Miriam
@angelygogledd.bsky.social
Caf fy magu yn Swydd Efrog. Rwy wedi dysgu Cymraeg dros sawl mlynedd nawr, ond does dim lot o hyderus 'da fi. Rwy wedi addo fy mrawd yng nghyfreith byddwn defnyddio cymraeg yma.
She/hers, hi/ei
She/hers, hi/ei
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Academic freedom in Trump's America
Texas A&M University adopts a policy requiring professors to get approval from the school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics
Texas A&M University has adopted a new policy requiring professors to first get approval to discuss some race and gender topics.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Academic freedom in Trump's America
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Good thread. Worth a read as a reminder of the importance of context in journalism, especially concerning all the information we already know about Trump and Epstein’s relationship.
(🧵) This thread from a retired journalism professor who helped usher in the era of metajournalism in the 2010s—and has written a book on the relationship between Trump and Epstein as part of his NYT-bestselling Proof Series—explains how to report properly on the Trump-Epstein Scandal.
Here we go.
Here we go.
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Good thread. Worth a read as a reminder of the importance of context in journalism, especially concerning all the information we already know about Trump and Epstein’s relationship.
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"Their position is straightforward: copyright is not a barrier to progress, but a foundation of both creative and digital economies." Australia gets it right.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"Their position is straightforward: copyright is not a barrier to progress, but a foundation of both creative and digital economies." Australia gets it right.
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The term for this, is, I believe 'moral injury'
As much as it’s important for the public to face the truth about the vile, monstrous people in seats of power…it’s also a kind of mass trauma & harm, that we’re all being subjected to every time we check in on the news.
along with the heinous literal crimes i think a lot about how there's a kind of moral, national crime in subjecting all of us to this, to this consuming our politics, committed against us by a number of powerful and connected people up to and including the president
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The term for this, is, I believe 'moral injury'
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Apparently today is a day for reminding people that they have worth and value. So if you need reminding of that - you have worth. You have value. You are allowed to take up space.
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Apparently today is a day for reminding people that they have worth and value. So if you need reminding of that - you have worth. You have value. You are allowed to take up space.
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The Good Samaritan apparently now comes with terms & conditions, in the Roman Catholic Church. The Church hierarchy has had a second chance to stand up to fascism, after failing in WWII, & but has chosen to side with it. It’s very clear, from the New Testament, that Jesus Christ would denounce this.
This is wrong.
It’s wrong morally. It’s wrong theologically. It’s wrong.
As a Catholic, I want trans folks to be part of my community and I want trans folks to have the access to the lifesaving care they need.
As a Catholic, I believe that Catholic institutions should be institutions of service—>
It’s wrong morally. It’s wrong theologically. It’s wrong.
As a Catholic, I want trans folks to be part of my community and I want trans folks to have the access to the lifesaving care they need.
As a Catholic, I believe that Catholic institutions should be institutions of service—>
U.S. bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals
The bishops' decision formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. They also approved a special message on immigration, expressing concern over enforcement an...
www.npr.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Good Samaritan apparently now comes with terms & conditions, in the Roman Catholic Church. The Church hierarchy has had a second chance to stand up to fascism, after failing in WWII, & but has chosen to side with it. It’s very clear, from the New Testament, that Jesus Christ would denounce this.
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Anyone who can do this, please do. I’m not awake really but I passed this and will do it when I wake up.
A number of UK charities have joined together to create an Overlapping Illness Alliance (OIA).
It will be hosting a drop-in event at the Houses of Parliament on the 25th Nov at 3pm.
Info on how to to write to your MP here:
https://meassociation.org.uk/ttrr
#MECFS #LongCovid #PoTS #EDS #MCAS #OIA
It will be hosting a drop-in event at the Houses of Parliament on the 25th Nov at 3pm.
Info on how to to write to your MP here:
https://meassociation.org.uk/ttrr
#MECFS #LongCovid #PoTS #EDS #MCAS #OIA
Overlapping Illnesses Alliance: Parliamentary Drop In Event - ask your MP to attend - The ME Association
UK charities have joined together to create an Overlapping Illness […]
meassociation.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Anyone who can do this, please do. I’m not awake really but I passed this and will do it when I wake up.
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Ppl should be v careful about how they discuss Epstein & sexual violence. It is a triggering & widespread experience. Respect survivors.
