KateW
@kateweb.bsky.social
Often found in front of a stage or a screen.
Shed | Morveren | Play it by ear @BigTellyNI | @CriTheatre New Writing She/her
Shed | Morveren | Play it by ear @BigTellyNI | @CriTheatre New Writing She/her
Costa Rica is smaller than Scotland, but is home to 5% of the world's biodiversity. So #CelebrityRaceAcrossTheWorld tells me.
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Costa Rica is smaller than Scotland, but is home to 5% of the world's biodiversity. So #CelebrityRaceAcrossTheWorld tells me.
I was delighted to find this in Bandcamp - Thank You For Not Discussing The Outside World, an EP from the Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra. I don't /think/ they play together any more, but did gorgeous work.
themysteryfaxmachineorchestra-disabled-1611013022.bandcamp.com/album/thank-...
themysteryfaxmachineorchestra-disabled-1611013022.bandcamp.com/album/thank-...
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I was delighted to find this in Bandcamp - Thank You For Not Discussing The Outside World, an EP from the Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra. I don't /think/ they play together any more, but did gorgeous work.
themysteryfaxmachineorchestra-disabled-1611013022.bandcamp.com/album/thank-...
themysteryfaxmachineorchestra-disabled-1611013022.bandcamp.com/album/thank-...
If I have a voucher issued on 30 October that says it's "valid for one month", would you understand that as:
A) I can use it on 30 November
B) I need to use it by 29 November?
A) I can use it on 30 November
B) I need to use it by 29 November?
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If I have a voucher issued on 30 October that says it's "valid for one month", would you understand that as:
A) I can use it on 30 November
B) I need to use it by 29 November?
A) I can use it on 30 November
B) I need to use it by 29 November?
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My favourite bit of the Thanksgiving parade is spotting Julia on the Sesame Street float in her ear defenders because she had autism and it‘s very loud.
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My favourite bit of the Thanksgiving parade is spotting Julia on the Sesame Street float in her ear defenders because she had autism and it‘s very loud.
Happy Thanksgiving, all those who give thanks! Delighted to see pictures/descriptions of your dinners and/or pets in outfits.
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, all those who give thanks! Delighted to see pictures/descriptions of your dinners and/or pets in outfits.
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The way Palestine Action ban was approved by MPs has been raised in the High Court, with Dame Victoria Sharp noting 2 unrelated groups were on the same order
She says MPs may have been "reluctant" to vote against it but the home sec lawyer says the court should be "cautious" giving that any weight
She says MPs may have been "reluctant" to vote against it but the home sec lawyer says the court should be "cautious" giving that any weight
Many MPs demanding explanation on why two other groups are on same banning order
Labour MP Kim Johnson says: "Lumping Palestine Action together with other two obscure groups to ensure it is proscribed is a disgraceful manipulation of parliamentary procedure"
Labour MP Kim Johnson says: "Lumping Palestine Action together with other two obscure groups to ensure it is proscribed is a disgraceful manipulation of parliamentary procedure"
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The way Palestine Action ban was approved by MPs has been raised in the High Court, with Dame Victoria Sharp noting 2 unrelated groups were on the same order
She says MPs may have been "reluctant" to vote against it but the home sec lawyer says the court should be "cautious" giving that any weight
She says MPs may have been "reluctant" to vote against it but the home sec lawyer says the court should be "cautious" giving that any weight
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Cat fountain and cat: a diptych
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Cat fountain and cat: a diptych
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Net migration to UK plummets by two-thirds to 204,000 on.ft.com/4a0WmRl
Net migration to UK plummets by two-thirds to 204,000
Immigration falls sharply alongside a slight rise in people leaving
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Net migration to UK plummets by two-thirds to 204,000 on.ft.com/4a0WmRl
LinkedIn, which presumably knows I live in the UK, is pushing East Coast US jobs at me. Aside from the whole palava involved in working in any new country, imagine moving to the US right now. 🤯
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
LinkedIn, which presumably knows I live in the UK, is pushing East Coast US jobs at me. Aside from the whole palava involved in working in any new country, imagine moving to the US right now. 🤯
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This is the profile photo James Callis has on his IMDB page. Magnificent work, no notes.
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is the profile photo James Callis has on his IMDB page. Magnificent work, no notes.
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This is horrific.
Awful news out of Tai Po with the death toll rising to 44 and 279 still missing. Seems like contractors cutting corners and government agencies failing to act.
Tai Po fire: 44 dead, 279 missing; 3 arrested as blaze under control
44 people are dead, 279 are missing and dozens are injured after a fire engulfed seven residential towers in Tai Po on Wednesday. Of those hospitalised, 45 remain in a serious condition.
hongkongfp.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is horrific.
