Alison M
@alisonm.bsky.social
Editor and lexicographer by day, yarn ninja by night. So, y'know, books and yarn, gardens and language.
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
It's not too late for a handmade Christmas present. Aberlemno is quick to work up into a beautiful mosaic crochet cushion. Row by row photo tutorial with every pattern purchase. Available in UK and US terms. 🧶
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Aberlemno pattern by Alison Macaulay
Inspired by ancient Pictish stone carvings from the village of Aberlemno, Scotland, this mosaic crochet pattern forms a continuous annd intriguing geometric design.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It's not too late for a handmade Christmas present. Aberlemno is quick to work up into a beautiful mosaic crochet cushion. Row by row photo tutorial with every pattern purchase. Available in UK and US terms. 🧶
share.google/Huo9ZApwphva...
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Go us!
Glasgow's has been found to be the best city in the UK to raise children. Yes, it's a survey by an estate agency (so make of that what you will), but it's interesting to look at why the city came out top.
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#glasgow
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November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Go us!
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A mural of Isabella Elder on a junction box on Elderpark on Glasgow. Created by @scotsuffragettes.bsky.social, it celebrates the life of a woman who did an amazing amount for the people of Govan and Glasgow.
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #isabellaelder #streetart #mural
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #isabellaelder #streetart #mural
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A mural of Isabella Elder on a junction box on Elderpark on Glasgow. Created by @scotsuffragettes.bsky.social, it celebrates the life of a woman who did an amazing amount for the people of Govan and Glasgow.
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #isabellaelder #streetart #mural
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#glasgow #glasgowhistory #isabellaelder #streetart #mural
This is the 2nd time in a couple of weeks I've stumbled on Marakatt-Labba's work. It's really astonishing. I'd love to see it face-to-face.
Textile artist Britta Marakatt-Labba's embroidery of Sami culture, Indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting the Arctic #womensart
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This is the 2nd time in a couple of weeks I've stumbled on Marakatt-Labba's work. It's really astonishing. I'd love to see it face-to-face.
Just got an ad popup for a "Black Friday sale, 17th-19th November only". Which as far as I can tell doesn't feature any Fridays, let alone Black Friday.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Just got an ad popup for a "Black Friday sale, 17th-19th November only". Which as far as I can tell doesn't feature any Fridays, let alone Black Friday.
I'm reminded of the brief moment in 1998 when we were 1 up against Brazil. Well done Scotland!!! 🏴🏴🏴
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I'm reminded of the brief moment in 1998 when we were 1 up against Brazil. Well done Scotland!!! 🏴🏴🏴
The Duke looks so weird without a hat.
In common with every camera-wielding lifeform in Glasgow, I have seen the Rebel Bear's latest piece.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The Duke looks so weird without a hat.
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Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Personal note: London has been home for a very, very long time, but as of today, I am also officially a Brit - that is to say, a British citizen. I feel relieved and I feel grateful - but not, perhaps, in the forelock-tugging way GB News/Starmer expect a new immigrant to be.
Edinburgh on Armistice Day.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Edinburgh on Armistice Day.
Is it just me, or have Google searches become really diabolically bad in the last few months? Not just because of AI - even if you get rid of that the rest of the results are absolutely useless now. It's like they threw the baby out with the bathwater.
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Is it just me, or have Google searches become really diabolically bad in the last few months? Not just because of AI - even if you get rid of that the rest of the results are absolutely useless now. It's like they threw the baby out with the bathwater.
Oh they are SO terrible at this.
"I just don't think either of them are traitors" says Alan when he JUST VOTED FOR DAVID #CelebrityTraiors
"I just don't think either of them are traitors" says Alan when he JUST VOTED FOR DAVID #CelebrityTraiors
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Oh they are SO terrible at this.
"I just don't think either of them are traitors" says Alan when he JUST VOTED FOR DAVID #CelebrityTraiors
"I just don't think either of them are traitors" says Alan when he JUST VOTED FOR DAVID #CelebrityTraiors
What is Nick's logic there? He thought Cat was a traitor too??? #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What is Nick's logic there? He thought Cat was a traitor too??? #CelebrityTraitors
I feel like Holger is perhaps regretting his life choices here #GameOfWool
November 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I feel like Holger is perhaps regretting his life choices here #GameOfWool
You know how Bear Grylls tells you to look at a tree trunk if you get lost in the wild and haven't got a compass? Well, that.
