Dafydd Townley
@historydafydd.bsky.social
Historian, academic, occasional whisky drinker. Interests - sport, politics, cyber, film, sci-fi, ttrpg. Views very much my own. Welsh, not British.
Not a great weekend if you’re a Liverpool fan that also follows Welsh rugby.
kermit the frog and miss piggy are kissing each other in a muppet show .
ALT: kermit the frog and miss piggy are kissing each other in a muppet show .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Not a great weekend if you’re a Liverpool fan that also follows Welsh rugby.
Fantastic performance tonight from all 15 Liverpool players. What a different a week makes.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Fantastic performance tonight from all 15 Liverpool players. What a different a week makes.
Ok, so the question is “Where does Arne fit Isaak into this team?” Probably on the bench, at the moment.
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Ok, so the question is “Where does Arne fit Isaak into this team?” Probably on the bench, at the moment.
Wirtz has been outstanding tonight, with and without the ball.
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Wirtz has been outstanding tonight, with and without the ball.
Very good first half. All 11 have been excellent for Liverpool. What a difference match fitness and a bit of confidence makes to player’s form.
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Very good first half. All 11 have been excellent for Liverpool. What a difference match fitness and a bit of confidence makes to player’s form.
Liverpool deserve to be in front. They need to take one of these chances because Madrid won’t be as passive in the second half.
November 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Liverpool deserve to be in front. They need to take one of these chances because Madrid won’t be as passive in the second half.
You can’t judge this Liverpool performance. It’s so disjointed and clearly hardly any of them have a long-term future at the club with the exception of Rio and Chiesa. I’d argue that Mac Allister has to also turn it around after such an awful start to the season.
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
You can’t judge this Liverpool performance. It’s so disjointed and clearly hardly any of them have a long-term future at the club with the exception of Rio and Chiesa. I’d argue that Mac Allister has to also turn it around after such an awful start to the season.
There are so many players playing out of position and there’s no real leadership on the field. Nobody in midfield in red is putting their foot on the ball and taking control of the game. #LFC
October 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
There are so many players playing out of position and there’s no real leadership on the field. Nobody in midfield in red is putting their foot on the ball and taking control of the game. #LFC
There’s a very good Liverpool team in that squad but it may take some time to find the right combination. On the evidence so far this season, it may not include Salah.
October 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
There’s a very good Liverpool team in that squad but it may take some time to find the right combination. On the evidence so far this season, it may not include Salah.
Reposted by Dafydd Townley
The cost of cyber hacking on UK business is greater than it seems www.bbc.com/news/article...
The cost of cyber hacking on UK business is greater than it seems
Are this year's major attacks the "cumulative effect of a kind of inaction on cyber security" from the government and big business?
www.bbc.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The cost of cyber hacking on UK business is greater than it seems www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Dafydd Townley
The US is under siege from its own government and the great American experiment in democratic government is nearing its end.
Trump orders deployment of troops to Portland and authorises 'full force' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump orders deployment of troops to Portland and authorises 'full force' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump orders deployment of troops to Portland and authorises 'full force'
The president says the latest move is "necessary" to protect immigration detention facilities in the major US city.
www.bbc.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The US is under siege from its own government and the great American experiment in democratic government is nearing its end.
Trump orders deployment of troops to Portland and authorises 'full force' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump orders deployment of troops to Portland and authorises 'full force' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Dafydd Townley
"Whoever forbids Antifa, wants fascism! Make Antifa Great Again!" - Bayern Munich fans on Friday, right behind the goal, so guaranteed to be in the broadcast worldwide.
September 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Whoever forbids Antifa, wants fascism! Make Antifa Great Again!" - Bayern Munich fans on Friday, right behind the goal, so guaranteed to be in the broadcast worldwide.
Reposted by Dafydd Townley
"Kirk was not just putting on a show. He was a dedicated proponent of ... an authoritarian politics that backed the repression of opponents and made light of violence against them." @jamellebouie.net again says it precisely and with receipts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Kirk was not just putting on a show. He was a dedicated proponent of ... an authoritarian politics that backed the repression of opponents and made light of violence against them." @jamellebouie.net again says it precisely and with receipts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
Reposted by Dafydd Townley
Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
September 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
A pleasure to be on France 24 again this evening talking about NATO’s potential response to the drone attack in Poland.
youtube.com/watch?v=zWPu...
youtube.com/watch?v=zWPu...
'Success rate of air defenses not as good as NATO would want', analyst says • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A pleasure to be on France 24 again this evening talking about NATO’s potential response to the drone attack in Poland.
youtube.com/watch?v=zWPu...
youtube.com/watch?v=zWPu...
Reposted by Dafydd Townley
(Humanities professors after decades of STEM pushes)
August 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
(Humanities professors after decades of STEM pushes)
Great opportunity for intelligence scholars to contribute to a @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social Special Issue on the 1975 Church Committee.
Does your research relate to the Church/Pike Committees and the 1975 "Year of Intelligence"? If so, please check out this call for papers for a @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social. @lucatrenta.bsky.social @historydafydd.bsky.social
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
CfP: INS Special Edition, "The Church Committee" | H-Net
The 1975 Church Committee, the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
networks.h-net.org
July 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Great opportunity for intelligence scholars to contribute to a @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social Special Issue on the 1975 Church Committee.
Probably the best news of the summer, so far.
July 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Probably the best news of the summer, so far.
Can the day get any better?
Multiple explosions, including missiles cooking off, at Bryansk Military Airfield in Russia.
June 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Can the day get any better?
Me on France 24 this lunchtime, discussing the fallout between Trump and Musk.
youtu.be/ukhV9w35s-Y?...
youtu.be/ukhV9w35s-Y?...
Musk getting out of DOGE: 'Trump administration moving away from one-on-one relationships'
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
youtu.be
June 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Me on France 24 this lunchtime, discussing the fallout between Trump and Musk.
youtu.be/ukhV9w35s-Y?...
youtu.be/ukhV9w35s-Y?...