@gaynorfunnell.bsky.social
Writer. Penbanc published 2023. Winner Nigel Jenkins literary award 2022. Contributer Nation Cymru.
Studying PhD creative writing@swanseauniversity.
Rights of Nature, psychogeography.
Studying PhD creative writing@swanseauniversity.
Rights of Nature, psychogeography.
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A company called "The Woodlander Initiative Ltd" (TWI) has been purchasing plots of land in Cymru.
According to HOPE not hate, TWI is “a land-buying scheme aimed at far-right activists and conspiracy theorists with links to Patriotic Alternative (PA), the UK’s largest fascist group”.
According to HOPE not hate, TWI is “a land-buying scheme aimed at far-right activists and conspiracy theorists with links to Patriotic Alternative (PA), the UK’s largest fascist group”.
The Woodlander Initiative is buying Welsh land for ‘the British people’ – what should shareholders know?
Those investing in such purchases, through a group with ties to what The Times called the UK’s largest white supremacist movement, have little control
bylines.cymru
April 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A company called "The Woodlander Initiative Ltd" (TWI) has been purchasing plots of land in Cymru.
According to HOPE not hate, TWI is “a land-buying scheme aimed at far-right activists and conspiracy theorists with links to Patriotic Alternative (PA), the UK’s largest fascist group”.
According to HOPE not hate, TWI is “a land-buying scheme aimed at far-right activists and conspiracy theorists with links to Patriotic Alternative (PA), the UK’s largest fascist group”.
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After a four month hiatus, my latest article features black dogs, stripey cats, melodic trees, Nordic socks, and the extremely sadistic tendencies of Anwen, my oversized balance bike. What more could you want on Easter Sunday? Oh yeah, #Trump pops up too 😤🍊 #dogs #doldrums #depression #hope 🧥🌨️🌱🚴♂️🐕🦺
April 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
After a four month hiatus, my latest article features black dogs, stripey cats, melodic trees, Nordic socks, and the extremely sadistic tendencies of Anwen, my oversized balance bike. What more could you want on Easter Sunday? Oh yeah, #Trump pops up too 😤🍊 #dogs #doldrums #depression #hope 🧥🌨️🌱🚴♂️🐕🦺
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Please Repost to obtain a ban of harmful pesticides, the neonicotinoids being exactly 7,797 times more toxic than the 'simple' DDT was (is). 😡
‼ Please sign, share & support (837 donators to 850+) to Save The Pollinators 👉 change.org/SaveTheBee 🆘
‼ Please sign, share & support (837 donators to 850+) to Save The Pollinators 👉 change.org/SaveTheBee 🆘
April 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Please Repost to obtain a ban of harmful pesticides, the neonicotinoids being exactly 7,797 times more toxic than the 'simple' DDT was (is). 😡
‼ Please sign, share & support (837 donators to 850+) to Save The Pollinators 👉 change.org/SaveTheBee 🆘
‼ Please sign, share & support (837 donators to 850+) to Save The Pollinators 👉 change.org/SaveTheBee 🆘
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On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?
March 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?
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The music of Federico García Lorca is sometimes forgotten about. An interesting article: english.elpais.com/culture/2023...
#lorca #poesia #musica
#lorca #poesia #musica
Federico García Lorca, the musician: How the poet elevated flamenco and Spanish folklore
A less well-known side of the genius from Granada is his musical talent. He was a great pianist and connoisseur of Andalusian music, whose status he raised with his vision and poetic rhetoric
english.elpais.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The music of Federico García Lorca is sometimes forgotten about. An interesting article: english.elpais.com/culture/2023...
#lorca #poesia #musica
#lorca #poesia #musica
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“At the moment, this will be the first Labour Government likely to oversee a significant rise in the number of children in poverty”
Save the children UK
This must be stopped
Save the children UK
This must be stopped
March 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
“At the moment, this will be the first Labour Government likely to oversee a significant rise in the number of children in poverty”
Save the children UK
This must be stopped
Save the children UK
This must be stopped
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A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/george...
