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Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social · 2h
Mae'n Ddiwrnod Cenedlaethol Barddoniaeth! Dysgwch am un o feirdd mwyaf Cymru gyda'r gyfrol 'R. S. Thomas, Desperado: Cultural Warrior of Wales' gan M. Wynn Thomas a gyhoeddwyd gennym fis diwethaf. 📚️ www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/r-s-tho...
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Swansea Bay News @swanseabaynews.bsky.social · 2h
It started as a sawmill on Station Road, Llandeilo, in 1931. Ninety-five years on, the Davies family's builders' merchant has posted £92m sales, a 30% profit rise and a national…
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AMMANFORD: The builders’ merchant that started as a Llandeilo sawmill in 1931 posts £92m sales, a 30% profit rise and a national award
LBS Group, still run by the fourth generation of the Davies family, says it grew sales and profits in 2025 while the building trade around it stayed flat, has refitted Llanelli and Ammanford, and came home from London last week as Independent Merchant of the Year.
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 7h
Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 4h
Weird #geography and #history trivia: #Kazakhstan was the last Soviet Republic to leave the #USSR (4 Days After #Russia). This means that for 4 days this was what the Soviet Union looked like. Source: buff.ly/2JAvKq8
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5h
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 4h
3️⃣ No, BBC, “customs union” and “trade bloc” are NOT synonyms. Choice of words matters. It’s difficult. But the debate about UK-EU relations can only be meaningful if journalists make the effort to be accurate. Thinking the public is not interested in detail just repeats the mistakes of Brexit.
Let’s be clear about the differences

Trade and cooperation agreement (present)
Preferential trade (goods, services, digital), intellectual property, public procurement, aviation and road transport, energy, fisheries. Cooperation in social security, law enforcement, criminal justice, etc. Participation in EU programmes. Level playing field, fundamental rights 

Customs union
Applies only to goods: common external import duties (tariffs), other customs measures

Single (internal) market
Free movement of goods, services, labour (people), capital (money)—but not common external import duties. (Integration varies, eg, Norway v. Switzerland)

EU membership (re-joining)
Political and economic union covering a wide range of activities, including the single internal market, with common institutions (Commission, Parliament, Court), and complex divisions of responsibility between the union and its member states. Trade is handled by the Commission
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Ann Kempster @annkempster.com · 6h
Flu jabbed! Go get yours.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 9h
One thing that really struck me during my book research is just how many big contentious topics of British politics (the voting system, Brexit, the organisation of the armed forces, social cohesion) ultimately lead back to one topic that still gets far too little attention:the future of the union.
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Medwyn @medrobs.bsky.social · 19h
Castell y Garn / Roch Castle #SirBenfro #Pembrokeshire #Cymru #Wales
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Inaciu Galán @inaciugalan.bsky.social · 19h
Como yá vos cuntaba estos díes Moriyón y el so gobiernu tán valtanso árboles sanos y que dan solombra en cais del barriu L’Arena en Xixón. 🌳🪓 Cuidar el barriu ye tamién una obligación que nos toca a toes na nuesa rodiada.
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 27/09/2026
Quixote's Giants, Study 2, Campo de Criptana, La Mancha, Spain Michael Kenna, 1996 www.jacksonfineart.com/artists/mich...
5 windmills under a bruised sky
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 22h
If Russia attacks Sweden, the Swedish Air Force will strike targets deep inside enemy territory rather than limit itself to defense - Colonel Carl Bergqvist, Commandant of the Swedish Air Warfare Centre "An attack must come at a high cost," Bergqvist said.
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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 22h
Dim ond awr o'r brifddinas. Plasty canoloesol a'r pentref sy'n perthyn iddo. Y trigolion i gyd wedi ymadael.
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El Comercio (Diario de Asturias) @elcomerciodigit.bsky.social · 22h
🏘️ 🌄 A la venta un pueblo en #Asturias con 770 hectáreas, catorce casas, una iglesia, cuadras y cementerio
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A la venta un pueblo en Asturias con 770 hectáreas, catorce casas, una iglesia, cuadras y cementerio
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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 22h
Stromboli from the north coast of Sicily this evening.
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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 23h
Good to see the Clive Engine House at Talargoch near Prestatyn today. Despite restoration & repair work in 2012 it seems a bit forgotten, hidden by trees & not signposted from the road. It is one of the best preserved Cornish engine houses in N. Wales built in 1860 to pump water from the lead mine.
