Allan Faulds
@afaulds.bsky.social
Hello I used to Tweet but now I only tweet
Extremely Gay, extremely Scottish, mostly angry queerposting, no Yanks in the replies (Nice Americans welcome)
Extremely Gay, extremely Scottish, mostly angry queerposting, no Yanks in the replies (Nice Americans welcome)
As a small caveat worth noting SNP's strength isn't meaningfully growing; on Holyrood votes their support on average is roughly where it was when Humza Yousaf collapsed his own government. They're basically winning by default because Labour never got rid of FPTP, whereas Plaid are genuinely surging.
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 PM
As a small caveat worth noting SNP's strength isn't meaningfully growing; on Holyrood votes their support on average is roughly where it was when Humza Yousaf collapsed his own government. They're basically winning by default because Labour never got rid of FPTP, whereas Plaid are genuinely surging.
The model in the article says 45 Plaid seats and 11 Greens; that's a Plaid-Green coalition if this happened, surely, Labour not just absolutely shattered (and only on 8 MS') but completely locked out of government, an unthinkable statement even months ago.
January 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The model in the article says 45 Plaid seats and 11 Greens; that's a Plaid-Green coalition if this happened, surely, Labour not just absolutely shattered (and only on 8 MS') but completely locked out of government, an unthinkable statement even months ago.
The SNP as a *party*, including activists, can sometimes lean too far towards "WE'RE IN CHARGE IF YOU DON'T BACK US YOU'RE SCUM" but Robison (and tbf many in current Cabinet) much cleverer than that; question is whether Robison's successor and huge new MSP intake will be of the cleverer mindset too
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
The SNP as a *party*, including activists, can sometimes lean too far towards "WE'RE IN CHARGE IF YOU DON'T BACK US YOU'RE SCUM" but Robison (and tbf many in current Cabinet) much cleverer than that; question is whether Robison's successor and huge new MSP intake will be of the cleverer mindset too
Given it's still almost certain SNP will need at least one of Greens or Lib Dems to pass budgets next term, and not unlikely they could need both, it's clever politics to keep working those relationships now even when Labour's abstention two years running could have auto-passed an SNP only budget
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Given it's still almost certain SNP will need at least one of Greens or Lib Dems to pass budgets next term, and not unlikely they could need both, it's clever politics to keep working those relationships now even when Labour's abstention two years running could have auto-passed an SNP only budget
Heya! I would say whimsical high fantasy if that makes sense - it's not going to be super serious so would be aiming the balance of look slightly tilted to the stylised end rather than super realistic if that makes sense
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Heya! I would say whimsical high fantasy if that makes sense - it's not going to be super serious so would be aiming the balance of look slightly tilted to the stylised end rather than super realistic if that makes sense
Heya! So generic would mostly do me, though maybe lightly customised could be an option - it's for a bunch of brand new players (they had a taster at the weekend and loved it so want to get into it), so purely for personal use in the group! Just to add some visual flavour for extra fun.
January 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Heya! So generic would mostly do me, though maybe lightly customised could be an option - it's for a bunch of brand new players (they had a taster at the weekend and loved it so want to get into it), so purely for personal use in the group! Just to add some visual flavour for extra fun.
Yous didnae/willnae vote for our budget even though it has a nice thing in it count: 3
January 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Yous didnae/willnae vote for our budget even though it has a nice thing in it count: 3
Yous didnae/willnae vote for our budget even though it has a nice thing in it count: 2
January 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Yous didnae/willnae vote for our budget even though it has a nice thing in it count: 2
Yous didnae vote for our budget even though it had a nice thing in it count: 1
January 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Yous didnae vote for our budget even though it had a nice thing in it count: 1
Apart from anything else I'd also be keen to give the players in my likely new campaign some more options for their own portraits but it's very much not at an "invest in dedicated art for everyone" stage, but would happily pay for something non-bespoke and less detailed but still nice!
January 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Apart from anything else I'd also be keen to give the players in my likely new campaign some more options for their own portraits but it's very much not at an "invest in dedicated art for everyone" stage, but would happily pay for something non-bespoke and less detailed but still nice!
Used to tell people my job was to make things go beep and stop them from going boom, this is a boom, smdh
January 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Used to tell people my job was to make things go beep and stop them from going boom, this is a boom, smdh
It's 9 years since I was last an electrical engineer but in my professional opinion, this should be avoided
January 13, 2026 at 11:14 AM
It's 9 years since I was last an electrical engineer but in my professional opinion, this should be avoided
As ever, as a local from the next town over, to me Dumbarton is a hive of scum and villainy, but when YOU, as a non-local, look at this or talk about Dumbarton, you had damn well better put some RESPECT on the Ancient Capital of the Kingdom of Strathclyde, one of Scotland's finest auld burghs.
January 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
As ever, as a local from the next town over, to me Dumbarton is a hive of scum and villainy, but when YOU, as a non-local, look at this or talk about Dumbarton, you had damn well better put some RESPECT on the Ancient Capital of the Kingdom of Strathclyde, one of Scotland's finest auld burghs.