Kate Watson
@loreandordure.com
Smallholder, writer, erstwhile vetn'ry, PhD student, ADHD+, lexicographer & alleged Pratchett witch.
Letterpress, photography & digital/analogue miniatures.
Long Covid victim. She/they.
🖋️ https://loreandordure.com/
🖼️ https://ko-fi.com/loreandordure/shop/
Letterpress, photography & digital/analogue miniatures.
Long Covid victim. She/they.
🖋️ https://loreandordure.com/
🖼️ https://ko-fi.com/loreandordure/shop/
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Hi! Would you like some of my lovely Christmas cards?
I still have a small number of packs available and sending out a couple of times a week.
You can find them here:
ko-fi.com/s/1af2e209ad
I still have a small number of packs available and sending out a couple of times a week.
You can find them here:
ko-fi.com/s/1af2e209ad
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We all know that the current "crisis" at the BBC is because powerful people with strong opinions, chiefly around Israel and trans issues, simply cannot accept the representation of those who disagree with them or the presentation of evidence that contradicts them
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We all know that the current "crisis" at the BBC is because powerful people with strong opinions, chiefly around Israel and trans issues, simply cannot accept the representation of those who disagree with them or the presentation of evidence that contradicts them
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Beyond fed up with how MPs have leapt on the chance to turn a transphobic murder into something to do with children's access to mobile phones, completely washing their hands of the transphobic radicalisation of adults that has driven this hate.
It's our version of school shootings and video games.
It's our version of school shootings and video games.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Beyond fed up with how MPs have leapt on the chance to turn a transphobic murder into something to do with children's access to mobile phones, completely washing their hands of the transphobic radicalisation of adults that has driven this hate.
It's our version of school shootings and video games.
It's our version of school shootings and video games.
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"There are soiled sheets, unvoiced fears, missed doses of morphine. The hard truth, in short, about underfunding palliative care is that people who are at their most vulnerable – the dying – suffer more pain, more indignity, less choice & less autonomy than they might have." Please read this piece:
"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis | Rachel Clarke
While the government debates assisted dying, palliative care is an afterthought. And many more people face death without the care and support they need, says Rachel Clarke
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
"There are soiled sheets, unvoiced fears, missed doses of morphine. The hard truth, in short, about underfunding palliative care is that people who are at their most vulnerable – the dying – suffer more pain, more indignity, less choice & less autonomy than they might have." Please read this piece:
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I just hope we can get through whatever comes next without the words 'alternate universe' being mentioned
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I just hope we can get through whatever comes next without the words 'alternate universe' being mentioned
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Finally got round to sorting a pile of saved honesty seed pods into some for a vase, some for wreaths and a mountain of seeds to throw around the garden for the bees and butterflies. Orange tip butterflies love it 🌱
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Finally got round to sorting a pile of saved honesty seed pods into some for a vase, some for wreaths and a mountain of seeds to throw around the garden for the bees and butterflies. Orange tip butterflies love it 🌱
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FIGHTING FOR PRINCESSES???????
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
FIGHTING FOR PRINCESSES???????
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“It’s impossible to reboot Bond” says production team who decided Bond first got his licence to kill in the 21st Century, as Daniel Craig, then got incredibly old within two films and was being put out to pasture, but also had Sean Connery’s 1960s car.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“It’s impossible to reboot Bond” says production team who decided Bond first got his licence to kill in the 21st Century, as Daniel Craig, then got incredibly old within two films and was being put out to pasture, but also had Sean Connery’s 1960s car.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
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Goodness me. I had no idea the Bond movies were supposed to form a coherent narrative from 1962 till now. This raises quite a few other questions.
Obviously Nick is right in this thread. Problem solved, martinis all round 🍸
Obviously Nick is right in this thread. Problem solved, martinis all round 🍸
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Goodness me. I had no idea the Bond movies were supposed to form a coherent narrative from 1962 till now. This raises quite a few other questions.
Obviously Nick is right in this thread. Problem solved, martinis all round 🍸
Obviously Nick is right in this thread. Problem solved, martinis all round 🍸
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It will never not be compelling to me that the same people who produced Goldeneye - a fun, campy Bond in which Bond is both younger than he was in Licence to Kill but also apparently was around in it, also said “you know what Bond needs? Lore!” in the 2020s.
“It’s impossible to reboot Bond” says production team who decided Bond first got his licence to kill in the 21st Century, as Daniel Craig, then got incredibly old within two films and was being put out to pasture, but also had Sean Connery’s 1960s car.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
It’s Bond. Just do whatever the fuck you like.
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It will never not be compelling to me that the same people who produced Goldeneye - a fun, campy Bond in which Bond is both younger than he was in Licence to Kill but also apparently was around in it, also said “you know what Bond needs? Lore!” in the 2020s.
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Flatlining CO2 emissions in China foreshadows that global emissions will peak
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Flatlining CO2 emissions in China foreshadows that global emissions will peak
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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Wondering why everything seems shit and you have no money compared with 10 years ago?
This is a big part of why:
This is a big part of why:
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Wondering why everything seems shit and you have no money compared with 10 years ago?
This is a big part of why:
This is a big part of why:
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As I’ve seen this confused a few times, please note that Robin Gibb was a much-beloved member of the Bee Gees, whilst Robbie Gibb is the BBC board member who also, totally coincidentally, was editorial adviser in the set-up of GB News.
I know, Bee Gees, GBeebies, a bit confusing…
I know, Bee Gees, GBeebies, a bit confusing…
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
As I’ve seen this confused a few times, please note that Robin Gibb was a much-beloved member of the Bee Gees, whilst Robbie Gibb is the BBC board member who also, totally coincidentally, was editorial adviser in the set-up of GB News.
I know, Bee Gees, GBeebies, a bit confusing…
I know, Bee Gees, GBeebies, a bit confusing…
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The big question is if the red-marked part of the graph is the beginning of another step shape, like the green and yellow before it… or whether we’ve entered a new phase of runaway feedback loops…
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The big question is if the red-marked part of the graph is the beginning of another step shape, like the green and yellow before it… or whether we’ve entered a new phase of runaway feedback loops…
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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OK, here's my Bond pitch: The Candidate. Basically its the 1st men in black movie but bond. Naval Cdr. recruited for a test. There were only supposed to be six but a young analyst thinks this guy is great so sneaks him in as a 7th. Hijinks ensue, the test becomes a real emergency, good guys win
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
OK, here's my Bond pitch: The Candidate. Basically its the 1st men in black movie but bond. Naval Cdr. recruited for a test. There were only supposed to be six but a young analyst thinks this guy is great so sneaks him in as a 7th. Hijinks ensue, the test becomes a real emergency, good guys win
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I'm at the dentist, and they've put an artsy print of a molar next to a bunch of lilies on a small table and it feels like I'm at a funeral for a tooth
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm at the dentist, and they've put an artsy print of a molar next to a bunch of lilies on a small table and it feels like I'm at a funeral for a tooth
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"the answer may surprise you!" etc.
...although probably not if you follow me on here and grasp my general politics
...although probably not if you follow me on here and grasp my general politics
Some people will tell you sociologists and criminologists are broadly the same. I submit to you these images, one hangs in my office, the other next door in my colleague @ashkingdon.bsky.social's office. Match the flag to the person in the comments!
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"the answer may surprise you!" etc.
...although probably not if you follow me on here and grasp my general politics
...although probably not if you follow me on here and grasp my general politics
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Dominic Cummings, in an earlier incarnation, ran a secretly-funded 'think tank' dedicated to attacking the Beeb while Robbie Gibb glided effortlessly from GBNews to the BBC & started lecturing staff on impartiality. Imagine (cos you'll have to) how the 'left-wing' equivalent would be reported.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Dominic Cummings, in an earlier incarnation, ran a secretly-funded 'think tank' dedicated to attacking the Beeb while Robbie Gibb glided effortlessly from GBNews to the BBC & started lecturing staff on impartiality. Imagine (cos you'll have to) how the 'left-wing' equivalent would be reported.
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In 2024, Bet 365's CEO got a salary - not total package, just salary - of £94.7m.
A lot of people have to lose their bets to pay that.
We should be MASSIVELY curtailing betting, not promoting it further. It's a cancer in society.
A lot of people have to lose their bets to pay that.
We should be MASSIVELY curtailing betting, not promoting it further. It's a cancer in society.
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
In 2024, Bet 365's CEO got a salary - not total package, just salary - of £94.7m.
A lot of people have to lose their bets to pay that.
We should be MASSIVELY curtailing betting, not promoting it further. It's a cancer in society.
A lot of people have to lose their bets to pay that.
We should be MASSIVELY curtailing betting, not promoting it further. It's a cancer in society.
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He is definitely becoming a drag act of himself.
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
He is definitely becoming a drag act of himself.
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How aware is/are your MP(s) of what your local universities deliver beyond taught programmes? Little in political debate or media suggests that their understanding is high. Perhaps it's time to add tutorials with worked examples to the mix, before it's too late. ICSs offer easy starting points. 8/8
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
How aware is/are your MP(s) of what your local universities deliver beyond taught programmes? Little in political debate or media suggests that their understanding is high. Perhaps it's time to add tutorials with worked examples to the mix, before it's too late. ICSs offer easy starting points. 8/8
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The extent to which this stuff is driven by a yearning for sexual & racial "purity", & for a world of clear, sharp, enforced dividing-lines, is absolutely palpable, & connects it clearly to the wider descent into right-wing extremism so many seem to have embraced.
Today's Express published transphobic pieces littered with hate and misinformation, where they:
🟣 Conflate transgender people with intersex people.
🟣 Centre 2 female Olympic gold-medallist boxers, even though they're not trans.
Ads by #Tesco, #TNLUK, #SkyTV & #Morrisons.
🟣 Conflate transgender people with intersex people.
🟣 Centre 2 female Olympic gold-medallist boxers, even though they're not trans.
Ads by #Tesco, #TNLUK, #SkyTV & #Morrisons.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The extent to which this stuff is driven by a yearning for sexual & racial "purity", & for a world of clear, sharp, enforced dividing-lines, is absolutely palpable, & connects it clearly to the wider descent into right-wing extremism so many seem to have embraced.
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You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
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Second, after The Weather Channel (for real)
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Second, after The Weather Channel (for real)
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I have no idea whether or not she does own shares in OpenAI. But the balance of probability is surely that she does - so the government should publish her register of interests, as the public deserves to know.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I have no idea whether or not she does own shares in OpenAI. But the balance of probability is surely that she does - so the government should publish her register of interests, as the public deserves to know.
/end
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