Glyn Bach
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Glyn Bach
@llanfrancisco.bsky.social
Welsh. Gay. Beard. Annoying.
Pinned
In another life, I was known as Welshbeard :-)
We tend to think of 'green', pro-animal rights, activism and politics as being inherently left-wing, liberal and/or progressive, but the far right have always had a presence in the movement

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REVEALED: The animal rights group sharing obscene anti-Jewish hate - Jewish News
EXCLUSIVE: Farms Not Factories boasts high-profile supporters, some of whom have asked to be removed from its website after Jewish News revealed the group’s newsletter promotes conspiracy theories
www.jewishnews.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The prominent presenter on Rupert Murdoch's British Talk TV channel, Mike Graham, has been sacked, for refusing to co-operate into an investigation into racist content on his social media feed

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Mike Graham sacked from TalkTV after ‘failure’ to assist inquiry into racist post
Broadcaster suspended presenter last month over Facebook post he said happened after account was hacked
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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The area from the river to the sea is a homeland for both Jews and Palestinians. Is there a way for both peoples to enjoy sovereignty without carving up the territory?
Join us TUESDAY, 11/18, as we host Dr. Fakhira Halloun & Prof. Oren Yiftachel of A Land for All.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A reminder of how the esteemed philosopher and pacifist Bertrand Russell would have contended with a German occupation of the United Kingdom

(via @equusonthebuses.bsky.social )
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Excellent news for womens health promotion, world-wide

'More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a year-long application process'

financialpost.com/pmn/more-tha...
More than 80 nonprofits receive $250M for global women's health from Melinda French Gates
More than 80 organizations that provide health care for women all over the world received grants Wednesday totaling $250 million from Melinda French Gates after a y…
financialpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Post someone who looks great in a hat
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I was saddened to learn, last night, that South Woodford's lovely Hungarian restaurant, The Lakehouse, is closing next month. Try to support your local independent businesses.
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘I’ll be executed on Tuesday’: families reveal panicked last calls from foreigners on Saudi’s death row
Relatives share with the Guardian final words of those killed amid ‘horrifying’ surge in capital punishment under Mohammed bin Salman’s rule
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I have no idea what these noodles have to do with the holidays.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.

Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.

A new thread documenting this.
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Ukraine has long been known to have an issue with corruption, and, alas, corruption tends to thrive at times of war

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Major corruption scandal engulfs top Zelensky allies
The Ukrainian president has called for the justice and energy ministers to be removed from their posts.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I think BBC Arabic can't really continue in its current state. It's too compromised a service. It probably needs a root-and-branch reorganisation www.thejc.com/news/uk/fami...
Family of terror victim calls for BBC Arabic to be shut down amid bias row - The Jewish Chronicle
BBC ‘quietly encouraging’ people to follow restaurant bombing terrorist, father of killed daughter says
www.thejc.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Birmingham Labour councillor Bushra Bi apologises after suggesting that Sir Keir Starmer is biased in favour of Israel ‘because his wife is Jewish’ www.thejc.com/news/politic...
Birmingham Labour councillor suggested Starmer is biased in favour of Israel ‘because his wife is Jewish’ - The Jewish Chronicle
Bushra Bi apologised for her remarks and said she was committed to ‘ensuring it does not happen again’
www.thejc.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Police officers should be bound by the highest standards. Everyone should feel safe to turn to them in a crisis, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. If we cannot trust officers to deal with us all equitably, then our justice system is failing

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cambridge police officer dismissed after using racist language
PC Andrew Goodwin's behaviour
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Dozens of settlers launch arson attack on town of Beit Lid, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as attacks against Palestinians surge

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Dozens of Israeli settlers launch arson attack in West Bank as attacks against Palestinians surge | CNN
Dozens of Israeli settlers launched an arson attack on an agricultural area in the occupied West Bank Tuesday evening, according to Palestinian activists in the area, marking the latest such attack in...
edition.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Milan, Italy : 25 yr old man arrested after antisemitic attack on a group of US Ultra-Orthodox Jewish tourists at the central railway station. He also shouted antisemitic threats and insults such as “dirty Jews” and “you kill children in Palestine, and I’ll kill you"

www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
Jewish tourists assaulted in Milan by racist attacker | The Jerusalem Post
During the attack, the Pakistani man shouted racist threats and insults in Italian, such as “dirty Jews” and “you kill children in Palestine, and I’ll kill you."
www.jpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Nowhere in Ukraine is truly 'safe' from Russian attacks, but Kherson is rather dangerous, with the front line being across the River Dnieper. It comes under daily attack. Kudos should go to Angelina Jolie for opting to visit it, instead of 'safer' locations

www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain...
Angelina Jolie highlights the horrors of Russia’s ‘human safari’ in Ukraine
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie paid a surprise visit to Ukraine in early November to help raise international awareness about Russia's 'human safari' campaign of drone killings targeting Ukrainian civi...
www.atlanticcouncil.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Prominent American supporter of President Trump, Melissa Rein Lively, and her partner Philip Ostermann, have been named as the suspects in an alleged racist attack on a family at Bond Street Tube station, in central London, on October 11th www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/b...
Trump fan and financier named over Tube ‘racist abuse’ police appeal
Philip Ostermann and Melissa Rein Lively have been named as the subjects of the British Transport Police appeal
www.standard.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Unsurprisingly, Jeremy Corbyn has finally come out as an anti-Zionist, which, essence, means Your Party (or whatever it will be called) won't accept a two-state solution for Israel/Palestine, and will, I assume, seek the dismantling of Israel as a sovereign state www.jewishnews.co.uk/corbyn-says-...
Corbyn says his new political party is committed to 'absolute opposition to Zionism' - Jewish News
Former Labour leader moves closer to stance expressed by Zarah Sultana
www.jewishnews.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Staffordshire Reform UK cabinet member, Cllr Peter Mason (member for for Burton South) has apologised for a series of 'disgusting' (his own description) posts, which included racial and homophobic allusions, to social media, prior to his election www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Staffordshire Reform UK councillor apologises for 'disgusting' X posts - BBC News
Peter Mason says he "regrets his choice of words" in posts about black women and the police.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“Since Donald Trump descended that golden escalator in 2015, the Republican party has devolved into a cult of personality that mirrors the worst authoritarian regimes of the last one hundred years" : Veteran GOP fundraiser Miles Bruner

www.newsweek.com/veteran-gop-...
Veteran GOP Fundraiser Quits Party, Trashes Donald Trump
Miles Bruner said the GOP had become “a cult of personality that mirrors the worst authoritarian regimes” of the past century.
www.newsweek.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM