Marydh
@justmary47.bsky.social
Humanist, socialist, feminist, always a European. Loves books, music, pubs, walks, history, conversations that go in unexpected directions, kindness, community. Once an optimist, generally still hopeful with wobbles.
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CHRISTMAS RAFFLE (soft launch)
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
CHRISTMAS RAFFLE (soft launch)
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
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Bectu, the biggest union in the BBC, has written to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and Chair of the BBC Board Samir Shah demanding the removal of Robbie Gibb from the BBC Board.
"Many BBC staff are concerned that Gibb is a direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence."
"Many BBC staff are concerned that Gibb is a direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence."
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Bectu, the biggest union in the BBC, has written to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and Chair of the BBC Board Samir Shah demanding the removal of Robbie Gibb from the BBC Board.
"Many BBC staff are concerned that Gibb is a direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence."
"Many BBC staff are concerned that Gibb is a direct block to the BBC maintaining its chartered objective of independence."
So many weather and seasonal shifts this year but the surest sign that autumn is close has arrived - GP practice text inviting me to book my flu shot.
August 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
So many weather and seasonal shifts this year but the surest sign that autumn is close has arrived - GP practice text inviting me to book my flu shot.
Quite pleased I walked earlier!
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Quite pleased I walked earlier!
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NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
July 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
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Grumpy start to Sunday so am now sitting in the sun, listening to the birds and looking back at photos from Friday's walk in The Heavens (Stroud).
May 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Grumpy start to Sunday so am now sitting in the sun, listening to the birds and looking back at photos from Friday's walk in The Heavens (Stroud).
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40% of the world's electricity last year was green – for the first time in nearly 100 years, fossil fuels have not dominated.
This is the energy transition. It’s well underway.
Breaking the link is absolutely the way forward.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is the energy transition. It’s well underway.
Breaking the link is absolutely the way forward.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
April 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
40% of the world's electricity last year was green – for the first time in nearly 100 years, fossil fuels have not dominated.
This is the energy transition. It’s well underway.
Breaking the link is absolutely the way forward.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is the energy transition. It’s well underway.
Breaking the link is absolutely the way forward.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Blue skies and green shoots - stay strong folks and find the small joys.
April 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Blue skies and green shoots - stay strong folks and find the small joys.
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Heathrow Airport is closed due to a power outage caused by a fire at a nearby electrical substation.
Passengers are advised not to travel to the airport, and to contact your airline for updates.
Passengers are advised not to travel to the airport, and to contact your airline for updates.
Heathrow Airport closed after 'significant power outage' due to nearby fire
No flights will run to or from Heathrow Airport on Friday after the airport was shut due to a fire at a nearby power station. Passengers have been warned to stay away, with disruption likely to last f...
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March 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Heathrow Airport is closed due to a power outage caused by a fire at a nearby electrical substation.
Passengers are advised not to travel to the airport, and to contact your airline for updates.
Passengers are advised not to travel to the airport, and to contact your airline for updates.
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#Gaza: Doctors Without Borders extends its condolences to our colleagues at @unops.org and the families of the staff killed in an explosion on March 19 in a UN compound, located in a deconflicted area in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza.
We are deeply shocked by this deadly incident.
We are deeply shocked by this deadly incident.
March 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#Gaza: Doctors Without Borders extends its condolences to our colleagues at @unops.org and the families of the staff killed in an explosion on March 19 in a UN compound, located in a deconflicted area in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza.
We are deeply shocked by this deadly incident.
We are deeply shocked by this deadly incident.
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How marvellous!
The tallest tree in Wales got damaged by a storm and was supposed to be cut down, instead chainsaw artist Simon O'Rourke found a better solution to symbolise the tree's last attempt to reach the sky.
March 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
How marvellous!
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Byline Times is facing major DDOS (malicious traffic-flooding) issues on our site apparently after this article went live...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
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Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
bylinetimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Byline Times is facing major DDOS (malicious traffic-flooding) issues on our site apparently after this article went live...
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
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On a high after seeing Macbeth couldn't face 2025 this evening so retreated to a happier time and place.
February 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
On a high after seeing Macbeth couldn't face 2025 this evening so retreated to a happier time and place.
This is so powerful.
‘We owe it to the thousands of children who have been killed to pause and open ourselves up to the fullness of the little lives that were snatched away.’
Goodbye to the slain children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Goodbye to the slain children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik
There is no way to rationalise the horrors inflicted on Gaza’s innocent children. Now is the time to mourn them fully, says columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This is so powerful.
Friends over tonight for food and wine and elbows on the table talk of otters and swans, David Hume,Wolf Hall, Ireland. Of families and friends, of travel and music. Great thoughts, small ideas, agreement, disagreement, hugs and goodbyes and see you soons. Life affirming.
January 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Friends over tonight for food and wine and elbows on the table talk of otters and swans, David Hume,Wolf Hall, Ireland. Of families and friends, of travel and music. Great thoughts, small ideas, agreement, disagreement, hugs and goodbyes and see you soons. Life affirming.
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Tbilisi, midnight.
Amazing scenes on Rustaveli Ave by Parliament just now.
1000s of demonstrators singing “Alilo”, a Georgian Christmas song, marking the arrival of Orthodox Christmas on Jan 7.
A people united in a fight to protect their democracy.
*SOUND UP*
#GeorgiaProtests 🇬🇪🇪🇺
(🎥CivilGE)
Amazing scenes on Rustaveli Ave by Parliament just now.
1000s of demonstrators singing “Alilo”, a Georgian Christmas song, marking the arrival of Orthodox Christmas on Jan 7.
A people united in a fight to protect their democracy.
*SOUND UP*
#GeorgiaProtests 🇬🇪🇪🇺
(🎥CivilGE)
January 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tbilisi, midnight.
Amazing scenes on Rustaveli Ave by Parliament just now.
1000s of demonstrators singing “Alilo”, a Georgian Christmas song, marking the arrival of Orthodox Christmas on Jan 7.
A people united in a fight to protect their democracy.
*SOUND UP*
#GeorgiaProtests 🇬🇪🇪🇺
(🎥CivilGE)
Amazing scenes on Rustaveli Ave by Parliament just now.
1000s of demonstrators singing “Alilo”, a Georgian Christmas song, marking the arrival of Orthodox Christmas on Jan 7.
A people united in a fight to protect their democracy.
*SOUND UP*
#GeorgiaProtests 🇬🇪🇪🇺
(🎥CivilGE)
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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky
If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
Retweet and
Repeat ;-)
Together we can change the world.
Post your favourite photograph that you took in 2024 (Bath Abbey lit for Antic Disposition production of Romeo & Juliet)
January 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Post your favourite photograph that you took in 2024 (Bath Abbey lit for Antic Disposition production of Romeo & Juliet)
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Is it sinking in?
December 26, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Is it sinking in?
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Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
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The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere.
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back.
A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year.
Fiat lux!
📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social
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In the midst of all the negativity from the likes of the Telegraph, Mail, Express, BBC about Starmer's government, this is what they have already done.
[From the @bylinetimes.bsky.social ]
[From the @bylinetimes.bsky.social ]
December 19, 2024 at 9:15 AM
In the midst of all the negativity from the likes of the Telegraph, Mail, Express, BBC about Starmer's government, this is what they have already done.
[From the @bylinetimes.bsky.social ]
[From the @bylinetimes.bsky.social ]
Icy wind on the Thames & Severn towpath this afternoon; never has the taproom looked more inviting but I did.
December 17, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Icy wind on the Thames & Severn towpath this afternoon; never has the taproom looked more inviting but I did.
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🔥🔥🔥Gordon Brown on phone hacking: “In the light of this, I have called for [the police] to examine new evidence as it becomes available from civil case court documents where it suggests charges for perjury and the perversion of the course of justice." ~AA
December 12, 2024 at 3:04 PM
🔥🔥🔥Gordon Brown on phone hacking: “In the light of this, I have called for [the police] to examine new evidence as it becomes available from civil case court documents where it suggests charges for perjury and the perversion of the course of justice." ~AA