Oedipus Mars
@oedipusmars.bsky.social
Cymro’n syllu ar y byd mawr drwy lens pêl-droed, llenyddiaeth a cherddoriaeth - a bellach hoci iâ / Welshman imbibing the world through literature, music, football and now hockey
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I trust Starmer has cancelled the King's visit.
January 24, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I trust Starmer has cancelled the King's visit.
Hafren Furnishers? Seriously?
Today's GB News TV advertisers also include *HafrenFurnishers *Droylsdenglass *Haltonlifts *FischerWarmHome *its.co.uk *SelectSpecs *HousingUnits *CandlelightUK *TonicSurgery *SimplyFactoring *Belgica *Thegenealogist *CityMoves *Hattons *Freshpet *JohnFinchComputers *FasterPropertySolutions
January 23, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Hafren Furnishers? Seriously?
Will Hayward put it well in yesterday’s Guardian - clearly this isn’t sustainable.
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Will Hayward put it well in yesterday’s Guardian - clearly this isn’t sustainable.
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The wave of generative AI CEOs complaining people don't use their products is kind of disgusting. You pushed something the marketplace is rejecting and now you whine about it. What kind of capitalist are you? Oh, that's right, the deeply parasitical yet incompetent at convincing the host kind.
January 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The wave of generative AI CEOs complaining people don't use their products is kind of disgusting. You pushed something the marketplace is rejecting and now you whine about it. What kind of capitalist are you? Oh, that's right, the deeply parasitical yet incompetent at convincing the host kind.
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It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰
January 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰
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Dear Free World: please boycott the World Cup matches here in the U.S.
This is now a rogue, extra-legal, xenophobic, unreliable, gratuitously violent, militaristic anti-foreigner government.
Stay safe.
This is now a rogue, extra-legal, xenophobic, unreliable, gratuitously violent, militaristic anti-foreigner government.
Stay safe.
January 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Dear Free World: please boycott the World Cup matches here in the U.S.
This is now a rogue, extra-legal, xenophobic, unreliable, gratuitously violent, militaristic anti-foreigner government.
Stay safe.
This is now a rogue, extra-legal, xenophobic, unreliable, gratuitously violent, militaristic anti-foreigner government.
Stay safe.
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This 👏👇
If 🏴 qualified,a road trip between LA & Seattle,covering 🇨🇭🇶🇦 games,would be incredible. Up through California,into Oregon: magical 😀🚗
But not now. It’s a police state,ICE-gestapo free from prosecution to intimidate & worse.Big Berlin 1936 Olympics vibes. The World Cup shouldn’t go there 😢⚽️🇺🇸
If 🏴 qualified,a road trip between LA & Seattle,covering 🇨🇭🇶🇦 games,would be incredible. Up through California,into Oregon: magical 😀🚗
But not now. It’s a police state,ICE-gestapo free from prosecution to intimidate & worse.Big Berlin 1936 Olympics vibes. The World Cup shouldn’t go there 😢⚽️🇺🇸
Dear Free World: please boycott the World Cup matches here in the U.S.
This is now a rogue, extra-legal, xenophobic, unreliable, gratuitously violent, militaristic anti-foreigner government.
Stay safe.
This is now a rogue, extra-legal, xenophobic, unreliable, gratuitously violent, militaristic anti-foreigner government.
Stay safe.
January 19, 2026 at 7:55 AM
This 👏👇
If 🏴 qualified,a road trip between LA & Seattle,covering 🇨🇭🇶🇦 games,would be incredible. Up through California,into Oregon: magical 😀🚗
But not now. It’s a police state,ICE-gestapo free from prosecution to intimidate & worse.Big Berlin 1936 Olympics vibes. The World Cup shouldn’t go there 😢⚽️🇺🇸
If 🏴 qualified,a road trip between LA & Seattle,covering 🇨🇭🇶🇦 games,would be incredible. Up through California,into Oregon: magical 😀🚗
But not now. It’s a police state,ICE-gestapo free from prosecution to intimidate & worse.Big Berlin 1936 Olympics vibes. The World Cup shouldn’t go there 😢⚽️🇺🇸
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"The culture secretary has said the UK will not compromise on its position that Greenland's future must be decided by its own people."