Page by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism?
Here is an answer: Good Things.
Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine.
Kindness, care and convivialit...
skywriter.blue
March 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/pages/george...
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On top of total capture of COP by the fossil fuel industry, we now have "Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit."
At what point do we acknowledge what is now plainly obvious: that this is not the solution, but a big part of the problem, a coverup for BAU?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
At what point do we acknowledge what is now plainly obvious: that this is not the solution, but a big part of the problem, a coverup for BAU?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
On top of total capture of COP by the fossil fuel industry, we now have "Amazon forest felled to build road for climate summit."
At what point do we acknowledge what is now plainly obvious: that this is not the solution, but a big part of the problem, a coverup for BAU?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
At what point do we acknowledge what is now plainly obvious: that this is not the solution, but a big part of the problem, a coverup for BAU?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according…
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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#Poetry #opp
THE NATURE AND PLACE POETRY COMPETITION 2025 -
Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature and place – these terms will be given a wide interpretation by the judge Helen Mort.
Deadline 1st April 2025.
#PlaceWriting #naturewriting
www.therialto.co.uk/pages/nature...
THE NATURE AND PLACE POETRY COMPETITION 2025 -
Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature and place – these terms will be given a wide interpretation by the judge Helen Mort.
Deadline 1st April 2025.
#PlaceWriting #naturewriting
www.therialto.co.uk/pages/nature...
NATURE AND PLACE POETRY COMPETITION 2025 | The Rialto - the poetry magazine to read
www.therialto.co.uk
February 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#Poetry #opp
THE NATURE AND PLACE POETRY COMPETITION 2025 -
Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature and place – these terms will be given a wide interpretation by the judge Helen Mort.
Deadline 1st April 2025.
#PlaceWriting #naturewriting
www.therialto.co.uk/pages/nature...
THE NATURE AND PLACE POETRY COMPETITION 2025 -
Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature and place – these terms will be given a wide interpretation by the judge Helen Mort.
Deadline 1st April 2025.
#PlaceWriting #naturewriting
www.therialto.co.uk/pages/nature...
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Water chlorination levels in US and EU likely increase cancer risk, study finds
Water chlorination levels in US and EU likely increase cancer risk, study finds
Bladder cancer risk increased 33% and colorectal cancer by 15% in using chlorine to disinfect water
Chlorinating drinking water at levels common in the United States and European Union probably increases the risk of several cancers, a new analysis of…
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Water chlorination levels in US and EU likely increase cancer risk, study finds
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Please share :)
Looking for grants to fund your next exciting ecological project?
Take a look at our BES grants! We’re here to support young researchers with innovative ideas and projects that might not receive funding elsewhere. If you have an ecological research project, we’ve got the resources to help you.
Take a look at our BES grants! We’re here to support young researchers with innovative ideas and projects that might not receive funding elsewhere. If you have an ecological research project, we’ve got the resources to help you.
February 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Microplastics can block blood vessels in mice brains, researchers find
Microplastics can block blood vessels in mice brains, researchers find
Scientists observe decreased motor function in rodents exposed to microplastics
Microplastics can move through mice brains and block blood vessels, essentially mimicking blood clots that could potentially be fatal or otherwise disrupt brain function.…
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Microplastics can block blood vessels in mice brains, researchers find
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@carolehailey.bsky.social shared the best phrase: write like a dog: edit like a cat. I thought this was amazing. You aren’t mauling, you’re making your work precise, balancing it on top of a fence with no chance of falling. And that turned out as a poem. Well, well.
February 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
@carolehailey.bsky.social shared the best phrase: write like a dog: edit like a cat. I thought this was amazing. You aren’t mauling, you’re making your work precise, balancing it on top of a fence with no chance of falling. And that turned out as a poem. Well, well.
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Hope feels very scarce right now.
