Kat, wearer of Hats, wandering bard.
@whatkatedoes.bsky.social
Scottish geek - I.T professional, denizen of Drearburh and Piltover, Cosplayer, occasional composer of tuneage, player of games. Fan of olde computers. Disliker of Haggis and whisky.
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So I suppose introductions are in order, or re-introductions for old friends re-found here :)
I'm Kate, I enjoyed finding community on twt building on my interests of 8 &16-bit computing/games/music. Composed music in those formats myself back-in-the-day, and did remixes of the genre for a while. >
I'm Kate, I enjoyed finding community on twt building on my interests of 8 &16-bit computing/games/music. Composed music in those formats myself back-in-the-day, and did remixes of the genre for a while. >
Dear Diary. It is now two weeks since I left Windows 11 behind, initially for Bazzite Linux.. but found it a little boring because everything worked, so I'm now on CachyOS and learning about pipewire, AUR, and other stuff and its glorious having something to tinker with that also just.. works. :)
im not a linux evangelist but people post on here weekly like "i miss when computers were more like the early 2000s and had basic software and i didn't have to pay attention to all the flashiness and complexity and updates" girl what you desire is running stable debian on a spare thinkpad
the replies to this are draining my life force man nobody knows the thing im talking about already exists no wonder you all conflate "the computer" and whatever big tech is doing as the same thing. i'm talking about FOSS. you don't have to use the tech bro evil computer software*
February 17, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Dear Diary. It is now two weeks since I left Windows 11 behind, initially for Bazzite Linux.. but found it a little boring because everything worked, so I'm now on CachyOS and learning about pipewire, AUR, and other stuff and its glorious having something to tinker with that also just.. works. :)
February 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Tracy Gilbert M.P. for Edinburgh North and Leith welcoming the vile racist who hounded a doctor out of her job with the NHS.
NEVER tell me you're a Labour supporter again, unless you're telling me that you're my enemy.
These MPs. Edinburgh Leith, North Northumberland, Birmingham Edgbaston, Gower, Pendle & Clitheroe, Mitcham and Morden.
All of them low-rent MPs, not the cabinet GCs. But the party is RIDDLED with them.
These MPs. Edinburgh Leith, North Northumberland, Birmingham Edgbaston, Gower, Pendle & Clitheroe, Mitcham and Morden.
All of them low-rent MPs, not the cabinet GCs. But the party is RIDDLED with them.
February 15, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Tracy Gilbert M.P. for Edinburgh North and Leith welcoming the vile racist who hounded a doctor out of her job with the NHS.
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Have you seen what your government has proposed for trans youth?
Let me tell you, it’s not supportive
Let me tell you, it’s not supportive
February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Have you seen what your government has proposed for trans youth?
Let me tell you, it’s not supportive
Let me tell you, it’s not supportive
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you announced the most extremist anti-lgbt+ school guidance in british history yesterday.
you are placing vulnerable chilred at risk of beatings, rape, murder, and alienation.
you are placing vulnerable chilred at risk of beatings, rape, murder, and alienation.
February 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
you announced the most extremist anti-lgbt+ school guidance in british history yesterday.
you are placing vulnerable chilred at risk of beatings, rape, murder, and alienation.
you are placing vulnerable chilred at risk of beatings, rape, murder, and alienation.
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Once again trans rights are coming down to who is more likely to sue you; anti-trans activists with their billionaire sponsor or trans people who are sharing the same £20 note around in gofundmes
February 13, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Once again trans rights are coming down to who is more likely to sue you; anti-trans activists with their billionaire sponsor or trans people who are sharing the same £20 note around in gofundmes
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Extremely my kind of joke
September 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Extremely my kind of joke
Facebook algo trying to persuade me to embrace dark necromancer fashion vibe. TBH, if it weren't like £1500, I might have considered!
February 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Facebook algo trying to persuade me to embrace dark necromancer fashion vibe. TBH, if it weren't like £1500, I might have considered!
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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It also won't even stop at trans kids. Kids with autism, kids with ADHD, any kids that don't fit to the model of obedient, passive children who conform to desired stereotypes, the British (and American) elite want to die. I mean, they ideally want us "fixed" by magical sweatshops, but dead works too
If you think Streeting is in trouble for getting trans kids killed, think again. They won't say it in so many words, but trans death is a desirable outcome for the people who want to "reduce" the "numbers" of trans people. And those people have had considerable success with ideological capture.
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
It also won't even stop at trans kids. Kids with autism, kids with ADHD, any kids that don't fit to the model of obedient, passive children who conform to desired stereotypes, the British (and American) elite want to die. I mean, they ideally want us "fixed" by magical sweatshops, but dead works too
Shhh. It's day 4 of my having switched to a Linux distro, not having touched the Windows install during that time. One minor glitch when I decided to go all-in and backup the Windows install and move the linux install to the main NVME drive. Took opportunity to switch from CachyOS to Bazzite.
