Kate Bevan
@katebevan.com
Cat pics, tech, ranting. Sweary. Londoner. No Christmas until after my birthday.
Someone who clearly hates humanity
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Someone who clearly hates humanity
that's INSANELY bad UI.
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
that's INSANELY bad UI.
You can't expect Dora and Benny to be concerned with your trifling human conditions. They can go out that way, therefore they can come in that way.
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
You can't expect Dora and Benny to be concerned with your trifling human conditions. They can go out that way, therefore they can come in that way.
She makes a very reasonable point
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
She makes a very reasonable point
December 4 is the earliest start date acceptable. A simple rule.
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
December 4 is the earliest start date acceptable. A simple rule.
You may of course enforce that for your own friends and family, but the actual law will be December 4 (because that's when I put my decorations up).
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
You may of course enforce that for your own friends and family, but the actual law will be December 4 (because that's when I put my decorations up).
Also: people with birthdays in that window will not be told when trying to book their birthday dinner "oh, groups have to have the indifferent and ruinously overpriced festive menu, and we have to have your choices a week in advance".
November 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Also: people with birthdays in that window will not be told when trying to book their birthday dinner "oh, groups have to have the indifferent and ruinously overpriced festive menu, and we have to have your choices a week in advance".
Yeah, I don't think many are going to be sympathetic this time round.
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Yeah, I don't think many are going to be sympathetic this time round.
Yeah - the rest of us dream of that kind of pension scheme
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Yeah - the rest of us dream of that kind of pension scheme
I think if you've had a significantly above-inflation pay rise and are on a career track where you're going to end up as a top earner, plus you have a pension scheme others can only dream of, you should perhaps consider if just maybe you're taking the piss.
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I think if you've had a significantly above-inflation pay rise and are on a career track where you're going to end up as a top earner, plus you have a pension scheme others can only dream of, you should perhaps consider if just maybe you're taking the piss.
So was everyone else's.
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So was everyone else's.
I bet she is, bless her. Extra treats and fusses for her!
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I bet she is, bless her. Extra treats and fusses for her!
Cracking piece, but a sub writes: the caption under the pic of Greg Dyke should say Television Centre, not Television House. (And you shouldn't really say "Lord Tony Hall", either, if I'm being picky.)
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Cracking piece, but a sub writes: the caption under the pic of Greg Dyke should say Television Centre, not Television House. (And you shouldn't really say "Lord Tony Hall", either, if I'm being picky.)
Absolutely brilliant duo
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Absolutely brilliant duo
my student years were the early 80s and my God they were fun
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
my student years were the early 80s and my God they were fun
they were writing directly in English by then, surely?
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
they were writing directly in English by then, surely?