@barryrichards.bsky.social
Welsh & European Graphic & Interactive Designer/Developer, especially in e-learning, but also in indoor mapping. Lomographer. Views are own; weithiau yn Gymraeg
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Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Directed by Thom Zimny
Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro
Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
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Leaked emails show Paul Mason privately admitting what he publicly denied — then plotting revenge against journalists who exposed him
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
New emails reveal Mason's meltdown, lawfare over exposed collaboration with British intelligence
Leaked emails show Paul Mason privately admitting what he publicly denied — then plotting revenge against journalists who exposed him
www.thecanary.co
January 28, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Leaked emails show Paul Mason privately admitting what he publicly denied — then plotting revenge against journalists who exposed him
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
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This will be fine. I'm pretty sure nine years isn't enough time to develop serious respiratory issues even if you spend every night sucking on mould spores... I mean, human-rights-man wouldn't delay it if that was a serious risk, right?
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
Fury as enforcement of decent homes standard for private renters in England put back to 2035
Campaigners say government ‘denying renters the most basic standards in our homes’
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:09 PM
This will be fine. I'm pretty sure nine years isn't enough time to develop serious respiratory issues even if you spend every night sucking on mould spores... I mean, human-rights-man wouldn't delay it if that was a serious risk, right?
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
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Mae arolwg YouGov yn dangos bod 62% o bobl ifanc 16–24 oed yng Nghymru o blaid annibyniaeth.
Dyma’r genhedlaeth nesaf—y bobl fydd yn byw gyda chanlyniadau penderfyniadau heddiw.
Dyma leisiau’r dyfodol, ac mae’n bryd gwrando.
Ymunwch â YesCymru
www.yes.cymru/ymuno
Dyma’r genhedlaeth nesaf—y bobl fydd yn byw gyda chanlyniadau penderfyniadau heddiw.
Dyma leisiau’r dyfodol, ac mae’n bryd gwrando.
Ymunwch â YesCymru
www.yes.cymru/ymuno
January 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Mae arolwg YouGov yn dangos bod 62% o bobl ifanc 16–24 oed yng Nghymru o blaid annibyniaeth.
Dyma’r genhedlaeth nesaf—y bobl fydd yn byw gyda chanlyniadau penderfyniadau heddiw.
Dyma leisiau’r dyfodol, ac mae’n bryd gwrando.
Ymunwch â YesCymru
www.yes.cymru/ymuno
Dyma’r genhedlaeth nesaf—y bobl fydd yn byw gyda chanlyniadau penderfyniadau heddiw.
Dyma leisiau’r dyfodol, ac mae’n bryd gwrando.
Ymunwch â YesCymru
www.yes.cymru/ymuno
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There's always a tweet.....or twenty 👀
Isn't that right Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Zia Yusuf?
Once again Reform UK demonstrating their principles by accepting Suella Braverman
Isn't that right Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Zia Yusuf?
Once again Reform UK demonstrating their principles by accepting Suella Braverman
January 27, 2026 at 1:22 PM
There's always a tweet.....or twenty 👀
Isn't that right Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Zia Yusuf?
Once again Reform UK demonstrating their principles by accepting Suella Braverman
Isn't that right Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Zia Yusuf?
Once again Reform UK demonstrating their principles by accepting Suella Braverman
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We found what X tried to hide. Grok generated an estimated 3 MILLION sexualized images over 11 days.
Research like this provides the evidence needed hold tech companies accountable when they fail to keep users safe.
That’s why we’re calling for the right to research. Agree? Add your name. ⤵️
Research like this provides the evidence needed hold tech companies accountable when they fail to keep users safe.
That’s why we’re calling for the right to research. Agree? Add your name. ⤵️
Defend the Right to Research
We have the right to know what harms tech giants are exposing us to, but they’re doing everything to avoid transparency and accountability. #WhatAreTheyHiding?
Join CCDH and call for the right to res...
act.counterhate.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:23 PM
We found what X tried to hide. Grok generated an estimated 3 MILLION sexualized images over 11 days.
