Kate Watson
@loreandordure.com
Smallholder, writer, erstwhile vetn'ry, PhD student, ADHD+, lexicographer & alleged Pratchett witch.
Letterpress, photography & digital/analogue miniatures.
Long Covid victim. She/they.
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Letterpress, photography & digital/analogue miniatures.
Long Covid victim. She/they.
🖋️ https://loreandordure.com/
🖼️ https://ko-fi.com/loreandordure/shop/
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Jingle Bells (Batman Smells): an incomplete festive folk-rhyme taxonomy
Gather round the fire, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It has everything you could want in a Christmas blockbuster: superheroes and villains, a car crash, children singing, a mystery to solv…
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For your collective delectation this holiday season:
Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
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Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!)
loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...
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public grief interferes with ongoing production/consumption and the profits of billionaires and can lead to questioning the political order, so our “leaders” try to limit its expression
THE OPEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRIEF IS A POLITICAL ACT.
One of the things that genuinely shocked me as I read through surveillance logs for the police is how much of their energy and attention is dedicated to shutting down vigils and other ceremonies of remembrance.
January 10, 2026 at 6:41 AM
public grief interferes with ongoing production/consumption and the profits of billionaires and can lead to questioning the political order, so our “leaders” try to limit its expression
Quite right. Other than as a medical procedure carried out by a medical professional for documented medical reasons, it’s just genital mutilation of little boys.
January 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Quite right. Other than as a medical procedure carried out by a medical professional for documented medical reasons, it’s just genital mutilation of little boys.
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I was asked an interesting question last week about why my Rebellion! series doesn’t include scenes of violence. The answer is simple, most protests are mainly peaceful. If a protest is 99% peaceful and 1% violent and you only show the violence then that isn’t a truthful record it is propaganda.
January 10, 2026 at 11:06 AM
I was asked an interesting question last week about why my Rebellion! series doesn’t include scenes of violence. The answer is simple, most protests are mainly peaceful. If a protest is 99% peaceful and 1% violent and you only show the violence then that isn’t a truthful record it is propaganda.
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It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
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fascism is the promise that no matter how meek repulsive or vile you are, a big titty submissive waifu awaits after eliminating all foreigners standing in the way of your sexual gratification and threatening the purity of your nation’s Woman, who’ll be yours, all without disappointing mommy or daddy
July 25, 2024 at 3:27 AM
fascism is the promise that no matter how meek repulsive or vile you are, a big titty submissive waifu awaits after eliminating all foreigners standing in the way of your sexual gratification and threatening the purity of your nation’s Woman, who’ll be yours, all without disappointing mommy or daddy
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“Poverty, great wealth and democracy are ultimately incompatible elements in any society…either poverty will use democracy to win the struggle against property or property…will destroy democracy”
Nye Bevan, 1952
Nye Bevan, 1952
August 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“Poverty, great wealth and democracy are ultimately incompatible elements in any society…either poverty will use democracy to win the struggle against property or property…will destroy democracy”
Nye Bevan, 1952
Nye Bevan, 1952
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🔴Tony Blair Institute talks lots about democracy
But his week I contacted them for comment on this story
The response? "You are an organisation with a long-standing and partisan anti-TBI agenda and we will not engage with your disingenuous questions."
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/blair-bids...
But his week I contacted them for comment on this story
The response? "You are an organisation with a long-standing and partisan anti-TBI agenda and we will not engage with your disingenuous questions."
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/blair-bids...
Blair bids to build own AI tools to rival Palantir
TBI insiders warn of “'insane” plan to transform think tank into a tech company
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:48 AM
🔴Tony Blair Institute talks lots about democracy
But his week I contacted them for comment on this story
The response? "You are an organisation with a long-standing and partisan anti-TBI agenda and we will not engage with your disingenuous questions."
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/blair-bids...
But his week I contacted them for comment on this story
The response? "You are an organisation with a long-standing and partisan anti-TBI agenda and we will not engage with your disingenuous questions."
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/blair-bids...
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Guys, Carl von Clausewitz described burnout, CFS and executive dysfunction already in 1832!
"Everything [...] is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult."
"Everything [...] is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult."
January 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Guys, Carl von Clausewitz described burnout, CFS and executive dysfunction already in 1832!
"Everything [...] is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult."
"Everything [...] is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult."
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Good morning, all!
Woody Guthrie
“All You Fascists Bound To Lose”
Woody Guthrie
“All You Fascists Bound To Lose”
Woody Guthrie~ All You Fascists Bound To Lose
YouTube video by UnAmericanBandstand
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Good morning, all!
Woody Guthrie
“All You Fascists Bound To Lose”
Woody Guthrie
“All You Fascists Bound To Lose”
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Hahahahaha!!! The twat thinks the North Sea has the same conditions as the gulf 😆
January 10, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Hahahahaha!!! The twat thinks the North Sea has the same conditions as the gulf 😆
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This is why MPs get thrown off balance when they come on Bluesky.
They aren't slavishly followed but still get engagement and held to account by real people and they've totally forgotten that a) people exist independently of the media class and b) they *talk*.
They aren't slavishly followed but still get engagement and held to account by real people and they've totally forgotten that a) people exist independently of the media class and b) they *talk*.
The idea that journalists, politicians, groups or - you know, women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ people - should "stay on the pitch" doesn't really hold up.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
January 10, 2026 at 10:33 AM
This is why MPs get thrown off balance when they come on Bluesky.
