Dymvue
@dymvue.bsky.social
Retired librarian. Wrote 3 books (see pinned post). Now carer for OH with dementia. Likes music, books, cats, choirs & silent films.
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Dymvue
@dymvue.bsky.social
· Oct 17
From Doodlebugs to Devon: Amazon.co.uk: Shaw, Sarah O: 9798223341840: Books
Buy From Doodlebugs to Devon by Shaw, Sarah O (ISBN: 9798223341840) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
From Doodlebugs to Devon: one woman's letters & curious wartime tales
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C8Y4RMHV/
The secret diary of a 1970s secretary: romance in a BBC lift
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Diary...
Short skirts and shorthand: what being a secretary was really like.
www.amazon.co.uk/Short-Skirts...
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C8Y4RMHV/
The secret diary of a 1970s secretary: romance in a BBC lift
www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Diary...
Short skirts and shorthand: what being a secretary was really like.
www.amazon.co.uk/Short-Skirts...
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After the Twin Towers fell, Donald Rumsfeld reportedly told President Bush: ‘Now we can do Iraq.’ But the occupation quickly unravelled, leaving Iraq in chaos. Welcome to the Forever Wars.
Episode 2 of ‘Aftershock’, our new podcast series, is available now:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 2 of ‘Aftershock’, our new podcast series, is available now:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 2: The Frog and the Scorpion
Podcast Episode · Aftershock: The War on Terror · EP2 · 1h 9m
podcasts.apple.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
After the Twin Towers fell, Donald Rumsfeld reportedly told President Bush: ‘Now we can do Iraq.’ But the occupation quickly unravelled, leaving Iraq in chaos. Welcome to the Forever Wars.
Episode 2 of ‘Aftershock’, our new podcast series, is available now:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 2 of ‘Aftershock’, our new podcast series, is available now:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Site in Kenya reveals 300,000 years of uninterrupted toolmaking. Archaeologists uncovered nearly 1,300 stone tools spanning 2.44 to 2.75 million years, showing that early hominins taught and replicated the same techniques across roughly 10,000 generations. buff.ly/zQvktxJ
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Advanced 2.5 Million-Year-Old Tools May Rewrite Human History
Early humans crafted the same tools for hundreds of thousands of years, offering an unprecedented glimpse of a continuous tradition that may push back the origins of technology.
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Site in Kenya reveals 300,000 years of uninterrupted toolmaking. Archaeologists uncovered nearly 1,300 stone tools spanning 2.44 to 2.75 million years, showing that early hominins taught and replicated the same techniques across roughly 10,000 generations. buff.ly/zQvktxJ
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Tbh, the government should be quite direct about this. They should be asking the bbc why they didn’t cover it before every time they’re asked it now.
The system is at fault in this case, not the current government.
The system is at fault in this case, not the current government.
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Tbh, the government should be quite direct about this. They should be asking the bbc why they didn’t cover it before every time they’re asked it now.
The system is at fault in this case, not the current government.
The system is at fault in this case, not the current government.
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Watching the new BBC drama Prisoner 951, and I am so tense. This is terrifying. (It's based on the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe).
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Watching the new BBC drama Prisoner 951, and I am so tense. This is terrifying. (It's based on the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe).
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Back to pre-Lawson Britain
November 28, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Back to pre-Lawson Britain
Riot Women #1 great on frustrations of middle aged women. Hope Series 2 develops the dementia characters so we get songs like the one a fellow carer sings in times of stress: ‘**** off’ to the tune of Aude Lang Syne.
November 28, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Riot Women #1 great on frustrations of middle aged women. Hope Series 2 develops the dementia characters so we get songs like the one a fellow carer sings in times of stress: ‘**** off’ to the tune of Aude Lang Syne.
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This is very true and it affects authors too, because you know that every sentence you write could be taken apart aggressively and in bad faith.
Our information space is dominated by a system that demands and rewards continous and immediate emotional gratification, so you can't even begin to have a discussion about complex issues. It's a bright cancer that spreads and multiplies with every interaction.
It's part of the electionification of everything, which is why we as a country are failing to have a proper conversation about our actual problems. It's bad for the left *and* the right.
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
This is very true and it affects authors too, because you know that every sentence you write could be taken apart aggressively and in bad faith.
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mercifully quiet end to the month UK reporting wise, and the pace will finally slow next week:
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
mercifully quiet end to the month UK reporting wise, and the pace will finally slow next week:
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#r4today #lbc who would have guessed …. Old crafty pumping the cost of living up
#gmb #lbc #r4today
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
#gmb #lbc #r4today
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year as the county council scraps 100% rebates for people of working age.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Council tax shock for thousands of Durham’s poorest – thanks to Reform UK
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Must rate as one of the weirdest gigs ever.
The #Beatles with the tuck shop manager, Tom Claridge, his wife Elaine and their family, after the concert at Stowe. April 4, 1963.
📷Dezo Hoffmann
📷Dezo Hoffmann
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Must rate as one of the weirdest gigs ever.
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Someone selling frocks on FB: “I have a cat but he doesn’t wear dresses.”
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Someone selling frocks on FB: “I have a cat but he doesn’t wear dresses.”
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The only woman ever crowned queen of France and England.
She went on crusade, ran sieges, put sons of varying quality on thrones and held an unlikely empire together.