Research like this provides the evidence needed hold tech companies accountable when they fail to keep users safe.
That’s why we’re calling for the right to research. Agree? Add your name. ⤵️
Research like this provides the evidence needed hold tech companies accountable when they fail to keep users safe.
That’s why we’re calling for the right to research. Agree? Add your name. ⤵️
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Labour is failing people by hidden design. Reform would do so explicitly. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
Labour is failing people by hidden design. Reform would do so explicitly.
As The Guardian notes this morning:
The country’s most deprived neighbourhoods will have higher crime rates and worse unemployment by the end of the parliament, according to a report written at the r...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Labour is failing people by hidden design. Reform would do so explicitly. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
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Just been watching a PBS programme the ‘Nazi’s Propaganda Machine’ shows the way they quickly smothered the press, made opposition to the regime illegal and intimidated and oppressed with armed militias. Sound familiar?
January 28, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Just been watching a PBS programme the ‘Nazi’s Propaganda Machine’ shows the way they quickly smothered the press, made opposition to the regime illegal and intimidated and oppressed with armed militias. Sound familiar?
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TRUMP ADMINSTRATION: "You can't protest by getting loud, agitated, and in our faces!"
PROTESTORS: "OK, we'll just protest by silently kneeling during the national anthem."
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: "YOU CAN'T DO THAT EITHER!!!!!"
PROTESTORS: "OK, we'll just protest by silently kneeling during the national anthem."
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: "YOU CAN'T DO THAT EITHER!!!!!"
January 27, 2026 at 7:39 PM
TRUMP ADMINSTRATION: "You can't protest by getting loud, agitated, and in our faces!"
PROTESTORS: "OK, we'll just protest by silently kneeling during the national anthem."
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: "YOU CAN'T DO THAT EITHER!!!!!"
PROTESTORS: "OK, we'll just protest by silently kneeling during the national anthem."
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: "YOU CAN'T DO THAT EITHER!!!!!"
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This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here’s the first episode of Better Offline’s Dot Com Bubble Week. I’m joined by @mattrosoff.bsky.social to talk about what it was like to be in tech during the last time the markets got drunk on a major digital hype cycle.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Linktr.ee/betteroffline
Working In The Dot Com Bubble ft. Matt Rosoff
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/26/2026 · 56m
podcasts.apple.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Here’s the first episode of Better Offline’s Dot Com Bubble Week. I’m joined by @mattrosoff.bsky.social to talk about what it was like to be in tech during the last time the markets got drunk on a major digital hype cycle.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
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Here’s the first part of this week’s four-part Better Offline series on why the AI bubble is worse than the dot com bubble - and how people are too flippant about the carnage caused by the 2000s telecommunications bubble bursting.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part One
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/27/2026 · 13m
podcasts.apple.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Here’s the first part of this week’s four-part Better Offline series on why the AI bubble is worse than the dot com bubble - and how people are too flippant about the carnage caused by the 2000s telecommunications bubble bursting.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
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Just glance at Minnesota to see where this leads.
Suella Braverman, "There is a very strong case to increase the powers of any immigration enforcement officers that we deploy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Just glance at Minnesota to see where this leads.
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“LET US OUT!”
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“LET US OUT!”
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.
In our name🇺🇸
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My FIL's mate (80) told me he voted leave for his grandchildren.
My simple reply was "why, do you fucking hate them?"
My simple reply was "why, do you fucking hate them?"
January 24, 2026 at 4:10 PM
My FIL's mate (80) told me he voted leave for his grandchildren.
My simple reply was "why, do you fucking hate them?"
My simple reply was "why, do you fucking hate them?"
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Braverman was so bad she was sacked by Liz Truss.
Enough said.
Enough said.
January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Braverman was so bad she was sacked by Liz Truss.
Enough said.
Enough said.
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Farage welcomed Suella ‘Cruella’ Braverman into Reform UK Party Ltd today.
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Farage welcomed Suella ‘Cruella’ Braverman into Reform UK Party Ltd today.
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Look at Nigel Farage collecting failed former Liz Truss Cabinet members like Pokémon.