▪️52% of women & 28% of men will/have experience[d] sexual violence in their lives*
▪️36% of girls & 22% of boys have/will be sexually abused.
▪️52% of women & 28% of men will/have experience[d] sexual violence in their lives*
▪️36% of girls & 22% of boys have/will be sexually abused.
If you have been affected by the release of the Epstein files, help is available. Here are US resources:
Disaster Distress Help – Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Call 800-273-8255 or Chat with Lifeline
Crisis Textline – Text TALK to 741741
Disaster Distress Help – Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – Call 800-273-8255 or Chat with Lifeline
Crisis Textline – Text TALK to 741741
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Ppl should be v careful about how they discuss Epstein & sexual violence. It is a triggering & widespread experience. Respect survivors.
▪️52% of women & 28% of men will/have experience[d] sexual violence in their lives*
▪️36% of girls & 22% of boys have/will be sexually abused.
▪️52% of women & 28% of men will/have experience[d] sexual violence in their lives*
▪️36% of girls & 22% of boys have/will be sexually abused.
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One of the reasons that print media is struggling is that it is not trusted. Too many ignorant opinions & not enough facts.
Here’s the NYT App landing page. Guess who else is in the files? The NYT.
The files are a wake up call on establishment behaviour.
Here’s the NYT App landing page. Guess who else is in the files? The NYT.
The files are a wake up call on establishment behaviour.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
One of the reasons that print media is struggling is that it is not trusted. Too many ignorant opinions & not enough facts.
Here’s the NYT App landing page. Guess who else is in the files? The NYT.
The files are a wake up call on establishment behaviour.
Here’s the NYT App landing page. Guess who else is in the files? The NYT.
The files are a wake up call on establishment behaviour.
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This New York Times?
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This New York Times?
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This feels like peak infantilisation of the elderly.
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
What exactly is ‘disgraceful’ about giving the elderly/infirm practical advice about how to be physically intimate in a safe way? They aren’t children. Their innocent eyes don’t need to be protected. Plus it’s medical guidance not a jazz mag
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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I have MORE #buyastrangerabook day action!
Bike fans!
@mrstevious.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Potholes and Pavements : A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network by Laura Laker.
It looks ace.
If you'd like a copy, just get in touch.
UK only
Bike fans!
@mrstevious.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Potholes and Pavements : A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network by Laura Laker.
It looks ace.
If you'd like a copy, just get in touch.
UK only
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I have MORE #buyastrangerabook day action!
Bike fans!
@mrstevious.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Potholes and Pavements : A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network by Laura Laker.
It looks ace.
If you'd like a copy, just get in touch.
UK only
Bike fans!
@mrstevious.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Potholes and Pavements : A Bumpy Ride on Britain’s National Cycle Network by Laura Laker.
It looks ace.
If you'd like a copy, just get in touch.
UK only
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So what! Manchester has one already at £1:50 a night, hundreds of other cities and countries have it across the UK, Europe and further afield! THIS IS NOT NEWS IT'S UNIONIST AND DIVISIVE PROPAGANDA!
Yet again another example of the type of shite and Anti Wales unionist propaganda they pump out.....
Yet again another example of the type of shite and Anti Wales unionist propaganda they pump out.....
Cardiff tourism tax of £1.30 per night proposed by council
Cardiff council wants to bring in a levy that it hopes would raise £3.5m a year.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
So what! Manchester has one already at £1:50 a night, hundreds of other cities and countries have it across the UK, Europe and further afield! THIS IS NOT NEWS IT'S UNIONIST AND DIVISIVE PROPAGANDA!
Yet again another example of the type of shite and Anti Wales unionist propaganda they pump out.....
Yet again another example of the type of shite and Anti Wales unionist propaganda they pump out.....
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It's #buyastrangerabook day today, and as the rich & privileged continue to evade anything like real justice,
@sallyhinkley.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Nobody's Girl by Virginia Giuffre.
If you'd like a copy, get in touch.
UK only.
@sallyhinkley.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Nobody's Girl by Virginia Giuffre.
If you'd like a copy, get in touch.
UK only.
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It's #buyastrangerabook day today, and as the rich & privileged continue to evade anything like real justice,
@sallyhinkley.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Nobody's Girl by Virginia Giuffre.
If you'd like a copy, get in touch.
UK only.
@sallyhinkley.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of Nobody's Girl by Virginia Giuffre.
