The USA can and should be stripped of the World Cup and the Olympics it is not a safe country.

Now that Stranger Things has ended, can we take a moment to appreciate the amazing love letter to synthesizers that Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein composed for the show? Their setup included synths like the Prophet-6, Prophet-5, Univox Mini-Korg, Oberheim SEM, Roland SH-2, ARP 2600, and a lot more!

Made a new playlist

Incredible photo. You can't stop the drive to read.

Got a load of new followers recently, so I figured I'd do a brief re-introduction. Hi, I'm Chris, and I post primarily about music, books, running, Welsh identity, and pictures of my dog Elwood.

One of the best things I did in 2025 was to finally delete facebook

My #parkrun stats for 2025: 44 runs 8 times volunteering (attended 52 times in total) 25 different events 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪 Fastest time: 18:34

I had a post do very well yesterday, and since then I've had 30+ accounts block me - despite it being the most inoffensive post in existence. Is this just what happens whenever you have even the most minor viral moment?

“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.” In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.

My message of hope for 2026: Abolish the monarchy.

Keep buying tickets for small local shows!!

I managed to get through 53 books in 2025. These are the 12 that I gave a 5/5 to. Zevin and King clearly the big winners here. #booksky

2025 has been a very very good year for music. In no particular order, my top five albums of the year are as follows: West End Girl - Lily Allen Rhwng Gwyll a Gwawr - Buddug Who Is The Sky? - David Byrne Panic Shack - Panic Shack Moisturizer - Wet Leg Have I made any startling omissions?

Senator Bernie Sanders will administer the oath of office to New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani during his public swearing-in ceremony at City Hall on January 1. trib.al/ylTzosO

Routinely disappointed each year by the names that accept honours. There's no better demonstration of the failings of the British education system than the annual number of citizens who don't immediately refuse an award implicitly celebrating the British Empire.

More bookshops in Cardiff is only ever a good thing nation.cymru/feature/inte...

I know it's all just bullying.....but hypothetically, if the Kennedy Center were in any way, shape or form setting things up so that the cancellation of a single free jazz concert in a 500-seater can cause them a million dollars in damages, they are fucking things up on an unimaginable level

I've just seen a woman go through airport security carrying a cat!

Let's choose kindness in 2026. youtu.be/lopMMkz0law

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Made it to Oulu!! Ready for a very wintery Christmas ☃️☃️☃️

Did the lovely and very busy Arrow Valley #parkrun on my way up to Manchester this morning! This will be my last one in Britain for the year, as next week we're in Oulu 🇫🇮 for the world's most northerly parkrun!!

It is beyond laughable that an MP whose party rule books say it is a “democratic socialist party” goes out on their social media attacking “lefties”. I hope their base deserts them in droves. I already have.

Shame on Jo Stevens for taking this view. I actually used to consider her a decent politician, but between this and her refusal to devolve the crown estate, she's made it abundantly clear that she couldn't care less about Cymru or its people www.bbc.com/news/article...

The truth is everyone in the UK should be getting a payrise and every public service should be getting increased funding, and we should be doing it by punishing the billionaires who have been punishing everyone else for 15+ years.

Went and treated myself to some @laurajanegrace.bsky.social tickets in Bristol!!

One of three buggies in the top ten at #parkrun today!!

Not bad. Ddim yn ddrwg. #Cymraeg

#NotMyKing @NoKingCharlie No contest when it comes to unearned badges #AbolishTheMonarchy #trump #kingcharles

Every billionaire is a failure in tax policy.

Things are going in the right direction 💚

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Big #parkrun achievement today - my 50th one this year! First time I've managed to do that many in one year!

Labour just keep moving further and further away from common decency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just got back from Panic Shack's biggest ever headline show: 1600 people at the Cardiff student's union. Possibly my last show of 2025, and easily up there amongst the best of the year. I love this band so much!

Eurovision has completely ruined it...

In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents. It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years. There should be no profit in education or healthcare.

Beautiful news. Languages are amazing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Absolutely everything we need from a campaign video.

This is great. All of the things I'm passionate about in one. Wish I could make it!

Got my tickets for the Pistols at the castle!! Line ups don't get much more punk than this. Made all the better by Johnny Rotten not being there

Opposing genocide is not terrorism. Make your choice. www.wedonotcomply.org

The Chancellor tells us difficult decisions will be taken this Budget - but she's ignoring the millions we spend on the monarchy every year. Here's what we could fund instead. 🧵 #AbolishTheMonarchy #NotMyKing

The Christmas lights in Bute Park are as magical as ever this year

In today's edition of obvious common sense: nation.cymru/opinion/wels...

Really enjoyed seeing Wet Leg tonight. Easily one of the most exciting British acts currently on the scene!

Under-50s Back Green Party as FIRST Choice in Latest YouGov Poll.

This is phenomenal news if it actually goes ahead www.ft.com/content/e76d...

Absolutely wild show as expected. It genuinely is amazing that three lads rapping in Irish have made such an impact across the world. It's a good sign for the future of Celtic languages 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