Just heard Chumbawamba's 'Amnesia' for the first time since the 90s. The song was a perfect, angry snapshot of the betrayal by New Labour after 1997: the red government ended up being basically interchangeable with the blue one. [1/3] #Chumbawamba #NewLabour

The Saturday budget: £5 on tea, £50 on chocolate, £0 on leaving the house. I call that fiscally responsible. #Saturday #WeekendBudget #Introvert #Paisley

I survived VPS migration! Seven hours, zero experience, and one bad DNS error that nuked my email for an hour. But it's done. Now I know why people start homelabbing. The power is intoxicating. Next project: setting up my own VPN. This thing is like crack. #VPS #SelfHosting #VPN #TechLife #Homelab

What an obsequious, toadying, servile, brown-nosing, corrupt little cunt Gianni Infantino is. The FIFA 'peace prize' is the most cringe-worthy, pathetic thing I've ever seen in my life. Football deserves better than this travesty of a ceremony and ruling body.

I can't believe what I'm seeing. I can't even process this. #WorldCupDraw

Actually sickening. #WorldCupDraw

If someone had put this FIFA ceremony and "Peace Prize" presentation in a dystopian satire even 10 years ago, you'd have said clam down mate that's a bit heavy handed! #WorldCupDraw

World Cup draw time. England (Pot 1) vs Scotland (Pot 3) is a real possibility. ​Everyone here is praying for a "Group of Death" for England. I’m just sitting here quietly sipping my pint, nodding along, while secretly manifesting a Battle of Britain. ​Bring it on. 🦁 ​ #ThreeLions #WorldCupDraw

Narrator: He did not decelerate. Instead, I have decided to attempt migrating my WordPress site to a self-managed VPS tonight. A task for which I have absolutely zero experience. If the site vanishes by morning, you know what happened. #WordPress #SelfHosting #MistakesWereMade

Parents, young people and activists came together to Reclaim the Night in Renfrewshire. The annual march through Paisley town centre echoes the global call by the United Nations to end harassment and violence against women and girls. www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/news/2025/re...

They call it a 'fertility gap', but it is a poverty trap. ​People aren't choosing smaller families as a 'lifestyle' choice. They are looking at childcare costs (highest in Europe), housing & energy bills, and doing the maths. ​You can't plan a future when the present is unaffordable. 1/3 #BabyBust

The finish line for the week is visible. The temptation is to crash into the weekend at 100mph. Trying to decelerate instead. A quiet Friday evening with a book is infinitely more appealing than a "big night out." #TheSlowWay #Introvert #FridayFeeling #Rest

Always worth a watch when Zack is in full flow. Just a reminder for the timeline: The Scottish Greens and the Green Party of England & Wales are separate sister parties. We do our own thing up here, but it is great to see our cousins down south shaking up the establishment too. 🌱 #GreenSurge

Seeing the UK budget leak blamed on a WordPress plugin is a proper wake-up call. I built my sites on WP because I thought "that is what the pros do," but I am definitely just muddling through most of the time. #WordPress #UKBudget

This is how the NHS dies. Not with a bang, but with a credit card. People eligible for free NHS jabs are now buying private stock because they can't get appointments fast enough. When health becomes "who can pay to be safe first," the social contract is broken. #SaveOurNHS #PublicHealth

It is 7°C in Paisley. We are 'lucky'. If this was a proper winter, the energy crisis would be catastrophic. The state of the UK: relying on mild weather to keep heating bills survivable because the political system has failed. #CostOfLiving #Energy #Scotland #Politics

It is unsettlingly mild for December in Paisley. ​Usually, a garden visit is a 'speed run', out and back to the radiator in 10 seconds flat. ​Today, he’s lingering. Sniffing the air. Surveying his kingdom. He approves of this climate change. ​ #Chipshop #GardenLife #DogLife

​The cost of living crisis doesn't magically end the day you turn 22. In fact, that is often when rent and bills hit hardest. Extending free bus travel to under 30s is the exact kind of progressive policy Scotland needs. A win for young people and the planet. Get it done. #FreeBusTravel

Unions and civil society organisations join with stars in new alliance - #Together - against hate and division unsn.uk/3KnBPfg @togetheralliance.bsky.social

Mixed feelings about the Christmas industrial complex, but I'll concede: The lights are necessary. ​In a dark, grey Paisley December, those extra lumens serve a vital public service. ​I'm here for the electricity, if not the capitalism. ​ #Paisley #Winter #Lights #December #Scotland

Don't let Girlguiding hide behind "legal advice." They weren't ordered to ban trans girls. They chose to. They looked at a ruling that said "you CAN exclude" and decided "we WILL." It is a calculated decision to prioritise institutional safety over the wellbeing of vulnerable children. #TransRights

Someone has set up a petition to challenge the GirlGuiding decision. c.org/hRJm8fmMTp

2nd December. I am out. It wasn't a shop PA system or a passing car. It was my own autoplay. I was enjoying The Waitresses and the algorithm sniper got me before I could hit pause. Taken out by friendly fire. See you in Whamhalla. #Whamageddon #Whamhalla #ChristmasWrapping #FriendlyFire

There is a genius to a culture that decided a bread roll wasn't enough; we needed to put a flat potato inside it too. The Tattie Scone on a roll is peak carbohydrate efficiency. A vegetarian masterpiece. #ScottishFood #Carbs #Vegetarian #Paisley

Labour, Tory & Lib Dems all have dirty hands. They ignored victims to protect the "brand." 53 suspects is a start, but we need political accountability. This wasn't a glitch, it was a cover-up. Put the decision-makers in the dock. #PostOfficeScandal #HorizonScandal #JusticeForSubpostmasters

Legitimate facts. I genuinely remember the buzz of opening the door and hoping for a robin or a candle. No chocolate necessary. Finding a slightly off-centre drawing of a bell was a thrill, but if you got the big double-doors on Christmas Eve? That was like winning the lottery. #Advent #80s

My email inbox is acting like a desperate ex. "I know you ignored my 228 messages on Friday... but I've changed! I'm Cyber Monday now! Please answer me!" It is getting embarrassing now. #CyberMonday #Email #Monday

I have a page on my site called Library. Ten books, ten films, ten songs. The music section is a problem because ten is simply not enough. I am starting a new rule. One in, one out. Today Hey There Delilah replaces New Shoes. I explain the logic here: #Music #Blogging #PersonalWebsite #IndieWeb

Just did a search in my inbox. I have received 228 Black Friday emails this year. Two hundred and twenty-eight. Capitalism is screaming at me to buy junk I don't need with money I don't have. The desperation is palpable. Delete all. #BlackFriday #Consumerism #Overconsumption

Happy St Andrew's Day! 💚

Sunday morning chauffeur duties. Driving @loveyogacrew.com over to Stonehouse for her class and brunch. It is absolutely freezing out here. I am powering through purely on the promise of the "bring and share" food afterwards. Will drive for snacks. #Yoga #Stonehouse #Scotland #Winter

Apparently today is Labour's big "National Campaign Weekend" to sell the new Budget on the doorsteps. Funny, I haven't seen a single activist in Paisley. Maybe they know better than to knock on doors here and explain why "change" looks exactly like the last 14 years. #Budget2025 #LabourDoorstep

1-0 loss. Own goal. On live TV. Thanks for ruining my Saturday, Latics. #OAFC #LeagueTwo #ASFC

The internet is currently screaming at everyone to "Buy! Buy! Buy!" for Black Friday weekend. My capsule wardrobe and I are conscientiously objecting. The most radical act you can commit this weekend is to buy absolutely nothing and be content with what you already have. #BlackFriday #TheSlowWay

Shelter is right to slam the government. Freezing housing benefit at a UK level while rents in places like #Paisley skyrocket is a political choice to increase homelessness. You cannot claim to be "fixing the foundations" while pulling the rug out from under the poorest renters. #HousingCrisis

This is poignant.

Weird the way the entire world went mad and only the creator of the IT Crowd was unaffected.

Just found out Neuromancer is being made into a TV series. Part of me is screaming with joy, the other part is terrified they’ll mess up the Sprawl. At least William Gibson is an executive producer. Please be good. 🤞 #Neuromancer #WilliamGibson #SciFi

Waking up on a Friday morning with absolutely nowhere to be feels like a glitch in the simulation. The rest of the world is rushing to work, and I am just... drinking tea and enjoying the quiet. It feels illegal. I highly recommend it. #DayOff #Friday #TheSlowWay #Paisley #Tea

We needed a shift in power. We got paper over cracks. Scrapping the two-child cap is the bare minimum. Until we tax capital like work, nothing changes. Labour is just managing decline better than the Tories. #Budget2025 #GreenParty #ScotPol

I’ve finished writing that piece. It turns out a £13 watch isn't just about nostalgia. It’s about refusing the churn. No glued-in batteries, no planned obsolescence, and no software updates that slow you down. Here is why I think “Smart Enough” is the only upgrade we actually need. #SlowTech

WFH today, off tomorrow. This effectively makes any email received after lunchtime a "next week problem." I have rarely felt such a deep sense of peace on a Thursday morning. The long weekend starts in 7 hours. #WFH #LongWeekend #WorkLife #Paisley

Ok but I'm not the only one who saw Badenoch flanked by two copies of the same man, right?

The latest Public Health Scotland stats are striking. 96.1% of Scots are registered with an NHS dentist. That is nearly twice the rate of access in England. I moved here 10 years ago and had no trouble registering. Same again 18 months ago. The difference is night and day. (1/2) #NHS #Scotland

One of the underrated perks of a capsule wardrobe: getting ready at 7 AM requires zero brain power. ​No decisions, just grab and go. It leaves more mental energy for the important things. (Like mentally preparing for the ice outside). ​ #Minimalism #CapsuleWardrobe #MorningPerson #Paisley #Winter

Hit 100 followers. In internet terms, it's tiny. In "strangers standing in my lounge" terms, it's a fire hazard and a significant anxiety attack. Thanks for being here. #100Followers #Perspective #Introvert #Paisley

Hardly surprising. When a democratic decision to make life slightly easier for a marginalised group is blocked, people are rightfully angry. The "spike" isn't just bureaucracy; it's the fallout of a democratic failure #GRR #TransRights #ScottishPolitics #Holyrood