What could these white dots on my negatives be?

[oniongal]

this is my first time using finol as a developer and I've noticed these black dots all around my film even on unexposed squares (visible thanks to the discoloration of this being a staining developer) my current theories are:
1. air bubbles due to inversions as this solution seems more prone to it than others I've previously used
2. a side effect of me leaving my film to soak for an hour thanks to me having to remake my developer multiple times due to faulty instructions telling me that the solution should turn clear after 10 minutes of constant stirring meanwhile it turned blood red all 3 times i tried it.
attached below are the inverted scans of the negatives

 

[Saganich]

looks like light but then there is drag in the spots like a hot particle deposit, could there be like concentrated development particles?

 

[oniongal]

looks like light causing those spots.

light would cause the spots to be white when inverted instead of black

 

[Saganich]

oops yea, its Friday night…maybe heavy ions embedded in emulsion then.

 

[Craig]

Could be dust.

 

[runswithsizzers]

Doesn't dust on a negative invert to white?

The post is a little bit disorienting because the title says "white dots" then the examples show us black dots. ;-)

Maybe we should see the negatives on a light table.

I think your first theory is more likely -- that is, air bubbles preventing development.

 

[loccdor]

They do look like bubbles/air bells. You are getting less development in those spots. They are rather small for bubbles, though.