Corinne 🐈🦇

I really dislike my current illness trend. Night falls. Pain ramps up. Restless leg in Extreme mode only compounds it. Drugs not absorbing for hours. And even when they do kick in - no sleep. Can only 'rest'. Sleep 8-12. Get up. Sleep 3-6. Insomnia would be fine if I could *do* something with it.

Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

'Don't poke the bear?' What is this nonsense re: Russia. The thing with dictators is you don't have to do a damn thing to provoke them. You can be as soft and pillowy and nonthreatening as you like. It won't help. If you're not the bear, to them you're the stick.

I can't claim any deep knowledge of Serbia, I've only been there once and capital cities are not generally representative. But from the little I did see? Political cynicism was very deeply entrenched. So this election result is genuinely surprising.

The Movie Monster CatBats are going into real estate. Hope they remembered to get a lakeshore view!

I just finished the 'sports' module for Duolingo French. This... did not come up. The creepy green owl clearly needs to get with the programme!

See the Things That Got Better thread. Frikking magic!

What the actual?! When you know things are bad, but you never expected they were *that* bad.

AI could *never*.

When you have a closet full of magical shoes, but no concept of feet.

Casting my vote for Hyper Intelligent Shade of Blue.

This won’t be reported widely, but Jason Arday has been cleared of plagiarism for a second time. Still nobody has been held accountable for this man’s death.

As Hans Rosling would say, so many things trend towards the better. Compared to the world in 1980? Healthcare is basically magic. Expectations for women. Mental health awareness. Freedom of sexuality. Access to electricity. Safe water. Information. Not evenly applied. But so different for so many.

As Halloween is round the corner we thought we’d share some medieval bats. A thread… 🧵 🦇

Finished my run of Halloween CatBats! It's all over bar the after-show party.

I admit to being confused. I don't think creeping through a cloudbank and out the other side could ever be anything less than wonderous, no matter how jading the rest of the experience. Do people really get bored of that?

The last Halloween CatBat, unless there are any more requests.

This is fucked. Really bleak how entrenched this is becoming.

Mmm. Cheese.

The rarely seen SpaceCatBat! Who needs thrusters when you have tiny orange wings? I've now officially run out of Halloween CatBats, unless people have more suggestions for costumes.

Did you know that, as a Fully Grown Adult, there is absolutely nothing preventing you from swapping out otherwise perfectly fine drawer handles for GOLDEN BATS? If you didn't know, consider this a public service announcement.

How I wonder where you're at! CatBat Halloween continues. If you want a CatBat of your very own, email me! info@catbats.co.uk

NO COMPLAINTS! NOT ONE! Because people who aren't TERFs tend to be decent and want everyone to get their best treatment.

Please know this is not hyperbole. People will end up dead who would otherwise have survived. Trans people won't stop getting sick. But they will stop going into hospital when they need to. So more will die. And if they brave it? The mental toll will be huge. That will also kill people. Shame.

I kind of hate that a) this film is SO old now and b) Depp is such a loser, but it still has a place in my heart and Geoffrey Rush had all the best lines, so...

When we started Keep Ukraine Connected (providing network equipment) and first heard of their government's wholehearted adoption of StarLink, we were sceptical as hell of subscription model satellite tech in a warzone. Oh, looky here...

That pail of water really came in handy for all that green greasepaint! Would you like a CatBat of your very own? Email me: info@catbats.co.uk

You may have already noticed that I'm attempting a little Halloween campaign for my CatBats. I really appreciate the stalwart supporters so far (all two of you) but if these pass by your feed and you can spare a repost, that'd be smashing.

Who needs flying monkeys?

The Bride of Frankenstein? Surely not this unassuming little CatBat...

Never? Always The Bride! How such a small cat can support such a towering hairdo, we will never know.

The original and best CatBat!

A creature of the night! And with such a swooshy cape. All the goths are jealous. But who is this mystery #CatBat? Find out tomorrow.

*glares at ragweed* I had to go outside. Am regretting it now. How can one human being sneeze so much?!

This Halloween CatBat has finally disentangled herself from the bandages to reveal it was Mymble causing all the trouble! These are all real cats who I've made into slightly alarming hybrid CatBats for fun, and occasionally a small profit.

Oops, someone got into the medicine cabinet. But who is it?!

One of many 'I hate to say I told you so' moments, recently.

My evenings are being particularly painful right now (no idea why), and something about that combined with ragwort allergy brain fog has pitched me into hyperfocus. I now have six whole pieces of Halloween CatBat Art! Would rather have less pain and some sleep, though.

The monster is revealed, it was Atwood all along!

You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.

Who is hiding under the sheet? What nefarious means will they use to get hold of more chicken dreamies? #catbats

Dear Ragwort, Are you trying to kill me? Look, I already have chronic fatigue and daily pain. I don't need you trying to muscle in on that, or anything else. Taking more antihistamines isn't doing anything. Eye drops help for 12 minutes only. What do you want?! Not yours, Corinne

Arguably true and I say that as a scientist). Discuss. (By Kathryn Schulz in the New Yorker).

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.