Kate
@thenineteenkaties.bsky.social
Mostly hair (which probably has leaves in it). Resting Witch Face. My pyramid of needs is a teabag. She/Her. UK.
Currently much more active on Threads, but where James O'Brien leads, we follow.
Currently much more active on Threads, but where James O'Brien leads, we follow.
£1.99 today, The Hidden Life of Trees is a fascinating glimpse into the greatest anchor of the natural world. #Trees echo through our history, connecting us with the most bucolic paintings, greatest sailing ships, and oldest church doors. But their legacy in our experience is only part of the story.
The Hidden Life of Trees
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings? Research is now suggesting trees are capable of much more than we have ever kn...
www.audible.co.uk
December 14, 2024 at 11:17 AM
£1.99 today, The Hidden Life of Trees is a fascinating glimpse into the greatest anchor of the natural world. #Trees echo through our history, connecting us with the most bucolic paintings, greatest sailing ships, and oldest church doors. But their legacy in our experience is only part of the story.
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Struck once again by the way Elon Musk has become all the things his admirers claimed to despise when they lied about George Soros doing them…
December 6, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Struck once again by the way Elon Musk has become all the things his admirers claimed to despise when they lied about George Soros doing them…
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If today is hard for you for any reason, I’m sorry.
You deserve better and I hope you get it soon.
Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, I don’t know. But at some point whatever’s weighing you down is going to feel lighter.
Sit it out, you’ll get there.
❤️
You deserve better and I hope you get it soon.
Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, I don’t know. But at some point whatever’s weighing you down is going to feel lighter.
Sit it out, you’ll get there.
❤️
November 25, 2024 at 10:04 AM
If today is hard for you for any reason, I’m sorry.
You deserve better and I hope you get it soon.
Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, I don’t know. But at some point whatever’s weighing you down is going to feel lighter.
Sit it out, you’ll get there.
❤️
You deserve better and I hope you get it soon.
Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, I don’t know. But at some point whatever’s weighing you down is going to feel lighter.
Sit it out, you’ll get there.
❤️
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I wrote this for @centralbylines.bsky.social back in February 👇🏻
December 3, 2024 at 8:45 PM
I wrote this for @centralbylines.bsky.social back in February 👇🏻
Thank you to the MPs who spoke passionately in Parliament re: #AssistedDying. All sides offered a range of opinions and experiences throughout a respectful discussion about an emotive topic that ultimately touches us all.
It's vital we continue these conversations about improving end of life care.
It's vital we continue these conversations about improving end of life care.
November 29, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Thank you to the MPs who spoke passionately in Parliament re: #AssistedDying. All sides offered a range of opinions and experiences throughout a respectful discussion about an emotive topic that ultimately touches us all.
It's vital we continue these conversations about improving end of life care.
It's vital we continue these conversations about improving end of life care.
Just as we expected, Reform are going to start singing from the Trumpian/Christofascist hymnsheet. Not because they care about abortion at all, but because they know they can weaponise women's rights and sacrifice them on the alter of their own ambition.
We cannot let it happen here.
We cannot let it happen here.
Not on my watch Nigel - abortion time limits protect those who face the tragedy of fatal foetal abnormality from being forced to give birth to a baby that will die, not a weapon for you to get votes.
November 28, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Just as we expected, Reform are going to start singing from the Trumpian/Christofascist hymnsheet. Not because they care about abortion at all, but because they know they can weaponise women's rights and sacrifice them on the alter of their own ambition.
We cannot let it happen here.
We cannot let it happen here.
If you're looking for a reason to tune the news out a little and unwind better in the evenings, the new @bbcradio4.bsky.social #BookAtBedtime is Kit de Waal's brand new multi-generational tale of modern Ireland, which we explore through the many lives of a single family.
Listening to ep1 right now.
Listening to ep1 right now.
Starting tonight on BBC Radio 4 #BookAtBedtime
Some absolutely brilliant narrators take us through 5 members of the same family, a mother, a daughter, her black husband, their son and lastly the father, now an old man.
Hope you enjoy!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Some absolutely brilliant narrators take us through 5 members of the same family, a mother, a daughter, her black husband, their son and lastly the father, now an old man.
