Katie Lee
@shinykatie.bsky.social
Writer. Crime fic as @KJLyttleton, comedy sci-fi as me. Rep DHAMedia. Inevitable Substack: https://shinykatie.substack
Also: No Dig allotmenter, crafter, nerd, ex tech journo, ex digital media entrepreneur.
Also: No Dig allotmenter, crafter, nerd, ex tech journo, ex digital media entrepreneur.
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Katie Lee
@shinykatie.bsky.social
· Dec 11
Wow, this looks AMAZING! It's a debut crime fiction series from an exciting new talent in mystery writing! I am going to pre-order it IMMEDIATELY. I highly recommend you do the same.
(Yes, I did write it)
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPXNPN5B
(Yes, I did write it)
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPXNPN5B
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The end logic of this if you’re in the UK btw is DEFEND THE BBC.
Complain about it, protest bad coverage of course, but we won’t get another institution that makes safe, publicly funded, reliable, human-created, vetted content for kids if we let the BBC get destroyed.
Complain about it, protest bad coverage of course, but we won’t get another institution that makes safe, publicly funded, reliable, human-created, vetted content for kids if we let the BBC get destroyed.
We've reluctantly removed access to YouTube kids. It's now no longer just the odd thing
October 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The end logic of this if you’re in the UK btw is DEFEND THE BBC.
Complain about it, protest bad coverage of course, but we won’t get another institution that makes safe, publicly funded, reliable, human-created, vetted content for kids if we let the BBC get destroyed.
Complain about it, protest bad coverage of course, but we won’t get another institution that makes safe, publicly funded, reliable, human-created, vetted content for kids if we let the BBC get destroyed.
I think I’ve just experienced my first Mandela Effect
I still get annoyed to an irrational extent when people wrongly call it “Roobarb and Custard”
'When Roobarb Made a Spike', the first episode of Roobarb, was originally broadcast on this day in 1974. Thirty episodes were made - all were written by Grange Calveley, directed by Bob Godfrey and narrated by Richard Briers.
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I think I’ve just experienced my first Mandela Effect
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You might be cool, but you'll never be as cool as Johnny Cash taking a break during his 1968 Folsom Prison concert.
October 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
You might be cool, but you'll never be as cool as Johnny Cash taking a break during his 1968 Folsom Prison concert.
He’s The Man In Black. How can he possibly be “uncool”?
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.
Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?
Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.
on.wsj.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
He’s The Man In Black. How can he possibly be “uncool”?
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My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My friend Matt Inman made a great comic about AI…
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In today's @theoverspill: the first rule of Qantas hacking is, Australia's courts say hackers can't release the data. Seriously.
Start Up No.2532: Denmark plans under-15 social media ban, Ted Cruz v Wikipedia, Sora 2 flood begins, ICEBlock redux, and more
The first rule of Qantas hacking is, Australia's courts say hackers can't release the data. Seriously. CC-licensed photo by Steven Coochin on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. There's another post coming this week at the Social Warming Substack on Friday at 0845 UK time.
theoverspill.blog
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In today's @theoverspill: the first rule of Qantas hacking is, Australia's courts say hackers can't release the data. Seriously.
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Lime’s UK revenue from renting out e-bikes and scooters hit £111m last year. www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-is-ea...
October 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Lime’s UK revenue from renting out e-bikes and scooters hit £111m last year. www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-is-ea...
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We launch at 1PM, and I have checked that I've definitely gone through Kickstarter approval about 50 times in the last two days.
Yes, YOU! Pre-register below for 32 pages of violent (yet strangely philosophical) orc fun!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/nic...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/nic...
September 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We launch at 1PM, and I have checked that I've definitely gone through Kickstarter approval about 50 times in the last two days.
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lmao, one of my readers’ groups ran fresh outta fucks
July 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
lmao, one of my readers’ groups ran fresh outta fucks
The problem with having worked in magazines is you see this and you think, “Leading needs sorting”
July 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The problem with having worked in magazines is you see this and you think, “Leading needs sorting”
People (not) eating food in tv shows should be banned.
Finally catching up with last 2 seasons of The Bear. Loved the Tina episode, but when she’s crying in The Beef, all I could think about was her uneaten sandwich.
Eat the sandwich it’s getting cold!
Never mind that what about the sandwich?
Finally catching up with last 2 seasons of The Bear. Loved the Tina episode, but when she’s crying in The Beef, all I could think about was her uneaten sandwich.
Eat the sandwich it’s getting cold!
Never mind that what about the sandwich?
July 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
People (not) eating food in tv shows should be banned.
Finally catching up with last 2 seasons of The Bear. Loved the Tina episode, but when she’s crying in The Beef, all I could think about was her uneaten sandwich.
Eat the sandwich it’s getting cold!
Never mind that what about the sandwich?
Finally catching up with last 2 seasons of The Bear. Loved the Tina episode, but when she’s crying in The Beef, all I could think about was her uneaten sandwich.
Eat the sandwich it’s getting cold!
Never mind that what about the sandwich?
Perfect excuse to share this classic from The Oatmeal
July 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Perfect excuse to share this classic from The Oatmeal
This reminds me of an early (ie 20yrs ago) fake mag cover I saw online that was a women’s version of Nuts. The cover line was “ooh look at his lovely arms”
July 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This reminds me of an early (ie 20yrs ago) fake mag cover I saw online that was a women’s version of Nuts. The cover line was “ooh look at his lovely arms”
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"What was supposed to be a night of music and joy turned into a deeply personal mistake playing out on a very public stage."
July 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"What was supposed to be a night of music and joy turned into a deeply personal mistake playing out on a very public stage."
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I'm allowed to make jokes about bald people because I'm part of the community.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/bal...
www.worldofmoose.com/products/bal...
June 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I'm allowed to make jokes about bald people because I'm part of the community.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/bal...
www.worldofmoose.com/products/bal...
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It’s okay for life events to change you. Good and bad.
After cancer, concepts such as “bouncing back” after childbirth seemed even more ridiculous to me. Of course major events like that will change your body. As will living and the passage of time.
#cansky
1/5
After cancer, concepts such as “bouncing back” after childbirth seemed even more ridiculous to me. Of course major events like that will change your body. As will living and the passage of time.
#cansky
1/5
June 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It’s okay for life events to change you. Good and bad.
After cancer, concepts such as “bouncing back” after childbirth seemed even more ridiculous to me. Of course major events like that will change your body. As will living and the passage of time.
#cansky
1/5
After cancer, concepts such as “bouncing back” after childbirth seemed even more ridiculous to me. Of course major events like that will change your body. As will living and the passage of time.
#cansky
1/5
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Personally I think the left will have a better future if it avoids inventing hate figures like "Janice" and engages with voters as complex, multi-layered individuals who never, ever fit stereotypes.
And why are we doing all this?
Because Janice - a 75 year-old affluent pensioner from the home counties - has had her brain rotted by the Daily Mail for 4 decades & feels viscerally angry when she sees a global foods store
Because Janice - a 75 year-old affluent pensioner from the home counties - has had her brain rotted by the Daily Mail for 4 decades & feels viscerally angry when she sees a global foods store
You have a right to a family life, which includes being able to settle a foreign spouse or children, not have them live in limbo for a decade
May 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Personally I think the left will have a better future if it avoids inventing hate figures like "Janice" and engages with voters as complex, multi-layered individuals who never, ever fit stereotypes.
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1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
May 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
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In 2 weeks my new play Four Weigh-Ins and a Funeral is on the stage. These women gave it heart, soul and inspiration
It's not a play about losing weight - but about finding community & what a community I found!
Buy your tickets NOW! app.lineupnow.com/event/four-w...
youtube.com/shorts/aL9Pz...
It's not a play about losing weight - but about finding community & what a community I found!
Buy your tickets NOW! app.lineupnow.com/event/four-w...
youtube.com/shorts/aL9Pz...
Meet the inspiration for Four Weigh-Ins and a Funeral
YouTube video by Emma Burnell
youtube.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In 2 weeks my new play Four Weigh-Ins and a Funeral is on the stage. These women gave it heart, soul and inspiration
It's not a play about losing weight - but about finding community & what a community I found!
