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Katherine Birkett

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

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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@govindajeggy.bsky.social Hello there! Offspring of the real-life Mrs Birkett here & Phil's older sister! After much thought, this would be my ideal 'Wall Of Crisps'. I realise I've omitted the mighty Discos.. whoops... well, we have to have our secrets... from the FMB Facebook page:
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Photographed by me on 14/04/26, an #LNER train waiting at #Durham railway station for passengers, and LNER's mascot 'Eleanor'; a character I just like. @lner.co.uk #trains #trainspotting #ECML
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Having a wisdom tooth removed tomorrow under IV sedation. Any tips re. relaxation? Anxiety is beginning to build. #dentistry #dentist
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
@paulsinha.bsky.social Today's episode of #TheChase resulted in my needing to physically demonstrate the dance moves of the Macarena to my mother...
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Oh, Patrick..... 😉 #CalltheMidwife @stephenmcgann.uk
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
@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
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
There's always that one little tweet.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
@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?
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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...
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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.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
@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.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Just in case anyone's day could benefit from some Mud #Volcano #ASMR .... www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-u...
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Gobustan mud volcano
YouTube video by SilkeN
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
After many a day spent worrying if we'd get snow here.... this; #UKWeather #UKSnow #snow #Lincolnshire #Winter
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Pluto..... err, excuse me, @rigb.org .... Neil DeGrasse Tyson is on the phone.... 😉 #XmasLectures #Science #Space #Astronomy www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBRE...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Reads Mean Tweets - Pluto Edition | StarTalk
YouTube video by National Geographic
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
More chance of life on the Moons... I'm looking at you, Enceladus & Europa.... #XmasLectures
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
DAMN IT - I LOVE SCIENCE! #XmasLectures #Science #Space @rigb.org
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
That's here. That's Home. That's us. Thanks, #CarlSagan. #XmasLectures @rigb.org
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
@rigb.org Come on, Betelgeuse.... entertain our skies! #XmasLectures
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Making my day with #tardigrades , then un-making it with a snake. Eurgh. #XmasLectures
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
@rigb.org I just cheered and applauded tardigrades.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Kristi Noem might have reached the pinnacle of stupidity.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Watching #HighlandCops on BBC 2 at the moment - I take my hat off to the emergency services, I really do.
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Jay Foreman @jayforeman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Scenario 1:
It's the end of November, and you haven't done ANY of your Christmas shopping.

Scenario 2:
It's the end of November and you've bought AT LEAST ONE thing for your Christmas shopping. If you prefer the sound of scenario 2, then click this link to buy the Map Men Book!

lnk.to/mapmen
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THIS WAY UP
Go to THIS WAY UP.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
@stephenmcgann.uk Well... if this isn't the cutest thing I've read for a while...
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
@stephenmcgann.uk A new story for Call the Midwife? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps
Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Currently switching some stuff in my Bug-out Bag now #autumn is on its way... #prepping #preppers
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Carl Sagan. One of science's greatest communicators. #Evolution #Astronomy #Cosmos #Science www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZps...
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Carl Sagan - COSMOS - Evolution
YouTube video by carlsagandotcom
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Royal Institution @rigb.org · 14/03/2025
The secret's out! 🚀 The 2025 Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, will be presented by Dr Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock, and will be about outer space and all the scientific wonders beyond planet Earth. We can't wait until December! Find out more: rigb.org/christmas-lectures
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
One of the manifold annoyances of #planespotting - when one of your favourite planes ( #Airbus A380) flies by your window and your attempts to view it are crushed by cloud.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
And down goes X... again.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
What is happening with X? Is it down for anyone else?
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Book of Taskmaster @bookoftaskmaster.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
This outtake tho. #taskmaster
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Really liking the #StarTalk channel on YouTube, and @neildegrassetyson.com is just effortlessly cool. Growing to like @chucknicecomic.bsky.social too! FUN FACT: I share my birthday with Neil! #Astronomy #Space
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Is Climate Change Denial / Free Speech Bullshit just a big extension of Consequences Denial? Are those the two political viewpoints now? The Consequences Group and the Fuck It You Can’t Stop Me Don’t Tell Me What To Do Group? So we’ve got er… grown ups… and babies, rather than left and right now?
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
@adamhillscomedy.bsky.social Typed the whole of 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch' in 17 seconds. #TheLastLeg
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
@stephenmcgann.uk Fun #CallTheMidwife fact - all the babies born in series 1 and 2 will now all be in secondary school.... how time flies....
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
If anyone on #Bluesky would like to see something non-political, here is a #livestream of #hedgehogs from #Norwich in #Norfolk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fore...
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Hedgehogs Live - Norwich UK - 2025-03-01
YouTube video by Hogs in HD
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
@theshaunwallace.bsky.social Just about recovered from last weekend. My uncle (played in the Uni Challenge Professionals show for the Home Office V Foreign Office) visited. He writes quizzes for the University of the Third Age. We quizzed each other for 4 straight hours! #quiz #quizzing #TheChase
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Oh, crumbs.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
#IsItOk to welcome @thelastlegc4.bsky.social to #Bluesky? #TheLastLeg
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
If anyone would like to see my mention on #TheLastLeg, here it is, just after the start of the show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=soh3...
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The Last Leg Season 33 Episode 4 (Feb 14, 2025) Full Episode 720HD
YouTube video by Atik Editz
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I've just been mentioned on #TheLastLeg on Channel 4 for the fifth time!
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Richly deserved, @stephenmcgann.uk !! #CallTheMidwife #tvchoiceawards
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
@stephenmcgann.uk My mother just had to endure the sound of me shouting a rude word at Mrs Midgley. I blame my own tendency to get rather passionate in defending the midwives. Hope May's story in 2 weeks' time is nothing but positive. No more officialdom doom and gloom, please! #callthemidwife
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Happy Superb Owl Sunday everyone! 😉 #superbowl #owls #birds #birdwatching @stephenmcgann.uk www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-1d...
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Mesmerising Owl Moments | BBC Earth
YouTube video by BBC Earth
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Why are there so many good #books in the world and why do you have a finite lifespan to enjoy them? #bookworm #booklover
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Word of the day is one I may have mentioned (frequently): a ‘snaccident’ is the inadvertent eating of an entire packet of biscuits.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
If you see this post a gif from one of your comfort shows. @girlinthesnow.bsky.social @lydiamizon.bsky.social
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a woman wearing glasses and a white shirt has a microphone on her shirt
Alt: QI. Presenter Sandi Toksvig walking towards the camera offering a hug. She is wearing a white shirt and glasses.
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Katherine Birkett @katherinebirkett.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
@theshaunwallace.bsky.social I'm a bit grumpy at the moment. See below. 😉
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