Carys Mair Thomas
@mscaryst.bsky.social
Ymgynghorydd Cyfathrebu Llawrydd
Freelance Communications Consultant
www.carysmair.com
Cymru | Ireland
“Woman born in wrong century"; caru ffrils, les, gwlân, beics Mary Poppins, cymunedau, elusennau, cŵn ac un broga.
Freelance Communications Consultant
www.carysmair.com
Cymru | Ireland
“Woman born in wrong century"; caru ffrils, les, gwlân, beics Mary Poppins, cymunedau, elusennau, cŵn ac un broga.
Caru ei siwmper a’i geiriau fan hyn: “Having this language that is spoken by so very few, I feel that we carry a huge responsibility to actually preserve that. I do not personally think we are doing enough to do that,” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... #ieithoeddlleiafrifol #minoritylanguages
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM
Katrín Jakobsdóttir and her co-author want the 350,000 people who speak the language to fight for its future
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Caru ei siwmper a’i geiriau fan hyn: “Having this language that is spoken by so very few, I feel that we carry a huge responsibility to actually preserve that. I do not personally think we are doing enough to do that,” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... #ieithoeddlleiafrifol #minoritylanguages
Reminded of this song from 12 years ago, after finding an old travel blog. ❤️ youtu.be/zYUHUqkb_PA
TOY - My Heart Skips a Beat (official video)
YouTube video by TOY
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Reminded of this song from 12 years ago, after finding an old travel blog. ❤️ youtu.be/zYUHUqkb_PA
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Veteran far-left lawmaker Catherine Connolly wins Irish presidency in landslide.
https://cnn.it/4hpeTrW
https://cnn.it/4hpeTrW
October 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Veteran far-left lawmaker Catherine Connolly wins Irish presidency in landslide.
https://cnn.it/4hpeTrW
https://cnn.it/4hpeTrW
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Some graffiti has appeared on the Reform UK office in Caerphilly.
Following a by election last week which Reform lost someone has written “now you can fuck off home”.
Reform had made immigration a key issue in by election.
These pictures are the copyright of Matthew Horwood.
Following a by election last week which Reform lost someone has written “now you can fuck off home”.
Reform had made immigration a key issue in by election.
These pictures are the copyright of Matthew Horwood.
October 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Some graffiti has appeared on the Reform UK office in Caerphilly.
Following a by election last week which Reform lost someone has written “now you can fuck off home”.
Reform had made immigration a key issue in by election.
These pictures are the copyright of Matthew Horwood.
Following a by election last week which Reform lost someone has written “now you can fuck off home”.
Reform had made immigration a key issue in by election.
These pictures are the copyright of Matthew Horwood.
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Almost all of the hacks in the Caerphilly counting hall appear to be crowded around the (losing) Reform UK candidate. By-election victor Lindsay Whittle has just been interviewed alone by BBC Wales' Teleri Glyn Jones.
October 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Almost all of the hacks in the Caerphilly counting hall appear to be crowded around the (losing) Reform UK candidate. By-election victor Lindsay Whittle has just been interviewed alone by BBC Wales' Teleri Glyn Jones.
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Not even close.
Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Not even close.
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Scale of Plaid win in Caerphilly is significant, not least because of what it says about the potential for progressive tactical voting in (relatively) high turnout elections to block Reform. Voters in this race knew it was a Plaid-Reform contest and voted accordingly.
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Scale of Plaid win in Caerphilly is significant, not least because of what it says about the potential for progressive tactical voting in (relatively) high turnout elections to block Reform. Voters in this race knew it was a Plaid-Reform contest and voted accordingly.
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Nigel Farage was everywhere in Caerphilly today.
He now appears to have vanished.
He now appears to have vanished.
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Nigel Farage was everywhere in Caerphilly today.
He now appears to have vanished.
He now appears to have vanished.
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Truly extraordinary whispers coming out of the #Caerffili / #Caerphilly count tonight in the Senedd by-election.
Early suggestions that @plaidcymru.bsky.social have absorbed Labour votes & had big youth turnout to defeat Reform UK, despite the chasm of resources in the latter’s favour. #Wales
Early suggestions that @plaidcymru.bsky.social have absorbed Labour votes & had big youth turnout to defeat Reform UK, despite the chasm of resources in the latter’s favour. #Wales
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Truly extraordinary whispers coming out of the #Caerffili / #Caerphilly count tonight in the Senedd by-election.
Early suggestions that @plaidcymru.bsky.social have absorbed Labour votes & had big youth turnout to defeat Reform UK, despite the chasm of resources in the latter’s favour. #Wales
Early suggestions that @plaidcymru.bsky.social have absorbed Labour votes & had big youth turnout to defeat Reform UK, despite the chasm of resources in the latter’s favour. #Wales
❤️https://youtu.be/GNB3WWkNVhM
Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever (Video)
YouTube video by SFAVEVO
youtu.be
October 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
❤️https://youtu.be/GNB3WWkNVhM
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Gaza flotilla: Israel intercepts 39 aid boats, organisers say
Gaza flotilla: Israel intercepts 39 aid boats, organisers say
One boat continues towards Gaza, say organisers
www.irishtimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Gaza flotilla: Israel intercepts 39 aid boats, organisers say
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Politics is not like selling biscuits, where the task is to find out what people like & flog it to them.
It's a moral activity. It's about arguing for the things you believe in. It's about *shaping* the "median voter".
Farage has moved the centre-ground of politics. His opponents can move it back.
It's a moral activity. It's about arguing for the things you believe in. It's about *shaping* the "median voter".
Farage has moved the centre-ground of politics. His opponents can move it back.
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
📊 @bwalker.uk
Crying racism only hurts Labour
Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.
www.newstatesman.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Politics is not like selling biscuits, where the task is to find out what people like & flog it to them.
