Glyn Bach
@llanfrancisco.bsky.social
Welsh. Gay. Beard. Social democrat. Middle-Aged. Frequently annoying.
I must remember to stop picking at my biopsy scar, or it will begin bleeding. As it did, this morning.
Itchy Scratching: Woman Uses Fork
ALT: Itchy Scratching: Woman Uses Fork
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South Woodford on a sunny, Sunday, afternoon. I was pleased to be able to get David out for lunch, even though he felt very disinclined to leave the house.
Due to recent health news, I won't be posting as often as I have been recently, for quite a while. All is in hand, but I have other priorities. You will be spared more of my wittering :-)
Amazing how many of the people currently creating havoc around the world were radicalised during covid.
Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · 6d agoI realise this is Restore Britain etc etc, but it's nonetheless pretty shocking.
Exempting care workers from new ILR rules would make a big difference. Most told 15 years would lose their legal status long before that. This deal with three-quarters of that. But 250k people still could lose status if chefs, lab technicians not exempt too. www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Foreign care workers could be exempt from tough new visa rules
Andy Burnham is considering an exception to Shabana Mahmood’s reforms that increase the timeline for permanent residence from five to 15 years
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New Zealand nurse Amanda Jean Turner is fined $62,320 in costs after being found guilty of professional misconduct by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, for posting Islamophobic, transphobic and anti-vax content to social media www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/...
Nurse censured, ordered to pay $62k over Islamophobic, anti-vaccine posts
After years of court appeals, Amanda Jean Turner who called vaccines “murderous” and posted anti-Muslim hate faces a suspension.
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Belgium : 54 yr old shopkeeper Driss Atounane has died of injuries received when he was attacked after coming to an aid of a woman who was being subjected to racist abuse on a Brussels tram. The suspect is in custody undergoing psychiatric evaluation. www.brusselstimes.com/2248797/brus...
Brussels shopkeeper dies after defending woman from abuse on tram
Driss Atounane, 54, died on Sunday morning after falling into a coma following the incident last Thursday.
brusselstimes.com
Former Reform UK candidate Dan Cooper,who was sacked from his City HR role for transphobic and Islamophobic social media posts, launches legal bid alleging discrimination www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...
HR adviser sacked for anti-Islam tweets sues City law firm
A senior HR adviser sacked by City firm CMS last year for posting anti-Islamic and anti-transgender comments on X is suing it for discrimination on the grounds of belief.
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A young man has been arrested after shouting antisemitic death threats, and giving the Nazi salute, to a Jewish man on his way to synagogue, on Brunnenstraße, in Berlin, Germany. German authorities take such displays very seriously www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world...?
Nazi salute suspect arrested after alleged death threat against Berlin Jewish leader
Police detain man filmed giving Nazi salute as Jewish community member says antisemitic abuse and murder threats targeted senior figure
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45 yr old Brighton man Michael Brown has pleaded guilty to inciting violence against synagogues in the Sussex city. He responded to a Facebook post from Palestine Solidarity Campaign with a suggestion to “target local synagogues and Jewish businesses” www.theargus.co.uk/news/2642045...
Brighton man pleads guilty over Facebook post about stink bomb attack on synagogues
Michael Brown, 45, from Brighton, responded to a post on Facebook with a suggestion to “target local synagogues and Jewish businesses”.
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Palestinian man Mohammed Alamrein has been fined £250 for giving a Nazi salute at the National March for Palestine march in London, in June 2025. www.jewishnews.co.uk/gazan-man-co...
Gazan man convicted for Nazi salute at pro-Palestinian march - Jewish News
Mohammed Alamrein, who came to the UK a year prior to 7 October, was videoed performing the gesture in front of Jewish counter-protestors with Stop the Hate
jewishnews.co.uk
Keshet Europe, whose activists marched in Berlin Pride hours before the attack, urges action against extremism without fuelling hatred towards minorities
Jewish LGBTQ+ leaders reject ‘collective blame’ after Berlin Pride terror attack
Keshet Europe, whose activists marched in Berlin Pride hours before the attack, urges action against extremism without fuelling hatred towards minorities
jewishnews.co.uk
Iran’s Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, published a video on Monday encouraging supporters to assassinate US first lady Melania Trump. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/irgc-linked-...
Which are the best, and worst, countries for women? The results are not surprising, although I note with sadness that the United Kingdom is nowhere near the top 10. We are at No 23, behind Slovenia, Latvia and even the United Arab Emirates.
Mapped: The Best Countries for Women in 2026
From Denmark to Afghanistan, discover the best and worst countries for women in the 2026 Women, Peace and Security Index.
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Amy Diehl, Ph.D.@amydiehl.bsky.social · last wk.Per the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Index, the 5 best countries for women: - Denmark - Iceland - Norway - Sweden - Finland 5 worst: - Afghanistan - Yemen - CAR - Syria - Sudan www.visualcapitalist.com/best-countri...
PepsiCo fired queer woman after she complained about 2 years of anti-LGBTQ+ harassment, lawsuit says - buff.ly/Sb64Qin
Leading Australian gender critical activist Kirralie Smith is forced to apologise, and pay $95,000 compensation, after she falsely accused transgender football player Riley Dennis of having hospitalised two (cis) women players www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/an-a...
An anti-trans activist lied about a trans athlete injuring cis women. Now she has to pay the price. - LGBTQ Nation
Kirralie Smith admitted in court she didn't have any evidence to back up her claim about a trans woman injuring two cis women.
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The noise is quite extraordinary. I certainly wouldn't want to live close to one.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”
Glasgow Reform UK councillor Audrey Dempsey spoke at an event run by far-right activist group Unite the Clans as she "shared a stage with extremists who have openly praised Hitler". Ms Dempsey is an ex-Labour councillor, who was suspended by the party in 2024. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/wes...
Reform councillor slammed for speaking at event by group that 'openly praised Hitler'
A Reform UK councillor in Glasgow has been slammed for speaking at an event run by far-right activist group Unite the Clans as she "shared a…
heraldscotland.com
Honestly I think this is the bigger issue, not so much Polanski accepting the collab which I am prepared to accept was probably an oversight, albeit a really bad one.
James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · last wk.There is also the fact that this lad turned up to the Green party's big fundraising rave on Sunday wearing a explicit call for the murder of a political opponent... ... and not only did no one see the issue, they chose to photo him and use his image to promote it. The issues go further than Zack
"Report on Jewish diaspora finds biggest rise in antisemitism in UK" And it is a politically ecumenical antisemitism.
Report on Jewish diaspora finds biggest rise in antisemitism in UK
The report also says 2025 was the deadliest year for Jews living outside Israel in more than 30 years.
bbc.co.uk
Bernard Agyemang stood between a terrorist and Manchester's Heaton Park synagogue on Yom Kippur. Almost a year on, I realise I'd not heard of him. A few thoughts on a man who paid a heavy price for doing shul security, and should have a bit of recognition open.substack.com/pub/jackmend...
A quiet hero I didn't know existed
Bernard Agyemang stood between a terrorist and Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur. Almost a year on, I realised I'd never heard of him
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Rupert Lowe claims to detest far-right ethnonationalism and neo-Nazism. Yet a string of extremists have been out campaigning for Restore candidate Marlon West ahead of Thursday’s Greater Manchester mayoral election.
My pain levels are reasonably significant, today. Chunky, even. This is not an ideal development, when I have a 2 and a half hour long meeting to attend.
I am pleased to report that Andy Burnham has a Welsh lesbian Quaker chaplain lookylike. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Swansea chaplain dubbed Prime Minister Andy Burnham lookalike
Emma Roberts is is "leaning into" the comparisons and has changed her name to "Mandy Burnham" on TikTok.
bbc.co.uk
Please circulate around the Wrexham and Corwen area - Police have growing concerns for the whereabouts of Bob, who has not been seen since the early hours of this morning.
Growing concerns for missing Corwen man
A police appeal has been launched amid growing concerns for the whereabouts of a missing man from Corwen. Bob, 66, has been missing since approximately 2.30am this morning (Sunday, 26 July). North Wales Police describe Bob as being 5'10" tall and is thought to be wearing a red shirt and beige shorts. Anyone who has seen Bob or has information on his whereabouts can contact North Wales Police on 101 or via the webchat quoting ref O120878.
wrexham.com
Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire followers, Do you recognise the woman, below, wanted in connection with the racist abuse of a man outside the Chesterfield stately home, Hardwick Hall? If you can help, please contact Derbyshire Police and quote ref 26000395130 www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/crime/p...
Police appeal to trace woman in connection with public order offence – which allegedly saw racist comments made
Police have called for help to trace a woman in connection with a public order offence at a popular Derbyshire visitor attraction – during which racist comments were allegedly made.
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