Andy Williams
@llantwit.bsky.social
Welsh; trade union gobshite; #Spycops; interested in journalism; #bi 🩷💜💙+ #pan 🩷💛💙; #BWithTheT; Cardiff UCU media team; resistance is fertile 🌱✊
Cracking Boxing Day rugby at the Arms Park with the Dragons almost breaking an epic losing streak against bloody Cardiff.
December 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Cracking Boxing Day rugby at the Arms Park with the Dragons almost breaking an epic losing streak against bloody Cardiff.
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2025. An incredible year for rugby union. We count down every moment that made it special, silly, strange and so much more in our definitive celebration of the 288 Greatest Rugby Moments of 2025...
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The 288 Greatest Rugby Moments of 2025
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December 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
2025. An incredible year for rugby union. We count down every moment that made it special, silly, strange and so much more in our definitive celebration of the 288 Greatest Rugby Moments of 2025...
youtu.be/7hVloJg_FsE?...
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Crazy that the WRU actively wants this to be the last-ever set of Boxing Day derbies, legitimately the thing Welsh club rugby is built around.
December 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Crazy that the WRU actively wants this to be the last-ever set of Boxing Day derbies, legitimately the thing Welsh club rugby is built around.
Frogs in boiling water moment.
Things are getting fascist when you think:
- the fucking King sounds like a lefty
- the fucking Pope sounds like a lefty
#NeverAgain
Things are getting fascist when you think:
- the fucking King sounds like a lefty
- the fucking Pope sounds like a lefty
#NeverAgain
December 26, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Frogs in boiling water moment.
Things are getting fascist when you think:
- the fucking King sounds like a lefty
- the fucking Pope sounds like a lefty
#NeverAgain
Things are getting fascist when you think:
- the fucking King sounds like a lefty
- the fucking Pope sounds like a lefty
#NeverAgain
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#OtD 26 Dec 1936 George Orwell checked into the Hotel Continental in Barcelona. His room would be raided in June 1937 during the persecution of the POUM. The first transcript of his book 'Homage to Catalonia' was taken and never seen again stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9810...
December 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
#OtD 26 Dec 1936 George Orwell checked into the Hotel Continental in Barcelona. His room would be raided in June 1937 during the persecution of the POUM. The first transcript of his book 'Homage to Catalonia' was taken and never seen again stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9810...
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The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
goodlaw.social
December 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
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#OtD 26 Dec 1862 the largest mass execution in US history took place when 38 Native American Dakota people were hanged. Some trials lasted less than five minutes, and Pres Lincoln personally reviewed the trial paperwork and approved the death penalty stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9808...
December 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#OtD 26 Dec 1862 the largest mass execution in US history took place when 38 Native American Dakota people were hanged. Some trials lasted less than five minutes, and Pres Lincoln personally reviewed the trial paperwork and approved the death penalty stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9808...
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“scientists know that both men and women are at risk from HPV-linked cancers, including anal, penile, vaginal, and head and neck cancers. Yet in many nations around the world, far fewer young men are getting their jabs – a massive sex discrepancy that public health advisors want to fix.”
"Not enough young men are getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), and in some nations, it may be undermining the elimination of cervical cancer."
www.sciencealert.com/vaccinating-...
www.sciencealert.com/vaccinating-...
Vaccinating Boys Against HPV Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer
Not enough young men are getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV), and in some nations, it may be undermining the elimination of cervical cancer.
www.sciencealert.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“scientists know that both men and women are at risk from HPV-linked cancers, including anal, penile, vaginal, and head and neck cancers. Yet in many nations around the world, far fewer young men are getting their jabs – a massive sex discrepancy that public health advisors want to fix.”
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It really has come to this: the Pope and the King (the POPE! the KING!) spout what used to be seen as platitudes so banal and mainstream as to be effectively meaningless and now they’re being demonised as socialists and lefty culture warriors… the flipping POPE AND KING FFS
December 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It really has come to this: the Pope and the King (the POPE! the KING!) spout what used to be seen as platitudes so banal and mainstream as to be effectively meaningless and now they’re being demonised as socialists and lefty culture warriors… the flipping POPE AND KING FFS
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The polluter pays principle, big oil pays the politicians and the politicians oppose net zero.
