Daniel G. Williams
@danielgwydion.bsky.social
Athro Llenyddiaeth Saesneg Prifysgol Abertawe / Sacsoffonydd gyda Burum
“The companies have used the biggest disruption of fossil fuel supplies in the market’s history to almost double their combined profits... the eight oil companies … made more than $700,000 of profit every minute over the spring quarter” www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Tony Curtis remembers his friend Kevin Sinnott, the celebrated Welsh artist whose paintings found love, life and poetry in the Valleys wp.me/p8Mk4U-1qir
We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.
Nicolas Chinardet@zefrog.eu · 3d agoAnd why is #r4today giving (yet again) such prominence to a hair-brained scheme that has little chance to ever be implemented? A GE is unlikely soon and the threat of Reform winning it is apparently receding. What is the justification for legitimising it?
#OtD 2 Aug 1939 Walter Altmann and Gunther Mann, two Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, were deported from the UK back to Belgium where they had crossed the Channel in a small dinghy which capsized. Both were likely sent to the concentration camps stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9167...
Helo Eisteddfod y Garreg Las! 👋 Bwriadu mynd? Dewch i ddweud helo, ac ymunwch mewn rhai o'r sesiynau sydd gan Blaid Cymru i gynnig. 👇 The Eisteddfod is back! A whole week dedicated to celebrating Welsh language and culture. Come and say hello!🏴 📍 Stondin / stall: 326-326
Helo Eisteddfod y Garreg Las! 👋 Bwriadu mynd? Dewch i ddweud helo, ac ymunwch mewn rhai o'r sesiynau sydd gan Blaid Cymru i gynnig. 👇 The Eisteddfod is back! A whole week dedicated to celebrating Welsh language and culture. Come and say hello!🏴 📍 Stondin / stall: 324-326
We can not have a sustainable NHS without a sustainable social care service. That’s why Plaid Cymru has already put in place measures to improve the delivery of care across Wales.
England is investing heavily in university rugby and reaping the rewards. Welsh rugby risks being left behind unless it starts treating higher education as a serious pathway to the professional game✍️ Dewi Williams buff.ly/XsUS6kh
Olympic heroes, defending champions and teenage talent: meet Team Wales for Glasgow 2026 ✍️Dewi Williams
Team Wales targets Glasgow medals as Commonwealth Games get underway
Dewi Williams Team Wales will begin its bid for Commonwealth Games medals in Glasgow tonight as the scaled-down event officially gets under way. The opening ceremony at the Hydro Arena will formally l...
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Almost two years after the final blast furnace fell silent, a powerful new exhibition is set to open in Port Talbot featuring works by one of Wales' leading photographers, bringing the community's experiences, memories and hopes for the future into sharp focus
Moving exhibition gives voice to Port Talbot after Blast Furnace closure
Stephen Price Almost two years after the final blast furnace fell silent, a powerful new exhibition is set to open in Port Talbot featuring works by one of Wales’ leading photographers, bringing the c...
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Bruce performs "Streets of Minneapolis" at the ACLU Biennial Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., where he received the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science, and Sports.
"Streets of Minneapolis" Live at the ACLU Biennial Leadership Conference
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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This book is packed with interest and Katherine’s writing is only the half of it. Norena Shopland has produced a gripping biography which effortlessly encompasses civil war politics in Wales and the social isolation of the English-speaking gentry ✍️ Desmond Clifford
Book review: My Love all love excels by Norena Shopland
Desmond Cliffford Just a few weeks ago I visited Dublin for Bloomsday, the day commemorating the action of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ (16 June 1904). I went to the city’s oldest theatre, the Smock Alley ...
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Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye III+ in London https://www.europesays.com/uk/1099244/ This Pat Metheny concert quite literally started with a bang (several, in fact), and a great piece of…#uk #news #uknews
Pat Metheny’s Side-Eye III+ in London - United Kingdom
This Pat Metheny concert quite literally started with a bang (several, in fact), and a great piece of theatre, as the band without Metheny appeared at the
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Far from being a modern phenomenon, neurodivergence has a long history. In other words, people whose ways of thinking, sensing or behaving differed from social expectations have always existed ✍️Laura Seymour @swanseauni.bsky.social nation.cymru/feature/what...
What early modern literature can teach us about neurodivergence
Laura Seymour, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Swansea University Does it seem as though more people are coming out as neurodivergent these days? Perhaps you’ve heard complaints that social m...
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Bydd cyllideb atodol Plaid Cymru yn buddsoddi miliynau i mewn i'r GIG, i gefnogi plant ag ADY, i mewn i ofal plant - blaenoriaethau pobl Cymru. Gwrthododd Cymru Lafur ym mis Mai, ond dyw hynny ddim yn golygu y dylai Lafur wrthod blaenoriaethau pobl Cymru.
I guess the difference would be that war criminals don't get to avoid a trial by calling a by-election against a bin
"Those for whom being English is the essence of their identity were not happy in 2016 and they are no happier now ... an England that has secured major changes (not least, Brexit) in order to assuage its concerns, yet remains deeply dissatisfied with the results”👇 @richardwynjones.bsky.social
The Brexit Effect, 2016-2026 edited by Anthony Seldon review – life without EU
Essays by the great and the good address the legacy of Brexit, but ignore the nationalist elephant in the room
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Labour have abandoned their values. By working with Reform UK to block Plaid Cymru's progressive budget, they've turned their backs on Wales' communities.
Mae Llafur wedi cefnu ar eu gwerthoedd. Trwy weithio gyda Reform UK i rwystro cyllideb flaengar Plaid Cymru, maen nhw wedi troi eu cefnau ar gymunedau Cymru.
If Welsh Labour abandons its mission of standing up for Wales and gets into the habit of voting with Reform, neither Andy Burnham nor anyone else will be able to save it from oblivion ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1oUo
Succinctly describing the life and work of Sarah Jane Rees is a daunting task given the many contributions which she made in a dizzying range of fields and spheres✍️ Jerry Hunter buff.ly/cUH4SCU
Trebanos (Neath Port Talbot) Council By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 51.1% (-18.3) ➡️ RFM: 20.2% (New) 🔶 LDM: 17.7% (New) 🌹 LAB: 8.5% (-22.1) 🌳 CON: 1.6% (New) 🌍 GRN: 0.9% (New) Plaid Cyrmu HOLD. Changes w/ 2022.
Diolch i @RhiannonHeledd am roi sylw yn @golwg360 i’r Werner Sollors Reader. Cysylltiadau annisgwyl sy’n uno pobl, ieithoedd a diwylliannau ar draws ffiniau’: dau ysgolhaig o brifysgol Harvard ac Abertawe yn pontio Cymru ac America – @golwg.360.cymru golwg.360.cymru/celfyddydau/...
‘Cysylltiadau annisgwyl sy’n uno pobl, ieithoedd a diwylliannau ar draws ffiniau’: dau ysgolhaig o brifysgol Harvard ac Abertawe yn pontio Cymru ac America
Roedd ysgolhaig uchel ei barch o brifysgol Harvard i fod i ymweld â Chymru yn ddiweddar er mwyn lansio fersiwn clawr meddal o gyfrol sy’n cyflwyno ei waith. Roedd Werner Sollors wedi bwriadu ymweld ag...
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Baruc (Vale of Glamorgan) Council By-Election Result: 🌼 PLC: 47.7% (+11.2) ➡️ RFM: 23.9% (New) 🌳 CON: 12.2% (-8.2) 🌹 LAB: 10.0% (-15.1) 🌍 GRN: 5.0% (-13.1) 🔶 LDM: 1.3% (New) Plaid Cyrmu HOLD. Changes w/ 2022.
Welsh actor Matthew Rhys has earned two Emmy nominations in different acting categories, with critics describing him as one of the biggest success stories of this year's awards
Matthew Rhys lands two Emmy nominations as critics tip Welsh star for awards success
Mark Mansfield Welsh actor Matthew Rhys has earned two Emmy nominations in different acting categories, with critics describing him as one of the biggest success stories of this year’s awards. The Car...
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Burnham has stopped short of naming the genocide for what it is. He prefers to talk about "war crimes" — it's not looking too good
Andy Burnham offers milquetoast sop to Palestine. Sadly for him we weren't born yesterday
Burnham has stopped short of naming the genocide for what it is. He prefers to talk about "war crimes" — it's not looking too good
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With her big hair, lots of jewellery and lashings of eyeliner, Tyler epitomised not just the sound but the look of the new decade
Bonnie Tyler: Welsh singer who soundtracked the 1980s
Gavin Cordon, Press Association In the spring of 1977 Bonnie Tyler was celebrating her first taste of chart success with the wistful, lilting ballad, Lost In France, when she began to develop a sore t...
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While Reform want to turn their backs on the people fleeing war and persecution, Plaid Cymru will always uphold international law and support those in need.
