Kate Marsden
@katiemarsden.bsky.social
Just the standard 'radio comedy to horticulture to writing weird stuff' career path over here. I veer from shy to giddy, on social media, and also in the human world.
Everybody look at this because it is CORRECT. Not sarcasm I just talk like this
I will not accept The Power of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood slander in my mentions.
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Everybody look at this because it is CORRECT. Not sarcasm I just talk like this
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Your yearly reminder that it’s almost time to prepare the prune Krampus
Forget cheese and pineapple hedgehog, every party needs an edible Krampus. Especially knowing how much children love prunes.
(From a 1970s edition of Child Education magazine)
(From a 1970s edition of Child Education magazine)
November 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Your yearly reminder that it’s almost time to prepare the prune Krampus
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Great to create stuff with @twrpband.bsky.social last night in Toronto - great audience - here is one of the things we did but now acapella
#poetry #poem
#poetry #poem
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Great to create stuff with @twrpband.bsky.social last night in Toronto - great audience - here is one of the things we did but now acapella
#poetry #poem
#poetry #poem
Busy weekend and I couldn't work out if I should rest or try some work
Husband gave me a sandwich & I couldn't remember how to eat it
So, I'm guessing rest?
Husband gave me a sandwich & I couldn't remember how to eat it
So, I'm guessing rest?
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Busy weekend and I couldn't work out if I should rest or try some work
Husband gave me a sandwich & I couldn't remember how to eat it
So, I'm guessing rest?
Husband gave me a sandwich & I couldn't remember how to eat it
So, I'm guessing rest?
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Slept dreaming of, woke up thinking about the extraordinary What Resembles the Grave but Isn’t by Anne Boyer
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Slept dreaming of, woke up thinking about the extraordinary What Resembles the Grave but Isn’t by Anne Boyer
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November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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i feel sorry for former bbc employees who slag the bbc off in the papers, because it shows they don’t have any friends from when they worked there to vent to on whatsapp
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
i feel sorry for former bbc employees who slag the bbc off in the papers, because it shows they don’t have any friends from when they worked there to vent to on whatsapp
So in my rules for public transport, you can't do any phone noise without headphones, but it is fine to shout DOGGY and then repeatedly whisper affections to the doggy
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
So in my rules for public transport, you can't do any phone noise without headphones, but it is fine to shout DOGGY and then repeatedly whisper affections to the doggy
If you're looking for songs to sing to your cat (obviously we write them too) then I really recommend Can't Take My Eyes Off You, it works so well, as I discovered at 2am
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you're looking for songs to sing to your cat (obviously we write them too) then I really recommend Can't Take My Eyes Off You, it works so well, as I discovered at 2am
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Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
By the way, I figured I'd just change my name on here
Rather than say, every single time I meet anyone from online, 'yeah I prefer it if you say Kate in real life, Katie makes me feel like I haven't tidied my room'
Rather than say, every single time I meet anyone from online, 'yeah I prefer it if you say Kate in real life, Katie makes me feel like I haven't tidied my room'
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
By the way, I figured I'd just change my name on here
Rather than say, every single time I meet anyone from online, 'yeah I prefer it if you say Kate in real life, Katie makes me feel like I haven't tidied my room'
Rather than say, every single time I meet anyone from online, 'yeah I prefer it if you say Kate in real life, Katie makes me feel like I haven't tidied my room'
Horror
Yesterday, was in London Review Bookshop which is so nice and so calm
Whole time there I thought huh interesting they're playing lesser known Queen songs
Until I exited & realised my left thigh had played them from my phone
I was a haunted jukebox, I was The Noise in the Calm
Yesterday, was in London Review Bookshop which is so nice and so calm
Whole time there I thought huh interesting they're playing lesser known Queen songs
Until I exited & realised my left thigh had played them from my phone
I was a haunted jukebox, I was The Noise in the Calm
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Horror
Yesterday, was in London Review Bookshop which is so nice and so calm
Whole time there I thought huh interesting they're playing lesser known Queen songs
Until I exited & realised my left thigh had played them from my phone
I was a haunted jukebox, I was The Noise in the Calm
Yesterday, was in London Review Bookshop which is so nice and so calm
Whole time there I thought huh interesting they're playing lesser known Queen songs
Until I exited & realised my left thigh had played them from my phone
I was a haunted jukebox, I was The Noise in the Calm
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Ellie has her priorities in order
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Ellie has her priorities in order
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We should teach our kids this stuff like we do road safety.
