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/
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Letterpress, photography & digital/analogue miniatures.
Long Covid victim. She/they.
🖋️ https://loreandordure.com/
🖼️ https://ko-fi.com/loreandordure/shop/
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Kate Watson
@loreandordure.com
· Dec 16
Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
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Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
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1) I have been keeping an eye on Nurses in Doncaster for the obvious reasons and noticed this:
www.nursinginpractice.com/community-nu...
www.nursinginpractice.com/community-nu...
Nurse safety fears over plans to cut community HCAs
Concerns have been raised around proposals to end a ‘chaperone service’ in which healthcare assistants attend out of hours community visits
www.nursinginpractice.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
1) I have been keeping an eye on Nurses in Doncaster for the obvious reasons and noticed this:
www.nursinginpractice.com/community-nu...
www.nursinginpractice.com/community-nu...
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#DHmakes 👁️📱
Another resistance quilt finished this week. The eye is my own design, the letters are a fpp pattern by QuiltByNight, the rounded corners and black binding are meant to resemble the phones we the people are using to document the horrors and disprove the government’s lies about what they are doing.
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
#DHmakes 👁️📱
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How in God’s good name can anyone convict a *chicken* of “antisocial behavior”?!
Textbook case of “anonymous coward living in the country complains about farm noises”.
Cockerel served with an Asbo after complaint from anonymous neighbour
'You don't move to the countryside and expect people to get rid of their animals,' the chicken's owner said.
metro.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:44 PM
How in God’s good name can anyone convict a *chicken* of “antisocial behavior”?!
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Sometimes he looks like this and I momentarily forget he's currently obsessed with walking on the kitchen worktop with muddy paws, because how freaking cute
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Sometimes he looks like this and I momentarily forget he's currently obsessed with walking on the kitchen worktop with muddy paws, because how freaking cute
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next version will have peer review
February 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
next version will have peer review
Yay I was wondering if anyone wld go with “Blue (in Aberdeen I will die)”!
February 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Yay I was wondering if anyone wld go with “Blue (in Aberdeen I will die)”!
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Off the top of my head I can think of a few quite high-profile fights he’s been in and has not won. I know that’s basically irrelevant, but it annoys me.
BREAKING: Keir Starmer tells Labour MPs that he is "not prepared to walk away" from power or "plunge us into chaos" as previous prime ministers have done.
PM says that "every fight I've ever been in, I have won" and that this time will be no different - despite his detractors
PM says that "every fight I've ever been in, I have won" and that this time will be no different - despite his detractors
February 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Off the top of my head I can think of a few quite high-profile fights he’s been in and has not won. I know that’s basically irrelevant, but it annoys me.
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Hey can we bring back all those internet safety campaigns we had when I was a millennial teen? It is NOT my job to parent someone else's kids and have to submit my ID to places to sanitize the internet for some puritanical outrage about kids. Parents should be doing this themselves.
February 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Hey can we bring back all those internet safety campaigns we had when I was a millennial teen? It is NOT my job to parent someone else's kids and have to submit my ID to places to sanitize the internet for some puritanical outrage about kids. Parents should be doing this themselves.
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If you fancy a mood lifter get bbc2 on for the short programme of ice dance. Camp as chips and lots of 90s music. #WinterOlympics
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
If you fancy a mood lifter get bbc2 on for the short programme of ice dance. Camp as chips and lots of 90s music. #WinterOlympics
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The term is so rare that out of over 300,000 news entries, it only appeared first in May 7 2024 in a "news" article on evangelical blog World News Group called "Giving evil a pleasant label." This was logged two days before EPPC posted the document on May 9.
web.archive.org/web/20250908...
web.archive.org/web/20250908...
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The term is so rare that out of over 300,000 news entries, it only appeared first in May 7 2024 in a "news" article on evangelical blog World News Group called "Giving evil a pleasant label." This was logged two days before EPPC posted the document on May 9.
web.archive.org/web/20250908...
web.archive.org/web/20250908...
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Remember when Reform say they’ll get the books balanced, they’ll cut wasted spending. Here’s a Reform UK run council facing bankruptcy.
Think about that for a moment. The public they serve will suffer. The public they serve will pay more.
Reform are not your friends.
Think about that for a moment. The public they serve will suffer. The public they serve will pay more.
Reform are not your friends.
Reform UK warns Worcestershire County Council is facing bankruptcy
Worcestershire County Council is asking for £71m in emergency support.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Remember when Reform say they’ll get the books balanced, they’ll cut wasted spending. Here’s a Reform UK run council facing bankruptcy.
Think about that for a moment. The public they serve will suffer. The public they serve will pay more.
Reform are not your friends.
Think about that for a moment. The public they serve will suffer. The public they serve will pay more.
Reform are not your friends.
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Putting in a respectful bid for
• post-posting editing capability
• remove-follower option
• ability to DM attachments
• parallel construction in bullet lists
• oh wait
• post-posting editing capability
• remove-follower option
• ability to DM attachments
• parallel construction in bullet lists
• oh wait
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Putting in a respectful bid for
• post-posting editing capability
• remove-follower option
• ability to DM attachments
• parallel construction in bullet lists
• oh wait
• post-posting editing capability
• remove-follower option
• ability to DM attachments
• parallel construction in bullet lists
• oh wait
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EFF is against age verification mandates, including Discord's new policy requiring face scans or IDs for full access to the platform. Here are some things to consider if you're planning to continue using Discord next month. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
So, You’ve Hit an Age Gate. What Now?
EFF is against age gating and age verification mandates, and we hope we’ll win in getting existing ones overturned and new ones prevented. But mandates are already in effect, and every day many
www.eff.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
EFF is against age verification mandates, including Discord's new policy requiring face scans or IDs for full access to the platform. Here are some things to consider if you're planning to continue using Discord next month. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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very strange to read a piece whose premise seems to be “i think you are too stupid to go look at the magazine i run and the writers i employ and see if i am telling the truth”
February 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
very strange to read a piece whose premise seems to be “i think you are too stupid to go look at the magazine i run and the writers i employ and see if i am telling the truth”
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For an attorney to resort to extortion to clear his client isn't ideal.
For an attorney to undertake that extortion expressly and in a public is incredibly stupid.
For an attorney to undertake that extortion expressly and in a public is incredibly stupid.
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
For an attorney to resort to extortion to clear his client isn't ideal.
For an attorney to undertake that extortion expressly and in a public is incredibly stupid.
For an attorney to undertake that extortion expressly and in a public is incredibly stupid.
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“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
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Two doses of Recombinant zoster vaccine reduces dementia risk 51% lower risk of dementia (in females > males) even accounting for healthy vacinee bias versus Tdap @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Two doses of Recombinant zoster vaccine reduces dementia risk 51% lower risk of dementia (in females > males) even accounting for healthy vacinee bias versus Tdap @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Canada is so cute.
Second largest country in the world.
1 of the stablest economies.
Considered 1 of the highest qualities of lives.
Most educated country in the world.
Has a great international reputation.
And yet... Bad Bunny mentions us and the entire country is like "wait, us?" & blushing.
Second largest country in the world.
1 of the stablest economies.
Considered 1 of the highest qualities of lives.
Most educated country in the world.
Has a great international reputation.
And yet... Bad Bunny mentions us and the entire country is like "wait, us?" & blushing.
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Canada is so cute.
Second largest country in the world.
1 of the stablest economies.
Considered 1 of the highest qualities of lives.
Most educated country in the world.
Has a great international reputation.
And yet... Bad Bunny mentions us and the entire country is like "wait, us?" & blushing.
Second largest country in the world.
1 of the stablest economies.
Considered 1 of the highest qualities of lives.
Most educated country in the world.
Has a great international reputation.
And yet... Bad Bunny mentions us and the entire country is like "wait, us?" & blushing.
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God Farage is a bore. He voted against improving workers’ rights. He doesn’t want us to have control over our lives. He demands that we live within the stifling confines of his stale old prejudices and resentments.
Fewer rights. Less protection. More exploitation.
That’s his plan for the rest of us.
Fewer rights. Less protection. More exploitation.
That’s his plan for the rest of us.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
God Farage is a bore. He voted against improving workers’ rights. He doesn’t want us to have control over our lives. He demands that we live within the stifling confines of his stale old prejudices and resentments.
Fewer rights. Less protection. More exploitation.
That’s his plan for the rest of us.
Fewer rights. Less protection. More exploitation.
That’s his plan for the rest of us.
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BREAKING: female athlete's competition victory overshadowed by the fact that she has a boyfriend who watched.
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul showed up for speedskating at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Monday and was standing at his second-row seat in the stands while his fiancée, Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands, took the gold medal in the women’s 1,000 meters.
Jake Paul was in the second row as his fiancée, Jutta Leerdam, won a gold in Olympic speedskating
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul was in the stands for speedskating at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics to watch his fiancée, Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands, win the gold medal in the women's 1,000 meters.
bit.ly
February 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: female athlete's competition victory overshadowed by the fact that she has a boyfriend who watched.
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The Venn diagram between the UK Gender Critical movement and being a nonce/nonce-adjacent really is just a circle isn't it?
Jeffrey Epstein of Epstein Island...
Peter Mandelson of the Epstein Files...
Wes Streeting of the Puberty Blocker ban...
Tim Allen of "Sex Matters"...
What lovely people!
Peter Mandelson of the Epstein Files...
Wes Streeting of the Puberty Blocker ban...
Tim Allen of "Sex Matters"...
What lovely people!
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The Venn diagram between the UK Gender Critical movement and being a nonce/nonce-adjacent really is just a circle isn't it?
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Here are some of my favourite biscuified finds in more detail.
First, this Early Bronze Age flint arrowhead (knapped from royal icing):
First, this Early Bronze Age flint arrowhead (knapped from royal icing):
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Here are some of my favourite biscuified finds in more detail.
First, this Early Bronze Age flint arrowhead (knapped from royal icing):
First, this Early Bronze Age flint arrowhead (knapped from royal icing):
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DWP permanent secretary to step down after carer’s allowance scandal
DWP permanent secretary to step down after carer’s allowance scandal
Peter Schofield tells staff he will leave the department for personal reasons
The government’s top welfare official is to step down after his department’s handling of a longstanding benefits failure that plunged thousands into debt and became known as the carer’s allowance scandal.
Sir Peter Schofield, the permanent secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions, announced to staff on Monday that he is to step down in July for personal reasons. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:28 PM
DWP permanent secretary to step down after carer’s allowance scandal
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Grazalema, Spain, received over 2,000 mm (78 inches) of rain in just the last 20 days.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Grazalema, Spain, received over 2,000 mm (78 inches) of rain in just the last 20 days.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
Over a year’s worth of rain — and it’s only early February. This is hydrologically absurd.
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This looks to be a great opportunity for instrument science/engineering folks!
Hey y'all. I'm hiring. Are you interested in building instruments for astrophysics?
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wd5.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
Research Scientist/Engineer 2 (E S UAW Research)
Job Description The University of Washington (UW) Astronomy Department has an outstanding opportunity for a researcher who will have responsibilities in the design, development, construction, and test...
wd5.myworkdaysite.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This looks to be a great opportunity for instrument science/engineering folks!