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Sick of Twitter twats and FB Russo-bots. On here for adult conversation, better ideas (and spelling); fewer fascists; a place free from Suckerberg automatons and the stench of Musk.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 7h
By this shameful act of cultural vandalism, the Commission has betrayed not only its independence but the nation’s political dignity. Those sitting on it should apologise to Hanan Issa and to us all ✍️Ben Wildsmith wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vgd
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Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.
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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 5h
This is some kamikaze shit right here. Gives new meaning to “divine wind.”
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 7h
'Byddai datganoli cyfiawnder yn gwneud Cymru’n lle gwell' Mae cyn-Arglwydd Brif Ustus Cymru a Lloegr yn dweud ‘nad oes dadleuon o sylwedd’ yn erbyn datganoli’r pwerau dros blismona a chyfiawnder sydd eisoes gan yr Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon
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'Dim dadleuon o sylwedd' yn erbyn datganoli cyfiawnder i Gymru
Dywedodd yr Arglwydd Thomas fod honno’n “ddadl heb wir sylwedd”, a bod “system ar wahan ddim yn amharu ar gydweithredu” yn ei brofiad ef
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 8h
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 8h
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 10h
Looks like Burnham has picked up on where Starmer left off 👇
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 13h
'Not my King' 👑 King Charles has been met by protesters as he arrived for the ceremonial opening of the Senedd in Wales
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YesCymru @yes.cymru · 12/10/2026
Join us 👉 www.yes.cymru/join #Annibyniaeth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #indyWales
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 10h
'Cymru rydd, nid ein brenin ni' Roedd protestwyr yn bresennol ym Mae Caerdydd ddydd Iau wrth i’r Brenin Charles agor seithfed Senedd Cymru
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 16h
People gather down Cardiff Bay to welcome King Charles.
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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Same with the Senedd.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 15h
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🇬🇧 Similar ‘Tally Sticks’ were used in Scotland (maide-crochaidh) and Cymru (Welsh Not), to literally beat the Gaelic & Welsh languages out of schoolchildren 🇬🇧 Although the use of Tally Sticks ceased by 1940, children in areas of Scotland were still being beaten for using Gaelic in the 1960s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ☘️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
There are 193 countries in the world Between 100 and 173 (depending on interpretation) of these countries have been invaded and occupied by England / uk (british Anglo-state) 🩸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🩸🇬🇧🩸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
UK Chancellor rejects calls to equalise capital gains and income tax rates. Could have generated £14bn a year. This perk benefits less than 1% of the people, mostly in London and South East England. Workers taxed at higher rates than the wealthy. archive.ph/cGk2B
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Healey rejects calls to equalise capital gains and income tax rates
UK proposal had been backed by senior Labour figures, triggering nervousness among entrepreneurs and investors
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Through working cooperatively, Plaid Cymru has reached a deal on our supplementary budget. This is a budget that supports those most in need in Wales by investing in ALN, in the NHS, and in expanding childcare . Plaid Cymru is working for Wales.
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jasperwelsh.bsky.social @jasperwelsh.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Source: Nation.Cymru share.google/z86IQsJjOIH0...
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Reform MS spent £569 staying in a hotel in the city he represents
Martin Shipton A Reform UK MS who sees himself as a crusader against wasteful public sector spending has had a taste of his own medicine after it emerged that he had claimed more than £500 for a hotel...
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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
R'un peth i Gymru. Ditto Wales.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Imagine how much coverage this would get if Gove were Green - or if she were Black
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 11/10/2026
I’m the same age as Burnham, bar a couple of years, and I’ve begun to wonder if the things that appeal to me in his politics are as much about nostalgia as ideology ✍️Ben Wildsmith wp.me/p8Mk4U-1uXN
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 11/10/2026
🎯🏆 Mae Jonny Clayton wedi ennill Tlws Dartiau’r Swistir ar ôl sicrhau buddugoliaeth o 8-4 yn y rownd derfynol yn erbyn Luke Humphries nos Sul Mae’n golygu bod y gŵr o Bontyberem yn cymhwyso ar gyfer cystadleuaeth y Grand Slam ym mis Tachwedd
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Corporate Welfare Tory tax break for banks cost UK public purse £6bn In 2023 Tory govt cut the bank surcharge from 8% to 3%. Current govt hasn't reversed it. Record profits, exec pay, dividends at banks Reversing the surcharge would raise billions.
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Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC
Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Jeremy Hunt’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenue
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 11/10/2026
Within the curriculum in Wales, there is a strong emphasis on established sports, but there is little space for our own traditional Welsh games like cnapan, pêl law and bando. I want to use sport to bring Welsh stories, history and culture to life on the school field ✍️ Gwenno Iolo Davies
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Cynefin on the Field: From Traditional Welsh Games to the Northern Territory, Australia
Gwenno Iolo Davies My name is Gwenno Iolo Davies. I was born and raised in South Wales, and sport and the outdoors have been a big part of my life since I was a child. I come from an active family, an...
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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“Rebellious Scots” 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @markrich68.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When an Anglo-british supremacist can’t bring himself to say that England is a Country, as to do so would mean that he’s also admitting that Scotland & Cymru are Countries 🤣 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ☘️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺
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Tales from the Mabinogion @mabinogiongame.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#BannedBooksWeek Apparently this week is 'Banned Books Week'! While the tales of the Mabinogion were never outright prohibited, the language they were originally written in, and the culture they formed a part of, were subject to centuries of discrimination and suppression.
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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 10/10/2026
Question: Does Israel have a right to exist? Correct answer: Your question is racist because it centres the coloniser rather than its victims. It's not Israel whose land is being stolen. It's not Israelis who live under brutal occupation. Ask me about Palestine's right to exist.
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IKnowAlanGilzean @iknowalangilzean.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Golda-digger MabelWitch, cuckoo NaziJew colonialist, thief, murderer, supremacist-terrorist.
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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Rai o Wenhwyseg! 😁 youtu.be/5Hg9wG-XnmY?...
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Tro ger hen gamlas ym Merthyr Tudful
YouTube video by Archif Ddarlledu Cymru | Wales Broadcast Archive
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Iwan Williams @iwanwills.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Curious bunch the Reform 33.Joe Martin vents about foreigners.CPJ complains about anything that he views as “woke”:books,toilets,literally anything.Joseph Kim hasn’t yet realised that he represents a party that wants to deport him,whilst Helen Jenner helps obtain visas for foreign nationals:awks 👀🥴🤔
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Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @paulsandars.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
BBC News - 'Thuggish' behaviour could see balaclava ban in more cities www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Thuggish' behaviour could see balaclavas banned in Newport
The hashtag "no face no case" has been gaining traction glorifying balaclavas as a way to avoid prosecution.
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FeralGenX 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽💙🦋🔥🫘✌🏼 @ferallioness77.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Brilliant ✊🏼🔥♥️ #Pinks
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 09/10/2026
Wales left Albania with a 1-0 victory and a clean-sheet, but this was not a comfortable win against spirited and determined opposition.
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Wales battle to victory in hard fought test in Albania
Wales left Shkodër with a 1-0 victory and a clean-sheet, but this was not a comfortable win for Rhian Wilkinson’s side against a spirited and determined Albania. An own goal from a Lily Woodham corner...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 09/10/2026
Concerns have been raised about the network of public- and private-sector connections involving Artificial Intelligence Minister and Welsh Labour MP Kanishka Narayan ✍️ Martin Shipton
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AI Minister Kanishka Narayan criticised in new book
Martin Shipton Concerns have been raised about the network of public- and private-sector connections involving Artificial Intelligence Minister and Welsh Labour MP Kanishka Narayan. Author Thomas Vale...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 09/10/2026
Former S4C have been transformed into a new music hub, providing Cardiff-based musicians and artists with access to up to 11 professional rehearsal and creative spaces
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Former S4C studios transformed into new Cardiff music hub for local artists
Amelia Jones Former S4C have been transformed into a new music hub, providing Cardiff-based musicians and artists with access to up to 11 professional rehearsal and creative spaces. The new facility i...
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TAFF 💕🐷🐄🐑🐥🪿🙏Annibyniaeth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @vegan-4-indy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Why should they? They shouldn't have a say about what the Welsh Government decides to do. It's a matter for the people of Cymru. After all, does WM consult the people of Cymru when passing laws that directly impact us (negatively)?
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 08/10/2026
Welsh radio presenter Bronwen Lewis' beautiful bilingual version of Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart has gone viral, being shared by thousands on social media.
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Bronwen Lewis' bilingual version of Total Eclipse Of The Heart goes viral
Nation.Cymru staff Welsh radio presenter Bronwen Lewis’ beautiful version of Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse of the Heart recorded at the Welsh Baftas has gone viral, being shared by thousands on social ...
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mae'n bryd i Gymru gael y pwerau i gyflawni ein potensial 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Burnham must give Wales the powers, funding and flexibility to improve lives across our nation 💫
Excerpts from a letter from the Plaid Cymru First Minister to the UK Prime Minister, demanding a New Deal for Wales, outlining the powers, funding and flexibility Wales needs.

Excerpts can be found at https://www.partyof.wales/bargen_new_deal_cymruExcerpts from a letter from the Plaid Cymru First Minister to the UK Prime Minister, demanding a New Deal for Wales, outlining the powers, funding and flexibility Wales needs.

Excerpts can be found at https://www.partyof.wales/bargen_new_deal_cymru
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ELDAH ONE @adj4life72.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Where will all the English students stay? 🤷🏽‍♂️
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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Something I find curious when I advocate for democratic Welsh Statehood is the accusation that I lack solidarity. I come from a lineage of miners, steelworkers and farmers. I know quite a lot about solidarity. Solidarity would be your allyship towards Welsh Democracy.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Failures of privatisation. Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 jobs Foreign-owned RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets even after regulator lowered them. Postage: 1st class, £1.80, 2nd class 91p. When privatized in 2013: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Poor service at triple price. Customers fleeced.
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Royal Mail plans to cut 2,500 head office jobs
The postal service firm wants to cut the head office and other jobs by the end of 2027.
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Free Cats Daily😻 @freecatsdaily.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fire breathing cat #Cat #Caturday
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pretty Awesome 👍
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 06/10/2026
Cymru is not an English region. We have our own parliament, government and national identity. Our devolution journey is about empowering a nation to govern itself effectively and deliver for its ✍️Carrie Harper, MS people wp.me/p8Mk4U-1uC0
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Senedd has backed Plaid Cymru's calls for fair funding for Wales. Plaid Cymru will always demand fairness from Westminster, because Wales will no longer accept the failing status quo.
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Go for it Cymru, build the pressure on WM, as the First Wives motto says "Don't get mad, get everything"
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mae'r Senedd wedi cefnogi galwadau Plaid Cymru am gyllid teg i Gymru. Bydd Plaid Cymru wastad yn mynnu tegwch gan San Steffan, oherwydd ni fydd Cymru yn derbyn y sefyllfa bresennol sy’n gadael Cymru i lawr.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Archer’s resignation from the London mayoral race after it was revealed he lied in court was the thing that got Paul Foot up from his sickbed and contributing again, having first started chronicling Archer’s lies and misdemeanours in 1969. From the Private Eye archive. Issue 992, December 1999.
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