Jo the Hat
@jothehat.bsky.social
Some flavour of neurodivergent. Some flavour of queer. Not normal about LotR, Leverage, Doctor Who, SPN. Cat person. She/her.
[Banner is a pretty sunset over grassland. Avi is selfie of a white woman with short, salt and pepper hair, and Doctor Who shirt.
[Banner is a pretty sunset over grassland. Avi is selfie of a white woman with short, salt and pepper hair, and Doctor Who shirt.
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It's finally here! The supercut of Smol Paul's iconic yeets you've been asking for for years. I don't have the time or talent, all credit goes to @rainsurname.bsky.social who is quite frankly a genius. The music choice is 👌
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January 25, 2026 at 3:07 PM
It's finally here! The supercut of Smol Paul's iconic yeets you've been asking for for years. I don't have the time or talent, all credit goes to @rainsurname.bsky.social who is quite frankly a genius. The music choice is 👌
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I thought my wife was joking when she told me she wanted to go to a Monkees' concert in Switzerland.
Then I saw her face,
now I'm in Geneva.
Then I saw her face,
now I'm in Geneva.
January 30, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I thought my wife was joking when she told me she wanted to go to a Monkees' concert in Switzerland.
Then I saw her face,
now I'm in Geneva.
Then I saw her face,
now I'm in Geneva.
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I interviewed 300 high achievers about their morning routine, and you will never believe, they all have inherited family wealth.
June 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
I interviewed 300 high achievers about their morning routine, and you will never believe, they all have inherited family wealth.
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Lady in brown, "I honestly think the general consensus particularly amongst young people is that we've lost our humanitarianism"
"And the only party that is showing any semblance of that are The Greens"
"And the only party that is showing any semblance of that are The Greens"
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Lady in brown, "I honestly think the general consensus particularly amongst young people is that we've lost our humanitarianism"
"And the only party that is showing any semblance of that are The Greens"
"And the only party that is showing any semblance of that are The Greens"
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Took Dad to see the amazing church at Cemil. The cats were charming.
January 30, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Took Dad to see the amazing church at Cemil. The cats were charming.
Alt text: Rows of empty cinema seats, not a person in sight.
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Alt text: Rows of empty cinema seats, not a person in sight.
FFS.
Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
January 30, 2026 at 1:17 PM
FFS.
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The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”
January 29, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”
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January 30, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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I saw this early on & signed immediately.
Hate isn't in my name. If you feel the same, & haven't signed already, please do it now.
It's a quick & easy process & can mean the world to those being persecuted by a loud, wealthy, minority.
Hate isn't in my name. If you feel the same, & haven't signed already, please do it now.
It's a quick & easy process & can mean the world to those being persecuted by a loud, wealthy, minority.
Some reasons to feel positive today. Well done to all those women who push back on legal challenges, and push through resolutions
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Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community
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January 30, 2026 at 9:02 AM
I saw this early on & signed immediately.
Hate isn't in my name. If you feel the same, & haven't signed already, please do it now.
It's a quick & easy process & can mean the world to those being persecuted by a loud, wealthy, minority.
Hate isn't in my name. If you feel the same, & haven't signed already, please do it now.
It's a quick & easy process & can mean the world to those being persecuted by a loud, wealthy, minority.
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I think about this post at least once a week
the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 AM
I think about this post at least once a week
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Daily bunny no.3214 shows an old friend around
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Daily bunny no.3214 shows an old friend around
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For the folks in the back:
OCR predates LLMs.
HTR software predates LLMs.
Digital Humanities predates LLMs.
Grammar and spell checkers predate LLMs.
YOU DO NOT NEED THE PLAGIARISM MACHINES.
OCR predates LLMs.
HTR software predates LLMs.
Digital Humanities predates LLMs.
Grammar and spell checkers predate LLMs.
YOU DO NOT NEED THE PLAGIARISM MACHINES.
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 AM
For the folks in the back:
OCR predates LLMs.
