Bethan Angharad
@bethanangharadl.bsky.social
Imagine something clever and witty.
Pinned
"And in the darkness I smile at life, as if I were the possessor of charm which would enable me to transform all that is evil and tragical into serenity and happiness. But when I search my mind for the cause of this joy, I find there is no cause, and can only laugh at myself." - Rosa Luxemburg
Never mind the performative cruelty & the stupidity of announcing “changes” which aren’t actually changes, there has obviously been no real analysis on how any of this will actually work. People having their status reviewed & potentially revoked every 2.5yrs for up to 20yrs -
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Never mind the performative cruelty & the stupidity of announcing “changes” which aren’t actually changes, there has obviously been no real analysis on how any of this will actually work. People having their status reviewed & potentially revoked every 2.5yrs for up to 20yrs -
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The Minister spoke about the value of experienced prison officers — yet 2,600 staff now face deportation because the Home Office has raised the salary threshold to £41,700.
Why is the government forcing out the very people who keep prisons functioning?
#PublicSafety
Why is the government forcing out the very people who keep prisons functioning?
#PublicSafety
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Minister spoke about the value of experienced prison officers — yet 2,600 staff now face deportation because the Home Office has raised the salary threshold to £41,700.
Why is the government forcing out the very people who keep prisons functioning?
#PublicSafety
Why is the government forcing out the very people who keep prisons functioning?
#PublicSafety
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Techbros: “We reinvented money and now it’s computer money and it’s totally better than old money except also it’s value is still technically calculated by the standard of old money oh ALSO it needs more power than many countries, does your inferior dollar bill need to be plugged in? I THINK NOT.”
Bitcoin now consuming as much energy as the entire country of Pakistan.
That seems bad.
That seems bad.
The people at CBECI were kind enough to send me a copy of their updated Bitcoin power consumption data
At the end of 2024, Bitcoin's total consumption for 2024 *did* end up matching that of Pakistan. 2024 saw the biggest jump in power consumption ever. Absolutely wild stuff ->
ccaf.io/cbnsi/cbeci
At the end of 2024, Bitcoin's total consumption for 2024 *did* end up matching that of Pakistan. 2024 saw the biggest jump in power consumption ever. Absolutely wild stuff ->
ccaf.io/cbnsi/cbeci
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Techbros: “We reinvented money and now it’s computer money and it’s totally better than old money except also it’s value is still technically calculated by the standard of old money oh ALSO it needs more power than many countries, does your inferior dollar bill need to be plugged in? I THINK NOT.”
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Most people on Earth have never flown, which shows just how uneven access to air travel really is. Meanwhile, the impacts, noise, pollution, climate stress, and land on everyone. If we’re serious about fairer travel and a fairer future. #ClimateCrisis flightfree.co.uk/post/the-ine...
The inequality of aviation
Air travel is accessed by a tiny proportion of the global population – yet the negative effects are felt by us all
flightfree.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Most people on Earth have never flown, which shows just how uneven access to air travel really is. Meanwhile, the impacts, noise, pollution, climate stress, and land on everyone. If we’re serious about fairer travel and a fairer future. #ClimateCrisis flightfree.co.uk/post/the-ine...
“Let’s not forget, I’m afraid, that of those who have successful [asylum] claims, 50% of them end up on benefits.” - Alex Norris, Asylum Minister. If you stop people from working while claims are assessed why are you surprised they don’t jump straight into work?
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Starmer braced for backlash from Labour MPs as Mahmood sets out asylum plans – UK politics live
Home secretary to announce a drastic tightening of rules, including requiring asylum seekers to wait 20 years before getting the right to permanently settle in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“Let’s not forget, I’m afraid, that of those who have successful [asylum] claims, 50% of them end up on benefits.” - Alex Norris, Asylum Minister. If you stop people from working while claims are assessed why are you surprised they don’t jump straight into work?
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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It's entertaining to observe that the only way a Labour politician can understand multiple people drawing the same conclusion and communicating that in a similar way is if there's some kind of structure ordering them to do it.
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It's entertaining to observe that the only way a Labour politician can understand multiple people drawing the same conclusion and communicating that in a similar way is if there's some kind of structure ordering them to do it.
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Been a while since the pink beanie came out. Sheffield pickets here we come.
Our message to management is simple: No redundancies. Stop the incessant restructures. Listen to your staff. There is no University of Sheffield without us.
Our message to management is simple: No redundancies. Stop the incessant restructures. Listen to your staff. There is no University of Sheffield without us.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Been a while since the pink beanie came out. Sheffield pickets here we come.
Our message to management is simple: No redundancies. Stop the incessant restructures. Listen to your staff. There is no University of Sheffield without us.
Our message to management is simple: No redundancies. Stop the incessant restructures. Listen to your staff. There is no University of Sheffield without us.
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Health is a social problem, not a technical one. It will be solved socially and politically, or not at all.
“We’re drawn to magic bullet solutions that cannot solve complex social problems. It is all too easy for someone who makes a genuinely profound discovery to think they have found the secret of life, or the environment, or disease.”
Opinion | James Watson Saw the True Form of DNA. Then It Blinded Him.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Health is a social problem, not a technical one. It will be solved socially and politically, or not at all.
Will she want their gold fillings too?
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Will she want their gold fillings too?
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For the record, on Radio 4 yesterday Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he had some regrets about having introduced this law whilst Danish PM in 2016. Sounded like he was trying to distance himself from what Labour is doing now
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
For the record, on Radio 4 yesterday Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he had some regrets about having introduced this law whilst Danish PM in 2016. Sounded like he was trying to distance himself from what Labour is doing now
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Today's the feast of St Hilda, 7th Century abbess and host of the Synod of Whitby, which united the Celtic and Roman Churches. Glass by AK Nicholson, 1932 at Holy Trinity, Halstead, Essex shows her with her crozier, an ammonite and a seabird at her feet.
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Today's the feast of St Hilda, 7th Century abbess and host of the Synod of Whitby, which united the Celtic and Roman Churches. Glass by AK Nicholson, 1932 at Holy Trinity, Halstead, Essex shows her with her crozier, an ammonite and a seabird at her feet.
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The Norman west front of the monastic church at Castle Acre Priory in Norfolk. The priory was founded as a Cluniac house in 1090. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #CastleAcre #Norfolk
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The Norman west front of the monastic church at Castle Acre Priory in Norfolk. The priory was founded as a Cluniac house in 1090. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #CastleAcre #Norfolk
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You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way
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The Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Each book will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE.
Ends tomorrow.
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Each book will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE.
Ends tomorrow.
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Each book will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE.
Ends tomorrow.
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Each book will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE.
Ends tomorrow.
Where??! Where are they randomly handing out puppies? I must know!
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Where??! Where are they randomly handing out puppies? I must know!
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It is so refreshing to learn that some millionaires are actually incredibly decent people.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It is so refreshing to learn that some millionaires are actually incredibly decent people.
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Can’t believe I’m having to post this again.
Things you don’t get to choose; Sexuality, gender, ethnicity, disability, mental/physical health, religion you’re born into.
Things you do get to choose; Whether or not to be an arsehole to someone about any of these things.
Things you don’t get to choose; Sexuality, gender, ethnicity, disability, mental/physical health, religion you’re born into.
Things you do get to choose; Whether or not to be an arsehole to someone about any of these things.
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Can’t believe I’m having to post this again.
Things you don’t get to choose; Sexuality, gender, ethnicity, disability, mental/physical health, religion you’re born into.
Things you do get to choose; Whether or not to be an arsehole to someone about any of these things.
Things you don’t get to choose; Sexuality, gender, ethnicity, disability, mental/physical health, religion you’re born into.
Things you do get to choose; Whether or not to be an arsehole to someone about any of these things.
Don’t project your own bigotry onto the people of Tower Hamlets.
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Don’t project your own bigotry onto the people of Tower Hamlets.
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Bold move to start with three countries which have massive human rights issues. When you claim to be a "progressive government" and then directly copy Trump I am definitely going to call bullshit on your "progressive" claims.
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Bold move to start with three countries which have massive human rights issues. When you claim to be a "progressive government" and then directly copy Trump I am definitely going to call bullshit on your "progressive" claims.
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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Statements like this shit are why I cut my membership card up back in May & fucked off.
You're a disgrace.
You're a disgrace.
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Statements like this shit are why I cut my membership card up back in May & fucked off.
You're a disgrace.
You're a disgrace.
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From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
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If he offers to take Allison Pearson, I am afraid I retract all my bad words against him
Donald Trump’s administration is considering offering political asylum to British “thought criminals”, The Telegraph understands.
Read more here ⬇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/bluesky-tmg/trump-thought-criminals/
Read more here ⬇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/bluesky-tmg/trump-thought-criminals/
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If he offers to take Allison Pearson, I am afraid I retract all my bad words against him
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
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Finally joined @greenparty.org.uk this week. Decision confirmed by reading this headline. Yes it is a Labour Home Secretary talking about removing human rights. Oh and its the same Shabana Mahmood that complained about LGBTQ+ inclusive relationship education in primary schools #unsurprised
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Finally joined @greenparty.org.uk this week. Decision confirmed by reading this headline. Yes it is a Labour Home Secretary talking about removing human rights. Oh and its the same Shabana Mahmood that complained about LGBTQ+ inclusive relationship education in primary schools #unsurprised