Lucy Betteridge-Dyson
@lmbd1418.bsky.social
Military & Animal Historian🗡️ 🇲🇲🐴
Author
Burma Star Memorial Fund Scholar
PhD candidate KCL
Freaking out in a Moonage Daydream…
Author
Burma Star Memorial Fund Scholar
PhD candidate KCL
Freaking out in a Moonage Daydream…
There is a saying: 'You can talk to a horse, but you can chat and whisper to a mule', and indeed, many men who served with mules spoke of the uniquely strong relationships they forged with the animals.
📸 Mule 99 & Pte. D. Ravensgraig, Italy, 1944 IWM NA 12495 #MuleMonday
📸 Mule 99 & Pte. D. Ravensgraig, Italy, 1944 IWM NA 12495 #MuleMonday
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 PM
There is a saying: 'You can talk to a horse, but you can chat and whisper to a mule', and indeed, many men who served with mules spoke of the uniquely strong relationships they forged with the animals.
📸 Mule 99 & Pte. D. Ravensgraig, Italy, 1944 IWM NA 12495 #MuleMonday
📸 Mule 99 & Pte. D. Ravensgraig, Italy, 1944 IWM NA 12495 #MuleMonday
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Successive UK governments have created a student loan system which *actively* embeds unfairness and inequality between and within generations.
Finally, (some) politicians are waking up to it. It needs complete and urgent reform. Special News Agents report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRq...
Finally, (some) politicians are waking up to it. It needs complete and urgent reform. Special News Agents report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRq...
Have the Government designed student loans to uphold a generational and class divide?
YouTube video by The News Agents
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Successive UK governments have created a student loan system which *actively* embeds unfairness and inequality between and within generations.
Finally, (some) politicians are waking up to it. It needs complete and urgent reform. Special News Agents report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRq...
Finally, (some) politicians are waking up to it. It needs complete and urgent reform. Special News Agents report.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRq...
Interesting. I often wonder what impact this has on the output of women vs men in the military history world. I reckon it’s often easier for men to smash out a book a year or do youtube live streams 6-9pm (children bedtime, dinner time etc) for example.
This will surprise no woman anywhere but interesting to see the academic take on the Invisible Load and how to measure it:
arxiv.org/abs/2505.11426
@wes1919.bsky.social
#mentalload #gender #housework #childcare #emotionalfatigue
arxiv.org/abs/2505.11426
@wes1919.bsky.social
#mentalload #gender #housework #childcare #emotionalfatigue
Beyond Time: Unveiling the Invisible Burden of Mental Load
This paper introduces a novel, scalable methodology to measure individual perceptions of gaps in mental load -- the cognitive and emotional burden associated with organizing household and childcare ta...
arxiv.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Interesting. I often wonder what impact this has on the output of women vs men in the military history world. I reckon it’s often easier for men to smash out a book a year or do youtube live streams 6-9pm (children bedtime, dinner time etc) for example.
Spent 2 hours grooming Max this morning, Jeff however, is my mum’s problem 😂 #MudGloriousMud
February 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Spent 2 hours grooming Max this morning, Jeff however, is my mum’s problem 😂 #MudGloriousMud
. @alanallport.bsky.social proving that even Liverpool fans can be exceptionally talented
So I have just read the chapter on British bombing of Germany in 1943 in @alanallport.bsky.social new book and it is one of the best pieces of historical writing I have ever read. Research, fine judgement and sensibility combined with style. History is fundamentally writing and this is a model.
February 7, 2026 at 12:56 PM
. @alanallport.bsky.social proving that even Liverpool fans can be exceptionally talented
Pete & Bas taught me that you’re never too old to start a new career and absolutely smash it 👊🏻
Pete & Bas - Stepped Into the Building
YouTube video by Sindhu World
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Pete & Bas taught me that you’re never too old to start a new career and absolutely smash it 👊🏻
Stop it Jeff, you’re too beautiful.
February 6, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Stop it Jeff, you’re too beautiful.
Jeff passed his vetting and is coming home tomorrow!
Ladies and Gentlemen, delighted to introduce you to Jeffrey:
February 5, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Jeff passed his vetting and is coming home tomorrow!
‘Free French have requested that all animals considered fit for food should be retained for the purpose of being fed to their troops’.
No surprise there then!
No surprise there then!
February 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
‘Free French have requested that all animals considered fit for food should be retained for the purpose of being fed to their troops’.
No surprise there then!
No surprise there then!
Commando mules
February 5, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Commando mules
Guys and gals, please do give my pal Carla-Jean a follow. She is a brilliant historian of First World War photography and a wonderful human being.
Original colour portrait of Lawren P. Harris serving as an official war artist. Harris was the eldest son of Group of Seven founding member Lawren Harris.
Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 4232978.
Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 4232978.
February 5, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Guys and gals, please do give my pal Carla-Jean a follow. She is a brilliant historian of First World War photography and a wonderful human being.
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I rather cryptically posted last month that my next project was inspired, in part, by the Magic Lantern Slide.
✨ Drum Roll ✨
Starting in February 2026, I’m starting a snail mail club called the Magic Lantern Mail Club.
Read on, or TL:DR - go follow me on the photo app!
✨ Drum Roll ✨
Starting in February 2026, I’m starting a snail mail club called the Magic Lantern Mail Club.
Read on, or TL:DR - go follow me on the photo app!
January 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM
I rather cryptically posted last month that my next project was inspired, in part, by the Magic Lantern Slide.
✨ Drum Roll ✨
Starting in February 2026, I’m starting a snail mail club called the Magic Lantern Mail Club.
Read on, or TL:DR - go follow me on the photo app!
✨ Drum Roll ✨
Starting in February 2026, I’m starting a snail mail club called the Magic Lantern Mail Club.
Read on, or TL:DR - go follow me on the photo app!
Them: ’We don’t want people to drive into central London’
Also Them: ’That’ll be £66 day return for your 1hr 10min journey’
Soooo, I‘ll be driving to the archives tomorrow then.
Also Them: ’That’ll be £66 day return for your 1hr 10min journey’
Soooo, I‘ll be driving to the archives tomorrow then.
February 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Them: ’We don’t want people to drive into central London’
Also Them: ’That’ll be £66 day return for your 1hr 10min journey’
Soooo, I‘ll be driving to the archives tomorrow then.
Also Them: ’That’ll be £66 day return for your 1hr 10min journey’
Soooo, I‘ll be driving to the archives tomorrow then.
Reposted by Lucy Betteridge-Dyson
What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.
- Nikola Tesla
- Nikola Tesla
February 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics.
- Nikola Tesla
- Nikola Tesla
I don’t know from wear this bat image originates but the whole thing is just, me.
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I don’t know from wear this bat image originates but the whole thing is just, me.
May I interrupt your pearl clutching and shock at the latest Epstein revelations here in the UK to remind you that this shit goes on around you every 👏🏻 damn 👏🏻 day.
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
May I interrupt your pearl clutching and shock at the latest Epstein revelations here in the UK to remind you that this shit goes on around you every 👏🏻 damn 👏🏻 day.
I‘m having a clear out and just want to check - are we still keeping scart cables, you know, just in case?
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
I‘m having a clear out and just want to check - are we still keeping scart cables, you know, just in case?
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
- Dr. Carl Sagan
- Dr. Carl Sagan
February 2, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
- Dr. Carl Sagan
- Dr. Carl Sagan
February 2, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I’ve made an exhaustive list below of people who care that Tom Cruise is ‘leaving London’:
- Tom Cruise.
- Tom Cruise.
February 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I’ve made an exhaustive list below of people who care that Tom Cruise is ‘leaving London’:
- Tom Cruise.
- Tom Cruise.
Hey, guess what? Finding out that a huge number of wealthy and powerful men were happy to be friends with a convicted paedophile and prey on women, AND major institutions have been happy to cover it up is NOT NEWS TO WOMEN. It is the daily misogyny we face daily magnified.
February 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Hey, guess what? Finding out that a huge number of wealthy and powerful men were happy to be friends with a convicted paedophile and prey on women, AND major institutions have been happy to cover it up is NOT NEWS TO WOMEN. It is the daily misogyny we face daily magnified.
Sky Comedy is trolling us today
February 2, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Sky Comedy is trolling us today