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Dyfrig Williams

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Cymraeg! He / Him. Music fan. Cyclist. Scarlet. Work for Research in Practice. Views mine / Barn fi. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ toot.wales/@dyfrig, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Wedi ysbrydoli fi i ddarllen y diweddariad yma o'r Mabinogion. Ychydig o her o ran strwythur iaith Inspired me to read the actual Mabinogion, which is a bit of a challenge in terms of language and the structure of sentences […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
"I find myself returning to the Mabinogion, with its giants, magical transformations, complicated relationships and frequently catastrophic consequences of wounded honour" philjohn236790.substack.com/p/the-g… < Enjoyed this by @PhilJohn on hubris and mythology
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The Gods Have Feet of Clay
On hubris, mythology and the peculiar arrogance of punishing ourselves.
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
And her new book is on the Booker shortlist - looks like a cracker! Straight on to the library wishlist www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqzjz8d…
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Nawr rwy'n darllen 'O Ran' gan Mererid Hopwood www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zwyfg… Dechreuad addawol. Rwy'n edrych mlaen mynd yn ddyfnach mewn i'r llyfr #Cymraeg
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Cyflwyniad - O Ran gan Mererid Hopwood - TGAU Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg Revision - BBC Bitesize
Hanes perthynas tad a merch a geir yn O Ran ond mae problemau Ifan, natur bryderus Angharad ac absenoldeb mam yn taflu cysgod dros eu bywydau.
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Wow - just finished Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Olive is such an interesting and nuanced character, depicted with such warmth.Her flaws explored without judgment. Loved it #Bookstodon www.elizabethstrout.com/books/olive…
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Olive Kitteridge — Elizabeth Strout
In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before,  New York Times  bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft of a novel, through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive K
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
As someone whose first language is Welsh, I often come across the nuances when using different languages to talk about an issue. This is such important work by on such a sensitive topic area […]
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David Clubb @davidoclubb.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
I did an interview for the #NewCivilEngineer magazine, talking about my >4 years as Chair of @nicw. The interview includes thoughts on #Nature, #Nuclear and ... has the Well-being of Future Generations Act actually made any difference in Wales?? […] [Original post on toot.wales]
An aerial view of Cardiff city centre, with some text about an interview done for the New Civil Engineer magazine by David Clubb.
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026
@davidoclubb @nicw Da iawn David, cyfweliad gwych!
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
"The original question, can they be trusted with money, was always pointing in the wrong direction. The real question is whether they are allowed to be ordinary" www.linkedin.com/pulse/please-pass-… < Brilliant post from Adam Bennett from Project Change […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
Newydd gorffen Yr Hobyd - cyfieithiad wych o Tolkien. Rwy'n bles bod e mor hawdd i'w ddarllen gan bod e'n ffordd i gael mwy o bobl i ddarllen trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg www.tolkientranslations.com/home/ta… #Cymraeg
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Yr Hobyd (Welsh)
Yr Hobyd (Welsh [H]), purchased on-line from Melin Bapur in 2024 (paperback)
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
Wel dyna chi cast a hanner o ran lleisiau! Edrych mlaen i glywed Rhys Ifans fel Obi-Wan Kenobi! newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/un-ffil… #Cymraeg
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Un o ffilmiau eiconig Star Wars i gael ei dybio i'r Gymraeg
Bydd y ffilm eiconig Star Wars: A New Hope yn cael ei dybio’n Gymraeg
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Mastodon @mastodon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
New in Mastodon 4.6: Newsletters 📬 Mastodon servers now support email newsletters, which allow people without a social web account to subscribe to your posts via email. This feature is opt-in at the server level. We're building Mastodon for people and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
The Mastodon profile page for Sage, the demo cat. Underneath Sage's profile information and bio, there is a field which says, "Sign up for email updates from Sage," followed by a text field for the visitor's email and a "Subscribe" button.
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026
The Escape Collective podcasts on the state of the bike industry are fascinating. As someone who loves bikes it's good to understand the context. Loads of wider points on economic planning post-COVID and in terms of cost of living […]
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
ACAA* my latest for @newscientist.com *a cartoon about abbreviations
Panel 1
A figure addresses an audience from a lectern:
"Welcome to the IWAS*! Today I'm Going to talk about ARPs* in our communications."

