Hywel Rhys Edwards
hywelrhys.bsky.social
Hywel Rhys Edwards
@hywelrhys.bsky.social
Pererin wyf mewn anialdir
Pilgrim in a dry and weary land
Fo a Fe
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 65,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 70,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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In Goodwin Curve news, @willhaycardiff.bsky.social's latest newsletter notes how the immediate aftermath of the Welsh 20 mph speed limits saw a petition raise 400,000 signatures. Today, a second petition has just 2387 signatures
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.

Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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There are far better choices for email than Gmail. You can’t trust Google with much.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Talwch sylw
AI scraping of Gmail And Google workspace
There are far better choices for email than Gmail. You can’t trust Google with much.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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NEW: Former Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10.5 years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent.

The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.

Meanwhile in Denmark:
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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'Et katastrofevalg'

Felly, os ydw'i wedi deall, Democratiaid Cymdeithasol Denmarc yw'r model ar gyfer y Blaid Lafur Brydeinig? Hmmm...

So the Danish Social Democrats are the new model for the British Labour Party. Meanwhile, in Denmark...

www.dr.dk/nyheder/poli...
Se overblikket: Socialdemokratiet mister bastioner - over 100-årigt styre brudt flere steder
Christine Cordsen kalder resultatet for 'et katastrofevalg' for Socialdemokratiet.
www.dr.dk
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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This is what happens when the Centre Left follow far right policies on immigration. Is Labour watching? Those Danish immigration policies still looking attractive?
Danish Social democrats suffered a massive defeat in Copenhagen last night. They incurred similar defeats across the country and there will be a general election in the next year. In Copenhagen the far-left Enhedslisten (the unity list) won the most mandates followed by the socialist people's party.
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"

('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')

Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Imagine believing this polling
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”

basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.

i feel that with my dad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Labour's MP for Folkestone says the government has taken "the wrong turning" on its plans for asylum seekers.

"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Pwysig a call am y BBC
A brief thread on Trump renewing his threat to sue the BBC.

(Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.)

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November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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This sums up the absurdity of the whole anti-vax argument.
Yes, every medicine comes with some level of risk.
But that risk is lower than that of not using the medicine.
It comes down to a simple question: do you want you (or your children) to take the small risk or the much higher one?
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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When asked by Stephen Colbert why he was wearing a mask in public, Tom Hanks said..

“I’ve had Covid enough in my life I don’t need to do that again. I’m wearing this for health reasons”

More celebrities need to speak out like this.
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Tom Hanks explains that he wears masks on public transport because, "I've had covid enough in my life, I don't need to do that again"
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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You know what - it would be really life affirming if just for once - THIS 👇 was the story
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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A weak spot in the Earth’s magnetic field has nearly doubled in surface area since 2014.

BGS Geophysicist Ciarán Beggan appeared on @earthskyscience.bsky.social's podcast to explain why this is happening, and what the consequences might be.

Watch the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=az8K...
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader and media experts have torn into the BBC after the party did not feature on the broadcaster’s main Sunday politics show following an historic by-election win 👇
Plaid Cymru accuse BBC of 'upholding old order' amid Laura Kuenssberg snub
www.thenational.scot
October 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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EXCL: “Maureen passed away at 1303 Swiss local time”.

The family of Maureen Slough found out via Whatsapp that she’d taken her life at Pegasos in Switzerland.

The latest in our investigation into the clinic, as Swiss MPs now call for regulation.

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
www.itv.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.

So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?

Pls read part 2 of @thenerve.news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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October 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM