Kate King
@kateinsuffolk.bsky.social
Retired doctor, avid reader, Green politics, inclusive feminism, dogs
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It's here!
@georgepenney.bsky.social , I'm looking forward to this
@georgepenney.bsky.social , I'm looking forward to this
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It's here!
@georgepenney.bsky.social , I'm looking forward to this
@georgepenney.bsky.social , I'm looking forward to this
Someone in the village has created this. A threat? A warning?
October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Someone in the village has created this. A threat? A warning?
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
What fresh hell is this?!
(Can't work out how to alt text this. It's a link to a Guardian article about products counting down to Halloween. As if outrageous commercial exploitation of a folk tradition hadn't already gone off the scale 🙄)
What fresh hell is this?!
(Can't work out how to alt text this. It's a link to a Guardian article about products counting down to Halloween. As if outrageous commercial exploitation of a folk tradition hadn't already gone off the scale 🙄)
Fun or frightful? Halloween Advent calendars hit the shelves
Retailers stock up on countdown gifts as Britain’s enthusiasm for (and spending on) spooky holiday grows
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
What fresh hell is this?!
(Can't work out how to alt text this. It's a link to a Guardian article about products counting down to Halloween. As if outrageous commercial exploitation of a folk tradition hadn't already gone off the scale 🙄)
What fresh hell is this?!
(Can't work out how to alt text this. It's a link to a Guardian article about products counting down to Halloween. As if outrageous commercial exploitation of a folk tradition hadn't already gone off the scale 🙄)
The feeling when a book you've forgotten you ordered is delivered 😊
August 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The feeling when a book you've forgotten you ordered is delivered 😊
Any Portuguese speakers able to help?
I'm taking a secular funeral for a Portuguese lady, and would like to bid her a formal 'farewell' in her own language. Nothing too complicated - while her children don't speak Portuguese her siblings will be there and I don't want to insult them!
Obrigada
I'm taking a secular funeral for a Portuguese lady, and would like to bid her a formal 'farewell' in her own language. Nothing too complicated - while her children don't speak Portuguese her siblings will be there and I don't want to insult them!
Obrigada
July 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Any Portuguese speakers able to help?
I'm taking a secular funeral for a Portuguese lady, and would like to bid her a formal 'farewell' in her own language. Nothing too complicated - while her children don't speak Portuguese her siblings will be there and I don't want to insult them!
Obrigada
I'm taking a secular funeral for a Portuguese lady, and would like to bid her a formal 'farewell' in her own language. Nothing too complicated - while her children don't speak Portuguese her siblings will be there and I don't want to insult them!
Obrigada
I've been told I can expect a Royal Mail parcel delivery today between 9.31 and 12.31
Information that manages to be simultaneously oddly specific and unhelpfully vague 🙄
Information that manages to be simultaneously oddly specific and unhelpfully vague 🙄
July 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I've been told I can expect a Royal Mail parcel delivery today between 9.31 and 12.31
Information that manages to be simultaneously oddly specific and unhelpfully vague 🙄
Information that manages to be simultaneously oddly specific and unhelpfully vague 🙄
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Today's Sunday Craft is making origami axolotls, as requested by one of the regular Sunday Crafters. Come in from 1 to make yours. #Elmswell #MidSuffolk #Suffolk #SundayCrafts #CraftsInLibraries
March 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Today's Sunday Craft is making origami axolotls, as requested by one of the regular Sunday Crafters. Come in from 1 to make yours. #Elmswell #MidSuffolk #Suffolk #SundayCrafts #CraftsInLibraries
Walked out of a fundraising quiz evening last night
An ego plus a microphone is a terrible combination
An ego plus a microphone is a terrible combination
March 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Walked out of a fundraising quiz evening last night
An ego plus a microphone is a terrible combination
An ego plus a microphone is a terrible combination
The cherry plum tree is loud with honey bees and bumblebees. Spring is definitely on the way
March 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The cherry plum tree is loud with honey bees and bumblebees. Spring is definitely on the way
3 consecutive days now, this dog has found a tennis ball on our walk. My sister makes a little extra cash selling the golf balls her dog finds on the local course (with permission). I don't suppose these balls have much commercial value though!
March 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
3 consecutive days now, this dog has found a tennis ball on our walk. My sister makes a little extra cash selling the golf balls her dog finds on the local course (with permission). I don't suppose these balls have much commercial value though!
Apparently today is Love Your Pet Day. Anyone else's dog pushing that to the limit by rolling in fox poo?
No?
Just us, then
No?
Just us, then
February 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Apparently today is Love Your Pet Day. Anyone else's dog pushing that to the limit by rolling in fox poo?
No?
Just us, then
No?
