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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · 2d

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · 3d

My son got this Riddler in his Happy Meal and thought it was ‘Irish Batman.’ We’ve really lost touch with the old ways.

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · 9d

Oh no! I’m sorry to hear this. And on such a sacred day. Hope it goes ok!

Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · 15d

Café Chaos has been selected for inclusion in BookTrust’s Great Books Guide for 2025! The guide is a wide-reaching resource aimed at teachers to recommend new books and encourage children to read for pleasure. A digital copy of the guide is available online 🎉

www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-re...

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · 20d

7yo is doing 100 star jumps to ‘prove he is not tired’

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you! And noted.

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · 21d

What is the nutritional value of limescale? Am I getting more bang for my buck, or is it time to descale my kettle?

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · Sep 16

They liked this on instagram, so sharing my little joke here

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · Sep 14

Changed my Waze sat nav to football commentator and at the end of the journey he said it had, overall, been a great performance.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Sep 11

It's my publication day! Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos is out NOW. If you pop to your local indie you might just find a signed edition. And if you're quick? A free gift...

Want a personalised edition? Go here! www.papercatbookshop.co.uk/products/lok... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Pre-Order Signed & Dedicated: Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos

Publishes 4th September 2025 - This purchase can be signed and dedicated to a child of your choice. PLEASE NOTE: Louie is coming to The Paper Cat to sign and dedicate your orders after publication - ...

www.papercatbookshop.co.uk

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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · Sep 1

JFK feeling the same way about RFK Jr as the rest of us.

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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · Aug 31

17 year old Jackie Mitchell struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1931.

Ruth's fee fees were hurt and threw a tantrum on how women were too delicate to play baseball. Due to his toddler like antics, women were banned from being signed in the MLB 1992.

A few days after Mitchell struck out Ruth and Gehrig, baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis voided her contract and declared that women were unfit to play baseball as the game was "too strenuous."[5][12] However, Mitchell continued to play professionally, barnstorming with the House of David, a men's team famous for their very long hair and long beards. 13) While traveling with the House of David team, she would sometimes wear a fake beard for publicity. [14]

Mitchell retired in 1937 at the age of 23 after

becoming furious since her story about playing baseball was being used as something of a side show - once being asked to pitch while riding a donkey. [12] She refused to come out of retirement when the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League formed in 1943.[14 Major League Baseball would formally ban the signing of women to contracts on June 21, 1952, [12] The ban lasted until 1992 when Carey Schueler was drafted by the Chicago White Sox for the 1993 season. [15][16

On April 2, 1931, the minor league Chattanooga Lookouts played an exhibition game against the New York Yankees. Seventeen-year-old Mitchell pitched, facing Babe Ruth as the first batter.

Mitchell, a left-handed pitcher taught by Hall-of-Famer Dazzy Vance, used her signature drop ball to strike out Ruth on four pitches.

Ruth reportedly threw down his bat and verbally abused the umpire after the called third strike.

Mitchell then struck out Lou Gehrig on three pitches before being removed from the game.

Ruth's sexist comments

Following the strikeout, Ruth publicly dismissed Mitchell's skill, claiming the game was a fluke. Ruth was quoted in Chattanooga newspapers: "I don't know what's going to happen if they begin to let women in baseball. Of course, they will never make good. Why? Because they are too delicate. It would kill them to play ball every day".

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AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · Aug 29

We should all know the name Ann Burgess.

Much of the techniques and methodology of modern day criminology stemmed from her: FBI Mind hunter profiling, how to interview victims, co-founding r*pe crisis centers & much more.

Today, she is working on a study about missing & murdered indigenous women.

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · Aug 29

Woohoo, new book and enticing facts...

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Aug 29

I have a book out in two weeks. So....one repost of this and I'll drop one fact/spoiler/detail about the book. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.walker.co.uk/978152951581...

Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos - Walker Books

PRE-ORDER NOW! THE BRAND-NEW HILARIOUS DOODLE-PACKED DIARY IN THE BESTSELLING LOKI SERIES.‘Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid fans need look no further than this laug...

www.walker.co.uk

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · Aug 28

Working like a budget Bond Villain

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · Aug 14

Imagine getting bad A Level results and then on top of that being told that you could still turn out like Jeremy Clarkson.

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · Aug 8

Ha!

Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · Aug 7

V helpful instructional video for everyone who wants to learn the newest, hottest craze (which will possibly eclipse the Macarena?) 🤞🤞 Come on down to WE’LL SEE at Stand 2, 4.45pm until the 10th; and then get yourself down to COMEDY ARCADE, 10.15pm Gilded Balloon, with phenomenal legend Vix Leyton🎉

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · Aug 6

Hiya Bluesky. I’ve mainly been waffling on about my #edfringe show on instagram, but would you guys like to see some self-promotion too? I got a nice review and everything. I’m on at 4.45pm Stand 2 and I’d love you come join the fun 🎉 www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · Jul 31

Amazing 🎉❤️

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B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton.bsky.social · Jul 30

#Podcasts #Comedy #Books
RHLSTP with Richard Herring
RHLSTP 572 - Catie Wilkins
Richard @herring1967.bsky.social is joined by the award winning author and comedian @catiewilkins.bsky.social‬.
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RHLSTP 572 - Catie Wilkins | RHLSTP with Richard Herring

Fecalophilia

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · Jul 26

#magic8ball Come to my new Edinburgh show WE’LL SEE, Stand 2, 1-10 Aug, 4.45pm 🎉 #comedy #standup #standupcomedy #edinburgh #edinburghfringefestival #edfringe #wellsee #TheStand

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Mostly Comedy @mostlycomedy.bsky.social · Jul 24

We finished the Vic run of our #Hitchin #MostlyComedy Fest in style last night, in the company of the ace Sikisa & @catiewilkins.bsky.social. Catch them in Edinburgh.

See you at the Town Hall on Friday for Stephen K Amos, @jocaulfield.bsky.social & @littlemaddles.bsky.social. www.mostlycomedy.co.uk

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Catie Wilkins @catiewilkins.bsky.social · Jul 22

Anyone wondering what a cool little short version of my poster would look like? Well wonder no more! Here it is 🎉 Come see my new show, WE’LL SEE, 4.45pm, Stand 2, 31st-10th Aug. #comedy #standup #standupcomedy #edinburgh #edinburghfringefestival #edfringe #wellsee #TheStand

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