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Oedipus Mars

@oedipusmars.bsky.social
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Cymro’n syllu ar y byd mawr drwy lens pêl-droed, llenyddiaeth a cherddoriaeth - a bellach hoci iâ / Welshman imbibing the world through literature, music, football and now hockey

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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johnrwilliams.bsky.social @johnrwilliams.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
'"we have to be evidence-based ... really important to look at what are the costs & benefits of making change," said [Welsh SoS]... Trouble is there’s already been a huge amount of work testing the case for change which seems to have passed evidence-hungry MPs by' amanwy.blogspot.com/2026/09/ther...
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There may be trouble ahead...
Sometimes it helps to look at things from the opposite point of view to your own: After a generation of devolved Government, with growing po...
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Waller @wallerhabsfan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Lake ONTARIO!!!!!
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Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Google Maps: DELETE! Cathartic. Using HereWeGo and OSM instead alternativeto.net/software/goo... Lake Ontario will be a catalyst for continued digital sovereignty developments around the world, eroding US digital influence in the medium to long term.
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Google Maps Alternatives: Top 12 GPS Navigation Services from the EU
The best alternative to Google Maps is OsmAnd, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Google...
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Hwch Ddu Gwta 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 @mochyn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"Art's cultural gatekeepers" As if there's anyone stopping you from picking up a pencil. What a stupid fucking article
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Fig O’F @fergusof.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
www.bbc.com/sport/footba... I’ve given it more thought and I can understand why some are excited. If you’re the type of LFC fan who’s never been to Anfield, has no desire to ever go to Anfield, views LFC as a television product, doesn’t believe in ethics & has no regard for the city. It’s exciting
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Jeff Bezos: Amazon founder's consortium bought close to 40% of Liverpool
A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos bought close to 40% of Liverpool from Fenway Sports Group (FSG).
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Unklerupert @unklerupert.uk · 14/08/2026
Long way from Shankly #LFC
“The socialism I believe in isn’t really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other, everyone helping each other, and everyone having a share of the rewards at the end of the day. That might be asking a lot, but it’s the way I see football and the way I see life.” Bill Shankly
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Sam @sammc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Fuck Bezos this sucks
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Richard Dalton @zx23.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My support of #LFC 1981-2026 Europe, D1, FA Cups, Penalties, Wobbly Legs, Heysel, Hillsborough, Europe Ban, Kenny & Rush. Bad Years, Houllier, Rafa. Gerrard Final, Istanbul, Klopp, Corner Taken Quickly, Covid, Premier Leagues, Jota. The Kop, JFT97, YNWA I’m out. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Liverpool owner FSG seals £1.65bn sale of 30% stake to consortium including Jeff Bezos
Liverpool’s owner has confirmed the sale of 30% of the club to a consortium including Amit Bhatia, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin
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Patrice Cloutier @patricecloutier.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Poison for the brand ... many (myself included) will never buy a piece of #LFC merch ever again because of the association with Bezos ... support for a football club shouldn't strip away at your dignity and self respect ... can't abide to see the Reds owned by a key enabler of fascism and oligarchy
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Paul Hughes @paulhughes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I wouldn’t even want Bezos at LFC if he could play right back
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LFC Joe @lfccincinnati.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Who knows if anyone even checks these messages, but I cannott sit idly by while these vultures circle our club. Taking a page out of Gob Bluth's book and penning a strongly worded letter 🤷‍♂️ 🧵1/3 #LFC #ArrestedDevelopment #FSG fenwaysportsgroup.com/media/
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Media – Fenway Sports Group
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LFC Joe @lfccincinnati.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I feel the same, Scott. Genuinely gutted today. This looks like it's going to move forward. I hope not. Wrote to FSG to voice my displeasure, respectfully as I could. fenwaysportsgroup.com/media/
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Media – Fenway Sports Group
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Duke @silverduke.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Fuck off Bezos #lfc
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Jeff Bezos Arrin as Mini-Me Dancing
ALT: Jeff Bezos Arrin as Mini-Me Dancing
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Scouse Git @scouse-git.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Shankly famously once said: "At a football club, there's a holy trinity: the players, the manager, and the supporters. Directors don't come into it; they're only there to write the cheques." The clubs is ours. The owners are just the custodians. That said, fuck Bezos. #LFC #YNWA #RedSky
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Richard Michael Blaber @rmblaber1956.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/au…. "Amser maith yn ôl, mewn galaeth bell, bell i ffwrdd. (A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.)" I'm delighted, @DoomsdaysCW.
