Kate Watson
@loreandordure.com
Smallholder, writer, erstwhile vetn'ry, PhD student, ADHD+, lexicographer & alleged Pratchett witch.
Letterpress, photography & digital/analogue miniatures.
Long Covid victim. She/they.
🖋️ https://loreandordure.com/
🖼️ https://ko-fi.com/loreandordure/shop/
Letterpress, photography & digital/analogue miniatures.
Long Covid victim. She/they.
🖋️ https://loreandordure.com/
🖼️ https://ko-fi.com/loreandordure/shop/
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Kate Watson
@loreandordure.com
· Dec 16
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
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Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
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BLOG POST: Following in the footsteps of Henry VII on a pilgrimage to the sacred well at St Anne's. (Footpath closed.)
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Please use other path – a pilgrimage
When Henry VII visited Bristol in 1486 was he obliged to DISMOUNT or USE OTHER PATH on his pilgrimage to the holy well of St Anne? He rode into town from Gloucester and was greeted by crowds at the…
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January 17, 2026 at 9:32 AM
BLOG POST: Following in the footsteps of Henry VII on a pilgrimage to the sacred well at St Anne's. (Footpath closed.)
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It really is and was the case that the Red Wall and the IEA don't have much in common.
January 17, 2026 at 9:22 AM
It really is and was the case that the Red Wall and the IEA don't have much in common.
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Via neurowild
(The reality is that the western world runs on a historical assumption that kids aren't people but property. We've made huge progresses but that assumption is still around)
(The reality is that the western world runs on a historical assumption that kids aren't people but property. We've made huge progresses but that assumption is still around)
January 17, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Via neurowild
(The reality is that the western world runs on a historical assumption that kids aren't people but property. We've made huge progresses but that assumption is still around)
(The reality is that the western world runs on a historical assumption that kids aren't people but property. We've made huge progresses but that assumption is still around)
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"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Books returned to the shelves upside down and back to front. Entire rows pushed to the back. Spines broken by casual browsers. Wet dogs leaning against paperbacks... All these moments will be lost in time like tears of a bookseller."
a close up of a man 's face with the words i 've seen things you people wouldn 't believe
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words i 've seen things you people wouldn 't believe
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January 17, 2026 at 8:39 AM
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Books returned to the shelves upside down and back to front. Entire rows pushed to the back. Spines broken by casual browsers. Wet dogs leaning against paperbacks... All these moments will be lost in time like tears of a bookseller."
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Lads, lads: behold how Ireland could harness the awesome power of angry Irish fishermen to protect the country.
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm
Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers (Gift Article)
China is practicing vast maneuvers that could be used to disrupt U.S. naval movement, a New York Times analysis of ship data reveals.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Lads, lads: behold how Ireland could harness the awesome power of angry Irish fishermen to protect the country.
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm
#spéirghorm ##speirgorm
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I'm shocked, shocked I tell you
#SpecialIssues have fueled the growth of some of the largest #OpenAccess publishers. Does a journal that allows a #GuestEditor to both plan a special issue and write many articles in it have a conflict of interest? #scicomm #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Some guest editors pack special issues with their own articles
Thousands have penned more than one-third of a journal issue, raising conflict-of-interest concerns
www.science.org
January 17, 2026 at 6:55 AM
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you
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I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.
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I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
January 9, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut.
No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
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"Labour must like or lump trans guidance, says lawyer who wrote it" [Times]
January 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM
"Labour must like or lump trans guidance, says lawyer who wrote it" [Times]
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So, ICE has an account here but Link doesn’t
January 17, 2026 at 12:20 AM
So, ICE has an account here but Link doesn’t
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REQUEST: If you have or have seen the subpoenas or know of any other information about this investigation, please reach out. If you are in DOJ, ASAO, White House, Minn Gov or AG’s Office, or Minneapolis mayor’s office or legal dep’t, and have any relevant info, I am on Signal at crg.32
January 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM
REQUEST: If you have or have seen the subpoenas or know of any other information about this investigation, please reach out. If you are in DOJ, ASAO, White House, Minn Gov or AG’s Office, or Minneapolis mayor’s office or legal dep’t, and have any relevant info, I am on Signal at crg.32
Also to be clear anyone who posts screenshots of their posts without including the handle in the alt text (which should be a transcript in any case) so I can mute list them is also getting blocked.
You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Also to be clear anyone who posts screenshots of their posts without including the handle in the alt text (which should be a transcript in any case) so I can mute list them is also getting blocked.
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You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
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🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:
Two dogs (Lab and spaniel) spot each other from five stalls away.
First their tails start wagging.
Then their bottoms start wagging.
Then their ENTIRE bodies start wagging.
Straining at their leashes.
They WILL say hello to each other.(1)
Two dogs (Lab and spaniel) spot each other from five stalls away.
First their tails start wagging.
Then their bottoms start wagging.
Then their ENTIRE bodies start wagging.
Straining at their leashes.
They WILL say hello to each other.(1)
January 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM
🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:
Two dogs (Lab and spaniel) spot each other from five stalls away.
First their tails start wagging.
Then their bottoms start wagging.
Then their ENTIRE bodies start wagging.
Straining at their leashes.
They WILL say hello to each other.(1)
Two dogs (Lab and spaniel) spot each other from five stalls away.
First their tails start wagging.
Then their bottoms start wagging.
Then their ENTIRE bodies start wagging.
Straining at their leashes.
They WILL say hello to each other.(1)
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This 👇
Explain to me how this would happen.
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
The fucking mechanics of it. Explain them to me.
Russia or China, storming the beaches of an EU and NATO member state terrotiry which includes a fucking US military base on it in a take and hold maneuver a bazillion miles from their nearest supply lines?
January 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM
This 👇
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We are each other's business, I promise you that. Whatever the people with money tell us.
January 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM
We are each other's business, I promise you that. Whatever the people with money tell us.
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Bluesky culture is the quote tweets on this
January 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Bluesky culture is the quote tweets on this
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I HAVE TO HAVE THESE. I HAVE BEEN MISERABLE AND NOW HAVE REGAINED THE WILL TO LIVE. MY LIFE HAS NEW PURPOSE.
There are gloves. And then there are GLOVES! These beautifully madly extravagant gloves in verdant velvet are pure #Schiaparelli, early #1950s and utterly de trop #madparisfr #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
January 16, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I HAVE TO HAVE THESE. I HAVE BEEN MISERABLE AND NOW HAVE REGAINED THE WILL TO LIVE. MY LIFE HAS NEW PURPOSE.
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Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton at the Burn After Reading premiere, 2008
January 16, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton at the Burn After Reading premiere, 2008
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I called the Herr's Product Quality Concerns line and reached a nice lady. She listened to my whole little saga.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
Got my first bag of potato chips in months. Cracked it open. The first chip out of the bag was... soggy?
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I called the Herr's Product Quality Concerns line and reached a nice lady. She listened to my whole little saga.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
She waited, then said, "I bet you believe they're made from real potatoes now!"
I may never recover.
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Writing that letter, asking orange to "turn down the temperature"? That suggests compliance, and every time a person or institution complies with this regime, they see an exposed belly to tear open. Every time. They only back down when confronted.
Well that simpering statement from Tim Walz last night really worked well www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Writing that letter, asking orange to "turn down the temperature"? That suggests compliance, and every time a person or institution complies with this regime, they see an exposed belly to tear open. Every time. They only back down when confronted.
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I figure it was only a matter of time until Heated Rivalry discourse circled around to my least favorite topic: how the best way to fight misogyny in romance is to only read books with no female protagonists.
Maybe keep that one as an inside thought, y'all.
Maybe keep that one as an inside thought, y'all.
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
I figure it was only a matter of time until Heated Rivalry discourse circled around to my least favorite topic: how the best way to fight misogyny in romance is to only read books with no female protagonists.
Maybe keep that one as an inside thought, y'all.
Maybe keep that one as an inside thought, y'all.
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crazy to think how i struggle to ask for any kind of help but the president of the united states asks "can i have your nobel peace prize?"
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
crazy to think how i struggle to ask for any kind of help but the president of the united states asks "can i have your nobel peace prize?"
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
Always the fuckers you most suspect.
Get your Yaxley-Lennon/Tommy Robinson Grindr account name by combining a biblical character with a type of bread. I’m Peter Pumpernickel.
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Always the fuckers you most suspect.