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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

After reading your commentary: do you not think that raising the threat of independence can be expected to help get the concessions from Westminster? It certainly seems like it worked that way for Scotland?

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Banjon @beardybanjo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Out: how many divisions does the pope have? In: how many local models does the pope run?

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The newly elected Labour MP here in Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr has been impressive and is also very friendly with Plaid, to the point where if you didn't know his party you would probably guess Plaid rather than Labour. Will be interesting to see how that goes at next election.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That innovation and productivity can lead to inequality does not necessarily mean that inequality is necessary to drive innovation and productivity.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Surely all religions have their origins in a batshit laudanum soaked forger, or equivalent? That's one of the points I took from Ronald Hutton, tho of course he was too polite to put it exactly like that ;)

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Leftback @leftback.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Yer far right lad's attempt to identify an RNLI volunteer to intimidate him appears to have backfired when said volunteer has gone onto the BBC to effectively say "one at a time or all at once, makes no odds to me" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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RNLI reviews security after protests in Dover and Portsmouth

Volunteers were targeted online after it assisted in the rescue of people crossing the Channel on Sunday.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's amazing how weird and irrelevant it all looks from a rural sheep farm. Although people do like using it to make twee little advertising posters for their sheep.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I just want advance warning for whether he's going to wind someone's guts around a tree.

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Cwiar Cymru @cwiar.org · 03/09/2026

🏛️ Nearly every Plaid Cymru backbencher has demanded answers from the NHS on trans surgeries. In a joint letter, they asked what evidence, risk assessments, and consultations the NWJCC took in its decision. It's time for answers from NHS Wales.

Senedd Cymru
Welsh Parliament
Plaid Cymru
By email lan Green OBE
Chair
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Cc: Suzanne Rankin, Chief Executive, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Kirsty Williams, Chair, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
1 September 2026
Dear Mr Green,
RE: Pausing of gender-affirming surgeries by the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning
Committee
We are writing to express our profound disappointment at the abrupt pausing of planned operations within the Welsh Gender Service. The sudden nature of this decision by the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee has left patients, many of whom have been preparing for surgery for months or years, without the care they were expecting and relying upon.
The impact on individuals and the wider trans community in Wales has been significant.
Understandably, this development has caused distress, fear, and a deep sense of uncertainty.
This comes at a time when the rights and dignity of trans people across the UK are increasingly under pressure. You will know that gender-affirming healthcare in Wales is clinician-led, patient-focused, and carefully paced; it is not rushed, nor undertaken lightly.
In light of this, we would like to raise the following urgent questions on behalf of our constituents and the wider community:
• Why has surgery been halted for a form of treatment that has among the highest levels of psychiatric screening and one of the lowest regret rates of any procedure offered by the NHS?
• What specifically is the cause for concern?
• What evidence informed this decision?
• Why were patient stakeholders not consulted before the decision was taken?
• Was any risk assessment carried out regarding the impact of cancelling treatment at such short notice? If not, why?
• What role, if any, did NHS England play in influencing or directing this decision?
• What is the scope of any review now underway, and when can we expect its conclusions?

Senedd Cymru
Welsh Parliament
Plaid Cymru
• When can patients expect surgeries to recommence?
• What safeguards are in place to protect patients' mental health during this pause?
• What commitment can be given to the continuation of therapies and hormone treatment during this period?
Patients deserve clarity, reassurance and a clear pathway forward. We would be grateful for a detailed response addressing each of the above points, together with confirmation of how the Welsh Gender Service intends to support those affected during this period of uncertainty.
This letter is also being copied to Suzanne Rankin and Kirsty Williams, Chief Executive and Chair of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, given the board's role in administering the Welsh Gender Service.
We look forward to your reply.
Matthew Jones MS
Nick Carter MS
Donna Cushing MS
Kerry Ferguson MS
Marc Jones MS
Lis McLean MS
Rebeca Phillips MS
Niamh Salkeld MS
Lindsay Whittle MS
Lyn Ackerman MS
Alun Cox MS
Safa Elhassan MS
Leticia Gonzalez MS
Kiera Marshall MS
Anna Nicholl MS
Sarah Rees MS
Elyn Stephens MS
Elfed Williams MS
Beca Brown MS
Sara Crowley MS
Sera Evans MS
Carrie Harper MS
Becca Martin MS
Peredur Owen Griffiths MS
Mair Rowlands MS
Elwyn Vaughan MS

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's the early scene in Rivendell when Frodo volunteers that always wrecks me.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Women buried with swords actually used them (how shocking! But also—seriously cool analysis). “These princesses were active practitioners of hunting or athletic skills rather than merely symbolic owners of the weapons found in their tombs,” says Zeinab Hashesh” ⚔️ www.snexplores.org/article/egyp...

