Wyn Griffiths
@griffwyng.bsky.social
TD Designer | Climate Crisis #RAE WILDFIRE! #UKRI-STFC FLOOD Project Lead | PI Space Plague | Director #SMASHfestUK | Senior Lecturer Product Design & Engineering #MDXPD | Collaborative creativity, co-design/production. Community-led Climate Action. #AuDHD
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Primary Teachers! If you’d like a FREE online session for your pupils where I talk about how I wrote this book and introduce them to some tips for story writing, drop me a line! The book has LOTS you can explore with pupils, from storytelling to art to science. I can provide free advice / resources
Not been a great week so far but some good news this morning from my Australian publisher - there will be Chinese and Taiwanese editions of "How to Find a Rainbow". Wonderful that even a few years after publication (written during Covid for my daughters) it is finding new audiences.
How To Find a Rainbow
“This charming story can be read on two levels – that of two sisters in search of a physical rainbow and that of emerging from a gloomy emotional episode and beginning to find joy again. It …
alomshaha.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Primary Teachers! If you’d like a FREE online session for your pupils where I talk about how I wrote this book and introduce them to some tips for story writing, drop me a line! The book has LOTS you can explore with pupils, from storytelling to art to science. I can provide free advice / resources
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"The theory of monotropism frames the difference in cognitive functioning between autistic and non-autistic people in a value-neutral way. However, the broader autism literature has traditionally described focused interests in a negative light"
@aimeespeaks.bsky.social & Sarah Dantas, Neurodiversity
@aimeespeaks.bsky.social & Sarah Dantas, Neurodiversity
Focused Interests, Motivation, and Museum/Gallery Attendance – A Mixed-Methods Survey Exploring Autistic Adults’ Experiences and Wellbeing Outcomes - Sarah Dantas, Aimee Fletcher, 2025
Focused interests are characterised by high attention and focus, and are commonly experienced by autistic people. While some research frames these interests as ...
journals.sagepub.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"The theory of monotropism frames the difference in cognitive functioning between autistic and non-autistic people in a value-neutral way. However, the broader autism literature has traditionally described focused interests in a negative light"
@aimeespeaks.bsky.social & Sarah Dantas, Neurodiversity
@aimeespeaks.bsky.social & Sarah Dantas, Neurodiversity
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Tickets are now available for previews of Pride, the theatre production based on the hit film about Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, at Sherman Theatre
Ticket sale begins for Pride the Musical previews
Tickets are now available for previews of Pride, the theatre production based on the hit film about Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, at Sherman Theatre. The musical will run in Cardiff from 31 Ma...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tickets are now available for previews of Pride, the theatre production based on the hit film about Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners, at Sherman Theatre
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An international team of scientists, including an Aberystwyth University professor, has developed a new mathematical model that explains how different particles can self-organise into identical geometric patterns
Welsh mathematician helps unlock new model that could transform medical treatments
A team of international scientists, including an Aberystwyth University professor, has developed a new mathematical model that explains how different particles can self-organise into identical geometr...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
An international team of scientists, including an Aberystwyth University professor, has developed a new mathematical model that explains how different particles can self-organise into identical geometric patterns
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A new programme designed to open up journalism in Wales to people from working-class and underrepresented backgrounds has been launched by Nation.Cymru
Nation.Cymru launches scheme to support next generation of Welsh journalists
A new programme designed to open up journalism in Wales to people from working-class and underrepresented backgrounds has been launched by Nation.Cymru. Backed by Creative Wales’ Public Interest Journ...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A new programme designed to open up journalism in Wales to people from working-class and underrepresented backgrounds has been launched by Nation.Cymru
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"Working at the BBC, I felt that there was a strong awareness to be checking potential liberal left biases – and very few from the other direction," says Lewis Goodall.
Memo leaks claim the BBC has been captured by left wing politics. What's going on?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
Memo leaks claim the BBC has been captured by left wing politics. What's going on?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
Inside the BBC bias allegations | The News Agents
The News Agents, all of whom spent years working for the BBC, discuss the “existential moment” facing their former employer, with top-level resignations after allegations of systemic bias in its…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"Working at the BBC, I felt that there was a strong awareness to be checking potential liberal left biases – and very few from the other direction," says Lewis Goodall.
Memo leaks claim the BBC has been captured by left wing politics. What's going on?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
Memo leaks claim the BBC has been captured by left wing politics. What's going on?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/insi...
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Elon Musk’s AI service Grok is so drunkenly, transparently biased that it would be funny – if it weren’t a mortal threat to democracy
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Elon Musk’s AI service Grok is so drunkenly, transparently biased that it would be funny – if it weren’t a mortal threat to democracy
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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I loved spending time with @mikaelaloach.bsky.social
We talked COP, Rosebank and the need for community organising at the grassroots - along with political education.
Catch up 👇🏼
youtu.be/NMf3gbm7QPY?...
We talked COP, Rosebank and the need for community organising at the grassroots - along with political education.
Catch up 👇🏼
youtu.be/NMf3gbm7QPY?...
How Grass Roots Can Turn Into Global Movements
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I loved spending time with @mikaelaloach.bsky.social
We talked COP, Rosebank and the need for community organising at the grassroots - along with political education.
Catch up 👇🏼
youtu.be/NMf3gbm7QPY?...
