Betty Webb never spoke about her work, until she had to
https://www.economist.com/obituary/2025/04/10/betty-webb-never-spoke-about-her-work-until-she-had-to
From The Economist

#Fascism #WW2 #Bletchley #codes

Seems like a male (naturally) animal abuser moved up to Murder.

You don't need algorithms 'predicting' who the next murderer will be, you just need to watch the animal and people abusers.

https://news.sky.com/story/man-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-two-women-in-stabbing-in-milton-keynes-on-christmas-day-13349152

#MiltonKeynes #UKCrime #Bletchley

Decorated WW2 code breaker Betty Webb has died at the age of 101. She spent her youth working at Bletchley Park deciphering Axis messages.

#Espionage #Sigint #WW2 #UK #Bletchley

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78jd30ywv8o

@skatem
The reconstructed #Colossus at #Bletchley is interesting.

Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78jd30ywv8o

#crypto #infosec #bletchley

Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78jd30ywv8o

#HackerNews #Bletchley #codebreaker #BettyWebb #history #WWII #legacy

An era is passing but I hardly think it’s news that an eighteen year old hadn’t heard of a top secret code breaking site before she was assigned there https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78jd30ywv8o #Bletchley

Train operator for East West Rail announced http://dlvr.it/TJl0Yy #Bedford #Bicester #BicesterVillage #Bletchley

#Chiltern Railways has been named the operator for the first stage of East West Rail, set to launch later this year, connecting #Oxford and Milton Keynes. This new service will slash journey times, providing better access to jobs, education, and business opportunities. The project aims to drive economic growth in the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor, with East West Rail projected to generate £6.7 billion annually by 2050 and support 28,000 jobs in #Cambridge. The line will also feature a new station at #Winslow and improved services at #Bicester Village and #Bletchley. The development will enhance local economies, reduce road travel, and contribute to the regeneration of town centres. Future stages will extend the line to Bedford and #Cambridge, with plans for greener, hybrid battery-electric trains.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/east-west-rail-services-planned-to-begin-this-year-as-chiltern-railways-named-operator

Steam locomotive 45212 to visit Cheshire this Saturday http://dlvr.it/TJVVH9 #Bletchley #Cheshire #Chester #Crewe

3 Class 20 locomotives to visit Hertfordshire this Friday http://dlvr.it/TJ4FCJ #Bank #BescotStadium #Bewdley #Bletchley

@gparenti @fj hundreds of women at #Bletchley park & they weren’t just playing tennis..

1992 interview with Jack Good & Donald Michie discussing cryptography work during WW2 at Britain's Bletchley Park.

#WW2 #Cryptography #SIGINT #Bletchley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p3mhkNgRXs

Today's #Bletchley & #MiltonKeynes #MathsJam (it's important to note that we didn't find complete, correct answers to all of these, and in some cases we don't even know if there *is* a correct answer. It would be great to hear anybody's thoughts on any of these themes!):

1. D treated us to a trial run of his #BigMathsJam talk: 5 minutes it's a tough mark to hit, but he did it & I think it'll be a popular one.

2. Played with a game I got for my birthday after experiencing it on a maths stand at the Green Man Festival in the summer. Thought sceptically about some of the claims on the box including how many variations of the game were possible.

3. Some chat about books that are important in the history & development of maths. There are some 'obvious' ones, but are there examples that have been overlooked that might help to highlight diversity & improve representation in maths if we spoke about them more?

4. How many holes does a straw have? How about a T-shirt?

5. Looking forward to Big MathsJam (2 of us are going!)

6. What is the nᵗʰ term of a sequence that is the intersection of two arithmetic sequences? Can it be determined purely algebraically from the nᵗʰ terms of the two original sequences?

7. Really, really big knockout competitions, & ranking the participants.

8. B can't come to November's moved MathsJam as she's giving a talk down in that London. We could have a B&MK MathsJam outing, I suppose?!

Streamlined steam locomotive to pass through Hertfordshire this Wednesday http://dlvr.it/TFbdLr #Bletchley #BluebellRailway #Brixton #Crewe

Watch: First train completes journey over East West Rail between Oxford and Milton Keynes http://dlvr.it/TFZVKk #Bicester #Bletchley #Cambridge #ChilternRailways

Watch: First train completes journey over East West Rail between Oxford and Milton Keynes http://dlvr.it/TFZT9L #Bicester #Bletchley #Cambridge #ChilternRailways

Bletchley to Bedford railway line reopens after floodwater recedes http://dlvr.it/TDrSbx #Bedford #Bletchley #LevelCrossing #MarstonValeline

Bletchley to Bedford railway line reopens after floodwater recedes http://dlvr.it/TDrQzv #Bedford #Bletchley #LevelCrossing #MarstonValeline