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'After the Bath' - Joaquín Sorolla (1908)
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
'After the Bath' - Joaquín Sorolla (1908)
There hasn't been a big financial crash in a while, let's scrap regulation. After the next big financial crash: why didn't we have effective regulation? And so the pendulum swings, because when regulation works, we regularly forget why we need it.
A “shift to looser regulation is ‘likely to reduce the resilience of the banking sector to systemic market shocks.’”
A key lesson from 2008 was “heavily indebted banks lacked the equity capital to absorb large losses, leaving regulators [to let] banks fail or bail them out to protect depositors.”
A key lesson from 2008 was “heavily indebted banks lacked the equity capital to absorb large losses, leaving regulators [to let] banks fail or bail them out to protect depositors.”
This seems like an important story.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
There hasn't been a big financial crash in a while, let's scrap regulation. After the next big financial crash: why didn't we have effective regulation? And so the pendulum swings, because when regulation works, we regularly forget why we need it.
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Aw reet!
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Aw reet!
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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By day, I'm a mild mannered, lazy, neurotic, underachieving buffoon. But by night, I'm a slightly more tired version of all those things.
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
By day, I'm a mild mannered, lazy, neurotic, underachieving buffoon. But by night, I'm a slightly more tired version of all those things.
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Tonight's the night. Tickets here.
Me. Romesh. One of us is more famous than the other...
Me. Romesh. One of us is more famous than the other...
London! Tonight! Join us live with Romesh Ranganathan, live on stage and very much in person. Film Stories 500, an evening of movie nerd chat - and you can find tickets here...
www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...
www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/wor...
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Tonight's the night. Tickets here.
Me. Romesh. One of us is more famous than the other...
Me. Romesh. One of us is more famous than the other...
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Love that it's still exploring
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Love that it's still exploring
Had to stop reading Instagram when someone described putting a face mask in a parcel as "adding a self-care moment".
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Had to stop reading Instagram when someone described putting a face mask in a parcel as "adding a self-care moment".
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back
Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hi...
utpress.utexas.edu
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Have just discovered The Serpent Queen - Samantha Morton as Catherine di Medici - is streaming on Channel4! Thought I could only watch it with a subscription I don't have, so these are exciting historical fiction times.
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Have just discovered The Serpent Queen - Samantha Morton as Catherine di Medici - is streaming on Channel4! Thought I could only watch it with a subscription I don't have, so these are exciting historical fiction times.
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'Genius'
@verbatimfoley.bsky.social's ★★★★ satire, Jurassic, is going down a TREAT and you've got just four more chances to catch it in Soho
Have a swipe and hit the link to book x
buff.ly/UTpJBSC
@verbatimfoley.bsky.social's ★★★★ satire, Jurassic, is going down a TREAT and you've got just four more chances to catch it in Soho
Have a swipe and hit the link to book x
buff.ly/UTpJBSC
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
'Genius'
@verbatimfoley.bsky.social's ★★★★ satire, Jurassic, is going down a TREAT and you've got just four more chances to catch it in Soho
Have a swipe and hit the link to book x
buff.ly/UTpJBSC
@verbatimfoley.bsky.social's ★★★★ satire, Jurassic, is going down a TREAT and you've got just four more chances to catch it in Soho
Have a swipe and hit the link to book x
buff.ly/UTpJBSC
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These are all things I was called.
I don’t want sympathy, what I want is you to extend solidarity to all minorities.
Love and solidarity is what builds communities and community defeats fascism every time.
I don’t want sympathy, what I want is you to extend solidarity to all minorities.
Love and solidarity is what builds communities and community defeats fascism every time.
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
These are all things I was called.
I don’t want sympathy, what I want is you to extend solidarity to all minorities.
Love and solidarity is what builds communities and community defeats fascism every time.
I don’t want sympathy, what I want is you to extend solidarity to all minorities.
Love and solidarity is what builds communities and community defeats fascism every time.
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As I said yesterday:
Being called the P word, the W word, S@mbo, refugee etc - as a kid - never leaves you. There is no “nice” racist language. It doesn’t exist so stop trying to excuse it.
Being called the P word, the W word, S@mbo, refugee etc - as a kid - never leaves you. There is no “nice” racist language. It doesn’t exist so stop trying to excuse it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As I said yesterday:
Being called the P word, the W word, S@mbo, refugee etc - as a kid - never leaves you. There is no “nice” racist language. It doesn’t exist so stop trying to excuse it.
Being called the P word, the W word, S@mbo, refugee etc - as a kid - never leaves you. There is no “nice” racist language. It doesn’t exist so stop trying to excuse it.