Hope you enjoy!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Green & The Black by Kit de Waal
New fiction about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through one family.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 10:53 PM
If you're looking for a reason to tune the news out a little and unwind better in the evenings, the new @bbcradio4.bsky.social #BookAtBedtime is Kit de Waal's brand new multi-generational tale of modern Ireland, which we explore through the many lives of a single family.
Listening to ep1 right now.
Listening to ep1 right now.
I'd actually quite like to see fElon go toe to toe on policy with a lawyer of Starmer's experience.
Better still; put him in front of Rayner and send what's left of his ego back to America in a Quality Street tin.
Better still; put him in front of Rayner and send what's left of his ego back to America in a Quality Street tin.
The hubris is apparent to all, and it will prove his undoing.
November 21, 2024 at 2:04 PM
I'd actually quite like to see fElon go toe to toe on policy with a lawyer of Starmer's experience.
Better still; put him in front of Rayner and send what's left of his ego back to America in a Quality Street tin.
Better still; put him in front of Rayner and send what's left of his ego back to America in a Quality Street tin.
Dorries' brain is most accurately represented by two hamsters fighting in Boris' crustiest sock.
What do we have to do to stop her being invited to these programmes, as if she's an authority on anything but gin and rejection?
What do we have to do to stop her being invited to these programmes, as if she's an authority on anything but gin and rejection?
Nadine Dorries on #Newsnight saying that although she's written a book slagging off Kemi Badenoch, she'll now support her because the membership has chosen their leader + now she understands that the Labour Party MPs she used to attack for backing Jeremy Corbyn were just doing the right thing
November 20, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Dorries' brain is most accurately represented by two hamsters fighting in Boris' crustiest sock.
What do we have to do to stop her being invited to these programmes, as if she's an authority on anything but gin and rejection?
What do we have to do to stop her being invited to these programmes, as if she's an authority on anything but gin and rejection?
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Benjamin Zephaniah "If you didn't have troublemakers, most women wouldn't have the right to vote, a black person wouldn't be talking to a white person and I'd be back in slavery. We need troublemakers to challenge the establishment. I want to be one of those people."
November 19, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Benjamin Zephaniah "If you didn't have troublemakers, most women wouldn't have the right to vote, a black person wouldn't be talking to a white person and I'd be back in slavery. We need troublemakers to challenge the establishment. I want to be one of those people."
"There's none so blind
as those who will not see."
Now they're blaming the dinghies
on the RNIB.
as those who will not see."
Now they're blaming the dinghies
on the RNIB.
November 18, 2024 at 2:47 PM
"There's none so blind
as those who will not see."
Now they're blaming the dinghies
on the RNIB.
as those who will not see."
Now they're blaming the dinghies
on the RNIB.
It's the time of year where we ruin our peace of mind and threaten our sanity with the #HiddenBooksGame. I apologise in advance.
The only way to get through this madness is together, by sharing clues with people who will ignore the screaming...
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com/default.aspx...
The only way to get through this madness is together, by sharing clues with people who will ignore the screaming...
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com/default.aspx...
Play the Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens!
Guess all 20 book titles hidden in the picture.
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com
November 14, 2024 at 11:24 AM
It's the time of year where we ruin our peace of mind and threaten our sanity with the #HiddenBooksGame. I apologise in advance.
The only way to get through this madness is together, by sharing clues with people who will ignore the screaming...
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com/default.aspx...
The only way to get through this madness is together, by sharing clues with people who will ignore the screaming...
hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com/default.aspx...
Small acts of insubordination and resistance help, too. (You can still put a kiss at the end. Nobody will know where you're suggesting it lands.) 😘
November 13, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Small acts of insubordination and resistance help, too. (You can still put a kiss at the end. Nobody will know where you're suggesting it lands.) 😘
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#BlueskySocial is buzzing with a vibrant new community. Meanwhile, over on #ElonMusk's #X (aka #Twitter's zombified remains)...
November 12, 2024 at 3:58 PM
#BlueskySocial is buzzing with a vibrant new community. Meanwhile, over on #ElonMusk's #X (aka #Twitter's zombified remains)...
It really is such a marvellous resource. Browsing its stacks is is the spiritual opposite of doom scrolling.
