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Glyn Bach

@llanfrancisco.bsky.social
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Welsh. Gay. Beard. Social democrat. Middle-Aged. Frequently annoying.

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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tonight's dinner Chicken, rice, red peppers, borlotti beans and onions in tomato and garlic sauce, seasoned with chilli powder and turmeric, finished with a coriander garnish.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tonight's dinner Grilled chicken marinaded in paprika, parsley, sunflower oil and lemon juice, served with bulgur wheat, and a green lentil, cherry tomato, cucumber and mint salad, and a lemon, zaatar & hummus dressing
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Current Mood
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tonight's dinner Lamb and broad bean casserole, with onions, garlic & parsley, in a white wine & paprika sauce.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tonight's dinner Vegan 'meatballs' with parsley and ginger, stir-fried with Chinese leaves, kale, and spring onions, with sherry, garlic and soy sauce, and a red chilli garnish.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Well, I have enjoyed a week-and-bit in Corwen, seeing family and old friends and eating poached eggs, and walking in shorts. It has been good
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is how my cousin Stephanie sees me
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tonight's dinner Spezzatino di manzo con vino rosso (a beef, red wine, tomato, onion, red pepper, black olive, carrot and garlic stew, seasoned with nutmeg, parsley, thyme and bay), served with rice. It should have been served with polenta, but after a long day, I couldn't be arsed, tbh.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I enjoyed a long walk from Harold Wood to the charming (and *very* wealthy) village of Havering-atte-Bower, along Paine's Brook and Carter's Brook, and through woodland, ending at the beautiful Bedfords Park wildlife centre.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Tonight's dinner Grilled chicken, with onions, garlic, toasted almonds and rice, with Lebanese 7 spice (my own blend), cumin and white pepper
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Zia Yusuf has tweeted this about the leader of Camden Council, Sagal Abdi-Wali, who has lived in Camden for over 35 years, after arriving as a child refugee in the early 1990s. (Nadhim Zahawi, born in Baghdad to an Iraqi Kurdish family, came to the UK as an 11 year old:should be asked about this)
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Tonight's dinner Spaghetti with garlic, parsley and vegan 'Parmesan'. Astonishingly simple and tasty
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Despite transport woes, I managed a pleasant walk from Finsbury Park (where I stumbled upon a basketball championship, which was unexpectedly fun to watch), along the New River, and through Woodberry Down Wetlands through Clissold Park, and Abney Park cemetery.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Tonight's dinner Vegan 'chicken' stir fry, with noodles, garlic, ginger, green peppers, lime, coriander and basil
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Today's dinner Baked salmon with steamed green beans, peas and bulgur wheat, with chives and parsley, served with lemon wedges, soy yoghurt and a ras al-hanout sprinkle
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
My 1st cousin Dyfan was seriously injured in a road accident whilst engaging in a charity bike ride from Cymru to Thailand, a few weeks ago. He is in a stable condition in a hospital in Chengdu, China wrexham.com/news/it-will...
wrexham.com
“It will be the 3 of us no matter how long it takes” charity cyclists vow after China incident
An 18-year-old cyclist who set off from Wrexham last year on a 6,000 mile ride to Thailand is in hospital in China after an accident....
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today's dinner : Pimientos en chilindron con chorizo (a kosherised Spanish dish of sweetened red peppers, tomatoes, onion, garlic, beef chorizo and paprika, topped with eggs), served with rice
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Tonight's dinner Tuna and rice salad, with anchovies, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, basil, pimiento-stuffed green olives, and red onions, with a garlic balsamic vinaigrette, and lemon wedges and toasted pine nuts.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Current Mood
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I must remember to stop picking at my biopsy scar, or it will begin bleeding. As it did, this morning.
