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.

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...

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...

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

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.

Please make it stop!

🚨 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/

Individual pieces from our #LongCovid Support Banner are shown in a video at our event. The comments online say it all. #LongCovidAwarenessDay I am crying already So powerful We are not alone Feel seen and validated just watching this! Thank you Long Covid Support!

@longcovidsupport.bsky.social your launch today has been moving to watch and the banner sections are so poignant💚 it is a wonderful archive of people's experiences of Long Covid #longcovidawareness

Today, less than 48 hours before our #DayOfReflection obervance at the wall, we had the sad task of updating the number of covid dead. ❤️

On Covid-19 #DayofReflection we remember all those we have lost, we think of the millions suffering now with #LongCovid, and we remind the world that Covid Is Not Over.

A memorial to commemorate the pandemic has been commissioned in Swansea! It's nice to see a broad remit for this memorial. This is one of the only times I've seen long covid being mentioned in a press release for a Covid memorial @longcovidsupport.bsky.social www.swansea.gov.uk/MemorialArti...

Lovely few days at Gregynog PGR Conference and Theory School! Presented my research titled 'Memories of COVID-19: Pandemic Commemoration in Wales

Call for Papers: Special issue on ‘Geographies of the good: love and hate in a polarized world’. Delighted to announce the call for Issue 3 of Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory. #geosky #academicsky agoriad.cardiffuniversitypress.org/announcement...

Also thrilled to announce that Volume 1 of Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory, is out. It was a huge labour of love for all involved and there are some terrific papers. The theme is Indigenous Ontologies. #geosky #academicsky agoriad.cardiffuniversitypress.org/1/volume/1/i...

#geosky #academicsky #phdsky

**Call for Papers** Issue 3 of Agoriad is looking for submissions, particularly from postgrads and ECRs! If you have an idea or paper related to the theme 'Geographies of the good: love and hate in a polarized world' please get in touch by emailing [email protected] 🌍