It's a moral activity. It's about arguing for the things you believe in. It's about *shaping* the "median voter".
Farage has moved the centre-ground of politics. His opponents can move it back.
It's a moral activity. It's about arguing for the things you believe in. It's about *shaping* the "median voter".
Farage has moved the centre-ground of politics. His opponents can move it back.
Says the company which has more wealth than most countries in the world. And it’s still not enough! Money is truly the root of all evil.
September 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Says the company which has more wealth than most countries in the world. And it’s still not enough! Money is truly the root of all evil.
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Scarborough beach getting some banksy inspired sand art.
By Fred Brown.
By Fred Brown.
September 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Scarborough beach getting some banksy inspired sand art.
By Fred Brown.
By Fred Brown.
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Wrong wrong wrong. X's algorithm and pay-for-play was already shrinking audiences and collapsed click-through to links. It hasn't been a level playing field for a long time. If you want to play poker when the deck is stacked against you, it's your right, but don't lecture others for choosing not to.
One of the biggest mistakes left-of-center pundits and influencers made was decamping to Bluesky. They made themselves irrelevant, shrunk their audiences, and dramatically lessened the positive impact they could have on our public debate at the precise time we needed it most.
September 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wrong wrong wrong. X's algorithm and pay-for-play was already shrinking audiences and collapsed click-through to links. It hasn't been a level playing field for a long time. If you want to play poker when the deck is stacked against you, it's your right, but don't lecture others for choosing not to.
youtu.be/HlKx1_rC2N4?... Hoff record Mansel & Dianne Thomas cyn mynd MAs ar y pop yn yr 80au - CARU ❤️❤️
Nana Mouskouri: The loving song
YouTube video by Fascinating Nana - Νάνα Μούσχουρη
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
youtu.be/HlKx1_rC2N4?... Hoff record Mansel & Dianne Thomas cyn mynd MAs ar y pop yn yr 80au - CARU ❤️❤️
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Shot, chaser
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
September 14, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Shot, chaser
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
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NO 10 are *obsessed* with prefacing every policy announcement with "working people" and "as part of the Plan for Change". The former is a particularly curious PR-politics reflex.
September 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
NO 10 are *obsessed* with prefacing every policy announcement with "working people" and "as part of the Plan for Change". The former is a particularly curious PR-politics reflex.
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Reform UK's candidate for the upcoming by-election in Caerphilly has posted a campaign graphic online with the incorrect spelling for the town he hopes to represent in the Senedd ✍️ Emily Price
Reform Caerphilly candidate posts image online with incorrect spelling for town
Emily Price Reform UK’s candidate for the upcoming by-election in Caerphilly has posted a campaign graphic online with the incorrect spelling for the town he hopes to represent in the Senedd. On Frid...
nation.cymru
September 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Reform UK's candidate for the upcoming by-election in Caerphilly has posted a campaign graphic online with the incorrect spelling for the town he hopes to represent in the Senedd ✍️ Emily Price
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Mae Cyngor Wrecsam wedi cael ei feirniadu'n hallt gan Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru, sy'n nodi methiannau yn y modd y mae'r awdurdod yn llywodraethu
Galwad frys ar i Gyngor Wrecsam fynd i'r afael â methiannau sylweddol
Mae Cyngor Wrecsam wedi cael ei feirniadu'n hallt gan Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru, sy'n nodi methiannau yn y modd y mae'r awdurdod yn llywodraethu
newyddion.s4c.cymru
September 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Mae Cyngor Wrecsam wedi cael ei feirniadu'n hallt gan Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru, sy'n nodi methiannau yn y modd y mae'r awdurdod yn llywodraethu
Call themselves patriots? They’d sell their own mother to get money / power. The stench of self-interest off these people sickens me. If you want to start paying £50 for a GP appointment, then #VoteReform. Because that’s what they want. They’re the friends of billionaires.
I am getting sick of certain politicians telling the people of Wales that they don't deserve their own democracy.
Let’s stop discussing whether Welsh democracy is allowed to exist, and focus on how to make it work.
My latest Guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s stop discussing whether Welsh democracy is allowed to exist, and focus on how to make it work.
My latest Guardian column:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So politicians want rid of the Senedd: would they abolish any other country’s democracy? | Will Hayward
The Welsh parliament has its faults – but talk of axing it is for charlatans, not leaders who are serious about the nation’s future, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Call themselves patriots? They’d sell their own mother to get money / power. The stench of self-interest off these people sickens me. If you want to start paying £50 for a GP appointment, then #VoteReform. Because that’s what they want. They’re the friends of billionaires.
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Keir Starmer says Peter Mandelson "has repeatedly expressed his deep regret for his association with" Jeffrey Epstein.
When asked about Epstein by the Financial Times in February, Mandelson said: "It’s an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off. OK?”
When asked about Epstein by the Financial Times in February, Mandelson said: "It’s an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off. OK?”
September 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Keir Starmer says Peter Mandelson "has repeatedly expressed his deep regret for his association with" Jeffrey Epstein.
When asked about Epstein by the Financial Times in February, Mandelson said: "It’s an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off. OK?”
When asked about Epstein by the Financial Times in February, Mandelson said: "It’s an FT obsession and frankly you can all fuck off. OK?”
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Israel’s war in Gaza has displaced most of the 2.2 million Palestinians from their homes. Many of them fear it will be permanent, a reprise of the Nakba in 1948. nyti.ms/45V5mVD
September 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Israel’s war in Gaza has displaced most of the 2.2 million Palestinians from their homes. Many of them fear it will be permanent, a reprise of the Nakba in 1948. nyti.ms/45V5mVD