Vampire Bank Holiday Monday

Slightly increase a band Crowded Cul de Sac

Stranger in my comments: “Do you use AI to make your art?” My art:

Morning #Glasgow

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

Paul Simon was so good that my rib cage aches from trying to contain my emotions. And then he played The Cool, Cool River and I lost it and it all just poured out of me.

So looking forward to visiting these with @wednesdaygj.bsky.social soon. There will be photographs.

Morning #Glasgow

Don’t worry, of the 1228 new Reform councillors, 1000 will be resigning within 6 months because of the Hugo Boss-clad skeletons in their closets & 228 will drift away because being a local councillor is boring, hard work & they can’t be arsed with sPelliN wOrDs proPeRR or dOiN BOoK learnin’. #FLAGS

I wonder how many of the new Reform Councillors realise that they have to give up their day jobs and will be paid a basic rate £8k below the average wage

I went to the Citz today with @cynderness.bsky.social and we saw an absolutely astonishing play. It’s called Sweat and I cannot recommend it enough. It’s utterly compelling, moving and relevant. If you get the chance, please go and see it, it deserves to be packed out every single night

I feel a lot of David Attenborough's hard work with nature preservation is to cover for how much of a mess his brother made of that dinosaur theme park.

Your new record-breaking group of 15 Scottish Green MSPs!

The next episode of So Disappointed looks at the future. My generation grew up believing we would living in a tin foil, holographic, deely booper, space age utopia. This has not happened. Will it ever happen?

Can't believe you nerds are STILL talking about the election. Get out the house, go to a garden centre, buy a trowel and have a panini.

And we’re halfway through the count and still no reform in Scotland (Yes, you can move here, you’re very welcome)

🟢 @hollybruce.bsky.social elected to represent Glasgow Southside! Holly is the second Scottish Green MSP to be elected today, and the second Scottish Green constituency MSP to be elected ever!

No, YOU are crying

“In my lifetime, I have witnessed a terrible decline [of nature]. In yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery.” – David Attenborough. Let's *do* it.

Oh, England. I’m so sorry. I hope we don’t do the same So many humans are scared and stupid and they want to blame somebody rather than feel shame or, god forbid, change.

The Alt Text is gold.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Outstanding by the good people of Inverclyde 👏

Sorry to repost myself, this is definitely a thing in my head. I’ve heard a slower, dreamier, more synthy version of this song. I’ve listened to every cover I can find online and it’s not it. Am I imagining this?

Morning, all. Mind you _don't_ need photo ID to vote in Scottish Parliament elections, but you _do_ need to watch out for a nasty wee fash outfit calling itself "Independent Green Voice", which is nothing to do with the Greens.

Just voted. Lots of support for the Greens from the early morning voters. Plus support for independence. Feels GOOD.

Darcy was out with the band today. They are in their whimsical grunge era.

Music twitter. I have a mystery for you! My neurons may be misfiring, I don’t know, I don’t think they are ‘This is the day’ by The The I know this song but I don’t know the original version at all. The version I know is synth / possibly women’s voices / slower …

Much like how knitting (a feminine-coded activity) is relegated to "crafts," while sculptures (a masculine-coded activity) is elevated to the "arts," it's assumed that this sort of stuff isn't "serious" and thus subject to harsher scrutiny.

Morning #Glasgow

You *might* remember a similar-ish football picture I drew a while back; I've been meaning to re-draw it and bring it into line with my more recent pictures. So, here it is:

I like it when we have nothing better to do than be silly with a pointless thing

Forgive me

Morning #Glasgow

Seeing as it’s bank holiday and people are talking about cruises, it’s time for my anecdote: Bloke in work said he was going on a cruise and I said, “Where to?” and he said, “Santander,” and I said, “So, it’s a bank holiday then?” and he didn’t laugh. I’ll nurse that grudge to my grave.

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

Zack Polanski. Yes! Fucking hell, it’s so good to see a politician with integrity and backbone. I realise the Scottish Greens are a separate entity, but I am gonna vote Green SO HARD in the coming Scottish parliament elections.

Dragged poor Paul with me to a bizarre and spooky event in a forest in the middle of nowhere. Paul is very tolerant of my nonsense. We found this piano. It’s broken and out of tune. It has become this. Discordant forest piano. It has value. It is special. It made me think of The Shaggs.

A simple act of loving kindness is more powerful than all the hate put together.

His name was Bernard (Burnard?)

Nice Wicker Man you’ve got there, it would be a shame if someone set fire to it.

Rewatched last night: Teen: ‘what are you watching?’ Me: Wicker Man Teen:…’The Nic Cage film?’ I think this might have been a wind up on their part. Later The teen walks in during Britt’s ‘dance’. Not awkward at all.

Nothing is black and white. Very few people (not including Trump / Putin / Netanyahu) are all good or all bad. The current situation in the UK is both awful and understandable, reactions to it are both awful and understandable. Social media is not built for complexity and nuance.

Happy May Day everyone.

Happy May Day🌿 #Beltane

Happy Beltane to those who celebrate!

“Outside of a dog, the book Das Kapital is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read Das Kapital” - Groucho Marx

Up at 3.30 to go to the beach with my Buddhist friend to watch the sun rise on Beltane. The sun has returned. Summer is here.