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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · Jun 21
She was a magnificent cat.

The last but one photo taken of Miss Ronnie, who passed away last Saturday.

Her excellent headbutts, and judgemental hard stares are much missed. I am devastated.

#Caturday
Tuxedo cat, with a red collar, pondering life in a sunny garden.
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 1d
Woodland in Autumn.

#PenllergareWoods #TreePhotography
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 2d
Autumnal Fungi

#Fungi #Penllergare
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 2d
⚽️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 166 cap, 48 gôl.

❤️ Diolch am bopeth Jess Fishlock
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 3d
An Autumn #Caturday

#ClocksGoBack
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 4d
built on theft and at massive environmental cost and most importantly, numerous studies keep demonstrating that genAI tools often work a little better than by chance. how is it that we can’t expunge these slop machines out of our institutions and communities

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 3d
This is excellent work 🧵
orkneylibrary.bsky.social Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 5d
It's October and next week the clocks go back as we slowly slide towards the days of shorter light.

So we're delighted that next week we'll be launching our Wintering Well Boxes, which are FREE loanable kits containing SAD therapy lamps, activity guides and other resources.
A photograph taken out the back of Orkney Library showing how light it is at 5pm. It's very clear and the sky is very dark blue. The streetlights are on.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 4d
Althea Gyles (right) with Constance Markiewicz c.1898. Gyles, Irish poet and artist, friend of Oscar Wilde. Markiewicz was an Irish politician, revolutionary, nationalist, suffragist, socialist, the first woman elected to the Westminster Parliament #womensart
Monochrome photograph of two white woman sitting smoking and drinking at a table in an interior room with many objects
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 4d
OTD in 1917 my great aunt, Annie Cole, married Albert Barnes at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Sawtry, Cambs. She was 28 years old, and Albert was two years younger.

Albert was a farmer and small holder. They had no children. Annie died in 1965, and Albert a year later.

#FamilyArchives
A portrait photo of Annie and Albert Barnes.
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 6d
This evening we are enjoying the late Dame Patricia Routledge in Miss Pym’s Day Out, which is perfection.
Arthur, the ginger and white cat, concentrates….
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 7d
Cofiwch Dryweryn - 21.10.65 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#CofiwchDryweryn #Tryweryn #WelshHistory
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UWTSDlib @uwtsdlib.bsky.social · 7d
HAPPENING TODAY!

📖 - A World of Maps and Atlases
📅 - 21st October 2025
⏱️ - 2pm to 4pm
📍 - UWTSD Lampeter Library Follow the link to find out more:

digitalservices.uwtsd.ac.uk/library/

#UWTSDlib #SpecialCollections
The image depicts a detailed section of an old map. The map features various regions with names and labels written in a serif, antique typeface. The area shown has curved lines representing rivers or borders, and small illustrations indicating mountainous terrains. The background is a slightly textured, off-white paper, enhancing the aged appearance. The map includes various place names and possibly historical or geographical annotations.
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UWTSDlib @uwtsdlib.bsky.social · 7d
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Want to learn more about the Open Access publishing process and how it can benefit researchers? Then come along to our free webinar ‘Open Access Publishing & the Research Landscape.’ You’ll discover more about Open Access at UWTSD and how the library team can support our research community.
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archiveswales.bsky.social @archiveswales.bsky.social · 7d
The tragedy of Aberfan still resonates 59 years on. Today we remember the 144 lives lost, and those who fought to save them. Read/listen to accounts of Swansea University students who helped at the disaster site: ow.ly/8fV550Lgx6c
With thanks to Richard Burton Archives, Swansea University.
Aberfan
At around 9.15am on the morning of October 21, 1966, a spoil tip collapsed onto the Welsh village of Aberfan, engulfing Pantglas Primary School and other buildings. The disaster resulted in the tragic
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 7d
Robin.

#Robin #BirdPhotography #Birdlife
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 8d
Autumn Colour.

#Autumn #AutumnFlower
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 9d
Autumn Leaves.

#Autumn #GoldenLeaves
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 9d
Autumn.

#AutumnLeaves
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 9d
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How an old suitcase revealed a hidden family fortune, lost under Nazi rule
The contents of his late father's case led Antony Easton to uncover a rich and tragic history.
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 10d
My new emotional support cat, Arthur.

#Caturday #AdoptDontShop
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Ceryl @politicdormouse.bsky.social · 11d
Dora Metcalf #WWI munitions factory comptometer operator, intro'd mechanised abacus 4 1926 Irish census. #WWII supplied bombe machines 4 Bletchley Park codebreakers. Part of Irish BCG TB vaccination prog. 1957 intro'd 1st #Irish electronic computer d #OTD 17 Oct 1982 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Me...
Dora Metcalf in B&W photo (cropped from her 1935 wedding photo, wearing orange blossom corsage) #WomenInSTEM
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 10d
🚨 We discovered that some crisis pregnancy centres and anti-abortion organisations have received funding from the UK government and the National Lottery Community Fund.

www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Anti-abortion groups have received funds from the UK government
Taxpayer money has gone towards funding anti-abortion groups and crisis pregnancy centres in the UK.
www.bigissue.com
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 11d
Today in Llandrindod Wells.

#LlandrindodWells
Roadside doorway, obstructed by fly tipped baby car seat.
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UWTSDlib @uwtsdlib.bsky.social · 11d
📢 HAPPENING NEXT WEEK!
📖 - A World of Maps and Atlases
📅 - 21st October 2025
⏱️ - 2pm to 4pm
📍 - UWTSD Lampeter Library

Follow the link to find out more: digitalservices.uwtsd.ac.uk/library/

#UWTSDlib #SpecialCollections
An image with a zoomed in photograph of a map. The map is white with detailed writing. Below the photograph there is a horizontal teal line with the UWTSD logo in the left and the UWTSD library logo in the right. In the middle of the logos there is text that says “Byd o Fapiau ac Atlasau. A World of Maps and Atlases”.
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Rachel Cable @rachcable.bsky.social · 12d
Next week is the Caerphilly #Senedd by-election. Here are the candidates. Don't ever let it be said that our politics isn't diverse...
A screenshot of the live debate on BBC News ahead of the Caerphilly #Senedd by-election - with six white middle-aged men as the candidates.
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Alison Harding @alisonharding.bsky.social · 12d
Good god! I’m not sure what voices that line up is meant to representing, or perhaps I do! #Depressing