We talked COP, Rosebank and the need for community organising at the grassroots - along with political education.
Catch up 👇🏼
youtu.be/NMf3gbm7QPY?...
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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
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With all the milestones, how extraordinary this is can get lost!
Last Sunday on the BBC I announced we overtook the Tories at 124k members.
That's +26,000 members in the last week.
Hope is feeling normal again....
Last Sunday on the BBC I announced we overtook the Tories at 124k members.
That's +26,000 members in the last week.
Hope is feeling normal again....
🚨BREAKING : The Green Party has passed 150,000 members 🥳
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
Thousands are joining right now to help us replace Labour and take the fight to Reform.
Are you in?
Make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now ⤵️
October 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
With all the milestones, how extraordinary this is can get lost!
Last Sunday on the BBC I announced we overtook the Tories at 124k members.
That's +26,000 members in the last week.
Hope is feeling normal again....
Last Sunday on the BBC I announced we overtook the Tories at 124k members.
That's +26,000 members in the last week.
Hope is feeling normal again....
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Parents! Carers! Anyone thinking of buying a child a "science kit" for Christmas. For the same / less cost, buy a copy of "Recipes for Wonder" and put together a box of household "ingredients" which will let them do actual science and be a much more personal gift alomshaha.com/portfolio/mr...
October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Parents! Carers! Anyone thinking of buying a child a "science kit" for Christmas. For the same / less cost, buy a copy of "Recipes for Wonder" and put together a box of household "ingredients" which will let them do actual science and be a much more personal gift alomshaha.com/portfolio/mr...
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‘She made us feel we could do whatever we want’: Yvonne Brewster, a giant of Black theatre, remembered by Nerve contributing editor @adjoa.andoh in conversation with Doña Croll
www.thenerve.news/p/yvonne-bre...
www.thenerve.news/p/yvonne-bre...
‘She put food on all our tables’: Yvonne Brewster, a giant of black theatre remembered
The trailblazing director’s death earlier this month was largely ignored by the British media. Here the Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh and fellow actor Doña Croll, recall a mentor and “great encourager”...
www.thenerve.news
October 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
‘She made us feel we could do whatever we want’: Yvonne Brewster, a giant of Black theatre, remembered by Nerve contributing editor @adjoa.andoh in conversation with Doña Croll
www.thenerve.news/p/yvonne-bre...
www.thenerve.news/p/yvonne-bre...
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Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and fairer
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and fairer
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1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
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A pair of acclaimed Welsh musicians are set to breathe new life into the traditional folk songs of Swansea and the Gower with a bilingual performance that bridges past and present
New project reimagines the folk songs of Gower and Swansea
A pair of acclaimed Welsh musicians are set to breathe new life into the traditional folk songs of Swansea and the Gower with a bilingual performance that bridges past and present. Fiddle player and s...
wp.me
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A pair of acclaimed Welsh musicians are set to breathe new life into the traditional folk songs of Swansea and the Gower with a bilingual performance that bridges past and present
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Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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Perhaps we have useless/unserious politicians because they are a generation brought up to believe business people are serious and modelling that behaviour.
But business people aren’t serious. They’re often shallow and foolish. What they do may have serious consequences for others not for them
But business people aren’t serious. They’re often shallow and foolish. What they do may have serious consequences for others not for them
October 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Perhaps we have useless/unserious politicians because they are a generation brought up to believe business people are serious and modelling that behaviour.
But business people aren’t serious. They’re often shallow and foolish. What they do may have serious consequences for others not for them
But business people aren’t serious. They’re often shallow and foolish. What they do may have serious consequences for others not for them
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Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.
The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.
The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.
October 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.
The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.
The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.
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On this week’s @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social Radio Nonsense podcast, the creator or Air-rate John Cooper joins me to talk goldfish.
Get your kids to listen at: pod.fo/e/3394e9
Available all places podcasts live. #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #comedy #improv #kidsaudio #kidspodcast
Get your kids to listen at: pod.fo/e/3394e9
Available all places podcasts live. #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #comedy #improv #kidsaudio #kidspodcast
October 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
On this week’s @comedyclub4kids.bsky.social Radio Nonsense podcast, the creator or Air-rate John Cooper joins me to talk goldfish.
Get your kids to listen at: pod.fo/e/3394e9
Available all places podcasts live. #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #comedy #improv #kidsaudio #kidspodcast
Get your kids to listen at: pod.fo/e/3394e9
Available all places podcasts live. #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #comedy #improv #kidsaudio #kidspodcast
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Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis.
share.google/FrLUSBkG5xrX... 🔌💡 #Upshift
share.google/FrLUSBkG5xrX... 🔌💡 #Upshift
Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says
A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis.
share.google/FrLUSBkG5xrX... 🔌💡 #Upshift
share.google/FrLUSBkG5xrX... 🔌💡 #Upshift
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I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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If you're interested in understanding segregation and integration better, here is a good paper by the UK's leading academics on the topic
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Geographical Journal | RGS Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper analyses the changing geographies of ethnic diversity and segregation in England and Wales using Census data covering the last 30 years (1991–2021). Residential segregation of all ethnic g...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If you're interested in understanding segregation and integration better, here is a good paper by the UK's leading academics on the topic
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...