Kate Bevan
@katebevan.com
Cat pics, tech, ranting. Sweary. Londoner. No Christmas until after my birthday.
Read this piece, now feel like I need a good scrub with Dettol.
NEW: Trump claims he broke contact with Epstein in 2004. But Epstein sure seemed to know about President Trump’s policy views and thinking in 2017, via correspondence with an advisor for Bill Gates.
(In the same emails, Epstein also asks Gates’ advisor if she’d fucked him. So there’s that too.)
(In the same emails, Epstein also asks Gates’ advisor if she’d fucked him. So there’s that too.)
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Read this piece, now feel like I need a good scrub with Dettol.
Anita Rani's dad is very much the Peak Dad - love him #CelebrityRaceAcrossTheWorld
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Anita Rani's dad is very much the Peak Dad - love him #CelebrityRaceAcrossTheWorld
Important thread
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Important thread
good job I got my drains cleared this morning 😩
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
good job I got my drains cleared this morning 😩
Pleased to report that I am doing my bit to keep marmalade consumption up as I have it on my toast every morning. I don't like honey - it's too sweet.
I regret to inform you, but marmalade consumption continues to plummet in the UK.
Back in 1974 each adult, each week, ate on average 27g. It was a mere 4g in 2024 (down from 6g in 2023).
Honey, by contrast, has gone from 5g in 1974 to 9g last year.
Back in 1974 each adult, each week, ate on average 27g. It was a mere 4g in 2024 (down from 6g in 2023).
Honey, by contrast, has gone from 5g in 1974 to 9g last year.
a dog with a peanut butter and cheese sandwich on its head
ALT: a dog with a peanut butter and cheese sandwich on its head
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Pleased to report that I am doing my bit to keep marmalade consumption up as I have it on my toast every morning. I don't like honey - it's too sweet.
honestly, how has she not died of shame? (rhetorical question, I am not seeking replies. I know she is devoid of shame, thank you.)
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
honestly, how has she not died of shame? (rhetorical question, I am not seeking replies. I know she is devoid of shame, thank you.)
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Peak #coal (finally)? 2025 Jan-Oct seaborne thermal coal volumes were lower than than in 2024 and 2023. It's possible this was a economy/weather related dip. Yet given strong growth in #renewables, #storage I reckon coal use for #power generation is in structural decline (i.e. it's peaked). 🤞
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Peak #coal (finally)? 2025 Jan-Oct seaborne thermal coal volumes were lower than than in 2024 and 2023. It's possible this was a economy/weather related dip. Yet given strong growth in #renewables, #storage I reckon coal use for #power generation is in structural decline (i.e. it's peaked). 🤞
The Daily Mash is so deeply unfunny
Another day, another incelish @the-daily-mash.bsky.social headline that’s just horrified by the idea of women
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The Daily Mash is so deeply unfunny
<extremely first world grumble>I have two pairs of jeans. Both Levi's, both the same version (721 skinny; yes, I'm old, skinny til I die, thank you), both the same size. Only difference is the colour: one lighter denim, one darker. One fits fine-verging-on-snug, the other is a bit too big. *sigh* 🤷♀️
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
<extremely first world grumble>I have two pairs of jeans. Both Levi's, both the same version (721 skinny; yes, I'm old, skinny til I die, thank you), both the same size. Only difference is the colour: one lighter denim, one darker. One fits fine-verging-on-snug, the other is a bit too big. *sigh* 🤷♀️
Londoners, should you need your drains clearing, I can heartily recommend Glen and his team at GH Drainage Solutions. They turn up quickly if it's an emergency and do a grim old job with good humour. www.ghdrainagesolutions.uk
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November 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Londoners, should you need your drains clearing, I can heartily recommend Glen and his team at GH Drainage Solutions. They turn up quickly if it's an emergency and do a grim old job with good humour. www.ghdrainagesolutions.uk
Blimey, #Trespasses on Channel 4 has been one of the best things on telly this year.
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Blimey, #Trespasses on Channel 4 has been one of the best things on telly this year.
