Ena Lloyd
@enalloyd.bsky.social
Cymraes, sharing ideas, helping others, bit of a traveller 🧳, having fun! West Walian living in #Caerdydd. @Doers_Improvers. She/Her. #Scarlets #Annibyniaeth 😊
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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Strategies for savvy voters: tactical voting and the 2026 Senedd election Wales is redesigning its democracy – new rules, new map, new maths – in 2026 tactical voting could shape the future like never before ✍️ Simon Hobson
Strategies for savvy voters: tactical voting and the 2026 Senedd election
Wales is redesigning its democracy – new rules, new map, new maths – in 2026 tactical voting could shape the future like never before
bylines.cymru
Some numbers worth noting: Benefit fraud: £1.6bn per year *Unclaimed benefits: £17bn per year* **Tax avoidance: £122bn per year**
How Wales is building a sharing economy through its ‘libraries of things’ theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/05/h...
How Wales is building a sharing economy through its 'libraries of things'
Wales has 28 'libraries of things' dotted across the country. These facilities allow community members to borrow rather than buy.
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We’re looking for a Head of Policy & Campaigns at Platfform - if you connect with our purpose, have a passion for social justice & can show us how you have affected successful change through policy and campaigns work then we’d love to hear from you #PublicAffairs #Politics #Campaigns #SocialJustice
Head of Policy and Campaigns - Flexible with regular requirement to travel as required
If like us, you are passionate about addressing injustice and making a difference to the lives of the people in Wales then you could be our next Head of Policy and Campaigns. This is an exciting time...
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In my humble opinion, our greatest climate adaptation would be to become a nation of #permaculture forest gardeners - but culturally we are a million miles away from that. #UK #Ireland #Wales #Scotland
Nigel Pugh@nspugh.bsky.social · last yr.Celtic rainforest facing species 'extinction crisis' A total area of good habitat needs to be expanded, with best conservation management of what is left. That doesn’t mean it’s only used for nature conservation. www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc.... #Celtirainforest #Wales
Extreme weather behind 99.5% of disaster displacements in 2024 …and we are only in the foothills of climate change www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
Extreme weather behind 99.5% of disaster displacements last year
With climate change displacing more people within the countries they live, here’s what experts say is needed to support them.
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600,000 people got on trains, buses to London to protest against the genocide in Palestine today & it wasn’t even on the news. Such is the power of money, it controls everything & everybody, it’s cost, life itself. Therein the answer, get rid of money in favour of equality & life
Two-thirds of global warming is caused by the world’s richest 10%. Wow, that’s landed squarely 🤬
350.org@350.org · last yr.According to @oxfaminternational.bsky.social, the richest 1% have accumulated $42 trillion over the past decade—and have more wealth than the lowest 95% combined. Two-thirds of global warming is caused by the world’s richest 10%. We say #TaxTheirBillions. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...
Every year since 1922, the Urdd have sent a message of peace & goodwill on behalf of the young people of Cymru to young people around the world on 15th May. This year's Peace and Goodwill Message concentrates on poverty.
Her expressionless face.. The tapping of her ear How lost she looks Her little feet on the rubble Is she, as Netanyahu puts it: “A murderous Islamist terrorist organization”? Can we be real about this FFS?
Ex-archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams urges cathedrals to ditch banks funding fossil fuels www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...
Ex-archbishop of Canterbury urges cathedrals to ditch banks funding fossil fuels
Dr Rowan Williams said he would like to see more cathedrals switching or committing to switch to greener banks.
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There are still tickets available for this debate tonight. Please come along if you can. lnkd.in/ejkccub7
“Working less is the most underrated climate solution”. We often talk about system change, but shy away from the systems that shape our daily lives. A shorter working week could reduce emissions, improve lives, and shift values away from consumption. 🌍
Jack McGovan@jackmcgovan.bsky.social · last yr.Longer working hours have been linked to higher emissions, yet the climate movement seems reluctant to join the campaign for a four-day week—a potential strategic error given the social, health and climate benefits of working less. My latest for Sower ⬇️🧪.
S4C has announced a Sports Journalism Bursary – alongside the annual T. Glynne Davies Journalism Scholarship – with the aim of attracting new talent from under-represented backgrounds in to broadcasting
S4C invests in sports and journalism talent to attract new faces
S4C has announced a Sports Journalism Bursary – alongside the annual T. Glynne Davies Journalism Scholarship – with the aim of attracting new talent from under-represented backgrounds in to broadcasti...
nation.cymru
British electricity is rapidly being decarbonised. Today is another day where renewables are providing more juice than fossil fuels.
FUN FACT: Since 2019, Nigel Farage's Reform has taken more than £2.3 MILLION from oil and gas interests - making up an astonishing 92% of the party's donations. Reform are NOT for ordinary people. They're in the pockets of the big oil lobby.
The ‘Welsh Xavi’ or ‘Preseli Pirlo’ was a joy to watch, and he’ll go down as one of the all-time Cymru greats.✍️ Iwan Williams
Joe Allen: a tribute
Joe Allen retired from professional football on 3rd May. Iwan Williams looks back at the career of a Cymru legend There was little attention given to Cymru’s friendly win over Estonia at Parc y…
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507 to get to 10,000 Please, let's keep it going! Petition: Commission a public inquiry into the impact of the UK exiting the European Union petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Commission a public inquiry into the impact of the UK exiting the European Union
Given that it has stated its aim of growing the UK economy, we think the Government needs to quantify the effects of exiting the European Union as soon as possible by setting up an inquiry.
petition.parliament.uk
A song for the times Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerant This Your Children Will Be Next youtu.be/cX8szNPgrEs?...
Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (Official Video)
YouTube video by ManicStPreachersVEVO
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This petition closes in 5 days and still needs another 1500 signatures to force a response. I'm surprised and disappointed this one hasn't gone further; it's well worded and would demand quite a different response to the usual "we left, tough". petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Commission a public inquiry into the impact of the UK exiting the European Union
Given that it has stated its aim of growing the UK economy, we think the Government needs to quantify the effects of exiting the European Union as soon as possible by setting up an inquiry.
petition.parliament.uk
What’s our learning for our #SeneddElection2026 in #Cymru about how campaigns were conducted in the English local government elections last week. Any thoughts ? 😊
Documentary director John Geraint reflects on the life – and prophetic voice – of Welsh rock icon Mike Peters
Going out in a blaze of glory
Documentary director John Geraint reflects on the life – and prophetic voice – of Welsh rock icon Mike Peters. “Pit shaft wheels turn for the last time in the Rhondda tonight…” It was those words – na...
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Kneecap controversy: dozens of music acts come out in support of Belfast group
Kneecap controversy: dozens of music acts come out in support of Belfast group
Paul Weller, Christy Moore, Primal Scream and Massive Attack among acts criticising UK government stance
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