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Ancient Egyptian princesses may have been skilled warriors

A study of six mummies from ancient Egypt challenges the idea that the weapons buried with some royal women were merely ceremonial.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How did this decision get made outside of their formal meeting structure? Their next scheduled meeting is September.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I am looking at the public meeting records of the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee and there is nothing about this other than a brief mention of some sort of review in the video transcript of the verbal comments made at their July meeting?

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Correspondence.Mabon.apGwynfor@gov.wales for his role as Cabinet Minister for Health and Care.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yes I don't think they really are present on Bluesky, just placeholder accounts. Email to their official addresses probably the best place to start.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Which members of the government do we need to write to? Rhun? Mabon ap Gwynfor? Who is the decision maker to target?

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I found it very informative as a never smoker who didn't know much about vaping, but was surprised you stated nicotine alone to be harmless as I grew up near tobacco fields in the USA and kids who worked the harvest had all sorts of stories about all the dead animals under the leaves.

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

There is so much amazing crop art this year at the Minnesota State Fair focused on the resistance to the ICE occupation we faced, this one in particular had me choked up.

Crop art with a whistle text says

I can't keep doing this
I have to keep doing this

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Nicole Guenther Discenza @ndiscenza1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Great piece by Karen Attiah on how very wrong the Post was and why the arbitrator found for her. She's a fighter, and her union too!

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26

Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts

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Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 21/08/2026

As ever I would point out that this is good landscape management and there is nothing 'wild' about it and until we stop calling it 'rewilding' people will continue to operate with the ludicrous romantic assumption that 'nature' is self-healing and that human intervention is bad.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

They must have had to think very carefully about which Ken Russell film to include.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Yes this. And if you don't think top tier universities are full of white research professors who are terrible teachers, weird in human interactions, and mentally ill to varying degrees, then you haven't done a PhD.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hi, I'm a quad bike, worry about a missing sheep, and a hill that's a little too steep.

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A really wonderful, thoughtful exploration of Crowley’s purposes and methods, especially in Little, Big.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

UK abbatoirs rely heavily on immigrant vets for legally required abbatoir supervision. Losing them seems like it could have a real impact on the food chain.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Loot that drops after defeating me: *alarming quantity of hay *quad bike key *pocketknife *cap that should have gone back on hypodermic needle *strand of baler twine *sriracha squeeze bottle

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.

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Lorna @florilegia.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This is a monstrous and inhumane policy and I'm so angry at Rowling for fomenting this culture of transphobia, and at Labour for pushing this horrible legislation through

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Just tell it you are a tiny bit taller ;)

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Liz Saville Roberts AS / MP @lsrplaid.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Let's see what Labour are walking away from here: - £145m to cut NHS waiting lists - £120m for ALN - £55m for childcare - £15m for free school meals The people of Wales may have rejected Labour in May, but that doesn't mean Labour should reject their priorities today.

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Barn Raiser @barnraiser.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

In a new memoir Our Knives Will Save Us, Nephi Craig shows how personal catastrophe and the powerful Apache culture of his upbringing set him on a path to reinvent indigenous cuisine and heal his people. barnraisingmedia.com/apache-chef-...?

barnraisingmedia.com

Apache Chef Brings Truth to the Table

In Our Knives Will Save Us, Nephi Craig shows how cooking helped him transcend catastrophe and reveal a deeper understanding of his family and people.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

You love to see it!!!

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A few token places on safe and legal routes for refugees cannot in any way mitigate or atone for what this government has done and is doing on asylum or immigration policy. A thread trying to be clear-eyed about this.

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

For the morning crowd. The Hope Projects is an amazing little organisation and its clients need all the help they can get. It’s been an expensive year for me too.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Thanks for linking this. I've matched your donation.

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nyzn @nyzn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Saw the amazing Peregrine Circus (www.peregrinecircus.com) last night in Machynlleth and they were pure joy. Tumbling and aerial work on par with Cirque du Soleil, beautiful visuals and charming crowd work. On tour throughout Wales, catch them if you can!

A circus tent stage, smoky with blue lighting and dry ice. A man in a yellow fishing cap and overalls stands at the front reading from a paper. In the back stands a three person orchestra with viola and accordian and drums.

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Mike Parker @mikeparker.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I'm after a photo or artwork from #Birmingham, the #BlackCountry, #Worcs or #Warwicks, to make the perfect front cover for a forthcoming book. Something with a real sense of place, intriguing and witty. Of the last 50 years, perhaps especially 90s/early 00s. Any pointers to artists/photographers?

Ozzy the animatronic bull, on the forecourt of Birmingham's New Street station, a.k.a. Grand Central.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Beyond pathetic by Starmer on immigration 1. "when we came in lawful migration was..nearly 1m". Lie. 2. "we got that down to a 1/5th." False. Mostly Tory policies/natural rebound. 3. "I'm leaving the country in a better state." How? Fewer workers? Fewer students? www.facebook.com/reel/1368662...