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'One day we will put this old world of ours right and use the good and beautiful things it has for all the people and not for the few who now take it all'
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nation.cymru
This week marks the 743rd anniversary of the Battle or Orewin Bridge, the confrontation on 11 December 1282 that changed the course of Welsh history ✍️ Amelia Jones
Orewin Bridge: The battle that cost Wales its nationhood
This week marks the 743rd anniversary of the Battle or Orewin Bridge, the confrontation on 11 December 1282 and changed the course of Welsh history.
wp.me
December 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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shakethescales.bsky.social
There’s surely a ‘D Notice’ preventing news media from reporting on the 8 ordinary members of the public locked up without trial for more than a year for non-violent protest who have now been on hunger strike for more than a month.

I guess Starmer’s been waiting until their right to a jury is gone.
December 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
aled.bsky.social
Comrade Cannibal
jenashleywright.bsky.social Jennifer Wright @jenashleywright.bsky.social · 12h
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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adwills.bsky.social
manifesting:
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🕯 ai bubble 🕯

🕯 to pop disastrously 🕯

🕯 for all involved 🕯
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December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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hellohistoria.bsky.social
Y Gwyliau • A Welsh Christmas🎄

This blogpost looks at the strange and fascinating traditions our Welsh ancestors practiced during the Christmas season🎄

hellohistoria.substack.com/p/y-gwyliau-...

#Wales #History #Christmas
A black-and-white photograph showing a family decorating a Christmas tree.
December 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
aled.bsky.social
The caption my male voice choir put on this 😭😂☭
December 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
It's been nearly 24 hours and Keir Starmer has not yet condemned the awful comments made by Mike Tapp.

The Labour Party showing us exactly who they are.
euan.bsky.social Euan @euan.bsky.social · 3d
once again asking what would be different if we had a Reform government
Mike Tapp MP @MikeTappTweets • 14h The Home Secretary was clear today; we must identify and address any links between ethnicity, religion and culture - and child rape. We won't turn away from this. Victims come first.
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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nation.cymru
Imagine a future where the vast natural energy resources of Wales are owned and utilised in partnership directly for the benefit of our communities. That vision will take a small step closer to reality in the next few months in Ceredigion ✍️ Mari Arthur
New wind project puts Welsh communities in control
Mari Arthur Imagine a future where the vast natural energy resources of Wales are owned and utilised in partnership directly for the benefit of our communities. That vision will take a small step clos...
wp.me
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
aled.bsky.social
We've had enough of hubs
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
aled.bsky.social
Free the political prisoners, jail David Lammy.
defendourjuries.bsky.social Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 3d
“Lawyers for eight remand prisoners who are on hunger strike while waiting to go on trial for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action are calling for an urgent meeting with ministers”

These political prisoners have been held on remand for over a year.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Palestine Action hunger strikers call for urgent meeting with ministers
Lawyers for eight remand prisoners waiting to go on trial say they could die in prison as part of their protest.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
aled.bsky.social
Accompanied the cast of the Maesteg Town Hall Christmas panto in full costume (them not me) on the piano at a care home residents in Maesteg today, who joined in enthusiastically.

Too enthusiastically in the case of the old lady who goes "I'd have a ride on him" of Bryn the panto horse
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
aled.bsky.social
Dissolve the UK, dissolve Israel, dissolve the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
aled.bsky.social
Every activist, left-wing or progressive movement that accommodates Terfs collapses or is neutered. All they care about is destroying for the sake of nonsense.
badambulist.bsky.social alyson “end mince pies” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 5d
HR departments countrywide need to start treating gendercrit employees as potentially hostile. As soon as you are required to interact with one, you dust off the rulebook, you dot every eye and cross every t, and you assume bad faith at every turn.

They are a threat to every organisation.
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
aled.bsky.social
In the Socialist Republic of Wales everyone who pronounces Maesteg as miced egg will get the wall.
December 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
aled.bsky.social
Shwmae
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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friendlesschurches.bsky.social
Have you ever seen something like this before?
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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richardwynjones.bsky.social
I freely confess that I’d never even heard of C18th century poet Angharad James until this episode of @yrheniaith.bsky.social but her work is remarkable

Read this lovely overview by @jerryhunter.bsky.social then please search your attic for the lost ‘llyfr coch’!

nation.cymru/feature/yr-h...
Yr Hen Iaith part 76: A Friend’s Invitation and a Mother’s Grief: the poetry of Angharad James
Jerry Hunter As was noted while discussing the medieval poet Gwerful Mechain in episode 27 and the sixteenth-century poet Alis ferch Gruffudd in episode 38, one of the most exciting developments in We...
nation.cymru
December 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
aled.bsky.social
Breaking news in Wales
December 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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euan.bsky.social
properly nuts that Labour won a huge landslide 18 months ago and they’re already so desperate they’ve running with ‘the Greens want to sell your children heroin’
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
aled.bsky.social
"Why would I be on the farmers protest?" I obliviously reply, at the bar in the Federation, in dai cap, flannel shirt and wellies, with my sheepdog at my side.
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
aled.bsky.social
Bore da from a soaking wet sheepdog
December 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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dreaddbound.bsky.social
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
aled.bsky.social
Llangynwyd Maesteg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
December 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
aled.bsky.social
Er cur hen, er llawer craith, ni châr neb fyw heb obaith.
- Brinley Richards, Maesteg

Ni wnawn, wrth ffoi am byth o'n ffwdan ffôl, ond llithro i'r llonyddwch mawr yn ôl.
- T.H Parry Williams
achillesthe2nd.bsky.social Achilles Micawber @achillesthe2nd.bsky.social · 8d
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM