Hat Full of Sky
@hatfullofsky.bsky.social
Profile pic by Lynda Barry. Nonsense by me.
How dare you flaunt yourself in public in this particular way!
'A woman in the public eye is always submitted to a storm of abuse"
95 years ago Ellen Wilkinson, MP for Jarrow, reflected on the 'People who hate me' - the 'anti-flaunters', snobs, women stuck in 'household drudgery' and objectors to 'putting ideas into girls' heads above their station'
95 years ago Ellen Wilkinson, MP for Jarrow, reflected on the 'People who hate me' - the 'anti-flaunters', snobs, women stuck in 'household drudgery' and objectors to 'putting ideas into girls' heads above their station'
January 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
How dare you flaunt yourself in public in this particular way!
As it happened: MetaFilter, on Jan. 6, reacting to the day’s events.
Mob breaches Capitol, spurring lockdown
U.S. Capitol is on lockdown as protesters clash with police and breach the building; D.C. mayor imposes curfew.
www.metafilter.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:24 AM
As it happened: MetaFilter, on Jan. 6, reacting to the day’s events.
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Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
Start them young! [This is good.] 🐋#MonthOfDick
If you haven’t seen it, I feel you should see my youngest kid’s Moby-Dick cake from their second-grade Moby-Dick themed party. All credit to my husband, who bought the sea cake and made the scene on top.
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Start them young! [This is good.] 🐋#MonthOfDick
Interesting statistics here!
40% Of Americans Did Not Read a Single Book in 2025: The Latest Survey of American Reading Habits
Most Americans read a book in 2025, and most have a public library card. Here's a look at the most recent survey of American reading habits.
bookriot.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Interesting statistics here!
Everything old is new again
January 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Everything old is new again
Her Grace is with us in spirit! 🐋 (That’s the Pequod up there, of course.)
I've been very focused on my new series of scrimshaw on clouds. All signed, mostly abstracts, but I threw in a few whaling ships for you purists.
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Her Grace is with us in spirit! 🐋 (That’s the Pequod up there, of course.)
We await news of the blessed event, since PI-S and @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social are now reportedly linked.
Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
January 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
We await news of the blessed event, since PI-S and @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social are now reportedly linked.
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lol I just came across this post by Zoharn’s wife Rama Duwaji’s stylist and the boots were…. on loan
open.substack.com/pub/brainmat...
open.substack.com/pub/brainmat...
January 2, 2026 at 3:17 AM
lol I just came across this post by Zoharn’s wife Rama Duwaji’s stylist and the boots were…. on loan
open.substack.com/pub/brainmat...
open.substack.com/pub/brainmat...
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I choose to take this as a positive omen.
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I choose to take this as a positive omen.
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
(As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)
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A message for you all to carry through the year
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A message for you all to carry through the year
My accomplishment this year was to put books into people’s hands.
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American.
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
December 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My accomplishment this year was to put books into people’s hands.
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2025 Cartoon by Tiina Menzel
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
2025 Cartoon by Tiina Menzel
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all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
www.theverge.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
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2025: The Year in Review
December 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
2025: The Year in Review
This is a STORY-story.
right after my father died several of his contemporaries invited me to come speak at their churches ... they knew i was in college and wanted to help me out
December 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is a STORY-story.
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Fritz Henle
‘Cleaning Lady in Museum of Modern Art, NYC’
1948
‘Cleaning Lady in Museum of Modern Art, NYC’
1948
December 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Fritz Henle
‘Cleaning Lady in Museum of Modern Art, NYC’
1948
‘Cleaning Lady in Museum of Modern Art, NYC’
1948
Adding Sputnik Monroe, wrestler, to this list. He felt strongly about performing for ALL people.
December 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Adding Sputnik Monroe, wrestler, to this list. He felt strongly about performing for ALL people.
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Excited for this new 2026 annual planner, a purchase which will completely transform my habits and personality.
December 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Excited for this new 2026 annual planner, a purchase which will completely transform my habits and personality.
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This is your brain on Ritalin. Got your attention? Stimulant medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) do, but not in the way you might think. They don't act directly on the brain’s attention systems! Find out what's really happening in @cellpress.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
December 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is your brain on Ritalin. Got your attention? Stimulant medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) do, but not in the way you might think. They don't act directly on the brain’s attention systems! Find out what's really happening in @cellpress.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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The Wall Street Journal crowns Philly the best place to visit in 2026. Plus: Jason Kelce’s inevitable Hank Sauce investment, Zillow housing hype, worsening commutes, and Primo Hoagies doing good.
Philly named the world’s best place to visit in 2026, apparently | Weekly Report Card
www.inquirer.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Wall Street Journal crowns Philly the best place to visit in 2026. Plus: Jason Kelce’s inevitable Hank Sauce investment, Zillow housing hype, worsening commutes, and Primo Hoagies doing good.
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Goodnight.
‘The whole Moomin family had, as usual, hibernated for the winter and set the alarm clock to ring on the first of April. But the clock was old and not to be trusted, so it woke them up for Christmas instead. Since she was awake anyway, Moominmamma made coffee.’ ~ 🖼️ 🖊️ Tove Jansson
‘The whole Moomin family had, as usual, hibernated for the winter and set the alarm clock to ring on the first of April. But the clock was old and not to be trusted, so it woke them up for Christmas instead. Since she was awake anyway, Moominmamma made coffee.’ ~ 🖼️ 🖊️ Tove Jansson
December 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Goodnight.
‘The whole Moomin family had, as usual, hibernated for the winter and set the alarm clock to ring on the first of April. But the clock was old and not to be trusted, so it woke them up for Christmas instead. Since she was awake anyway, Moominmamma made coffee.’ ~ 🖼️ 🖊️ Tove Jansson
‘The whole Moomin family had, as usual, hibernated for the winter and set the alarm clock to ring on the first of April. But the clock was old and not to be trusted, so it woke them up for Christmas instead. Since she was awake anyway, Moominmamma made coffee.’ ~ 🖼️ 🖊️ Tove Jansson
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Superb piece on why “AI” is bad user design from @sifu.tweety.fish - and why AI proponents and skeptics so frequently seem to be talking completely past each other.
buttondown.com/apperceptive...
buttondown.com/apperceptive...
"AI" is bad UX
teapot from the cover of Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things” clumsily ‘shopped by me "AI" means bad UX There is an emergent strain of thought in...
buttondown.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Superb piece on why “AI” is bad user design from @sifu.tweety.fish - and why AI proponents and skeptics so frequently seem to be talking completely past each other.
buttondown.com/apperceptive...
buttondown.com/apperceptive...
Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.
Grab your beverage of choice.
December 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM