Kat 🧀
@brainjumble.bsky.social
Language, castles, countryside, music, sci-fi, painting/sketches (off and on – work in progress). Dual national (UK/FR). Translator (DE/FR->EN) and proofreader (EN).
Originally from Nottinghamshire; now in Essonne via Oxford, Durham, Hamburg and Geneva.
Originally from Nottinghamshire; now in Essonne via Oxford, Durham, Hamburg and Geneva.
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I have a tight deadline today and, of course, I didn't sleep well because of it. But the toast just jumped out of the toaster and onto the plate I had ready for it, so I'm choosing to see that as a good omen.
December 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I have a tight deadline today and, of course, I didn't sleep well because of it. But the toast just jumped out of the toaster and onto the plate I had ready for it, so I'm choosing to see that as a good omen.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
Made three metres of sausage today
December 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Made three metres of sausage today
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A watercolour I did of a good boy.
December 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A watercolour I did of a good boy.
Went out for sushi and daughter got so full that son offered to carry her home 😂
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Went out for sushi and daughter got so full that son offered to carry her home 😂
A watercolour I did of a good boy.
December 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A watercolour I did of a good boy.
My tinnitus is being extra noisy today. I was telling my 11yo, and apparently he has it too. Sorry, son.
a man is standing in front of a wall and saying `` shut up ! shut up ! shut up ! '' .
Alt: Chandler Bing is crouching behind a sofa and saying "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
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December 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
My tinnitus is being extra noisy today. I was telling my 11yo, and apparently he has it too. Sorry, son.
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"Machine translation would handle the heavy lifting, and we’d add the expert polish. Except the machine made a mess. And we’re doing expert-level cognitive labour to clean it up for cleaning wages.
We’re not mops. We’re translators."
#translation #xl8
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We’re not mops. We’re translators."
#translation #xl8
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An open letter to colleagues: we are not mops
After more than two decades working in legal translation across four languages and multiple jurisdictions, I’ve watched our profession reshaped by forces that claim efficiency as a path to our expenda...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Machine translation would handle the heavy lifting, and we’d add the expert polish. Except the machine made a mess. And we’re doing expert-level cognitive labour to clean it up for cleaning wages.
We’re not mops. We’re translators."
#translation #xl8
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We’re not mops. We’re translators."
#translation #xl8
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I love living in France and there are very few things I genuinely miss from where I grew up, but it popped into my head today while I was out how much I'd kill for a jacket potato from one of the Victorian ovens you get in town centres in the Midlands 😩🥔
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I love living in France and there are very few things I genuinely miss from where I grew up, but it popped into my head today while I was out how much I'd kill for a jacket potato from one of the Victorian ovens you get in town centres in the Midlands 😩🥔
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So apt! 🤣
Someone told me that the FIFA ‘peace prize’ has been named the Bellend d’Or.
Perfect.
Perfect.
December 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So apt! 🤣
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Anyone else watching the Nobel Prize Committee's Goal of the Month competition live from Oslo on BBC2?
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Anyone else watching the Nobel Prize Committee's Goal of the Month competition live from Oslo on BBC2?
We always joke that our kids have TARDIS appetites.
Time and Relative Digestion in Stomach.
Time and Relative Digestion in Stomach.
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We always joke that our kids have TARDIS appetites.
Time and Relative Digestion in Stomach.
Time and Relative Digestion in Stomach.
Enjoying some warm glögg sent from my lovely friend @andreasthlm1.bsky.social. Feeling very festive 🎄
December 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Enjoying some warm glögg sent from my lovely friend @andreasthlm1.bsky.social. Feeling very festive 🎄
I love how varied and colourful fungus can be! 🍄
December 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I love how varied and colourful fungus can be! 🍄
I feel this with every atom of my body.
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Dance 'Til You Stop (feat. Tom Cardy) - NSP
YouTube video by Ninja Sex Party
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December 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I feel this with every atom of my body.
youtu.be/T5s2OTqDiyo?...
youtu.be/T5s2OTqDiyo?...
Very very ready for wine.
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Very very ready for wine.
I always find it funny to see the weird stuff that sets some people off online.
The other day I saw a guy getting really mad at people who eat boiled eggs in the shell because THEY ARE JUST TOO LAZY TO PEEL THE EGG AND ANYWAY IF IT'S TOO HOT TO PEEL PUT IT IN COLD WATER IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
😁
The other day I saw a guy getting really mad at people who eat boiled eggs in the shell because THEY ARE JUST TOO LAZY TO PEEL THE EGG AND ANYWAY IF IT'S TOO HOT TO PEEL PUT IT IN COLD WATER IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
😁
a man in a suit and tie is holding a cup of coffee and saying ok then .
Alt: Jim from American The Office is holding a cup of coffee and saying "ok then ..." while pulling a funny face
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December 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I always find it funny to see the weird stuff that sets some people off online.
The other day I saw a guy getting really mad at people who eat boiled eggs in the shell because THEY ARE JUST TOO LAZY TO PEEL THE EGG AND ANYWAY IF IT'S TOO HOT TO PEEL PUT IT IN COLD WATER IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
😁
The other day I saw a guy getting really mad at people who eat boiled eggs in the shell because THEY ARE JUST TOO LAZY TO PEEL THE EGG AND ANYWAY IF IT'S TOO HOT TO PEEL PUT IT IN COLD WATER IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
😁
Husband is back from working in Würzburg. He brought a couple of bottles of local wine and these beer mats as a souvenir because "they sound like what people used to call you when we lived in Germany and it made me laugh" 😂
November 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Husband is back from working in Würzburg. He brought a couple of bottles of local wine and these beer mats as a souvenir because "they sound like what people used to call you when we lived in Germany and it made me laugh" 😂
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Well, that ramped up quickly. #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Well, that ramped up quickly. #Thanksgiving
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Every single person in Britain: "the chippy" or, if we're being fancy, "the chip shop"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
The New York Times: "the french fry restaurant"
Pretty sky this evening 🤩
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Pretty sky this evening 🤩
Emerged from my cocoon this morning to find that 11yo had already been reading for two hours. He's very much caught the reading bug 😁
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Emerged from my cocoon this morning to find that 11yo had already been reading for two hours. He's very much caught the reading bug 😁