Siriol
@siriol.bsky.social
Journalist, Wales Editor at The Conversation. Skating, cinema & beachcleaning. Cymraes. 🗣️🏴🇪🇸
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
Which actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
May 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Which actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
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The way this reads like a ransom note.
March 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The way this reads like a ransom note.
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It's a sad day for people who enjoy visiting dimly-lit shops that look like they've just been looted
March 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It's a sad day for people who enjoy visiting dimly-lit shops that look like they've just been looted
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I mean I've been cynical about banning kids from using smartphones but now I'm thinking I might have to do it just in case they're accidentally added to a message group that implicates them in war crimes.
March 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I mean I've been cynical about banning kids from using smartphones but now I'm thinking I might have to do it just in case they're accidentally added to a message group that implicates them in war crimes.
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I needed this today. You might too. The Nashville Zoo welcomed a clouded leopard at the end of February, and she is adorable.
March 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I needed this today. You might too. The Nashville Zoo welcomed a clouded leopard at the end of February, and she is adorable.
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The choreography of Lester Wilson in 1977's Saturday Night Fever. Wilson, a veteran of Broadway and TV variety specials, was in charge of all the dancing in the film. #brooklyn #dance #movies #saturdaynightfever #johntravolta #lesterwilson www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781357...
March 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The choreography of Lester Wilson in 1977's Saturday Night Fever. Wilson, a veteran of Broadway and TV variety specials, was in charge of all the dancing in the film. #brooklyn #dance #movies #saturdaynightfever #johntravolta #lesterwilson www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781357...
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Wales has been screwed over by its own Labour MPs.
The 27 Welsh Labour MPs voted to deny Wales millions of £ in the coming years.
When I approached them they gave very weak excuses for their actions.
Stay with me here because it's a bit fiddly but really matters.
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The 27 Welsh Labour MPs voted to deny Wales millions of £ in the coming years.
When I approached them they gave very weak excuses for their actions.
Stay with me here because it's a bit fiddly but really matters.
[Thread]
March 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Wales has been screwed over by its own Labour MPs.
The 27 Welsh Labour MPs voted to deny Wales millions of £ in the coming years.
When I approached them they gave very weak excuses for their actions.
Stay with me here because it's a bit fiddly but really matters.
[Thread]
The 27 Welsh Labour MPs voted to deny Wales millions of £ in the coming years.
When I approached them they gave very weak excuses for their actions.
Stay with me here because it's a bit fiddly but really matters.
[Thread]
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The perfect reason to support your local press
March 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The perfect reason to support your local press
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🚨 A secretive policing unit has been instructing forces across the UK withhold information, track journalists, and rescind previously approved FOI responses.
@jennacorderoy.bsky.social 's debut on Democracy for Sale - and it's a banger
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/democracy-...
@jennacorderoy.bsky.social 's debut on Democracy for Sale - and it's a banger
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/democracy-...
Democracy for Sale journalists targeted by secretive police unit
A little-known policing unit is instructing forces to withhold information, track journalists, and rescind previously approved FOI responses.
democracyforsale.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🚨 A secretive policing unit has been instructing forces across the UK withhold information, track journalists, and rescind previously approved FOI responses.
@jennacorderoy.bsky.social 's debut on Democracy for Sale - and it's a banger
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/democracy-...
@jennacorderoy.bsky.social 's debut on Democracy for Sale - and it's a banger
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/democracy-...
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Did someone say…
Happy Threads Day! 😱
Happy Threads Day! 😱
March 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Did someone say…
Happy Threads Day! 😱
Happy Threads Day! 😱
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Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice
Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice
Genetically modified mice have traits geared towards cold tolerance, in step towards modifying elephants
A plan to revive the mammoth is on track, scientists have said after creating a new species: the woolly mouse.
Scientists at the US biotechnology…
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice
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Just so we're clear was it not a crisis when it was the other way around?
Young women are now consistently earning more than their male counterparts for the first time, according to a report that warns of a social “crisis” gripping young men
The lost boys: how a generation of young men fell behind women on pay
www.thetimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just so we're clear was it not a crisis when it was the other way around?
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Someone at Reuters is picking the very best shots that come in.
February 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Someone at Reuters is picking the very best shots that come in.
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People are understandably getting energised about this from a partisan point of view but the overarching point is surely that each one of these decisions to keep Wales disempowered vs Scotland/England/NI makes us disproportionately poorer.
This is what I don’t understand from a social democrat POV.
This is what I don’t understand from a social democrat POV.
Welsh Labour MPs have been accused of putting ‘party before country’ after voting down an amendment to a Bill which would have devolved management of the Crown Estate to the Welsh Government
Welsh Labour MP's slammed after voting down amendment to devolve Crown Estate to Wales
Welsh Labour MPs have been accused of putting ‘party before country’ after voting down amendment to the Crown Estate Bill which would have brought Welsh powers over natural resources in line with Scot...
wp.me
February 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
People are understandably getting energised about this from a partisan point of view but the overarching point is surely that each one of these decisions to keep Wales disempowered vs Scotland/England/NI makes us disproportionately poorer.
This is what I don’t understand from a social democrat POV.
This is what I don’t understand from a social democrat POV.
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Peruvian policeman in capybara costume makes Valentine's drug bust
Peruvian policeman in capybara costume makes Valentine's drug bust
Video shows the moment police use fancy dress to carry out a drug raid in Lima, Peru.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Peruvian policeman in capybara costume makes Valentine's drug bust
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"You're not my surreal Dad!"
February 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"You're not my surreal Dad!"
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I know there are much more important things going on in the world but I enjoyed every paragraph of this story, including the use of the word “prat”.
‘One witness is heard shouting: “David you will end up having a stroke doing that, sit down.”’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘One witness is heard shouting: “David you will end up having a stroke doing that, sit down.”’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Two Darlington councillors investigated after ‘wrestling’ in parish meeting
Exchange of insults between David Darling and Colin Pease, both in their 70s, led to scratches, bleeding and broken spectacles
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I know there are much more important things going on in the world but I enjoyed every paragraph of this story, including the use of the word “prat”.
‘One witness is heard shouting: “David you will end up having a stroke doing that, sit down.”’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘One witness is heard shouting: “David you will end up having a stroke doing that, sit down.”’
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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February 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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#PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution - there is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests
Research looking at tissue from postmortems between 1997 and 2024 finds upward trend in contamination
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
#PlasticWaste and #PlasticPollution - there is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Buried in a pit under the Great Pyramid of Giza about 4,500 years ago, this is the Khufu Ship. When first uncovered, in 1954, you could still smell the scent of the cedar wood. It will be housed in the new Grand Egyptian Museum
January 31, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Buried in a pit under the Great Pyramid of Giza about 4,500 years ago, this is the Khufu Ship. When first uncovered, in 1954, you could still smell the scent of the cedar wood. It will be housed in the new Grand Egyptian Museum
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ME: *sits at desk and works* Just focus. Just focus. Don't look around. Do NOT look around.
THE NEWS:
THE NEWS:
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
ME: *sits at desk and works* Just focus. Just focus. Don't look around. Do NOT look around.
THE NEWS:
THE NEWS:
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Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week
Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week
More than 5,000 workers to benefit from reduced hours with no loss of pay
Two hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, in the latest landmark in the campaign to reinvent…
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week