They aren't slavishly followed but still get engagement and held to account by real people and they've totally forgotten that a) people exist independently of the media class and b) they *talk*.
They aren't slavishly followed but still get engagement and held to account by real people and they've totally forgotten that a) people exist independently of the media class and b) they *talk*.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ej... Massive spoilers for the series; but it's kinda sweet to see them invent fanfic.
How Empty Netters Became the #1 Hockey Smut Podcast | Heated Rivalry Recap, S2 Predictions and More
YouTube video by The Daily Friday Podcast
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:50 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ej... Massive spoilers for the series; but it's kinda sweet to see them invent fanfic.
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Stop subsidizing fossil fuels and the renewables market will do good things for your country -just look at Uruguay
January 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Stop subsidizing fossil fuels and the renewables market will do good things for your country -just look at Uruguay
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Sickness, Disability, and Death in NHS England Staff
The three graphs that *every person* needs to see.
The question that every single person needs to ask their government:
What are you doing to protect me from Covid infection?
The three graphs that *every person* needs to see.
The question that every single person needs to ask their government:
What are you doing to protect me from Covid infection?
January 10, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Sickness, Disability, and Death in NHS England Staff
The three graphs that *every person* needs to see.
The question that every single person needs to ask their government:
What are you doing to protect me from Covid infection?
The three graphs that *every person* needs to see.
The question that every single person needs to ask their government:
What are you doing to protect me from Covid infection?
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I’m old enough to remember the late 2000s, when redpill dudes were starting to mobilize online
various feminists and queer activists and historians wrote fairly regularly about misogyny as the canary in the coal mine of fascism
I can still hear the crickets
various feminists and queer activists and historians wrote fairly regularly about misogyny as the canary in the coal mine of fascism
I can still hear the crickets
He shot her in the head, then called her a “fucking bitch.”
That isn’t self defense, it’s an angry execution.
That isn’t self defense, it’s an angry execution.
January 10, 2026 at 6:29 AM
I’m old enough to remember the late 2000s, when redpill dudes were starting to mobilize online
various feminists and queer activists and historians wrote fairly regularly about misogyny as the canary in the coal mine of fascism
I can still hear the crickets
various feminists and queer activists and historians wrote fairly regularly about misogyny as the canary in the coal mine of fascism
I can still hear the crickets
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Meanwhile, over on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@mhoye/11586...
January 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Meanwhile, over on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@mhoye/11586...
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Aye. Took longer than it should to realise that all those tossing 'disrupt' around as a give-me-money buzzword, meant dismantle or destroy...
"Move fast and break things," say the people who, in an uncanny coincidence, are responsible for breaking the entire planet at a terrifying speed.
January 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Aye. Took longer than it should to realise that all those tossing 'disrupt' around as a give-me-money buzzword, meant dismantle or destroy...
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The Weight of Words
For HKers, language is our identity. We speak Cantonese. We write in traditional Chinese. And during the pro-democracy protests when it seemed like no one would hear us, we just made up some new words that speak our truth.
Source: Telegram/ Ah-To (Dec 2019)
For HKers, language is our identity. We speak Cantonese. We write in traditional Chinese. And during the pro-democracy protests when it seemed like no one would hear us, we just made up some new words that speak our truth.
Source: Telegram/ Ah-To (Dec 2019)
January 10, 2026 at 3:15 AM
The Weight of Words
For HKers, language is our identity. We speak Cantonese. We write in traditional Chinese. And during the pro-democracy protests when it seemed like no one would hear us, we just made up some new words that speak our truth.
Source: Telegram/ Ah-To (Dec 2019)
For HKers, language is our identity. We speak Cantonese. We write in traditional Chinese. And during the pro-democracy protests when it seemed like no one would hear us, we just made up some new words that speak our truth.
Source: Telegram/ Ah-To (Dec 2019)
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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Thinking of studying Archaeology at Bournemouth University ?
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Thinking of studying Archaeology at Bournemouth University ?
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
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"vote with your dollar" is a capitalist telling on themselves moment. it's open admission that more money = more voice. it's a phrase designed to seem like a solution but it's only intent is to shut you the fuck up
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"vote with your dollar" is a capitalist telling on themselves moment. it's open admission that more money = more voice. it's a phrase designed to seem like a solution but it's only intent is to shut you the fuck up
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So, one of my friends carried a surrogate pregnancy- egg donor and the dads’ sperm- and when the baby was born, despite having no biological relation to my friend, let alone her husband, her husband was put as the father on birth certificate. So uh. This doesn’t track
A transgender man cannot be registered as “father” on the birth certificates of children delivered by his female partner, a senior judge has ruled. He could not be registered as such because he was neither the biological nor gestational parent of either child. [Times]
January 10, 2026 at 10:03 AM
So, one of my friends carried a surrogate pregnancy- egg donor and the dads’ sperm- and when the baby was born, despite having no biological relation to my friend, let alone her husband, her husband was put as the father on birth certificate. So uh. This doesn’t track
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me to the greenhouse glass: you better not be pulling that rococo shit
the greenhouse glass:
the greenhouse glass:
January 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
me to the greenhouse glass: you better not be pulling that rococo shit
the greenhouse glass:
the greenhouse glass:
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Ball. His court.
January 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Ball. His court.
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