Catherine Hill
@ctjhill.bsky.social
A geeky individual, passionate about books, TV and the fantastical. Has an active imagination and a liking for history (especially in podcasts). Does environmental campaigning sometimes. One half of @dtdiscworld.bsky.social podcast. Probably tired. She/Her
Was trying to do a collage with headlines and bits of articles, and it has not worked out as I'd initially pictured it. So sitting on the floor trying something different.
The general mood music of current events has made me want to make stuff more, even if only in small, mild defiance.
The general mood music of current events has made me want to make stuff more, even if only in small, mild defiance.
February 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Was trying to do a collage with headlines and bits of articles, and it has not worked out as I'd initially pictured it. So sitting on the floor trying something different.
The general mood music of current events has made me want to make stuff more, even if only in small, mild defiance.
The general mood music of current events has made me want to make stuff more, even if only in small, mild defiance.
I'm allergic to most sticky toffee puddings, so I just eat whatever is available to me if I find them. It means this level of detail (and range of options) is a little mind boggling to me.
Also STP = Sir Terry Pratchett in my mind, so that took a moment.
Also STP = Sir Terry Pratchett in my mind, so that took a moment.
this may be the most English man ever to exist.
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I'm allergic to most sticky toffee puddings, so I just eat whatever is available to me if I find them. It means this level of detail (and range of options) is a little mind boggling to me.
Also STP = Sir Terry Pratchett in my mind, so that took a moment.
Also STP = Sir Terry Pratchett in my mind, so that took a moment.
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A thread - Back in 2016, I made a memorial portrait of David Bowie, which lived on Dudley St in Birmingham City centre for quite a few years and became a bit of a landmark. An honour for me as portraits aren't really my thing, but I'd been a lifelong fan and felt compelled to make it...
February 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
A thread - Back in 2016, I made a memorial portrait of David Bowie, which lived on Dudley St in Birmingham City centre for quite a few years and became a bit of a landmark. An honour for me as portraits aren't really my thing, but I'd been a lifelong fan and felt compelled to make it...
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Everyone should get three jokers at the start of a year, and when you play one you get an emergency reading week.
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Everyone should get three jokers at the start of a year, and when you play one you get an emergency reading week.
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Probably flying to sharpen its beak :D <3
February 11, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Probably flying to sharpen its beak :D <3
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✌️😭
February 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
✌️😭
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Free Clothes Swap & panel on Fast Fashion, Saturday 7th March at
@inthewarehouse.bsky.social in Digbeth.
If you're having a spring clean out of your wardrobe do bring wearable items along & see what you find.
Clothes Swap starts 11:30am & panel at 2:30pm.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-cloth...
@inthewarehouse.bsky.social in Digbeth.
If you're having a spring clean out of your wardrobe do bring wearable items along & see what you find.
Clothes Swap starts 11:30am & panel at 2:30pm.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-cloth...
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Free Clothes Swap & panel on Fast Fashion, Saturday 7th March at
@inthewarehouse.bsky.social in Digbeth.
If you're having a spring clean out of your wardrobe do bring wearable items along & see what you find.
Clothes Swap starts 11:30am & panel at 2:30pm.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-cloth...
@inthewarehouse.bsky.social in Digbeth.
If you're having a spring clean out of your wardrobe do bring wearable items along & see what you find.
Clothes Swap starts 11:30am & panel at 2:30pm.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-cloth...
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adoption and adaptation of general purpose tech are surprisingly democratic, in one definition of the word. I wrote a bit about how technologies can be subverted through adoption in this blog post medium.com/careful-indu...
Delinquent Telephone Activity
Let’s make a scene and rebel against Big Tech
medium.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
adoption and adaptation of general purpose tech are surprisingly democratic, in one definition of the word. I wrote a bit about how technologies can be subverted through adoption in this blog post medium.com/careful-indu...
We really wanna watch the new Muppets show, but this is the second night Disney+ is freezing us out.
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
We really wanna watch the new Muppets show, but this is the second night Disney+ is freezing us out.
