Trump’s World Cup—and Mussolini’s News, Jul 7th Authoritarian regimes have regularly used the World Cup for sportswashing ~ Aris Chatzistefanou ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/07/t...

Well there goes NATO, totally worth it 🥰

Overturn this! 😎

Eclipse 2026 in Cardiff: exact times, best spots, and viewing tips #TelescopeAdvisor #Astronomy #Stargazing #Space #Telescope #NightSky #Science

People are wondering how Folarin Balogu was reinstated by FIFA after a red card. We all know how. 😂😅

“I do not step back shyly from your property, but look at it always as my property, in which I ‘respect’ nothing. Pray do the like with what you call my property!” gatorna.info/threads/the-...

"I've never read Marx's Capital, but I've got the marks of capital all over my body." (Big Bill Haywood)

Interesting graph from Yougov this. Given the cohort which uses social media the least is *by far* more likely to have fallen into the Reform pipeline, it suggests that a (successful) social media ban for the young, far from discouraging radicalisation, would simply radicalise rightwards.

Belfast. Which is a place I've wanted to visit for quite a few years. (On the mainland, it seems to be Wigan!)

Ah man this would be hilarious! morningstaronline.co.uk/article/seiz...

Visitors to Big Pit National Coal Museum will be able to experience the Underground Tour for free through the whole of the school summer holidays this year, as part of ‘Haf o Hwyl’, a series of accessible fun and family friendly activities planned at the Museum

"Putinism is at root the product of the competitive struggle for geopolitical and economic power in which states are compelled to engage if they are to survive within the capitalist world-economy." redandblackanarchists.com.au/the-nature-o...

To just burn down the castle Features, Jul 1st One hundred and fifty years after his death, Bakunin’s emphasis on freedom and action still holds force of purpose ~ Matthew Harshman, Deirdre Ruscitti Harshman ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/01/t...

Cardiff try out their new whistles watched by three old ladies.

Archaeologists excavating a Cardiff park have uncovered fresh evidence of Bronze Age and Roman activity, revealing new clues about the people who lived there thousands of years ago

Retired Admiral Baron West was on Radio 4 just now saying that if we didn't spend much more on defence we'd have Russian and Chechen soldiers rampaging through British streets raping women. And this explains why we need to cut welfare spending.

NEW POST 🗞️ The US could have been a footballing powerhouse, and in the 1920s, it looked like a potential giant with a great league and national side. Here's your guide to the roots of football in the US 🇺🇸 #Skystorians #WorldCup2026 outsidewrite.substack.com/p/what-might...

If these findings are accurate, they expose the staggering extent to which Palantir is taking from our country while giving back as little as possible www.opendemocracy.net/exclusive-ho...

6,000 year old Tinkinswood Burial Chamber has the UK's largest capstone I believe. A picture enhanced by the modern day pylon in the background, both complementing and contrasting with the ancient features in the landscape.

Even if Starmer's likely successor Andy Burnham wants change, he'll face not only formidable external controls from "the markets" but insuperable internal constraints from the Labour party machine. My latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-b...

"McSweeney quietly inflamed the 'antisemitism crisis' that would dog Corbyn’s leadership from at least 2018. "He did so by seeding and placing stories into the press that helped to build the narrative that Corbyn’s Labour had become riddled with antisemitism" www.declassifieduk.org/inside-labou...

Don’t expect Burnham to take the boot off our necks Comment, Jun 25th Without serious pressure, our putative PM is unlikely to overturn any of his predecessor’s ridiculous terror accusations, expansions of surveillance, or internet restrictions ~ Rob Ray ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/25/d...

And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

You can despise Corbyn all you want. You can leave aside the fact that Starmer served in his cabinet and called him a "friend". But he won leadership running on Corbyn policies. If you backed him then you have to accept that YOU'RE "morally bankrupt" too, babez n hunz.

Very cool article by SF writer Ted Chiang, on how far away LLMs are from being conscious. removepaywalls.com/https://www....

With Keir Starmer expected to fall on his sword shortly, here is my take on the conundrum facing Andy Burnham, indeed any and every British PM. www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2026/06/22/e...

Long-term warming trend for Cardiff, Wales. Plot your own region here: showyourstripes.info/c/europe/uni... #showyourstripes showyourstripes.info/c/europe/uni...

Lament for a lost revolution Features, Jun 21st A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ freedomnews.org.uk/2026/06/21/l...

The sun will rise in #Cardiff #Wales tomorrow at 4:55, 6 seconds later than the day before. It will set at 21:33, 17 seconds later than the day before.

The planning system already seems weighted in favour of developers and against the concerns of affected citizens and communities. Councillors shirk responsibility and planning decisions are a bureaucratic rubber stamp rather than an opportunity for us to defend our neighbourhoods and our environment

I like my beans - but looks like no one quite likes their beans as much as George did!

Nearly there, we've already passed earliest sunrise!

Shocking @nation.cymru piece about Cardiff Uni. “Claiming commercial sensitivity as an excuse not to disclose … is outrageous. The amounts spent on consultancies by universities … is one of the sector’s dirty little secrets, and squarely in the public interest.” nation.cymru/news/cardiff...

How did we get here 😡

You are paying 94 times revenue for a loss-making conglomerate whose one profitable engine is fused to a furnace, governed by a man who cannot be removed by anyone but himself, sold preferentially to the buyers least likely to mind. Every word of that is disclosed www.thelongmemo.com/p/the-175-tr...

Toby Binder, Sighthill, Glasgow, 2004

A huge pile of bloodied foxes appeared in Cardiff city centre to highlight to the Welsh public the importance of taking part in a UK government consultation to ban trail hunting and strengthen hunting laws wp.me/p8Mk4U-1mYe

Radical History School, part of the annual Nye Bevan Festival in his (and mine) home town of Tredegar.

Sensitive content warning. The grim sight of many dead fish of several species in my local stream today - Cardiff’s Roath Brook. This is the tragic reality of a serious pollution incident. I know that Natural Resources Wales have been on site and are investigating the possible source.

Today in Cardiff, we laid out 885 foxes, each representing a report of a fox chased by hunts since the general election. Despite the hunting ban, foxes are still chased and killed across Wales and England. Trail hunting remains a smokescreen that allows these activities to continue.

Unison — the UK’s largest trade union — warns workplaces are already becoming hostile after the EHRC’s trans guidance

Private Eye is one of the best campaigning and investigative news outlets we have. It’s always a badge of shame when an institution is covered in that august organ. Senior management at Cardiff University, sadly, are frequently covered these days.

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So-called "co-living" is the latest scam method for developers to bypass building regs now that the student accommodation bubble has burst.

The increasing role of AI in football, for good and ill. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Trump's finally caught up with what we've all been chuckling about for months! metro.co.uk/video/iran-k...

The little guy outjumps the big guy. That's the definition of anarchy! ✊

Petition regarding the proposed data centre I posted about the other week. Sign and share if you can, especially if you or someone you know lives in the affected areas! And boost, boost, boost: https://acornuk.good.do/cymru/stop-llanrumney-data-centre/ #Wales #cardiff #cymru