Jon Roberts
@kaardiffboy.bsky.social
Adopted Cardiffian - retired and happy - family, travel, socialist, history, law, petsitting, aviation, music. I'm too old to put up with nonsense and block fools and knaves.
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year.
Older people left in excrement, wet beds, denied pain relief, forced to watch/hear other patients die.
NHS money pilfered by PFI and privatisation
But ... Govts have fiscal rules and don't want to tax the rich.
Older people left in excrement, wet beds, denied pain relief, forced to watch/hear other patients die.
NHS money pilfered by PFI and privatisation
But ... Govts have fiscal rules and don't want to tax the rich.
Nearly 150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year
Older people left in their own excrement and wet beds for hours and forced to watch others die, Age UK report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
150,000 aged 90 and above wait 12 hours in England’s A&Es each year.
Older people left in excrement, wet beds, denied pain relief, forced to watch/hear other patients die.
NHS money pilfered by PFI and privatisation
But ... Govts have fiscal rules and don't want to tax the rich.
Older people left in excrement, wet beds, denied pain relief, forced to watch/hear other patients die.
NHS money pilfered by PFI and privatisation
But ... Govts have fiscal rules and don't want to tax the rich.
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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
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New Yvette Cooper Road Sign (cartoon, Tim Sanders)
August 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New Yvette Cooper Road Sign (cartoon, Tim Sanders)
@playingout.bsky.social
We've been running a play street in Cardiff for 7 years. The Council used one of our event photos to encourage more play streets in the city. Here's a few of the Facebook responses. Never fail to be stunned at the vehemence of opposition to kids playing on their own streets.
We've been running a play street in Cardiff for 7 years. The Council used one of our event photos to encourage more play streets in the city. Here's a few of the Facebook responses. Never fail to be stunned at the vehemence of opposition to kids playing on their own streets.
July 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
@playingout.bsky.social
We've been running a play street in Cardiff for 7 years. The Council used one of our event photos to encourage more play streets in the city. Here's a few of the Facebook responses. Never fail to be stunned at the vehemence of opposition to kids playing on their own streets.
We've been running a play street in Cardiff for 7 years. The Council used one of our event photos to encourage more play streets in the city. Here's a few of the Facebook responses. Never fail to be stunned at the vehemence of opposition to kids playing on their own streets.
I salute you.
Fuck me rigid. I’m 80, 21 years service as a Magistrate, 43 as a teacher, passed the driving test 61 years ago and no points on licence, zero criminal record. It seems now that I’m a terrorist for supporting Palestine and making my opinion known. This is England. Mother of Free Speech.
July 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I salute you.
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Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
YouTube video by Double Down News
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
MPs in a Labour government stuff their faces with fancy food, subsidised by our taxes, when they are hellbent on taking money from our poorest and most disadvantaged. They are Tories in all but name. It's shameful.
A MP is on a salary of £91,346
You’ve probably seen this menu before from the House of Commons dining room 👇 of heavily subsidised food.
Any MP in that privileged position who votes to reduce the living standards of disabled people is a disgrace.
#benefits #disabilitybenefits #benefitcuts #MPs
You’ve probably seen this menu before from the House of Commons dining room 👇 of heavily subsidised food.
Any MP in that privileged position who votes to reduce the living standards of disabled people is a disgrace.
#benefits #disabilitybenefits #benefitcuts #MPs
March 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
MPs in a Labour government stuff their faces with fancy food, subsidised by our taxes, when they are hellbent on taking money from our poorest and most disadvantaged. They are Tories in all but name. It's shameful.
@cardiffunilib.bsky.social Will your employers have the confidence in their own brand to dare to do the right thing?
Leeds becomes first Russell Group university to quit X but will stay on other platforms like Bluesky. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Leeds becomes first Russell Group university to quit X - Research Professional News
Leeds says Elon Musk’s social media site “no longer aligns with our university values”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@cardiffunilib.bsky.social Will your employers have the confidence in their own brand to dare to do the right thing?
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Repost proudly if you have left X and joined Bluesky full time 🦋
January 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Repost proudly if you have left X and joined Bluesky full time 🦋
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A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
January 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
Brave leadership gets results. Trying to please everyone is a tactic that is doomed to failure.
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Brave leadership gets results. Trying to please everyone is a tactic that is doomed to failure.
Talk on Captain Scott this Wednesday. For more Roath history and future events,have a look at Roathlocalhistorysociety.org
January 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Talk on Captain Scott this Wednesday. For more Roath history and future events,have a look at Roathlocalhistorysociety.org
Billionaires shouldn't be snowflakes.
I'm gonna share this cartoon again simply because Jeff Bezos' Washington Post tried to censor it.
