Kate M
@marzillk.bsky.social
Publishing, books, politics, nature, cycling, TV, cats.
I’ve been feeling sad today at the end of ITV’s superb coverage of the #TourdeFrance, but I wanted to say a huge thank you to @nedboulting.bsky.social and the #itvcycling team for being such great companions over the years. I love this sport and you can tell they do too. Chapeau, you lovely people.
July 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I’ve been feeling sad today at the end of ITV’s superb coverage of the #TourdeFrance, but I wanted to say a huge thank you to @nedboulting.bsky.social and the #itvcycling team for being such great companions over the years. I love this sport and you can tell they do too. Chapeau, you lovely people.
What a match. What. A. Match. #sixnations
February 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What a match. What. A. Match. #sixnations
There are a lot of terrible things going on in the world, but I am consistently amazed by how much #TheTraitors is an object lesson in how bad people are at judging about other people’s behaviour and motivations, which I guess could explain how we ended up here.
January 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
There are a lot of terrible things going on in the world, but I am consistently amazed by how much #TheTraitors is an object lesson in how bad people are at judging about other people’s behaviour and motivations, which I guess could explain how we ended up here.
As a regular cyclist and pedestrian and occasional driver (of a normal-sized car), I’d prefer it if we didn’t have to share the roads with giant trucks that are way more likely to injure or kill us.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
October 13, 2024 at 12:07 AM
As a regular cyclist and pedestrian and occasional driver (of a normal-sized car), I’d prefer it if we didn’t have to share the roads with giant trucks that are way more likely to injure or kill us.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
Red Dead Redemption 2 has crashed at the most crucial part of the final mission and now I have to do the whole thing again, which has rather ruined the emotional heft of it all. I may cry.
October 12, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Red Dead Redemption 2 has crashed at the most crucial part of the final mission and now I have to do the whole thing again, which has rather ruined the emotional heft of it all. I may cry.
This is amazing. I think it’s hugely unlikely that even if the camera is found, there will be any usable pictures so the mystery of whether Mallory and Irvine reached the summit will remain, but how incredible to have found evidence of Irvine after so long.
A National Geographic team found the boot and foot of whom it suspects to be Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old climber who went missing on Mount Everest a century ago.
National Geographic team may have discovered the foot of a famed Mount Everest climber
A National Geographic team found the boot and foot of whom it suspects to be Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old climber who went missing on Mount Everest a century ago.
www.npr.org
October 12, 2024 at 10:17 PM
This is amazing. I think it’s hugely unlikely that even if the camera is found, there will be any usable pictures so the mystery of whether Mallory and Irvine reached the summit will remain, but how incredible to have found evidence of Irvine after so long.
Making a cup of English breakfast tea with British teabags that I purchased at a French supermarket in Italy. Which amuses me more than it should.
September 16, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Making a cup of English breakfast tea with British teabags that I purchased at a French supermarket in Italy. Which amuses me more than it should.
This is incredible.
Out today! The results of an awesome multidisciplinary collaboration of dozens of scientists across the globe (including me, in a very minor role)! A rockfall into a glacier into a fjord in Greenland caused a tsunami and seiche that generated a monotonic seismic signal for 9(!) days!
Massive Greenland tsunami shook Earth for nine days
Scientists launched an investigation after being baffled by seismic signals picked up across the world
www.bbc.com
September 13, 2024 at 6:17 PM
This is incredible.
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
The swearing alone will be enough to frighten off the kidnappers.
The swearing alone will be enough to frighten off the kidnappers.
September 6, 2024 at 5:01 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
The swearing alone will be enough to frighten off the kidnappers.
The swearing alone will be enough to frighten off the kidnappers.
She only sits on my lap when it’s cold and wet. It’s very cold and wet.
September 5, 2024 at 5:23 PM
She only sits on my lap when it’s cold and wet. It’s very cold and wet.
This piece is a good reminder that the drip-drip-drip effect of everything getting steadily more rubbish and expensive matters.
Via @politicalhackuk.bsky.social
Via @politicalhackuk.bsky.social
Enjoyed @joxley.bsky.social on the ongoing “Fun Crunch” and the increasing cost of anything but sitting quietly, on your own, in your house www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/the-fun-cr...
The Fun Crunch
Britain's entertainment costs are soaring, and everyone's losing out.
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
September 5, 2024 at 5:05 PM
This piece is a good reminder that the drip-drip-drip effect of everything getting steadily more rubbish and expensive matters.
Via @politicalhackuk.bsky.social
Via @politicalhackuk.bsky.social
Sunday morning run. It’s starting to look quite autumnal out there.
September 1, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Sunday morning run. It’s starting to look quite autumnal out there.
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I get the feeling that Wales Online have missed the actual news point here
August 29, 2024 at 3:30 PM
I get the feeling that Wales Online have missed the actual news point here
Just heard a weird descending shriek noise outside. Went out to see if I could find the source, and saw a squirrel peeking out of a hole in my neighbours’ roof. It eyeballed me and then made the shriek noise again.
NGL, I’m a bit scared of it now.
NGL, I’m a bit scared of it now.
August 28, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Just heard a weird descending shriek noise outside. Went out to see if I could find the source, and saw a squirrel peeking out of a hole in my neighbours’ roof. It eyeballed me and then made the shriek noise again.
NGL, I’m a bit scared of it now.
NGL, I’m a bit scared of it now.
Does anyone have any good recipes for baby aubergines? I am about to come into a glut of them…
August 25, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Does anyone have any good recipes for baby aubergines? I am about to come into a glut of them…
Reposted by Kate M
Alongside "who built Hadrian's wall?", another great example of knowledge falling foul of 'common understanding' is scurvy.
The Royal Navy discovered the cure for scurvy, won the Napoleonic War, humanity then lost that knowledge without realising, then got saved by two Norwegian guinea pigs 🧵 /1
The Royal Navy discovered the cure for scurvy, won the Napoleonic War, humanity then lost that knowledge without realising, then got saved by two Norwegian guinea pigs 🧵 /1
August 22, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Alongside "who built Hadrian's wall?", another great example of knowledge falling foul of 'common understanding' is scurvy.
The Royal Navy discovered the cure for scurvy, won the Napoleonic War, humanity then lost that knowledge without realising, then got saved by two Norwegian guinea pigs 🧵 /1
The Royal Navy discovered the cure for scurvy, won the Napoleonic War, humanity then lost that knowledge without realising, then got saved by two Norwegian guinea pigs 🧵 /1
Just about to go out, so obviously this has now happened,
August 18, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Just about to go out, so obviously this has now happened,
This is Lola. She’s 15 years old, has arthritis and a cauliflower ear from fighting, her claws are talons because she won’t let me cut them, and I love her beyond all reason. #Caturday
August 17, 2024 at 10:54 AM
This is Lola. She’s 15 years old, has arthritis and a cauliflower ear from fighting, her claws are talons because she won’t let me cut them, and I love her beyond all reason. #Caturday
Having spent a couple of weeks this summer travelling around various European countries, I have been radicalised by how much better it is to be in a city or even a whole region, in the case of the South Tyrol, with an integrated transport network. Trams are a brilliant part of that.
Excellent report on why the UK needs more trams by Britain Remade, whose head of policy @samdumitriu.bsky.social has just joined: www.britainremade.co.uk/backontrack
How to Build New Trams in the UK and Get Britain Moving
www.britainremade.co.uk
August 16, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Having spent a couple of weeks this summer travelling around various European countries, I have been radicalised by how much better it is to be in a city or even a whole region, in the case of the South Tyrol, with an integrated transport network. Trams are a brilliant part of that.
My observations so far on joining a new messaging app after years on Twitter is that there isn’t as much of a “what is this thing for?” learning curve, but finding the same blend of friends, expertise, subjects you’re interested in etc. is quite a daunting task.
August 16, 2024 at 1:10 PM
My observations so far on joining a new messaging app after years on Twitter is that there isn’t as much of a “what is this thing for?” learning curve, but finding the same blend of friends, expertise, subjects you’re interested in etc. is quite a daunting task.