Notes
*1 Institute-Wide Abbreviation seminar 
*2 Abbreviation-Related Problems

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She continues "These fall into two categories:" gesturing to a screen wshich reads:
 1. ROAs* 
 2.WUAs* 
 
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 *3 Ridiculously Obscure Abbreviations 
 *4 Wrongly-Used Abbreviations 

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 She says:
 "...In conclusion: Stick to WRAs* and use them correctly and sparingly."
One of the audience thinks "WTF!"

  Notes
*5 widely-recognised Abbreviations
*6 Well, that's fascinating.
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026
@Niall It's amazing up there! Some hectic bits that are a bit much for me www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC85QaN0hng…
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 15/05/2026
Waw. Ffilm mor cŵl am beicio mynydd ym Mro Dyfi. Anhygoel fod y fath adnodd naturiol yng Nghymru. Plant arbennig fyd! Wow, such a cool film about Mountain Biking in the Dyfi Valley. Amazing to have such a natural resource in Wales. And super cool kids too! […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026
It's like Warner foresaw the age of streaming an AI! Fascinating reading his perceptions around the links or otherwise between theory and culture #NowReading
…in the Introduction that the 'belief which runs like a backbone through the whole of this book is R. E. Warner's conclusion:
“Capitalism has no further use for culture. On the one hand, the material stagnation of capitalism brings it about that fewer and fewer scholars, scientists, and technicians are required for the process of production. On the other hand, being no longer able to represent itself as a progressive force, capitalism can no longer invite the support of the general ideals of culture and progress.”
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026
"Our goal shouldn’t just be preserving a chronological feed at all costs. Our goal should be building better relationship" jaz.co.uk/2026/05/12/there-are-a-mi… < Very thoughtful post from @jaz. As online spaces become more chaotic, this […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026
@DrEdBridges Good luck to the port! 🫡
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026
Cafon ni cath newydd cwpl o wythnosau yn ôl. Dal ddim yn ffrindiau ond mae na detente er mwyn ceisio mynd tu fas. Got a new cat a couple of weeks ago. They don't get on yet, but there's a detente for the mutual aim of getting outside #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
Dau cath yn edrych ar ei gilydd ar bwys drws gwydr.

Two cats looking at each other by a glass door.
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Terence Eden @edent.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026
🆕 blog! “NHS Goes To War Against Open Source” The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories. Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026
RE: mastodon.online/@streetartutopia/11… Happy International Worker's Day everyone! My first as a Trade Union rep. It would be a bit sweeter if my wife hadn't said "Oh God, I married my Dad" when the rep's card came through #SocialJustice […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026
Really interesting paper by the Carnegie Trust on Wales' Future Generations Act - so much learning around changing behaviour via legislation that's applicable to other countries and sectors too carnegieuk.org/publication/future-w… #Wales […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026
Fe wnes i joio pennod y Clwb Darllen a wnaeth rhoi sylw i Lan Stâr. Grêt i gael ffrwd arall o drafodaeth ynglŷn â llenyddiaeth Cymraeg www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002shl9 #Cymraeg
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Y Clwb Darllen - Lan Stâr, Neon Roses, Y Cylch Cyfrin a Mor Hapus - BBC Sounds
Nest Jenkins a phanel o adolygwyr yn trafod llyfrau o bob math.
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026
More details of @llannerch's excellent work in this post www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/n… #SocialCare #SocialWork
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Prevention as a paradigm shift
Dyfrig Williams, Learning Design Manager for Research in Practice, reflects on the event, highlighting key messages from research and practice.
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026
#NowReading Culture and Society by Raymond Williams, prompted by some excellent referencing by @llannerch at an event - what an old school beauty this is! #Bookstodon
The inside cover of a book with a pouch for a card and stamps for when it was borrowedThe spine of a blue hardback book spotted in gold with "Culture and Society" "Williams" written on the side
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026
Wnaeth y boi bach cael gwers cyntaf gyda Ysgol Sadwrn penwythnos ma. Roedd gweld e'n trafod gyda plant eriall tu allan i'r teulu yn y Gymraeg yn eithaf emosiynol ysgolsadwrn.cymru #Cymraeg The lil guy had his first Welsh lesson with Ysgol Sadwrn this weekend. Pretty emotional seeing […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
Nawr rwy'n darllen Lan Star gan Anthony Shapland, sydd wedi'i gyfieithu gan Esyllt Angharad Lewis. Rili joio, ond mae'r tafodiaith yn meddwl dyw e ddim yn hawdd i'w ddarllen www.ffolio.wales/products/978103692… #Cymraeg
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Lan Stâr
Unfolding in rural Wales over three years during the late 1980s in a small Valleys community, A Room Above a Shop is a tender and resonant debut from Anthony Shapland. Now adapted and translated by Esyllt Angharad Lewis in dialogue with the author, Lan Stâr also explores the role of language between the two men, playin
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
Really enjoyed Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz. But having now read this Guardian review. I'm wondering if I'm a bad egg www.theguardian.com/books/2022/may/… #Bookstodon
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Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz review – an overblown afterlife comedy
A lax approach to plot and character makes this near-future fantasy about a murdered man and his wife only fitfully funny
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026
"Accessibility isn’t a feature. It’s infrastructure" < Good post on the conceptualisation of equity by @ASegar www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.p… #DEI #Equity #Equality
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DEI under attack: why accessibility shows what we’re getting wrong
DEI is under attack. Why does it matter? Because, at its core, DEI is about love and respect for other people—not as sentiment, but as something you operationalize in how you design systems. There’s a powerful and useful analogy here […] The post DEI under attack: why accessibility shows what we’re getting wrong appeared first on Conferences That Work.
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026
Does your organisation look beyond individuals when describing extra-familial harm? < Helpful tool on contextual safeguarding linked to this paper on Unearthing the Cultural Facilitators of Contextual Safeguarding Structures […]
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Connected Places @fediversereport.com · 09/04/2026
New from me: Fediverse Report #158 - What is Mastodon for? On the recent discourse about the Mastodon becoming an echo chamber and the community's anti-ai sentiment, and how the fundamental tension in that @Mastodon allows for people to create communities and 'place' on the instance level, but […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026
Rambo wedi ymddeol! Un o'r goreuon erioed. Rambo's retired! One of our best ever newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/aaron-r… #Peldroed #football
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Aaron Ramsey wedi ymddeol o chwarae pêl-droed
Mae Aaron Ramsey wedi cyhoeddi ei fod wedi ymddeol o chwarae pêl-droed
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026
Have just finished Wellness by Nathan HIll, which I absolutely loved. Felt like an analysis of the modern human condition nathanhill.net #Bookstodon
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Nathan Hill
Author of Wellness & The Nix
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026
"Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon. A nation without language, a nation without heart. For the older generations of my family, it was self-evident" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/ma… < Wel mae hwn yn hynod o […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026
Excellent post by @jaz on the future of internet regulation and what it means for smaller operators in the Fdeiverse jaz.co.uk/2026/03/13/there-are-a-mi… #Fediverse #Fedi
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026
"Boal's] central belief was that people are not passive recipients of knowledge. They are active participants in shaping their world" < Love this post from @PhilJohn on Forum Theatre [ […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026
#NowReading Wellness by Nathan Hill. I absolutely loved The Nix, and I've finally got round to reading Hill's second novel, which100 pages in, is a winner www.npr.org/2023/09/20/1200197882/b… #Bookstodon
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026
The title essay is here and well worth a read. Orwell seems forever prescient www.marxists.org/archive//orwell/19…
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Fascism and Democracy by George Orwell
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026
Finished Fascism and Democracy by Orwell. Good time for a hard read with the fash losing the by-election www.penguin.co.uk/books/319258/fasc… #Bookstodon
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Fascism and Democracy
Fascism and Democracy collects five brilliant examples of Orwell's writing during the darkest days of World War Two. Grappling with the principles of democracy and the potential of reform, the meaning of literature and free speech in times of violence, and the sustainability of objective truth, Orwell offers a compelling portrayal of a nation where norms and ideals can no longer be taken for granted. Like the best of Orwell's writing, these essays also serve as timeless reminders of the fragility of freedom.
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@fediversereport/11… Gret i weld @toot yn y cylchlythyr yma :) Amazing to see Toot featured in this week's newsletter :) #Fediverse #Cymraeg
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fak @fak.cupoftea.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026
They're fact-checking the rugby commentators now #SCOvENG #M6N
Screenshot of a quote from Matt Dawson on BBC Radio 5 live at halftime in Scotland v England with the score at 24-10: "What else did we expect from this. Look at the selection, look at the previous form and look at the strength of this Scottish side." Underneath in italics: A reminder that at 16:30, Matt said England were comfortable favourites.
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AJ Sadauskas @aj.gts.sadauskas.id.au.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026
Recently, there was a question by @taylorlorenz about how you explain the Fediverse to someone who doesn't use it. And usually, what we tend to do is we talk about servers and decentralisation and federation and ActivityPub and all these highly technical concepts. I've been thinking about it […]
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026
Y post blynyddol i ddweud Dydd Santes Dwynwen Saesneg hapus! Y tro yma o Birmingham. #DyddSanFfolant The annual post to say happy English St. Dwynwen's Day! This time coming from Birmingham. #ValentinesDay #Valentine
Golau siâp calon ar adeilad.

