I have to say, the relentless repeated British Armed Forces ads before the film starts in the cinema take on an extra sort of grimness today.

There's no way Nigel really believes this to be true re. "Think twice". This action makes the indefensible inevitable. There is no rules-based international order anymore. Might is right.

What a headline

The fact that if Venezuela had nukes, Trump would never have invaded and snatched Maduro, is not filling me with confidence about the future of nuclear non-proliferation tbh. Nukes or no nukes seems the only relevant factor when it comes to US-forced regime change. That or being Cuba?

A former Welsh Labour minister using the word "Unionist" as a pejorative, to describe the current Welsh Secretary? 👀 👀 👀

My Welsh self driving through the small villages of South England

they should invent a lower back that isn't garbage

I don't think "we will literally shoot all of our dogs" is the killer counter argument the shooting lobby think it is 🤔 Seen a couple AI mock up images of mass gun dog graves and it comes across as pretty demented/evil ngl

Oh Jo Stevens. This is so embarrassing

Except it clearly IS a dig at the clubs and that environment managed to make them world class all the same.

The Epstein Files, everybody!

“One key dispute is over whether another planning or nature bill is required to change rules over protected species and measures to make it easier to build large infrastructure projects, but the changes may be made via secondary legislation.” FFS. 🤦‍♂️ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I've written up last week's thread on the latest bogus attempt to foment a rural Vs urban culture war which doesn't actually exist. This time: it's aimed at the BBC. More detail 👇 open.substack.com/pub/jonmoses...

Would this be one of those "realities of land management" the Regional Moorland Group insist the BBC should cover more of? We can agree on that. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is sure to be a total classic of children's literature. Heard amazing things from those who've seen early drafts...

@timfarron.bsky.social happy now? Talk about animal welfare.

Pathetic that we as a society are at the point where the hysteria around species reintroduction is causing people to go and kill white-tailed eagles. Utter cowards, hiding the tag and probably burning the body. One case among several. Should shame us all. www.countytimes.co.uk/news/2570426...

There are very few people who know the Welsh mountains better or have done as much to help foster a more intimate understanding of our uplands among outdoor educators and the enthusiastic amateur public than Mike Raine. Had a nice chat with him last week! creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

I used the expression 'gobaith caneri' today, and I wondered if it was an expression in English too, or just in Welsh. If you were wondering how Google Gemini is coping with Welsh language idioms, I give you this:

Per @willhaycardiff.bsky.social 1.5% is insane for the party that hasn't lost a real election in Wales for 100 years.

Only the Lib Dems can win here!

I low key think this is the most mind-boggling part of the new Wales poll:

Good lord, Wes Streeting is now doing the media rounds saying we need to ban "globalise the intifada" as if that kind of thing would make the slightest difference to antisemitism. The policing of language in service of a genocidal state will only make antisemitism worse.

Catching up on the Guardian Country Diaries. Whisked away to intriguing pockets of loveliness. Here’s @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social ‘war-torn oaks are pushing upward at curious angle…their scions recolonising, their roots holding the fractured foundation together.’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Here's my country diary from Friday! Writing about rock climbing for the Guardian felt like a continuation of my roots as a writer, when I started pitching slightly niche climbing articles for @ukclimbing.com about four years ago. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

My big sister Grug abhors LinkedIn and self-promotion of any kind, but she's just published her first book of prose: Croesi Cyfandir ar Ddwy Olwyn. nation.cymru/culture/book...

This should be awesome - four of the people who's vision of a future countryside I love the most.

Sarhaus. Ac yr unig reswm dwi'n gallu meddwl amdano yw bod Llafur San Steffan eisiau hawlio'r clod, yn hytrach na pharchu Cymru: www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert... #gwleidyddiaeth

Still pinching myself that I have this opportunity! Today's country diary is about an amazing, living landscape in the Neath valley.

Fucking hell. Optics don't get much worse than this.

Labour are finally getting serious about the upcoming elections 💪💪💪💪💪 Plaid Cymru and Nigel Farage better WATCH 🤬😮‍💨 the big dogs are in town

Hilary Benn knocks on your door in Grangetown, WYD?

The NYT quotes Kamala Harris as saying "It's three years from nooooow". God help us, she's running again.

I just got a "Decomputing" talk accepted by a very tech-focused business conference (as a Keynote even) and a labor rights organization who wanted me to propose a talk instantly went for the "The Luddites were right" suggestion. Two things that a few months ago would not have been possible I think.

This new Westminster poll looks interesting.

I'm utterly convinced that Keir Starmer absolutely despises Eluned Morgan and is trying to delete Welsh Labour forever. Surely someone advised him on how terrible an idea this is?

As a dual citizen by birth, this is a pretty insane thing to read.

The Countryside Right of Way (CRoW) Act succeeded in giving partial access across the nation.

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Are there any other countries whose "patriotic" publications pay foreigners to write about what a hellhole they think their country is?

I think a lot of people of my age and political inclination hold a lot of sympathy and nostalgia even for the Corbyn years but it's so clear now that the world has moved past him. A Labour man to his core, he hates the Greens for being spoilers for Labour more than he wants an effective left party.

Behold, the Your Party voter (the 'zionist' is Polanski haha)

Can anybody still holding a candle for Your Party explain to me why? When the @greenparty.org.uk exists in its current form. Even if you think they're not left enough or too pro NATO or something (lol) I don't understand why they don't try and do entryism. They're well left of pre Corbyn Labour.

How about the "narcissism of small differences party"?

The thing about sport is that it's the lows that really make the highs.

✨️Live✨️ ✨️within✨️ ✨️your✨️ ✨️means✨️

🚨 An accurate take on the utterly appalling Badenoch... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'd be really interested in knowing how this could work, and whether it would ever make back the money it would cost to implement (which would be in the hundreds of millions and be one of Wales's biggest ever infrastructure projects). There are thousands of entrances to our National parks!

Our financial systems are designed top to bottom to make life easy for people who are sitting on a £2m asset, even if their income from work is very small. It stinks!!

Time to downsize and live within your means, then?