If you'd like a copy, get in touch.
UK only.
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This is honestly outrageous.
Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
🔥🧵
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
🔥🧵
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is honestly outrageous.
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I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer for you.
@magentakoru.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £15!
So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch.
UK only
@magentakoru.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £15!
So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch.
UK only
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
biggreenbookshop.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer for you.
@magentakoru.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £15!
So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch.
UK only
@magentakoru.bsky.social is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £15!
So, if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch.
UK only
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ANOTHER #buyastrangerabook day offer!
@angelygogledd.bsky.social is offering to buy someone whatever book they want, up to £20!
That's right!
So, if you have your eye on a particular book, let us know what it is.
UK only
@angelygogledd.bsky.social is offering to buy someone whatever book they want, up to £20!
That's right!
So, if you have your eye on a particular book, let us know what it is.
UK only
I've put £20 into the kitty to buy someone a book or two.
My way of saying thanks for the books bought for me.
My way of saying thanks for the books bought for me.
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
ANOTHER #buyastrangerabook day offer!
@angelygogledd.bsky.social is offering to buy someone whatever book they want, up to £20!
That's right!
So, if you have your eye on a particular book, let us know what it is.
UK only
@angelygogledd.bsky.social is offering to buy someone whatever book they want, up to £20!
That's right!
So, if you have your eye on a particular book, let us know what it is.
UK only
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BBC News' report on the Darlington nurses just now was utterly disgraceful.
Misgendering the trans person throughout, presenting it entirely from the complainants' perspective and including no trans voices, using transphobic tropes and making the trans woman out to be a pervert. Impartial, my arse!
Misgendering the trans person throughout, presenting it entirely from the complainants' perspective and including no trans voices, using transphobic tropes and making the trans woman out to be a pervert. Impartial, my arse!
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
BBC News' report on the Darlington nurses just now was utterly disgraceful.
Misgendering the trans person throughout, presenting it entirely from the complainants' perspective and including no trans voices, using transphobic tropes and making the trans woman out to be a pervert. Impartial, my arse!
Misgendering the trans person throughout, presenting it entirely from the complainants' perspective and including no trans voices, using transphobic tropes and making the trans woman out to be a pervert. Impartial, my arse!
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What an ignoramus
President Trump criticises France and others for celebrating remembrance day, saying, "We're the one that won the wars"
Surreal, and so very disrespectful to every person who fought in the wars for the freedoms we all enjoy today
Surreal, and so very disrespectful to every person who fought in the wars for the freedoms we all enjoy today
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
What an ignoramus
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This is unbelievably wrong.
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is unbelievably wrong.
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Poppies & cornflowers became symbols of 11 Nov thanks to women forgotten by history. Every year on the anniversary of 1918 Armistice, English-speaking countries traditionally wear a poppy, while the French don a cornflower. This custom was intended to raise funds for wounded war veterans
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Poppies & cornflowers became symbols of 11 Nov thanks to women forgotten by history. Every year on the anniversary of 1918 Armistice, English-speaking countries traditionally wear a poppy, while the French don a cornflower. This custom was intended to raise funds for wounded war veterans
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If true that’s good to hear!
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If true that’s good to hear!
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Friends who pray - can you pray for Fox and I pls- a potentially good thing may happen, which would be VERY BRILLIANT, but I cannae be more specific here, because public Internet
But cross fingers, pray, etc pls. Many thanks
But cross fingers, pray, etc pls. Many thanks
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Friends who pray - can you pray for Fox and I pls- a potentially good thing may happen, which would be VERY BRILLIANT, but I cannae be more specific here, because public Internet
But cross fingers, pray, etc pls. Many thanks
But cross fingers, pray, etc pls. Many thanks
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1/2 Hear me out- Suppose we promise to make Trump the next Bond?
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
1/2 Hear me out- Suppose we promise to make Trump the next Bond?
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My cishet white RP-speaking son hates walking through the flagged-up areas in his uni city, while feeling very much at home among, for example, the fireworks of Diwali a few weeks back. If he feels uncomfortable, I can’t imagine what it’s like for anyone with a different skin tone, accent etc.
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My cishet white RP-speaking son hates walking through the flagged-up areas in his uni city, while feeling very much at home among, for example, the fireworks of Diwali a few weeks back. If he feels uncomfortable, I can’t imagine what it’s like for anyone with a different skin tone, accent etc.