Dyfrig Williams
@dyfrigw.bsky.social
Cymraeg! He / Him. Music fan. Cyclist. Scarlet. Work for Research in Practice. Views mine / Barn fi.
Whilst it's not about individual consumer choices but systems change, this confirms that Schwalbe are awesome and will be the company I buy all my tyres from https://
theradavist.com/Schwalbe-headquarters
theradavist.com/Schwalbe-headquarters
A Visit to the Schwalbe Headquarters: Circular Economy – John Watson
After their Bespoked Dresden trip last year, Cari and John made the trip to visit the Schwalbe headquarters east of Cologne. Not knowing what to expect, their visit to the tire manufacturer left an im...
theradavist.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Whilst it's not about individual consumer choices but systems change, this confirms that Schwalbe are awesome and will be the company I buy all my tyres from https://
theradavist.com/Schwalbe-headquarters
theradavist.com/Schwalbe-headquarters
Love the political nature of the latest Radavist newsletter. This post is really good on how party politics informs everything theradavist.com/bikes-are-po...
The Dust-Up: Bikes are Political – Matt Mason
Yes, bikes are political. Since their invention, they have been political. "Bicycle riding came to embody the individuality women were working toward with the suffrage movement. It also gave women a m...
theradavist.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Love the political nature of the latest Radavist newsletter. This post is really good on how party politics informs everything theradavist.com/bikes-are-po...
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Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
The new leader of Reform UK Wales lives in Bath, not Wales
Martin Shipton The newly appointed leader of Reform UK in Wales hasn’t moved back to his home town in the Valleys, but has bought a £1m house near Bath, we can reveal. Dan Thomas, the former Conservat...
nation.cymru
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
Dydd Santes Dwynwen hapus! ❤️https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwnnwx4dk8o #SaintDwynwensDay #DyddSantesDwynwen
Saint Dwynwen's Day: The story of Wales' Valentine's Day
Saint Dwynwen might be the Welsh patron saint of love, but she did not have much luck in that department.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Dydd Santes Dwynwen hapus! ❤️https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwnnwx4dk8o #SaintDwynwensDay #DyddSantesDwynwen
I need to read some more translated texts - so interesting to see how language shapes how we see the world!
January 24, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I need to read some more translated texts - so interesting to see how language shapes how we see the world!
The discussion around the process of translating the book into English is fascinating nation.cymru/culture/one-...
One story, two languages: Yn y Tŷ Hwn / This House
A translation into English of Sian Northey’s first novel Yn y Tŷ Hwn recently hit the shops. It’s called This House and has been translated by Susan Walton. Here Sian and Sue give us their perspectiv...
nation.cymru
January 24, 2026 at 11:11 AM
The discussion around the process of translating the book into English is fascinating nation.cymru/culture/one-...
#NowReading Yn Y Tŷ Hwn by Siân Northey. I'll have to get my hands on the translation at some point because the Welsh version is the best book I've read for a long time waleslitexchange.org/books/yn-y-t... #booksky
Yn y Tŷ Hwn (In This House) - Wales Lit Exchange
https://waleslitexchange.org/books/yn-y-tŷ-hwn
January 24, 2026 at 11:09 AM
#NowReading Yn Y Tŷ Hwn by Siân Northey. I'll have to get my hands on the translation at some point because the Welsh version is the best book I've read for a long time waleslitexchange.org/books/yn-y-t... #booksky
Dwi'n darllen Yn Y Tŷ Hwn gan Siân Northey, ac mae'n y llyfr gorau dwi wedi darllen am sbel yn y Gymraeg neu Saesneg www.ylolfa.com/cynnyrch/978...
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January 24, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Dwi'n darllen Yn Y Tŷ Hwn gan Siân Northey, ac mae'n y llyfr gorau dwi wedi darllen am sbel yn y Gymraeg neu Saesneg www.ylolfa.com/cynnyrch/978...
#NowReading The Care Manifesto by The Care Collective www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc... Really interesting and multifaceted definition of care in this section #BookSky
January 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
#NowReading The Care Manifesto by The Care Collective www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc... Really interesting and multifaceted definition of care in this section #BookSky
I can recommend it. Just need to be feeling steely when you start it!
January 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I can recommend it. Just need to be feeling steely when you start it!
Oooh, haven't heard of her but Reformatory sounds unreal. Added to my reading list - thank you!
January 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Oooh, haven't heard of her but Reformatory sounds unreal. Added to my reading list - thank you!
The structure and narrative is very clever, but it is a brutal read, as it should be given the topic. I'll definitely give the second half a go when I have it in me. Hope you enjoy it when you get there!
January 11, 2026 at 11:45 AM
The structure and narrative is very clever, but it is a brutal read, as it should be given the topic. I'll definitely give the second half a go when I have it in me. Hope you enjoy it when you get there!
Had a go at reading The Underground Railroad, which is rightly a very heavy read. It's something I'm going to have to come back to another time www.thenationalbookreview.com/features/201... #BookSky
REVIEW: Colson Whitehead Brilliantly Reimagines the Underground Railroad — The National Book Review
A Novel that Explores Slavery and the Search for Freedom
www.thenationalbookreview.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Had a go at reading The Underground Railroad, which is rightly a very heavy read. It's something I'm going to have to come back to another time www.thenationalbookreview.com/features/201... #BookSky
Rili cŵl bod S4C yn hybu diwylliant amgen fel beicio mynydd, doedd e ddim yn naws y darlledwr wrth i mi dyfu i fyny.
Very cool that S4C is sharing content around alternative culture like MTB, didn't see any of this in the Welsh language growing up (subtitles available) m.youtube.com/watch?v=ryIU...
Very cool that S4C is sharing content around alternative culture like MTB, didn't see any of this in the Welsh language growing up (subtitles available) m.youtube.com/watch?v=ryIU...
Sgwrs ar y Beic - Emyr Davies | Manon Lloyd chats to downhill mountain bike racer Emyr Davies | S4C
YouTube video by S4C Chwaraeon
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December 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Rili cŵl bod S4C yn hybu diwylliant amgen fel beicio mynydd, doedd e ddim yn naws y darlledwr wrth i mi dyfu i fyny.
Very cool that S4C is sharing content around alternative culture like MTB, didn't see any of this in the Welsh language growing up (subtitles available) m.youtube.com/watch?v=ryIU...
Very cool that S4C is sharing content around alternative culture like MTB, didn't see any of this in the Welsh language growing up (subtitles available) m.youtube.com/watch?v=ryIU...
Absolutely loved Mordew by Alex Pheby - probably the best fantasy book I've read. Really disappointed in the follow up, Malarkoi though. Felt much more focused on world building than characterisation www.epicindie.net/bookreviews/... #booksky
Book Review: Malarkoi by Alex Pheby — EPIC
Malarkoi is a strange and understandably divisive follow up to the cult hit Mordew. While the latter used its strangeness and overwhelming complexity to tell what was essentially a very tightly knit c...
www.epicindie.net
December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Absolutely loved Mordew by Alex Pheby - probably the best fantasy book I've read. Really disappointed in the follow up, Malarkoi though. Felt much more focused on world building than characterisation www.epicindie.net/bookreviews/... #booksky
Dylai Jo Stevens meddwl ychydig am beth mae'r ffaith bod deinosor fel RT yn ei chefnogi yn dweud am ei safbwynt
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Dylai Jo Stevens meddwl ychydig am beth mae'r ffaith bod deinosor fel RT yn ei chefnogi yn dweud am ei safbwynt
"I’m worried about what this means in the long term, what it’s going to look like in the future” www.politico.com/news/magazin... < A vision from the future of a future Reform government
‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country
Trump administration policies slashing staffing and funding for public lands are waking a sleeping political giant in Montana. Will either party notice?
www.politico.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"I’m worried about what this means in the long term, what it’s going to look like in the future” www.politico.com/news/magazin... < A vision from the future of a future Reform government
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A new report from NCVO explores impact of rise in extremism and social division on the voluntary sector.
via @ncvo.bsky.social
via @ncvo.bsky.social
Charities facing mission-limiting hostility, fear and intimidation
A new report from NCVO explores impact of rise in extremism and social division on the voluntary sector.
www.ncvo.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A new report from NCVO explores impact of rise in extremism and social division on the voluntary sector.
via @ncvo.bsky.social
via @ncvo.bsky.social
"The 21st century is loud, recursive, flooded with information and tech we barely understand. The absurd is not a philosophical stance — it has become a material condition."