Just us, then
Thank you, Bluesky friends, for an interesting year
For book recommendations, for new chocolate discoveries, for opening my eyes to important social matters, for cute animal pictures
May 2025 turn out better than you expect
Peace and love
For book recommendations, for new chocolate discoveries, for opening my eyes to important social matters, for cute animal pictures
May 2025 turn out better than you expect
Peace and love
December 31, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Thank you, Bluesky friends, for an interesting year
For book recommendations, for new chocolate discoveries, for opening my eyes to important social matters, for cute animal pictures
May 2025 turn out better than you expect
Peace and love
For book recommendations, for new chocolate discoveries, for opening my eyes to important social matters, for cute animal pictures
May 2025 turn out better than you expect
Peace and love
Happy Christmas, Bluesky
I know it can be a complicated day for some, but I hope everyone finds moments of happiness today
I know it can be a complicated day for some, but I hope everyone finds moments of happiness today
December 25, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Happy Christmas, Bluesky
I know it can be a complicated day for some, but I hope everyone finds moments of happiness today
I know it can be a complicated day for some, but I hope everyone finds moments of happiness today
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
Another reason why I don't go to the pictures anymore but wait for films to be shown on TV. The soundtrack is already too loud, and audiences are being urged to ask for things to be even louder!
Another reason why I don't go to the pictures anymore but wait for films to be shown on TV. The soundtrack is already too loud, and audiences are being urged to ask for things to be even louder!
Wicked director tells audience members to ask cinemas to turn up the volume
Jon M Chu encouraged fans to take their audio experience into their own hands, ahead of the film’s opening weekend
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 12:43 PM
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...
Another reason why I don't go to the pictures anymore but wait for films to be shown on TV. The soundtrack is already too loud, and audiences are being urged to ask for things to be even louder!
Another reason why I don't go to the pictures anymore but wait for films to be shown on TV. The soundtrack is already too loud, and audiences are being urged to ask for things to be even louder!
Watching the lunchtime news. Compulsory poppy season has started early this year!
October 28, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Watching the lunchtime news. Compulsory poppy season has started early this year!
So apparently if the sky clears I can see comet-A3 in the west in about half an hour.
It's not looking promising right now
It's not looking promising right now
October 12, 2024 at 4:42 PM
So apparently if the sky clears I can see comet-A3 in the west in about half an hour.
It's not looking promising right now
It's not looking promising right now
There may be people seeing this who are upset with me. You follow me, I haven't followed back. I have looked at your profile looking for reasons to follow, but there's too little there to show me who you are. I'll keep checking, so get involved! At least you didn't make me go 'ick!' so there's hope
September 27, 2024 at 10:19 AM
There may be people seeing this who are upset with me. You follow me, I haven't followed back. I have looked at your profile looking for reasons to follow, but there's too little there to show me who you are. I'll keep checking, so get involved! At least you didn't make me go 'ick!' so there's hope
Apologies to local dog walkers. This is the second ball we've found this month. If you care to apply at the gate your dogs can have their toys back
August 22, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Apologies to local dog walkers. This is the second ball we've found this month. If you care to apply at the gate your dogs can have their toys back
People have been saying that there are fewer butterflies this year, but there are plenty of caterpillars here. That used to be my kale, you little sods!
August 9, 2024 at 10:54 AM
People have been saying that there are fewer butterflies this year, but there are plenty of caterpillars here. That used to be my kale, you little sods!
I love how gall wasps make acorns look as if they've been made by some mad confectioner with a piping nozzle!
July 29, 2024 at 9:19 AM
I love how gall wasps make acorns look as if they've been made by some mad confectioner with a piping nozzle!
www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
Another "No shit, Sherlock" article. If you know the key words to use you can make these systems work for you, but too often they work as a barrier to health care. They need to be ditched
Another "No shit, Sherlock" article. If you know the key words to use you can make these systems work for you, but too often they work as a barrier to health care. They need to be ditched
Online GP consultations have led to harm and death, investigation finds
Use of online tools rather than face-to-face consultations has led to misdiagnoses, missed illnesses and delayed care
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2024 at 12:28 PM
www.theguardian.com/society/arti...
Another "No shit, Sherlock" article. If you know the key words to use you can make these systems work for you, but too often they work as a barrier to health care. They need to be ditched
Another "No shit, Sherlock" article. If you know the key words to use you can make these systems work for you, but too often they work as a barrier to health care. They need to be ditched
It looks like being a good year for blackberries
July 24, 2024 at 7:21 PM
It looks like being a good year for blackberries
Apparently the pink flower is called centaury, ie like a centaur. I can't see it myself
July 18, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Apparently the pink flower is called centaury, ie like a centaur. I can't see it myself
It's really not about the crossbows
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Observer view on violence against women after Bushey murders: rampant misogyny must be tackled
Labour’s pledge to halve violence against women and girls is a start. But what about the other 50%?
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2024 at 9:17 AM
It's really not about the crossbows
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Did I overreact? A man in a writing group I coordinate sent a sexist message to a woman as feedback about her story, visible to the whole group. I sent a private message that it was not respectful or appropriate. He's now answered "it was clearly a joke" and gone off in a strop. His issue, right?
June 19, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Did I overreact? A man in a writing group I coordinate sent a sexist message to a woman as feedback about her story, visible to the whole group. I sent a private message that it was not respectful or appropriate. He's now answered "it was clearly a joke" and gone off in a strop. His issue, right?