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Catherine RW
@polyhymnia.bsky.social
Soprano, scientist, sewist, servant to cats, photographer. She/her

Episcopalian. Safe space for LGBTQIA+ people.
I like the movie that was no 1 when I was 10... but I'm not posting it, because

a) shows how old I am
b) is data mining!
December 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Other than JKR, who has been responsible for generating hate of people who were just trying to mind their own business and get on with life? It has to have come from somewhere!

(Trans people).
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Random annoyance... how difficult it is to find out how much postage actually costs! Took a parcel up to the PO today, had calculated how many second class stamps would be needed to cover £4.99 first class post. (6).

Spoiler alert... if you go to the PO in person it's £5.09, not £4.99.
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Can someone with access to Oxford Academic please obtain this article for me, please? DO A GOOD DEED THIS CHRISTMAS.

academic.oup.com/histres/arti...
Patronage and hospitality in early Tudor Wales: the role of Henry, earl of worcester, 1526–49
W. R. B. Robinson; Patronage and hospitality in early Tudor Wales: the role of Henry, earl of worcester, 1526–49, Historical Research, Volume 51, Issue 123
academic.oup.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Assuming it is just a cold, this season's cold is EVIL.

(Yes I've had both the Covid and flu jabs. Tested negative for Covid, don't have flu tests in the house).
December 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
#AdventCalendar for December 16th, today we have the crib.
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#AdventCalendar for December 15th. Today we visit France on our tour of Europe.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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To my #academic and #history and #genderstudies friends: THE INTERMEDIARIES is exactly the kind of book the current admin don’t want you to teach— #trans history, #LGBTQ fight against nazis, real 🧪 science. Knowing y’all, you may be teaching it anyhow. If so, please say!
wwnorton.com/books/978132...
The Intermediaries
A <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> Best Book of the Year <br /><br /> The fascinating history of a daring team of sexologists who built the first trans clinic in the shadow of the Third Reich., The Intermedia...
wwnorton.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
#AdventCalendar for December 14th.
December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
8/10 including some lucky guesses, and purples first! I'll take that :-)

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December 14, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Help! To my #academic and #history and #genderstudies friends: THE INTERMEDIARIES is exactly the kind of book the current admin don’t want you to teach— #trans history, #LGBTQ fight against nazis, real 🧪 science. Knowing y’all, you may be teaching it anyhow (yay!) if so TELL ME. I will come.
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#AdventCalendar for December 13th, St Lucia's day.
December 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
And not only no dark chocolate Tunnocks, but #Whamageddon in Craigleith Sainsbury's!!!
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
No dark chocolate Tunnocks to be had in Sainsbury's, not even for ready money :-(
December 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#AdventCalendar for 12th December.
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Anyone else shouting at the radio "Evensong didn't exist in Venice in 1610"!!

Come on Radio 3, you can do better. Evensong isn't just the Anglican version of Vespers.
December 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
9/10... fell for the "scientific billion"... gave the answer for the British (as opposed to American) billion.
December 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#AdventCalendar for December 11th. Today in the tour of Europe the window is in central France, although the reference is to "various countries".
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Dear Radio 3, it's still only half-way through Advent, definitely too early in the season for the full Willcocks "Hark the Herald"!
December 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This was a fluke!

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December 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Recruitment closing lunchtime (U.K.) on Thursday the 11th.
Do you have experience with carbon certification schemes, and know your way around a PDD and verification audits ?

Come and join iNovaland® international team and help us deliver a major forest landscape restoration in Ghana.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
iNovaland® hiring Impact Officer in United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 11:15:04 AM. Company DescriptioniNovaland® is an international organization dedicated to advancing sustainable…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
8/10, nice Connections

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December 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The world's greatest detective, as interpreted by Sesame Street.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJxz...
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#AdventCalendar for December 10th, now to Italy on our tour of Europe.
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM