Hwaet
@cog1.bsky.social
English Literature PhD candidate. Interested in all aspects of religious belief in speculative fiction.
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Fuck your ChatGPT, if I want to see a caricature of myself I will make the effort to go to the seaside and pay £15 for a cruel man to give me body dysmorphia like we’ve always done.
February 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Fuck your ChatGPT, if I want to see a caricature of myself I will make the effort to go to the seaside and pay £15 for a cruel man to give me body dysmorphia like we’ve always done.
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Incredibly proud to be chairing this editorial board. I mean, just look at it. Actually a bit ridiculous how impressive it is.
We’re super excited to announce a new Editorial Board for @newhumanist.bsky.social, bringing together some of the UK’s most prominent thinkers in science, politics, the arts, and philosophy. A bright future for humanist publishing 🧵
humanists.uk/2026/02/11/l...
humanists.uk/2026/02/11/l...
Leading voices in journalism, science, and culture join New Humanist Editorial Board
Humanists UK has announced a new Editorial Board for New Humanist magazine, bringing together some of the UK’s most prominent thinkers in science, politics, the arts, and philosophy.
humanists.uk
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Incredibly proud to be chairing this editorial board. I mean, just look at it. Actually a bit ridiculous how impressive it is.
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Problem with people like Ratcliffe, Dyson et al, is they're isolated from reality, they really think they speak for the people, and no one close to them has the balls to call them a stupid old cunt and punch them in the fucking face.
February 11, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Problem with people like Ratcliffe, Dyson et al, is they're isolated from reality, they really think they speak for the people, and no one close to them has the balls to call them a stupid old cunt and punch them in the fucking face.
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They are dismissed as hysterical or non-expert or irrationally cautious.
Then you wake up one day and Peter Theil and Elon Musk own your water and your attention and your political process.
Then the men emerge to tell us what women told us a decade before.
Then you wake up one day and Peter Theil and Elon Musk own your water and your attention and your political process.
Then the men emerge to tell us what women told us a decade before.
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
They are dismissed as hysterical or non-expert or irrationally cautious.
Then you wake up one day and Peter Theil and Elon Musk own your water and your attention and your political process.
Then the men emerge to tell us what women told us a decade before.
Then you wake up one day and Peter Theil and Elon Musk own your water and your attention and your political process.
Then the men emerge to tell us what women told us a decade before.
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“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
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Can we have one public figure who isn't an irredeemable cunt?
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Can we have one public figure who isn't an irredeemable cunt?
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1) FUCK the patriarchy
2) How women haven't just started started castrating us all with a rusty jigsaw blade, I don't know.
2) How women haven't just started started castrating us all with a rusty jigsaw blade, I don't know.
Another case of prioritizing a man’s potential over the safety of women: doctor doesn’t lose license bc he supposedly only raped one woman and he had glowing reviews from colleagues
Blackpool doctor not struck off by panel over 'one-off' rape - BBC News
Dr Aloaye Foy-Yamah has his medical licence suspended for 12 months over the attack.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
1) FUCK the patriarchy
2) How women haven't just started started castrating us all with a rusty jigsaw blade, I don't know.
2) How women haven't just started started castrating us all with a rusty jigsaw blade, I don't know.
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Me (author of book on the Viking Age) being told I can use AI to generate a text on the Viking Age for students
(It was incorrect btw, and said the ‘Vikings’ invented clinker-building)
(It was incorrect btw, and said the ‘Vikings’ invented clinker-building)
February 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Me (author of book on the Viking Age) being told I can use AI to generate a text on the Viking Age for students
(It was incorrect btw, and said the ‘Vikings’ invented clinker-building)
(It was incorrect btw, and said the ‘Vikings’ invented clinker-building)
I think we’ve all had enough of listening to the opinions of wealthy men. Can we have the experts back now please?
February 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I think we’ve all had enough of listening to the opinions of wealthy men. Can we have the experts back now please?
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We really shouldn’t be needing to have this discussion at all. World Service is a huge positive for the UK worldwide and a source of soft power, and influence. So why has it been treated so badly by politicians for too long?
BBC urges UK government backing for World Service
BBC leaders warn World Service funding and access are now critical
radiotoday.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 11:13 AM
We really shouldn’t be needing to have this discussion at all. World Service is a huge positive for the UK worldwide and a source of soft power, and influence. So why has it been treated so badly by politicians for too long?
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“It’s some software” is not difficult to get your head around. It doesn’t have selfhood. It doesn’t have sentience. It’s a PRODUCT, and you are helping them sell it. All of this breathless puff is dong no one any favours. Well, no one except Anthropic.
February 11, 2026 at 10:52 AM
“It’s some software” is not difficult to get your head around. It doesn’t have selfhood. It doesn’t have sentience. It’s a PRODUCT, and you are helping them sell it. All of this breathless puff is dong no one any favours. Well, no one except Anthropic.
Listening in the car while I run errands. A lovely warm hug of a show on a cold rainy day (well, apart from the abandoned fridge trauma).
Listen- you won’t regret it.
Listen- you won’t regret it.
Thanks for all the lovely comments about the latest radio show, and for the Ko-Fi donations - you're all very kind. If anyone would like to buy me a General Foods International coffee (Cafe Vienna flavour) then that helps a lot... I'm at ko-fi.com/hauntedgen
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Listening in the car while I run errands. A lovely warm hug of a show on a cold rainy day (well, apart from the abandoned fridge trauma).
Listen- you won’t regret it.
Listen- you won’t regret it.
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If you're a gullible twat, a grifter wanting to see consumer/employee protections eroded, a racist wanting to shit on others to distract from your own inadequacies or a stooge of a foreign power wanting to harm the UK, then deformUK are just the 'party' for you.
#PutinsPuppets
#PutinsPuppets
Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home as the Reform leader kisses goodbye to a generation of voters.
Just don’t vote Reform
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...
Just don’t vote Reform
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/nig...
Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home
Nigel Farage has reignited the culture-war debate over remote working, calling for an end to working from home.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 AM
If you're a gullible twat, a grifter wanting to see consumer/employee protections eroded, a racist wanting to shit on others to distract from your own inadequacies or a stooge of a foreign power wanting to harm the UK, then deformUK are just the 'party' for you.
#PutinsPuppets
#PutinsPuppets
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A centenery celebration today of the late 🇨🇦 Canadian-born actor, comedian, producer and writer #LeslieNielsen OC born #OnThisDay 100 years ago in Regina, Saskatchewan
February 11, 2026 at 9:11 AM
A centenery celebration today of the late 🇨🇦 Canadian-born actor, comedian, producer and writer #LeslieNielsen OC born #OnThisDay 100 years ago in Regina, Saskatchewan
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It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
February 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM
It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
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"There's a hole in my bucket, my bucket, my bucket, there's a hole in my bucket, my bucket. A-hole."
By adding a simple hyphen we can see that this is a complaint not an observation.
By adding a simple hyphen we can see that this is a complaint not an observation.
February 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM
"There's a hole in my bucket, my bucket, my bucket, there's a hole in my bucket, my bucket. A-hole."
By adding a simple hyphen we can see that this is a complaint not an observation.
By adding a simple hyphen we can see that this is a complaint not an observation.
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"Even men with steel hearts love to see a dog on the pitch" - Half Man Half Biscuit
This was, for the duration of this clip, the happiest dog in the northern hemisphere.
This was, for the duration of this clip, the happiest dog in the northern hemisphere.
Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"Even men with steel hearts love to see a dog on the pitch" - Half Man Half Biscuit
This was, for the duration of this clip, the happiest dog in the northern hemisphere.
This was, for the duration of this clip, the happiest dog in the northern hemisphere.
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A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
National Cancer Institute studying ivermectin’s ‘ability to kill cancer cells,’ alarming career scientists
The National Cancer Institute is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official, alarming career scientists.
www.statnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
A year ago, we were on the cusp of turning many cancers into chronic rather than terminal diseases through immunotherapy and mRNA vaccines. Today, we're working through the curative qualities of a magical horse paste instead.
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Fucking HELL
[wtf?]Former professor requested thousands from Jeffrey Epstein Foundation to fund campus rape policy conference – The Daily Texan
thedailytexan.com/2026/02/10/f...
thedailytexan.com/2026/02/10/f...
Former professor requested thousands from Jeffrey Epstein Foundation to fund campus rape policy conference
Content warning: This story contains discussion of pedophilia, sexual assault, harassment, rape and suicide. A former UT Classics professor requested over $10,000 from Jeffrey Epstein’s charitable org...
thedailytexan.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Fucking HELL
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Apparently he decided to tell the world he cheated on his girlfriend when he got his medal to *checks notes* 'show her how much she means to him' ... Right, by further humiliating her so the whole world now knows & stealing the attention from the other medal winners. Selfish prick. Ditch the twat 🙄
Biathlon medallist Sturla Holm Laegreid admits cheating on girlfriend
Biathlon medallist Sturla Holm Laegreid admits cheating on girlfriend
Winter Olympics bronze medallist Sturla Holm Laegreid says on live TV that he made the "biggest mistake" by cheating on his girlfriend.
www.bbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Apparently he decided to tell the world he cheated on his girlfriend when he got his medal to *checks notes* 'show her how much she means to him' ... Right, by further humiliating her so the whole world now knows & stealing the attention from the other medal winners. Selfish prick. Ditch the twat 🙄
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Oh great Peaky Blinders is coming back.
Good news for all the lads who base their personality around a hat.
Good news for all the lads who base their personality around a hat.
February 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Oh great Peaky Blinders is coming back.
Good news for all the lads who base their personality around a hat.
Good news for all the lads who base their personality around a hat.
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New Haunted Generation Radio Show! Honest! Music from Highly Likely, Elizabeth Parker, Renaissance, Roy Wood, more school assembly curios... plus I get put on trail in the Crown Court. Thanks to @soundliness.com @andreworton.bsky.social & Ross from The Futureheads...
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The Haunted Generation Radio Show #9
Join writer Bob Fischer for a gentle selection of TV themes, folk music, vintage electronica and school assembly hymns, all presented from the dock of Fulchester Crown Court. Maybe support at https://...
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February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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The Mirror clickbait on Facebook- nearly every comment is from people saying it was brilliant. Then when you read the actual article there are screenshots from a couple of posts on Twitter saying they didn’t like the fish eye cinematography. That’s hardly united in condemnation now, is it?
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The Mirror clickbait on Facebook- nearly every comment is from people saying it was brilliant. Then when you read the actual article there are screenshots from a couple of posts on Twitter saying they didn’t like the fish eye cinematography. That’s hardly united in condemnation now, is it?
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Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