Catherine Hill
@ctjhill.bsky.social
A geeky individual, passionate about books, TV and the fantastical. Has an active imagination and a liking for history (especially in podcasts). Does environmental campaigning sometimes. One half of @dtdiscworld.bsky.social podcast. Probably tired. She/Her
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Nearly half of the UK’s garden space is paved over, a new study has found.
The RHS has conducted the largest ever audit of the UK’s gardens, and found that they are an untapped – and until now, mostly unmeasured – potential resource for nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The RHS has conducted the largest ever audit of the UK’s gardens, and found that they are an untapped – and until now, mostly unmeasured – potential resource for nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds
Homeowners urged to use more robust planting and permeable materials to help mitigate flood risk
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Nearly half of the UK’s garden space is paved over, a new study has found.
The RHS has conducted the largest ever audit of the UK’s gardens, and found that they are an untapped – and until now, mostly unmeasured – potential resource for nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The RHS has conducted the largest ever audit of the UK’s gardens, and found that they are an untapped – and until now, mostly unmeasured – potential resource for nature.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Please take a look at our eco-friendly winter gift guide! From supporting environmental causes to using plastic-free packaging, these producers are working hard to reduce their impact on the environment or create a positive change.
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
October 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Please take a look at our eco-friendly winter gift guide! From supporting environmental causes to using plastic-free packaging, these producers are working hard to reduce their impact on the environment or create a positive change.
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/eco...
Guinea pig died this morning/overnight, which wasn't expected. Rodents do tend to hide if they are ill. Now we don't have any pets and won't for a little bit. Sad morning but Kid and I are going to a gluten free party in a bit so that'll cheer us up.
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Guinea pig died this morning/overnight, which wasn't expected. Rodents do tend to hide if they are ill. Now we don't have any pets and won't for a little bit. Sad morning but Kid and I are going to a gluten free party in a bit so that'll cheer us up.
I've been remembering my dreams more recently. They weren't necessarily pleasant, but I've been remembering a few, after years of barely doing so, which feels positive. I was very into dreams as a teen, had so many, liked to talk about them (I know). I'd wondered if I'd lost something, but maybe not
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I've been remembering my dreams more recently. They weren't necessarily pleasant, but I've been remembering a few, after years of barely doing so, which feels positive. I was very into dreams as a teen, had so many, liked to talk about them (I know). I'd wondered if I'd lost something, but maybe not
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This is for someone's birthday who I don't know so I should probably butt out, but it might be the funniest thing I've seen all week.
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is for someone's birthday who I don't know so I should probably butt out, but it might be the funniest thing I've seen all week.
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Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
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Jingo
Ankh-Morpork prepares for war, which is no good if your job is keeping the peace. Vimes does what he knows, even when it takes him outside his city. We discuss the good influence this book has on us and how it is, regrettably, still very relevant right now.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-xib32-...
Ankh-Morpork prepares for war, which is no good if your job is keeping the peace. Vimes does what he knows, even when it takes him outside his city. We discuss the good influence this book has on us and how it is, regrettably, still very relevant right now.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-xib32-...
Dining Table Discworld - Jingo
Suddenly Ankh-Morpork is keen to go to war, which is bad news for those trying to keep the peace.
Vimes chases a suspect out of his element and learns something about big crimes and little crimes.
Mea...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jingo
Ankh-Morpork prepares for war, which is no good if your job is keeping the peace. Vimes does what he knows, even when it takes him outside his city. We discuss the good influence this book has on us and how it is, regrettably, still very relevant right now.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-xib32-...
Ankh-Morpork prepares for war, which is no good if your job is keeping the peace. Vimes does what he knows, even when it takes him outside his city. We discuss the good influence this book has on us and how it is, regrettably, still very relevant right now.
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-xib32-...
