2026-03-27T06:53:55Z https://yabu.me Ed Bridges https://yabu.me/npub1u43agxyxa78ceqyqws7almrx5d9hmhrpf9qjgq2df0mc7qs39v0sgx2fv0 https://toot.wales/system/accounts/avatars/109/364/281/995/721/536/original/9dfcf29b45b5cdb7.jpg https://toot.wales/system/accounts/avatars/109/364/281/995/721/536/original/9dfcf29b45b5cdb7.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp64hug56n7pfdj9lvpgxd8yyvqjryc6x692avuv08ue3u27wtezczyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437sah7p0 Lovely springlike and picturesque morning doing the #BourtonOnTheWater 10k with my old buddy Hedley. Quickest time of the year so far for either of us, and had a lovely coffee and croissant afterwards too. What a middle-aged, middle-class Sunday!<br/><br/>#bourtononthewater10k #running #Gloucestershire<br/> <img src="https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/116/114/499/895/400/962/original/730f22bf877f573c.png"> <br/> 2026-02-22T13:26:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswpu9vdplfeqdtaucaadkkazwg2wtgyjtx8nrc4npq892s7smdncszyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437vk54vy Seen on Bluesky. Perfectly put.<br/><br/>#UKpolitics #UKpol #migration #immigration #UKLabour<br/> <img src="https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/565/388/196/688/535/original/7c84cc0e54ab7554.png"> <br/> 2025-11-17T13:58:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs93lpzmmfzl4keu82zph4zamhuj83ljqke4nqcjztwkcwfgc02d3czyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437wyr3ng In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq9fs7az6l8ez04lm6plk0ktxgjunkj67ts7uynlkp3wehxzhtxkq3mx9uu'>nevent1q…x9uu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Quite. I was making the point yesterday that the old maxim of FPTP (&#34;Win from the centre, then move the centre&#34;) still applies, but UK Labour are seemingly moving the centre RIGHTWARDS where the territory is much less favourable towards them. Why on earth would a party do that?!?<br/>
#UKpolitics #UKpol<br/> <img src="https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/434/513/480/040/832/original/6d320ca62d63427d.png"> <br/> 2025-10-25T11:15:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstjhnxuwgxlphpk0cdpchcw0z9p3gegj5gqm5kdtzjuukh9tyaprgzyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437a63exr All three top stories on the BBC News app are about migration. The top story on #R4Today just now was also about migration.<br/><br/>Is this (as the #R4Today presenter has just claimed) the media reflecting the public’s interest, or is it in fact the public parroting back a media obsession?<br/><br/>Personally, I’m sick to death of this one issue crowding out everything else going on in the world. Repost if you agree.<br/><br/>#UKpolitics #UKpol #migration #immigration<br/> <img src="https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/133/222/833/324/912/original/6c4d0847afa05406.png"> <br/> 2025-09-02T06:17:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2hykws7k8nju8ggt8ewrzmp9z78fsek9sm5feuwqmzxdh0nfyw8qzyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437cknth5 As if it wasn’t bad enough that the Champions* League** Final isn’t on proper telly, I now switch on the wireless to find that those of us listening via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s5uuu9wqqhfx7dg34h9fgcznrt03hz3hjg3qt77xeg2fctp27nqqw5z55a" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>BBC Radio 5 Live</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s5u…z55a</span>)</a></span> have to endure the whining voice of Chris Bloody Sutton. 📻 <br/><br/>* not exclusively contested by champions<br/>* not a league<br/><br/>#MastodonFC #football #PêlDroed 2025-05-31T19:05:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspjzyw5qghvzdg3l8w6qldgqqt7kjlpg4x2gtpn62kccrewkxqzhszyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy4375rfav2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0lpmd4sh8l0t2l3cj8qc7edyunmh8sdkeanvjhhzhw22nz9y7tgqtu0qmy'>nevent1q…0qmy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don’t get why every day deliveries are the thing that gets scrapped rather than the concept of second class mail. Putting letters to the side to be delivered later seems mad. Just have one class for everything and do it properly. 2024-12-07T09:41:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfxwuqsng2g5u32kc9z0v5h4k0tj5satujvv0jycl44540fm07zrqzyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437nfaq8x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhe7t9t8hsnxavydhdhpdqr4pm2dwmnucaz3qzmf34cj380mm0ecw6pypg'>nevent1q…pypg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/549/560/902/371/174/original/26ecaef2f0b1f60b.png"> <br/> 2024-11-26T13:46:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdegs4vurd5we69k5mxe59jwfjecahvg7z4jr3zjyvq0zetps0yngzyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437j2hx3y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs92u633eht97zlt2ennvehdc8vamgn6nh46rte0fksul53846gh0cdkjlcj'>nevent1q…jlcj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know, right? The picture below was the final straw for me. I cannot comprehend the cognitive dissonance which has to have happened for this to be seen as normal and okay.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/429/731/724/258/844/original/e7a64a8c6c0d1791.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-05T09:53:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs85v742rnwswl6q4t3g7txta3y4ly02wrle9qjmcw6nz5qgfemsmqzyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy43793elm7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst9eva385h6fnmtj0uuq3fc8w6cgesye5jzjee5npr3v3qjlzmlacesqsx9'>nevent1q…qsx9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And don’t forget that if you want to buy a #WhitePoppy, remembering all victims of war (civilian as well as military) and resolving to strive for a more peaceful world, then you can do so from here: 
<br/><a href="https://www.ppu.org.uk/remembrance-white-poppies">https://www.ppu.org.uk/remembrance-white-poppies</a>
<br/>#peace #pacifism #quaker #remembrance #EverydayMilitarism<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/429/347/018/701/037/original/abb79b621ecbe560.png"> <br/> 2024-11-05T08:15:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst9eva385h6fnmtj0uuq3fc8w6cgesye5jzjee5npr3v3qjlzmlaczyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437z9azwf Good article, this: “Has Poppymania gone too far?” in today’s Guardian.<br/><br/>This particularly resonated:<br/><br/>“Once a modest sign of remembrance, the poppy has increasingly been used as a prop for performative patriotism, and a way to gauge others&#39; loyalty to an ideal of national sacrifice.”<br/><br/>#Remembrance #RemembranceDay <br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/05/has-poppymania-gone-too-far">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/05/has-poppymania-gone-too-far</a> 2024-11-05T08:13:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdpt435364rvu3kgt2sv0h8qyz3a04sn63y4xnd4lnrlskacdfmxqzyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437mm28gg Regulated rail fares to rise by 4.6% next year. Bus fare cap in England to go up by 50% to £3. But fuel duty frozen, and no incentives for active travel.<br/><br/>A very, very car-centric #budget.<br/><br/>#Budget2024 #UKpolitics 2024-10-30T14:30:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz9snh8w69uujv82nrealns265zgfppxf448nkuz5rth952a6vwsszyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437z6ksqu This is interesting. The suburb of #Cardiff / #Caerdydd in which I live (a place called #Gabalfa) apparently had a type of apple (“the Gabalfva apple”) named after it at the turn of the last century. The species is to be reintroduced, with trees being planted in the park round the corner. How very lovely and wholesome. 🍎 🍏 <br/><br/><a href="https://www.rhiwbina.info/post/rare-gabalva-apples-will-be-reintroduced-to-north-cardiff">https://www.rhiwbina.info/post/rare-gabalva-apples-will-be-reintroduced-to-north-cardiff</a> 2024-10-23T16:24:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstaw85jeu2mejent5cudtqkuv5ymhesx390pd8wp3h08uear9hllszyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy4378kls33 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqns7egg2ttcms2c52fl7gn5m67uj4dpg22xghe48j9cgct9hqyqg2nksv5'>nevent1q…ksv5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly this. #R4today keeps referring to “an incursion”. If it looks like an invasion and sounds like an invasion, it’s an invasion. Of one sovereign nation by another. The sort of thing that the UN exists to prevent. <br/><br/>#lebanon #israel #politics #middleeast 2024-10-01T06:37:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstaaemn4q8hp8r9m0p3hjsp323lv3q0sq6agv0rw68zfaf875facgzyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437uerg7c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgpl9zaw2z6m5yc5tnn3w0sezehllmys42w3c2ejer0a5t45jaaasupm0tc'>nevent1q…m0tc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not interested in whataboutery. It is unacceptable. This government promised to be better than its predecessor, not just “less bad”. 2024-09-16T06:09:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8xlhhwlqedr28c3fqvqynvrj6090ans8hrv9u3hnq2ndnh2q6f9czyrjk84qcsmhclryqsp6rmhlvv635klwuv9y5zfqpf49l0rczzy437ljgj39 This is desperate stuff. The only thing people hate more than corruption is the denial or downplaying of corruption. A PM should not be taking donations off of anyone, least of all for buying clothes for themself or their partner.<br/><br/>#ukpolitics<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/141/652/053/848/503/original/0112efdf10043887.png"> <br/> 2024-09-15T12:51:20Z