Great to present at the @rgs.org Annual International Conference today with my paper 'Pandemic Commemoration in Wales: Narratives of being left behind.' I discussed how the push to move on from the Covid-19 pandemic doesn't leave room for people to commemorate and fight for political change #phdsky

Immigration make Britain brilliant

Presented my first academic poster at the Faculty of Science and Engineering PGR Conference, Swansea University today! #PhDsky

🚨 | ALL Welsh Senedd Seats Declared! No overall majority - Plaid Cymru largest party Final results: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 PC: 43 (+20) ➡️ Reform: 34 (+34) 🌹 Labour: 9 (-35) 🌳 Conservative: 7 (-22) 🌍 Green: 2 (+2) 🔶 Lib Dem: 1 (+1)

If you're 18 or over and live in Wales, please take a couple of minutes to fill in this quick survey for my PhD research - only 3 questions! #wales #cymru forms.office.com/e/dqgTp2kGbx

📣Call for papers for Issue 4 of Agoriad📣 This is a very supportive journal and a great place for PhDs and early-career academics to submit!

Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory@spatialtheory.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory is seeking submissions to a special issue on the theme of ‘Anti-Fascist Geographies: Empathy, Community, and the Joy of Living the Anti-Fascist Life’ which we plan to publish in 2027. Please go to our website to find out more!

Have you visited any Covid memorials this #DayofReflection? If you're in Wales, let me know where you went👇

Bethan Hier@bethanhier.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📣Is there a Covid memorial in your community?📣 I am on the lookout for Covid memorials in #Wales, so let me know if there's one near you - big or small! This sign is from the Hafod y Bwch Commemorative Woodland near Wrexham🌳

Memorials, campaigns and a national day all exist, yet agreement on what should be remembered remains elusive.

What the UK’s ‘day of reflection’ reveals about COVID memory

Memorials, campaigns and a national day all exist, yet agreement on what should be remembered remains elusive.

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The 2020-2023 part is not an attempt to put a solid timeframe on the pandemic, but to ensure people have had time to deal with their grief before participating in research. It is a condition of this research's ethical approval.

Bethan Hier@bethanhier.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The COVID-19 #DayofReflection is on Sunday. Do you think we should commemorate the pandemic? If you meet the criteria below and live in Swansea, let me know what you think about commemorating the pandemic, whether you think we should or not. forms.office.com/e/RGHj84A1pF #Abertawe #Swansea

The COVID-19 #DayofReflection is on Sunday. Do you think we should commemorate the pandemic? If you meet the criteria below and live in Swansea, let me know what you think about commemorating the pandemic, whether you think we should or not. forms.office.com/e/RGHj84A1pF #Abertawe #Swansea

Also getting judged just sharing my research on Covid commemoration publicly!!

Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗@cvcev.bsky.social · 7mo ago

She feels "judged for mentioning *it*" Society has moved on.... She can't. She's stuck. 3/

Fishguard North East (Pembrokeshire) Council By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 33.8% (New) 🔶 LDM: 18.0% (New) ➡️ RFM: 12.7% (New) 🌹 LAB: 11.1% (-47.9) 🙋 Ind: 10.5% (New) 🌳 CON: 9.2% (-31.9) 🙋 Ind: 4.7% (New) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2022.

Once again, we have put up our banner and updated the number of covid dead. More than a quarter of a million people in the UK have died with covid as a cause of death on their death certificate. A devastating milestone. ❤️

The volunteers were at Parliament today to hear the government announce that our beautiful memorial is to be made permanent. It was an emotional day, as we have fought so long and hard to ensure that our beloved dead are not forgotten. We are grateful and happy. ❤️

📣Is there a Covid memorial in your community?📣 I am on the lookout for Covid memorials in #Wales, so let me know if there's one near you - big or small! This sign is from the Hafod y Bwch Commemorative Woodland near Wrexham🌳

Caerphilly Senedd By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 47.4% (+19.0) ➡️ REF: 36.0% (+34.2) 🌹 LAB: 11.0% (-34.9) 🌳 CON: 2.0% (-15.3) 🌍 GRN: 1.5% (New) 🔶 LDM: 1.5% (-1.2) 🐉 GWL: 0.3% (New) 💷 UKIP: 0.2% (New) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2021.

The advice is "there is not a reason to mention Covid" because "it makes people think of some of the worst times in our recent history." And I get that it's certainly a potential trigger. But what does it mean if authors are being advised to strip Covid out of our understanding of the world?

📣PARTICIPANTS WANTED📣 I'm interviewing people who have been involved in creating Covid memorials in Wales or UK-wide Covid memorials for my PhD. We'll discuss the reasons for making a memorial and narratives of the pandemic. Email or message me for more info! #phdsky #covidresearch

The story of Welsh Patagonia is not quite the tale of settler and indigenous harmony that has always been told.

After 160 years of Welsh settlement in Patagonia, Indigenous voices are finally being heard

The story of Welsh Patagonia is not quite the tale of settler and indigenous harmony that has always been told.

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The Inquiry has heard more disturbing evidence about a blanket 'do not resuscitate' policy for anybody over 70 in care homes. Letters were sent by GPs, "essentially telling people that they will be left to die". #CovidInquiry

1/2 In @drtedros.who.int WHO's latest media briefing: "We cannot talk about COVID-19 in the past tense...It continues to evolve, it continues to kill, and millions of people continue to live with post COVID-19 condition, or long-COVID." www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbr2...

LIVE: Media briefing on global health issues with Dr Tedros

YouTube video by World Health Organization (WHO)

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The National Covid Memorial Wall is now a registered charity! ❤️🥳

MASS LOBBY Against Benefit Cuts💥 📅21st May ⏰12-4pm 📍Westminster Lobby, Jubilee Room Our chance to push MPs to vote against these cuts, to show the strength of support and to take up visible space in Westminster. Join us! www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/mass-lo...

Fab few days at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Postgrad Forum Mid-Term Conference! Great place to present my work and I met some lovely people🌍 #geosky #phdsky

🚨DR UK's Statement Opposing the Supreme Court's Ruling on 'Biological Sex' 'We stand in solidarity with the Trans community as they experience an onslaught of rights erosions and attacks on their lives.' Read our full statement here: www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...

UK people, PLEASE add your name to this open letter asking the government not to cut disability payments action.versusarthritis.org/s/7956436/6b...

Add your name 📢

Cuts to disability benefits would be catastrophic

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Our lovely #TVCE member @mun-tonsi.net is looking for study participants. #AcademicSky 🌈🎓 Check it out ⬇️⬇️

genevieve clifford@mun-tonsi.net · 2y ago

I'm looking to recruit transgender people aged 18+ and living in Wales for my PhD study, we'll chat about your experiences of digital technologies (online or in-person). £20 gift card in return for participation. Interested? Email me at 2004599@swansea.ac.uk! More information: mun-tonsi.net/phd.

CW A reminder - this has scared a lot of people. Disabled people, carers, loved ones are suffering and will suffer. Suicide hot-lines are reporting a spike in calls, lots of people are deeply re-traumatised. 💔 This does not need to happen. Austerity is a choice. And an inhumane one at that.

Sarah Marie Hall@smhall.bsky.social · last yr.

We should be looking to WHY increasing numbers of people are disabled, not scaremongering about overdiagnosis. Austerity, a global pandemic and the highest rates of inequality in Europe may be a clue... Another clip from my LBC News interview by the fab @neonuk.bsky.social lot x

Please make it stop!

Kate Davison@queerstorian.bsky.social · last yr.

This is what the redundancy wave in British Higher Education currently looks like on the map: ‘British University Redundancy Map’ maps.app.goo.gl/yUteDm2MCXUi...

🚨 Let’s set the record straight. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is NOT an out-of-work benefit. It's a vital lifeline designed to support disabled people with the extra costs of disability. 1/