Buy your tickets NOW! app.lineupnow.com/event/four-w...
youtube.com/shorts/aL9Pz...
It's not a play about losing weight - but about finding community & what a community I found!
Buy your tickets NOW! app.lineupnow.com/event/four-w...
youtube.com/shorts/aL9Pz...
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NEW ABUNDANCE AGENDA POD:
Why the Tories should embrace Abundance - with @rcolvile.bsky.social !
Plus why it feels like a Sizewell C announcement is imminent, and an absolutely mad stat about caravans.
Listen on Apple, Spotify or Substack:
www.abundancepod.com/p/why-the-to...
Why the Tories should embrace Abundance - with @rcolvile.bsky.social !
Plus why it feels like a Sizewell C announcement is imminent, and an absolutely mad stat about caravans.
Listen on Apple, Spotify or Substack:
www.abundancepod.com/p/why-the-to...
Why the Tories should embrace Abundance
Plus why it's time to build Sizewell C, and a horrifying fact about caravans
www.abundancepod.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
NEW ABUNDANCE AGENDA POD:
Why the Tories should embrace Abundance - with @rcolvile.bsky.social !
Plus why it feels like a Sizewell C announcement is imminent, and an absolutely mad stat about caravans.
Listen on Apple, Spotify or Substack:
www.abundancepod.com/p/why-the-to...
Why the Tories should embrace Abundance - with @rcolvile.bsky.social !
Plus why it feels like a Sizewell C announcement is imminent, and an absolutely mad stat about caravans.
Listen on Apple, Spotify or Substack:
www.abundancepod.com/p/why-the-to...
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It’s seven months since i started London Centric and this is a real highlight. getting nominated for the Paul Foot is entirely thanks to the support of subscribers who have given me the freedom to do investigative journalism. Thanks to them for this. And all the people with broken legs.
From broken legs caused by falling Lime bikes to lead poisoning lurking in our homes and soil, the Paul Foot Award longlist shows the strength and range of journalism in 2025.
➡️ Find out who made the list:
www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
➡️ Find out who made the list:
www.private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
April 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
It’s seven months since i started London Centric and this is a real highlight. getting nominated for the Paul Foot is entirely thanks to the support of subscribers who have given me the freedom to do investigative journalism. Thanks to them for this. And all the people with broken legs.
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In today's @theoverspill: it's just a pity that HBO's series Silicon Valley isn't still going - the current AI hype would suit it perfectly.
Start Up No.2429: Google loses US advertising antitrust case, LG’s “emotional” TV ads, Japan bets on stem cells, and more
It's just a pity that HBO's series Silicon Valley isn't still going - the current AI hype would suit it perfectly. CC-licensed photo by Steve Jurvetson on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. It's Friday, so there's another post due at the…
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April 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In today's @theoverspill: it's just a pity that HBO's series Silicon Valley isn't still going - the current AI hype would suit it perfectly.
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Deezer says ~18% of songs uploaded to the service are AI-generated; 20K AI-generated songs are uploaded daily, nearly twice the number reported four months ago (Reuters)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
April 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Deezer says ~18% of songs uploaded to the service are AI-generated; 20K AI-generated songs are uploaded daily, nearly twice the number reported four months ago (Reuters)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Over on my newsletter I wrote about being OK with being OK
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On being OK with not being the best
Learning to let go of perfection
substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Over on my newsletter I wrote about being OK with being OK
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
I always think that one day I'll catch up with Adrian's backlist but then he goes and writes another book.
(Not that I'm complaining, it's more a reminder that I don't read as much as I used to and that is a sadness).
(Not that I'm complaining, it's more a reminder that I don't read as much as I used to and that is a sadness).
First draft of surprise novella is done! Very awkward start, but very satisfying close. Now for an editing pass, after which I have a couple of short story commissions to look at.
March 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I always think that one day I'll catch up with Adrian's backlist but then he goes and writes another book.
(Not that I'm complaining, it's more a reminder that I don't read as much as I used to and that is a sadness).
(Not that I'm complaining, it's more a reminder that I don't read as much as I used to and that is a sadness).