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Star Wars dubbed into Welsh for first time for S4C broadcast
Rhys Ifans, Matthew Rhys, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Mark Lewis Jones among actors voicing characters from 1977 blockbuster
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Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Top notch!!!! Mae hyn yn anhygoel!!!!!!!
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barryrichards.bsky.social @barryrichards.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
There you go, days into his new job as ‘Welsh Secretary’ (officially, the Voice of Westminster in Wales) and the son of Lord Dic Siôn Dafydd is telling Wales “Oi, Taffies, know your place!” Like I said, Stephens out, Kinnock in: out with the manure, in with ordure. nation.cymru/news/deliver...
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'Delivery not division': Kinnock expects 'destabilisation' if Wales gets parity with Scotland
Stephen Price Welsh Secretary Stephen Kinnock has been criticised for saying he is not “entirely convinced” of the case for giving more powers to the Welsh Government. Speaking to LBC in a widely-shar...
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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Oh man, in bits at Iñaki Williams message to his brother Nico 😭
Image: an Instagram post by footballer Iñaki Williams with a picture of his brother Nico kissing the World Cup. 
Text: Hermano,
You've won the World Cup. You've made history.
But beyond the trophy, thanks for this: you have made millions of immigrants like our parents feel proud that their future children one day can live what you have lived and that millions of Spaniards empathize with our history that is not just ours but that of all the people who leave everything behind for a better future, because you have touched the sky with your fingers and shown that with work and effort everything is possible.
Today the world has known you more if it fits and you have put our last name in infinity, for centuries and centuries.
I stand in awe of you. I love you. Champion of the world✊🏿🏆🥹
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Wales has a new Secretary of State. But should that job even exist?
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Bruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This is the worst thing I've ever seen at a fitba match, and I've been going to Hibs for 56 years
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KONZᗩN @konzan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please never have the #WorldCup in America ever ever ever again! Holy shit! This is awful!
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Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Dear FIFA - unless the half time show is a live firing of Gianni Infantino (out of a cannon preferably) can we just be done with this shit and have the football back on. I’ve seen shorter Tour de France stages than games at this world cup.
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The Daily Jaws @thedailyjaws.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Drink to your legs! #WorldCupFinal
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Andrew Beasley @andrewbeasleyfootball.com · 19/07/2026
Who enjoys this sort of thing at any sporting event? People who don’t like sport.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This is the worst thing to happen to football since No-Man's Land xmas 1914.
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Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I remember getting hold of a bootleg of this when I was about 23 and being blown away. Was already a fan, but if this was the unreleased stuff…wow. Glad it’s available to stream now. tidal.com/album/540907...
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Ryan Adams - The Suicide Handbook
Listen to The Suicide Handbook on TIDAL
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Tales from the Mabinogion @mabinogiongame.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Along the path to the Breton castle of Fort-la-Latte is the Menhir of La Latte, reputedly the finger of a fallen giant. 1/5
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Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Dissonance
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licences.
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Ant ‘meeware’ Miller @meeware.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Minus two days to thoroughly disappoint. A new record. Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Burnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drilling
Drilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licenses.
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pa humbug @llyrab.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Andy Burnham's plans to 'find common ground' with other parties will go down well with Ken Skates' Welsh Labour. They've already started voting with Reform and the Tories.
