Matt Edwards
@butt-fest.bsky.social
Academy Award winning liar.
Pinned
And you think you're having a bad time:
#WyrdWednesday In 1584, in Somerset, Margaret Cooper was possessed by the Devil and took to her bed. One night after weeks of torment a phantom headless bear materialised in her room, grabbed her, shoved her head between her legs and rolled her round like a hoop for 15 minutes.
January 28, 2026 at 1:50 PM
And you think you're having a bad time:
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Three independent commissions – Silk (2014), Justice in Wales (2019) and Constitutional Future of Wales (2024) – all concluded that policing and justice powers should be transferred to Wales to deliver better outcomes & accountability.
Yet Westminster governments of all colours have so far refused!
Yet Westminster governments of all colours have so far refused!
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Three independent commissions – Silk (2014), Justice in Wales (2019) and Constitutional Future of Wales (2024) – all concluded that policing and justice powers should be transferred to Wales to deliver better outcomes & accountability.
Yet Westminster governments of all colours have so far refused!
Yet Westminster governments of all colours have so far refused!
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Today is Dydd Santes Dwynwen here in Wales. A Welsh day of love named after Saint Dwynwen. Wherever you are, I wish you love, peace, happiness and friendship. ❤️🏴
January 25, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Today is Dydd Santes Dwynwen here in Wales. A Welsh day of love named after Saint Dwynwen. Wherever you are, I wish you love, peace, happiness and friendship. ❤️🏴
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Happy St Dwynwen's Day/
Dydd Santes Dwynwen hapus!
Today is the feast day of Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers.
Her church on Ynys Llanddwyn is a pilgrimage site steeped in legend and folklore and a shrine for the "lovesick".
#StDwynwensDay #wales #FolkloreSunday
Dydd Santes Dwynwen hapus!
Today is the feast day of Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers.
Her church on Ynys Llanddwyn is a pilgrimage site steeped in legend and folklore and a shrine for the "lovesick".
#StDwynwensDay #wales #FolkloreSunday
January 25, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Happy St Dwynwen's Day/
Dydd Santes Dwynwen hapus!
Today is the feast day of Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers.
Her church on Ynys Llanddwyn is a pilgrimage site steeped in legend and folklore and a shrine for the "lovesick".
#StDwynwensDay #wales #FolkloreSunday
Dydd Santes Dwynwen hapus!
Today is the feast day of Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers.
Her church on Ynys Llanddwyn is a pilgrimage site steeped in legend and folklore and a shrine for the "lovesick".
#StDwynwensDay #wales #FolkloreSunday
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Why is the BBC not playing footage like this and doing rolling news like they did for Charlie Kirk?
Weird to think we’ve gone from politicians uncritically calling peaceful solidarity marches “hate mobs” to this?!
Weird to think we’ve gone from politicians uncritically calling peaceful solidarity marches “hate mobs” to this?!
January 25, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Why is the BBC not playing footage like this and doing rolling news like they did for Charlie Kirk?
Weird to think we’ve gone from politicians uncritically calling peaceful solidarity marches “hate mobs” to this?!
Weird to think we’ve gone from politicians uncritically calling peaceful solidarity marches “hate mobs” to this?!
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I mean, I'd definitely be saying this if my party's leader was hated by 75% of the electorate, and his tenure was going to leave my country—the crucible in which the Labour Party was formed—with ZERO seats.
January 24, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I mean, I'd definitely be saying this if my party's leader was hated by 75% of the electorate, and his tenure was going to leave my country—the crucible in which the Labour Party was formed—with ZERO seats.
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Palestine hunger strikers pause action, citing historic victory, after the news that Elbit Systems lost out on a £2b contract to train 60,000 British troops each year. Elbit provides around 85% of Israel's drones and land-based military equipment.
www.thenational.scot/news/2576683...
www.thenational.scot/news/2576683...
January 15, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Palestine hunger strikers pause action, citing historic victory, after the news that Elbit Systems lost out on a £2b contract to train 60,000 British troops each year. Elbit provides around 85% of Israel's drones and land-based military equipment.
www.thenational.scot/news/2576683...
www.thenational.scot/news/2576683...
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Plaid Cymru and the Greens are surging in Wales, according to this latest poll.
Where’s the media narrative around this? Where are the stories saying Farage is failing? When will Labour try to regain ground by appealing to Plaid & Green voters, not just copy Reform?
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
Where’s the media narrative around this? Where are the stories saying Farage is failing? When will Labour try to regain ground by appealing to Plaid & Green voters, not just copy Reform?
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
January 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Plaid Cymru and the Greens are surging in Wales, according to this latest poll.
Where’s the media narrative around this? Where are the stories saying Farage is failing? When will Labour try to regain ground by appealing to Plaid & Green voters, not just copy Reform?
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
Where’s the media narrative around this? Where are the stories saying Farage is failing? When will Labour try to regain ground by appealing to Plaid & Green voters, not just copy Reform?
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
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The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
January 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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Another eight pupils at Nigel Farage's school accuse him of racism.
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Another eight pupils at Nigel Farage's school accuse him of racism.
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
One says he was called a "Paki" and told to "go back home" by Farage, who was three years older than him.
New names say they spoke up after being angered by Farage's denials
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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If we count all 115 people killed by US strikes on boats the US has now killed 155 Venezuelans with strikes
January 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
If we count all 115 people killed by US strikes on boats the US has now killed 155 Venezuelans with strikes
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Trump’s forces have kidnapped Venezuelans in my neighborhood, so it’s not a big surprise they’d kidnap Venezuelans in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Trump’s forces have kidnapped Venezuelans in my neighborhood, so it’s not a big surprise they’d kidnap Venezuelans in Venezuela.
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Say what you will, but
Trump does have significant experience engaging with Latin American leaders connected to drug trafficking.
He pardons them.
Trump does have significant experience engaging with Latin American leaders connected to drug trafficking.
He pardons them.
January 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Say what you will, but
Trump does have significant experience engaging with Latin American leaders connected to drug trafficking.
He pardons them.
Trump does have significant experience engaging with Latin American leaders connected to drug trafficking.
He pardons them.
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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It’s at least refreshing that they don’t bother to bullshit us about freedom and justice any more. Yes, we are getting rid of the Palestinians so we can build hotels on their land. Yes, we are collapsing this government so our companies can loot their resources. This is what it always was, mask off.
The Venezuelan government has been saying for decades it’s the victim of American aggression and sabotage because the US wants to steal its natural resources, so it’s clarifying that the US is now bombing the country while the President and senior officials say they are going to steal it’s resources
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM
It’s at least refreshing that they don’t bother to bullshit us about freedom and justice any more. Yes, we are getting rid of the Palestinians so we can build hotels on their land. Yes, we are collapsing this government so our companies can loot their resources. This is what it always was, mask off.
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
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Caerffili - featuring our very own @jaclarner.bsky.social!
Blwyddyn newydd dda!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Blwyddyn newydd dda!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘They misjudged Caerphilly’: how the Reform juggernaut backfired in Welsh byelection
It was assumed that Reform would sweep all before it – but locals rejected the party’s campaign of ‘lies and hate’
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Caerffili - featuring our very own @jaclarner.bsky.social!
Blwyddyn newydd dda!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Blwyddyn newydd dda!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.
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When the Epstein emails were released Trump was the person mentioned most often. He was mentioned about 1,600 in 23,000 emails. The heavily redacted files released today (about 1% of the full files) barely mention Trump at all. This is a huge illegal cover up. IMPEACH!
December 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
When the Epstein emails were released Trump was the person mentioned most often. He was mentioned about 1,600 in 23,000 emails. The heavily redacted files released today (about 1% of the full files) barely mention Trump at all. This is a huge illegal cover up. IMPEACH!
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I was struck by this motto on a firehouse in London two years back. Today we saw Ahmed al Ahmed show this can of love to his fellow man. Trying to find any little bit of light this first night of Hanukkah, and he, thankfully, has brought some.
December 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I was struck by this motto on a firehouse in London two years back. Today we saw Ahmed al Ahmed show this can of love to his fellow man. Trying to find any little bit of light this first night of Hanukkah, and he, thankfully, has brought some.
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As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.