James Ransone, US actor known for The Wire, dies aged 46

Cyfathrebu’n ddwyieithog: “Mae bron pawb yn siarad Saesneg” Wedi i etholwyr ddisgrifio’i phenderfyniad fel un “gwarthus”, mae Jo Stevens wedi cyfiawnhau peidio argraffu gohebiaeth yn ddwyieithog #gwleidyddiaeth ✍️ Rhys Owen

Love to see the @naaswch.bsky.social shoutout! It was great to be there in-person for the recording. The more we can dissolve the incredibly sticky Madoc Myth the better. No, Indigenous Peoples in the Americans didn't learn how to fish or speak from the Welsh

Part of the Richard Burton centenary exhibition at Aberafan Shopping Centre. Last day tomorrow. #exhibitions #actors #stage #screen #writers #richardburton

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

The Beast in Me review – Claire Danes’s astonishing new thriller is instant top–tier TV

this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.

A little piece I wrote a while back about Elizabeth McHenry's To Make Negro Literature and how it changed who I am as a researcher has just been published in JAS. Available here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A tax of 2% on wealth over £10 million would raise £24 billion every year 🤯 This could be used to fund our public services properly - from schools to hospitals. While Reeves says we must all “do our bit”, Plaid Cymru believes it’s time for those with the broadest shoulders to pay their fair share.

I emailed Nadia Sass the wife of the man who was charged alongside the former leader of Reform Wales, Nathan Gill, & she sent me a long reply..all about Nigel Farage. The weird thing is that I didn’t ask her anything about Nigel Farage. 2/

Rhai o'r pethau dwi wedi bod yn eu gwneud yr wythnos hon 👇 Some of the things I've been doing this week 👇

Caerphilly byelection a triumph of positivity over division, says Plaid Cymru leader

How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth

My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...

Plaid Cymru ousts Labour in Caerphilly byelection

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Plaid Cymru WIN Caerphilly 💚 Plaid Cymru yn ENNILL Caerffili. Llongyfarchiadau Lindsay Whittle - the new Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Nazi-loving Daily Mail [that’s a factual statement BTW*] don’t like Ireland’s new president. Her repeating the words of the International Court of Justice & the UN Commission seem to have upset them. In the old days the Mail was the most anti-Semitic & fascist English newspaper! So little changes!

On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts. What service he has given us. Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25

Plaid have won a massive victory in the Caerphilly by-election beating Reform comfortably. The Labour vote has totally collapsed. It seems that in Caerphilly more people feared those who oppose immigration than the immigrants themselves.

Ysbryd Harri Webb ar gerdded heno mi dybiaf: The sprit of Harri Webb: (Medievalism always read symbolically. Driving the fascists - Farage, Tice - back over the border tonight I hope)

C’mon @plaidcymru.bsky.social !

Reform’s approach to next May’s Senedd election is deeply cynical. Its cheap sloganising falls a million miles short of any kind of programme for government. It is insulting Wales and its people ✍️Martin Shipton

Cadeirio 2 sessiwn yng Nghastell-nedd ddydd Sul. / Looking forward to chairing these events at the Neath Arts Festival on Sunday.

Great to be out canvassing today in Bargoed and hearing so much support for Lindsay Whittle. The #Caerphilly byelection is a straight choice between a true Plaid Cymru community champion, and a party who wants to see our community divided.

Cadeirio 2 sessiwn yng Nghastell-nedd ddydd Sul. / Looking forward to chairing these events at the Neath Arts Festival on Sunday.

Reform’s former Welsh leader, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from Russia. The people of Wales deserve full transparency about foreign interference in politics. Those interviewed by counter-terrorism police in connection with the case should be publicly named.

A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰 How genocide happened

According to British state media, only the 20 Israeli captives exist. The 2000 Palestinian captives they are being swapped for don't appear anywhere in the livestream documenting the 'hostage releases'. Palestinians are not seen as human. Release all 10,000 Palestinian hostages now!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Plaid Cymru Conference: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Such a great weekend, with lively discussions, inspiring speeches and interesting conversations, full of energy and hope for a new future for Wales. Cynhadledd wych, llawn trafodaethau bywiog, egniol a dyrchafol am ddyfodol Cymru. Ymlaen at 2026!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Farage yn gwrthod yr honiadau fod ei greadigaeth neo-ffasgaidd ddiweddaraf yn gartref i’r BNP ar @NewyddionS4C heno. Ddim yn siwr fod y bois o’i gwmpas wedi’u darbwyllo! #Caerffili

Plaid Cymru leader calls for ‘progressive alliance’ to tackle ‘populist right’ www.channel4.com/news/plaid-c...

Could someone run listening comprehension and grammar lessons at the Far Right Summer School next year? Their posts regarding what was said at Plaid’s conference today suggests (ironically) that they have a problem understanding basic English.

🚨 BREAKING: A Plaid Cymru government will deliver 20 hours a week of free childcare for every child aged 9 months to 4 years. Putting money back in families’ pockets, tackling child poverty and giving every child the best start in life 💚

Thrilled to see our childcare policy research cited by Plaid Cymru and directly feeding into their manifesto pledge announced today at their party conference - includes a new universal offer of 20hrs per week of funded childcare for all children from the age of 9 months to 4 years…

Arwain Cymru o'r newydd - gyda llywodraeth Plaid Cymru. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💚

Ysgrifennydd Addysg i ymweld ag ysgol yn Nghwm Tawe, wedi chwe blynedd heb adeilad parhaol Sioned Williams fu’n codi achos disgyblion Ysgol Gynradd Godre’r Graig, “sydd erioed wedi cael eu haddysgu mewn adeilad ysgol barhaol” ✍️ Efan Meilir Owen

We are truly grateful to Werner Sollors and Daniel Williams for taking the time to join us for this wonderful discussion!

On Monday, October 6, 2025, the #BavarianAmericanAcademy had the pleasure of hosting an intriguing conversation among BAA-Honorary Member Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu ) and @danielgwydion.bsky.social (@swanseauni.bsky.social).

Free admission, please register on our website. We are looking forward to seeing you here! www.amerikahaus.de/ausstellunge...

Join us today (Monday, October 6, 2025) for a conversation with Werner Sollors (Harvard University) on his collection of essays on cosmopolitanism & ethnicity. Daniel G. Williams (@danielgwydion.bsky.social) (Swansea University) will moderate the discussion.

"Duke University Press brings their catalog in the humanities and social sciences to [Direct to Open], offering 20 frontlist titles annually alongside the MIT Press’s 80 scholarly books each year. Goldsmiths Press... will contribute several works that cut across disciplinary boundaries..."

Join us on Monday at 7pm at @amerikahaus.de for an evening w/ Werner Sollors (@harvard.edu) & @danielgwydion.bsky.social (@swanseauni.bsky.social)! Curious about what to expect? Read @chrisirmscher.bsky.social's article in the @harvardmagazine.bsky.social: www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/12/harv...

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer. This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Aled Eirug’s biography of Dafydd Elis-Thomas tackles one of modern Welsh politics’ most complex figures, tracing his journey with and beyond Plaid Cymru, his rare talents, charm, and unique capacity to frustrate ✍️ Desmond Clifford

Have we reached such a low point that criminality and hypocrisy are the dominating factors in our political life? The outrageous behaviour of two right-wing Welsh politicians has depressingly pushed me in such a direction ✍️Martin Shipton

This really needs to be vastly bigger news across they media, but it'll be ignored because "just Wales" of course.

In 1923, our foremothers carried a peace petition across the ocean. In 2025, we carry forward their spirit✍️ Merched Cymru dros Heddwch

The Examiner, commenting on the trial of Henry Hunt, charged with treason after Peterloo in 1819. Sounds familiar. archive.org/details/sim_...

Noson gofiadwy yng Nghaeredin / A lovely evening in Edinburgh. Discussing the Werner Sollors Reader with staff and students. @edinburghup.bsky.social