord, grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. #Compline 515413
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sr. Carolyn Morrison ra @srcarolyn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026O Lord, grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. #Compline 721327
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"In Latin America and the Caribbean, wildlife populations fell by 95% [in 52 years, and] 80% in Africa..." How do you even compute such whirlwind annihilation of nature? *THE* best thing we can do to alter such trends? Shift towards more plant-based diets. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comComebacks for wild tigers, tuna and sea turtles prove nature loss can be reversed, scientists sayA landmark report reveals that the world must change the way it produces food to avoid a biodiversity collapse 821974
Reposted by Andrew McAlister John Dabell @johndabell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Hope is my favourite form of rebellion. Today, I hoped I'd make it to the park. And I did! It might not sound like much, but after everything my body has been through, this was a breakthrough! 2319214
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026A MEMORY OF THE CHUCKLE BROTHERS HAMLET To me Or not to me 611719
Reposted by Andrew McAlister churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026On this week's podcast, @stevechalke.bsky.social discusses the role of faith-based groups in delivering social change, his new voluntary government role as Enrichment Ambassador for Civic Engagement, and the We Are United campaign. Listen now on our website or wherever you get your podcasts. 033
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 09/10/2026America has become a dystopian nightmare.podcasts.apple.comTrump is turning execution into entertainmentPodcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 9 October · 58min 4232
Reposted by Andrew McAlister The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I truly believe that the key to a happier life is to read more books, eat more scones, and use more Oxford commas. 1862372
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/10/2026The funny thing about Stratford International: it’s not international. That needs to change. Bringing cross-Channel rail services to Stratford would boost jobs and £1.3 billion in tourism spending. I’m working with the government to get it on track.cityam.comSadiq Khan: Run international trains from Stratford instead of expanding HeathrowWith more Brits supporting increasing international rail over expanding airports, connecting Stratford to Europe is a no-brainer, writes Sadiq Khan. 1022043
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Great result for The Conservatives! Labour-Just clung on Greens-Expected to win with their weird leader & failed Reform-Finished Lib Dem-couldn’t get a 1000! Restore-😝 People want to be able to leave £1M tax free for their children that’s why they are now turning to us Tories.🇬🇧 4422639
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Kate Bielinski @katebielinski.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026Read this last week and loved it. 2135
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 02/11/2025What's it like to return to your home town years after leaving? This poem from Whatever You Do, Just Don't finds that nothing's changed. But then everything's changed too... 1232358
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Entire field of grass. Selectively eats nettles. Legend. 5787
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Now listen #sophiefromromania it’s too cold this morning for a game of "Do I or don't I want to come in from the garden?" 2299416
Reposted by Andrew McAlister John Dabell @johndabell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Four weeks ago, I was fighting for my life on ICU. Today I'm fighting to reclaim it. I’m far from recovered and my cancer treatment has been paused but my aim is to get back onto immunotherapy as I get fitter and hopefully my heart condition can be stabilised. 3866359270
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I thought Throuple was a quaint village in Suffolk Bunty and I visited on a weekend break back in 2021. This Great British Bake Off programme has become a viper’s nest of filth and pornography.😡 3516626
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sr. Carolyn Morrison ra @srcarolyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026O Lord, grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. #Compline 617930
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sr. Carolyn Morrison ra @srcarolyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026O Lord, grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. #Compline 926431
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Do listen to Brexit Brian (below). He is the first line of defence in our ‘Britannia Shield.’ We Conservatives our confident that our iron dome will protect this great nation! 🇬🇧 2110722
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ha ha you oiks! We Conservatives are BACK! Well done Tory Chairman Kevin Hollinrake. He should have brought on an Eton tie, a dead pheasant, a wax jacket, a book by Jeffery Archer & a photo of Maggie. We are so kicking arse. Suck it up (As Dean my paperboy says)! 🤪🇬🇧 4822150
Reposted by Andrew McAlister John Dabell @johndabell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hope is transmitting on all frequencies. Pessimism has lost the signal. 312512
Reposted by Andrew McAlister John Dabell @johndabell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Despite now having a heart condition as a result of major surgery, optimism is running the operation. The odds might be still stacked against me but I remain stubbornly available for tomorrow. 2545621
Andrew McAlister @andrewmcalister101.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Dramatic Autumn sunset (?) pictures. 000
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Russell Chalk streams in crisis @russellb1ggs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Cuteness overload 😍 Baby 🦫 Kit collecting it’s supper ❤️#ChalkStreams 03110
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026At 6pm on Tuesday join @sociabledog.bsky.social and me for a webinar where our fabulous dog trainer will explain how he persuaded #sophiefromromania to come out from behind the sofa. Sign up at patreon.com/sociabledog - all proceeds go to Cure Parkinson’s 035544
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sorting through photos for 2027 #sophiefromromania calendar for @cureparkinsons.org.uk - let me know your favourites 11573630
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sr. Carolyn Morrison ra @srcarolyn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026O Lord, grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. #Compline 1234142
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sr. Carolyn Morrison ra @srcarolyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026O Lord, grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. #Compline 49310
Reposted by Andrew McAlister Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 04/10/2026For a long time I have heard rumours of secret flights into Dubai: plane loads of complete nutcases. I have never believed it and still don’t. If true, it should bring down Isabel Oakeshott as she is one. 🤪 91772157
