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)
Fortunately for everyone I did capture this one for the archives. What a fanny, honestly
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Fortunately for everyone I did capture this one for the archives. What a fanny, honestly
Mind when the Political Editor at the national broadcaster forgot the Conservatives gave us three PMs in three months when he said the SNP's three FMs in a year was somehow worse?
Top rate indeed
Top rate indeed
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Mind when the Political Editor at the national broadcaster forgot the Conservatives gave us three PMs in three months when he said the SNP's three FMs in a year was somehow worse?
Top rate indeed
Top rate indeed
It is absolutely embarrassing that the National are still treating the YouGov from earlier this week which asked people about whether they'd consider voting for parties as a poll of voting intention. My guys, when you have numbers adding up to 172%, that is very obviously not voting intention.
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It is absolutely embarrassing that the National are still treating the YouGov from earlier this week which asked people about whether they'd consider voting for parties as a poll of voting intention. My guys, when you have numbers adding up to 172%, that is very obviously not voting intention.
My own website is serving me really pointed ads about the state of the UK right now
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My own website is serving me really pointed ads about the state of the UK right now
Feeling more and more like this is going to be one of the most prescient little bits I've written on BBS in my near-decade of being an elections bore ballotbox.scot/tale-of-two-...
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Feeling more and more like this is going to be one of the most prescient little bits I've written on BBS in my near-decade of being an elections bore ballotbox.scot/tale-of-two-...
Very much not from the US never mind the Bay Area but I will now be describing my voice as having the accoustic accoutrements associated with the gay identity rather than as camp
![Bay Area Vowel Shift
The region of California that includes the Silicon Valley and the populous cities of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose utilizes the same speech vowel shifts as their native Northern California neighbors in regards to vowel shortening and centralization of the diphthong in words such as boat or coat. However, this area is uniquely influenced by the acoustic accouterments associated with the gay identity which include fronting of back vowels and merging vowel sounds found in words such as cot and caught.[3] Native Bay Area residents tend to have a more intensive vowel shift in regards to the components that comprise CVS. These shifts include changes in voice and intonation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a2qkt4vppgxf6blhgrizicic/bafkreiahugx47jvoctt4e262vn4is3cgai4y7a3mluazqdga7u7klw2wie@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Very much not from the US never mind the Bay Area but I will now be describing my voice as having the accoustic accoutrements associated with the gay identity rather than as camp
Absolutely rotten take here, a transcendent scold in the "everyone with a social media account is a little party comms officer" vein, as someone who has posted some "shrill" stuff lately it has nothing to do with seeking "validation" and everything to do with genuine outrage at this government
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Absolutely rotten take here, a transcendent scold in the "everyone with a social media account is a little party comms officer" vein, as someone who has posted some "shrill" stuff lately it has nothing to do with seeking "validation" and everything to do with genuine outrage at this government
Triptych, panel three
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Triptych, panel three
Triptych, panel two
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Triptych, panel two
Triptych, panel one
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Triptych, panel one
S1:E8: Bittersweets (5 out of 5 slices)
BITTER MUCH? This is the best episode of the season, IMDb ratings be damned. Okay so the corpses? Boring. How they got corpsed? Ridiculous, A+, especially the first! Some banger lines! PHENOMENALLY camp guest star performance! The Coroner steals a scene!
BITTER MUCH? This is the best episode of the season, IMDb ratings be damned. Okay so the corpses? Boring. How they got corpsed? Ridiculous, A+, especially the first! Some banger lines! PHENOMENALLY camp guest star performance! The Coroner steals a scene!
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
S1:E8: Bittersweets (5 out of 5 slices)
BITTER MUCH? This is the best episode of the season, IMDb ratings be damned. Okay so the corpses? Boring. How they got corpsed? Ridiculous, A+, especially the first! Some banger lines! PHENOMENALLY camp guest star performance! The Coroner steals a scene!
BITTER MUCH? This is the best episode of the season, IMDb ratings be damned. Okay so the corpses? Boring. How they got corpsed? Ridiculous, A+, especially the first! Some banger lines! PHENOMENALLY camp guest star performance! The Coroner steals a scene!
This is hands down the campest moment in the entire first season of a fundamentally camp show, and the second worst crime after it being cancelled was not bringing this lady back as a minor antagonist in a future episode
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is hands down the campest moment in the entire first season of a fundamentally camp show, and the second worst crime after it being cancelled was not bringing this lady back as a minor antagonist in a future episode
There'll be no more police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales then? I'll tell the 16 and 17 year olds.
