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Cymru, y Gymraeg. Lluniau a bytheirio. Retired Welsh ranter. Photos.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/w...
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What French Romance Novels Could Tell Us About A.I. and Translation Jobs
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/world/europe/artificial-intelligence-language-translation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.pCnk.h0_M9_KLeXIb&smid=url-share
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Christopher Webb
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Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total. The massive scale of whatās still missing is hard to comprehend.
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Caroline Lucas
3 days ago
Absolutely brilliant take-down by
@fionaharvey.bsky.social
of ludicrous myths & misinformation spouting from Tony Blairās think tank. Why on earth does he think itās sensible to make our energy more costly & less secure?
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Tony Blairās oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spin
Ex-PMās thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for bills
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/13/tony-blair-oil-lobbying-fossil-fuel-industry-renewables-energy-bills?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Mike Galsworthy
3 days ago
š„ Excellent questions. Email your MP about it with this form ā>
www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
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Caroline Lucas
3 days ago
BREAKINGā”ļøThe High Court has just ruled that the government's draconian ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. This is a massive blow to the Home Officeās authoritarian approach. They need to stop criminalising people protesting a genocide and start ending the UK's complicity
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Zack Polanski
3 days ago
Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records. Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'. Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services arenāt for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-palantir-taking-over-our-public-services
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David Deans
5 days ago
Plaid have gained a seat on Pembrokeshire council via a council by-election in Fishguard North East. It had been won by Labour at the election in 2022
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Ed Wilson
5 days ago
"Switzerlandās military has terminated its contract with Palantir⦠following a security audit⦠concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data⦠significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"
www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...
#R4Today
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Palantir's Swiss Exit Highlights Global Data Sovereignty Challenge | NewsCase
Switzerland's military has terminated its contract with Palantir Technologies Inc. following a security audit. The review concluded that U.S. intelligence ag
https://www.newscase.com/palantirs-swiss-exit-highlights-global-data-sovereignty-challenge/
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Josiah Mortimer
6 days ago
Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake has criticised Reform UK for being āabsentā from a parliamentary debate on Russian interference, in the wake of the jailing of its former Welsh leader Nathan Gill for ātreachery" Lake was speaking in a Westminster Hall debate on Monday re the petition on Russian interference
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Cenric
7 days ago
"Reform UKās Welsh leader ānot on the electoral register in December 2025ā"
nation.cymru/news/reform-...
Reform UK really hold the people of Wales in contempt when they refuse to answer
@nation.cymru
questions about the apparent absence of their Wales leader from the electoral register in Wales.
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Reform UK's Welsh leader 'not on the electoral register in December 2025'
Martin Shipton Newly appointed Reform UK Wales leader Dan Thomas does not appear in the electoral register compiled in December 2025 that covers the part of Wales where he has his roots, we have been ...
https://nation.cymru/news/reform-uks-welsh-leader-not-on-the-electoral-register-in-december-2025/
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7 days ago
Cerro Cóndor, ar y paith rhwng Paso de Indios y Piedra Parada, cwm Chubut. Milei am ailddechrau cloddio am wraniwm ar gyfer y diwydiant niwcliar. Y trigolion yn anniddig.
@almagroschool.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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āWeāre being turned into an energy colonyā: Argentinaās nuclear plan faces backlash over US interests
Push to restart uranium mining in Patagonia has sparked fears about the environmental impact and loss of sovereignty over key resources
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/09/energy-colony-argentina-patagonia-uranium-nuclear-plan-backlash-over-us-interests?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Otto English
7 days ago
This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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āAbsolute hellā: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2026/02/09/absolute-hell-irish-man-with-valid-us-work-permit-held-by-ice-since-september/
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Caroline Lucas
7 days ago
So glad a debate is finally happening. This goes to the heart of the security of our democratic system. Iāve taken part in court cases against successive governments for their failure to investigate hostile state interference in UK elections - ministersā lack of curiosity is truly shocking š
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NationCymru
9 days ago
Reform UK has confirmed that its recently appointed leader in Wales Dan Thomas has bought a house in Bath - but continues to maintain that he lives in Wales āļø Martin Shipton
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Reform UK confirms its Welsh leader has bought a house in Bath - but claims he is living in Wales
Martin Shipton Reform UK has confirmed that its recently appointed leader in Wales Dan Thomas has bought a house in Bath ā but continues to maintain that he lives in Wales. When Nigel Farage announced...
https://wp.me/p8Mk4U-1ewC
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Mike Galsworthy
10 days ago
š„ GOOD. Because that Ā£240 million contract gifted to Palantir, with no competition⦠ā¦after Starmer had an off-the-books meeting with Mandelson and Palantir⦠ā¦while Mandelson was officially LOBBYING FOR Palantir and so personally financially benefiting from such links and contracts⦠Stinks.
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Farrukh
12 days ago
Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. £240 million contract last month" "That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group" "The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"
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Gwaith Sahra Hersi. Design Museum, Llundain.
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Catherine Duigan
12 days ago
Although associated with
#Scotland
,
#curling
is part of our environmental and sporting heritage in
#Wales
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#Cardiff
#Cottrell
#Llwynypia
teams in 1800s, with workmen playing on the frozen New Ship Canal 1838
#WinterOlympics
#sport
#envhist
#climatechange
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Dathlu gwaith y bardd Vernon Jones. Cymdeithas Lenyddol y Garn, Bow Street. 20 Chwefror am 7.30
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Jolyon Maugham KC
14 days ago
Ā£600k on eight free parking spaces, six reserved for Reform politicians, whilst removing free parking for junior Council staff. Total snouts in troughs from Reform.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...
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Reform council spends £600k on eight free parking spaces for senior councillors | LBC
The majority of staff, who will not be able to use the free parking facilities available to their senior colleagues, will still be expected to pay to park every day
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/reform-council-600k-free-parking-senior-councillors-5HjdRfw_2/
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Jon Bright
14 days ago
A beautiful,remote island off the south west Wales coast could be your new home as long as you are happy to count puffin on Skomer Island off Pembrokeshire.Successful applicants will spend several months there over spring,summer or autumn as part of conservation efforts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Volunteers wanted to live on Skomer Island and count puffins
Successful applicants will spend several months helping conservation efforts on Skomer Island, off the Pembrokeshire coast.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdexjz58e3zo
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George Takei
16 days ago
Do you get it now?
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NationCymru
15 days ago
A new stage drama detailing how two women in a workhouse recorded and preserved Welsh folk songs is set to tour the country this Spring
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Workhouse effort to save Welsh folk songs inspires new stage drama
A new stage drama detailing how two women in a workhouse recorded and preserved Welsh folk songs is set to tour the country this Spring. Lediār Wyrcws (The Lady of the Workhouse), a production by Gale...
https://wp.me/p8Mk4U-1dPD
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Joaquin Castro
15 days ago
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Bruce Springsteen
18 days ago
Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice Singing through the bloody mist Weāll take our stand for this land And the stranger in our midst Directed by Thom Zimny Edited by Thom Zimny and Samuel Shapiro Production Footage: Pam Springsteen and Thom Zimny
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?si=7K48qwAhHa_EI8-P
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Jolyon Maugham KC
24 days ago
Palantir is using medical records to help ICE target its victims in the US. And Wes Streeting is pitch-rolling for Farage to do the same in the UK.
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Palantir uses medical records to target people for ICE in the US ā will the UK be next? | Good Law Project
Deadly ICE raids in the US rely on Palantir tools that mine health records to produce real-time data on peopleās location ā a chilling prospect for the NHS
https://goodlaw.social/v6uh
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Mike Galsworthy
25 days ago
Follow Wales for Europe! And if you are Welsh/ in Wales... join them!!
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Election Maps UK
26 days ago
Horsley (Derbyshire) Council By-Election Result: š GRN: 43.6% (+16.7) ā”ļø RFM: 35.5% (+0.6) š³ CON: 13.9% (-9.0) š¹ LAB: 3.8% (-6.5) āļø ADV: 1.9% (New) š¶ LDM: 1.4% (-2.0) No Ind (-1.7) as previous. Green GAIN from Reform. Changes w/ 2025.
