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Rich Speight

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Luddite. Union policy person. Sunderland fan & former fanzine writer and podcaster πŸ”΄βšͺ️ Walks in Eryri with Roker the dog - fitness after injury. English immigrant to #Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Ef/iddo | he/him

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Palantir is such a great fit for the NHS.

12.03.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 169 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

I like this quick and pithy infographic for students. (Higher-quality version here: www.jessicacalarco.com/teaching-res...)

10.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Continuing our International Women’s Day messages, Alison shares a powerful tribute to her mum, whose strength, care and determination shaped the woman she is today and the values she now wants to pass on to her daughter.

10.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

3 weeks until the huge outpouring of positivity uniting the people of this country in the Together Alliance march

Thousands of people will be turning up by themselves or with friends, family, colleagues to take a stand

12pm Sat 28 March, Park Lane
March to Trafalgar Square/Whitehall

Find a Bloc:

07.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Edited screenshot of a tweet by jon_snow_420:

Anthropic: I have made AI
angels: you fucked up a perfectly good spellchecker is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety.

Edited screenshot of a tweet by jon_snow_420: Anthropic: I have made AI angels: you fucked up a perfectly good spellchecker is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety.

06.03.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 749 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to everyone who joined us last night for the launch of UNISON Cymru’s Senedd election manifesto.

It was a fantastic evening and good to see UNISON members speaking directly with politicians standing in the upcoming election. Public services are stronger when the voices of workers are heard.

05.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Better public services for a fairer Wales | Campaigns | UNISON Cymru Nearly 100,000 UNISON members are speaking as one in the 2026 Senedd election. This is about the future of our NHS, our schools, our care services and our communities.

Better public services for a fairer Wales.

Read the full manifesto here:
cymru-wales.unison.org.uk/campaigns/se...

04.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today UNISON Cymru is launching our manifesto for the 2026 Senedd election.

Public services across Wales are under real strain. The next Welsh Government must deliver properly funded, publicly delivered services built around communities, not private profit.

04.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If Sunlun get out of this with a point I will be a happy man #SAFC

03.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We don’t like workers being exploited either.

02.03.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image of someone putting vote in ballot box. β€œThe Greens won because Labour under Starmer has abandoned progressive values, imitating the far-right instead of taking the fight to them.

Β UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan

Image of someone putting vote in ballot box. β€œThe Greens won because Labour under Starmer has abandoned progressive values, imitating the far-right instead of taking the fight to them. Β UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan

UNISON general secretary Andrea Egan: β€œThe Greens won because Labour under Starmer has abandoned progressive values, imitating the far-right instead of taking the fight to them.Β 

If the government wants to survive, it urgently needs to stand up for workers and defend our fundamental values.”

27.02.2026 07:20 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

Matt Goodwin is such a loser.

27.02.2026 06:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Light blue image with etching of flowers and motto β€œSeek Help Now for eating disorders” in the middle

Light blue image with etching of flowers and motto β€œSeek Help Now for eating disorders” in the middle

Ceisio Cymorth Nawr at Gyfer Anhwydrae Bwta

Ceisio Cymorth Nawr at Gyfer Anhwydrae Bwta

This week is Eating Disorder awareness week. My amazing wife @tamsinspeight.bsky.social has worked hard on producing this fantastic resource for NHS Wales to promote help-seeking.

Please share widely in Cymru and beyond

www.nhs.wales/sa/eating-di...

26.02.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some care workers in Wales are still waiting for the real living wage!

Emma is a support worker in Neath and Port Talbot. She has done this job for 14 years. She loves it but she is still being paid minimum wage.

The Welsh Government promised care workers the real living wage.

25.02.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much With public sentiment on AI resoundly negative, the tech CEOs pushing the new tech only seem to be doubling down.

just spitballing but some of it might have something to do with 15 years of sociopathic behavior culminating in the enthusiastic embrace of violent fascism

25.02.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 3515 πŸ” 868 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 79

The cultural rejection of AI and data centers has real impacts in people's hearts and minds, and i'm seeing it influence how they think about their life's labor and the legacy they're leaving for their descendants and our future generations.

24.02.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New Behind the Bastards πŸ“„πŸ“„πŸ“„

Robert explains how Jeffrey Epstein became increasingly pilled on right-wing media and even started funding race science to further his eugenics-laced views.

@iwriteok.bsky.social @andrewti.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

24.02.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 6

I'm facilitating a small group conversation at this event next week - on anticipating the consequences of technology adoption and development. Lots of other great contributors, hope to see you there!

24.02.2026 07:39 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#OtD 23 Feb 1864 300 female collar laundry workers at 14 firms went on strike in Troy, NY demanding pay increases of 20-25%, and better health and safety. After less than a week, they won stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9555...

23.02.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 7
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#OtD 22 Feb 1860 the biggest strike in the pre-civil war USA began. New England shoemakers walked out and within days 20000 were on strike across 25 towns. On 10 April, 30 employers agreed to increase wages by 10% and workers began to return to work stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9463...

22.02.2026 23:56 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ex-Amazon executive Doug Gurr named permanent chair of UK's antitrust regulator Britain's business minister Peter Kyle has named former Amazon executive Doug Gurr as his choice of candidate to continue as chair of the country's antitrust regulator, a government statement said on ...

UK Govt continuing with its highly successful fox-led henhouse strategy: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

23.02.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NHS pay: 3.3% isn’t enough | Article, News | News | UNISON Cymru On 12 February 2026, Welsh Government announced it had accepted the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) recommendation from 1 April 2026. You can read the

NHS pay: 3.3% isn’t enough πŸ“‰

Welsh Government has accepted a 3.3% pay award for NHS staff from 1 April 2026.

Ministers say this is above CPI inflation at 3%. But CPI does not include housing costs, rail fares or mobile contracts. When those essentials are included, inflation is 3.8%.

20.02.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How much did Charlie know?

How much did Liz know?

19.02.2026 10:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œA white UK-born man of mixed Greek and German heritage” surely

19.02.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

17.02.2026 11:41 πŸ‘ 21769 πŸ” 7743 πŸ’¬ 299 πŸ“Œ 637
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OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA

NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....

Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!

ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + πŸ“Ό+🧡>

17.02.2026 06:48 πŸ‘ 667 πŸ” 327 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 31
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Wow.

17.02.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 35993 πŸ” 16669 πŸ’¬ 1305 πŸ“Œ 2478

On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.

But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.

29.01.2026 09:43 πŸ‘ 1688 πŸ” 598 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 45

Speed skating relay is hypnotic chaos

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