Reposted by IestynChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN QUESTION AT THIS POINT And we definitely need more reporting on this issue: HEAT Data centers devour electricity and water, dump heat into communities, and Big Tech is building them faster than lawmakers are dealing with the consequences. 24961743082
Iestyn @atgof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Tyrfa anferth yn y rali #Yescymru dros annibyniaeth yn Abrerystwyth heddiw. 044
Reposted by IestynGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Possession of an offensive weapon, reckless endangerment, criminal damage ... Let's hope the police take this seriously. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comFar-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboardThomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover 1081207400
Reposted by IestynEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics. A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat. 1042174958
Reposted by Iestynrmcl82.bsky.social @rmcl82.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Just going to leave this here… www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/2...legislation.gov.ukAssaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018An Act to make provision about offences when perpetrated against emergency workers, and persons assisting such workers; to make certain offences aggravated when perpetrated against such workers in the... 621227
Iestyn @atgof.bsky.social · 22/09/2026c.org/s76pnmLYKrc.orgSign the PetitionMenai Data Centre - SAY NO! 001
Reposted by IestynOh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The only possible conclusion to draw here is that Sunderland’s Reform council leadership are absolutely fine with racism in football. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSunderland's Reform Council ends Show Racism the Red Card supportReform ends Sunderland Council support for Show Racism the Red Card in a row with the charity's head. 601168364
Reposted by Iestynelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible 25150243944
Reposted by IestynNationCymru @nation.cymru · 16/09/2026Reform UK tried to suppress coverage of its leader’s arrest on suspicion of assault and coercive control by warning news outlets they would break European privacy law by reporting it, we can reveal ✍️Martin Shiptonnation.cymruReform UK tried to 'cover up' assault incident that led to its Welsh leader's resignationMartin Shipton Reform UK tried to suppress coverage of its leader’s arrest on suspicion of assault and coercive control by warning news outlets they would break European privacy law by reporting it, w... 42924
Reposted by IestynAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now 14623531202
Reposted by IestynHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This should be on the front page of every newspaper tomorrow. 1470192526835
Reposted by IestynThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/09/2026For days, a 15-year-old boy clung to an overturned skiff as it bobbed in a remote patch of the vast Bering Sea off Alaska after it had capsized, killing his older brother and a cousin.nyti.msBoy, 15, Drifted for Days on an Overturned Boat Before RescueThe teenager survived in the Bering Sea off Alaska without food or water before a fishing vessel pulled him to safety, the Coast Guard said. 58220
Iestyn @atgof.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Hysbys. Noson agoriadol Cymdeithas Lenyddol y Garn (Bow Street), 16 Hydref am 7.30 - yng nghwmni Gareth Evans-Jones, Prif Lenor Eisteddfod y Garreg Las. 012
Reposted by IestynMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026JAMIE LEE CURTIS recreates her Mom's PSYCHO moment in 2015. Hitchcock’s classic opened 66yrs ago today. 1407380796
Reposted by IestynPhil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 08/09/2026🚨 THIS IS BAD! 🚨 Palantir’s stated goal is to disrupt democracy by getting control of the systems in the name of technofascism. Their MO is wedging people into positions of power then shoehorning themselves into critical infrastructure. Now they control the grid. www.ft.com/content/f6a2...ft.comBritain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bidsNeso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative 13825581406
Reposted by IestynGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/09/202680 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists. Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years. Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests. The real two-tier policing. 9533551382
Reposted by IestynDr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Some good work here 👌 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCave art discovery suggests first humans in Ireland came from WalesDuring the most recent Ice Age, researchers believe there was a "lost land bridge" between Wales and Ireland. 716842
Reposted by Iestynchristhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just in case you needed another reason to fuckin hate Chelsea… 971811594
Reposted by IestynAndy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The legwork, and the sting, which seems to have caught out James Orr, Nigel Farage and Reform-UK was carried out by Verbatim Investigations who have dropped their own take on the story.verbatiminvestigations.comDirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UKA yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics 201003440
Reposted by IestynFreda Wallace She/Ra @missfreda.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The polling company JL Partners featured in tonights Channel 4 News Exposé on Reform is the same one used by Sex Matters and LGB Alliance . JLP are linked to American Christian investors that hope to shape UK policy. 18993480
Iestyn @atgof.bsky.social · 29/08/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/t...nytimes.comHow Meta’s $17.1 Billion Social Media Settlement Came Together (Gift Article)State attorneys general spent months in negotiations. Then, as its legal losses mounted, the social media giant’s new top lawyer brought a huge settlement to the table. 000