'Fossil fuel lobbyists, polluting industries and climate deniers have donated £8.4 million ($10.6 million) to the Conservative Party since December 2019. Within the same period, they provided 92 per cent of the funds raised by the rightwing Reform UK' newint.org/democracy/20...
Big Oil is bankrolling the UK’s election
UN advisor Ibrahim Özdemir argues that urgent action is needed to protect Britain’s democracy.
newint.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The polluter pays principle, big oil pays the politicians and the politicians oppose net zero.
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Nottingham University has fallen from one of the UK’s finest to brink of a financial precipice
No one in the university’s senior management has been held responsible
Those who failed have simply moved onwards & upwards into even better-paid roles
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/staff-f...
No one in the university’s senior management has been held responsible
Those who failed have simply moved onwards & upwards into even better-paid roles
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/staff-f...
Staff fear ‘catastrophic’ impact of Nottingham ‘consolidation’
Increases to staff-student ratios could send university into a ‘death spiral’, says union leader as vice-chancellor insists institution must act now
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Nottingham University has fallen from one of the UK’s finest to brink of a financial precipice
No one in the university’s senior management has been held responsible
Those who failed have simply moved onwards & upwards into even better-paid roles
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/staff-f...
No one in the university’s senior management has been held responsible
Those who failed have simply moved onwards & upwards into even better-paid roles
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/staff-f...
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I loved this. And I want to note the whole “there were no autistic people before …” discourse has an answer here: just the people were sent away in the incarceration (yes “care homes” like this), and if they fled, they were just abandoned by society, usually to die.
December 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I loved this. And I want to note the whole “there were no autistic people before …” discourse has an answer here: just the people were sent away in the incarceration (yes “care homes” like this), and if they fled, they were just abandoned by society, usually to die.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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While I was in prison, I was the food procurement clerk. It was my job to work with the first cook to design the daily food menu and then make sure the men were fed on a budget of $2.60 per person per day.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
December 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
While I was in prison, I was the food procurement clerk. It was my job to work with the first cook to design the daily food menu and then make sure the men were fed on a budget of $2.60 per person per day.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.
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Happy holidays from the Starbucks picket line!
We're STILL on ULP strike, and just this week, 19 more stores filed for a union election.✊🔥
DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location until the company resolves their 100s of outstanding unfair labor practices. NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE!
We're STILL on ULP strike, and just this week, 19 more stores filed for a union election.✊🔥
DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location until the company resolves their 100s of outstanding unfair labor practices. NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE!
December 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Happy holidays from the Starbucks picket line!
We're STILL on ULP strike, and just this week, 19 more stores filed for a union election.✊🔥
DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location until the company resolves their 100s of outstanding unfair labor practices. NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE!
We're STILL on ULP strike, and just this week, 19 more stores filed for a union election.✊🔥
DON'T BUY STARBUCKS at ANY location until the company resolves their 100s of outstanding unfair labor practices. NO CONTRACT, NO COFFEE!
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December 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Happy St George’s Day everyone ❤️
#TodayInQueerHistory
December 25 (2016)
Remembering George Michael; pop star and all around good egg who passed #OTD.
George did a lot for charity. Royalties from hit Jesus to a Child supported Childline. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me supported HIV charities. He often donated anonymously too.
December 25 (2016)
Remembering George Michael; pop star and all around good egg who passed #OTD.
George did a lot for charity. Royalties from hit Jesus to a Child supported Childline. Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me supported HIV charities. He often donated anonymously too.
December 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Happy St George’s Day everyone ❤️
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We really are a nation that loves animals and hates children. These figures are so shameful (via @natacha.bsky.social).
December 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
We really are a nation that loves animals and hates children. These figures are so shameful (via @natacha.bsky.social).
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Manchester has a new queer community hub offering a space to eat, chat, relax and find kinship. If you’re in Manchester and looking for something to do on Christmas Day, come along to this free Christmas meal from 11am to 5pm @ The Proud Place.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/quh-free-c...
🎄🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/quh-free-c...
🎄🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
December 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Manchester has a new queer community hub offering a space to eat, chat, relax and find kinship. If you’re in Manchester and looking for something to do on Christmas Day, come along to this free Christmas meal from 11am to 5pm @ The Proud Place.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/quh-free-c...
🎄🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/quh-free-c...
🎄🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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some ppl seem so determined the world can't be different & empathy & solidarity are weird or whatever. well I'm sorry i think living in a world where permanent sadism & war is enforced via pedo blackmail is weird & im not gonna stop being like this & neither are a lot of people so go fuck yourself
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
some ppl seem so determined the world can't be different & empathy & solidarity are weird or whatever. well I'm sorry i think living in a world where permanent sadism & war is enforced via pedo blackmail is weird & im not gonna stop being like this & neither are a lot of people so go fuck yourself
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This is becoming a very very shameful episode - and a tragedy for these young and courageous people and their friends and families
filtonactionists.com
filtonactionists.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is becoming a very very shameful episode - and a tragedy for these young and courageous people and their friends and families
filtonactionists.com
filtonactionists.com
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Another day, another Big Tech revolving door scandal.
Former UK chancellor George Osborne is joining OpenAI.
Great to see our research on Big Tech's lobby firepower being quoted though 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/b...
Former UK chancellor George Osborne is joining OpenAI.
Great to see our research on Big Tech's lobby firepower being quoted though 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/b...
George Osborne getting a new job isn't exactly news. But him being the latest former politician to join a tech company pushing out AI into government absolutely is. My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
George Osborne has a new job in tech, and it doesn’t bode well for Britain | Chris Stokel-Walker
OpenAI is the latest to make a political hire as big tech spreads its tentacles around the world. So what’s the attraction, asks author Chris Stokel-Walker
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Another day, another Big Tech revolving door scandal.
Former UK chancellor George Osborne is joining OpenAI.
Great to see our research on Big Tech's lobby firepower being quoted though 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/b...
Former UK chancellor George Osborne is joining OpenAI.
Great to see our research on Big Tech's lobby firepower being quoted though 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/b...
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George Osborne getting a new job isn't exactly news. But him being the latest former politician to join a tech company pushing out AI into government absolutely is. My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
George Osborne has a new job in tech, and it doesn’t bode well for Britain | Chris Stokel-Walker
OpenAI is the latest to make a political hire as big tech spreads its tentacles around the world. So what’s the attraction, asks author Chris Stokel-Walker
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
George Osborne getting a new job isn't exactly news. But him being the latest former politician to join a tech company pushing out AI into government absolutely is. My latest for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Nadolig ym Mhont-y-clun, 1916
Tynnwyd y llun Nadolig ar ein blog eleni dros gant a naw o flynyddoedd yn ôl, yn Rhagfyr 1916, ac mae’n cynnwys staff a chleifion Ysbyty Ategol y Groes Goch ym Mhont-y-clun.
Gallwch ddarllen mwy yma: bit.ly/3NdaFIP
Tynnwyd y llun Nadolig ar ein blog eleni dros gant a naw o flynyddoedd yn ôl, yn Rhagfyr 1916, ac mae’n cynnwys staff a chleifion Ysbyty Ategol y Groes Goch ym Mhont-y-clun.
Gallwch ddarllen mwy yma: bit.ly/3NdaFIP
Nadolig ym Mhont-y-clun, 1916
Tynnwyd ein llun Nadolig eleni dros gant a naw o flynyddoedd yn ôl, yn Rhagfyr 1916, ac mae’n cynnwys staff a chleifion Ysbyty Ategol y Groes Goch ym Mhont-y-clun. Roedd yr ysbyty ym Mhont-y-clun y…
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December 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Nadolig ym Mhont-y-clun, 1916
Tynnwyd y llun Nadolig ar ein blog eleni dros gant a naw o flynyddoedd yn ôl, yn Rhagfyr 1916, ac mae’n cynnwys staff a chleifion Ysbyty Ategol y Groes Goch ym Mhont-y-clun.
Gallwch ddarllen mwy yma: bit.ly/3NdaFIP
Tynnwyd y llun Nadolig ar ein blog eleni dros gant a naw o flynyddoedd yn ôl, yn Rhagfyr 1916, ac mae’n cynnwys staff a chleifion Ysbyty Ategol y Groes Goch ym Mhont-y-clun.
Gallwch ddarllen mwy yma: bit.ly/3NdaFIP