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Joe Rojas-Burke
26 days ago
bsky.app/profile/joea...
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Governor Tim Walz
27 days ago
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin. This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. Itās a performative show of force and itās gotten way out of hand.
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Mike Galsworthy
28 days ago
And there it is. A museum piece of toddler-king illiterate petulance⦠for eternity.
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Wini Davies
29 days ago
#Aberystwyth
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Zack Polanski
29 days ago
Week by week - Laura Kuenssberg is interviewing the party leaders. When I agreed to come on the show, I was told Nigel Farage was also doing it. He's now pulled out - and they've sent the deputy instead. The same Nigel Farage who's refusing to debate me. A pattern emerging...
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NationCymru
about 1 month ago
Nigel Farage has been tricked into paying a video tribute to the convicted Welsh sex offender, Ian Watkins
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Nigel Farage unwittingly pays tribute to convicted Welsh sex offender
Amelia Jones Nigel Farage has been tricked into paying a video tribute to the convicted Welsh sex offender, Ian Watkins. The Reform UK leader was paid Ā£98 to film a 27-second Cameo praising āIan Watki...
https://nation.cymru/news/nigel-farage-unwittingly-pays-tribute-to-convicted-welsh-sex-offender/
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Trades Union Congress
about 1 month ago
Multi-millionaire Tory Nadhim Zahawi, who supported Liz Truss' disastrous mini-Budget and once charged taxpayers £5k to heat his stables, has just joined Reform.
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Oes gennych chi ffefryn?
bro.360.cymru/2025/gwobrau...
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Barn y bobol y gwefannau bro: pleidleisiwch am eich hoff stori leol o 2025
Pa well ffordd i gloi blwyddyn nag edrych ar yr holl straeon lenwodd y gwefannau bro yn ystod y flwyddyn? Straeon yn llawn newyddion da, straeon difyr, straeon yn codi cwestiwn. Yn wir, pob math o str...
https://bro.360.cymru/2025/gwobrau-bro360-2026/
about 1 month ago
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Mike Hixenbaugh
about 1 month ago
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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The New York Times
about 1 month ago
From
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: President Trumpās decision to seize control of three D.C. golf courses feels minuscule in the context of current events. It's still a brazen attempt to strip away a public good and hoard it for the privileged few, our columnist writes.
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Trumpās self-serving takeover of D.C. public golf is bad news for all
Itāll fit perfectly in a worldview where the price you pay is the only arbiter of how much you are allowed to enjoy yourself.
https://nyti.ms/49tJEbA
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Durotriges Dig
about 1 month ago
Good to wake up to a news headline that has the words
#IronAge
#WarTrumpet
and
#Boudicca
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www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from
#Norfolk
Wow š² We need a lie down
@theguardian.com
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NationCymru
about 1 month ago
A leading global AI product and research company has announced the introduction of Welsh on its Language AI platform
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Welsh language launched on leading global AI platform
Stephen Price A leading global AI product and research company has announced the introduction of Welsh on its Language AI platform. This latest update brings the number of languages supported by DeepL...
https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-language-launched-on-leading-global-ai-platform/
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TheBossRoss š§¶
about 2 months ago
"You cannot appoint yourself to our story." Tupaarnaq Kopeck is a Greenlandic Inuk and she has a powerful message for the US president.
#Greenland
#HandsOff
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Prem Sikka
about 1 month ago
Chilling warning from a Trump-aide. āthe U.S. will use its military āunapologeticallyā to secure U.S. interests". ānobody is going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.ā "Western countries should not have given up their empires and colonies after WWII". Madness.
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Stephen Miller ramps up Trump threats to take over Greenland in fiery CNN interview
During a heated back and forth with Jake Tapper, the White House deputy chief of staff argued the āfuture of the free worldā depended on the U.S. taking aggressive actions such as the recent capture o...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-trump-greenland-venezuela-b2895069.html
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