Reposted by IestynMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Brexit is costing the UK £11.7bn a year in lost exports according to findings by Logistics UK. And a business survey by the European Movement UK has revealed that 73% of firms say that Brexit has had a negative impact on their businesses - with 98% wanting the UK to rejoin the EU’s single market.independent.co.ukTrue cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market growExclusive: The damning findings comes as a major new survey shows that 98.2 per cent of businesses want access to the EU single market restored 17382191
Reposted by IestynNaomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 28/08/2026🔴 Reform’s £645,000 ‘Ghost’ Pollster Exclusive: Payments to a business with no public footprint, no VAT number and a string of missing invoices are raising fresh questions about Reform UK’s campaign spending bylinetimes.com/2026/08/28/r...bylinetimes.comReform's £645,000 'Ghost' PollsterExclusive: Payments to a business with no public footprint, no VAT number and a string of missing invoices are raising fresh questions about Reform UK's campaign spending 611369
Reposted by IestynSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 28/08/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions. 327149934069
Iestyn @atgof.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/w...nytimes.comA Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I. (Gift Article)An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans. 011
Reposted by IestynGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026HG Wells is alleged to have remarked "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race”. You could see this shocking chart as an index of civilisation. A country which gets this issue so badly wrong is likely to fail in many other ways. 601146440
Reposted by IestynLisa Catara (official)💎 @lisa-catara.bsky.social · 17/08/2026If ever a case were made to get all of your stuff and things out of the cloud and amass physical copies of everything, here is a prime example of why: PBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud Dispute | PCMag share.google/mVR4o9Uk84T9...share.googlePBS Could Lose 70 Years of Historic Archive Footage Over Cloud DisputeThe lost footage, said to amount to roughly 50 terabytes of data, reportedly included historical items shot over roughly 70 years of the station's programming. 34263232903
Reposted by IestynGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This is surely curtains for Farage's political career. I don't think there's any coming back from it. I hope not, at any rate. Looks like there could be a strong basis for a criminal case as well. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comRevealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UKExclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son 1762255785
Iestyn @atgof.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Aberystwyth o'r Allt Wen. Berwi, serth a llithrig. Pob math o bryfetach / gloÿnnod byw. 030
Iestyn @atgof.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I ba beth mae'r byd yn dod www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...nytimes.com‘Odyssey’ Popcorn Buckets Help Fuel a $100 Million Market (Gift Article)Once, a tub of popcorn was just a tub of popcorn. Now, ‘collectible concession vessels’ could make one chain more than $100 million. 000
Reposted by IestynGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A barrister represents his clients in court. Clients who are political dissidents. He now faces criminal prosecution for doing so. Not Turkey. Not Egypt. Not Russia. England. Astonishing, deeply disturbing, and part of a long slide towards authoritarianism. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comPalestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job 611434737
Reposted by IestynNewyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 23/07/2026👋 'Hwyl fawr am y tro' Bydd Martyn Geraint yn ymddeol ar ddiwrnod olaf y Sioe Frenhinol ddydd Iau, wedi 40 mlynedd yn diddanu plant Cymru 133
Reposted by IestynDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/07/2026Holy shit, we're actually getting there. "UCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sample [—] In tests, MethylScan detected about 63% of cancers across all stages and roughly 55% of early-stage cancers." (from April) #ShareGoodNewsToonewsroom.ucla.eduUCLA researchers develop low-cost blood test to detect multiple cancers and other diseases from a single sampleThe test could offer a more affordable approach to early disease detection. 22289412537
Reposted by IestynDan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Badenoch just said, on national TV, that UK's carbon emissions have gone up "in total" because of the 2008 Climate Change Act. They have, in fact, declined by more than half. Did #Kuenssberg break in to point this basic fact out? Of course not 571100514
Reposted by IestynNewyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 19/07/2026💐🧹‘Y dyn prysuraf yn dre’ Mae dyn o Wynedd sydd yn rhan o dîm o weithwyr ag anableddau dysgu yn dweud ei fod yn 'hapus iawn' ei fod wedi atgyfodi rôl seremonïol arbennig gyda Chyngor Tref Caernarfon. 041
Iestyn @atgof.bsky.social · 19/07/2026broaber.360.cymru/2026/diwrnod...broaber.360.cymruDiwrnod Agored Bad Achub Aberystwyth 25.07.26Mae Gorsaf Bad Achub (RNLI) Aberystwyth yn gwahodd y gymuned leol ac ymwelwyr fel ei gilydd i’w Ddiwrnod Agored blynyddol ddydd Sadwrn, 25 Gorffennaf 2026. Bydd rhaglen lawn o weithgareddau sy’n addas... 012
Reposted by IestynOrkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The queue for the Mobile Library yesterday 🐈⬛️🐈 241581225
Iestyn @atgof.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Y rhyfel diwylliannol yn parhau bylinetimes.com/2026/07/13/r...bylinetimes.comReform UK Plans To Jail Candidates For Using Irish, Gaelic Or Cornish On Election LeafletsEXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage's party propose amendment to the Government's elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison 000