My annual post highlighting Open Culture, a great site that has free online courses, free audiobooks, free classic film and lots of other resources on art and culture. Good people.
www.openculture.com - check them out and follow me n here @openculture.bsky.social
www.openculture.com - check them out and follow me n here @openculture.bsky.social
Open Culture - The Best Free Cultural and Educational Media on the Web.
Discover thousands of free online courses, audio books, movies, textbooks, eBooks, language lessons, and more.
www.openculture.com
November 12, 2024 at 6:18 PM
It really is such a marvellous resource. Browsing its stacks is is the spiritual opposite of doom scrolling.
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Words To Live By Number 113
November 11, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Words To Live By Number 113
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the Queen calling Boris Johnson an “idiot” is one of many brilliant revelations in Tim Shipman’s new book
November 10, 2024 at 10:19 AM
the Queen calling Boris Johnson an “idiot” is one of many brilliant revelations in Tim Shipman’s new book
Having spent months using Threads I'm at the "feels like sleeping on the wrong side of the bed" stage of acclimatisation here. For anyone else who is similarly disorientated and keeps knocking their water over, this database feels significant.
Looking for people to follow? Here’s a directory of 4,500 starter packs which you can search by keyword! blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack...
All - Bluesky Directory
A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.
blueskydirectory.com
November 11, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Having spent months using Threads I'm at the "feels like sleeping on the wrong side of the bed" stage of acclimatisation here. For anyone else who is similarly disorientated and keeps knocking their water over, this database feels significant.
Until 11th Nov, NT @ Home are bringing us Michael Sheen's extraordinary play, Nye, free (donations welcome) on YouTube.
Now feels like a very prescient time to watch this beautiful, inspiring piece about the incredible man whose vision and dedication brought us the #NHS.
youtu.be/hpN--d5bXSY?...
Now feels like a very prescient time to watch this beautiful, inspiring piece about the incredible man whose vision and dedication brought us the #NHS.
youtu.be/hpN--d5bXSY?...
Nye | Full Show | Watch for free | National Theatre at Home
YouTube video by National Theatre
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November 7, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Until 11th Nov, NT @ Home are bringing us Michael Sheen's extraordinary play, Nye, free (donations welcome) on YouTube.
Now feels like a very prescient time to watch this beautiful, inspiring piece about the incredible man whose vision and dedication brought us the #NHS.
youtu.be/hpN--d5bXSY?...
Now feels like a very prescient time to watch this beautiful, inspiring piece about the incredible man whose vision and dedication brought us the #NHS.
youtu.be/hpN--d5bXSY?...
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Blob blob.
Blub blub.
Blub blub.
October 21, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Blob blob.
Blub blub.
Blub blub.
One little piece of porcelain that spans three discrete cultures, bound together in their endeavours by art, and trade, and necessity.
There is always more that unites us than divides us. And always was.
There is always more that unites us than divides us. And always was.
In 1693, a Manila Galleon full of goods and bound for Acapulco, wrecked on the coast of what is now Oregon, never reaching its destination. A craftsman from the Nehalem-Tillamook and Clatsop peoples made this arrowhead (in the Tillamook Pioneer Museum) out of Qing dynasty porcelain from the wreck.
October 15, 2024 at 9:19 PM
One little piece of porcelain that spans three discrete cultures, bound together in their endeavours by art, and trade, and necessity.
There is always more that unites us than divides us. And always was.
There is always more that unites us than divides us. And always was.
With all that is going on in the world making it so hard to soften when we're painted with battle-scars, I wanted to share the poem (originally a prayer) from my cover photo, by Laura Jean Truman. I think of it often.
October 15, 2024 at 8:30 PM
With all that is going on in the world making it so hard to soften when we're painted with battle-scars, I wanted to share the poem (originally a prayer) from my cover photo, by Laura Jean Truman. I think of it often.
Lots of unhappy rumblings in the place that took over from the other place, so I've snuck in to see what music Bluesky is playing and if you have any decent biscuits.
October 14, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Lots of unhappy rumblings in the place that took over from the other place, so I've snuck in to see what music Bluesky is playing and if you have any decent biscuits.