Andy Williams
@llantwit.bsky.social
Welsh; trade union gobshite; #Spycops; interested in journalism; #bi 🩷💜💙+ #pan 🩷💛💙; #BWithTheT; Cardiff UCU media team; resistance is fertile 🌱✊
Reposted by Andy Williams
#OtD 13 Nov 1974 plutonium worker and union activist Karen Silkwood was mysteriously killed in a car crash while on her way to meet a @nytimes reporter with evidence on health and safety violations at her plant. The evidence was never found stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8519...
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#OtD 13 Nov 1974 plutonium worker and union activist Karen Silkwood was mysteriously killed in a car crash while on her way to meet a @nytimes reporter with evidence on health and safety violations at her plant. The evidence was never found stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8519...
Reposted by Andy Williams
Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Yesterday in Parliament I said that the government should leave X.
Reposted by Andy Williams
How did menopause switch from an invisible taboo to a booming industry? Explore menopause and find what a good menopause means to you in Menopause: What's Changed? www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/exhibitions/...
Vagina Museum: Current exhibitions — Vagina Museum
Current exhibitions at the Vagina Museum. Museum of Mankind.
www.vaginamuseum.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
How did menopause switch from an invisible taboo to a booming industry? Explore menopause and find what a good menopause means to you in Menopause: What's Changed? www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/exhibitions/...
Reposted by Andy Williams
Funny how there's no extra money for winter planning, but when it comes to sacking frontline clinical staff (yes, you did read that right - it's not JUST admin) they can suddenly find the cash.
Oh, and we ALREADY have 100,000 vacancies.
Utter, utter madness.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/nhs-...
Oh, and we ALREADY have 100,000 vacancies.
Utter, utter madness.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/nhs-...
Thousands of NHS staff face redundancy after £1 billion cost package approved | LBC
The reforms will slash “unnecessary bureaucracy” and raise £1 billion a year by the end of the Parliament to improve services for patients, according to the Department of Health.
www.lbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Funny how there's no extra money for winter planning, but when it comes to sacking frontline clinical staff (yes, you did read that right - it's not JUST admin) they can suddenly find the cash.
Oh, and we ALREADY have 100,000 vacancies.
Utter, utter madness.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/nhs-...
Oh, and we ALREADY have 100,000 vacancies.
Utter, utter madness.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/nhs-...
Reposted by Andy Williams
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
Reposted by Andy Williams
The University and College Union has strongly criticised Cardiff University for putting well over a thousand employees at risk of redundancy - even though the university claims no one will be made compulsorily redundant ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-18zK
wp.me
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The University and College Union has strongly criticised Cardiff University for putting well over a thousand employees at risk of redundancy - even though the university claims no one will be made compulsorily redundant ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-18zK
Oldest selfie on your phone.
Me in 2003.
Me in 2003.
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oldest selfie on your phone.
Me in 2003.
Me in 2003.
Reposted by Andy Williams
Appreciate the @theflytrapmedia.com shoutout in this great @taylorcrumpton.bsky.social read about the loss of Teen Vogue and what Teen Vogue meant for early-career writers, especially BIPOC and disabled writers, who face significant barriers to entering the field.
Teen Vogue's closure isn't a sign of what’s to come in media, but a reminder of the crisis already here
"Young people, specifically young women, are disregarded by those in power. Teen Vogue was a place where they not only felt empowered, but were encouraged to do so" – writes Taylor Crumpton.
missingperspectives.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Appreciate the @theflytrapmedia.com shoutout in this great @taylorcrumpton.bsky.social read about the loss of Teen Vogue and what Teen Vogue meant for early-career writers, especially BIPOC and disabled writers, who face significant barriers to entering the field.
Reposted by Andy Williams
FDR level influx of cool people into gov jobs incoming
We’re hiring!
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
Our new resume portal is live, and we’re looking for top talent in NYC to help build this administration and deliver on our affordability agenda.
Could that be you? Apply using the link below.
transition2025.com/apply
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
FDR level influx of cool people into gov jobs incoming
Reposted by Andy Williams
I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
Reposted by Andy Williams
Say it loud
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Say it loud
Reposted by Andy Williams
Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
Spot on
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Spot on
Reposted by Andy Williams
PROTEST SURVEILLANCE INTO COURT
Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used during protests around the world, and is now being used to prosecute activists and peaceful protesters.
