Simon Travers
@simonfromplym.bsky.social
Roles - Sensemaker, community sports journalist, meanwhile poet, committed learner.
I believe in healing families, grassroots communities, equality, workers, climate care, life in a country of death. Trying to live it out.
I believe in healing families, grassroots communities, equality, workers, climate care, life in a country of death. Trying to live it out.
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BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
Loving that the best bit of the #Caerphilly by-election is voters choosing Plaid Cymru, effectively telling Reform 'we're not voting for you cos you're not from round here.'
October 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Loving that the best bit of the #Caerphilly by-election is voters choosing Plaid Cymru, effectively telling Reform 'we're not voting for you cos you're not from round here.'
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Reassuring to see some decency in our politics
Credit to Ed Davey for this. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
September 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Reassuring to see some decency in our politics
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Again - the reason that the Good Friday Agreement locks in the ECHR is that the UK had repeatedly been held accountable by the European Court of Human Rights for human rights breaches during the Troubles - while national courts had failed to do so, even upholding miscarriages of justice
In 30 pages, the Good Friday Agreement cites the ECHR seven times as an essential safeguard
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Claims NI peace deal stops UK leaving ECHR ‘entirely groundless’ – think tank
The Policy Exchange claims public debate on human rights law reform had been ‘distorted’.
www.independent.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Again - the reason that the Good Friday Agreement locks in the ECHR is that the UK had repeatedly been held accountable by the European Court of Human Rights for human rights breaches during the Troubles - while national courts had failed to do so, even upholding miscarriages of justice
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It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isn’t even news.
September 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isn’t even news.
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six months of president trump
six months of new immigration policies:
six months of new immigration policies:
July 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
six months of president trump
six months of new immigration policies:
six months of new immigration policies:
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Come on Laura - stop letting Farage get away with grotesque lies on #climate - the green economy is growing 3 times faster than rest of the economy. The green transition is in our *economic interests* & it’s Farage who’ll de-industrialise the UK, not green policy #bbclaurak
July 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Come on Laura - stop letting Farage get away with grotesque lies on #climate - the green economy is growing 3 times faster than rest of the economy. The green transition is in our *economic interests* & it’s Farage who’ll de-industrialise the UK, not green policy #bbclaurak
@sportsplymouth.bsky.social I write a community sports blog that covers everything to do with Cornwood Cricket Club. Latest edition is www.cornwood.cc/post/the-swe...
The Sweep 25 Week 9: Baker’s best burns Heathcoat
Cornwood reach the season's halfway point with a win thanks to runs from Ben Privett and a career best from Lee Baker. If it's at the Wood, it's in the Sweep.
www.cornwood.cc
July 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
@sportsplymouth.bsky.social I write a community sports blog that covers everything to do with Cornwood Cricket Club. Latest edition is www.cornwood.cc/post/the-swe...
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A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw
June 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw
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Well isn't that something
June 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Well isn't that something
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The most vital thing you can do right now is spread this message offline to normies. There is no "unrest", there's a protest. It has 400 people. LA does worse when the Lakers come in 3rd in a season.
June 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The most vital thing you can do right now is spread this message offline to normies. There is no "unrest", there's a protest. It has 400 people. LA does worse when the Lakers come in 3rd in a season.
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vital point lacking, usual: by any intelligent standard, care work is not 'low skilled'
May 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
vital point lacking, usual: by any intelligent standard, care work is not 'low skilled'
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1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
May 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
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This is such a good critique of the situation in which cricket finds itself. Sadly, the women’s game is inextricably connected to all this (Eng Women are also playing India this summer), due to us now being governed by the same blokes as the men’s version.
Cricket: time to pay the ferryman
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...
Cricket paying the price for being ruled by the big stick, and the big cheque | Barney Ronay
The suspension of the IPL has ramifications for the game worldwide, but it has allowed itself to be too in thrall to the Indian money machine
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is such a good critique of the situation in which cricket finds itself. Sadly, the women’s game is inextricably connected to all this (Eng Women are also playing India this summer), due to us now being governed by the same blokes as the men’s version.
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New Track: Fiona Apple – “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home”)
New Track: Fiona Apple – “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home”)
Fiona Apple: Music news, mp3s, videos and more.
www.albumoftheyear.org
May 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New Track: Fiona Apple – “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home”)
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The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
April 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
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Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending “DEI” in Ohio public higher ed.
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
April 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending “DEI” in Ohio public higher ed.
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
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We can all be refugees
Nobody is safe,
All it takes is a mad leader
Or no rain to bring forth food,
We can all be refugees
We can all be told to go,
We can be hated by someone
For being someone.
We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah • April 15, 1958 – December 7, 2023
Nobody is safe,
All it takes is a mad leader
Or no rain to bring forth food,
We can all be refugees
We can all be told to go,
We can be hated by someone
For being someone.
We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah • April 15, 1958 – December 7, 2023
April 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We can all be refugees
Nobody is safe,
All it takes is a mad leader
Or no rain to bring forth food,
We can all be refugees
We can all be told to go,
We can be hated by someone
For being someone.
We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah • April 15, 1958 – December 7, 2023
Nobody is safe,
All it takes is a mad leader
Or no rain to bring forth food,
We can all be refugees
We can all be told to go,
We can be hated by someone
For being someone.
We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah • April 15, 1958 – December 7, 2023
Incredible innings. What a day.
⚠️ THE HIGHEST SOMERSET SCORE.....EVER!!!!! ⚠️
Tom Banton moves past Justin Langer and reaches an incredible 344 not out. History!
#SOMvWOR
#WeAreSomerset
Tom Banton moves past Justin Langer and reaches an incredible 344 not out. History!
#SOMvWOR
#WeAreSomerset
April 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Incredible innings. What a day.
Quick lunchtime walk on the Taunton outfield. #countychampionship
April 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Quick lunchtime walk on the Taunton outfield. #countychampionship
Morning Richie, Morning Everyone. First trip of the year to Taunton. First 'Shot!!!' of the year to a gorgeous Tom Banton cover drive. Rucksack full of picnic. #countychampionship
April 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Morning Richie, Morning Everyone. First trip of the year to Taunton. First 'Shot!!!' of the year to a gorgeous Tom Banton cover drive. Rucksack full of picnic. #countychampionship
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Spending on domestic holidays in Britain fell by more than one fifth between 2022 and 2024.
This is also an issue of regional inequality - some of the most deprived regions have been hit the hardest. Coastal regions saw holiday spending fall by 30%.
This is also an issue of regional inequality - some of the most deprived regions have been hit the hardest. Coastal regions saw holiday spending fall by 30%.
April 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Spending on domestic holidays in Britain fell by more than one fifth between 2022 and 2024.
This is also an issue of regional inequality - some of the most deprived regions have been hit the hardest. Coastal regions saw holiday spending fall by 30%.
This is also an issue of regional inequality - some of the most deprived regions have been hit the hardest. Coastal regions saw holiday spending fall by 30%.
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You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 29, 2025 at 7:39 AM
You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...