HTR software predates LLMs.
Digital Humanities predates LLMs.
Grammar and spell checkers predate LLMs.
YOU DO NOT NEED THE PLAGIARISM MACHINES.
OCR predates LLMs.
HTR software predates LLMs.
Digital Humanities predates LLMs.
Grammar and spell checkers predate LLMs.
YOU DO NOT NEED THE PLAGIARISM MACHINES.
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MY BODY: Look - I really need to sleep now. I’m on the brink of an exhaustion meltdown and I have to be up in four hours.
MY MIND: Sure. I just have to remember the names of all Murtaugh’s kids in Lethal Weapon first.
MY MIND: Sure. I just have to remember the names of all Murtaugh’s kids in Lethal Weapon first.
January 30, 2026 at 6:57 AM
MY BODY: Look - I really need to sleep now. I’m on the brink of an exhaustion meltdown and I have to be up in four hours.
MY MIND: Sure. I just have to remember the names of all Murtaugh’s kids in Lethal Weapon first.
MY MIND: Sure. I just have to remember the names of all Murtaugh’s kids in Lethal Weapon first.
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Konstantin Kisin straight up lying on #bbcqt
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
January 29, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Konstantin Kisin straight up lying on #bbcqt
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
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I have SOCKS from 2000, ffs.
Dozens of students, past and present, gathered at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ National School in Huntstown, Dublin, for the opening of a time capsule yesterday that has been sealed for the last 25 years.
Back to the future: School opens time capsule from 2000
Dozens of students, past and present, gathered at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ National School in Huntstown, Dublin, for the opening of a time capsule yesterday that has been sealed for the last 2...
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January 30, 2026 at 7:52 AM
I have SOCKS from 2000, ffs.
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The Signalman (Postgate, 1976)
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The Signalman (Postgate, 1976)
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STFU Saruman…
January 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM
STFU Saruman…
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When you pass a report banning Conversion Practices at the Council of Europe 👏
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺 🔥
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺 🔥
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
When you pass a report banning Conversion Practices at the Council of Europe 👏
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺 🔥
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺 🔥
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Years ago, back when I worked in an office, we got a new regional manager. Big on micromanagement which is often a sign of incompetence. I kept noticing her tilting her head almost 90° at her laptop. I couldn’t resist walking by to see why. The PDFs were sideways. She didn’t know how to rotate them.
January 29, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Years ago, back when I worked in an office, we got a new regional manager. Big on micromanagement which is often a sign of incompetence. I kept noticing her tilting her head almost 90° at her laptop. I couldn’t resist walking by to see why. The PDFs were sideways. She didn’t know how to rotate them.
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This is from Darren Aronofsky’s AI content startup, and separate from it being narratively incoherent and rhythmically off, it is absolutely fucking bonkers how lifeless motion pictures are without actors OR even animators to breathe life into performances. These are corpses.
You don't have the be an avowed AI hater to be impressed without lifeless and unwatchable this is.
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This is from Darren Aronofsky’s AI content startup, and separate from it being narratively incoherent and rhythmically off, it is absolutely fucking bonkers how lifeless motion pictures are without actors OR even animators to breathe life into performances. These are corpses.
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Full blog post here: anthonymoser.github.io/writing/rhet...
The Kirby Frame
writing is a technology, frames are a frame. bespoke human content.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Full blog post here: anthonymoser.github.io/writing/rhet...
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As someone who is *terrible* at arguing, this is really useful.
i made a helpful reference
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 PM
As someone who is *terrible* at arguing, this is really useful.
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The Sports Kiki Ep. 41: Trans sports trailblazer Kirsti Miller on the trans experience
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January 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Discworld QOTD, from Thud!
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
Discworld QOTD, from Making Money
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
Discworld QOTD, from Thief of Time
“People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.”
“People like that don't need a reason apart from "because I can". They have a nightmare and try to make it happen.”
January 29, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Thud!
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”