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Itchy Scratching: Woman Uses Fork
ALT: Itchy Scratching: Woman Uses Fork
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
South Woodford on a sunny, Sunday, afternoon. I was pleased to be able to get David out for lunch, even though he felt very disinclined to leave the house.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Due to recent health news, I won't be posting as often as I have been recently, for quite a while. All is in hand, but I have other priorities. You will be spared more of my wittering :-)
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Amazing how many of the people currently creating havoc around the world were radicalised during covid.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Exempting care workers from new ILR rules would make a big difference. Most told 15 years would lose their legal status long before that. This deal with three-quarters of that. But 250k people still could lose status if chefs, lab technicians not exempt too. www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
thetimes.com
Foreign care workers could be exempt from tough new visa rules
Andy Burnham is considering an exception to Shabana Mahmood’s reforms that increase the timeline for permanent residence from five to 15 years
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New Zealand nurse Amanda Jean Turner is fined $62,320 in costs after being found guilty of pro­fes­sional mis­con­duct by the Health Prac­ti­tion­ers Dis­cip­lin­ary Tribunal, for posting Islamophobic, transphobic and anti-vax content to social media www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/...
thepost.co.nz
Nurse censured, ordered to pay $62k over Islamophobic, anti-vaccine posts
After years of court appeals, Amanda Jean Turner who called vaccines “murderous” and posted anti-Muslim hate faces a suspension.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Belgium : 54 yr old shopkeeper Driss Atounane has died of injuries received when he was attacked after coming to an aid of a woman who was being subjected to racist abuse on a Brussels tram. The suspect is in custody undergoing psychiatric evaluation. www.brusselstimes.com/2248797/brus...
brusselstimes.com
Brussels shopkeeper dies after defending woman from abuse on tram
Driss Atounane, 54, died on Sunday morning after falling into a coma following the incident last Thursday.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Former Reform UK candidate Dan Cooper,who was sacked from his City HR role for transphobic and Islamophobic social media posts, launches legal bid alleging discrimination www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...
legalfutures.co.uk
HR adviser sacked for anti-Islam tweets sues City law firm
A senior HR adviser sacked by City firm CMS last year for posting anti-Islamic and anti-transgender comments on X is suing it for discrimination on the grounds of belief.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A young man has been arrested after shouting antisemitic death threats, and giving the Nazi salute, to a Jewish man on his way to synagogue, on Brunnenstraße, in Berlin, Germany. German authorities take such displays very seriously www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world...?
ynetnews.com
Nazi salute suspect arrested after alleged death threat against Berlin Jewish leader
Police detain man filmed giving Nazi salute as Jewish community member says antisemitic abuse and murder threats targeted senior figure
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
45 yr old Brighton man Michael Brown has pleaded guilty to inciting violence against synagogues in the Sussex city. He responded to a Facebook post from Palestine Solidarity Campaign with a suggestion to “target local synagogues and Jewish businesses” www.theargus.co.uk/news/2642045...
theargus.co.uk
Brighton man pleads guilty over Facebook post about stink bomb attack on synagogues
Michael Brown, 45, from Brighton, responded to a post on Facebook with a suggestion to “target local synagogues and Jewish businesses”.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Palestinian man Mohammed Alamrein has been fined £250 for giving a Nazi salute at the National March for Palestine march in London, in June 2025. www.jewishnews.co.uk/gazan-man-co...
jewishnews.co.uk
Gazan man convicted for Nazi salute at pro-Palestinian march - Jewish News
Mohammed Alamrein, who came to the UK a year prior to 7 October, was videoed performing the gesture in front of Jewish counter-protestors with Stop the Hate
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Jewish News @jewishnews.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Keshet Europe, whose activists marched in Berlin Pride hours before the attack, urges action against extremism without fuelling hatred towards minorities
jewishnews.co.uk
Jewish LGBTQ+ leaders reject ‘collective blame’ after Berlin Pride terror attack
Keshet Europe, whose activists marched in Berlin Pride hours before the attack, urges action against extremism without fuelling hatred towards minorities
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The Times of Israel @timesofisrael.com · 28/07/2026
Iran’s Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, published a video on Monday encouraging supporters to assassinate US first lady Melania Trump. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/irgc-linked-...
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Which are the best, and worst, countries for women? The results are not surprising, although I note with sadness that the United Kingdom is nowhere near the top 10. We are at No 23, behind Slovenia, Latvia and even the United Arab Emirates.
visualcapitalist.com
Mapped: The Best Countries for Women in 2026
From Denmark to Afghanistan, discover the best and worst countries for women in the 2026 Women, Peace and Security Index.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Let's see her try this on a Ryanair flight to Ibiza www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
friendlyatheist.com
Christian preachers are turning airplanes into unwanted worship services
Evangelists are exploiting captive audiences who can’t walk away—and broadcasting it online
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What's your sign?