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Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A Downing Street spokesperson said: “The World Cup might not be ours, but the Falkland Islands definitely are. Our commitment to the Falklands will never waver.” To whom does “ours” / “our” refer here? I was under the impression that England were playing, not the UK. England owns jack shit.
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Keir Starmer wants Fifa investigation into Argentina players who held Falklands banner
The prime minister supports the idea of Fifa investigating Argentina players who displayed a banner touting their country’s claim to the Falklands Islands
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Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Amazing!!!
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Spillers Records @spillersrecords.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Join us at 11pm on Thursday 13th August to celebrate the new album from Phoebeb Bridgers ‘Lost Weekend’ You’ll be able to hear the album in full and pick up exclusive Phoebe Bridgers goodies (while stocks last!) ...
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
RIP Sam Neill. I hope he got to see Montana.
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D Feit 🎃🧛 @feitclub.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I hope Sam Neill got to visit Montana. RIP.
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Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is exactly what I thought when I heard the news
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Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My favourite Norway at the World Cup story… There’s now a shortage of red wool as so many are knitting caps in the national colours in order to support the team! Heia Norge! 🇳🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is a poor #fifaworldcup. I blame the “drinks” breaks - too much opportunity for tactical input leading to the shutting down of any promising spatial trends that would usually have 45 minutes to ripen. Always knew football would eat itself one day.
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Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It always pisses me off when magazines from cycling to Bluetooth speakers to whatever always link to the amazon page for price comparison purposes. Stop it you lapdogs
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Racist rioters defended. Peaceful protesters arrested. This week has exposed better than any other how our “two tier” political system really works www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-belfas...
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The Belfast Riots Have Exposed the Real ‘Two Tier’ Britain
Racist rioters are defended and peaceful protesters are arrested. This week has exposed better than any other how our “two tier” political system really works
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Why are anti-terror powers not being used by the British government against far-right extremists fomenting riots and attacking citizens, police and property? They were quick to outlaw Palestine Action. To not use anti-terror powers creates a real two-tier justice system which favours Neo-Nazis.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
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Swandad @swandad.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Well, as disappointed as I am with how the season ended tonight, I am busting with joy at what this young team accomplished this year. They are ahead of schedule and I look forward to next season! We will be a dynamic team to reckon with! #GoHabsGo
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Nick Suzuki Scores for Montreal Canadiens
ALT: Nick Suzuki Scores for Montreal Canadiens
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Iwan Williams @iwanwills.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Llai na 3 wythnos ers yr etholiad.Ma gyno ni 4 mlynedd o hyn. Ma hiliaeth agored y bobl ma yn ofnadwy,a ma’n amhosib cymryd Reform o ddifri / Less than 3 weeks since the election.We have 4 years of this. The open racism of these people is vile,& it’s impossible to take Reform seriously 🤯👀🤷🏻‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #Senedd
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Lauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜
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The Owlbear Camus @akirathelemur.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Imagine missing the point *this* fucking hard
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Vittorio, epic dipshits says: "finally AI can show us what painters wanted us to see"

Below is an image of Van Gogh's Starry Night. To the right of this image is a beige piece of blandness - a night scene with a church front andcenter, that is allegedly what Van Gogh meant to do.
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God Is In The TV Zine @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
@superfurryanimal.bsky.social Animals, SFA – Utilita Arena, Cardiff, 16/05/2026 "remain gloriously difficult to pin down.. In a world full of bands chasing relevance, they simply arrived in their own colours, as ever, and lit the place up." Dave Roberts www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/05/17/l...
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LIVE: Super Furry Animals - Utilita Arena, Cardiff, 16/05/2026 - God Is In The TV
Before we even get to the Super Furry Animals (SFA) lets give it up for their support bands, Melin Melyn and Get Down Services. In their own ways both are as
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Oedipus Mars @oedipusmars.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Been listening to this a lot this week. Another brilliant album
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
crucial context: Peter Mandelson was sacked from the first New Labour government for having a £373,000 *loan* (not a gift) from a Labour colleague (Geoffrey Robinson) to buy a house
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