One of those days where you tell your writing group "I'm jumping in with feedback in a couple minutes," and by a couple minutes you mean eight hours later. 😣

Today, people across the world remember one of the greatest tragedies in Welsh history - the 1966 Aberfan disaster - which left a small mining village robbed of an entire generation

Being Welsh is about belonging and shared values. I was a loud south-east London girl who became Welsh, heart and soul. Our Wales is one that welcomes, includes and builds, not one that divides. Proud to close an inspiring weekend at Plaid Cymru conference 💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

With a wife and three daughters who all speak Welsh at home, rugby legend Alun Wyn Jones is determined to make a change and says learning Welsh is about ‘knowing my roots and belonging to my country’

Sometimes I think I'm being cold or transactional with my family. Then, after I text my parents that I'm really upset and panicking over something and could use reassurance, I get: "Just take a deep breath and relax it will all work out." Maybe I've finally found a use for AI: empathetic parenting

I realised I might be different in the 9th grade. But not for the reasons you think. A baffled blond girl with a Nordic nose wanted to know: What exactly is a satire? She wasn't dumb. But the idea of there being something wrong in society was beyond her. meredithaprobert.com/i-realised-i...

Go Tigers. Go Blue Jays.

C'mon Tigers. #postseason

Great op-ed from @benwildsmith.bsky.social "We, rightly, feel sheltered from the worst excesses of populism in #Cymru. What self-governance we have has at least been conducted without calls for violence and repression. It’s no time to be diffident now, though." nation.cymru/opinion/time...

I've had this one knocking around my head for a while. Grateful to be able to share it with you: joelaprobert.com/i-realised-i... #nonbinary #LGBTQ #LGBTQwriter #queer #childhood #memoir #satire

Absolutely completely and utterly astonishing to see Welsh Labour taking the Scottish Labour approach to their nationalist opponents. Have you seen your polling, my guys?! Even if you beat Plaid, you will *need* them to form a government. They aren't optional! You can't talk about them this way!

Rounding out my list of #Michigan off-the-beaten path is the Brooklyn Street Local LLC in Corktown, #Detroit. (I didn't take better pictures, because I was too busy enjoying the food.) Check out the full list: joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor... #poutine #bestof #summer2025 #eatlocal

Third on my list of #Michigan hors chemin: #Muskegon. There's nothing like #LakeMichigan during the summer, but I can do without the crowds. Muskegon gives you two phenomonal options in close proximity: Muskegon State Park and Duck Lake State Park. Read on: joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...

#2 on my list of #Michigan summer 2025 favourites: #QahwahHouse of Grand Rapids, a welcome oasis on the city's northeast corner—a respite from the endlessly unimaginative big box chains that dominate the suburbs, with late night hours to boot. joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...

At the top of my list of #Michigan summer favourites: the #NorthCountryTrail. Like a Narnian otherworld, you hardly know it's there, but open the door and you'll find you've tumbled into a magical world right on your doorstep. Read on: joelaprobert.com/michigan-hor...

Check my math for me: Two months living at home = two years of therapy.

I recently unearthed my high school journal, and turned the pages all the way back to the start: August 25, 2004. My list of goals for my junior year of high school included everything from beating video games, to proselytizing. #recoveringfromreligion joelaprobert.com/both-wanting...

Looking back two decades, I wonder what chance "a skinny kid with a funny name" ever had appealing to our better angels when we were already stewing knee-deep in decades of me-first materialism. It felt like a moment of transformation. Was it just an illusion? joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...

What started as a bit of a rant turned into a lament. That's the power of writing. It forces us to sit down with our thoughts and make sense of them. It makes us face what we're really feeling and name it. Here's part 2 in Americans are the frog in the pot: joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...

Wow! What a nice surprise when I opened Ninnau this morning. I knew they had picked up the article, but I didn't expect to be on the cover. If you'd like to read the article (without squinting), you can check in out on @nation.cymru: nation.cymru/feature/wale...

I love seeing @formerknownasjuan.bsky.social's work out in the wild. 🥰 Follow us over on @argentaffy.bsky.social for more of his work. (And mine, too!) #BuenosAires #Argentina #stickers #illustrator #Patreon

Welcome to the next installment in Remade: An anthology of the world's end & new beginnings. The new beginnings are on the way. I promise. But for now, it's still the end of the world. #speculativefiction #AmericanApocalypse #rapture #RemadeNovel www.patreon.com/posts/136431...

I'm excited that I'm making some progress with my novel, Remade. I have a few ongoing projects, but this is the one that's speaking to me right now in a way that I can't ignore. Looking forward to sharing the latest section later this week.

Only in Cymraeg ... #Duolingo #Welsh #Cymraeg #Archdruid

Some new goodies for our #Patreon community, heading your way soon! Sign up: patreon.com/Argentaffy

Part 2 on its way soon. If you'd like it sent directly to your inbox, visit my blog and hit subscribe at the bottom of the post. joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...

Our #BuenosAires and brand-new #Michigan stickers are in the mail for our #Patreon community! Want to join? Sign up here: patreon.com/Argentaffy #illustration #LGBTQcreators #stickers

Newyddion cyffrous! Such exciting news for @bangoruniversity.bsky.social! nation.cymru/feature/arth...

So grateful to @nation.cymru for allowing me to share my thoughts on @naaswch.bsky.social and the 2025 International Conference on Welsh Studies. #Wales #Cymru #WelshStudies nation.cymru/feature/wale...

Getting our new #Michigan stickers ready to send out!

I came across the remarks I gave at the 2009 #LGBTQ Panel at Calvin University. Most of all, I'm grateful to be living the quiet life I craved all those years ago: to be married to a wonderful man, to have the support of a loving family, to have my "square inch." joelaprobert.com/rites-of-pas...

Come on, Google. Do better. #microaggression

Amazing few days at @naaswch.bsky.social. Can't wait for the next!

A classic 1-2 punch of American ignorance and indifference. #GOP legislators want to look tough. All they do is shift the blame. They doubt experts and science (re: climate change), and can't bother humbling themselves to ask, "Hey, how can we help right now?" www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

New post: History from the cheap seats: Paris, July 2024 joelaprobert.com/history-from...

Sign up for our Patreon to join the story. patreon.com/Argentaffy #SkyWriters #RemadeNovel #speculativefiction #americanapocalypse

When you call and your mother says, "One second, we're pulling into the drive" and find yourself waiting by the phone for half an hour ...

Excited to continue to journey this week. #RemadeNovel

From @nation.cymru: "Measures that were presented as unavoidable to prevent disaster, have been revealed as the voluntary political choices of a gov't that considers a wealth tax to be beyond the pale, while accepting the Tory dogma that we are a nation of scroungers." nation.cymru/opinion/the-...

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NEW POST Between dissertations, I'm reconnecting with the joy of reading—and for me, that means revisiting some old favorites: Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone, and Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain. #childrenslit #YA #YAlit #fiction #Wales #KingArthur joelaprobert.com/nostalgia-th...

Engrossing conversation on where we are and how we got here. I'm still processing it, and plan to listen a second time this weekend. www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

@formerknownasjuan.bsky.social has done some really AMAZING work this semester at Escuela DaVinci. Check out his redesign of the book cover for Sasha Velour's The Big Reveal: #drag #queerart #book #bookcover #SkyBooks #design #graphicdesign www.patreon.com/posts/semest...

Excited for the @celticstudents.bsky.social conference tomorrow. Not excited about getting up at 5 am local time. 😅 #attendingremotely

History has taught us that prosperity for the people of Cymru won’t come from extracting the resources under their feet, but from developing the people themselves.

More outstanding writing from @willhaycardiff.bsky.social. "The current situation represents the worst of both worlds: it gives the illusion of Wales having a voice when it comes with a pre-installed mute button." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Grand Rapids is weird. Today it’s all breweries, hipsters, and overpriced apartments. But growing up, it was Bland Rapids: so boring that corporations would come to town to trial new products. If the straight-laced people of Grand Rapids, will buy it, anyone will! joelaprobert.com/americans-ar...

The pro-natalist movement isn't just looking for more babies. "They’re looking for more of what they consider higher-quality babies … which is a judgment that they’re making that might have, I think frequently does have, racial connotations." www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

"Welsh is not a “minority language.” It is an indigenous language of Britain. It’s a language that grew here, shaped by the deep time of these islands – by the millennia it has spent in, and of, this land, shaping it and being shaped by it." nation.cymru/opinion/wels...

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