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Dymvue

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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: 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...

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

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Dymvue @dymvue.bsky.social · 1h

Lazy git.

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gailrenard.bsky.social @gailrenard.bsky.social · 2h

And his only friend.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3h

In today's least surprising news

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Dymvue @dymvue.bsky.social · 1h

Big thanks to you if you bought a copy of 'From Doodlebugs to Devon' last month, delighted to have you join the other readers. Reviews are always welcome on Amazon, Goodreads or anywhere else ...
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C8Y4RMHV/

From Doodlebugs to Devon

From Doodlebugs to Devon : Shaw, Sarah O: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 3h

I can’t remember whether our right-wing media was completely detached from reality before Brexit; Gove’s anti-expert rhetoric; Johnson’s blatant lies etc etc. I fondly imagine things were never this bad…

The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 3h

The UK is by no means a fiscal outlier internationally.

We are ‘middle of the pack’ on the scale of the deficit, and UK government borrowing is projected to fall by more than in other large economies.

Chart shows general government fiscal balance as a percentage of GDP in the UK and comparator countries (positive values denote a budget surplus). Title states: "In terms of borrowing, the UK is ‘middle of the pack’ among advanced economies."

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 18h

I follow a Norwegian lighthouse keeper named Paal Bjørndal whose whole bit is sharing profound things that are inaudible due to high winds. I love the internet.

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Gilly 📎 @gillmh.bsky.social · 3d

Much rather. Too many people have forgotten just how destructive and corrupt the Tories were. Johnson got rid of the half-decent ones and anyone who'd opposed brexit.

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Carole Bruce @cabruce.bsky.social · 3d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social was asking questions on BBC Question Time and Fiona Bruce shut down the conversation saying no one was interested. The electorate need to know and the BBC is deflecting and obstructing at every turn, they are doing Reform’s work for them. No wonder they top the polls!

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4h

Reporters from more than 30 news outlets have vacated the Pentagon, refusing to comply with new reporting restrictions.

US media return Pentagon passes, giving up access after new rules kick in

Reporters from more than 30 news outlets have vacated the Pentagon, refusing to comply with new reporting restrictions.

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DannyVE @dannyve.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning early birds! I’m home after a very happy holiday…but almost fear going into my garden! Anything could have happened (or indeed not happened) so rather than a pic from today, here’s some flowers from more reliable gardening days! Wishing you a golden day!

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 15h

"Another Reform MP has been accused of being in breach of Parliamentary rules, after its deputy leader Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality he received from Lubov Chernukhin – wife of a former Russian deputy finance minister"
leftfootforward.org/2025/10/refo...

Reform’s Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

'Tice and Oakeshott stayed at the Chernukhins’ “turreted villa” with “a stunning view of the Mediterranean” and had supper with them at a Michelin-starred restaurant'

leftfootforward.org

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Tyson Cole @tysoncole.bsky.social · 2d

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 18h

You’re gonna need a bigger government.

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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 18h

Completely forgot that I wrote to the FT a couple of weeks back, and just found this purely by chance while googling for something else that I've think I've written but currently can't find.

Letter: It’s black hole baloney
From Jo Michell, Professor of Economics, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Published SEP 24 2025

I was disappointed to see the FT reporting warnings of “a new black hole in the public finances” (September 9). A black hole is an astronomical body so dense that its gravity prevents anything from escaping. It is not the difference between a relatively arbitrary target and an uncertain forecast. As the BBC has acknowledged, journalists have a responsibility to take particular care when reporting on the public finances. Misleading and emotive metaphors should not be used — at least without caveat or quotation marks — in a serious newspaper such as the FT.

Jo Michell
Professor of Economics, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

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slowdriver25.bsky.social @slowdriver25.bsky.social · 1d

#blackcats #cats #scooter #escooter #ebike #EV #catsky #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #felines #kitty #pets #animals #animalphotography #photosky #PhonePhotography #photo #MobilePhotography #photography #catpics #mouser

a black cat laying in loaf position facing to the right and looking in to the camera, while laying on the rear seat of a black e-bike scooter

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Dymvue @dymvue.bsky.social · 20h

£98 at Boots. Both Tesco and Boots would require considerable car journey. Maybe I will just chance it and if I am very ill leave social services to pick up the consequences.

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Dymvue @dymvue.bsky.social · 20h

Tesco!!!

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Oscar Lozada @oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social · 23h

#HillfortsWednesday Dumpdon Hillfort, with its distinctive clump of beech trees, sits on one of the largest and most striking hills in the Blackdown Hills of Devon

Closer up it has some impressive Iron Age earthworks too!

📸 Blackdown Hills AONB

#archaeology #ancientbluesky #photooftheday 🏺

A landscape of rolling hills, patchwork fields and woodland, with a distinctive hilltop in the distance with a clump of trees

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christhecatsmum.bsky.social @christhecatsmum.bsky.social · 22h

bbc.com/news/article...

Then MP's should too.

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

The tougher rules will come in force in January as part of wider plans to cut immigration.

bbc.com

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 1d

Fayaz Khan will not be "walking the streets" in 18 months.

Under a law change by the Labour government he'll be instantly deported upon release.

Fartrage knows that. He also knows his lie will convince supporters that Britain has gone soft and Deform is the Viagra the country needs.

Cocks.

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Dymvue @dymvue.bsky.social · 22h

Update - GP now says no. So no vaccination for me.

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Dymvue @dymvue.bsky.social · 22h

Good news! And hello from Bridport.

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Dymvue @dymvue.bsky.social · 1d

And hooray for the Public #Library

'Beaminster Library said it was offering free wi-fi from 10:00 to 13:00 for anyone who needed it.'

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Dymvue @dymvue.bsky.social · 1d

And hooray for the Public #Library

'Beaminster Library said it was offering free wi-fi from 10:00 to 13:00 for anyone who needed it.'

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Dymvue @dymvue.bsky.social · 1d

When I worked at The Langham in the 1970s bomb damage to the building was still visible.

(uk.bookshop.org/p/books/secr...

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