Richard Martin
@mimosacymru.bsky.social
Producer, Welsh Politics commentary, Welsh Politics Pod/Hiraeth/Yr Hen Iaith 🏆 Pods. Nerth gwlad ei gwybodaeth.
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· Nov 17
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“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
“Prime Minister Churchill’s view was that the BBC “had no right to be impartial””
A cracking bit of BBC defence and defiance from @rhuanedd.bsky.social 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
A cracking bit of BBC defence and defiance from @rhuanedd.bsky.social 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Rhuanedd Richards’ speech at the VLV Autumn Conference 2025
Speech from the Interim Nations Director at the Voice of Listener and Viewer (VLV) Autumn Conference
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“Prime Minister Churchill’s view was that the BBC “had no right to be impartial””
A cracking bit of BBC defence and defiance from @rhuanedd.bsky.social 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
A cracking bit of BBC defence and defiance from @rhuanedd.bsky.social 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
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This path leads to chaos.
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This path leads to chaos.
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🚨 NEW: 'FROZEN 2': 🧊 Here's the Wales Fiscal Analysis team's first breakdown on what the 2025 Autumn Budget means for Wales
🚨NEWYDD: Beth mae Cyllideb y Hydref 2025 yn ei olygu i Gymru? Dyma ddadansoddiad cyntaf o'r newidiadau sydd ar y ffordd
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
🚨NEWYDD: Beth mae Cyllideb y Hydref 2025 yn ei olygu i Gymru? Dyma ddadansoddiad cyntaf o'r newidiadau sydd ar y ffordd
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Frozen 2: Tax Freezes, the 2-Child Limit (and what the 2025 Autumn Budget means for Wales)
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🚨 NEW: 'FROZEN 2': 🧊 Here's the Wales Fiscal Analysis team's first breakdown on what the 2025 Autumn Budget means for Wales
🚨NEWYDD: Beth mae Cyllideb y Hydref 2025 yn ei olygu i Gymru? Dyma ddadansoddiad cyntaf o'r newidiadau sydd ar y ffordd
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
🚨NEWYDD: Beth mae Cyllideb y Hydref 2025 yn ei olygu i Gymru? Dyma ddadansoddiad cyntaf o'r newidiadau sydd ar y ffordd
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
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i mean not to prejudge this, but the cyber expert is likely to say 'yeah you hit publish, mate'
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
Rachel Reeves's statement was thrown into chaos after journalists were able to access the document early.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
i mean not to prejudge this, but the cyber expert is likely to say 'yeah you hit publish, mate'
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30 most bike friendly cities in the world? Not one of them is in the UK.
The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives.
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The 30 Most Bike-Friendly Cities in the World, the 2025 Copenhagenize Index Arrives
The Copenhagenize Index, the most comprehensive ranking of urban cycling friendliness, evaluates 100 cities on how far they’ve gone to make cycling safe, convenient, and appealing.
momentummag.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
30 most bike friendly cities in the world? Not one of them is in the UK.
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One of Keir Starmer’s tragedies is that his political instincts are much better than his hiring ones, which is why so many stories have the form of “Starmer [wanted to do something they obviously had to do]. But his chancellor and his chief aide convinced him they should hold out, fruitlessly”.
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
One of Keir Starmer’s tragedies is that his political instincts are much better than his hiring ones, which is why so many stories have the form of “Starmer [wanted to do something they obviously had to do]. But his chancellor and his chief aide convinced him they should hold out, fruitlessly”.
Absolutely cracking @walesgovernance.bsky.social annual lecture by Prof John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social about the devolution elections in Scotland & Wales in the new era of multi-party politics in the UK, with Plaid Cymru/SNP emerging as chief rivals to Reform in #Senedd26 #Holyrood26
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Absolutely cracking @walesgovernance.bsky.social annual lecture by Prof John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social about the devolution elections in Scotland & Wales in the new era of multi-party politics in the UK, with Plaid Cymru/SNP emerging as chief rivals to Reform in #Senedd26 #Holyrood26
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Making chocolate things of other things was a thing. For instance, these here did not, thankfully, taste of actual sardines.
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Making chocolate things of other things was a thing. For instance, these here did not, thankfully, taste of actual sardines.
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I mean, look at how gorgeous the packaging is
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I mean, look at how gorgeous the packaging is
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Like we always say on @pivotpod.bsky.social — biology is undefeated. Now I am going to take a nap myself! Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Like we always say on @pivotpod.bsky.social — biology is undefeated. Now I am going to take a nap myself! Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, warned today that Russia must reduce its military power and make serious concessions to achieve a “just and lasting peace” in Ukraine.
