Kate Thompson Davy
@katetd.bsky.social
I, like, write and stuff. Professional word nerd, (erstwhile) indie podcaster. Cape Town, South Africa. She/her
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So @katetd.bsky.social and I have a new life goal: to be like those capybaras you see bobbing along happily in lemon water. Unbothered. Citrus-scented. Zero responsibilities.
January 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
So @katetd.bsky.social and I have a new life goal: to be like those capybaras you see bobbing along happily in lemon water. Unbothered. Citrus-scented. Zero responsibilities.
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"Police officers learned to manually check the work of a transcription tool they were using to draft write-ups from bodycam footage after it mistakenly claimed an officer had turned into a frog. Disney’s The Princess and the Frog was playing in the background." 😆 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The cost of AI slop could cause a rethink that shakes the global economy in 2026
Revenues may be rising rapidly, but not by nearly enough to cover the wild levels of investment under way
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:14 AM
"Police officers learned to manually check the work of a transcription tool they were using to draft write-ups from bodycam footage after it mistakenly claimed an officer had turned into a frog. Disney’s The Princess and the Frog was playing in the background." 😆 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Do you like my mask? Isn’t it pretty?” #curseditem
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“Do you like my mask? Isn’t it pretty?” #curseditem
Southern African creative freelancers:
If you haven’t already, pretty please take 5-10 minutes to fill in the Safrea rates survey:
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If you haven’t already, pretty please take 5-10 minutes to fill in the Safrea rates survey:
forms.gle/qkwoKiJURc2S...
Safrea Rates Survey
Safrea Rates Survey for Freelancers in the Communications and Media Industry
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November 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Southern African creative freelancers:
If you haven’t already, pretty please take 5-10 minutes to fill in the Safrea rates survey:
forms.gle/qkwoKiJURc2S...
If you haven’t already, pretty please take 5-10 minutes to fill in the Safrea rates survey:
forms.gle/qkwoKiJURc2S...
lol my gynae’s receptionist just signed off our call with “see you next Tuesday”. Indeed. 🤣
It’s deeply unfair that I have the sense of humour of a 14yo boy but am stuck in the body of this middle-aged woman.
It’s deeply unfair that I have the sense of humour of a 14yo boy but am stuck in the body of this middle-aged woman.
October 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
lol my gynae’s receptionist just signed off our call with “see you next Tuesday”. Indeed. 🤣
It’s deeply unfair that I have the sense of humour of a 14yo boy but am stuck in the body of this middle-aged woman.
It’s deeply unfair that I have the sense of humour of a 14yo boy but am stuck in the body of this middle-aged woman.
I appreciate a silly bird name (*side-eyes boobies*) but narina trogon is the most bird-sounding bird name. You know when you’re not into birds and someone who is into birds identifies one… “ah yes that’s the tanshrhisnsnks”… it all sounds like narina trogon. Yes. That’s the skeet.
September 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I appreciate a silly bird name (*side-eyes boobies*) but narina trogon is the most bird-sounding bird name. You know when you’re not into birds and someone who is into birds identifies one… “ah yes that’s the tanshrhisnsnks”… it all sounds like narina trogon. Yes. That’s the skeet.
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Why do all the high fantasy dwarves need to have a Scottish accent? Feel like some of them could be Afrikaans or whatever.
August 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Why do all the high fantasy dwarves need to have a Scottish accent? Feel like some of them could be Afrikaans or whatever.
Caught a witch stirring magic in the waves - bioluminescent tide, Muizenberg.
August 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Caught a witch stirring magic in the waves - bioluminescent tide, Muizenberg.
It’s been at least 25 years of turmoil, living under the tyranny of The Game. At last, I am free. I share the good news with you - unshackle yourselves, weary friends.
August 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It’s been at least 25 years of turmoil, living under the tyranny of The Game. At last, I am free. I share the good news with you - unshackle yourselves, weary friends.
Not for recreational buyers apparently #curseditem
August 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Not for recreational buyers apparently #curseditem
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For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper
August 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper
Here’s a brief interview in which I try to sound vaguely astute, talking about a #shortstory I wrote in the latest Short.Sharp.Stories anthology - www.litnet.co.za/short-sharp-...
Short.Sharp.Stories anthology Power: interview with Kate Thompson Davy, author of "Still the sun rises" - LitNet
"The thing about speculative fiction is that it’s always about now."
www.litnet.co.za
August 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Here’s a brief interview in which I try to sound vaguely astute, talking about a #shortstory I wrote in the latest Short.Sharp.Stories anthology - www.litnet.co.za/short-sharp-...
There are limits of course, but in my experience plenty of people do, in fact, like a smart ass
August 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
There are limits of course, but in my experience plenty of people do, in fact, like a smart ass
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there hasn’t been a song of the summer yet because we can’t hear it over the screaming
July 29, 2025 at 4:47 AM
there hasn’t been a song of the summer yet because we can’t hear it over the screaming
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We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
no cheating, post the last pic of your pet
July 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
no cheating, post the last pic of your pet
Well this feels disrespectful now 😬 RIP Ozzy 🤘
The guitar riff on Crazy Train deserves a better song than Crazy Train.
Here with a 45 year old reference, and opinion no one asked for.
Here with a 45 year old reference, and opinion no one asked for.
July 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Well this feels disrespectful now 😬 RIP Ozzy 🤘
I saw a post somewhere that called this the “Algernonification” of the web ‼️
Google (2005): you can find anything on the web!
Google (2015): yeah, you can find stuff, but it's right there, sponsored, click that one!
Google (2025): I can still spell check but not reliably
Google (2015): yeah, you can find stuff, but it's right there, sponsored, click that one!
Google (2025): I can still spell check but not reliably
July 22, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I saw a post somewhere that called this the “Algernonification” of the web ‼️
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Nominate a great song from 1994 for #OutOfOrder Here's one that was the opposite of what was happening but great [email protected] @tiffanytroia.bsky.social @katetd.bsky.social @digitalgypsie.bsky.social @evodaily.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AW...
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Official Video)
YouTube video by jeffbuckleyVEVO
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July 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Nominate a great song from 1994 for #OutOfOrder Here's one that was the opposite of what was happening but great [email protected] @tiffanytroia.bsky.social @katetd.bsky.social @digitalgypsie.bsky.social @evodaily.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AW...
The guitar riff on Crazy Train deserves a better song than Crazy Train.
Here with a 45 year old reference, and opinion no one asked for.
Here with a 45 year old reference, and opinion no one asked for.
July 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The guitar riff on Crazy Train deserves a better song than Crazy Train.
Here with a 45 year old reference, and opinion no one asked for.
Here with a 45 year old reference, and opinion no one asked for.
Any FB experts here? I’m part of a freelancers group who have lost access to their FB page. Exactly why this happened pre-dates the current Exco but we’d like admin control back and the page is totally dormant. FB’s “help centre” is spectacularly useless on this and there seems to be no option…
July 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Any FB experts here? I’m part of a freelancers group who have lost access to their FB page. Exactly why this happened pre-dates the current Exco but we’d like admin control back and the page is totally dormant. FB’s “help centre” is spectacularly useless on this and there seems to be no option…
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3. "Informational Microplastics" - the artefacts invariably produced as a function of how these models work will be present undetected in Scientific journals and web pages. "ScamTech" will doubtless have web pages generated to "answer" searches with pages of bland, subtly incorrect, blather.
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April 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
3. "Informational Microplastics" - the artefacts invariably produced as a function of how these models work will be present undetected in Scientific journals and web pages. "ScamTech" will doubtless have web pages generated to "answer" searches with pages of bland, subtly incorrect, blather.
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I’m going to need someone to spoil this season of America for me. I need to know where we (the world) are heading as a result (macro scale). Is it Fallout or Silo or Tank Girl or something else? And timescale? Should I spend my savings now?
June 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I’m going to need someone to spoil this season of America for me. I need to know where we (the world) are heading as a result (macro scale). Is it Fallout or Silo or Tank Girl or something else? And timescale? Should I spend my savings now?
Why do we use the term “fertility rates” and not “births”? The former feels like a health crisis, as opposed to a series of choices and consequences resulting from current conditions. Asking as one who grew up in the 90s when people were clutching their pearls about overpopulation…
My hot take?
Declining fertility rates are not a "catastrophe" but first, an inevitability, and second, an opportunity.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Declining fertility rates are not a "catastrophe" but first, an inevitability, and second, an opportunity.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
World fertility rates in 'unprecedented decline', UN says
Hundreds of millions of people are not able to have the number of children they want, the UN warns.
www.bbc.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Why do we use the term “fertility rates” and not “births”? The former feels like a health crisis, as opposed to a series of choices and consequences resulting from current conditions. Asking as one who grew up in the 90s when people were clutching their pearls about overpopulation…