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A little moment of calm for everyone dealing with holiday stress this week 💛
Watercolor and gouache with a few digital edits (this was a warm up 😁)
#kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #cozyart
Watercolor and gouache with a few digital edits (this was a warm up 😁)
#kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #cozyart
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A little moment of calm for everyone dealing with holiday stress this week 💛
Watercolor and gouache with a few digital edits (this was a warm up 😁)
#kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #cozyart
Watercolor and gouache with a few digital edits (this was a warm up 😁)
#kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #gouache #cozyart
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Happy World Walrus Day! The English word walrus probably comes from Dutch and means “whale horse.” The Albanian name for a walrus, lopë deti, means “sea cow.” And the Navajo word for a walrus is tábąąstííntsoh bideeʼ hólónígíí. It means “big otter that lies on the shore, with tusks”
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Happy World Walrus Day! The English word walrus probably comes from Dutch and means “whale horse.” The Albanian name for a walrus, lopë deti, means “sea cow.” And the Navajo word for a walrus is tábąąstííntsoh bideeʼ hólónígíí. It means “big otter that lies on the shore, with tusks”
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Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend?
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
Good Gifts 2025
Use your Secret Santa or present giving to support charities, museums and small businesses.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend?
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I know there's a lot of talk about the internet being more rubbish than it used to be, and that is true. However I just found both an article and a report I read a few years ago almost right away, despite not remembering the exact titles. So that's made me feel a bit better about searching for stuff
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I know there's a lot of talk about the internet being more rubbish than it used to be, and that is true. However I just found both an article and a report I read a few years ago almost right away, despite not remembering the exact titles. So that's made me feel a bit better about searching for stuff
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Lovely interview of Zack Polanski : ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Lovely interview of Zack Polanski : ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
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Freyja Stokes, a real-life #Pratchett scholar, looks at Mrs Palm and the historical connections between sex work and witchcraft... come for the history, stay for some amazing puns.
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Freyja Stokes, a real-life #Pratchett scholar, looks at Mrs Palm and the historical connections between sex work and witchcraft... come for the history, stay for some amazing puns.
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com
Please share widely!
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Phenomenal woman.
Maya!
Maya!
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Phenomenal woman.
Maya!
Maya!
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“Our greatest natural hazard is flooding, and we don’t prepare people for it”. We absolutely should. This is urgent. Another good reason to sign this petition calling for a National Climate Resilience plan - please do sign & share @climatemajority.bsky.social
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Our greatest natural hazard is flooding, and we don’t prepare people for it”. We absolutely should. This is urgent. Another good reason to sign this petition calling for a National Climate Resilience plan - please do sign & share @climatemajority.bsky.social
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Reducing emissions without phasing out fossil fuels is like being full after a big restaurant meal and telling the waiter to keep delivering new dishes to the table with a promise that your kids and your neighbor who is not even at the table will pay the bill.
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reducing emissions without phasing out fossil fuels is like being full after a big restaurant meal and telling the waiter to keep delivering new dishes to the table with a promise that your kids and your neighbor who is not even at the table will pay the bill.
Very excited to be called Friend of the Lid by @alasdairstuart.bsky.social, definitely a good email to get at the end of the week. 😁
November 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Very excited to be called Friend of the Lid by @alasdairstuart.bsky.social, definitely a good email to get at the end of the week. 😁
I feel like I am often nodding along when listening to people and wonder if it seems a bit demonstrative. But sounds like it helps people so I'll stop wondering and just keep on.
Be the person in the audience who smiles and nods.
here's one more- if you ever have to address a room full of people, pick a mf on one side of the room then pick a mf on the other side of the room and just talk to only those 2- it'll look like you're addressing everyone there and you won't have to worry about the audience
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I feel like I am often nodding along when listening to people and wonder if it seems a bit demonstrative. But sounds like it helps people so I'll stop wondering and just keep on.
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Be the person in the audience who smiles and nods.
here's one more- if you ever have to address a room full of people, pick a mf on one side of the room then pick a mf on the other side of the room and just talk to only those 2- it'll look like you're addressing everyone there and you won't have to worry about the audience
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Be the person in the audience who smiles and nods.
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Can I offer you a few capybaras in these trying times?
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Can I offer you a few capybaras in these trying times?
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
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Come and join our family cycle ride on Sunday 14 December at 12.30pm, starting in Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park.
Free family bike ride on roads and cycle paths. Riders of all abilities welcome. Ride approximately an hour long.
All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Free family bike ride on roads and cycle paths. Riders of all abilities welcome. Ride approximately an hour long.
All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Come and join our family cycle ride on Sunday 14 December at 12.30pm, starting in Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park.
Free family bike ride on roads and cycle paths. Riders of all abilities welcome. Ride approximately an hour long.
All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Free family bike ride on roads and cycle paths. Riders of all abilities welcome. Ride approximately an hour long.
All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.