January 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Billionaires shouldn't be snowflakes.
@huwthomas-wales.bsky.social
@deathcardiff.bsky.social
@sarahmerry.bsky.social
@jenburkecdf.bsky.social
Surely the time has come for Cardiff Council to make a stand??
@deathcardiff.bsky.social
@sarahmerry.bsky.social
@jenburkecdf.bsky.social
Surely the time has come for Cardiff Council to make a stand??
I have deleted my X/Twitter account. I urge others to do the same.
It can no longer pretend to be anything other than a danger and harm to our democracy. My full statement is below:
It can no longer pretend to be anything other than a danger and harm to our democracy. My full statement is below:
January 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
@huwthomas-wales.bsky.social
@deathcardiff.bsky.social
@sarahmerry.bsky.social
@jenburkecdf.bsky.social
Surely the time has come for Cardiff Council to make a stand??
@deathcardiff.bsky.social
@sarahmerry.bsky.social
@jenburkecdf.bsky.social
Surely the time has come for Cardiff Council to make a stand??
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An Express poll needs more input. You know what to do...
Note: the link takes you directly to the poll, so you won't boost their ad impressions. Ignore the request for an email address - it's not required to submit the poll.
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
Note: the link takes you directly to the poll, so you won't boost their ad impressions. Ignore the request for an email address - it's not required to submit the poll.
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
January 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
An Express poll needs more input. You know what to do...
Note: the link takes you directly to the poll, so you won't boost their ad impressions. Ignore the request for an email address - it's not required to submit the poll.
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
Note: the link takes you directly to the poll, so you won't boost their ad impressions. Ignore the request for an email address - it's not required to submit the poll.
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
Less than a year in, and he's out of ideas, falling back on the Tory recipe of despair - worsening standards. Why did we bother voting Labour? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer asks UK regulators for ideas to boost growth
The prime minister writes to regulators including Ofgem and Ofwat for ideas to boost economic growth.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Less than a year in, and he's out of ideas, falling back on the Tory recipe of despair - worsening standards. Why did we bother voting Labour? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky.
Help us gain our following back
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@altyellonatpark.org
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December 20, 2024 at 11:36 PM
We were seeing a 98% drop in exposure over on Twitter. The censorship was so extreme we thought it best to start over somewhere else. We chose Bluesky.
Help us gain our following back
Follow
Retweet
Repeat
Join the park side
@altyellonatpark.org
Help us gain our following back
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Join the park side
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So bills for Dŵr Cymru customers will be the highest in England and Wales. They're a not-for-profit company, and pay no dividends. Wales has the 2nd lowest disposable income per capita of any UK region. Why will customers who can least afford it pay so much?
So bills for Dŵr Cymru customers will be the highest in England and Wales. They're a not-for-profit company, and pay no dividends. Wales has the 2nd lowest disposable income per capita of any UK region. Why will customers who can least afford it pay so much?
Water bills to rise by £31 over next five years, regulator says
The higher than proposed bill rise in England and Wales comes amid public anger over sewage discharges.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 8:59 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So bills for Dŵr Cymru customers will be the highest in England and Wales. They're a not-for-profit company, and pay no dividends. Wales has the 2nd lowest disposable income per capita of any UK region. Why will customers who can least afford it pay so much?
So bills for Dŵr Cymru customers will be the highest in England and Wales. They're a not-for-profit company, and pay no dividends. Wales has the 2nd lowest disposable income per capita of any UK region. Why will customers who can least afford it pay so much?
This coming Wednesday - Zoom option available.
Roath Local History Society's next meeting is all about Dickens, A Christmas Carol & its lasting impact roathlocalhistorysociety.org
December 9, 2024 at 10:32 AM
This coming Wednesday - Zoom option available.
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December 1, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Just realised I've been on Bluesky for 3 months without posting a single cat pic, so here's our boy. He usually has a lot to say - here I think he's demanding that we admire his fine whiskers.
November 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Just realised I've been on Bluesky for 3 months without posting a single cat pic, so here's our boy. He usually has a lot to say - here I think he's demanding that we admire his fine whiskers.
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Copies of this poster appearing in Manchester this weekend.
Worth a read.
Applicable also to other British cities I am sure.
Too many vested interests have talked up the emerging urban model.
Worth a read.
Applicable also to other British cities I am sure.
Too many vested interests have talked up the emerging urban model.
November 17, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Copies of this poster appearing in Manchester this weekend.
Worth a read.
Applicable also to other British cities I am sure.
Too many vested interests have talked up the emerging urban model.
Worth a read.
Applicable also to other British cities I am sure.
Too many vested interests have talked up the emerging urban model.