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Peter Foden

@ysgrifnlaw.bsky.social
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Opening the scroll and the scrawl to seek the soul of things (then and now). Archivist, palaeographer, interpreter, tutor. Family. Disability. Faith. Ideas. Politics. Music. Cymro ar ddewis. Dysgwr Cymraeg. Hanesydd sy’n gweithio ar fy liwt fy hun.

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Anianegwr @anianegwr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
She is a bizzare Enid Blytonesque construct of her own making, egged on by people who are using her and who will discard her at the drop of a hat when she's no longer useful. She is hugely ignorant and makes up for it with insane levels of unfounded self-assurance. I call her Enid Blighty.
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Peter Foden @ysgrifnlaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In some cultures this would be called corruption: why is it okay here? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We should ask ourselves why this is something a Labour Prime Minister feels the need to refute. After 16 years of austerity, a tax and spend socialist is just what we need.
Burnham says budget will be ‘challenging’ and denies he is just ‘tax and spend socialist’ - Guardian headline
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So the ultra-rich will continue to own our politics, and our country. Disappointing to say the least. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 15/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/533647
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Very disappointing from the new Prime Minister, very much sounding like the previous PM. These are among the world’s most vulnerable and desparate people. They need safe routes and humanity from responsible politicians, not grandstanding. This isn’t doing politics differently.
Burnham pledges to be "relentless" in curbing small boat crossings
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness
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Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
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Peter Foden @ysgrifnlaw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Isn’t education about preparing us all for all our future ‘whatevers’, not just our first or next job interview?
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András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Wasn't fucking immigrants was it
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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It's called The Humanities and it's being systematically dismantled due to HE cuts. 😡
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Congratulations to the government on saving 2700 jobs by nationalising British Steel. Now, about the 18,000 university jobs lost in the last 18 months, with more coming…
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Peter Foden @ysgrifnlaw.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Worth reading Mike’s thread. We need much more networking between academic/professional and community/amateur researchers (like RIII at Leicester in fact). It need not be adversarial. And some journalists don’t know their Alfred from their Albert anyway LOL.
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Peter Foden @ysgrifnlaw.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Rights of Way are such a significant subject - metaphorically at the crossroads of history, law, geography and politics. Still controversial (I nearly accidentally typed ‘Fights of Way’ here)
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Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The heritage sector generates £15 billion for the economy. If we cut archaeology as a subject, we lose the engine that helps generate it. We also lose our knowledge of past societies. We lose any grasp of who we are, who we’ve been, and who we might yet be.
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Alan Pennie @telston.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
There's a lot of whistling past the graveyard going on.
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Michael H Whitworth @profmhwhitworth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Have I got this right? Privately educated Farage (Dulwich), recipient of gifts from Cottrell (privately educated, Malvern, descendent of titled aristocracy (Baron Manton, Baron Hesketh)) and from Harborne (privately educated, Westminster) is standing in a “people vs the establishment” by-election?
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Oh, now suddenly people notice! Absurd, pathetic. It's been going on for years. Wait until the Big Names suddenly piling in see what happens next - and where it happens. Serious failure of journalism on almost every front of the university crisis. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts
Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences
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Peter Underwood 💚 @greenpeteru.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
As Tony Benn said, "If we can find money to kill people, we can find the money to help people." Labour prefer to kill people www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Starmer trims investment budgets to fund extra £15bn for defence
The plan outlines how billions will be spent on equipping the UK armed forces in the years ahead.
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This petition needs as many signatories as the Exeter one. Please sign and share — don’t let Hertfordshire managers get away with this just because a Russell Group one took the spotlight. #UKHE
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Liz Saville Roberts AS / MP @lsrplaid.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Burnham’s focus today seemed to be on ‘the regions’ - aka England. But the people of Wales have made it clear they want more powers over rail, Crown Estate and justice. We live in hope Burnham wants to deliver for our communities too and so he must listen to our calls and act.
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Andy Burnham sets out plans to devolve power to regions with new 'No 10 North' in Manchester
Andy Burnham says if he becomes PM, he will deliver "good growth in every British postcode" and offer "new opportunities to extend" UK devolution - but does not give more detail.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 29/06/2026
A north Wales castle is offering a rare opportunity for a new live-in member of staff to help care for its historic buildings and grounds
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National Trust offers rare chance to live and work at historic Welsh castle
Nation.Cymru Staff A north Wales castle is offering a rare opportunity for a new live-in member of staff to help care for its historic buildings and grounds. National Trust Cymru is looking for a Faci...
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Andy Burnham needs to deliver public OWNERSHIP of the essentials 💧💡🚌🚄📮🏥 Not "public control" - essentially just more regulation With natural monopolies, we don’t have choice as consumers, so we need accountability as citizens @guardianheather.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Will Andy Burnham ‘go big’ in expanding the role of the state?
