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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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
www.tumblr.com/ghostlyarcha... (link to source)
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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
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
Home - Not in our name
Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community
notinourname.org.uk
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.
anthonymoser.github.io
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
open.spotify.com
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.”
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got another good high contrast female mallard this morning 🪶
January 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
got another good high contrast female mallard this morning 🪶
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🚨ANNOUNCEMENT 1 OF 2🚨
WELL WELL WELL.
🎺🎺🎺 Second book alert!🎺🎺🎺
Did you enjoy the gritty thrilleriness of The Cut Throat Trial?
Fancy some more, sunshine?
Kill All The Lawyers will be hitting the shelves next year.
Consider your appetites whetted.
WELL WELL WELL.
🎺🎺🎺 Second book alert!🎺🎺🎺
Did you enjoy the gritty thrilleriness of The Cut Throat Trial?
Fancy some more, sunshine?
Kill All The Lawyers will be hitting the shelves next year.
Consider your appetites whetted.
January 29, 2026 at 3:35 PM
🚨ANNOUNCEMENT 1 OF 2🚨
WELL WELL WELL.
🎺🎺🎺 Second book alert!🎺🎺🎺
Did you enjoy the gritty thrilleriness of The Cut Throat Trial?
Fancy some more, sunshine?
Kill All The Lawyers will be hitting the shelves next year.
Consider your appetites whetted.
WELL WELL WELL.
🎺🎺🎺 Second book alert!🎺🎺🎺
Did you enjoy the gritty thrilleriness of The Cut Throat Trial?
Fancy some more, sunshine?
Kill All The Lawyers will be hitting the shelves next year.
Consider your appetites whetted.
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Let's hope this positive news gets as much attention as the people who try to convince us that the UK is a murder ravaged hellscape.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Homicides at lowest level in nearly 50 years, ONS statistics show
The 499 homicide cases in the year to September were the lowest in England and Wales since 1977.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Let's hope this positive news gets as much attention as the people who try to convince us that the UK is a murder ravaged hellscape.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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one must imagine sisyphus opting out of Gemini
January 28, 2026 at 5:20 PM
one must imagine sisyphus opting out of Gemini
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Try filming things in landscape mode.
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Try filming things in landscape mode.
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Perfect for polycules, lovely for lesbians, terrific for trans people, great for gays, brilliant for bisexuals ... feel the love this February!
We're expanding our range of inclusive greeting cards with three Valentine's cards and one Galentine's card. It would thrill me greatly if this 'love with pride' card could do some numbers, so if you lot can give it a boost that would be lovely!
Inclusive Love with pride Valentine's day card
Show your love with pride on 14 February with our tactile LGBTQIA Valentine’s card, featuring a large print and braille greeting.
shop.rnib.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Perfect for polycules, lovely for lesbians, terrific for trans people, great for gays, brilliant for bisexuals ... feel the love this February!
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Join us in calling for an end to LGBTQI+ detention campaign.rainbowmigration.org.uk/noprideindet...
January 29, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Join us in calling for an end to LGBTQI+ detention campaign.rainbowmigration.org.uk/noprideindet...