Maesyffin Mushrooms
@maesymush.bsky.social
Organic mushroom grower for 20 years. No longer.
Continuing Fruiting Bodies Mushroom Extracts http://www.fruiting-bodies.co.uk
West Wales.
Continuing Fruiting Bodies Mushroom Extracts http://www.fruiting-bodies.co.uk
West Wales.
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Curse of Private Equity.
Vets under pressure to increase revenue,
Six companies control 60% of the UK's pet-care market
Prices up by 63% between 2016 and 2023.
Vets pressurised to meet financial targets by offering costly tests and treatment options.
Govts do nothing. Now handing the NHS to PE.
Vets under pressure to increase revenue,
Six companies control 60% of the UK's pet-care market
Prices up by 63% between 2016 and 2023.
Vets pressurised to meet financial targets by offering costly tests and treatment options.
Govts do nothing. Now handing the NHS to PE.
Vets under increasing pressure to make money for corporate owners, BBC told
Questions have been raised about whether the pet-care market is giving customers value for money.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Curse of Private Equity.
Vets under pressure to increase revenue,
Six companies control 60% of the UK's pet-care market
Prices up by 63% between 2016 and 2023.
Vets pressurised to meet financial targets by offering costly tests and treatment options.
Govts do nothing. Now handing the NHS to PE.
Vets under pressure to increase revenue,
Six companies control 60% of the UK's pet-care market
Prices up by 63% between 2016 and 2023.
Vets pressurised to meet financial targets by offering costly tests and treatment options.
Govts do nothing. Now handing the NHS to PE.
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First it was care homes - now vets
Whose next for take-over by parasitic hedge funds and private capital?
These people have no interest whatsoever in pet welfare or their owners
Only profit
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Whose next for take-over by parasitic hedge funds and private capital?
These people have no interest whatsoever in pet welfare or their owners
Only profit
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Vets under increasing pressure to make money for corporate owners, BBC told
Questions have been raised about whether the pet-care market is giving customers value for money.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 7:53 AM
First it was care homes - now vets
Whose next for take-over by parasitic hedge funds and private capital?
These people have no interest whatsoever in pet welfare or their owners
Only profit
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Whose next for take-over by parasitic hedge funds and private capital?
These people have no interest whatsoever in pet welfare or their owners
Only profit
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over AI deepfakes
Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok due to its misuse in generating explicit images.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
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24m Britons live below minimum socially acceptable living standards.
Major parties make sound bites, no plan to address cost of living crisis.
Won't end profiteering, increase real wages, redistribute wealth, curb power of corporations/rich.
Need more working class people in parliament.
Major parties make sound bites, no plan to address cost of living crisis.
Won't end profiteering, increase real wages, redistribute wealth, curb power of corporations/rich.
Need more working class people in parliament.
January 11, 2026 at 8:51 AM
24m Britons live below minimum socially acceptable living standards.
Major parties make sound bites, no plan to address cost of living crisis.
Won't end profiteering, increase real wages, redistribute wealth, curb power of corporations/rich.
Need more working class people in parliament.
Major parties make sound bites, no plan to address cost of living crisis.
Won't end profiteering, increase real wages, redistribute wealth, curb power of corporations/rich.
Need more working class people in parliament.
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Fake AI-generated videos shared by Musk about Venezuela received millions of views.
Elon Musk re-posted an AI-generated footage of Venezuelans crying on their knees, thanking Trump and the US for freeing them from Nicolas Maduro.
And Musk opposes laws that penalise fake and abusive videos.
Elon Musk re-posted an AI-generated footage of Venezuelans crying on their knees, thanking Trump and the US for freeing them from Nicolas Maduro.
And Musk opposes laws that penalise fake and abusive videos.
Fake AI-generated videos and photos about Venezuela receive millions of views
Within hours of Donald Trumps announcement that Venezuela’s president had been captured, social media was flooded with AI generated media. Bryony Gooch reports
www.independent.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Fake AI-generated videos shared by Musk about Venezuela received millions of views.
Elon Musk re-posted an AI-generated footage of Venezuelans crying on their knees, thanking Trump and the US for freeing them from Nicolas Maduro.
And Musk opposes laws that penalise fake and abusive videos.
Elon Musk re-posted an AI-generated footage of Venezuelans crying on their knees, thanking Trump and the US for freeing them from Nicolas Maduro.
And Musk opposes laws that penalise fake and abusive videos.
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Will a journalist ask Kier Starmer how the internet safety act thing is working to protect children, when X, a platform he and his government willingly use, will generate CSAM on demand. Ta x
January 2, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Will a journalist ask Kier Starmer how the internet safety act thing is working to protect children, when X, a platform he and his government willingly use, will generate CSAM on demand. Ta x
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#Biodiversity and the #ClimateEmergency - how little we have understood about the world we are fast trashing
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
Tree bark microbes also clean the air by removing greenhouse and toxic gases
Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases.
phys.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
#Biodiversity and the #ClimateEmergency - how little we have understood about the world we are fast trashing
phys.org/news/2026-01...
phys.org/news/2026-01...
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Richest man on the planet ~ owned by a cat!
Richest man on the planet ~ owned by a cat!
January 9, 2026 at 10:25 AM
😸💥😸💥😸💥😸💥
Richest man on the planet ~ owned by a cat!
Richest man on the planet ~ owned by a cat!
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We pay £1.5mn a year until 2033 to Prince William, whose Duchy of Cornwall owns the prison, for an unusable empty prison bit.ly/4bje5DV This deal done in 2022 by previous Conservative govt.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
We pay £1.5mn a year until 2033 to Prince William, whose Duchy of Cornwall owns the prison, for an unusable empty prison bit.ly/4bje5DV This deal done in 2022 by previous Conservative govt.
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Outrageous.
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
Revealed: oil industry lobbyist working inside UK’s climate department
Polanski slams arrangement; experts warn of 'corporate infiltration antithetical to democracy'
abolishwestminster.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Outrageous.
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
Ministers should be listening to scientists, frontline communities and those working towards a green transition – not hosting the interests of oil giants in their own offices.
✍🏼 - @adamramsay.bsky.social
abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/revealed-o...
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Average FTSE 100 CEO took less than 3 days to earn what a typical UK worker will in all of 2026.
Just 2 hours for the highest paid CEO.
Median FTSE 100 CEO pay is £4.4m, 113 times the median earner.
No relationship between exec pay and performance.
UK real average worker wage stuck at 2008 level
Just 2 hours for the highest paid CEO.
Median FTSE 100 CEO pay is £4.4m, 113 times the median earner.
No relationship between exec pay and performance.
UK real average worker wage stuck at 2008 level
Petition for a 'Fat Cat Tax': Make companies pay for extreme inequality - High Pay Centre
High Pay Centre data shows CEO pay in the FTSE100 reached a record-high in 2025 for the third year in a row. In 2026, the average FTSE100 CEO took less than three days to earn what the typical UK work...
highpaycentre.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Average FTSE 100 CEO took less than 3 days to earn what a typical UK worker will in all of 2026.
Just 2 hours for the highest paid CEO.
Median FTSE 100 CEO pay is £4.4m, 113 times the median earner.
No relationship between exec pay and performance.
UK real average worker wage stuck at 2008 level
Just 2 hours for the highest paid CEO.
Median FTSE 100 CEO pay is £4.4m, 113 times the median earner.
No relationship between exec pay and performance.
UK real average worker wage stuck at 2008 level
Almost every pothole claim rejected by councils, report claims
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
including
Carmarthenshire 99%
Pembrokeshire 98%
Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan, Conwy 97%
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
including
Carmarthenshire 99%
Pembrokeshire 98%
Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan, Conwy 97%
Nine Welsh councils 'rejecting almost every pothole claim'
Pothole claims to Welsh councils rise 26% since 2021 - but most are refused, with Carmarthenshire rejecting over 99%.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Almost every pothole claim rejected by councils, report claims
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
including
Carmarthenshire 99%
Pembrokeshire 98%
Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan, Conwy 97%
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
including
Carmarthenshire 99%
Pembrokeshire 98%
Swansea, Vale of Glamorgan, Conwy 97%
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United States citizen here. Maybe it’s time for more than just condemnations? Maybe it’s time for the entire world, the EU included, to sanction the hell out of the United States. Maybe it’s time for action, not just pretty words. Please help us!!
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
United States citizen here. Maybe it’s time for more than just condemnations? Maybe it’s time for the entire world, the EU included, to sanction the hell out of the United States. Maybe it’s time for action, not just pretty words. Please help us!!
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So, to clarify, spray-painting a plane is terrorism, holding a sign to support the organisation those that spray-painted the plane were members of is terrorism, but taking a foreign head of state hostage needs to wait for a press conference from the hostage taker for nuance?
Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
So, to clarify, spray-painting a plane is terrorism, holding a sign to support the organisation those that spray-painted the plane were members of is terrorism, but taking a foreign head of state hostage needs to wait for a press conference from the hostage taker for nuance?
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What do Venezuela, Greenland, Honduras, Nigeria, and “Freedom Cities” have in common? The “network state” cabal—which includes Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, & Joe Lonsdale—has been circling them like vultures. Thread. ⬇️
What do Greenland, Honduras, Venezuela, and Nigeria have in common? The “network state” cabal—which includes Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, & Joe Lonsdale—has been circling them like vultures. 1/
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
What do Venezuela, Greenland, Honduras, Nigeria, and “Freedom Cities” have in common? The “network state” cabal—which includes Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, & Joe Lonsdale—has been circling them like vultures. Thread. ⬇️
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Some crypto/tech types want to build a major new city on agricultural land. With no experience in doing any thing like this.
Hmm. Sounds familiar. Where have I heard this one before?
Hmm. Sounds familiar. Where have I heard this one before?
REVEALED: Suffolk’s Forest City is a corporate power grab – as leaked private messages show www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
REVEALED: Suffolk's Forest City is a corporate power grab - as leaked private messages show
How Shiv Malik's own words over Suffolk's Forest City exposed a nefarious agenda — and why he's now calling me "shady" for publishing them.
www.thecanary.co
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Some crypto/tech types want to build a major new city on agricultural land. With no experience in doing any thing like this.
Hmm. Sounds familiar. Where have I heard this one before?
Hmm. Sounds familiar. Where have I heard this one before?
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Amen. Those in power fear people getting access to education and knowledge more than the snipers bullet.
December 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Amen. Those in power fear people getting access to education and knowledge more than the snipers bullet.
Still looking forward to having a robot butler? #robotbutler
AI is learning how to successfully lie and deceive us.
What if it won't let us turn it off?
youtu.be/wNMoEXr12rY?...
AI is learning how to successfully lie and deceive us.
What if it won't let us turn it off?
youtu.be/wNMoEXr12rY?...
Humanoid robot runs like a spider, shows we're close to disaster
YouTube video by InsideAI
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Still looking forward to having a robot butler? #robotbutler
AI is learning how to successfully lie and deceive us.
What if it won't let us turn it off?
youtu.be/wNMoEXr12rY?...
AI is learning how to successfully lie and deceive us.
What if it won't let us turn it off?
youtu.be/wNMoEXr12rY?...
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Oh excellent news. Brexit sovereignty strikes again.
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Oh excellent news. Brexit sovereignty strikes again.
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
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Realistm on #SMRs: "3/4 of world's uranium hails from small handful of countries, enrichment dominated by Russia & China. Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants"
#NoNewNuclear
www.ft.com/content/567a...
#NoNewNuclear
www.ft.com/content/567a...
Mini nuclear reactors are already losing their glow
Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants
www.ft.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Realistm on #SMRs: "3/4 of world's uranium hails from small handful of countries, enrichment dominated by Russia & China. Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants"
#NoNewNuclear
www.ft.com/content/567a...
#NoNewNuclear
www.ft.com/content/567a...
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Two paragraphs that get to the absolute heart of what Farage is all about: money and conning people.
Without the bankrolling, he’s a loser. But, if you think he’s on your side, so are you.
So are we all if these murky shits buy him power.
Without the bankrolling, he’s a loser. But, if you think he’s on your side, so are you.
So are we all if these murky shits buy him power.
December 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Two paragraphs that get to the absolute heart of what Farage is all about: money and conning people.
Without the bankrolling, he’s a loser. But, if you think he’s on your side, so are you.
So are we all if these murky shits buy him power.
Without the bankrolling, he’s a loser. But, if you think he’s on your side, so are you.
So are we all if these murky shits buy him power.
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We can’t provide housing or food for people who need it but we can provide millions of dollars in tax money and subsidies to build data centers that will steal all of our natural resources and make energy prices skyrocket!
‘Murica!!
‘Murica!!
December 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We can’t provide housing or food for people who need it but we can provide millions of dollars in tax money and subsidies to build data centers that will steal all of our natural resources and make energy prices skyrocket!
‘Murica!!
‘Murica!!
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Typical FTSE 100 CEO collects average UK wage in TWO days. CEO collects 141 times average employee's earnings. Some collect 1,110 times more.
No link between CEO pay and performance - look at water, energy, banking, gambling sectors?
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on exec pay.
No link between CEO pay and performance - look at water, energy, banking, gambling sectors?
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on exec pay.
The bosses paid the average UK salary in just TWO days
The growing pay gap between what chief executives and their employees earn will reignite the debate around 'fat cat' pay as shareholder revolts against boardroom excess surge.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Typical FTSE 100 CEO collects average UK wage in TWO days. CEO collects 141 times average employee's earnings. Some collect 1,110 times more.
No link between CEO pay and performance - look at water, energy, banking, gambling sectors?
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on exec pay.
No link between CEO pay and performance - look at water, energy, banking, gambling sectors?
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on exec pay.