Read our report: privacyinternational.org/report/5468/...
Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used during protests around the world, and is now being used to prosecute activists and peaceful protesters.
Read our report: privacyinternational.org/report/5468/...
Protest surveillance into court
With this report, we shed light on the due process implications of the blanket and indiscriminate surveillance of protesters, activists, and human rights defenders participating in protests.
privacyinternational.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
PROTEST SURVEILLANCE INTO COURT
Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used during protests around the world, and is now being used to prosecute activists and peaceful protesters.
Read our report: privacyinternational.org/report/5468/...
Intrusive surveillance technology is increasingly used during protests around the world, and is now being used to prosecute activists and peaceful protesters.
Read our report: privacyinternational.org/report/5468/...
Reposted by Andy Williams
Still one of the bleakest quotes I have ever read, from one of George W Bush’s senior advisers.
![The aide said that guys like me were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...] 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued. 'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ygvvtokrezoev7nol4wgxjc/bafkreict5fc4gs3ctiqtgfxjkx7rliiylycp4bkm37eitwrjzqssbtddiy@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Still one of the bleakest quotes I have ever read, from one of George W Bush’s senior advisers.
Reposted by Andy Williams
Still waiting for a reaction by UK politicians and the media to Elon Musk's call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and his claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.
Why does the UK government still use Twitter/X?
Why does the UK government still use Twitter/X?
a man is walking down a snowy hill with a camera .
ALT: a man is walking down a snowy hill with a camera .
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Still waiting for a reaction by UK politicians and the media to Elon Musk's call for 'the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die' and his claim that 'civil war is inevitable'.
Why does the UK government still use Twitter/X?
Why does the UK government still use Twitter/X?
Reposted by Andy Williams
As Doreen Lawrence said when that decision was taken: 'They were doing the deception. Why should they be allowed to be anonymous while people like me had their faces all over the newspapers? These people were not innocent. They knew what they were doing.'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015...
Doreen Lawrence calls for undercover police who spied on family to be named
Mother of murdered teenager Stephen says officers who infiltrated political groups should be named at public inquiry
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
As Doreen Lawrence said when that decision was taken: 'They were doing the deception. Why should they be allowed to be anonymous while people like me had their faces all over the newspapers? These people were not innocent. They knew what they were doing.'
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015...
Reposted by Andy Williams
Quick summary from yesterday at the #spycops public inquiry - the undercover cop who spied on Stephen Lawrence’s family won’t appear at the inquiry. 🧵
youtube.com/shorts/EA5F6...
youtube.com/shorts/EA5F6...
Spycops inquiry reaction: summary of 3 Nov 2025 - HN81 'Dave Hagan' won't testify
YouTube video by Cops Campaign
youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Quick summary from yesterday at the #spycops public inquiry - the undercover cop who spied on Stephen Lawrence’s family won’t appear at the inquiry. 🧵
youtube.com/shorts/EA5F6...
youtube.com/shorts/EA5F6...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show www.bbc.com/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Andy Williams
On further reflection, handing operation of our Universities over to a professional administrative class with no personal investment in the educational mission of the university or the creation and maintenance of knowledge might have been somewhat in error.
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
On further reflection, handing operation of our Universities over to a professional administrative class with no personal investment in the educational mission of the university or the creation and maintenance of knowledge might have been somewhat in error.
Reposted by Andy Williams
Sad day for the folks who staked their reputations on lab leak conspiracy theories.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Sad day for the folks who staked their reputations on lab leak conspiracy theories.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
Reposted by Andy Williams
China Agrees To Purchase 11 U.S. Soybeans
October 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
China Agrees To Purchase 11 U.S. Soybeans
Reposted by Andy Williams
For Halloween I’m dressing up as the email I just got with details of my pay rise
October 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
For Halloween I’m dressing up as the email I just got with details of my pay rise
Reposted by Andy Williams
Yesterday our interim Principal, gave evidence to the Education, Children and Young People Committee.
He stated that he had never ruled out redundancies.
Judge for yourself.
He stated that he had never ruled out redundancies.
Judge for yourself.
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yesterday our interim Principal, gave evidence to the Education, Children and Young People Committee.
He stated that he had never ruled out redundancies.
Judge for yourself.
He stated that he had never ruled out redundancies.
Judge for yourself.