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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Great to present at the @rgs.org Annual International Conference today with my paper 'Pandemic Commemoration in Wales: Narratives of being left behind.' I discussed how the push to move on from the Covid-19 pandemic doesn't leave room for people to commemorate and fight for political change #phdsky

Bethan standing in front of her title slide.

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026

Immigration make Britain brilliant

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Presented my first academic poster at the Faculty of Science and Engineering PGR Conference, Swansea University today! #PhDsky

Bethan standing next to an academic poster that she designed, titled 'Pandemic Commemoration in Wales'. The poster contains boxes of text and photos.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 08/05/2026

🚨 | ALL Welsh Senedd Seats Declared! No overall majority - Plaid Cymru largest party Final results: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 PC: 43 (+20) ➡️ Reform: 34 (+34) 🌹 Labour: 9 (-35) 🌳 Conservative: 7 (-22) 🌍 Green: 2 (+2) 🔶 Lib Dem: 1 (+1)

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

If you're 18 or over and live in Wales, please take a couple of minutes to fill in this quick survey for my PhD research - only 3 questions! #wales #cymru forms.office.com/e/dqgTp2kGbx

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Microsoft Forms

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📣Call for papers for Issue 4 of Agoriad📣 This is a very supportive journal and a great place for PhDs and early-career academics to submit!

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Have you visited any Covid memorials this #DayofReflection? If you're in Wales, let me know where you went👇

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The 2020-2023 part is not an attempt to put a solid timeframe on the pandemic, but to ensure people have had time to deal with their grief before participating in research. It is a condition of this research's ethical approval.

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The COVID-19 #DayofReflection is on Sunday. Do you think we should commemorate the pandemic? If you meet the criteria below and live in Swansea, let me know what you think about commemorating the pandemic, whether you think we should or not. forms.office.com/e/RGHj84A1pF #Abertawe #Swansea

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Also getting judged just sharing my research on Covid commemoration publicly!!

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 10/02/2026

Fishguard North East (Pembrokeshire) Council By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 33.8% (New) 🔶 LDM: 18.0% (New) ➡️ RFM: 12.7% (New) 🌹 LAB: 11.1% (-47.9) 🙋 Ind: 10.5% (New) 🌳 CON: 9.2% (-31.9) 🙋 Ind: 4.7% (New) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2022.

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UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Once again, we have put up our banner and updated the number of covid dead. More than a quarter of a million people in the UK have died with covid as a cause of death on their death certificate. A devastating milestone. ❤️

The red banner on a the gate at the memorial wall showing the number of covid dead. The figure reads 251,227

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UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The volunteers were at Parliament today to hear the government announce that our beautiful memorial is to be made permanent. It was an emotional day, as we have fought so long and hard to ensure that our beloved dead are not forgotten. We are grateful and happy. ❤️

An announcement on the gov UK website. The text reads:
Press release
Government confirms
National Covid Memorial
Wall will be preserved

The National Covid Memorial Wall
will be preserved to remember the
lives lost during the pandemic.

From:
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
and Baroness Twycross
Published
13 November 2025

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

📣Is there a Covid memorial in your community?📣 I am on the lookout for Covid memorials in #Wales, so let me know if there's one near you - big or small! This sign is from the Hafod y Bwch Commemorative Woodland near Wrexham🌳

A signpost that reads: "Coedlan Goffa Hafod y Bwch Commemorative Woodland. Cafodd y goedlan hon ei phlannu er mwyn cofio'r bobl a fu farw yn ystod pandemig COVID-19 yng Nghymru. This woodland was planted to remember those lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales."

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 24/10/2025

Caerphilly Senedd By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0) ➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2) 🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9) 🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3) 🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New) 🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2) 🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New) 💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2021.

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The advice is "there is not a reason to mention Covid" because "it makes people think of some of the worst times in our recent history." And I get that it's certainly a potential trigger. But what does it mean if authors are being advised to strip Covid out of our understanding of the world?

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

📣PARTICIPANTS WANTED📣 I'm interviewing people who have been involved in creating Covid memorials in Wales or UK-wide Covid memorials for my PhD. We'll discuss the reasons for making a memorial and narratives of the pandemic. Email or message me for more info! #phdsky #covidresearch

Poster stating: Have you been involved in creating a Covid memorial either in Wales or UK-wide? I'd love to hear about it! Email me at b.m.hier@swansea.ac.uk for more info or to get involved.

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The Inquiry has heard more disturbing evidence about a blanket 'do not resuscitate' policy for anybody over 70 in care homes. Letters were sent by GPs, "essentially telling people that they will be left to die". #CovidInquiry

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Long Covid UK @longcoviduk.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

1/2 In @drtedros.who.int WHO's latest media briefing: "We cannot talk about COVID-19 in the past tense...It continues to evolve, it continues to kill, and millions of people continue to live with post COVID-19 condition, or long-COVID." www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbr2...

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LIVE: Media briefing on global health issues with Dr Tedros

YouTube video by World Health Organization (WHO)

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UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

The National Covid Memorial Wall is now a registered charity! ❤️🥳

A picture of the wall taken from Westminster Bridge

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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

MASS LOBBY Against Benefit Cuts💥 📅21st May ⏰12-4pm 📍Westminster Lobby, Jubilee Room Our chance to push MPs to vote against these cuts, to show the strength of support and to take up visible space in Westminster. Join us! www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/mass-lo...

