Kate James
@katejames.bsky.social
I wrote two travel/memoir books. I edit for a living but I mainly post about dogs.
Ways in which the dog park is better than the workplace:
✅ People drop off groceries when you're sick
✅ Mutual dog-sitting duties
✅ No performance reviews
✅ Pats
✅ Boops
✅ Bleps
✅ People drop off groceries when you're sick
✅ Mutual dog-sitting duties
✅ No performance reviews
✅ Pats
✅ Boops
✅ Bleps
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Ways in which the dog park is better than the workplace:
✅ People drop off groceries when you're sick
✅ Mutual dog-sitting duties
✅ No performance reviews
✅ Pats
✅ Boops
✅ Bleps
✅ People drop off groceries when you're sick
✅ Mutual dog-sitting duties
✅ No performance reviews
✅ Pats
✅ Boops
✅ Bleps
Good things about the workplace you can get from dog park:
✅ Casual chats that are easy to make excuses to get away from if need be
✅ Friendships with people you wouldn't have met otherwise
✅ Christmas party where someone disgraces themself (pictured: Toki being scooped off the table)
✅ Casual chats that are easy to make excuses to get away from if need be
✅ Friendships with people you wouldn't have met otherwise
✅ Christmas party where someone disgraces themself (pictured: Toki being scooped off the table)
February 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Good things about the workplace you can get from dog park:
✅ Casual chats that are easy to make excuses to get away from if need be
✅ Friendships with people you wouldn't have met otherwise
✅ Christmas party where someone disgraces themself (pictured: Toki being scooped off the table)
✅ Casual chats that are easy to make excuses to get away from if need be
✅ Friendships with people you wouldn't have met otherwise
✅ Christmas party where someone disgraces themself (pictured: Toki being scooped off the table)
A banger not in English, you say
February 10, 2026 at 9:52 PM
A banger not in English, you say
Get a dog, cultivate your dog-park community.
Working remotely can be a lonely experience. Here's what you can do about it.
Working from home can be isolating, but there are ways to feel connected
Working remotely can be a lonely experience. Here's what you can do about it.
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Get a dog, cultivate your dog-park community.
Post a banger that's not in English
February 10, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Post a banger that's not in English
Toki (RIP❤️) was displeased at first but he quickly came around
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Toki (RIP❤️) was displeased at first but he quickly came around
Reposted by Kate James
I have many, many favourite Kudelka cartoons but this, from 2011, is possibly one of the best Aus pol cartoons ever drawn.
February 9, 2026 at 1:49 AM
I have many, many favourite Kudelka cartoons but this, from 2011, is possibly one of the best Aus pol cartoons ever drawn.
Nothing I like better than curling up on the couch with a good book by multiple pen-name publishing machine
Not only is this White South African woman stealing from other authors to write her own work, she is also selling a workshop on how you too can learn how to steal from others to build your empire, for the low, low, low price of a thousand USD
February 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Nothing I like better than curling up on the couch with a good book by multiple pen-name publishing machine
'I've rejigged the sentence to avoid a misplaced modifier, can you confirm the meaning is still correct?'
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"No, you can't leave that here."
"No, you can't leave that here."
February 8, 2026 at 1:23 AM
'I've rejigged the sentence to avoid a misplaced modifier, can you confirm the meaning is still correct?'
Kenny now has a girlfriend at the park, her name is Tilly and they are the same age (18 months, ie teenagers) and equally bonkers. She is besotted with him.
February 6, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Kenny now has a girlfriend at the park, her name is Tilly and they are the same age (18 months, ie teenagers) and equally bonkers. She is besotted with him.
perfect juxtaposition on my timeline
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
perfect juxtaposition on my timeline
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I do think CS Lewis was on to something when he wrote about the lure of being in the Inner Ring. (“Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things”)
www.lewissociety.org/innerring/
www.lewissociety.org/innerring/
The Inner Ring - CS Lewis Society of California
www.lewissociety.org
February 2, 2026 at 11:39 AM
I do think CS Lewis was on to something when he wrote about the lure of being in the Inner Ring. (“Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things”)
www.lewissociety.org/innerring/
www.lewissociety.org/innerring/
One of the best stories of my freelance editing career just came up on FB
February 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
One of the best stories of my freelance editing career just came up on FB
Of the three men I loved when I was 20, I've sadly lost Nick Cave and Morrissey; please stay cool, Robert Smith.
Question for the Skyline: What was your HARDEST "cancel"?? Like the actor/singer/athlete that was the hardest to drop.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
February 3, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Of the three men I loved when I was 20, I've sadly lost Nick Cave and Morrissey; please stay cool, Robert Smith.
Comp copy just arrived - so excited to see this one out in the world!
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Comp copy just arrived - so excited to see this one out in the world!
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Scenes from in front of the air conditioner, part 1
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Scenes from in front of the air conditioner, part 1
That last one should have been Advanced Fiction Writing WITH GERALD MURNANE
January 31, 2026 at 8:44 AM
That last one should have been Advanced Fiction Writing WITH GERALD MURNANE
Competence & Methodology in Mathematics (compulsory in first-year primary teaching)
Australian Literature
Philosophy of Religion
Advanced Editing
Advanced Fiction Writing
Australian Literature
Philosophy of Religion
Advanced Editing
Advanced Fiction Writing
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
- Indigenous Australian Perspectives
- The Late Roman Republic
- Australia and the Pacific
- Introduction to Anthropology
- Ancient Greek Art and Architecture
- Indigenous Australian Perspectives
- The Late Roman Republic
- Australia and the Pacific
- Introduction to Anthropology
- Ancient Greek Art and Architecture
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
* Atwood and Ondaatje (not the name of the class but it was what we read)
* International Studies
* Buddhist Art
* Tolkien
* History of Popular Music
Bonus: Biology for majors (which I flunked miserably)
* Atwood and Ondaatje (not the name of the class but it was what we read)
* International Studies
* Buddhist Art
* Tolkien
* History of Popular Music
Bonus: Biology for majors (which I flunked miserably)
January 31, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Competence & Methodology in Mathematics (compulsory in first-year primary teaching)
Australian Literature
Philosophy of Religion
Advanced Editing
Advanced Fiction Writing
Australian Literature
Philosophy of Religion
Advanced Editing
Advanced Fiction Writing
and Hugh Grant isn't even in it
January 30, 2026 at 5:44 AM
and Hugh Grant isn't even in it
Mind you I don't think Quentin Crisp had dogs that habitually covered all the floors in layers of fur, chewed sticks and eviscerated fluffy toys
January 29, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Mind you I don't think Quentin Crisp had dogs that habitually covered all the floors in layers of fur, chewed sticks and eviscerated fluffy toys
Like Quentin Crisp said, 'after the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse'
January 29, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Like Quentin Crisp said, 'after the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse'
between his back and my knee, the simplest solution is that nobody does any housework anymore
his and hers early onset decrepitude
January 29, 2026 at 12:30 AM
between his back and my knee, the simplest solution is that nobody does any housework anymore
I think our dogs should be the thumbnail image for all Chris's songs, not just most of them.
January 29, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I think our dogs should be the thumbnail image for all Chris's songs, not just most of them.
Reposted by Kate James
I think Herzog should be allowed into the country. I think he should be warmly welcomed. Aguirre, Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo are fantastic films, and even Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is pretty underrated.
January 28, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I think Herzog should be allowed into the country. I think he should be warmly welcomed. Aguirre, Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo are fantastic films, and even Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is pretty underrated.