February 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Shhh. It's day 4 of my having switched to a Linux distro, not having touched the Windows install during that time. One minor glitch when I decided to go all-in and backup the Windows install and move the linux install to the main NVME drive. Took opportunity to switch from CachyOS to Bazzite.
I DNF'd The Handmaid's Tale, and the same with the TV show.. as it so intensely depressed and made me anxious. Watching the US now.. it feels the same.
February 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I DNF'd The Handmaid's Tale, and the same with the TV show.. as it so intensely depressed and made me anxious. Watching the US now.. it feels the same.
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A giant canvas of my Amanda Ripley pastel drawing is off to a customer!
Bye, bye, Ripley! 👋😚
#Etsy: yavinpaints.etsy.com % Code IDDQD
Bye, bye, Ripley! 👋😚
#Etsy: yavinpaints.etsy.com % Code IDDQD
February 3, 2026 at 11:25 AM
A giant canvas of my Amanda Ripley pastel drawing is off to a customer!
Bye, bye, Ripley! 👋😚
#Etsy: yavinpaints.etsy.com % Code IDDQD
Bye, bye, Ripley! 👋😚
#Etsy: yavinpaints.etsy.com % Code IDDQD
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Yer slightly eccentric Auntie home from the pub, social battery drained. Living it up with feet up and decaf coffee. Rockstar lifestyle or wot.
January 31, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Yer slightly eccentric Auntie home from the pub, social battery drained. Living it up with feet up and decaf coffee. Rockstar lifestyle or wot.
Don't scrub up too bad for an auld crone 😅 She needs to clean that mirror more often tho!
January 31, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Don't scrub up too bad for an auld crone 😅 She needs to clean that mirror more often tho!
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« Something Wicked This Way Comes », 1983
by David Grove (American artist, 1940-2012)
Poster illustration for Jack Clayton's movie, Walt Disney Prod., 1983
after the book from Ray Bradbury, 1962
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DavidGrove #RayBradbury #Disney
by David Grove (American artist, 1940-2012)
Poster illustration for Jack Clayton's movie, Walt Disney Prod., 1983
after the book from Ray Bradbury, 1962
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DavidGrove #RayBradbury #Disney
January 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
« Something Wicked This Way Comes », 1983
by David Grove (American artist, 1940-2012)
Poster illustration for Jack Clayton's movie, Walt Disney Prod., 1983
after the book from Ray Bradbury, 1962
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DavidGrove #RayBradbury #Disney
by David Grove (American artist, 1940-2012)
Poster illustration for Jack Clayton's movie, Walt Disney Prod., 1983
after the book from Ray Bradbury, 1962
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #DavidGrove #RayBradbury #Disney
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The thing about Catherine O’Hara is she is so hilarious and talented that I forgot she was mortal
January 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The thing about Catherine O’Hara is she is so hilarious and talented that I forgot she was mortal
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😭
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
😭
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I've not posted this personally till now but with 5 weeks to go I'm VERY excited to be welcoming @ldlapinski.bsky.social to #Orkney for #WorldBookDay to visit my school as well as a few others that week 🤩 What an opportunity for our pupils!
#WBD #ScoEdu #EduSky #ReadingSchools #UKKidLit #BookSky
#WBD #ScoEdu #EduSky #ReadingSchools #UKKidLit #BookSky
January 28, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I've not posted this personally till now but with 5 weeks to go I'm VERY excited to be welcoming @ldlapinski.bsky.social to #Orkney for #WorldBookDay to visit my school as well as a few others that week 🤩 What an opportunity for our pupils!
#WBD #ScoEdu #EduSky #ReadingSchools #UKKidLit #BookSky
#WBD #ScoEdu #EduSky #ReadingSchools #UKKidLit #BookSky
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If you were computing in the 1980s then these books were a must! Still have my originals from back in the 80's when I started with a #ZXSpectrum.
I'm still developing for 8-bits. Hardware / software / magazine for the #SAMCoupe (www.samcoupe.com) plus some Speccy hardware too (zx.samcoupe.com)
I'm still developing for 8-bits. Hardware / software / magazine for the #SAMCoupe (www.samcoupe.com) plus some Speccy hardware too (zx.samcoupe.com)
January 25, 2026 at 10:17 AM
If you were computing in the 1980s then these books were a must! Still have my originals from back in the 80's when I started with a #ZXSpectrum.
I'm still developing for 8-bits. Hardware / software / magazine for the #SAMCoupe (www.samcoupe.com) plus some Speccy hardware too (zx.samcoupe.com)
I'm still developing for 8-bits. Hardware / software / magazine for the #SAMCoupe (www.samcoupe.com) plus some Speccy hardware too (zx.samcoupe.com)