Russia must make concessions as part of any peace deal, says EU’s Kallas
The bloc’s foreign policy chief says the focus must be on what the aggressor, not the victim, should sacrifice.
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, warned today that Russia must reduce its military power and make serious concessions to achieve a “just and lasting peace” in Ukraine.
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"This was a relatively modest and uneventful budget, and yet it’s dominated the headlines for three months … In policy terms, and on the substance, Labour has just about got itself a passing grade with this budget. The way it’s been sold to the public is a catastrophic failure."
The Budget: Rachel Reeves’s missed opportunity
A government doesn’t get many chances to make real change. Today was one of those opportunities - the chancellor missed it
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"This was a relatively modest and uneventful budget, and yet it’s dominated the headlines for three months … In policy terms, and on the substance, Labour has just about got itself a passing grade with this budget. The way it’s been sold to the public is a catastrophic failure."
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Yn syth o Ohio, UDA! Y podlediad Cymraeg fyw cyntaf erioed (citation needed!) a recordiwyd yn America? Ein pennod diwetharaf gyda’r ein dau Americanwyr @richardwynjones.bsky.social a @jerryhunter.bsky.social yn trafod y dechreuadau llenyddiaeth Gymraeg America 👇👇
youtu.be/k07njL9OQy4
youtu.be/k07njL9OQy4
Pennod 75 - ‘Bro coedydd, gelltydd gwylltion’: Dechreuadau Llenyddiaeth Gymraeg America
YouTube video by Yr Hen Iaith
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Yn syth o Ohio, UDA! Y podlediad Cymraeg fyw cyntaf erioed (citation needed!) a recordiwyd yn America? Ein pennod diwetharaf gyda’r ein dau Americanwyr @richardwynjones.bsky.social a @jerryhunter.bsky.social yn trafod y dechreuadau llenyddiaeth Gymraeg America 👇👇
youtu.be/k07njL9OQy4
youtu.be/k07njL9OQy4
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🗣️Gydag ymgyrch ‘Defnyddia dy Gymraeg’ yn dechrau heddiw, dyma neges Cymdeithas yr Iaith i Gomisiynydd y Gymraeg…
Dan y Comisiynydd presennol, mae canran yr ymchwiliadau i gwynion bod rhywun methu defnyddio eu hawl wedi gostwng i lefelau hanesyddol isel: 44% yn 2023-24 a 26% yn y flwyddyn ddiwethaf📉
Dan y Comisiynydd presennol, mae canran yr ymchwiliadau i gwynion bod rhywun methu defnyddio eu hawl wedi gostwng i lefelau hanesyddol isel: 44% yn 2023-24 a 26% yn y flwyddyn ddiwethaf📉
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🗣️Gydag ymgyrch ‘Defnyddia dy Gymraeg’ yn dechrau heddiw, dyma neges Cymdeithas yr Iaith i Gomisiynydd y Gymraeg…
Dan y Comisiynydd presennol, mae canran yr ymchwiliadau i gwynion bod rhywun methu defnyddio eu hawl wedi gostwng i lefelau hanesyddol isel: 44% yn 2023-24 a 26% yn y flwyddyn ddiwethaf📉
Dan y Comisiynydd presennol, mae canran yr ymchwiliadau i gwynion bod rhywun methu defnyddio eu hawl wedi gostwng i lefelau hanesyddol isel: 44% yn 2023-24 a 26% yn y flwyddyn ddiwethaf📉
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🎃Gadwch i'r vibes Calan Gaeaf barhau efo Haclediad #151🧛♀️
Y spooky season yma da ni'n trafod Mapio Cymru, Data Centre posib i Gaernarfon, LLM Cymraeg, a gredwch chi fyth - actual adolygiad tech newydd gan Sioned o bawb!
#FfilmDiDdim ydy Fright Night o 1985 (shite night? Falle!)
Haclediad.cymru/151
Y spooky season yma da ni'n trafod Mapio Cymru, Data Centre posib i Gaernarfon, LLM Cymraeg, a gredwch chi fyth - actual adolygiad tech newydd gan Sioned o bawb!
#FfilmDiDdim ydy Fright Night o 1985 (shite night? Falle!)
Haclediad.cymru/151
November 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🎃Gadwch i'r vibes Calan Gaeaf barhau efo Haclediad #151🧛♀️
Y spooky season yma da ni'n trafod Mapio Cymru, Data Centre posib i Gaernarfon, LLM Cymraeg, a gredwch chi fyth - actual adolygiad tech newydd gan Sioned o bawb!
#FfilmDiDdim ydy Fright Night o 1985 (shite night? Falle!)
Haclediad.cymru/151
Y spooky season yma da ni'n trafod Mapio Cymru, Data Centre posib i Gaernarfon, LLM Cymraeg, a gredwch chi fyth - actual adolygiad tech newydd gan Sioned o bawb!
#FfilmDiDdim ydy Fright Night o 1985 (shite night? Falle!)
Haclediad.cymru/151
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Y Brifysgol a Sefydliad Etxepare Gwlad y Basg yn croesawu Dr Jaione Diaz Mazquiaran fel deiliad Cadair Breswyl Alan R King mewn Sosioieithyddiaeth. Rhagor o wybodaeth 👇
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/cy/news/y-br...
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/cy/news/y-br...
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Y Brifysgol a Sefydliad Etxepare Gwlad y Basg yn croesawu Dr Jaione Diaz Mazquiaran fel deiliad Cadair Breswyl Alan R King mewn Sosioieithyddiaeth. Rhagor o wybodaeth 👇
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/cy/news/y-br...
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/cy/news/y-br...
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A new recall system allowing voters to remove misbehaving Senedd politicians between elections must command public confidence, the UK’s standards watchdog has stressed
Westminster standards chief urges Senedd to heed public on recall system
Chris Haines, ICNN Senedd reporter A new recall system allowing voters to remove misbehaving Senedd politicians between elections must command public confidence, the UK’s standards watchdog has stress...
nation.cymru
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A new recall system allowing voters to remove misbehaving Senedd politicians between elections must command public confidence, the UK’s standards watchdog has stressed
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Griff Lynch a Gwenno yn plesio
“Dwi’n credu fod Gwenno yn esblygu ei sioe, yn symud ymlaen drwy’r amser… ac i mi, mae’r pwyslais ar y piano yn gweithio ac yn gwneud synnwyr” #CylchgrawnGolwg
✍️ Rhys Mwyn
“Dwi’n credu fod Gwenno yn esblygu ei sioe, yn symud ymlaen drwy’r amser… ac i mi, mae’r pwyslais ar y piano yn gweithio ac yn gwneud synnwyr” #CylchgrawnGolwg
✍️ Rhys Mwyn
Griff Lynch a Gwenno yn plesio
“Dwi’n credu fod Gwenno yn esblygu ei sioe, yn symud ymlaen drwy’r amser… ac i mi, mae’r pwyslais ar y piano yn gweithio ac yn gwneud synnwyr”
golwg.360.cymru
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Griff Lynch a Gwenno yn plesio
“Dwi’n credu fod Gwenno yn esblygu ei sioe, yn symud ymlaen drwy’r amser… ac i mi, mae’r pwyslais ar y piano yn gweithio ac yn gwneud synnwyr” #CylchgrawnGolwg
✍️ Rhys Mwyn
“Dwi’n credu fod Gwenno yn esblygu ei sioe, yn symud ymlaen drwy’r amser… ac i mi, mae’r pwyslais ar y piano yn gweithio ac yn gwneud synnwyr” #CylchgrawnGolwg
✍️ Rhys Mwyn
Myrddin’s prophecy coming true at last, bit by megabit…
www.ft.com/content/8ebc...
www.ft.com/content/8ebc...
English ChatGPT users flummoxed by language glitch as bot turns Welsh
OpenAI chatbot spontaneously responds in Celtic language
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Myrddin’s prophecy coming true at last, bit by megabit…
www.ft.com/content/8ebc...
www.ft.com/content/8ebc...
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Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
Nigel Farage is facing calls to explain why he repeatedly aired tropes and conspiracy theories associated with antisemitism during interviews, after claims the Reform UK leader used racist language in his teens.
In appearances on US TV shows and podcasts earlier in his political career, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global government, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group and the financier George Soros as threats to democracy. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
"I think a country like Wales, or even Britain in general, is not going to beat the hyper-scalers, right? They're not going to beat America and China in scaling up these AIs.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
AI pioneer Llion Jones calls for UK to 'be brave' in tech race
Computer scientist Llion Jones helped discover how to create human-like responses from AI technology.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"I think a country like Wales, or even Britain in general, is not going to beat the hyper-scalers, right? They're not going to beat America and China in scaling up these AIs.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
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Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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