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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.
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Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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we need to go back
The Cortylorhynchus considers my problems, nods sagely, and says, "have you tried basking in the sun about it? While being as spherical as possible?"
January 31, 2026 at 5:51 AM
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My son is learning about the joys of Heated Blanket
January 8, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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Did you know baby shampoo is mild enough, when used with water, to rinse eyes if they've been sprayed? Like when walking on or around ICE?

We need to be careful and listen to this ophthalmologist about pepper spray.

#ProudBlue
📹: drglaucomflecken/TT (a.k.a. Dr. William Flannary)
January 29, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez explains why #Spain has just recognised and legalised 500,000 undocumented migrants.

"Some say we’re going too far, that we’re going against the current.
When did recognising rights become something radical?"
1/2
January 30, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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Just became aware that Roachford put out an album called The Roachford Files, top work #totp
January 30, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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I would pay DOUBLE my bbc licence if this happened on current affairs programmes
if you get to three factually untrue statements then you get gunged
January 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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I don't think most people know how extreme Labour's anti-trans policies are.
January 30, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Please be real...
January 30, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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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
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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.
January 30, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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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
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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"
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Took Dad to see the amazing church at Cemil. The cats were charming.
January 30, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Alt text: Rows of empty cinema seats, not a person in sight.
Packed house ahead of the first public showing of Melania
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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
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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
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.
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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January 30, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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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
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
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Daily bunny no.3214 shows an old friend around
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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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.
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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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.
January 30, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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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...”
January 29, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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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