Katherine Lyall-Watson
@katherinelw.bsky.social
Writer, theatre maker, reader, co-artistic director of Belloo Creative, passionate about creating positive change. #theatre #writer
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U.S. trauma surgeon Feroze Sidhwa addresses the UN Security Council after his 5-week medical mission in Gaza.
May 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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“Chained at their ankles and wrists, they stumbled and fell, some guards falling to the ground with them. With each fall came a kick, a slap, a shove. The guards grabbed necks and pushed bodies into the sides of the buses as they forced the detainees forward.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“Chained at their ankles and wrists, they stumbled and fell, some guards falling to the ground with them. With each fall came a kick, a slap, a shove. The guards grabbed necks and pushed bodies into the sides of the buses as they forced the detainees forward.”
How quickly democracy can fall. We expect blood and armies in coups, but this is a trillionaire playing Risk.
It is Elon Musk who is now running the United States. Not Donald Trump.
It is Elon Musk who is now running the United States. Not Donald Trump.
February 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
How quickly democracy can fall. We expect blood and armies in coups, but this is a trillionaire playing Risk.
It is Elon Musk who is now running the United States. Not Donald Trump.
It is Elon Musk who is now running the United States. Not Donald Trump.
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I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
February 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
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The people who run aluminium smelters say they are moving to Australian wind and solar power.
But Dutton says it’s all impossible.
But Dutton says it’s all impossible.
February 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The people who run aluminium smelters say they are moving to Australian wind and solar power.
But Dutton says it’s all impossible.
But Dutton says it’s all impossible.
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Because the USA has abandoned its humanitarian mission, the UN crisis relief fund is asking for direct donations *before systems collapse and people get hurt*. I just donated, PLEASE give what you can and share this call out.
crisisrelief.un.org/donate
crisisrelief.un.org/donate
Donate
United Nations Crisis Relief connects people who care to people in crisis, providing support where it matters most.
crisisrelief.un.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Because the USA has abandoned its humanitarian mission, the UN crisis relief fund is asking for direct donations *before systems collapse and people get hurt*. I just donated, PLEASE give what you can and share this call out.
crisisrelief.un.org/donate
crisisrelief.un.org/donate
Nailed it, Van!
My latest in the Guardian is about my favourite genre of modern writing: published authors publishing columns in national newspapers about how they’ve been silenced.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My advice to male writers struggling to get published? Toughen up – and embrace poverty | Van Badham
Don’t give in to moral panic, fellas! Here are some tips from my own bumpy literary journey
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Nailed it, Van!
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The richest man in history working to stop money going to some of the poorest people on earth.
This level of depravity needs to be met with a level of resistance unfathomable to Trump’s American Nazi Party.
www.axios.com/2025/02/03/u...
This level of depravity needs to be met with a level of resistance unfathomable to Trump’s American Nazi Party.
www.axios.com/2025/02/03/u...
Musk says Trump has "agreed" to shut USAID down
His comments follow reports that DOGE representatives visited USAID's D.C. HQ and accessed classified spaces and American citizens' data.
www.axios.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The richest man in history working to stop money going to some of the poorest people on earth.
This level of depravity needs to be met with a level of resistance unfathomable to Trump’s American Nazi Party.
www.axios.com/2025/02/03/u...
This level of depravity needs to be met with a level of resistance unfathomable to Trump’s American Nazi Party.
www.axios.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Met this cockatoo yesterday … only in Australia do you get visitors like these when you’re having a cuppa on the deck!
February 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Met this cockatoo yesterday … only in Australia do you get visitors like these when you’re having a cuppa on the deck!
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Please sign the petition to stop Qld’s LNP government blocking Trans kids access to the therapy they need. 🏳️⚧️
trans.au/campaigns/pr...
trans.au/campaigns/pr...
Protect Trans Youth Health in Queensland
The Queensland Children’s Hospital Gender Clinic was found by an independent review to provide a high standard of care that’s consistent with international guidelines. The review made 25 recommendatio...
trans.au
January 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Please sign the petition to stop Qld’s LNP government blocking Trans kids access to the therapy they need. 🏳️⚧️
trans.au/campaigns/pr...
trans.au/campaigns/pr...
Appalling news coming out of Queensland as the LNP attacks Trans kids - preventing them accessing life saving therapy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
Queensland government halts hormone treatment for new trans patients under 18
Health Minister Tim Nicholls unveiled the pause on Tuesday as he also announced a review into the evidence for stage one and two hormone therapies for children with gender dysphoria.
www.abc.net.au
January 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Appalling news coming out of Queensland as the LNP attacks Trans kids - preventing them accessing life saving therapy.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
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Great reporting. The Israeli army said that most people killed in bombing a Beirut apartment block were Hezbollah. The BBC found that nearly all were in fact civilians, and a third were children. www.bbc.com/news/article...
January 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Great reporting. The Israeli army said that most people killed in bombing a Beirut apartment block were Hezbollah. The BBC found that nearly all were in fact civilians, and a third were children. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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January 26th is not a day of celebration for Australian Indigenous communities; it marks the beginning of immense loss and trauma.
#ChangeTheDate
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#ChangeTheDate
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January 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
January 26th is not a day of celebration for Australian Indigenous communities; it marks the beginning of immense loss and trauma.
#ChangeTheDate
📸: @drtracywesterman.bsky.social
#ChangeTheDate
📸: @drtracywesterman.bsky.social
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Support First Nations authors and buy Blak this weekend at Avid Reader - instore and online!
Discount code: BUYBLAK
www.avidreader.com.au
@austlit.bsky.social
Discount code: BUYBLAK
www.avidreader.com.au
@austlit.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Support First Nations authors and buy Blak this weekend at Avid Reader - instore and online!
Discount code: BUYBLAK
www.avidreader.com.au
@austlit.bsky.social
Discount code: BUYBLAK
www.avidreader.com.au
@austlit.bsky.social
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QUEEN
January 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
QUEEN
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And with that, Musk and Trump totally destroyed the ADL - like the cop unions, Zuck, and the rest. From *the moment* you bow your head before them, you are gone. You become their instrument and you will never be anything else. Who would listen to the ADL about anything now?
#ETTD
#ETTD
January 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
And with that, Musk and Trump totally destroyed the ADL - like the cop unions, Zuck, and the rest. From *the moment* you bow your head before them, you are gone. You become their instrument and you will never be anything else. Who would listen to the ADL about anything now?
#ETTD
#ETTD
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What a farce.
Dutton & Taylor have just admitted their new tax perks for long lunches policy will extend to golf & movie days for bosses.
3 years in opposition & this is the best they come up with. They still won’t say how much it will cost taxpayers.
www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/foo...
Dutton & Taylor have just admitted their new tax perks for long lunches policy will extend to golf & movie days for bosses.
3 years in opposition & this is the best they come up with. They still won’t say how much it will cost taxpayers.
www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/foo...
January 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
What a farce.
Dutton & Taylor have just admitted their new tax perks for long lunches policy will extend to golf & movie days for bosses.
3 years in opposition & this is the best they come up with. They still won’t say how much it will cost taxpayers.
www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/foo...
Dutton & Taylor have just admitted their new tax perks for long lunches policy will extend to golf & movie days for bosses.
3 years in opposition & this is the best they come up with. They still won’t say how much it will cost taxpayers.
www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/foo...
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Respond to yesterday's turn of events in America by sharing one of your creative gifts today.
Visual art. Performing art. Literary art.
We need daily, collective and artistic saging to help rid us of evil spirits.
Let's art our way out of this.
Visual art. Performing art. Literary art.
We need daily, collective and artistic saging to help rid us of evil spirits.
Let's art our way out of this.
January 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Respond to yesterday's turn of events in America by sharing one of your creative gifts today.
Visual art. Performing art. Literary art.
We need daily, collective and artistic saging to help rid us of evil spirits.
Let's art our way out of this.
Visual art. Performing art. Literary art.
We need daily, collective and artistic saging to help rid us of evil spirits.
Let's art our way out of this.
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For those saying it wasn't a Nazi salute.
Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
January 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
For those saying it wasn't a Nazi salute.
Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
Keep posting it. Keep sharing it.
To every trans and nonbinary person, to all whose safety has been threatened by the recrudescence, please know you are seen and loved just as you are. We will fight for your right to live freely and fully in your own body. 🌈❤️
January 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
To every trans and nonbinary person, to all whose safety has been threatened by the recrudescence, please know you are seen and loved just as you are. We will fight for your right to live freely and fully in your own body. 🌈❤️
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Rogue AI’s are real, and have already been demonstrated in laboratory tests www.lawfaremedia.org/article/rogu...
Rogue AI Moves Three Steps Closer
OpenAI’s new o3 model suggests that it will not be long before AI systems are as smart as their human minders—or smarter.
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Rogue AI’s are real, and have already been demonstrated in laboratory tests www.lawfaremedia.org/article/rogu...