"We are stardust." "Or, put another way, nuclear waste."

Liz Truss Returning something that's not British or English to where it came from and where it belongs is undermining your national culture? How does that work?

People say the UK can’t be like Norway 🇳🇴 because of “population size.” The truth is, Britain’s real problem isn’t size. It’s obedience. 🧵

Wales too had vast natural wealth — coal, slate, steel, water — ripped out and sold off to power England’s empire. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 What did Welsh communities get? Broken towns, deindustrialisation, and contempt from Westminster. The Union took the wealth. Left the wreckage. Plaid Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

If the BBC is serious about looking into & signposting the connections of every contributor, shouldn’t we also be told when an Israeli guest has served in the military? If the BBC is serious about including all relevant context, shouldn’t any mention of Netanyahu include 1/2

Thanks be to God for the dismissal of the grotesque Issues in Human Sexuality from the discernment and vocations process. A lot of hard work by the team at Synod, and drive and vision by Mae Christie. We did it. It’s gone. Thanks be to God.

The world's stupidest trombone duet. Piccolo & Contrabass youtube.com/shorts/ABZEwyS… via YouTube

Mary Jones saved for six years and walked 26 miles barefoot so she could have a Bible. If John Milbank is not interested in hearing God speak through his Word that's on him — no reason to assume that working-class people don't want to though.

You only have to go back a couple of hundred years and parents - reasonably and realistically - expected half their children to die before reaching adulthood. You throw away the benefits of modern medicine - including vaccines - and you go back to that era. Children are

I found it strange that most Reform UK voters in Wales are over 65, so I did some digging. In the last 15 years, over 700,000 retired people from England have moved to Wales—that’s about 25% of the population! Maybe I’m wrong, but I find it hard to believe that almost 30% of

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

That awkward moment when you inform the American tourists that this is a fairly busy two way road here in Pembrokeshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & the speed limit is 60 mph…

2. I read that email on my phone late at night in a deserted urban park in Belfast, and I can still remember the chill I felt with perfect clarity. Anosmia is a prodomal symptom of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. /end share.google/rqSjbbzgDcZnq7…

Let’s talk about COVID, brain damage & society. Specifically, what happens when a neurotropic virus repeatedly infects the population, targeting the frontal lobe & almost nobody talks about the consequences? This thread is for the skeptics. I’m a neurologist, stay with me 🧵

Pope Leo XIV has called for an “immediate ceasefire” after Israel struck the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing 2 people and injuring several others. Pope Francis’ friend, Father Gabriel Romanelli, is among the wounded. Follow: AF Post

Desperately need the next census to count Welsh language ability in the whole of the UK in 2031 because, so far as I know, 50% of Welsh speakers don't spontaneously combust at 18.

Lee Anderson MP Are you competing for Jacob Rees-Mogg’s old nickname of the member for the 18th Century? Only I’ve just noticed that it’s the old flag of Great Britain pre 1801 Act of Union. What did Northern Ireland do to annoy you Lee? Carla Lockhart MP - do have a word with Lee in the house

This is what happens when people sit back and watch while a political clique take control of a party, lie about racism, bully peace activists & socialists out of that party, tarnish good people, all without consequence. 7/8

Where the Past still Haunts: First World War Quiet landscapes where 100+ years ago, brutal action raged. Today they seem peaceful, but the ghost of the past hangs heavy, a🧵 Verdun, Thiaumont, Original written 6.9.16, back in location "I thought I had seen my final hour"

Jonathan Fine When I visit some younger (< 40) people's houses, I notice a distinct lack of books, apart from children's books related to TV shows like Sesame Street or Bluey. I think it's that the parents don't read adult-level books around their kids. I think using a Kindle hides the idea