< My colleague Phil perfectly encapsulates my unease with the state of the world substack.com/inbox/post/1...
< My colleague Phil perfectly encapsulates my unease with the state of the world substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The New Absurd: Why the 21st Century Has Outgrown Its Myths
by Phil John
substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"The 21st century is loud, recursive, flooded with information and tech we barely understand. The absurd is not a philosophical stance — it has become a material condition."
< My colleague Phil perfectly encapsulates my unease with the state of the world substack.com/inbox/post/1...
< My colleague Phil perfectly encapsulates my unease with the state of the world substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
Really good discussion around the power of lived experience in this Messy Social Work podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r... It really makes me want to read Darren McGarvey’s The Trauma Industrial Complex!
Rich and Tim discuss the Trauma Industrial Complex
Podcast Episode · Messy Social Work · 14/11/2025 · 52m
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December 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Really good discussion around the power of lived experience in this Messy Social Work podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r... It really makes me want to read Darren McGarvey’s The Trauma Industrial Complex!
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This both blows my mind and becomes less surprising every day
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This both blows my mind and becomes less surprising every day
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Just putting up the Christmas decorations in the staff room.
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Just putting up the Christmas decorations in the staff room.
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"Where you have gender-blind policy, it produces gendered consequences for girls."
Dr Pippa Goodfellow, our Deputy Director of Policy, Communications and Strategy, was on BBC4 Woman's Hour to talk about the need to create sufficient provision for girls in custody.
Listen from 26:10:
Dr Pippa Goodfellow, our Deputy Director of Policy, Communications and Strategy, was on BBC4 Woman's Hour to talk about the need to create sufficient provision for girls in custody.
Listen from 26:10:
Woman's Hour - Kids social media ban in Australia, Tracey Emin on Bridget Riley, What your bum says about your health - BBC Sounds
Australia's landmark social media ban for children is being challenged in court.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"Where you have gender-blind policy, it produces gendered consequences for girls."
Dr Pippa Goodfellow, our Deputy Director of Policy, Communications and Strategy, was on BBC4 Woman's Hour to talk about the need to create sufficient provision for girls in custody.
Listen from 26:10:
Dr Pippa Goodfellow, our Deputy Director of Policy, Communications and Strategy, was on BBC4 Woman's Hour to talk about the need to create sufficient provision for girls in custody.
Listen from 26:10:
Dal i joio edrych nol dros Cymru yn erbyn Gog Macedonia. Mae'r @podcastpeldroed.bsky.social diweddaraf yn gret.
Still basking in Wales' win over North Macedonia. Enjoyed the latest Podcast Pel Droed on both the dross at Liechtenstein and the epic win soundcloud.com/podcast_peld...
Still basking in Wales' win over North Macedonia. Enjoyed the latest Podcast Pel Droed on both the dross at Liechtenstein and the epic win soundcloud.com/podcast_peld...
Ep.195 - Seventh Heaven: Liechtenstein and North Macedonia review
Leon and Russell look back at the final round of World Cup qualifiers, a window that started frustratingly in Vaduz but ended in Cardiff with the biggest victory in 47 years.
Mae Leon a Russell yn ed
soundcloud.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Dal i joio edrych nol dros Cymru yn erbyn Gog Macedonia. Mae'r @podcastpeldroed.bsky.social diweddaraf yn gret.
Still basking in Wales' win over North Macedonia. Enjoyed the latest Podcast Pel Droed on both the dross at Liechtenstein and the epic win soundcloud.com/podcast_peld...
Still basking in Wales' win over North Macedonia. Enjoyed the latest Podcast Pel Droed on both the dross at Liechtenstein and the epic win soundcloud.com/podcast_peld...