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Look at Nigel Farage collecting failed former Liz Truss Cabinet members like Pokémon.
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Sorry, Trump, your support is collapsing and you’re panicking.
Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of “investigations" have found nothing.
Get your goons out of Minnesota.
Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of “investigations" have found nothing.
Get your goons out of Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Sorry, Trump, your support is collapsing and you’re panicking.
Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of “investigations" have found nothing.
Get your goons out of Minnesota.
Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of “investigations" have found nothing.
Get your goons out of Minnesota.
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🚨 Voting intention amongst poorest/richest:
-- Poorest --
➡️Ref: 34% (+17)
🔵Con: 18% (-6)
🔴Lab: 15% (-18)
🟢Grn: 14% (+6)
🟠LD: 12% (+1)
-- Richest --
🔴Lab: 23% (-17)
🟠LD: 19% (+3)
🔵Con: 19% (-3)
🟢Grn: 17% (+11)
➡️Ref: 16% (+6)
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec - 9 Jan (+/- vs GE24)
-- Poorest --
➡️Ref: 34% (+17)
🔵Con: 18% (-6)
🔴Lab: 15% (-18)
🟢Grn: 14% (+6)
🟠LD: 12% (+1)
-- Richest --
🔴Lab: 23% (-17)
🟠LD: 19% (+3)
🔵Con: 19% (-3)
🟢Grn: 17% (+11)
➡️Ref: 16% (+6)
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec - 9 Jan (+/- vs GE24)
January 24, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🚨 Voting intention amongst poorest/richest:
-- Poorest --
➡️Ref: 34% (+17)
🔵Con: 18% (-6)
🔴Lab: 15% (-18)
🟢Grn: 14% (+6)
🟠LD: 12% (+1)
-- Richest --
🔴Lab: 23% (-17)
🟠LD: 19% (+3)
🔵Con: 19% (-3)
🟢Grn: 17% (+11)
➡️Ref: 16% (+6)
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec - 9 Jan (+/- vs GE24)
-- Poorest --
➡️Ref: 34% (+17)
🔵Con: 18% (-6)
🔴Lab: 15% (-18)
🟢Grn: 14% (+6)
🟠LD: 12% (+1)
-- Richest --
🔴Lab: 23% (-17)
🟠LD: 19% (+3)
🔵Con: 19% (-3)
🟢Grn: 17% (+11)
➡️Ref: 16% (+6)
Via @YouGov, 14 Dec - 9 Jan (+/- vs GE24)
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BREAKING: 31,000 nurses and health care workers are on strike in California and Hawaii.
These vital workers at Kaiser Permanente facilites are walking out to secure a contract with safe staffing levels, timely access to quality care, and fair wages for frontline caregivers.
These vital workers at Kaiser Permanente facilites are walking out to secure a contract with safe staffing levels, timely access to quality care, and fair wages for frontline caregivers.
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM
BREAKING: 31,000 nurses and health care workers are on strike in California and Hawaii.
These vital workers at Kaiser Permanente facilites are walking out to secure a contract with safe staffing levels, timely access to quality care, and fair wages for frontline caregivers.
These vital workers at Kaiser Permanente facilites are walking out to secure a contract with safe staffing levels, timely access to quality care, and fair wages for frontline caregivers.
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Pete Songi @PeteSongi on #AndyBurnham being barred from the Gorton and Denton byelection @guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Pete Songi @PeteSongi on #AndyBurnham being barred from the Gorton and Denton byelection @guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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Minneapolis in January 2026 . . .
... SHAME on the so-called Department of Homeland Security
and 🖕 ICE !
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Minneapolis in January 2026 . . .
... SHAME on the so-called Department of Homeland Security
and 🖕 ICE !
💠 🧐 💠
January 26, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Minneapolis in January 2026 . . .
... SHAME on the so-called Department of Homeland Security
and 🖕 ICE !
💠 🧐 💠
Minneapolis in January 2026 . . .
... SHAME on the so-called Department of Homeland Security
and 🖕 ICE !
💠 🧐 💠