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Mass Lobby Against Benefit Cuts - 21st May, Be There!

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Fab few days at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Postgrad Forum Mid-Term Conference! Great place to present my work and I met some lovely people🌍 #geosky #phdsky

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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

🚨DR UK's Statement Opposing the Supreme Court's Ruling on 'Biological Sex' 'We stand in solidarity with the Trans community as they experience an onslaught of rights erosions and attacks on their lives.' Read our full statement here: www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...

Disability Rights UK is deeply saddened by the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that declares trans women are not 'biological women'. As part of a movement that has always called for ‘nothing about us without us’ – we’re particularly concerned by the court’s exclusion of Trans voices in their decision, and their failure to be led by the lived experience of one of society’s most silenced groups. Decisions about any group’s rights should never be made without the involvement of those most impacted.

We stand in solidarity with the Trans community as they experience an onslaught of rights erosions and attacks on their lives. No marginalised group faces injustice in a silo – systemic barriers and discrimination impact all of us. None of us are free until all of us are free.

Around half of Trans people are also Disabled. Government policies already place disproportionate barriers on accessing vital healthcare, and now this ruling also erodes their protections against discrimination. Setting the precedent that it’s okay to weaken the rights of one group, undermines everyone else's rights. Prioritising a bio-essentialist view of gender harms everyone, especially Disabled people. A person’s anatomy, hormone levels, or ability to conceive does not define whether they are a ‘real’ woman.

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Liz @liz-is.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

UK people, PLEASE add your name to this open letter asking the government not to cut disability payments action.versusarthritis.org/s/7956436/6b...

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Add your name 📢

Cuts to disability benefits would be catastrophic

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence @tvce.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Our lovely #TVCE member @mun-tonsi.net is looking for study participants. #AcademicSky 🌈🎓 Check it out ⬇️⬇️

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Sarah Marie Hall @smhall.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

CW A reminder - this has scared a lot of people. Disabled people, carers, loved ones are suffering and will suffer. Suicide hot-lines are reporting a spike in calls, lots of people are deeply re-traumatised. 💔 This does not need to happen. Austerity is a choice. And an inhumane one at that.

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Dr Martin Roberts @robertsmartino.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Please make it stop!

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Disability Wales @disabilitywales.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

🚨 Let’s set the record straight. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is NOT an out-of-work benefit. It's a vital lifeline designed to support disabled people with the extra costs of disability. 1/

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Long Covid UK @longcoviduk.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Individual pieces from our #LongCovid Support Banner are shown in a video at our event. The comments online say it all. #LongCovidAwarenessDay I am crying already So powerful We are not alone Feel seen and validated just watching this! Thank you Long Covid Support!

Screenshot showing a video with the onscreen shot being of a piece of dark blue fabric on which is a piece of pink and white striped fabric with the word Disappeared on it. Below the video image it says Top chat. Comments below that include:
I am crying already.
Me too, so powerful - imagine it in person!
So powerful.
Emotionally finished for the weekend now.. but so grateful to be watching this... beautiful and sad.
We are not alone, so touching for all of us.
It's so emotional already.
Feel seen and validated just watching this! Thank you Long Covid Support!
Wes you should watch this.

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

@longcovidsupport.bsky.social your launch today has been moving to watch and the banner sections are so poignant💚 it is a wonderful archive of people's experiences of Long Covid #longcovidawareness

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UK National Covid Memorial Wall @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Today, less than 48 hours before our #DayOfReflection obervance at the wall, we had the sad task of updating the number of covid dead. ❤️

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Long Covid UK @longcoviduk.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

On Covid-19 #DayofReflection we remember all those we have lost, we think of the millions suffering now with #LongCovid, and we remind the world that Covid Is Not Over.

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A memorial to commemorate the pandemic has been commissioned in Swansea! It's nice to see a broad remit for this memorial. This is one of the only times I've seen long covid being mentioned in a press release for a Covid memorial @longcovidsupport.bsky.social www.swansea.gov.uk/MemorialArti...

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Artists set to commemorate those affected by Covid in Swansea - Swansea

Swansea Council has commissioned two renowned Welsh artists to create a permanent memorial to those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Lovely few days at Gregynog PGR Conference and Theory School! Presented my research titled 'Memories of COVID-19: Pandemic Commemoration in Wales

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Julian Brigstocke @jbrigstocke.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Call for Papers: Special issue on ‘Geographies of the good: love and hate in a polarized world’. Delighted to announce the call for Issue 3 of Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory. #geosky #academicsky agoriad.cardiffuniversitypress.org/announcement...

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Announcements | Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory

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Julian Brigstocke @jbrigstocke.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Also thrilled to announce that Volume 1 of Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory, is out. It was a huge labour of love for all involved and there are some terrific papers. The theme is Indigenous Ontologies. #geosky #academicsky agoriad.cardiffuniversitypress.org/1/volume/1/i...

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Indigenous Ontologies | Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory

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Bethan Hier @bethanhier.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

**Call for Papers** Issue 3 of Agoriad is looking for submissions, particularly from postgrads and ECRs! If you have an idea or paper related to the theme 'Geographies of the good: love and hate in a polarized world' please get in touch by emailing Agoriad@cardiff.ac.uk 🌍

Welsh language description of the call for papers

English language description of the call for papers

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