The same is not true for Scotland or Cymru, however.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The same is not true for Scotland or Cymru, however.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Greenland's future must be decided by its people, says Lisa Nandy
The culture secretary says Trump's plan to place tariffs on the UK and other allies over the issue is
www.bbc.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"The culture secretary has said the UK will not compromise on its position that Greenland's future must be decided by its own people."
The same is not true for Scotland or Cymru, however.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The same is not true for Scotland or Cymru, however.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
January 17, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.
Today that deal has been broken by the USA.
The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.
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Go one better. Call off the entire monarchy!
Please sign and share if you can.
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Go one better. Call off the entire monarchy!
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We appreciate that the government has made huge strides in working to deliver the Hillsborough Law.
It is in that spirit that @andyburnham.bsky.social and I are calling on them to withdraw their amendment ahead of Monday’s debate to find a solution acceptable to all sides.
It is in that spirit that @andyburnham.bsky.social and I are calling on them to withdraw their amendment ahead of Monday’s debate to find a solution acceptable to all sides.
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
We appreciate that the government has made huge strides in working to deliver the Hillsborough Law.
It is in that spirit that @andyburnham.bsky.social and I are calling on them to withdraw their amendment ahead of Monday’s debate to find a solution acceptable to all sides.
It is in that spirit that @andyburnham.bsky.social and I are calling on them to withdraw their amendment ahead of Monday’s debate to find a solution acceptable to all sides.
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Wedi arwyddo / Signed 👍👇
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Wedi arwyddo / Signed 👍👇
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Ofcom just sat in Parliament and suggested the reason they haven't upheld single complaint on climate coverage since 2020 is that "broadcasters that we regulate have a good understanding of the code and they are complying with the rules".
This is what they've been green-lighting...
This is what they've been green-lighting...
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Ofcom just sat in Parliament and suggested the reason they haven't upheld single complaint on climate coverage since 2020 is that "broadcasters that we regulate have a good understanding of the code and they are complying with the rules".
This is what they've been green-lighting...
This is what they've been green-lighting...
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Any time someone says that AI makes their work better, what I hear is an admission that they are embarrassingly bad at their job.
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Any time someone says that AI makes their work better, what I hear is an admission that they are embarrassingly bad at their job.
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Nothing to see here. Just Nigel Farage paying tribute to child rapist Ian Watkins for cash money on Cameo.
January 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Nothing to see here. Just Nigel Farage paying tribute to child rapist Ian Watkins for cash money on Cameo.
@abarroscurtis.bsky.social @jostevenslabour.bsky.social @willhaycardiff.bsky.social Damn straight. I think one could make the case for planned or managed decline of Wales and its infrastructure if so.
This better not be classified as England and Wales. Cheating us again if so.
Labour revives Northern Powerhouse Rail project with pledge of £45bn funds
January 14, 2026 at 1:24 PM
@abarroscurtis.bsky.social @jostevenslabour.bsky.social @willhaycardiff.bsky.social Damn straight. I think one could make the case for planned or managed decline of Wales and its infrastructure if so.
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There's one simple way of exiting X. Stop posting on it.
No flouncing. No posturing. Just stop posting.
No flouncing. No posturing. Just stop posting.
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
There's one simple way of exiting X. Stop posting on it.
No flouncing. No posturing. Just stop posting.
No flouncing. No posturing. Just stop posting.
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Left: Yvette Cooper criticising Iran for "repression of peaceful protestors"
Right: Labour's Baron Hain criticising Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer for conflating non violent protest with terrorism, effectively the "repression of peaceful protestors"
Right: Labour's Baron Hain criticising Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer for conflating non violent protest with terrorism, effectively the "repression of peaceful protestors"
January 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Left: Yvette Cooper criticising Iran for "repression of peaceful protestors"
Right: Labour's Baron Hain criticising Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer for conflating non violent protest with terrorism, effectively the "repression of peaceful protestors"
Right: Labour's Baron Hain criticising Yvette Cooper and Keir Starmer for conflating non violent protest with terrorism, effectively the "repression of peaceful protestors"
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We need urgent DEYANKIFICATION in the UK to end our dependence on the Fascistic Trump regime!
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 11:49 AM
We need urgent DEYANKIFICATION in the UK to end our dependence on the Fascistic Trump regime!
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
@ukstoptrump.bsky.social
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When all protest becomes ‘terror’, we have imprisoned ourselves as well as the demonstrators
@natashawalter.bsky.social on Palestine Action how language has been used to strip the Palestine Action hunger strikers of humanity.
www.thenerve.news/p/palestine-...
@natashawalter.bsky.social on Palestine Action how language has been used to strip the Palestine Action hunger strikers of humanity.
www.thenerve.news/p/palestine-...
January 10, 2026 at 9:37 AM
When all protest becomes ‘terror’, we have imprisoned ourselves as well as the demonstrators
@natashawalter.bsky.social on Palestine Action how language has been used to strip the Palestine Action hunger strikers of humanity.
www.thenerve.news/p/palestine-...
@natashawalter.bsky.social on Palestine Action how language has been used to strip the Palestine Action hunger strikers of humanity.
www.thenerve.news/p/palestine-...
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Pathetic
Labour, when confronted by anti-genocide protesters:
Swift legislation, arrests, imprisonment, silence as some end up hospitalised and close to death
Labour, when asked to protect women and children from a social media platform owned by a white supremacist:
“Over to you, Ofcom”
Labour, when confronted by anti-genocide protesters:
Swift legislation, arrests, imprisonment, silence as some end up hospitalised and close to death
Labour, when asked to protect women and children from a social media platform owned by a white supremacist:
“Over to you, Ofcom”
NEW: Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, says Ofcom would have the "full backing" of government if it opted to block access to X in the UK (but it's a decision for Ofcom)
January 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Pathetic
Labour, when confronted by anti-genocide protesters:
Swift legislation, arrests, imprisonment, silence as some end up hospitalised and close to death
Labour, when asked to protect women and children from a social media platform owned by a white supremacist:
“Over to you, Ofcom”
Labour, when confronted by anti-genocide protesters:
Swift legislation, arrests, imprisonment, silence as some end up hospitalised and close to death
Labour, when asked to protect women and children from a social media platform owned by a white supremacist:
“Over to you, Ofcom”
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Trump can try to make a deal with the inhabitants of Ynyslas. But, given the Cardis' reputation, he won't come out a richer man.
January 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Trump can try to make a deal with the inhabitants of Ynyslas. But, given the Cardis' reputation, he won't come out a richer man.
@abarroscurtis.bsky.social You’ve got to be kidding me!!!
Digital ID to be funded by more austerity. How stupid could you be @uklabour.bsky.social. @darrenpjones.bsky.social defund the things we need to fund something we dont need.
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
@abarroscurtis.bsky.social You’ve got to be kidding me!!!
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Our thoughts are with Terry’s family 🖤 May he rest in peace.
Welsh Footballing Legend.
Welsh Footballing Legend.
January 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Our thoughts are with Terry’s family 🖤 May he rest in peace.
Welsh Footballing Legend.
Welsh Footballing Legend.
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“Every time a politician casts doubt on the legitimacy of Parliament, because it does not represent ‘the voice of the people’ we can smell the whiff of eternal fascism...”
Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose, born #OTD 1932.
Photo by Leonardo Cendamo
Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose, born #OTD 1932.
Photo by Leonardo Cendamo
January 5, 2026 at 6:08 AM
“Every time a politician casts doubt on the legitimacy of Parliament, because it does not represent ‘the voice of the people’ we can smell the whiff of eternal fascism...”
Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose, born #OTD 1932.
Photo by Leonardo Cendamo
Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose, born #OTD 1932.
Photo by Leonardo Cendamo