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Some Roses to brighten up your day. 🌹🌹
Wishing everyone is having a good day. 😊🙏
#SundayYellow
#Love #Peace #Roses #Nature #Flowers #SkyRoses #FlowersEveryday #ukGarden #BlueSky #ColoursOfLove #HarRose #OldPhotos #ColoursOfNature #BloomScrolling #BeautyRange #NaturalArt #art #OldPhotos
Wishing everyone is having a good day. 😊🙏
#SundayYellow
#Love #Peace #Roses #Nature #Flowers #SkyRoses #FlowersEveryday #ukGarden #BlueSky #ColoursOfLove #HarRose #OldPhotos #ColoursOfNature #BloomScrolling #BeautyRange #NaturalArt #art #OldPhotos
February 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Some Roses to brighten up your day. 🌹🌹
Wishing everyone is having a good day. 😊🙏
#SundayYellow
#Love #Peace #Roses #Nature #Flowers #SkyRoses #FlowersEveryday #ukGarden #BlueSky #ColoursOfLove #HarRose #OldPhotos #ColoursOfNature #BloomScrolling #BeautyRange #NaturalArt #art #OldPhotos
Wishing everyone is having a good day. 😊🙏
#SundayYellow
#Love #Peace #Roses #Nature #Flowers #SkyRoses #FlowersEveryday #ukGarden #BlueSky #ColoursOfLove #HarRose #OldPhotos #ColoursOfNature #BloomScrolling #BeautyRange #NaturalArt #art #OldPhotos
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adults can read their DMs.
Kids' spaces online have been mostly destroyed by companies deciding that it's more important to advertise to them. Kids' spaces offline have been destroyed by lack of funding and fearmongering about predators and the increasingly common attitude that children and teens
Kids' spaces online have been mostly destroyed by companies deciding that it's more important to advertise to them. Kids' spaces offline have been destroyed by lack of funding and fearmongering about predators and the increasingly common attitude that children and teens
February 8, 2026 at 12:25 PM
adults can read their DMs.
Kids' spaces online have been mostly destroyed by companies deciding that it's more important to advertise to them. Kids' spaces offline have been destroyed by lack of funding and fearmongering about predators and the increasingly common attitude that children and teens
Kids' spaces online have been mostly destroyed by companies deciding that it's more important to advertise to them. Kids' spaces offline have been destroyed by lack of funding and fearmongering about predators and the increasingly common attitude that children and teens
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Friendly reminder:
NO ONE needs AI slop and more AI data centres
EVERYBODY needs clean water, affordable energy, and a habitable planet
NO ONE needs AI slop and more AI data centres
EVERYBODY needs clean water, affordable energy, and a habitable planet
February 8, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Friendly reminder:
NO ONE needs AI slop and more AI data centres
EVERYBODY needs clean water, affordable energy, and a habitable planet
NO ONE needs AI slop and more AI data centres
EVERYBODY needs clean water, affordable energy, and a habitable planet
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I am so tired of rich people refusing to build anything new and just burning everything that exists as a public good to the ground instead. They have decimated journalism this way. Remember when they used to be scared enough to build public libraries and parks?
February 8, 2026 at 4:22 AM
I am so tired of rich people refusing to build anything new and just burning everything that exists as a public good to the ground instead. They have decimated journalism this way. Remember when they used to be scared enough to build public libraries and parks?
Bloodied a man's head today. By which I mean that when donating plasma this afternoon the blood squirted a bit when the guy was inserting the needle, and it got on his forehead, and also the chair and floor. I didn't realise how far it'd gone at first. The staff were all pretty amused though.
February 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Bloodied a man's head today. By which I mean that when donating plasma this afternoon the blood squirted a bit when the guy was inserting the needle, and it got on his forehead, and also the chair and floor. I didn't realise how far it'd gone at first. The staff were all pretty amused though.
So I got glutened, I'm pretty sure, unfortunately not enough to immediately get it out of my system. So now it's past 2am and I'm pacing round my bathroom feeling bloated and waiting to see if I'm actually sick. I don't like to fully induce vomiting, but not liking this waiting around.
February 7, 2026 at 2:19 AM
So I got glutened, I'm pretty sure, unfortunately not enough to immediately get it out of my system. So now it's past 2am and I'm pacing round my bathroom feeling bloated and waiting to see if I'm actually sick. I don't like to fully induce vomiting, but not liking this waiting around.
Returning to the town of my birth to celebrate my mother's birthday with Italian food.
February 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Returning to the town of my birth to celebrate my mother's birthday with Italian food.
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Calling all Friends of Park groups in #Birmingham.
@mybcu.bsky.social is looking to partner on a research project to co-design parks with teenage girls and shape more inclusive green spaces.
Interested in taking part?
Email Zeinab.Hashem@mail.b...
@mybcu.bsky.social is looking to partner on a research project to co-design parks with teenage girls and shape more inclusive green spaces.
Interested in taking part?
Email Zeinab.Hashem@mail.b...
February 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Calling all Friends of Park groups in #Birmingham.
@mybcu.bsky.social is looking to partner on a research project to co-design parks with teenage girls and shape more inclusive green spaces.
Interested in taking part?
Email Zeinab.Hashem@mail.b...
@mybcu.bsky.social is looking to partner on a research project to co-design parks with teenage girls and shape more inclusive green spaces.
Interested in taking part?
Email Zeinab.Hashem@mail.b...
Not quite the same, but I'm donating plasma tomorrow. I think there's only 3 plasma donation sites in the UK. As one is where I live, and it turns out I have suitable veins, I do aim to donate when I can.
Your quarterly reminder to donate platelets if possible ( photo pre-tube for the blood-triggered). 2 hours where you don’t have to take annoying phone calls or meetings and no one can get mad at you!
February 6, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Not quite the same, but I'm donating plasma tomorrow. I think there's only 3 plasma donation sites in the UK. As one is where I live, and it turns out I have suitable veins, I do aim to donate when I can.
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Here is a thing:
There were several years when I was one of VERY few journalists seriously covering harassment and abuse issues in comics (and by extension sometimes video games). During that time, I became the Person People Told Things To.
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There were several years when I was one of VERY few journalists seriously covering harassment and abuse issues in comics (and by extension sometimes video games). During that time, I became the Person People Told Things To.
(cont'd)
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Here is a thing:
There were several years when I was one of VERY few journalists seriously covering harassment and abuse issues in comics (and by extension sometimes video games). During that time, I became the Person People Told Things To.
(cont'd)
There were several years when I was one of VERY few journalists seriously covering harassment and abuse issues in comics (and by extension sometimes video games). During that time, I became the Person People Told Things To.
(cont'd)
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Words to heed. Delivered by a master.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Words to heed. Delivered by a master.
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10 years ago I fell off my bike, got a concussion & never recovered. I’ve received little treatment in this time & have lost my career. To commemorate the anniversary, I’m raising awareness about post concussion syndrome & money for Headway.
#Knockedfor10
www.justgiving.com/page/knocked...
#Knockedfor10
www.justgiving.com/page/knocked...
Knocked for 10
Help Liz Meddings raise money to support Headway - the brain injury association
www.justgiving.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:29 PM
10 years ago I fell off my bike, got a concussion & never recovered. I’ve received little treatment in this time & have lost my career. To commemorate the anniversary, I’m raising awareness about post concussion syndrome & money for Headway.
#Knockedfor10
www.justgiving.com/page/knocked...
#Knockedfor10
www.justgiving.com/page/knocked...
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
The other day, finally taking stuff off my shelves, I wondered if I should make an angry collage using the graphic novels, but I thought things had moved on. Sadly mistaken.
I realised that even if I made that art I'm not sure I would even want to display it. Bad time for no local paper recycling.
I realised that even if I made that art I'm not sure I would even want to display it. Bad time for no local paper recycling.
I do believe in redemption. I believe that people can make mistakes, learn from them, and improve. But I also believe that there is work involved in self-improvement, whether it be therapy or redirection or...it's all therapy. It's just different ways of doing therapy. Humans are fancy animals.
February 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
The other day, finally taking stuff off my shelves, I wondered if I should make an angry collage using the graphic novels, but I thought things had moved on. Sadly mistaken.
I realised that even if I made that art I'm not sure I would even want to display it. Bad time for no local paper recycling.
I realised that even if I made that art I'm not sure I would even want to display it. Bad time for no local paper recycling.
When sorting our shelves last week there was a particular set of books & graphic novels that vexed me, because I didn't even want to give them away (my go-to solution). I did consider using them for angry art, but it felt late & I dunno if I/anyone would want to see it. He can't worm his way back.
February 2, 2026 at 8:51 PM
When sorting our shelves last week there was a particular set of books & graphic novels that vexed me, because I didn't even want to give them away (my go-to solution). I did consider using them for angry art, but it felt late & I dunno if I/anyone would want to see it. He can't worm his way back.
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Given the current terrifying situation, we are looking for people to write from the US for our UK publication one of our 10 UK national and regional citizen publications with a combined read of over 20m
You can write under a pseudonym if you wish. Contact our EiC Gemma, editor@centralbylines.couk
You can write under a pseudonym if you wish. Contact our EiC Gemma, editor@centralbylines.couk
These are government employees. So our tax dollars are funding ICE to flash white supremacist cards at vulnerable POC as an intimidation tactic. Who is giving this direction?
There’s something deeply sinister happening in this country right now, and I don’t think we can take three more years.
There’s something deeply sinister happening in this country right now, and I don’t think we can take three more years.
February 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Given the current terrifying situation, we are looking for people to write from the US for our UK publication one of our 10 UK national and regional citizen publications with a combined read of over 20m
You can write under a pseudonym if you wish. Contact our EiC Gemma, editor@centralbylines.couk
You can write under a pseudonym if you wish. Contact our EiC Gemma, editor@centralbylines.couk