In the first of a series on nationalisation, we look at the critical tests ahead for the PM-in-waiting, from choosing a chancellor to the future of Thames Water
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
It’s a marathon, not a sprint. Their interest in the script (aka research) started in 2006. ‘Science’: it’s a long game. But can be very swiftly dismantled, as we are all seeing.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Sorry about the cliche, but this really is "First they came for ...". You might be comfortable with a loss of rights for people with whom you disagree. But you might not have grasped that this is everyone's loss. Which group will next be classed as terrorist, because it opposes government policy?
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 27/06/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity? @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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Donna Rees @donnarees.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Oh my...
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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Reconstruction of 1,500‑year‑old woman challenges modern assumptions about disability www.scotsman.com/news/environ...
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Reconstruction of 1,500‑year‑old woman challenges modern assumptions about disability
Remains reveal physically impaired woman was ‘supported, valued and buried with honour by her community’
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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
All of France is scorching hot today. Except for one village in the northwest...
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Bydd Plaid Cymru yn parhau i alw allan yr erchyllterau a gyflawnwyd, ac sy'n dal i ddigwydd ym Mhalestina. Mae'r Llys Troseddol Rhyngwladol wedi gwneud cais i arestio Benjamin Netanyahu am gyflawni troseddau rhyfel yn Gaza, ac mae'n bwysig ein bod yn parhau i ddwyn y rhai sydd mewn grym i gyfrif.
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Neoliberals live in fear of everything they are saying being shown to be wrong, and their fall from power that would follow. So, they stick with the falsehoods. Their fear of failure and the resulting loss to them stops them from doing anything else youtu.be/QUia2RmgSoA?... .
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Why neoliberals are terrified of being proved wrong
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Peter Foden @ysgrifnlaw.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Palaeography/typography geeks: what might this symbol represent? Used as a personal mark by two unrelated people in Nottinghamshire circa 1680. Upper case H or something else? Neither person’s name began with H.
Symbol consisting of three perpendicular lines joined by a horizontal line, drawn with a pen
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Harry @referencehs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
There seems to be a general propaganda push away from letting people study. I start to understand why. The ruling class needs more ignorant people. I feel we need more broadly educated kids.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
61% of all political donations in the last quarter came from just 14 people Reform took in £9.3m from a handful of super rich donors British democracy is being bought. We urgently need action to take the money out of our politics
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
So the police force accused by Nigel Farage of "anti-white racism" is over five times more likely to target black people for stop and searches than white people The figure is higher than the average for England and has got worse over recent years www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Nowak murder: police accused of ‘anti-white bias’ five times more likely to stop black people
Hampshire force whose officers responded to the murder of 18-year-old has a higher than average racial disparity
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Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Wiĺl the government just hand the running of the country to Palantir and have done with it?
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Memnon of Rhodes @johngage1.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
1/ What the far-right are doing here is looking for a foothold. They want to find one particular ethnicity or religion for which a majority of the British public are willing to say "These people are dangerous. We should keep these people out completely”.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 03/06/2026
A struggling museum is set to receive a vital one-off payment to safeguard some of its most important historical treasures
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Struggling museum to receive vital one-off payment
Twm Owen Local Democracy Reporter A struggling museum is set to receive a vital one-off payment to safeguard some of its most important historical treasures. It will be the second “one-off” cash injec...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 03/06/2026
A hare, a puffin, a barn owl, a bumblebee and a grey seal are among the animals that could appear on Bank of England banknotes, eventually replacing historical figures
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Bank of England reveals which animals could feature on its new-look banknotes
Vicky Shaw, Press Association Personal Finance Correspondent A hare, a puffin, a barn owl, a bumblebee and a grey seal are among the animals that could appear on Bank of England banknotes, eventually ...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
When he was an MEP, Farage excused his absences on basis that it was an illegitimate government and that sovereignty should reside in Westminster. He's now an MP in Westminster And he's been absent for 77 Parliament votes in a row. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...
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Working hard? Nigel Farage registered 'absent' from the last 77 votes in Parliament
Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks...
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Peter Foden @ysgrifnlaw.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Can we be sure that worshippers believe the same things as their predecessors worshipping on the same site centuries before (or henceforward)?
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Such an excellent and withering piece. The massive chilling effect that Starmer and Mahmood have had on high skill / high pay migration needed calling out.
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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
“The reason AI-generated content isn’t as good, Chieng argued, is that the journey of making and learning something matters —‘it’s the point of all of this.’” www.harvardmagazine.com/commencement...
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Ronny Chieng Tells Harvard to ‘Destroy AI’ as Graduates Cheer | Harvard Magazine
The comedian and The Daily Show host gave the keynote address for Class Day 2026.
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Peter Foden @ysgrifnlaw.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Party politics denies democracy because big parties can be bought by the Oligarchy
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
He’s fully and finally turned into the caricature that the Labour left had of him when he was in government, hasn’t he?
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Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump
In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election
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Huw C. Davies @huwcdavies.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Reform is the party for ignorant, reactionary bigots who are sabotaging Britain’s future. There’s no meeting them half way or legitimising their concerns without being complicit in this.
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