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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15d

These are some of the most extreme restrictions on immigration in years. We're told to see them as benign because they're less bad than Farage's far-right extremism. But they are still terrible.

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 15d

Mahmood says she will introduce new conditions for indefinite leave to remain:

Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 23d

Reform are now coming after people with permanent residency. It'll be citizens next. No one is safe from authoritarian governments.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Sep 2

Redacted Shakespeare for the concentration addled youth of today.

"Shall I compare thee to a Summers day?
Thou art
hot"

The rest is blocked out.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27d

Welsh poll sees Plaid and Reform contesting a polarised electorate.

Reform is the leading party among the over 50s (half of whom are on the righ politically).

Plaid is resonating with the Welsh under 50 (where two-thirds vote for centre-left parties)

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Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Sep 14

Photo of Geraint Pillock, a Welshman never afraid to take on a challenge, e.g. coracling.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Sep 13

plenty of things going against the right globally: Bolsonaro's conviction in Brazil, the defeat of the right wing in Norway's election, the student strikes and Saba Saba protests in Kenya (brutal as the repression there was), the EU's von der Leyen pursuing sanctions and trade suspension for Israel

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Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Sep 12

Yes! This was good. Always been a Dushku fan.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Gun violence is out of control. The victims of gun violence are Republicans, Democrats, independents, and kids, who have no political affiliation whatsoever.

We need to tone down the incendiary political rhetoric, for sure, but we also need to do something about guns.
The guns!

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · Sep 7

To potentially oversimplify this, but the number of people arrested at the Palestine Action protests exceeds the entire number of people, on average, attending the anti-asylum hotels protests, yet they are called "fringe" and those outside hotels are called the "voice of the people".

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · Aug 5

A fictional journey through time spanning nearly two centuries won its author a prestigious prize at the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham

'Ramarkable author' wins Eisteddfod's Daniel Owen Memorial Prize

A fictional journey through time spanning nearly two centuries won its author a prestigious prize at the National Eisteddfod in Wrexham. Peredur Glyn was announced as the winner of this year’s Daniel ...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are you young, highly educated and driven, and want to contribute to our stagnant economy with its aging population and low productivity? Well out you go

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Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 25

Falch bod ti wedi mwynhau Philip! Diolch! 🤩

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Philip Thomas @philvet123.bsky.social · Aug 25

Newydd orffen Anfarwol a wedi ei fwynhau . Stephen King a Clive Barkeraidd mewn mannau.

Diolch, sawl awr ddifyr o ddarllen.

Sut bydd y ddau yn ymdopi a CCTV?

Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dyma ANFARWOL, y nofel yr enillais i Wobr Goffa Daniel Owen efo hi'r wythnos ddwytha. Dwi dal methu coelio'r peth, na'r holl sylwadau eithriadol o garedig dwi wedi eu cael gan bobl. Mae'r nofel ar gael i'w phrynu rŵan - yn dy siop lyfrau leol neu ar-lein: www.ylolfa.com/cynnyrch/978...

Open box containing multiple copies of the novel Anfarwol by Peredur Glyn. One book is standing upright at the top of the photo, showing the front cover in full, which shows a monocrhome woodcut of an 18th century man with his eyes in red.

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Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 18

Grêt! 🙌

Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 18

Lacuna presumed: 'During large demonstrations they organised at Sheerness [which at that time was technically not British soil due to an obscure subclause of the Holy Roman Empire's treaty of Campo Formio]."

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Y Lolfa @ylolfa.bsky.social · Aug 15

Chwilio am rywbeth i'w ddarllen yn yr haul? Mae enillwyr y Steddfod a Llyfr y Flwyddyn ar werth yn eich siop lyfrau leol. #eisteddfod #darllen #cymru #carudarllen

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gwdihwntw.bsky.social @gwdihwntw.bsky.social · Aug 13

Lovecraft's too difficult for me to follow along in English but I'm managing just fine in Welsh! 🤭🤭 Diolch i'r llyfrgell am gael y llyfr 'ma!! Dyma'r tro cynta dw i 'di darllen stori llawn gan Lovecraft

#langsky #booksky

A black paperback book of Lovecraft stories in Welsh, translated by Peredur Glyn. In the background are glimpses of two dogs lying down

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Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 15

Falch bod ti'n mwynhau! 😁

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Matt Spry @mattdspry.bsky.social · Aug 11

Mae gen i gwpl o lyfrau i'w darllen!

Anfarwol gan Peredur Glyn, enillydd Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen 2025

Cuddliwio gan Bryn Jones, enillydd y Fedal Ryddiaith 2025

Cysgod y Mabinogi gan Peredur Glyn

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Libreture - your ebook & comic cloud library @libreture.com · Aug 13

Ar gael o @ylolfa.bsky.social fel e-lyfr 'fyd.

Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dyma ANFARWOL, y nofel yr enillais i Wobr Goffa Daniel Owen efo hi'r wythnos ddwytha. Dwi dal methu coelio'r peth, na'r holl sylwadau eithriadol o garedig dwi wedi eu cael gan bobl. Mae'r nofel ar gael i'w phrynu rŵan - yn dy siop lyfrau leol neu ar-lein: www.ylolfa.com/cynnyrch/978...

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Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 13

Hwrê, diolch yn fawr!

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Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 13

Wel roedd o'n gyfrinachol tan dydd Mawrth dwytha! 😆 Ond diolch am dy longyfarchion! Gobeithio na fydd dy antenae hanesyddol yn cael eu poenydio ormod gan unrhyw drwydded artistig dwi wedi ei ddefnyddio!

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Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · Aug 13

Anglophone eighteenth-century specialists - there's an award-winning new novel about Theophilus Cibber that most of you can't read because it's in Welsh. Reflect on your poor decisions #C18th

Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dyma ANFARWOL, y nofel yr enillais i Wobr Goffa Daniel Owen efo hi'r wythnos ddwytha. Dwi dal methu coelio'r peth, na'r holl sylwadau eithriadol o garedig dwi wedi eu cael gan bobl. Mae'r nofel ar gael i'w phrynu rŵan - yn dy siop lyfrau leol neu ar-lein: www.ylolfa.com/cynnyrch/978...

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Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 13

Ardderchog!

Dr Peredur Glyn Webb-Davies @doctorpreds.bsky.social · Aug 13

Ar hyn o bryd mae yna gopis wedi eu llofnodi yno!

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