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Môr Leidr

@bartiddu.bsky.social

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Prof of Child Health (retired) Interests: art; history; children’s rights; 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. 🏳️‍⚧️ & 🇵🇸 rights are human rights Banner: 1 of our dogs contemplating his existence in a shaving mirror Profile: the other channelling Rousseau’s tiger🐅 No DMs (I can’t access) 🙏🏻

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · Jul 3

Painting by Rousseau “Tiger surprised in a tropical storm”

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 4h

Oh good!
I didn’t know
I thought not vaccinating them was insane
Thanks for your hard work on this. So important to challenge the irrational COVID minimising of the JCVI

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 7h

When did a political viewpoint become an organisation?

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 8h

Half of them are probably the old KKK

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 8h

And pregnant women

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 12h

Also this coming soon

Major new exhibition of Gwen John’s work to open at National Museum Cardiff

Gwen John: Strange Beauties will open on 7 February 2026 and will place the artist centre stage in t...

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 16h

If an industry can’t survive without theft does it deserve to?
Neoliberals like #Clegg want to leave all to the market & deregulate including now, it seems, anti-theft laws 🤷🏻‍♀️
I suppose it is a logical conclusion to their nonsense
Won’t belong before you can kill people for obstructing profits

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 19h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 17h

Adam Smith was never about unregulated capitalism though was he? He wasn’t neoliberal, as the neoliberals claim.

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 19h

There is no evidence that autism or ADHD is over diagnosed in the UK

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 19h

I.e. none of them have a clue about how human evolution works
Nor that there’s no biological basis to race
In other words “race science” isn’t science, just bollux

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 19h

It’s the notion of liberals beings socially conservative that I am struggling with

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 19h

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 19h

Distinctly 1920s Soviet feel to the one on the right

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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 19h

#FreePalestine

Palestine

"We wouldn't be here today, had 'Israel', in 76 years of history, been held accountable at least once"

Francesca Albanese UN Special Rapporteur

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 19h

That's why we've joined with over 170 organisations in writing to the Prime Minister.

Our message is simple: Do not weaken the laws protecting our National Parks and National Landscapes. ❌

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 19h

Our National Parks are at risk. ⚠️

From the rugged Lakes to the sweeping South Downs, these landscapes define us and our future. They sustain wildlife, communities and our wellbeing - and they must be protected.

A future that puts them at risk isn't what anyone voted for.

A scenic view of a National Park landscape with a winding stone path leading through green hills and valleys under soft sunlight. In the centre of the image, bold black text on a red-and-black hazard-striped background reads: “DON’T WEAKEN NATIONAL PARK PROTECTIONS.” Below it, in white text, is the hashtag “#NationalParksMatter.”

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 22h

I taught med students at Cardiff for 25 yrs
The most impressive student was mature student with a first degree in English
This had provided her with a really creative & critical way of thinking around problems, particularly on ethical & social issues affecting patient care
Badenough is an idiot

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 22h

It’s not the bilingual signs I am referring too 😱
It’s that the speech therapy dept is in both directions

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 1d

That’s what I thought

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 1d

I now have no idea what you are talking about.

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 1d

The collectivism is surely democratic socialism not social democracy!
Why do you associate collectivism with social conservatism

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 1d

He really is. Ignorant and proud

Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 1d

Even at eye level they can be confusing
My local hospital 😃

A photograph with direction dings on two walls at right angles to each other with the way to speech therapy in both directions

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 2d

Food safety regulations “place major restrictions on individual decision-making at every level” of production (growers, manufacturers, distributors, shops, restaurants)
So, do we scrap these regulations & bring back salmonella, shigella, Typhoid, Hep A, campylobacter etc in quantity, Lord Wolfson?
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

‘[Lord Wolfson says:] The [ECHR] and the Human Rights Act “place major restrictions on individual decision-making at every level (civil servants, judges, and ministers) and in policy and legislative design”.’

YES THAT’S THE ENTIRE POINT

Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 3d

The next Conservative government will take the UK out of the ECHR and repeal the Human Rights Act. Kemi Badenoch announced her decision after taking advice from Lord Wolfson of Tredegar KC, who had warned her that withdrawal would not be a “silver bullet”.

rozenberg.substack.com/p/how-uk-cou...

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Môr Leidr @bartiddu.bsky.social · 1d

Do you mean economically conservative (ie neoliberal) and socially liberal?