She went on crusade, ran sieges, put sons of varying quality on thrones and held an unlikely empire together.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The only woman ever crowned queen of France and England.
She went on crusade, ran sieges, put sons of varying quality on thrones and held an unlikely empire together.
She went on crusade, ran sieges, put sons of varying quality on thrones and held an unlikely empire together.
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Not on the first Saturday of any school holiday it ain’t 😏
Exeter services on the M5 has been crowned the UK's best motorway service station in a new study, featuring 56 electric vehicle charging points, 13 food and drink outlets, and free 2-hour parking.
'UK's best motorway services' has 56 EV chargers and 13 food and drink outlets
www.nottinghampost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Not on the first Saturday of any school holiday it ain’t 😏
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Really, it is time for the #RussiaReport
Time for further investigations into meddling in UK politics
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Time for further investigations into meddling in UK politics
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Really, it is time for the #RussiaReport
Time for further investigations into meddling in UK politics
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Time for further investigations into meddling in UK politics
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Taken down at night for “public safety”. But no condemnation.
Meanwhile, antisemitic stickers have appeared near Plymouth’s synagogue (a passerby removed as many as they could)
Meanwhile, antisemitic stickers have appeared near Plymouth’s synagogue (a passerby removed as many as they could)
Council says national flags on Plymouth lampposts will now be removed for 'safety'
Council says national flags on lampposts across Plymouth will now be removed for 'safety' after night time cherry picker spotted.
www.plymouthplus.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Taken down at night for “public safety”. But no condemnation.
Meanwhile, antisemitic stickers have appeared near Plymouth’s synagogue (a passerby removed as many as they could)
Meanwhile, antisemitic stickers have appeared near Plymouth’s synagogue (a passerby removed as many as they could)
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As it's Black Friday, there's a whopping 30% off all my self-published books with the code GIFT30. It's worth taking the opportunity to pick up Top Of The Box Vol. 2 and Keep Left, Swipe Right as they are both frankly massive. And indeed massively cheaper.
timworthington.org/books/
timworthington.org/books/
Books
Books by writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington.
timworthington.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
As it's Black Friday, there's a whopping 30% off all my self-published books with the code GIFT30. It's worth taking the opportunity to pick up Top Of The Box Vol. 2 and Keep Left, Swipe Right as they are both frankly massive. And indeed massively cheaper.
timworthington.org/books/
timworthington.org/books/
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News publishers file criminal complaint against Mark Zuckerberg over scam ads pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/fa...
News publishers file criminal complaint against Mark Zuckerberg over scam ads
Facebook scam ads prompt criminal complaintt rom publishers' group against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
pressgazette.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
News publishers file criminal complaint against Mark Zuckerberg over scam ads pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/fa...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Been to a delightful talk by the 2 authors of this fascinating book. If you're coming to #Dorset, or even if not, it's worth buying for the photos alone!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/111-...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/111-...
111 Places in Dorset That You Shouldn't Miss
Check out 111 Places in Dorset That You Shouldn't Miss - <p><em>"... it’s also a book to dip into – for inspiration, for discovery, or simply for the pleasure of armchair exploration." — </em><strong>...
uk.bookshop.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Been to a delightful talk by the 2 authors of this fascinating book. If you're coming to #Dorset, or even if not, it's worth buying for the photos alone!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/111-...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/111-...
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I’m tired of people griping about paying a bit more tax. If this is you - find out how much health insurance would cost for you, or by how much your wages would fall if your employer paid it. Add in the costs of excess for any claims you might have made, oh yes, and the costs of any drugs you take
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I’m tired of people griping about paying a bit more tax. If this is you - find out how much health insurance would cost for you, or by how much your wages would fall if your employer paid it. Add in the costs of excess for any claims you might have made, oh yes, and the costs of any drugs you take
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Wartime fascist propaganda from before July 1943:
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Wartime fascist propaganda from before July 1943:
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
fake British & US banknotes, with text on the back explaining that Allied airmen are getting paid bonuses to destroy Italy's people, civilization and religion
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And the LINK, Schopflin! Euroradio Christmas Music Day | EBU share.google/51XBbtukF1Jn...
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
And the LINK, Schopflin! Euroradio Christmas Music Day | EBU share.google/51XBbtukF1Jn...
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3/ Looking back to Black Rod's medieval origins, Dr Hannes Kleineke has examined the origins of the post, and how Black Rod's ceremonial duties were just one of many roles demanded by the job:
historyofparliament.com/2017/09/27/b...
historyofparliament.com/2017/09/27/b...
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Black Rod: the Early Centuries - The History of Parliament
Last week Parliament announced they are advertising for a new Black Rod. In today’s blog, as Dr Hannes Kleineke, Senior Research Fellow in our Commons
historyofparliament.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
3/ Looking back to Black Rod's medieval origins, Dr Hannes Kleineke has examined the origins of the post, and how Black Rod's ceremonial duties were just one of many roles demanded by the job:
historyofparliament.com/2017/09/27/b...
historyofparliament.com/2017/09/27/b...
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I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
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This is far more serious than accidentally publishing a Budget. Imagine being the sub who not only allowed the double metaphor to remain in the copy, but then used it as the fucking headline.
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is far more serious than accidentally publishing a Budget. Imagine being the sub who not only allowed the double metaphor to remain in the copy, but then used it as the fucking headline.