Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Care workers in Wales have made their priorities clear: 78% of responses to UNISON Cymru’s survey ranked better pay as the top priority. UNISON Cymru is calling for £15 an hour to be the starting point for a national care service. 💜 Read more: unsn.uk/care15 011
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 29/09/2026UNISON Cymru migrant care workers joined the Fair Visa rally at Labour Party Conference yesterday. We’re calling on UK ministers to keep the five-year route to settlement, replace employer-tied visas with a certificate of common sponsorship. ✊ Support the campaign: unsn.uk/cymru-fairvisa 012
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 29/09/2026UNISON Cymru activists spent Policy Weekend 2026 building plans to strengthen our union in workplaces and communities. Thanks to everyone who brought their ideas, experience and energy to Cardiff. 🌸 011
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Every day, public service workers across Wales show up for our communities. Now it's the government's turn to show up for public services. ✅ Invest more ✅ Insource now ✅ Pay fair Add your name to our petition: 🔗 unsn.uk/we-show-up-petition #WeShowUp #InsourceNow #FairPay 044
Reposted by Rich SpeightDonald Campbell @dncampbell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Palantir have found their new Peter Mandelson www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comFormer Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins PalantirPeer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan 032
Reposted by Rich Speight@bobhudson.bsky.social @bobhudson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Did you listen to Justin Webb interviewing Ed Miliband on #r4today? @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social did and he heard quite a lot… brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/analysing-...brokenbottleboy.substack.comAnalysing Justin Webb’s interview with Ed Miliband about sanctions on Israeli settlementsOn the absence of balance in an encounter where the Foreign Secretary’s Jewishness was called into question. 0157
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 08/09/2026School support staff across Wales keep schools running and support children and young people to learn, thrive and stay safe. But many struggle to cover basic costs because their pay is based on the weeks they work during term time, then spread across the year. Sign the petition: unsn.uk/end-term 032
Reposted by Rich SpeightDarth Empath @jhatman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A human can only survive 2-7 days without clean water, whereas we can survive in perpetuity without datacenters. Choose wisely. 180133843647
Rich Speight @footypol.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The Lasses played better this afternoon than I can remember them playing in a long, long time. If that result sets the tone and standard for the season then we’re in for a fantastic season. New signings look next level #SAFC 130
Reposted by Rich SpeightLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFive Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance 3923951157
Reposted by Rich SpeightDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I wonder if "academic freedom" will protect James Orr from the consequences of his various violations 1014310
Reposted by Rich SpeightJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026A six-month investigation by Byline Times reveals that with the support of Palantir's Peter Thiel, Reform's policy chief James Orr has used the University of Cambridge as a student recruitment ground for a hard-right, theocratic political project aimed at bolstering talent in Farage’s partybylinetimes.comPalantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project RevealedThe world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at... 2715991085
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Care workers at Seren Support Services have won the first recognition agreement signed by a for-profit care provider in Wales✊️ At the signing yesterday, Seren team leader and UNISON branch officer Ditene Favour Emono said: “It's crucial for care workers to feel listened to... 1/ 111
Reposted by Rich SpeightPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI 20836001429
Reposted by Rich SpeightChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If you'd told me Channel 4 would be the first British channel to broadcast primetime pornography I'd have believed you but I wouldn't have believed it'd be Channel 4 News 1318112
Reposted by Rich SpeightRicardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 26/08/2026The best tribute to Dolly Parton is that she regularly and repeatedly refused to have anything to do with Piers Morgan 181204603053
Reposted by Rich SpeightRoker Report @rokerreportsafc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Forget the glory hunters and Hollywood underdogs - if you want to experience the pain, passion and triumph of supporting a proper football club, choose Sunderland. ⏬️👇🏼 Click below to read more! rokerreport.sbnation.com/opinion/1498...rokerreport.sbnation.comWhy Sunderland Is the Perfect Premier League Club for AmericansForget the glory hunters and Hollywood underdogs - if you want to experience the pain, passion and triumph of supporting a proper football club, choose Sunderland. 032
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Want to help shape UNISON Cymru’s priorities and strengthen your workplace? Join activists from across Wales for an interactive Policy Weekend in Cardiff on 25-26 September. Share ideas, learn from each other and help turn policy into action. ✊ Find out more: unsn.uk/cymrupolicy 011
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Employers are introducing AI in workplaces across Wales. 🤖 Tell UNISON what your employer is using, how it affects your job and whether you and your colleagues had a say. You can help UNISON push for technology that benefits workers. Share your experience: unsn.uk/AI 044
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Your UNISON membership belongs to you. Activating your online account gives you access to personalised information and makes it easier to get involved in your union. 💜 Activate your account ⬇️ unsn.uk/Activate 011
Reposted by Rich SpeightCaptain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"Say goodbye to all of this... and hello to oblivion!" 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' made its debut in UK cinemas on this day in 1975. 1626152939