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
You know how Bear Grylls tells you to look at a tree trunk if you get lost in the wild and haven't got a compass? Well, that.
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I'm saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Elspeth King, the legendary curator of the People's Palace, and a fierce advocate for Glasgow and its history.
This was fascinating on the release of the film adaptation of Alasdair Gray's "Poor Things".
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This was fascinating on the release of the film adaptation of Alasdair Gray's "Poor Things".
yoursforscotlandcom.wordpress.com/2024/01/10/p...
November 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I'm saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Elspeth King, the legendary curator of the People's Palace, and a fierce advocate for Glasgow and its history.
This was fascinating on the release of the film adaptation of Alasdair Gray's "Poor Things".
yoursforscotlandcom.wordpress.com/2024/01/10/p...
This was fascinating on the release of the film adaptation of Alasdair Gray's "Poor Things".
yoursforscotlandcom.wordpress.com/2024/01/10/p...
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Happy #Halloween! A few years ago, midwives at the Royal Oldham Hospital in Lancashire created "dilation pumpkins" - and I don't think I've ever seen anything scarier in my life.* 😂😩
*Posted with apologies to anyone who is pregnant.
*Posted with apologies to anyone who is pregnant.
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Happy #Halloween! A few years ago, midwives at the Royal Oldham Hospital in Lancashire created "dilation pumpkins" - and I don't think I've ever seen anything scarier in my life.* 😂😩
*Posted with apologies to anyone who is pregnant.
*Posted with apologies to anyone who is pregnant.
The last day of #31DaysOfGraves 31: memento mori. These symbols seem to be very common here in Scotland. Here are just a few from Stirling and Northumberland.
Thanks so much for sharing all your pictures. I've really enjoyed seeing them. Thanks too to @annaandthedead.bsky.social for organising! 🎃👻🎃👻
Thanks so much for sharing all your pictures. I've really enjoyed seeing them. Thanks too to @annaandthedead.bsky.social for organising! 🎃👻🎃👻
October 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The last day of #31DaysOfGraves 31: memento mori. These symbols seem to be very common here in Scotland. Here are just a few from Stirling and Northumberland.
Thanks so much for sharing all your pictures. I've really enjoyed seeing them. Thanks too to @annaandthedead.bsky.social for organising! 🎃👻🎃👻
Thanks so much for sharing all your pictures. I've really enjoyed seeing them. Thanks too to @annaandthedead.bsky.social for organising! 🎃👻🎃👻
“Are you wearing the-“
“The poorly but enthusiastically sculpted Samhain turnip earrings I made a few years ago? Yeah, I am.”
“The poorly but enthusiastically sculpted Samhain turnip earrings I made a few years ago? Yeah, I am.”
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Another for #31DaysOfGraves : colour. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders World War 1 memorial window in the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling. 6900 soldiers of the regiment were killled in WW1.
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Another for #31DaysOfGraves : colour. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders World War 1 memorial window in the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling. 6900 soldiers of the regiment were killled in WW1.
#31DaysOfGraves 30: colour. The quiet beauty of old lichen covered stones at St Cyrus Nether.
October 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
#31DaysOfGraves 30: colour. The quiet beauty of old lichen covered stones at St Cyrus Nether.
Oh my, this takes a turn. 😬
Despite what apparently every dad who's ever entered our museum has told you, this mallet, found in the surgeon's chest on the Mary Rose, was NOT used as anaesthetic.
October 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Oh my, this takes a turn. 😬
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It's easy to look at public statements purely through a prism of free speech. But words have consequences. Being *legally permitted* to say awful things, doesn't mean we must all go around saying them. The bare minimum should not be the most we can expect. ~AA
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's easy to look at public statements purely through a prism of free speech. But words have consequences. Being *legally permitted* to say awful things, doesn't mean we must all go around saying them. The bare minimum should not be the most we can expect. ~AA
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
#31DaysOfGraves : tree. Back to Cathcart, a lovely atmospheric cemetery, (if somewhat neglected in places, but that adds to its charm) where nature and memorial have grown into each other. A good place for wandering.
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
#31DaysOfGraves : tree. Back to Cathcart, a lovely atmospheric cemetery, (if somewhat neglected in places, but that adds to its charm) where nature and memorial have grown into each other. A good place for wandering.