Any sighting of the aurora in the south, UK Bluesky? @katekinsella.bsky.social reckoned on the local BBC news that we might see it before the cloud piles in later on
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Any sighting of the aurora in the south, UK Bluesky? @katekinsella.bsky.social reckoned on the local BBC news that we might see it before the cloud piles in later on
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In my benevolent regime kids will be allowed to run about in restaurants and pubs like Sonic the Hedgehog but they will also suffer spike traps and deadfalls like Sonic the Hedgehog.
In my benevolent regime there will be guillotines on every station platform for use on people who don't use headphones
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
In my benevolent regime kids will be allowed to run about in restaurants and pubs like Sonic the Hedgehog but they will also suffer spike traps and deadfalls like Sonic the Hedgehog.
In my benevolent regime there will be guillotines on every station platform for use on people who don't use headphones
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In my benevolent regime there will be guillotines on every station platform for use on people who don't use headphones
*gnash* Sophie Raworth has just referred to the Princess of Wales as "Princess Catherine" and she's *not* "Princess Catherine" - she's not a princess in her own right. (Yes I know this is arcane - my mum used to work at Windsor Castle and her being a stickler rubbed off on me.)
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
*gnash* Sophie Raworth has just referred to the Princess of Wales as "Princess Catherine" and she's *not* "Princess Catherine" - she's not a princess in her own right. (Yes I know this is arcane - my mum used to work at Windsor Castle and her being a stickler rubbed off on me.)
Just to say that it is incredibly shit behaviour to screengrab and dunk-quote having blocked me. If you want to have a go at something I've said, have the bottle to actually say it to me 🙄🙄🙄
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just to say that it is incredibly shit behaviour to screengrab and dunk-quote having blocked me. If you want to have a go at something I've said, have the bottle to actually say it to me 🙄🙄🙄
I am old enough to remember the iPod Socks
Apple has made a $230 iPhone sock 😅 the iPhone Pocket is actually a knitted bag, and Apple will start selling it on Friday www.theverge.com/news/818328/...
Apple made a $230 crossbody… sock
The iPhone Pocket isn’t really a pocket at all.
www.theverge.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I am old enough to remember the iPod Socks
Reposted by Kate Bevan
join us next week when Noah is tasked with getting the central line to Bank, changing on to the DLR and finding City Airport
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
join us next week when Noah is tasked with getting the central line to Bank, changing on to the DLR and finding City Airport
Daphne has some feedback for the colleague whose piece I am editing
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Daphne has some feedback for the colleague whose piece I am editing
I have so many questions about Noah Smith's fuckwitted take on Heathrow, starting with, but not limited to "why on earth would you even consider flying from Dublin via LHR when there are God knows how many nonstop flights?" The whole thing then cascades into multiple idiocies.
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I have so many questions about Noah Smith's fuckwitted take on Heathrow, starting with, but not limited to "why on earth would you even consider flying from Dublin via LHR when there are God knows how many nonstop flights?" The whole thing then cascades into multiple idiocies.
Absolutely here for this suggestion. A Muppet Blofeld would be superb.
I mean the solution is simple, it’s staring everyone in their face, they just can’t see it:
Just redo all the Bond movies in order with a new actor and all the supporting characters are played by Muppets.
Just redo all the Bond movies in order with a new actor and all the supporting characters are played by Muppets.
Obvious solution to the But Bond Died problem: what if Bond is now also Tron from the computer and now he's played by beloved beloved character actor Jared Leto
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Absolutely here for this suggestion. A Muppet Blofeld would be superb.
Once more I am begging those of you with Substacks to get an editor to look over your long, heartfelt screeds.
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Once more I am begging those of you with Substacks to get an editor to look over your long, heartfelt screeds.
The left: incapable of organising a piss-up in a brewery, never mind a new party. More seriously, tho, and aside from the pointing and laughing, people who donated in good faith and in some hope must be annoyed/worried about the clusterfuck of the finances. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The left: incapable of organising a piss-up in a brewery, never mind a new party. More seriously, tho, and aside from the pointing and laughing, people who donated in good faith and in some hope must be annoyed/worried about the clusterfuck of the finances. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...