Katie G
@ktgarner.bsky.social
Brit in Rwanda.
Portfolio: ktgphotography.com
Portfolio: ktgphotography.com
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Properly funding the court system would clear the backlog even more quickly.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Slashing jury trials could clear courts backlog within a decade, says Lammy
Exclusive: Lord chancellor urges MPs to back judge-only trials in thousands of criminal cases in England and Wales
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Properly funding the court system would clear the backlog even more quickly.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Soul jazz is where it's at.
You guys ever heard the Ramsey Lewis Trio version of "Dancing in the Street"? It is so good. The drummer is Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEOX...
Ramsey lewis trio Dancing In The Street
YouTube video by BLUES AND SOUL
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January 11, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Soul jazz is where it's at.
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“Syria’s army says it will renew attacks against a Kurdish-majority district of Aleppo where clashes have raged this week, after Kurdish groups rejected Damascus’s ceasefire terms that demanded their fighters withdraw from the city”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Syrian army says it will renew Aleppo attacks after Kurds reject ceasefire terms
Military opens window for civilians to leave as Kurdish groups turn down demand their fighters withdraw from city
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:51 PM
“Syria’s army says it will renew attacks against a Kurdish-majority district of Aleppo where clashes have raged this week, after Kurdish groups rejected Damascus’s ceasefire terms that demanded their fighters withdraw from the city”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Please pay your freelancers before Christmas.
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Please pay your freelancers before Christmas.
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I'm always fascinated by the story behind the making of any map, and this set of war damage maps, completed within six months of the end of the war, is extraordinary in that regard.
Here's Ueno Rokurō, then president of the Japan Chikei Company, who oversaw its creation:
Here's Ueno Rokurō, then president of the Japan Chikei Company, who oversaw its creation:
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I'm always fascinated by the story behind the making of any map, and this set of war damage maps, completed within six months of the end of the war, is extraordinary in that regard.
Here's Ueno Rokurō, then president of the Japan Chikei Company, who oversaw its creation:
Here's Ueno Rokurō, then president of the Japan Chikei Company, who oversaw its creation:
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Thing I learned today: “duck tape” is a far older term than “duct tape.” It used to be made with cotton duck. “Duct tape” is a combination of people trying to make sense, and its association with post war use in HVAC systems.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
Duct tape - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Thing I learned today: “duck tape” is a far older term than “duct tape.” It used to be made with cotton duck. “Duct tape” is a combination of people trying to make sense, and its association with post war use in HVAC systems.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
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Today's quick update [Dec 4]:
- Sudan Doctors Network: 9 people killed in RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) drone attack on kindergarten and hospital in Kalogi, South Kordofan.
- SAF airstrikes on RSF positions in Nyala, South Darfur.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Sudan Doctors Network: 9 people killed in RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) drone attack on kindergarten and hospital in Kalogi, South Kordofan.
- SAF airstrikes on RSF positions in Nyala, South Darfur.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Today's quick update [Dec 4]:
- Sudan Doctors Network: 9 people killed in RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) drone attack on kindergarten and hospital in Kalogi, South Kordofan.
- SAF airstrikes on RSF positions in Nyala, South Darfur.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Sudan Doctors Network: 9 people killed in RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) drone attack on kindergarten and hospital in Kalogi, South Kordofan.
- SAF airstrikes on RSF positions in Nyala, South Darfur.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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oh this is magnificent. whew
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 AM
oh this is magnificent. whew
‘You cannot learn or grow while trying to appear as if you have everything figured out. You cannot talk to God by trying to avoid doing something wrong. Perfection is stagnation.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...?
Gift Link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...?
Gift Link.
Opinion | The Quest for Perfection Is Stunting Our Society
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
‘You cannot learn or grow while trying to appear as if you have everything figured out. You cannot talk to God by trying to avoid doing something wrong. Perfection is stagnation.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...?
Gift Link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...?
Gift Link.
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Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
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ICYMI: Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/b...
Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated)
Here’s your list of 2025 books from authors on the continent and in the Diaspora, sorted by month. There’s absolutely no way I could list every book that’s coming, but here’s what I think is notabl…
hararereview.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
ICYMI: Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2025 (Updated) hararereview.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/b...
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In vernacular British English, any noun can be used as an insult if it feels right. Just looking around my immediate surroundings, 'you teacup' and 'you plant pot' work, but 'you subwoofer' and 'you mousepad' don't. Same with pastries: donut works, cheese lattice doesn't. Nobody knows why.
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In vernacular British English, any noun can be used as an insult if it feels right. Just looking around my immediate surroundings, 'you teacup' and 'you plant pot' work, but 'you subwoofer' and 'you mousepad' don't. Same with pastries: donut works, cheese lattice doesn't. Nobody knows why.
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Did you happen to leave your @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk purchases on the Metropolitan line yesterday?
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
If anyone lost a bag of books from LRB Bookshop on the Metropolitan Line between Baker St- Watford, I handed it to a cleaner when the train terminated at Watford tube station. And if you have far more followers than me, please share this status. LRB bookshop is not cheap!
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Did you happen to leave your @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk purchases on the Metropolitan line yesterday?
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?
If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇
Such a good piece, and vitally important.
November 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Such a good piece, and vitally important.
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Today we head to the aisle of Skye. On our trip we hadn’t planned to go but weather and ferries caused us to make different plans. Noticed this from the hotel
October 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Today we head to the aisle of Skye. On our trip we hadn’t planned to go but weather and ferries caused us to make different plans. Noticed this from the hotel
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This got to me. Haunting and beautifully written. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...
In memory of the Christmas Island shrew
It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, darting among the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its voic...
news.mongabay.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This got to me. Haunting and beautifully written. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/in-m...
Some thoughts on AI + literacy in East Africa, with thanks to @africasacountry.bsky.social
In outsourcing the act of writing to machines trained on Western language and thought, we risk reinforcing the very hierarchies that decolonization sought to undo. africasacountry.com/2025/10/leap...
Leapfrogging literacy?
In outsourcing the act of writing to machines trained on Western language and thought, we risk reinforcing the very hierarchies that decolonization sought to undo.
africasacountry.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Some thoughts on AI + literacy in East Africa, with thanks to @africasacountry.bsky.social
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I feel like the LLM era is the perfect time for someone to relaunch the text-a-librarian reference service. It doesn't have to just be text, we can do email. But you can submit a question and a reference librarian working remotely will respond to it within an hour with verifiable resources.
October 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I feel like the LLM era is the perfect time for someone to relaunch the text-a-librarian reference service. It doesn't have to just be text, we can do email. But you can submit a question and a reference librarian working remotely will respond to it within an hour with verifiable resources.
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Deadwood is not dead
October 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Deadwood is not dead
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I made this video 4 days ago.
As of today, Elfashir has completely run out of food, and the earthen barriers RSF have been building around the city are now complete.
Oh, and RSF drones struck a town in Khartoum State and another in Northern State.
In case anyone gaf.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
As of today, Elfashir has completely run out of food, and the earthen barriers RSF have been building around the city are now complete.
Oh, and RSF drones struck a town in Khartoum State and another in Northern State.
In case anyone gaf.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
@bsonblast.bsky.social with a weekly report on the state of Sudan.
I’m so glad she’s doing this, because mainstream media doesn’t seem to give a fuck 🫠 people need to know!
I’m so glad she’s doing this, because mainstream media doesn’t seem to give a fuck 🫠 people need to know!
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I made this video 4 days ago.
As of today, Elfashir has completely run out of food, and the earthen barriers RSF have been building around the city are now complete.
Oh, and RSF drones struck a town in Khartoum State and another in Northern State.
In case anyone gaf.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
As of today, Elfashir has completely run out of food, and the earthen barriers RSF have been building around the city are now complete.
Oh, and RSF drones struck a town in Khartoum State and another in Northern State.
In case anyone gaf.
#KeepEyesOnSudan