Here's some, though: the story of the River Klamath's de-damming––& the speed with which life has poured back to this "bountiful, beautiful watershed" once the water was freed.
A river, re-imagined.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Here's some, though: the story of the River Klamath's de-damming––& the speed with which life has poured back to this "bountiful, beautiful watershed" once the water was freed.
A river, re-imagined.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
California tribes celebrate historic dam removal: ‘More successful than we ever imagined’
After four dams were blasted from the Klamath River, the work to restore the ecosystem is under way
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Hope feels very scarce right now.
Here's some, though: the story of the River Klamath's de-damming––& the speed with which life has poured back to this "bountiful, beautiful watershed" once the water was freed.
A river, re-imagined.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Here's some, though: the story of the River Klamath's de-damming––& the speed with which life has poured back to this "bountiful, beautiful watershed" once the water was freed.
A river, re-imagined.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Time’s ticking! Tickets for Untamed: Writing Without Fear are selling fast.
📅 16th Feb 2025 | Online
💸 £20 for Bluesky followers.
Follow us for your code.
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💸 £20 for Bluesky followers.
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Untamed: Writing Without Fear with Alan Parry
A 3-hour workshop to confront truths, sharpen your writing, and embrace unfiltered expression. Honest, bold, and unapologetic.
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January 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Time’s ticking! Tickets for Untamed: Writing Without Fear are selling fast.
📅 16th Feb 2025 | Online
💸 £20 for Bluesky followers.
Follow us for your code.
🔗 shorturl.at/aHUmE
📅 16th Feb 2025 | Online
💸 £20 for Bluesky followers.
Follow us for your code.
🔗 shorturl.at/aHUmE
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I’m currently in this process for my novel, so hoping this will help:
www.steppingintostories.org/event-detail...
www.steppingintostories.org/event-detail...
HOW TO GET PUBLISHED! | SteppingIntoStories
A discussion with agents and publishers that will cover roads into publishing, basic dos and don'ts and will hopefully demystify the process of getting an agent and getting a traditional publishing de...
www.steppingintostories.org
January 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I’m currently in this process for my novel, so hoping this will help:
www.steppingintostories.org/event-detail...
www.steppingintostories.org/event-detail...
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This is a gorgeous post about the writing process from @wendypratt.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/wendypra...
open.substack.com/pub/wendypra...
What Arrives Before the Words Do
About the writing process, featuring The Wolf Hall Picture Book
open.substack.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is a gorgeous post about the writing process from @wendypratt.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/wendypra...
open.substack.com/pub/wendypra...
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We're offering a PhD place on Rewilding!
This PhD will study the wilder grazing at Purbeck Heaths ‘Super National Nature Reserve’, which is shifting towards the restoration of natural processes to create a more dynamic, complex landscape
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This PhD will study the wilder grazing at Purbeck Heaths ‘Super National Nature Reserve’, which is shifting towards the restoration of natural processes to create a more dynamic, complex landscape
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 28, 2024 at 11:48 AM
We're offering a PhD place on Rewilding!
This PhD will study the wilder grazing at Purbeck Heaths ‘Super National Nature Reserve’, which is shifting towards the restoration of natural processes to create a more dynamic, complex landscape
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This PhD will study the wilder grazing at Purbeck Heaths ‘Super National Nature Reserve’, which is shifting towards the restoration of natural processes to create a more dynamic, complex landscape
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Thought I'd curate a Starter Park of writers living & working in Wales 🖋️🏴 drop me a line if you'd like to be added!
go.bsky.app/7L23QS7
#WelshWriters #WtitingCommunity #Wales
go.bsky.app/7L23QS7
#WelshWriters #WtitingCommunity #Wales
January 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Thought I'd curate a Starter Park of writers living & working in Wales 🖋️🏴 drop me a line if you'd like to be added!
go.bsky.app/7L23QS7
#WelshWriters #WtitingCommunity #Wales
go.bsky.app/7L23QS7
#WelshWriters #WtitingCommunity #Wales