Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 23hI got mine tested when I was about 25 because I was tired of being treated like an idiot. So that next time someone said “Oh you think you’re so clever,” I could tell them that I don’t just think it… 020 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The thing that was making the noise? The noise that I thought I was going to have to pay somebody hundreds of pounds to fix? It was this. 110 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026How is this an apex predator? Look at him. Just look at him. 141 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 12/10/2026House of Games today. If anyone tells me to take shorter showers I will fucking END them. 131 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Suspect this is Tom’s version of checking his eyelids for holes 140 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When you’ve left a two inch scratch on your mum’s knee, but you’re so stinking cute she doesn’t really mind. 120 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Me: why are people staring at me today? My t-shirt: 020 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#strictly Craig just criticised someone’s topline and I was like 010 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So Openreach have put up a notice that they intend to install a new pole outside my house, with a link to object but very little info on what to object to. The What3Words link is the corner of my house/driveway/garden/pavement we literally had resurfaced (at private expense) last month. There’s… 100 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Alas, I cannot wear this in my village today. Cos it’s too fucking hot and muggy. But as soon as the weather turns less sweaty, Trixie & I will be cycling past all those embarrassingly tatty engurland flags, proudly boasting the RNLI logo. 110 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Picked up ring doughnuts instead of jam ones. This’ll have to do. 111 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Me: I’ll just cycle home now The weather: 140 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Slightly cooler weather is great, but less so when someone* keeps wandering across the control panel , turning on the AC while the window is closed, thereby filling the room with hot air. *Tom. Tom is someone. 130 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Call me crazy, but I don’t think Evri tried very hard to deliver my parcel. 020 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Well this is fucking alarming when you have headphones on 240 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Me: I should change the bedlinen Tom: I HELP 2233 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Train selfie! On the way to see @janjonesauthor.bsky.social and Nikita Kuzman* *might actually only be meeting up with one of them 140 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Me: it’s hot and I’m going out this evening, I’ll put on a nice summer dress. It’s pale coloured because of the heat. Tom: 030 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Me: should I wash the cats’ water bowl? Tomkin: 040 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026After a bone dry April and May when I ran out of rainwater and had to give them the condensate from the air conditioner, I put my carnivores outside to enjoy the June rain. By this point I’m getting slightly concerned that even for bog plants, they’re a bit… wet. 250 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Train selfie on my way to meet @rflong.bsky.social for lunch & do publishing stuff. It is June in England, so I have sunglasses, cardigan, sun cream, and an umbrella. 250 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Got a new phone. In lieu of a new book cover to put on it, I’ve added some stickers, for the month that’s in it. 050 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Well my phone certainly thinks the weather is being more dramatic than it is 110 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Me: searches Etsy for jewellery, fabric, Pride wristbands, niche geekery, cute phone cases. Etsy: 310 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Well, I’m afraid I have some bad news for fans of The Promised Queen. Following poor sales the publisher has decided not to take any sequels from me. I’m obviously very disappointed about this, as I’d hoped for better news. 410 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Tomkin has noticed my legs have neither a thick fur coat, as a cat should have, or even the weird human coverings we use instead. Now he is worried I am cold so he has come to warm me up. What a good cat. 140 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 25/05/2026It’s just given up now. It can’t even remember what rain is 010 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Guys, I’ve found my true love. His name is Fridgey and he’s SO cool. This short king has changed my life. I love him more than any woman has ever loved an appliance. #AC #airconditioner #heatwave #ukheatwave 140 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I shall call him Fridgey and he shall be mine and he shall be my Fridgey 220 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 21/05/2026It’s been pretty warm here today. The outdoor thermometer was left in the sun: 100 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Looked at the forecast. Ordered an air conditioner. 30°c in May in England is a violation of my human rights. 100 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Well, I didn’t win the Romantasy Novel of the Year Award, but due to my hotel room being like an oven I got upgraded and now I have a view of Tower Bridge, so in a way I am winning. 170 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 13/05/2026“Haven’t seen Slim Shady for a while,” I mused as I chucked out some leftovers in the garden. Five minutes later I hear a ruckus from the kitchen. Guess who’s back? 140 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Sweden is giving RuPaul season 9 #EurovisionSemiFinal 010 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Cool, Sky is offering me a discount for *squints* the next 81 years 110 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Haven’t had any visits from Slim Shady for a few days, but Tom has clearly decided to emulate his bad boy ways by ditching his collar. Or is this even Tom? Without his tag how can I know? Maybe Slim Shady has been curled up beside me all afternoon! 21597 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I am doing some leather restoration on the sofa and Tom is Not Impressed. Look at that reproachful little face. (Also look at how many layers of blankets and cushions my little prince has to sleep on) 130 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Here’s what I filled in on their survey from the QR code (bold of them to assume their average voter knows what they are) 110 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Yes I do feel better now actually. #fuckreform 130 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Guess who’s back, Shady’s back Oh no I started singing that and now I’ve named him 010 0
Kate Johnson @k8johnsonauthor.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Fourth visit from the boys’ triplet. Dad: we’ve got to discourage this. Me: OR, and hear me out, we have three cats now. 150 0