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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · 14h

Mi fues innau yn Sw Bae Colwyn o Harlech, ac unwaith yng Nghaergybi! Living the high life!!

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Purple Teacher @peaceandteachin.bsky.social · 20h

Alex Jones will have to pay his $1.4 billion judgement after the Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal.
Jones was handed his judgement by default after he refused to show up for court. He was found guilty of defaming families in Sandy Hook.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
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Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment — USA TODAY

Alex Jones, the conservative media personality who called the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax, was found liable for defamation and inflicting emotional distress.

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Susanne Baumann @germanambuk.bsky.social · 2d

His Majesty King Charles III has announced that he will host German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender for a State Visit from 3-5 December. It will be an incredible moment for 🇬🇧🇩🇪 relations and the first State Visit by a German President in 27 years.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · 20h

Today is the 112th anniversary of the Senghenydd colliery disaster.

The blast on October 14, 1913, killed 439 men and boys, with another dying during rescue operations. It was, and remains, the worst coal mining disaster in British history and also the sixth worst in the world.

Here Be Dragons - The Senghenydd Explosion

YouTube video by Here Be Dragons

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.

It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.

Investigation now!

#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes

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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · 23h

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The Shadow Scholars: Fake Essay Scandal

In Kenya an Oxford academic explores the global multi-billion-dollar fake-essay industry

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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · 23h

Just catching up with this on #Channel4 www.theguardian.com/education/20... can't really find the words to describe how I feel about this, having spent my life in education

Inside the world of Kenya’s ‘shadow scholars’ paid to write essays for UK students

Highly educated Kenyans working for essay mills ghostwrite academic work that students pass off as their own

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 1d

"Nathan Gill isn’t some postscript to a minor episode of recent British history. He’s a key to understanding the scale and sophistication of the threat against us, a network of pro-Russian actors that stretches not only across the Atlantic but Europe too."

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 1d

SWITCH TO TIDAL TODAY

YOU CAN TRANSFER YOUR PLAYLISTS WITH THE LINK BELOW

IT IS EASY, THE SOUND QUALITY IS BETTER, THEY HAVE MUSIC VIDEOS, AND THERE'S NO GESTAPO ADS

tidal.com/transfer-music

Ben Hart, Gender Archivist @pavlovforgoths.com · 2d

Found out that Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads, if you need another reason to quit using it.

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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 1d

Last week I was at the Plaid Cymru conference.

Based on the current polls, they are the party most likely to lead the Welsh Government after May's election.

This would mean a monumental change to Welsh politics. You can read my analysis here:

willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/inside-the...

Inside the Plaid Cymru conference...

What we learnt about the party most likely to form the next Welsh Government

willhaywardwales.substack.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

lol ok man

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 2d

Labour will not be forgiven in Wales for allowing the closure of Port Talbot’s blast furnaces, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has said, as the party stepped up its attack on Keir Starmer’s leadership ahead of next year’s Senedd election

Labour will not be ‘forgiven in Wales over Port Talbot steel closure' - Plaid Cymru

Labour will not be forgiven in Wales for allowing the closure of Port Talbot’s blast furnaces, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has said, as the party stepped up its attack on Keir Starmer’s leader...

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The SNP @snp.org · 2d

Scotland will only become independent when we convince every community across our nation that independence is the best way to build a better future for our families. #SNP25

SNP Annual National Conference 2025 quote urging communities in Scotland to support independence with facts, hope, and respect by Keith Brown MSP.

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 2d

They also need better subs. Surely ‘European Union’ in this headline is a typo for ‘Daily Telegraph’?

Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 3d

Since the Brexit referendum, the Telegraph has become the Pantomine Dame of confected outrage against the very thing it fought for and continues to uphold. The new Schengen Entry and Exit System isn’t sound border management but a “pointed insult”. Hilarious.

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 〓〓 🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.bsky.social · 3d

“why did Farage protest “I’ve never met the Russian Ambassador”?
Russian embassy website hosted a picture of Yakovenko greeting Farage in May 2013 – the moment Russian policy pivoted over to its plan to disrupt the EU, before invading Ukraine.”
#ReformRussianBribes
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The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia

As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never confront him with

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liberalukgeek.bsky.social @liberalukgeek.bsky.social · 3d

'If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.'

Brian Moore @briantrumpet.bsky.social · 3d

Everything he's reported to have said in this BBC piece sounds like he's desperately trying to distance himself, knowing that the connection is real and toxic. If the press were investigating Farage with the same enthusiasm they went for Rayner, he'd be done for.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage 'stunned' ex-Wales Reform leader Nathan Gill took bribes

Nathan Gill has admitted taking money for pro-Russian statements as a European Parliament member.

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JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 3d

We know, from the limited Russia report, that the UK government did not direct SIS to investigate.

Perhaps that is why the BBC, Sky etc. has been so reticent to highlight Gill - because it would raise questions as to why UK government didn't direct.

Did they collude?

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JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 3d

These 2 speeches, which, as Nick points out, on the same day, precede what Gill has pled guilty to by 4 years, are more damning for Farage as they also precede Brexit.

All European secret services would have been alarmed by this & would/should have been investigating.

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 4d

From Sunday, travelling into Europe gets tougher for Brits.

New EU border rules mean fingerprint scans, photo registration and longer queues.

This is the real-world cost of Brexit - more hassle, more red tape, more delays.

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Melin Drafod @melindrafod.bsky.social · 3d

Mae annibyniaeth yn allweddol i ddyfodol Cymru, dewch i gefnogi ddydd Sadwrn nesaf

cy.yes.cymru/rhyl

@yes.cymru @auob.cymru

March for Independence - RHYL

Rhyl will take centre stage in the campaign for Welsh independence this autumn, as people from across Wales are expected to join the March for Independence on Saturday 18 October 2025.

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Melin Drafod @melindrafod.bsky.social · 3d

Independence is crucial for the future of Wales, come to support next Saturday

www.yes.cymru/rhyl

@yes.cymru @auob.cymru

March for Independence - RHYL

Rhyl will take centre stage in the campaign for Welsh independence this autumn, as people from across Wales are expected to join the March for Independence on Saturday 18 October 2025.

www.yes.cymru

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Coffee_Kindle @coffee-kindle.bsky.social · 3d

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I need to see policies that will benefit the people of Cymru, not bitching and moaning.

Good to see some are starting to come through sensibly from @plaidcymru.bsky.social

Diolch @willhaycardiff.bsky.social as always

#Wales #Cymru #WelshPolitics

Inside the Plaid Cymru conference...

What we learnt about the party most likely to form the next Welsh Government

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 3d

The Newport Rising Festival returns this autumn to mark the 186th anniversary of the Newport Rising of 1839 — a defining moment in Welsh and British democratic history

Festival marks 186 years since Chartists’ march for democracy

The Newport Rising Festival returns this autumn to mark the 186th anniversary of the Newport Rising of 1839 — a defining moment in Welsh and British democratic history. Organised by the charity Our Ch...

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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · 3d

hwnna ydy'r un hefo'r trwyn?

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