Alison @finger-post.blog · 8hGiven how multicultural and multilingual my workplace is, I can't tell you how tickled I am that so many of us turn out to have a shared trauma. (Office kitchen whiteboard question on "what's your favourite childhood film" was answered with The Neverending Story.) 091
Alison @finger-post.blog · 10hIt's literally October tomorrow and I feel very strongly that I, a northern European, should not still be having to spend half an hour every morning patiently tending to and redressing mosquito-related wounds. #Woe 1181
Alison @finger-post.blog · 29/09/2026Great moments in Scottish medical history. Renowned anatomist John Goodsir announces that he's going into partnership with Thing from The Addams Family. 1247
Reposted by AlisonPete @baldiepete.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Great moments in Scottish philosophy history. David Hume uses his iPad to google for the causes of Shiny Toe Syndrome. 43610
Reposted by AlisonNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick. 161334345
Alison @finger-post.blog · 28/09/2026Yes, but direct democracy probably only works in a country with good education, strong independent public service broadcasting, an informed populace, and a diverse media landscape unfouled by Rupert Murdoch. Such as, y'know, Switzerland. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comSwitzerland’s love of referendums keeps the far right at bay | Joseph de WeckBrexit gave direct democracy a bad name. But the Swiss approach could be what Europe needs now, says Guardian Europe contributor Joseph de Weck 3100
Reposted by AlisonMartin L Martens @mlmartens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A spectacular view in my neighbourhood this evening. Moonrise this evening above Crome Island, in the Salish Sea, 70km north of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada 4274
Alison @finger-post.blog · 25/09/2026Still on my Annika bullshit: love a show where the lead gets into her boat on Loch Lomond, sails it up the Clyde to the centre of Glasgow and moors it in Greenock before getting out and going to Police HQ, which is my local arts centre. This is a commute designed by MC Escher and I love it madly. 490
Reposted by AlisonKatie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Calling all London #creatives! Come and grab surplus #maps for FREE the week of 5 October from the Foyle Reading Room @rgs.org . All we ask is that you show us your creations later on! #art #geography #skystorians 1710
Reposted by AlisonMatthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 25/09/2026When the photography shop assures you that these expired films are unused 281086174
Reposted by AlisonJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026OBVIOUSLY the underlying issue of radicalisation amd anti-social behaviour needs addressing. but one way to do that is to stop "fash agitator" being a fucking paying job. 242968
Alison @finger-post.blog · 24/09/2026Also, and what these rapacious thieves don't or won't understand, it wasn't "content". It was art. Great art, okay art, mediocre art or terrible art. A real person put their heart and soul and lived experience into it. 0143
Alison @finger-post.blog · 23/09/2026I thought I was done with innuendo for the day but then I wasn't expecting these two magnificent shags. 0222
Alison @finger-post.blog · 23/09/2026Working from a library where a group of older men are talking about their lives and it's so hard to focus on anything else. Leaving school too young, rough work, horrific industrial injuries, unemployment as the town starts to die, then the stress of seeing the unemployment become generational. 1191
Reposted by AlisonJulia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Old ladies immediately arrested and imprisoned for holding up signs to protest the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent civilians. Far right thug uses what looks like an illegal knife to slash a boat, endangering a life. And here I am many hours later waiting for any kind of police action. 0305
Reposted by AlisonTorbjörn Björkman @torbjornbjorkman.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026Shouting you want people in distress to drown at sea when you're from a country of proud seafarers is deeply fucked. 1374
Reposted by AlisonLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22/09/2026I don't know what to tell you. This is what happens when the government supports terrorists rather than punishing them. 1538
Alison @finger-post.blog · 22/09/2026I'm a very spider-positive person in general but the one currently running around this room would have invalidated my late mother's single occupancy council tax discount and www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJ_...youtube.comSparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us (Official Video)YouTube video by S P A R K S 192
Reposted by AlisonJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Turned down last week: 2 festivals with no budget for speakers 1 writing course with no budget for teachers 1 film project with no budget to option the book - plus they wanted me to write the screenplay. For free. Don't do it, kids. Don't work for free. Because to them, what's free is worthless. 532021402
Reposted by AlisonJ.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This video has everything: Wet, wet goths Costumes from Mugatu's Derelicte line Hair dye so black it's blue Ominous, abandoned dental equipment Steel affectation-pole www.youtube.com/watch?v=aArk...youtube.comSisters of Mercy - This Corrosion (Official Music Video) [HD]YouTube video by RHINO 0165
Reposted by AlisonDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You can see from the photo that boat's tipped too far right 712223339
Reposted by AlisonNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026The RNLI is the closest you will ever get to actual Batman. When rescue is visibly, viscerally, obviously impossible; when the water is a smothering, thundering black wall and the wind is screaming straight from Hell; when you are absolutely going to die: someone’s hand pulls you out and you don’t. 61257350
Alison @finger-post.blog · 18/09/2026I've been having a truly terrible day and I didn't want to make it even worse by watching back to back #TOTP from 2000. 4130
Reposted by AlisonChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"RNLI crew members had been forced to take their permits off their cars after their tyres have been repeatedly slashed. Most of them have been pilloried at the school gates or turned away from local pubs. One man who worked in search and rescue had been beaten unconscious and hospitalised" 4563358
Reposted by AlisonNeil Young @elderpegasus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is an untenable situation to be in as an ISLAND FECKING NATION, and that the government isn't going ballistic on the "protesters"* is inexcusable. This should be treated no differently from a criminal group shutting down a fire station or ambulance hub. *They're not protesters, they're a mob. 0195
Alison @finger-post.blog · 17/09/2026So today's big lesson is that if you are suddenly responsible for a huge freezer full of dinosaur steaks and the corpse of Titus Oates this is NOT a problem for "later", because "later" could be after a power failure that happened while you were away for a couple of weeks.static.klipy.comCute Cat Plays Peek-a-BooALT: Cute Cat Plays Peek-a-Boo 1101
Reposted by Alisonjenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"the author of that harry potter story leads an insane cult that's captured much of the media in this country" is a different person if you're in the UK or the US 3053821099
Alison @finger-post.blog · 16/09/2026Starting the day outraged at the temerity of people brazenly phoning me on my phone and expecting me to answer them with my actual voice instead of texting or emailing me like a normal person. 6210
Reposted by AlisonWarrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 16/09/2026At this rate, Ed Sheeran’s going to have to go into hiding for a few years and then make his return via the cruise ship entertainment sector supporting Jane MacDonald. 5414
Alison @finger-post.blog · 14/09/2026One major downside of audiobooks is the lack of a physical object to hurl across the room in disgust if the author writes something that is shockingly, maliciously incorrect. 6301
Reposted by AlisonTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄. 3830111002
Reposted by AlisonFiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This is a lovely sketchbook I was assessing yesterday - by Welsh artist Calvert “Richard the Rev” Jones, largely of maritime scenes. He lived in Swansea so many are of the sea there in 1828-1831, elegantly rendered. But there’s a couple of nice bonuses in the book… 813547
Alison @finger-post.blog · 12/09/2026[0] days without having the tits irritated off me by a bunch of old dead sailors banging on and on about Wellington Channel. 1130
Reposted by AlisonKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 12/09/2026This is absolutely an asymmetric warfare operation designed to get stupid, easily influenced old gammons to cause stochastic damage to national infrastructure. Bet you. 23713
Alison @finger-post.blog · 11/09/2026Harry McNish, Shackleton's carpenter and a legendary Sea Lawyer, was born in Port Glasgow #OTD in 1874. His old family home is long gone, but he's remembered with pride in the wonderful library. #JusticeForMrsChippy 2155
Alison @finger-post.blog · 10/09/2026Genius here is on the move without a charger for her watch. So I guess I call it quits today at 20 stand hours and 163 active minutes*, and maybe wean myself off this stuff? *And they say research is sedentary 070
Reposted by AlisonDreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A reminder that Lewis Page's analysis of defence matters sharply divides other experts. Mostly it divides them between those who think he's a fucking idiot and those who quite agree but prefer not to swear. 1220533
Reposted by AlisonAnna H @athenepallas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Statement from the RNLI Chief Executive, Peter Sparkes, beautifully written, 'Courage is the RNLI’s currency; dependable, loyal, service to others and our nations is our hallmark': rnli.org/news-and-med...rnli.orgStatement from RNLI Chief Executive Peter SparkesWatch a video message from the RNLI's Chief Executive Peter Sparkes on our work in the Channel and our commitment to save lives 16725
Reposted by AlisonLeonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just in case you've lost the link to donate to the RNLI rnli.org. The sea does not discriminate, neither does the RNLI and nor should we.rnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 09557
Reposted by AlisonJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I believe the RNLI are responding to legitimate concerns that people might drown. 161191223
Reposted by AlisonTom King @tallgeekychap.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is not robust. Fascist mobs in balaclavas are not ever related to peaceful protest. The whole, explicit intention is to threaten from a position of anonymous, physical strength. What are the actual consequences of crossing this line? Until the government has shown us, there are none. 414244
Alison @finger-post.blog · 07/09/2026Not content with proposing an Ambulance Support System, my sector has now created something that - in acronym - sounds exactly like "rebel scum". #CommsLifestatic.klipy.comYou Rebel ScumALT: You Rebel Scum 050