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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Sep 3

57, 100 words now god help me

Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Aug 4

I have written 45,000 words of my new book and if I write another 45,000 I'll have 90,000 and that's a book

spongebob has a rainbow on his head and the word maths is on the bottom of his face .

Alt: spongebob has a rainbow on his head and the word maths is on the bottom of his face .

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Sep 2

Sharing again in case anyone is able to help support #LGBTQ+ refugees in the Kakuma camp in Kenya, who are facing extreme hardship & threats to their safety. Donations can help with security, basic needs, education & healthcare:

www.gofundme.com/f/the-lgbtq-...

Donate to Help the LGBTQ Refugees of the Kakuma Camp, organized by Brie Harris

Thank you all so much for your donations! The situation is still dire there so … Brie Harris needs your support for Help the LGBTQ Refugees of the Kakuma Camp

www.gofundme.com

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Sep 2

Sharing again in case anyone is able to help support #LGBTQ+ refugees in the Kakuma camp in Kenya, who are facing extreme hardship & threats to their safety. Donations can help with security, basic needs, education & healthcare:

www.gofundme.com/f/the-lgbtq-...

Donate to Help the LGBTQ Refugees of the Kakuma Camp, organized by Brie Harris

Thank you all so much for your donations! The situation is still dire there so … Brie Harris needs your support for Help the LGBTQ Refugees of the Kakuma Camp

www.gofundme.com

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Aug 19

It looks like I put the book next to the cat but in fact the cat put herself next to the book.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ For the whole Her Majesty's Royal Coven trilogy by @junodawson.bsky.social, I've not quite finished this final book (Human Rites) but I love this whole coven of witches ✨

A black cat sitting next to a copy of Human Rites by Juno Dawson

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Aug 17

A friend told me he had been clearing out his gran’s house. The most amazing thing he’d found was this knitted effigy of the man who had run off and abandoned my friend’s pregnant aunt. Into the effigy had been stuck twenty knitting needles: one for every year since the man had vanished.

A modern voodoo doll, full of knitting needles

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Aug 14

Watched the waning gibbous moon rise up on Glastonbury Tor earlier this week ( actual moon not shown due to crapness of photo)

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Rachel Holdsworth @rmholdsworth.bsky.social · Aug 8

I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.

Screenshot of an email: Hi Rachel,

Thank you for contacting us about the article you’ve seen.

We want our stores to be inclusive and welcoming places for our colleagues and customers. We have written to this customer and explained that our colleagues typically work across all departments in our stores and customers can always ask to speak to the colleague they feel most comfortable with.

We also explained that our colleague was asking a customer if they needed help; they were not working on bra fit or offering this.

Thank you again for getting in touch.

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Aug 7

Dazzling by @chikodili.bsky.social

That's it that's the best book

Bluesky @bsky.app · Aug 7

drop your best book recs 📚💙

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · Aug 7

Another incredible resource is lifeline4gaza.com, which currently includes 400+ funding appeals from people in Gaza and displays the amount donated over the last 5 days. Open the link and you will see the appeals ordered from least to most donations so the most neglected campaigns are at the top.

lifeline4gaza - a list of appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza

lifeline4gaza gathers links to existing chuffed & gofundme appeals from families, individuals & grassroots community efforts in Gaza.

lifeline4gaza.com

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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 6

““As outsiders, we built everything from scratch. There’s still too little support for truly independent, diverse-led publishing – and the playing field isn’t level.”

We’re so sad to hear that Tiny Owl Publishing is closing after 10 years.

www.thebookseller.com/news/inclusi...

Inclusive kids publisher Tiny Owl closes after decade due to 'little support for diverse-led publishing'

Inclusive children’s publisher Tiny Owl has closed after 10 years and 50 books, citing lack of support for diverse publishing and difficulties following the pandemic.

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Aug 5

Definitely, it's at least a big pile of words that can be sorted into better words, rather than no words at all!

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · Aug 4

In the latest free post on ‘All Old Strange Things’ I enter the fairy toot… open.substack.com/pub/drfranci...

Into the fairy toot

One of the most remarkable archaeological experiences it is still possible to have in Britain (thanks to the care of English Heritage, Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland and other heritage bodies) is...

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Aug 4

I definitely didn't have to do nine drafts of my first book before it was finished

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Aug 4

No no no it's MATHS

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Big Bearded Spookteller @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · Aug 4

It's Monday again and today I'm reading Britain's Folklore Year by Norman Mark

What book(s) are you reading this week?

💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR

alt text in images please

white circle in a blue background and the words "It's Monday! What are you reading?" in the circle

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Aug 4

OWLS

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Aug 4

I have written 45,000 words of my new book and if I write another 45,000 I'll have 90,000 and that's a book

spongebob has a rainbow on his head and the word maths is on the bottom of his face .

Alt: spongebob has a rainbow on his head and the word maths is on the bottom of his face .

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Aug 4

Soad in Gaza has had her bluesky account closed again. She's really scared she's going to lose her son Omar. He's getting weaker and thinner and keeps falling over. Can you help with some ££ for vitamins and food? It would mean a lot. www.gofundme.com/f/providing-... #FreePalestine

Donate to Providing a haven of hope for my child Omar, organized by Eva Bianco

My name is Eva Bianco, Soad Eqbal Al-Mutrabii asked me to make a gofun… Eva Bianco needs your support for Providing a haven of hope for my child Omar

www.gofundme.com

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · Aug 4

Remembering Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Queen Elizabeth I's Lord High Treasurer and most influential minister, who died #onthisday August 4, 1598 at Cecil House in Westminster, London, at the age of 77. #Elizabethan #Tudors

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Jul 31

Can you donate to this project supporting LGBTQ refugees? Their current aim is to set up a poultry project in the camp: 👇

@eastafricanqueerrefugees @queersineastafrica.bsky.social · May 3

Let’s give a hand to the needy LGBTQ refugees #support
Love is love

gofund.me/07503148

Donate to Support for basic necessities for LGBTQ folks at UNHCR camp, organized by Alyssa Gingras

Hi my name’s Lyss, I’m a queer in Canada looking to help rais… Alyssa Gingras needs your support for Support for basic necessities for LGBTQ folks at UNHCR camp

gofund.me

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Eli Erlick @elierlick.bsky.social · Jul 17

This is the end result of anti-trans bigotry: more harassment of girls and women, more policing of gender roles, more gender McCarthyism.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · Jul 30

Its the last week of excavations by @wtm.uk @nattrustarch.bsky.social and Worthing Arch Soc on Highdown Hill above Worthing

They've found lots of exciting prehistoric, Roman and sub Roman material

Great to see the later life of this early hillfort being explored

📷 yesterday

#HillfortsWednesday

An archaeological trench, cut down to chalk geology

An archaeological trench cut down to chalk geology with green tent covering features being investigated

An archaeological trench cut down to chalk natural with archaeologists investigating prehistoric features

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Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Jul 30

#hillfortswednesday

Kate Morrison @katecmorrison.bsky.social · Jul 21

An epic visit to @wtm.uk's Big Dig up on Highdown Hill - archaeologists are excavating sites including Anglo-Saxon graves and a Bronze Age Barrow. Tours of the site are taking place until August 1st, well worth a visit if you love a hill fort! (I LOVE a hill fort):

wtm.uk/news/the-hig...

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Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · Jul 23

Famine is the most dangerous for little kids like Remas & Toleen. Two months ago they restarted school after two years without. They should be learning, not wondering if they’ll eat today, tomorrow, the next day…

Give/find their link here. 2065/2500 by Friday: chuffed.org/project/hope...

A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.

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