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
There'll be no more police and crime commissioner elections in England and Wales then? I'll tell the 16 and 17 year olds.
They are STILL counting ballots a week on, what a country
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
They are STILL counting ballots a week on, what a country
Obligatory Bracken pic (he has had many visits lately)
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Obligatory Bracken pic (he has had many visits lately)
Missed the 70th anniversary of a red-letter date in the history of science yesterday, and unfortunately there is no safe way to get my bike up to 88mph even if I had a flux capacitor and some plutonium lying about, so having to settle for doing my annual watch a day late
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Missed the 70th anniversary of a red-letter date in the history of science yesterday, and unfortunately there is no safe way to get my bike up to 88mph even if I had a flux capacitor and some plutonium lying about, so having to settle for doing my annual watch a day late
Look I am not going to look gift mounts in the mouth but there is something very slightly spiteful about then getting stuff from *active content I'm still working on for its own sake* much earlier in the statistical curve
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Look I am not going to look gift mounts in the mouth but there is something very slightly spiteful about then getting stuff from *active content I'm still working on for its own sake* much earlier in the statistical curve
(I play infrequently and Dragon Soul is so... soul destroying that I never stomach too much of it, so I actually started so long ago it wasn't *viable* to solo the hard mode, but I still got onto the hard version stupidly late, the differential in attempts, painful!)
YES SORRY THIS IS BORING
YES SORRY THIS IS BORING
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
(I play infrequently and Dragon Soul is so... soul destroying that I never stomach too much of it, so I actually started so long ago it wasn't *viable* to solo the hard mode, but I still got onto the hard version stupidly late, the differential in attempts, painful!)
YES SORRY THIS IS BORING
YES SORRY THIS IS BORING
Lunchtime has apparently become mount hunting time (what better time to do boring old game content than when you've only got a short period) and what a rich harvest it has been lately
I... never have to do Dragon Soul again? Okay there's hard mode version but I'm cutting my losses here after years
I... never have to do Dragon Soul again? Okay there's hard mode version but I'm cutting my losses here after years
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Lunchtime has apparently become mount hunting time (what better time to do boring old game content than when you've only got a short period) and what a rich harvest it has been lately
I... never have to do Dragon Soul again? Okay there's hard mode version but I'm cutting my losses here after years
I... never have to do Dragon Soul again? Okay there's hard mode version but I'm cutting my losses here after years
One of my most niche killjoy things is when did we develop so many different Moons? Oh, it's a Supermoon this time? A Blood Moon? Oh this time it's apparently a fuckin Beaver Supermoon?
No. Enough. We used to just have a Full Moon and we managed! It sufficed! I hate these SPECIAL MOON TYPE stories!
No. Enough. We used to just have a Full Moon and we managed! It sufficed! I hate these SPECIAL MOON TYPE stories!
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
One of my most niche killjoy things is when did we develop so many different Moons? Oh, it's a Supermoon this time? A Blood Moon? Oh this time it's apparently a fuckin Beaver Supermoon?
No. Enough. We used to just have a Full Moon and we managed! It sufficed! I hate these SPECIAL MOON TYPE stories!
No. Enough. We used to just have a Full Moon and we managed! It sufficed! I hate these SPECIAL MOON TYPE stories!
Also, been reminded in chat with other folk, when you see folk (especially folk elected in 2022) railing against the SNP from a Green (or formerly) perspective, remember that in 2022 there was no stronger mutual flow of preferences than between the SNP and Greens ballotbox.scot/le22-party-p...
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Also, been reminded in chat with other folk, when you see folk (especially folk elected in 2022) railing against the SNP from a Green (or formerly) perspective, remember that in 2022 there was no stronger mutual flow of preferences than between the SNP and Greens ballotbox.scot/le22-party-p...
I'm not sharing the link directly because, obviously, the SWP can do one, but That Lot From Glasgow have given a direct interview to their newspaper! Genuinely shameful stuff. They absolutely will be chumming with Tommy Sheridan ere long.
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I'm not sharing the link directly because, obviously, the SWP can do one, but That Lot From Glasgow have given a direct interview to their newspaper! Genuinely shameful stuff. They absolutely will be chumming with Tommy Sheridan ere long.
Today's office companion has stolen Bracken's bed, but given Bracken has only ever attempted to devour the bed when he visits, I don't think he can complain
November 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Today's office companion has stolen Bracken's bed, but given Bracken has only ever attempted to devour the bed when he visits, I don't think he can complain