Emrys Llwyd
@emrysius.bsky.social
Historian, writer, keen runner and yogi. 🧘🏻
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Emrys Llwyd
@emrysius.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello Bluesky!
I’m Em, a trans/queer historian from West Wales. Things that are important to me: trans and queer rights, intersectional solidarity, radical politics, poetry and writing, yoga, nature, mental and physical wellness, and local and queer history. Looking for likeminded community. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌳🌍📝
I’m Em, a trans/queer historian from West Wales. Things that are important to me: trans and queer rights, intersectional solidarity, radical politics, poetry and writing, yoga, nature, mental and physical wellness, and local and queer history. Looking for likeminded community. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌳🌍📝
I still don’t really know how to use this app. Which Welsh history accounts do you recommend? Or queer, or nerdy and bookish.
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I still don’t really know how to use this app. Which Welsh history accounts do you recommend? Or queer, or nerdy and bookish.
Had two MRI’s this week. One routine, one urgent. Now on an urgent cancer pathway. Pray for me I guess! Bit scared, but got loads of books to read.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Had two MRI’s this week. One routine, one urgent. Now on an urgent cancer pathway. Pray for me I guess! Bit scared, but got loads of books to read.
weird to be told there’s something going on but doctors just don’t know what yet, and to just be getting worse and doctors confused, and completely paralysed by waiting lists for scans and treatment and wondering if it’s cancer, or an incurable disease that mimics cancer that has continued to grow
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
weird to be told there’s something going on but doctors just don’t know what yet, and to just be getting worse and doctors confused, and completely paralysed by waiting lists for scans and treatment and wondering if it’s cancer, or an incurable disease that mimics cancer that has continued to grow
My health has declined significantly recently, doctors waiting for diagnosis but have their suspicions, on a lots of drugs and morphine. Gone from planning to run a half-marathon beginning of the year to walking with a cane. Pretty scared shitless, ngl.
October 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My health has declined significantly recently, doctors waiting for diagnosis but have their suspicions, on a lots of drugs and morphine. Gone from planning to run a half-marathon beginning of the year to walking with a cane. Pretty scared shitless, ngl.
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I learned this term yesterday and my life will never be the same.
October 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I learned this term yesterday and my life will never be the same.
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It should be illegal for your government or any utility to mandate use of a smartphone app without providing you with a smartphone,
It should be illegal for an employer to mandate use of a smartphone app without providing you a smartphone.
September 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It should be illegal for your government or any utility to mandate use of a smartphone app without providing you with a smartphone,
HELP: does anyone know how i can help a homeless autistic 25M who has zero ability to act independently? he has received no money in 4 months from UC because he cannot engage with service. is there a way i can take over and make these decisions/actions with/for him?
September 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
HELP: does anyone know how i can help a homeless autistic 25M who has zero ability to act independently? he has received no money in 4 months from UC because he cannot engage with service. is there a way i can take over and make these decisions/actions with/for him?
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Are you a freelance editor or do you know one that offers one to one consultancy? I’d like to workshop imaginative formatting for condensing a narrative podcast (250000+ words) into book.
August 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Are you a freelance editor or do you know one that offers one to one consultancy? I’d like to workshop imaginative formatting for condensing a narrative podcast (250000+ words) into book.
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LATEST: Miriam Margolyes has donated £10,000 to charities associated with Gaza and the Edinburgh Fringe
Miriam Margolyes donates £10,000 to Gaza and Edinburgh Fringe charities
www.thenational.scot
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
LATEST: Miriam Margolyes has donated £10,000 to charities associated with Gaza and the Edinburgh Fringe
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If you have a trans child you have a choice.
“you will either be your kid's first support or you'll be their first bully, those are the only two options"
“you will either be your kid's first support or you'll be their first bully, those are the only two options"
i have had to calm a UK parent who'd heard scary stories about mutilation of children (!) and was worried about their nonbinary kid and what to do
what got through was "you will either be your kid's first support or you'll be their first bully, those are the only two options"
it worked out :-)
what got through was "you will either be your kid's first support or you'll be their first bully, those are the only two options"
it worked out :-)
Parents who have concerns about trans kids in high schools are grounding their concerns in ignorance and unfounded fears, and we do everyone—including them—a disservice if we validate those concerns. As a party, the Democrats have to do a much better job of *ignoring* bigoted concerns.
August 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If you have a trans child you have a choice.
“you will either be your kid's first support or you'll be their first bully, those are the only two options"
“you will either be your kid's first support or you'll be their first bully, those are the only two options"
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Ableists: "Get a job"
Disabled person: "Okay but I'll need this support and these adjustments, otherwise it's literally impossible"
Ableists: "You don't deserve that, stop complaining"
Disabled person: "Okay then I can't work"
Ableists: "Scrounger"
Disabled person: "Okay but I'll need this support and these adjustments, otherwise it's literally impossible"
Ableists: "You don't deserve that, stop complaining"
Disabled person: "Okay then I can't work"
Ableists: "Scrounger"
August 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Ableists: "Get a job"
Disabled person: "Okay but I'll need this support and these adjustments, otherwise it's literally impossible"
Ableists: "You don't deserve that, stop complaining"
Disabled person: "Okay then I can't work"
Ableists: "Scrounger"
Disabled person: "Okay but I'll need this support and these adjustments, otherwise it's literally impossible"
Ableists: "You don't deserve that, stop complaining"
Disabled person: "Okay then I can't work"
Ableists: "Scrounger"
I have taken my codeine, and also popped a Voltarol where the sun doesn’t shine as I could feel spasms start to build. So now I’m dosed up I’m ✨considering leaving the house. ✨
August 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I have taken my codeine, and also popped a Voltarol where the sun doesn’t shine as I could feel spasms start to build. So now I’m dosed up I’m ✨considering leaving the house. ✨
I am fairly sure I have caught a friend out on using ChatGPT to write his WhatsApp messages to me, as it looks like he left a bullet point in and a sentence about adding more context to the message.