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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 28/07/2026
PepsiCo fired queer woman after she complained about 2 years of anti-LGBTQ+ harassment, lawsuit says - buff.ly/Sb64Qin
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Leading Australian gender critical activist Kirralie Smith is forced to apologise, and pay $95,000 compensation, after she falsely accused transgender football player Riley Dennis of having hospitalised two (cis) women players www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...
lgbtqnation.com
An anti-trans activist lied about a trans athlete injuring cis women. Now she has to pay the price. - LGBTQ Nation
Kirralie Smith admitted in court she didn't have any evidence to back up her claim about a trans woman injuring two cis women.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The noise is quite extraordinary. I certainly wouldn't want to live close to one.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Glasgow Reform UK councillor Audrey Dempsey spoke at an event run by far-right activist group Unite the Clans as she "shared a stage with extremists who have openly praised Hitler". Ms Dempsey is an ex-Labour councillor, who was suspended by the party in 2024. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/wes...
heraldscotland.com
Reform councillor slammed for speaking at event by group that 'openly praised Hitler'
A Reform UK councillor in Glasgow has been slammed for speaking at an event run by far-right activist group Unite the Clans as she "shared a…
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Honestly I think this is the bigger issue, not so much Polanski accepting the collab which I am prepared to accept was probably an oversight, albeit a really bad one.
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Francis Sedgemore @hesgen.com · 29/07/2026
"Report on Jewish diaspora finds biggest rise in antisemitism in UK" And it is a politically ecumenical antisemitism.
bbc.co.uk
Report on Jewish diaspora finds biggest rise in antisemitism in UK
The report also says 2025 was the deadliest year for Jews living outside Israel in more than 30 years.
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Jack Mendel @mendeljack.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Bernard Agyemang stood between a terrorist and Manchester's Heaton Park synagogue on Yom Kippur. Almost a year on, I realise I'd not heard of him. A few thoughts on a man who paid a heavy price for doing shul security, and should have a bit of recognition open.substack.com/pub/jackmend...
open.substack.com
A quiet hero I didn't know existed
Bernard Agyemang stood between a terrorist and Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur. Almost a year on, I realised I'd never heard of him
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 29/07/2026
Rupert Lowe claims to detest far-right ethnonationalism and neo-Nazism. Yet a string of extremists have been out campaigning for Restore candidate Marlon West ahead of Thursday’s Greater Manchester mayoral election.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
My pain levels are reasonably significant, today. Chunky, even. This is not an ideal development, when I have a 2 and a half hour long meeting to attend.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I am pleased to report that Andy Burnham has a Welsh lesbian Quaker chaplain lookylike. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Swansea chaplain dubbed Prime Minister Andy Burnham lookalike
Emma Roberts is is "leaning into" the comparisons and has changed her name to "Mandy Burnham" on TikTok.
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Wrexham.com @wrexham.com · 26/07/2026
Please circulate around the Wrexham and Corwen area - Police have growing concerns for the whereabouts of Bob, who has not been seen since the early hours of this morning.
wrexham.com
Growing concerns for missing Corwen man
A police appeal has been launched amid growing concerns for the whereabouts of a missing man from Corwen. Bob, 66, has been missing since approximately 2.30am this morning (Sunday, 26 July). North Wales Police describe Bob as being 5'10" tall and is thought to be wearing a red shirt and beige shorts. Anyone who has seen Bob or has information on his whereabouts can contact North Wales Police on 101 or via the webchat quoting ref O120878.
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire followers, Do you recognise the woman, below, wanted in connection with the racist abuse of a man outside the Chesterfield stately home, Hardwick Hall? If you can help, please contact Derbyshire Police and quote ref 26000395130 www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/crime/p...
derbyshiretimes.co.uk
Police appeal to trace woman in connection with public order offence – which allegedly saw racist comments made
Police have called for help to trace a woman in connection with a public order offence at a popular Derbyshire visitor attraction – during which racist comments were allegedly made.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Ronnie Le Drew, puppeteer behind Zippy and David Bowie’s goblins, dies aged 78 www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/j...
theguardian.com
Ronnie Le Drew, puppeteer behind Zippy and David Bowie’s goblins, dies aged 78
Canadian-born British operator, president of the British Puppet Guild, died after a ‘short illness’
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Glyn Bach @llanfrancisco.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I read this too quickly, and thought that his nom-de-guerre was Big Ben Barefoot
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