Lins Rumbold
@linsrumbold.bsky.social
Cold War thriller author, part-time engineer. History buff. Big fan of things with engines & wheels, but also baking. And tea. All views my own.
http://bio.site/lins_rumbold for books and my blog.
http://bio.site/lins_rumbold for books and my blog.
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Lins Rumbold
@linsrumbold.bsky.social
· Sep 14
It’s HERE! My Cold War novel, Banshee, is now officially out on Kindle and paperback! Preorders should be landing on people’s doorsteps today and in the next few days.
#authorsky #booksky
#authorsky #booksky
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The exclusion of trans people from public and academic spaces, removal of protections by human rights institutions, dehumanising language used by state news media, judicial tolerance of trans directed hate crime, withdrawal of medical care: all of this is very familiar to genocide scholars.
Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn
Universities ‘afraid to be trans inclusive’ after Supreme Court ruling and OfS Sussex fine, leaving staff fearing ‘hostile environment’
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December 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The exclusion of trans people from public and academic spaces, removal of protections by human rights institutions, dehumanising language used by state news media, judicial tolerance of trans directed hate crime, withdrawal of medical care: all of this is very familiar to genocide scholars.
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I am in tears
The Employment Rights Bill has passed the Lords and goes for Royal Assent this week
Sick pay for everyone
No more zero hours contracts
No more trade union act 2016 years
So much more
Doing what you sent a Labour government here to do
The Employment Rights Bill has passed the Lords and goes for Royal Assent this week
Sick pay for everyone
No more zero hours contracts
No more trade union act 2016 years
So much more
Doing what you sent a Labour government here to do
December 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I am in tears
The Employment Rights Bill has passed the Lords and goes for Royal Assent this week
Sick pay for everyone
No more zero hours contracts
No more trade union act 2016 years
So much more
Doing what you sent a Labour government here to do
The Employment Rights Bill has passed the Lords and goes for Royal Assent this week
Sick pay for everyone
No more zero hours contracts
No more trade union act 2016 years
So much more
Doing what you sent a Labour government here to do
⭐️ FESTIVE PLUG! ⭐️
If you want to order Banshee from me (via my bio), you have until Wednesday 17th December to get pre-Christmas delivery!
Or order signed copies from Vulcan To The Sky & support the preservation of XH558 (their last postage dates apply):
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...
If you want to order Banshee from me (via my bio), you have until Wednesday 17th December to get pre-Christmas delivery!
Or order signed copies from Vulcan To The Sky & support the preservation of XH558 (their last postage dates apply):
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...
https://vulcantothesky.org/product/banshee-paperback-signed/
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
⭐️ FESTIVE PLUG! ⭐️
If you want to order Banshee from me (via my bio), you have until Wednesday 17th December to get pre-Christmas delivery!
Or order signed copies from Vulcan To The Sky & support the preservation of XH558 (their last postage dates apply):
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...
If you want to order Banshee from me (via my bio), you have until Wednesday 17th December to get pre-Christmas delivery!
Or order signed copies from Vulcan To The Sky & support the preservation of XH558 (their last postage dates apply):
vulcantothesky.org/product/bans...
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2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
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Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Me: we need to sort out and get rid of things we don’t need or want. And not buy anything else unnecessary to clutter up the house.
Also me: Aww! It’s a tiny Boeing 747! 😍 I NEED IT.
🤦🏻♀️
Still. *boop*
Also me: Aww! It’s a tiny Boeing 747! 😍 I NEED IT.
🤦🏻♀️
Still. *boop*
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Me: we need to sort out and get rid of things we don’t need or want. And not buy anything else unnecessary to clutter up the house.
Also me: Aww! It’s a tiny Boeing 747! 😍 I NEED IT.
🤦🏻♀️
Still. *boop*
Also me: Aww! It’s a tiny Boeing 747! 😍 I NEED IT.
🤦🏻♀️
Still. *boop*
Congratulations, Sheelagh! I read and really enjoyed In Between Girl - definitely recommended 🙂
Delighted to share this piece of news. Also available on amazon.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Congratulations, Sheelagh! I read and really enjoyed In Between Girl - definitely recommended 🙂
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Where’s Nigel? And why won’t he answer our questions?
Who introduced his good friend Nathan Gill to a Russian spy? 🧐
Cracking new film from @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social & @sheridanflynn.com for @thenerve.news
Who introduced his good friend Nathan Gill to a Russian spy? 🧐
Cracking new film from @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social & @sheridanflynn.com for @thenerve.news
November 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Where’s Nigel? And why won’t he answer our questions?
Who introduced his good friend Nathan Gill to a Russian spy? 🧐
Cracking new film from @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social & @sheridanflynn.com for @thenerve.news
Who introduced his good friend Nathan Gill to a Russian spy? 🧐
Cracking new film from @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social & @sheridanflynn.com for @thenerve.news
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This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
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Illegal migration isn't tearing this country apart, but our obsession with it is. It's an obsession fuelled by our media and politicians. Both profit from blowing the problem out of all proportion. It's been happening for decades, but never more so than now
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Illegal migration isn't tearing this country apart, but our obsession with it is. It's an obsession fuelled by our media and politicians. Both profit from blowing the problem out of all proportion. It's been happening for decades, but never more so than now
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
I wish I could remember which writer gave me this advice on Twitter - it must be well over a decade ago - when I was struggling to write a particular character.
“Just talk to them”, she suggested. So I metaphorically took this character out for a coffee - just me and them, having a chat.
“Just talk to them”, she suggested. So I metaphorically took this character out for a coffee - just me and them, having a chat.
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I wish I could remember which writer gave me this advice on Twitter - it must be well over a decade ago - when I was struggling to write a particular character.
“Just talk to them”, she suggested. So I metaphorically took this character out for a coffee - just me and them, having a chat.
“Just talk to them”, she suggested. So I metaphorically took this character out for a coffee - just me and them, having a chat.
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There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
There's lots you can and should criticise the BBC for.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
But it's our BBC - and it's important.
Great to speak to CNN - Donald Trump shouldn't have his hands anywhere near our public services.
Having one of those mornings when it feels like every writing idea I have is 💩, every scene I’ve written for Book 2 is 💩, and in fact Book 2 is going to be a massive steaming pile of 💩 …
I suppose even a pile of crap is easier to edit than a blank page …
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky
I suppose even a pile of crap is easier to edit than a blank page …
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Having one of those mornings when it feels like every writing idea I have is 💩, every scene I’ve written for Book 2 is 💩, and in fact Book 2 is going to be a massive steaming pile of 💩 …
I suppose even a pile of crap is easier to edit than a blank page …
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky
I suppose even a pile of crap is easier to edit than a blank page …
#WritingCommunity #WriterSky
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You are essentially stuck between an ageing society desiring nostalgia and / or risk removal and a shrill social media cacophony demanding everything is sorted out now. With glib supposedly edgy one-liners far too often passing as serious commentary.
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
You are essentially stuck between an ageing society desiring nostalgia and / or risk removal and a shrill social media cacophony demanding everything is sorted out now. With glib supposedly edgy one-liners far too often passing as serious commentary.
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Shittification and shareholder return
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
ALT: a woman is wearing a headset while sitting at a desk .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Shittification and shareholder return
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
A rehash of an old thread
Why is everything crap. Well, here we learn why Adam Smith was an early Marxist, in that though he had great faith in markets
He had zero faith in merchants
And the reason why, is why no one answers your helpline
1/n
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AI is essentially incompatible with net zero, in the short term. I know which I'd rather have www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
AI power use forecast finds the industry far off track to net zero
Several large tech firms that are active in AI have set goals to hit net zero by 2030, but a new forecast of the energy and water required to run large data centres shows they’re unlikely to meet thos...
www.newscientist.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
AI is essentially incompatible with net zero, in the short term. I know which I'd rather have www.newscientist.com/article/2503...
A post about remembrance, from my protagonist Flt Lt Alex Farnsworth.
Lest we forget.
www.lindsayrumbold.com/blog/remembrance
Lest we forget.
www.lindsayrumbold.com/blog/remembrance
Remembrance … — Lindsay Rumbold Writes
Flt Lt Alex Farnsworth, my protagonist in the October 2022 plot of Banshee, has a few thoughts about Remembrance Day …
www.lindsayrumbold.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A post about remembrance, from my protagonist Flt Lt Alex Farnsworth.
Lest we forget.
www.lindsayrumbold.com/blog/remembrance
Lest we forget.
www.lindsayrumbold.com/blog/remembrance
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Today, we honour those who served and those who never came home.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Today, we honour those who served and those who never came home.
We will remember them.
We will remember them.
The Telegraph routinely spreads myths about a range of subjects - especially climate change.
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
It has been forced to publish over 100 corrections this year so far.
Yet it has the gall to lecture the BBC - and whip up a national panic - about journalistic standards
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about the link between extreme rhetoric in the media and politics and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues Professor Bo...
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🔴US-Style Culture Wars Have Come to Britain but Who Is Starting Them?
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
A new study raises stark questions about links between extreme rhetoric in the media and the surge in voters saying the country is being torn apart by culture wars, argues @bobbyduffy.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Thank you to whoever flew the DH Chipmunk over the village war memorial today, as we gathered around it on Remembrance Sunday earlier. It was appreciated (not least by me).
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thank you to whoever flew the DH Chipmunk over the village war memorial today, as we gathered around it on Remembrance Sunday earlier. It was appreciated (not least by me).
I remember seeing it on the news (I was a schoolgirl at the time), and I remember feeling such a sense of hope (the innocence of youth!).
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I remember seeing it on the news (I was a schoolgirl at the time), and I remember feeling such a sense of hope (the innocence of youth!).