(And to identify the behaviour in the first place. A narcissist is not what most people think - in the colloquial sense - and they’re all much the same, the boring little boilerplate toxic toddlers.)
(And to identify the behaviour in the first place. A narcissist is not what most people think - in the colloquial sense - and they’re all much the same, the boring little boilerplate toxic toddlers.)
How to deal with a narcissist. I hadn’t heard about this until yesterday. There’s some interesting data behind these titles and definitely worth reading up about it.
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
We should teach our kids this stuff like we do road safety.
(And to identify the behaviour in the first place. A narcissist is not what most people think - in the colloquial sense - and they’re all much the same, the boring little boilerplate toxic toddlers.)
(And to identify the behaviour in the first place. A narcissist is not what most people think - in the colloquial sense - and they’re all much the same, the boring little boilerplate toxic toddlers.)
Was unsure why a man on train had DICK written on his trainers, in small letters
So DIOR might want to consider optical effect of logo size
So DIOR might want to consider optical effect of logo size
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Was unsure why a man on train had DICK written on his trainers, in small letters
So DIOR might want to consider optical effect of logo size
So DIOR might want to consider optical effect of logo size
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I like how you can use emojis to zoom in on a pig
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🐷
🐽
🐖
🐷
🐽
November 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I like how you can use emojis to zoom in on a pig
🐖
🐷
🐽
🐖
🐷
🐽
My husband was less excited than I hoped re my discovery:
You can alter Pretty Woman, to sing 'Trousers trousers, walking down the street'
You can alter Pretty Woman, to sing 'Trousers trousers, walking down the street'
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My husband was less excited than I hoped re my discovery:
You can alter Pretty Woman, to sing 'Trousers trousers, walking down the street'
You can alter Pretty Woman, to sing 'Trousers trousers, walking down the street'
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ME WANT AN ECSTASY OF CRUMBLING
As November approaches, never forget that the BBC pinned a poppy on Cookie Monster.
"YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."
"YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."
October 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
ME WANT AN ECSTASY OF CRUMBLING
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As someone who thinks way too much about the suspended animation water bears are capable of, I found this totally fascinating and not even totally surprising?
Third state. Sorry. Really unsettling stuff, too.
Scientists Have Uncovered a 3rd State of Life, Which Starts After Cell Death
Surprise!
www.popularmechanics.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
As someone who thinks way too much about the suspended animation water bears are capable of, I found this totally fascinating and not even totally surprising?
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I found a capybara pebble🤎
October 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I found a capybara pebble🤎
Can't decide which crochet hook to buy, because I haven't eaten Korean food yet today
(Not strictly true, I was eating dry ramen at 3 in the morning)
(Not strictly true, I was eating dry ramen at 3 in the morning)
October 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Can't decide which crochet hook to buy, because I haven't eaten Korean food yet today
(Not strictly true, I was eating dry ramen at 3 in the morning)
(Not strictly true, I was eating dry ramen at 3 in the morning)
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In this town
We call Stoke
Everyone hail to the pumpkin bloke
We call Stoke
Everyone hail to the pumpkin bloke
November 1, 2024 at 1:04 PM
In this town
We call Stoke
Everyone hail to the pumpkin bloke
We call Stoke
Everyone hail to the pumpkin bloke
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Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.
Oh this is a good thing in my day yes, I enjoyed it lots
Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today!
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
October 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Oh this is a good thing in my day yes, I enjoyed it lots
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Excellently threatening energy from Deborah Findlay’s entry to the Puffin Post’s Concrete Poetry Competition.
A superb, subtle, sarcastic little poetic diss to the moon
A superb, subtle, sarcastic little poetic diss to the moon
October 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excellently threatening energy from Deborah Findlay’s entry to the Puffin Post’s Concrete Poetry Competition.
A superb, subtle, sarcastic little poetic diss to the moon
A superb, subtle, sarcastic little poetic diss to the moon