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Katherine Birkett

@katherinebirkett.bsky.social

Autistic Quizzer, Prepper, Earth Science Nerd, Steampunk, Wildlife Enthusiast, Atheist, Type 2 Diabetic and fan of The Chase and Taskmaster.

90 Followers  |  173 Following  |  179 Posts  |  Joined: 17.11.2024
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@paulsinha.bsky.social Today's episode of #TheChase resulted in my needing to physically demonstrate the dance moves of the Macarena to my mother...

25.02.2026 18:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

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USA, last time I knew....

08.02.2026 21:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One of the pre-Dimbleby hosts, Sir Robin Day was badass.

05.02.2026 23:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Please send my heartiest congratulations to the cast and crew on this latest win, @stephenmcgann.uk , and also my congratulations to Jenny Agutter on her win too! I will miss this show so much... #CallTheMidwife #TVChoiceAwards

02.02.2026 23:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A brilliant idea! Can I be an 'extra' in it? 😉

28.01.2026 14:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Oh, Patrick..... 😉 #CalltheMidwife @stephenmcgann.uk

28.01.2026 14:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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@stephenmcgann.uk RE: #CalltheMidwife. The arrival of this little treasure through my door in an envelope with a familiar ship on it in the very early days of the 1990s made me dance around the house with joy. It will NEVER be sold. #BluePeter

26.01.2026 04:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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There's always that one little tweet.

25.01.2026 14:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@stevehofstetter.bsky.social Hi, Steve! Regarding your UK Slang video on YouTube, you may be interested to know that in the UK, a 'trump' is a word we use to describe a fart. Very apt, eh?

17.01.2026 03:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh CRUMBS... hope that's a standalone quake and not... you know...

16.01.2026 04:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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National Trust to make historic libraries more inviting - Arts Professional The National Trust will make it easier and more comfortable for those looking to curl up with a book in its historic homes.

Oh my LORD, @nationaltrust.org.uk , I can feel a few #DarkAcademia photo opportunities coming.... to repose awhile in glorious literary settings and indulge in some Bronte, Poe, Shelley or Dickens... yes, please!

#reading #fiction

www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...

14.01.2026 02:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

An ideal show to watch if you're just getting in to quizzing. If you're looking for inspirations in the field of Quiz, you immediately find six of them in the Chasers, British or Australian! My specialties are Earth Sciences, 80s pop, astronomy, transport and geography. Weakness? Soaps & Sport.

12.01.2026 05:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My mother broke the news this evening - she was a non-burner back in the day. Would I ever be one? Probably not. I prefer the comfort of support, especially since I'm getting on a bit and have recently entered the Droop Zone...

12.01.2026 05:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

@stephenmcgann.uk After the first episode of #CallTheMidwife last night, I asked me mother if she joined in the bra-burning of 1971. Her reply was simply "no".

The show is now set in the year before my mother and dad got married, and just 6 years before I appeared on the scene... I feel old.

12.01.2026 05:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Gobustan mud volcano
YouTube video by SilkeN Gobustan mud volcano

Just in case anyone's day could benefit from some Mud #Volcano #ASMR ....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-u...

11.01.2026 05:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I recently gave my mother a 'cultural enrichment lesson' (err... showed her a YouTube video) about the PSB's greatest hits as she confuses them with Erasure. She's hooked on 'It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas'. I got 'Smash!' and 'Nonetheless' on CD for said Christmas. They are musical beauty.

11.01.2026 02:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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After many a day spent worrying if we'd get snow here.... this;

#UKWeather #UKSnow #snow #Lincolnshire #Winter

05.01.2026 01:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Neil deGrasse Tyson Reads Mean Tweets - Pluto Edition | StarTalk
YouTube video by National Geographic Neil deGrasse Tyson Reads Mean Tweets - Pluto Edition | StarTalk

Pluto..... err, excuse me, @rigb.org .... Neil DeGrasse Tyson is on the phone.... 😉 #XmasLectures #Science #Space #Astronomy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBRE...

29.12.2025 19:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

More nerding out for me!

29.12.2025 19:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

More chance of life on the Moons... I'm looking at you, Enceladus & Europa.... #XmasLectures

29.12.2025 19:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

DAMN IT - I LOVE SCIENCE! #XmasLectures #Science #Space @rigb.org

29.12.2025 19:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's here. That's Home. That's us. Thanks, #CarlSagan. #XmasLectures @rigb.org

29.12.2025 19:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@rigb.org Come on, Betelgeuse.... entertain our skies! #XmasLectures

29.12.2025 19:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'd have legged it screaming....

28.12.2025 21:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

But then... the slithery things that I have a severe phobia of...

28.12.2025 19:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Indeed, then 'AAARGH!' when they brought out the long slithery thing... it's ALWAYS them on this show... ** weeps **

28.12.2025 19:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Making my day with #tardigrades , then un-making it with a snake. Eurgh. #XmasLectures

28.12.2025 19:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@rigb.org I just cheered and applauded tardigrades.

28.12.2025 19:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

As a space nerd, I am space nerding out. Please invite @neildegrassetyson.com to deliver the 2026 lectures...

28.12.2025 19:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0