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Nathen Amin ✒️📚 @nathenamin.bsky.social · 23h
A Welsh dragon, likely carved before the end of 1485 or early 1486. To touch this, that Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, and perhaps even Henry VIII did, in their most private moments, is just one of the absurd perks of an historian More soon on my Substack 'Hiraeth'
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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 23h
Third pic, front R, classic mid-century newspaperman, with perfect shorthand I’m sure. Sêr Hollywood ym Mangor yn gwneud ffilm am The Beatles www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
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Sêr Hollywood ym Mangor yn gwneud ffilm am The Beatles
Mae ffilm am The Beatles, un o fandiau mwyaf poblogaidd y byd yn cael ei ffilmio ym Mangor ar hyn o bryd.
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Oscar Lozada @oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A fabulous Romano-Celtic relief of a cavalryman from northern Spain, 1st century CE #ReliefWednesday It was found near the Roman town of Clunia Sulpicia, one of the most important in northern Hispania 📍 Burgos Museum, Spain 📸 Me 🏺 #archaeology #ancientbluesky
A disc-shaped carved stone object with the carved relief of a cavalryman with spear and shield on a horse galloping, held on an orange museum stand in the centre of an exhibition hall
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...
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X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Even bolder, perhaps engage with the real opponents of deeper UK-EU relations, those who have as an example been trying to sink the modest reset under way. But will the Prime Minister be able to take on the Home Office? Because movement of people is the central question.
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Exeter Cathedral @exetercathedral.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Announcement: A selection of The Exeter Book’s famous riddles are now on display for the first time since the opening of the Treasures Exhibition in 2025. The Exeter Book is a treasured item listed on the UK UNESCO Memory of the World Register, preserving nearly all surviving Anglo-Saxon riddles.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 30/09/2026
Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails reut.rs/3VaLvPk
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Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails
Cuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep last Tuesday when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in old Havana.
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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From an Argentinian collection @almagroschool.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Van Gogh goes on display before sale of ‘almost mythical’ private collection
Châtaigniers en fleurs, valued at $180m, to be auctioned along with 11 other works by likes of Cézanne and Monet
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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dathlu mawr! Daeth llythyr swyddogol annisgwyl. Bu’n rhaid gofyn am 4 dogfen, gan 4 adran wahanol o’r biwrocratiaeth, a’u dychwelyd yn electronig cyn pen 10 diwrnod. Wedi cwblhau’r dasg, ac wedi gwirio bod y cwbl wedi cyrraedd.
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ScouseLakes @scouselakes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Met Police submits Grenfell Tower fire investigation files to CPS
Seventy-two people died in the blaze in North Kensington on 14 June 2017.
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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@gwenynen.bsky.social ?
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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
sure but there's a sweet spot between Truss madness and waiting till after the next election. He has a huge majority he should use it soon bc knees will start to wobble a year out from the end of this parliament, if not sooner
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 30/09/2026
Ha I'm one of these 11,289 Italian citizens who got Belgian citizenship in 2024. For me it was about having an EU passport from the country I actually have a connection with. Italy ended its ancestry citizenship hand-outs last year, a decision I support.
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Why so many Italians are getting Belgian nationality
Belgium appears to be an easy place for Italians to come and be themselves. Many of those who do, love it and choose to formally become Belgian. But why?
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We know the options for the UK-EU relationship, FTA plus (towards Switzerland) or minus (TCA), or membership. Accept that, choose one, make the case for it. bsky.app/profile/davi...
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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ymlaen! UNESCO yn defnyddio profiad Cymru i ddatblygu technoleg amlieithog newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/unes...
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UNESCO yn defnyddio profiad Cymru i ddatblygu technoleg amlieithog
Mae Sefydliad Addysg, Gwyddoniaeth a Diwylliant y Cenhedloedd Unedig (UNESCO) wedi cyhoeddi pecyn cymorth newydd sy'n defnyddio profiad Cymru o ddod â'r Gymraeg i'r byd digidol fel enghraifft ryngwlad...
