Wife, mother, author, teacher, gamer, nerd. Gayer than a tree full of mo- argh. [expletive]. EXTREMELY gay. 🌈She/Her🌈https://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3mj5a7bibms2qOkay, I am officially a Thud Shark 🤣☺️10 Apr 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5a7bibms2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3md73mab26k2qA post from Hank Green that I found on youtube just now (which is why it’s a screenshot rather than a repost):24 Jan 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3md73mab26k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3m5gkoflnys2oThere was a lovely aurora australis tonight 🥰12 Nov 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gkoflnys2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lujjth5szk2wWhat people say they want in a book and what they actually buy and read are often very different things. I reckon we should primarily write to satisfy *ourselves* - and if other people enjoy it too that’s just a nice bonus. Trying to write for someone else’s taste is a mug’s game.22 Jul 2025 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lujjth5szk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lugws657is2eDead Cat Strategy only works when you can find a cat that stinks more than what you're trying to distract from.21 Jul 2025 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lugws657is2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3ltg2vvfs7k2iIf anyone was vaguely following the Mushroom Murders in Victoria a couple of years ago, the verdict came out yesterday and How To Cook That did an *excellent* breakdown of the case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_G6y3L0oQI08 Jul 2025 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltg2vvfs7k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lrre4rrcqc2bMy 6yo: Where are Mayor Lewis’ shorts? Me: In Marnie’s bedroom 6yo: The one with the ranch? Me: Yep - you need 2 hearts with her first. 6yo: Why would Marnie steal Mayor Lewis’ pants??? Me: Me: Me: I think he left them there himself. 🙈🙈🙈17 Jun 2025 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrre4rrcqc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lrf7eqqrsc2hUgh. Someone on the Book of Faces shared obvious AI generated emotionally manipulative copy pasta about cancer. So now I feel shitty - but the person IDs as an author, so there’s no way they didn’t recognise it? It’s created to spread, yes, but among those illiterate enough not to realise it isn’t…12 Jun 2025 05:38 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrf7eqqrsc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lp3h53dnnc2yWe went to the gym this morning. Does this count as a “felt cute, might delete later” pic? 🤣😊 (In all seriousness, my muscles are coming back after so long on chemo and I’m effin’ *stoked* about that - no rude replies please! 🙃)13 May 2025 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3h53dnnc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lov5c22ik22eOkay, we’ve done an unsolicited duck pic; today it’s an unsolicited dikdik pic! 🥰11 May 2025 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lov5c22ik22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lonhchrh4s2rAnyone want to share something they’ve saved because it made them smile? I’ll start: 😊08 May 2025 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lonhchrh4s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3loi5m47e4k2hFor no reason whatsoever, please look at this completely unsolicited duck pic 🦆06 May 2025 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3loi5m47e4k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3logbmvmd722tI saw this today: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AqJnK9Dh-eQ …and was mildly horrified. Tl;dw: AI, much like people, will view attempts to change its goals with extreme suspicion, and may fake compliance to avoid actually having its “morals” altered. Shades of “Rule 34” (by Charles Stross)05 May 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3logbmvmd722thttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lntupg5o5222AUSTRALIANS: Please help! I have blocked Clive Palmer's "Trumpet of Patriots" (🤮) three times so far, and their number does not stay blocked. The alerts stay off, so I know it's not a moving number that's causing the issue, but I don't want to see their texts at all - anyone have a better solution?28 Apr 2025 03:56 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lntupg5o5222https://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lmlfd6n2722iMoodiness and irritability? Symptoms of menopause. So when I get grumpy I always worry: is this really me, or is this just a symptom of the hormonal stuff They are doing to me? Like, I get annoyed when I see Vimes’ Boots Theory quoted without acknowledging it was Pratchett! Really annoyed.12 Apr 2025 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmlfd6n2722ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lm3w4ufm5c2iI’ve been listening to news about the new Switch 2 (yes, I’ve also pre-ordered it; I’m excited) and a lot of American commentators are complaining about the price and claiming the prices have tanked Nintendo’s stock. But the prices included an expected 20% tariff (they’ve paused US pre-orders)…05 Apr 2025 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm3w4ufm5c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lkensyj6as2yI think later today I might publish a short story onto AO3. It's reading as pretty close to completion, and it was only ever meant to be a tiny little thing - but if I leave it until the show gets past the point I'm rewriting I'll need to rewrite it again, and we can't have that 🤣😊❤️ #fanfic #WoT14 Mar 2025 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkensyj6as2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lkaox5yuak2aIt’s been a pretty bad menopause day, and I’m still struggling to even accept how much my body has changed in the last 12 months. I know other people have it worse, and it’s better than dying of cancer, but I’d still really love to read a thread of happy things and cute puppy/kitty pics. Please? 🥺13 Mar 2025 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkaox5yuak2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lj5eblahk22nI want this jumper 👀👀27 Feb 2025 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5eblahk22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lipwmv2iwc27I ran a Personal Best* at the park run this morning! *for a given value of “best” that doesn’t include how fast I could run over a decade ago lol21 Feb 2025 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lipwmv2iwc27https://bsky.app/profile/kathleendeplume.bsky.social/post/3lifwzvfbpk2iI was reminded of this very early (yet still depressingly relevant) xkcd comic:17 Feb 2025 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:5cucjgscccewpbvx2szz2kxb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifwzvfbpk2i