Hwaet
@cog1.bsky.social
English Literature PhD candidate. Interested in all aspects of religious belief in speculative fiction.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I’ll be fine
I’ll be fine
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I’ll be fine
I’ll be fine
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No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
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When they say ‘higher education providers’ do they mean universities?
When they say ‘exiting the market’ do they mean closing?
When they say ‘exiting the market’ do they mean closing?
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When they say ‘higher education providers’ do they mean universities?
When they say ‘exiting the market’ do they mean closing?
When they say ‘exiting the market’ do they mean closing?
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Always feels like taxing joy is somehow seen as legitimate but taxing profits is stealing doesn’t it?
Levy designed for mayors including Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham could be expanded to rural tourism hotspots
Ministers eye ‘tourist tax’ on holidays to Cornwall
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Always feels like taxing joy is somehow seen as legitimate but taxing profits is stealing doesn’t it?
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I'm watching Plur1bus. Incoherent and scrambled they may be right now, but I have thoughts. And questions. LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
On Plur1bus
Not quite half way in, but still so many questions …
mantrafilledoompah.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I'm watching Plur1bus. Incoherent and scrambled they may be right now, but I have thoughts. And questions. LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
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Just left a conference #SBLAAR and while reading in the airport saw this.
This definitely happened. Fortunately I don't drink coffee. (Dead Hand Rule, Max Gladstone)
This definitely happened. Fortunately I don't drink coffee. (Dead Hand Rule, Max Gladstone)
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Just left a conference #SBLAAR and while reading in the airport saw this.
This definitely happened. Fortunately I don't drink coffee. (Dead Hand Rule, Max Gladstone)
This definitely happened. Fortunately I don't drink coffee. (Dead Hand Rule, Max Gladstone)
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"I got the idea for Modern Love after hearing I'm Still Standing on the radio," explains Bowie. "I thought, fucking hell, Elton must be coining it in, I'm having some of that!"
youtu.be/HivQqTtiHVw?...
youtu.be/HivQqTtiHVw?...
David Bowie - Modern Love (Official Video)
YouTube video by David Bowie
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"I got the idea for Modern Love after hearing I'm Still Standing on the radio," explains Bowie. "I thought, fucking hell, Elton must be coining it in, I'm having some of that!"
youtu.be/HivQqTtiHVw?...
youtu.be/HivQqTtiHVw?...
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Here's the transcript. When I say ‘we had a convicted reality star’, you can add ‘who now rules as the most openly corrupt president in American history’ in your head.
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Here's the transcript. When I say ‘we had a convicted reality star’, you can add ‘who now rules as the most openly corrupt president in American history’ in your head.
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
downloads.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith...
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BBC fascist pandering. This is how the fascists get away with it. They bully and threaten. The only way to beat bullies is to stand up to them. The more they get their own way, the more they want it.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
BBC fascist pandering. This is how the fascists get away with it. They bully and threaten. The only way to beat bullies is to stand up to them. The more they get their own way, the more they want it.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Oh
god
god
OMG. The Guardian have confused Kenneth Clark, presenter of the 1969 series 'Civilisation' with Tory ex-MP & former Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in their review of the new BBC series 'Civilisations:Rise & Fall'
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Oh
god
god
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Think of a Number (24th November 1984). Johnny Ball tackles the topic of space.
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Think of a Number (24th November 1984). Johnny Ball tackles the topic of space.
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Her parents bought the house in the 1960s for £21K and now it's worth £1.2 million
It is insane that some people think you should just be able to keep all of that - if you've made a big profit, it is fair you should get taxed on that
It is insane that some people think you should just be able to keep all of that - if you've made a big profit, it is fair you should get taxed on that
I don't think this was actually deliberately published as ragebait, but the entitlement contained within is remarkable and a classic example of the sort of sentiment governments sometimes just have to face down inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...?
We were hit with a £148k inheritance tax bill when mum died at 97 - it's disgusting
Jill Lemon has labelled inheritance tax as 'cruel', 'horrible' and 'unfair'
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Her parents bought the house in the 1960s for £21K and now it's worth £1.2 million
It is insane that some people think you should just be able to keep all of that - if you've made a big profit, it is fair you should get taxed on that
It is insane that some people think you should just be able to keep all of that - if you've made a big profit, it is fair you should get taxed on that
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
Sat in the lobby of a “not cheap” hotel chatting with another guest and we both watch a mouse run across the floor into a hole behind the furniture. So that’s - nice.
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Sat in the lobby of a “not cheap” hotel chatting with another guest and we both watch a mouse run across the floor into a hole behind the furniture. So that’s - nice.
Just been to an academic drinks reception. Think I managed to do slightly better than this 😆
#Introvert
#Introvert
Bridget Introducing Mr. Fitzherbert | Bridget Jones's Diary | Screen Bites
YouTube video by Screen Bites
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Just been to an academic drinks reception. Think I managed to do slightly better than this 😆
#Introvert
#Introvert
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But this is what I was looking for. The panto so bad Barry Howard hung up his dame costume afterwards.
A panto so bad Barry Howard, while watching a rehearsal descend into an argument, used the phrase "The problem is, they're all cunts" to another cast member doing his first panto.
A panto so bad Barry Howard, while watching a rehearsal descend into an argument, used the phrase "The problem is, they're all cunts" to another cast member doing his first panto.
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
But this is what I was looking for. The panto so bad Barry Howard hung up his dame costume afterwards.
A panto so bad Barry Howard, while watching a rehearsal descend into an argument, used the phrase "The problem is, they're all cunts" to another cast member doing his first panto.
A panto so bad Barry Howard, while watching a rehearsal descend into an argument, used the phrase "The problem is, they're all cunts" to another cast member doing his first panto.
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
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An advertising spend of £2bn puts the industry's bleating of "you'll destroy jobs if you tax us more!" into context. They're fucking rolling in cash.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It's a genuine health and societal concern.
And it needs to be stopped.
It's a genuine health and societal concern.
And it needs to be stopped.
UK gambling firms spent ‘astronomic’ £2bn on advertising last year
Calls for Rachel Reeves to increase taxes in budget as estimate outstrips duties collected from online casinos
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
An advertising spend of £2bn puts the industry's bleating of "you'll destroy jobs if you tax us more!" into context. They're fucking rolling in cash.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Oh god do it 😳
I would like all of you, each and every one, to go google “Miss Universe National Costume Competition 2025 Norway” right now
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Oh god do it 😳
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To be honest, I'm raising a very stern eyebrow at people posting screengrabs of that benighted chatbot from a decaying platform, coiling out obsequious narratives about its gimlet-eyed master. You may as well be coming over here gleefully clutching pictures of dogshit. We know where you've been.
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
To be honest, I'm raising a very stern eyebrow at people posting screengrabs of that benighted chatbot from a decaying platform, coiling out obsequious narratives about its gimlet-eyed master. You may as well be coming over here gleefully clutching pictures of dogshit. We know where you've been.
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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will admit i don't fully understand this but POETRY OUTFOXES AI is the best case for preserving English degrees i have ever heard. 'all the teenage girls who were really into Sylvia Plath at one point vs tech bros' is the battle for civilisation we deserve
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
will admit i don't fully understand this but POETRY OUTFOXES AI is the best case for preserving English degrees i have ever heard. 'all the teenage girls who were really into Sylvia Plath at one point vs tech bros' is the battle for civilisation we deserve
Surely one of those hands should be smaller than the other?
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Surely one of those hands should be smaller than the other?