A heart shaped light beamed on to a building.
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026
Turns out it's not just me who thought Deftones were good www.theguardian.com/music/2026/feb/…
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Deftones review – alt-metal veterans sound exceptionally fresh 38 years on
The US band’s brawny, pit-inciting riffs come laced with blurry waves of distortion, making for music that is oddly reflective and melancholy
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026
Today I got to see the Ozzy exhibit in Brum Museum. Very cool to see a heavy metal musician celebrated in such a way #rock #RockMusic
A wall of messages celebrating Ozzy Osbourne at Birmingham Museum
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026
Pretty epic couple of days of metal - saw Deftones playing in Brum last night, who were incredible #rock #RockMusic
Deftones on stage, with Chino Moreno illuminated by a spotlight
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026
Also whilst it's not about individual consumer choices but systems change, this confirms that Schwalbe are awesome and will be the company I buy all my tyres from theradavist.com/Schwalbe-headquarte… #BikeTooter #mtb #cycling #sustainability #climateChange
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A Visit to the Schwalbe Headquarters: Circular Economy – John Watson
After their Bespoked Dresden trip last year, Cari and John made the trip to visit the Schwalbe headquarters east of Cologne. Not knowing what to expect, their visit to the tire manufacturer left an impression on multiple fronts. Read on for John's perspective about the company's circular economy, accompanied by a high-volume photo gallery... Tires are among the most discarded bicycle components. But what happens when you tell your bike shop to toss them? Well, in Europe, Schwalbe works with dealers to recycle tires and inner tubes, recovering carbon black – industrial soot that's used in tire production – and…
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Dyfrig Williams @dyfrig.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026
Love the political nature of the latest Radavist newsletter. This post is really good on how party politics informs everything theradavist.com/bikes-are-political #BikeTooter #mtb #OffRoad #cycling
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The Dust-Up: Bikes are Political – Matt Mason
Yes, bikes are political. Since their invention, they have been political. "Bicycle riding came to embody the individuality women were working toward with the suffrage movement. It also gave women a mode of transportation and clothing that allowed for freedom of movement and of travel." (source) Have you ever thought about the trails you ride? Are they city? Or on state land? Do you know who the original stewards of the land were? What tribes? Remember when our federal lands were at risk last year? They still are, by the way. Do you ever ponder how you're allowed to ride…
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