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cathaguamia.bsky.social @cathaguamia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Y pwysau ar Dîm Achub Mynydd Llanberis 'ddim yn gynaliadwy'. Yn Astwrias y Gwasanaeth Brys SEPA sy’n gyfrifol am ateb galwadau 112, mae ganddo dimau achub a hofrenyddion. Grŵp arbennig yr heddlu, GREIM, sy’n achub ar y mynyddoedd. www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
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Dydy'r pwysau ar Dîm Achub Mynydd Llanberis 'ddim yn gynaliadwy'
Dydy'r pwysau cynyddol ar dîm achub mynydd prysuraf Cymru "ddim yn gynaliadwy", yn ôl y sefydliad, tra bod galw hefyd am newid y diwylliant ymhlith cerddwyr.
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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Navarro warns Canada against election interference
Trump's trade adviser also told Canadians lobbying on K Street to "get the hell out of our country" during an event in Washington on Tuesday morning.
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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the obligations, here's the terms... I'm assuming he'll come back with a recommendation... Will he put 1/2/3 to the electorate 🤔 Will he just go with a manifesto commitment 🤔 I think he's opened the door to a discussion & possibly a future vote on our relationship! 🙏
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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Starmer and Burnham's EU policy reminds me of a great line from this brilliant song "Meanwhile in London, things stay the same, The untenable must be maintained" youtu.be/FnvsgWD_pAQ
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The Fatima Mansions - Blues For Ceauşescu
YouTube video by Colin Hanson
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today's inter-linked world in which neighbours matter for energy, migration, trade, regulation and much else also means a government has less agency, and being the smaller player the UK's options on its EU relations are thus rather constrained.
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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great piece of restoration this. One of the gems of Cardiff bay back looking glorious. The new bits hidden away look great too. Well done Cardiff college! (And Cardiff council I hear)
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Gareth Edwards @gedw23.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No genuine change until UK signs up to the 4 freedoms. 3 are uncontroversial, the other is freedom of movement for people. No frontline politician has the minerals to make the case for FoM; until someone does we face being progressively locked out of an economic bloc we need to be part of
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No change isn't an option then for Labour. No other trade deals will make up. In which position the default is becoming that Labour might drop red lines at the next election but nothing more. Meaning more drift presumably.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"second term issue" is classic Labour caution speak for "never". But unfortunately... all manner of domestic issues from manufacturing to immigration have an EU dimension. And this government is discovering what previous ones did, that there's no special deals.
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Andy Watson #MDANT @andywatson8.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Five men from London arrested on suspicion of Terrorism at RAF Fairford, turned out to be there to steal Diesel.
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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Photo taken Barcelona, 1936 by British journalist John Langdon-Davies. Famous poster on top right "The militias need you! Location is Pla del Palau. Colourised by Julius Backmaan on Instagram.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 29/09/2026
The government could, at any time, tell the police to knock it off. They have no problem not arresting people displaying terrorist insignia in Northern Ireland, for instance.
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Janet Gooodall @janetifimust.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I've just been on BBC Wales, talking about 'screen time' - for about three minutes. Main message I want to get across? * Engage with your child - discuss what they're seeing * Every family, every child is different * Most parents are doing the best they can!
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💥🛩️‼️ UPDATE: The Russian aircraft that crashed in Amur Oblast has now been identified as a Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier. Russian reports now cite the failure of three engines during takeoff as the cause. Six crew members reportedly died, while one survivor was hospitalized.
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Kavey 😁 @kavey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I write these reviews for the joy of it but they a) take a LOT of effort and time and b) require support from the publisher publicity teams, and on that last front, I figure it doesn't do any harm for them to see evidence that people do purchase off the back of an in-depth review! Thank you! 2/2
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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Broadcasting is in such safe hands.
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Golwg360 @golwg.360.cymru · 29/09/2026
Araith fawr Burnham: Ble mae Cymru yn ei gynllun i newid Prydain? Bydd Prif Weinidog y DU yn amlinellu cynlluniau mawr ar ynni a gofal cymdeithasol heddiw – ond beth fydd hynny’n ei olygu i Gymru? #gwleidyddiaeth ✍️ Llinos Dafydd
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Araith fawr Burnham: Ble mae Cymru yn ei gynllun i newid Prydain?
Bydd Prif Weinidog y DU yn amlinellu cynlluniau mawr ar ynni a gofal cymdeithasol heddiw – ond beth fydd hynny’n ei olygu i Gymru?
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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is very, very good.
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Gavin Alexander @gavin83bay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Quite an achievement to get the man's name wrong twice in the same post.
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