Reposted by Rich SpeightJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026our entire global financial system is currently leveraged to the hilt on the premise that it was good and right for a small cadre of US companies to steal all of the intellectual work ever produced by humanity and sell its back to us without credit or remuneration to the authors (plagiarism) 2434611034
Reposted by Rich SpeightWill Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026They knew. 717268
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON @unison.org.uk · 14/08/2026Overwhelming majority of British people back maximum workplace temperature limit as climate crisis intensifies leftfootforward.org/2026/08/over...leftfootforward.orgOverwhelming majority of British people back maximum workplace temperature limit as climate crisis intensifiesAs the fifth British heatwave of 2026 hits, Brits say there should be a national maximum workplace temperature 13512
Reposted by Rich SpeightETUI @etui.bsky.social · 20/07/2026📣 New publication! We've just released our anticipated report on #HeatExposure at work 🥵 'Climate change and workers’ health: Protecting workers against heat and other climate-related hazards' by Marouane Laabbas-el-Guennouni (ETUI) and Andreas Flouris (University of Thessaly) 2119
Reposted by Rich SpeightPublic Services International @psiglobalunion.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Palantir has won an estimated £670m in UK government contracts — yet in 2024 it paid just £2.1m in UK tax. “Systems that enable tax to be shirked on an industrial scale clearly have to change” — Andrea Egan, UNISON General Secretary ✊ 076
Reposted by Rich SpeightTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 05/08/2026“Everyone has a strong incentive to lie about how much AI is delivering for their companies”: Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net on why the people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto... 12262147
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Dylai cyflogwyr ledled Cymru fabwysiadu siarter sydd wedi'i chynllunio i gynyddu'r defnydd o'r Gymraeg yn y gwaith a rhoi mwy o gyfleoedd i staff ddysgu a datblygu eu sgiliau iaith. 111
Reposted by Rich SpeightAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Important, because Farage's defence for not declaring Harborne's £5m 'gift' has always been very specific: he did not decide to stand until 3rd of June. Turns out this deal was struck mid-May (confirmed by RefUK) and facilitated by Farage's other big donor, convicted felon 'Posh' George Cotrell. 🧐 52678280
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The value of council and school workers’ pay has fallen by more than 20% since 2010, while food, fuel and energy bills have kept rising. A 3.3% pay offer will not make up for years of lost pay. Vote YES for strike action and post your ballot today. ✊ 122
Reposted by Rich SpeightUNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · 28/07/2026📮 Still waiting for your ballot paper? Are you a UNISON member working for Swansea Council, Wrexham County Borough Council, Flintshire County Council, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council or South Wales Fire and Rescue Service? 111
Reposted by Rich SpeightMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 20/07/2026this is such a good and astute way to put it; so much gender critical feminism seems to stem from the belief that being a woman is a uniquely awful thing, and I mean no one's arguing that living in a patriarchal society as a woman is always a riot but what a depressing and pessismistic view of life! 381350284
Reposted by Rich SpeightTim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 08/07/2026"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...bangordailynews.comThese Maine librarians are helping patrons resist AI and Big TechDespite breathless reporting on how AI is going to change the world, Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian, said that, in her experience, most library patrons aren’t finding it helpful. 6666412477
Reposted by Rich SpeightSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 07/07/2026“DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? RONNIE PICKERING THAT’S WHO I AM!!!!” 😡 2832542
Rich Speight @footypol.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This game…static.klipy.comThe Simpsons Play SoccerAlt: The Simpsons - Soccer meme 010
Reposted by Rich SpeightAieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 04/07/2026The amazing Sandi Toksvig says #TransRights at #Pride. 2813232
Reposted by Rich SpeightRoker Report @rokerreportsafc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Fabrizio Romano: coming to a football club near you soon, to f*ck up their summer. ⬇️ READ MORE ⬇️ rokerreport.sbnation.com/opinion/1435...rokerreport.sbnation.comSunderland Have Discovered The Fabrizio Romano Transfer MethodFabrizio Romano: coming to a football club near you soon, to f*ck up their summer. 163
Reposted by Rich SpeightWill Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Watching London-centric politicians lose their minds at the suggestion of further devolution because "IT COSTS TOO MUCH" while they sit in a mouse-infested palace that is costing taxpayers £40bn to renovate. FYI - £40bn would cover the annual cost of the (expanded) Welsh Senedd for 390 years... 14268108
Rich Speight @footypol.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Ecuador are my new favourite team. No mucking about, just attack with flicks, tricks and flare then defend as if your life depends on it. 020
Rich Speight @footypol.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Can Sunderland’s forwards please stop letting the whole world see just how mint they are please? it’s getting worrying now. #SAFC 2112
Reposted by Rich SpeightWill Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026As you boil in the heat, never forget that all those people who for decades have deliberately and maliciously disrupted efforts to tackle climate change are probably sitting comfortable in their large air conditioned houses. Houses funded on the back of lies/misinformation they helped propagate. 9327132
Reposted by Rich SpeightElaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 23/06/2026While you're cooking in the heat this week, do bear this in mind. 742103955
Reposted by Rich SpeightGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 22/06/2026"A.i." is for managers who think their notes can replace the humans who actually create. 1729