August 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I am fairly sure I have caught a friend out on using ChatGPT to write his WhatsApp messages to me, as it looks like he left a bullet point in and a sentence about adding more context to the message.
referral to see a specialist is so long i feel like my life is on hold. which, it kinda is.
August 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
referral to see a specialist is so long i feel like my life is on hold. which, it kinda is.
I have dealt with chronic pain before, where I’ve been in daily pain for several years, but not /acute/ chronic pain - daily debilitating pain that leaves me screaming and thinking I may not survive this. Would not recommend to anyone.
August 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I have dealt with chronic pain before, where I’ve been in daily pain for several years, but not /acute/ chronic pain - daily debilitating pain that leaves me screaming and thinking I may not survive this. Would not recommend to anyone.
Where’s a good and ethical place that isn’t Amazon that I can get Pride patches for my backpack? 🎒 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
August 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Where’s a good and ethical place that isn’t Amazon that I can get Pride patches for my backpack? 🎒 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
i am, officially, quite quite sick and it is not something my body and mind can try to ignore. off for two weeks now to come up with a game plan
July 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
i am, officially, quite quite sick and it is not something my body and mind can try to ignore. off for two weeks now to come up with a game plan
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Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
July 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
Yo yo yo.
I’m looking for a PT that focuses in/has an interest in rehab for fatigue and chronic inflammation/autoimmune stuff.
I’m Super Unwell at the moment so looking for a personalised tapered programme. looking for a nutritionist that can help with anti-inflammatory, GF diet.
Any ideas?
I’m looking for a PT that focuses in/has an interest in rehab for fatigue and chronic inflammation/autoimmune stuff.
I’m Super Unwell at the moment so looking for a personalised tapered programme. looking for a nutritionist that can help with anti-inflammatory, GF diet.
Any ideas?
July 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Yo yo yo.
I’m looking for a PT that focuses in/has an interest in rehab for fatigue and chronic inflammation/autoimmune stuff.
I’m Super Unwell at the moment so looking for a personalised tapered programme. looking for a nutritionist that can help with anti-inflammatory, GF diet.
Any ideas?
I’m looking for a PT that focuses in/has an interest in rehab for fatigue and chronic inflammation/autoimmune stuff.
I’m Super Unwell at the moment so looking for a personalised tapered programme. looking for a nutritionist that can help with anti-inflammatory, GF diet.
Any ideas?
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UV index is reaching 7 & 8 in the UK this weekend - 8 is the highest it’s EVER been here
- stay out of the sun where possible
- cover up & wear sunscreen if you have to be out in it
- check your meds to see if they can increase sun/heat sensitivity
- check out symptoms of heat stroke & exhaustion
- stay out of the sun where possible
- cover up & wear sunscreen if you have to be out in it
- check your meds to see if they can increase sun/heat sensitivity
- check out symptoms of heat stroke & exhaustion
July 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
UV index is reaching 7 & 8 in the UK this weekend - 8 is the highest it’s EVER been here
- stay out of the sun where possible
- cover up & wear sunscreen if you have to be out in it
- check your meds to see if they can increase sun/heat sensitivity
- check out symptoms of heat stroke & exhaustion
- stay out of the sun where possible
- cover up & wear sunscreen if you have to be out in it
- check your meds to see if they can increase sun/heat sensitivity
- check out symptoms of heat stroke & exhaustion
Six month wait to see a consultant. 🥹
July 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Six month wait to see a consultant. 🥹
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Imagine a football stadium full of maimed and dead children — the cumulative horror in Gaza is hellish
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
‘Unimaginable horrors’: more than 50,000 children reportedly killed or injured in the Gaza Strip
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder
www.unicef.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Imagine a football stadium full of maimed and dead children — the cumulative horror in Gaza is hellish
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
Anyone have experience of endometriosis? I am in daily pain now, have had everything else ruled out by scans and blood tests. Not actually sure how I can live like this, because until they said endo, I thought things would get better not worse.
June 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Anyone have experience of endometriosis? I am in daily pain now, have had everything else ruled out by scans and blood tests. Not actually sure how I can live like this, because until they said endo, I thought things would get better not worse.
Cats are just great aren’t they
June 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Cats are just great aren’t they
Simply cannot function atm with how much pain I’m in. I have never known anything like it. GP has given me some co-codamol and expedited my referral but in the mean time I’m crying and screaming in pain daily.
June 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Simply cannot function atm with how much pain I’m in. I have never known anything like it. GP has given me some co-codamol and expedited my referral but in the mean time I’m crying and screaming in pain daily.