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Haydyn Williams
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Disabled ogamist, folklorist,poet and musician. He/Him Sé / leis . Gaeilgeoir . Republican (screamingly so). 26 + 6 = 1. 🇵🇸🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
The #Trump administration has removed all data relating to #assaults, #homicides, #missing persons from #indigenous #peoples, from all #federal #databases
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
archaeologymag.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I've signed the petition to ask that statutory leave be offered to everyone who suffers pregnancy loss before 23 weeks. Will you add your name too?

my.uplift.ie/petitions/ma... @uplift.ie
Statutory leave for miscarriage before 23 weeks
I've signed the petition to ask that statutory leave be offered to everyone who suffers pregnancy loss before 23 weeks. Will you add your name too?
my.uplift.ie
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🚨 An undercover sting just exposed alarming loopholes in Westminster’s weak lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! ✍️ Sign & share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop foreign interference in British politics
British politics has a foreign interference problem. An undercover investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys has revealed how shockingly easy it is for secretive Chinese interests to pene...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to ‪@electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
Sign now to demand an end to big money in politics
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action.electoral-reform.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Did you know that Clairvius Narcisse of Haiti claimed to have recovered from zombiehood? Or that researchers identified another ex-zombie as a woman “dead” for several years – and found only stones in her grave?
#folklore #Haiti #zombie
Read on at:
Zombies of Haiti: Wretched and Real or a Folklore Fraud?
Tetrodotoxin, Datura and a dose of theatrics might explain Haiti's zombies...
reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Reposted by Haydyn Williams
Celtic Britain’s Caillech (veiled one) straddled the line between witch and goddess. This one-eyed, pale-skinned crone could shape the land and seasons… but let winter end when she ran out of firewood!
#folklore #FolkloreThursday #winter
More at:
The Cailleach, the Holly King and a Skiing Giantess: Delve Into 5 Winter Gods & Spirits
Read about Skadi, a Norse giant-turned goddess of snowshoes, the long war of the Holly King and why the goddess Marzanna is drowned each year...
reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Christmas has become the dominant festival in the Western cultural calendar, but echoes of the pre-Christian past can still be found across the continent. www.bbc.co.uk/travel/artic... #Folklore
Four of Europe's most fascinating pre-Christian winter festivals
Christmas has become the dominant festival in the Western cultural calendar, but echoes of the pre-Christian past can still be found across the continent.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Why do we even feckin bother with a #judicial #system. Utter feckin bollix!

Teenager gets a suspended sentence for his involvement in the Dublin riots two years ago jrnl.ie/6892744
Teenager gets a suspended sentence for his involvement in the Dublin riots two years ago
The teenager was identified after gardaí viewed CCTV footage of the riots.
jrnl.ie
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I can confidently confirm that the Bill will be enacted into law on the 12th of Never!

Government leaders remain vague about timeline for enactment of Occupied Territories Bill jrnl.ie/6892858
Government leaders remain vague about timeline for enactment of Occupied Territories Bill
Tánaiste Simon Harris says the bill remains government policy.
jrnl.ie
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Why can’t these pointless feckwits just get to feck already?

PSNI probe video of masked men in front of Irish flag saying politicians are 'legitimate targets' jrnl.ie/6890721
PSNI probe video of masked men in front of Irish flag saying politicians are 'legitimate targets'
A video circulated online showed three people wearing balaclavas, two holding guns and one reading a statement.
jrnl.ie
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Now yers get to experience the judicial system that the #Brits put in place in #NorthenIreland from 1973 onwards….

Jury trials to be scrapped in England and Wales for crimes with sentences of under three years jrnl.ie/6891042
Jury trials to be scrapped in England and Wales for crimes with sentences of under three years
The crown court backlog currently is at a record level of more than 78,000 cases.
jrnl.ie
December 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“No comment….”

Two men arrested after clashes between protesters over Palestine flag at Belfast council jrnl.ie/6891718
Two men arrested after clashes between protesters over Palestine flag at Belfast council
The flag was flown during daylight today following a vote held by the council.
jrnl.ie
December 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
#Ireland is fast becoming a #HotBed of #Racism. Maybe the elements were already in place?

'They started punching us': Asylum seekers followed before alleged attack in Co Dublin village jrnl.ie/6890350
'They started punching us': Asylum seekers followed before alleged attack in Co Dublin village
One man who came on the scene told of how the men had been ‘badly beaten’ and left bloody by the incident.
jrnl.ie
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#TombTuesday Cairn Holy, Nr Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway

www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-plac...
Cairn Holy Chambered Cairns
Discover the tomb of a mythical Scottish king at this pair of Neolithic burial monuments.
www.historicenvironment.scot
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Just for shite and shenanigans - #Indigenouspeoples in #NorthAmerica have given #Trump aka #DiaperDonnie an official name. They are calling him
#CaptainBoneSpurs
It’s Absofeckinlutely gigglelicious!
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM