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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Salvador Dalí played in goal for Surreal Madrid.
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Salvador Dalí played in goal for Surreal Madrid.
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🧵Spotted in a Supermarket in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A small human (3?) runs into the bakery section and starts jumping up and down
Mum asks: "What are you after Bub? What's up?"
Small Human gives Mum a heartfelt look before roaring. "I NEED THE BIG BUNS MUM! They are SO good!" (1)
A small human (3?) runs into the bakery section and starts jumping up and down
Mum asks: "What are you after Bub? What's up?"
Small Human gives Mum a heartfelt look before roaring. "I NEED THE BIG BUNS MUM! They are SO good!" (1)
January 28, 2026 at 10:25 PM
🧵Spotted in a Supermarket in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A small human (3?) runs into the bakery section and starts jumping up and down
Mum asks: "What are you after Bub? What's up?"
Small Human gives Mum a heartfelt look before roaring. "I NEED THE BIG BUNS MUM! They are SO good!" (1)
A small human (3?) runs into the bakery section and starts jumping up and down
Mum asks: "What are you after Bub? What's up?"
Small Human gives Mum a heartfelt look before roaring. "I NEED THE BIG BUNS MUM! They are SO good!" (1)
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UK: Charities don't need to abandon trans-inclusive policies despite calls to do so, the Charity Commission has confirmed.
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Charities shouldn't exclude trans people, regulator says
The Charity Commission's CEO, David Holdsworth, has said that registered organisations should wait before updating trans inclusion policies.
www.thepinknews.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:33 PM
UK: Charities don't need to abandon trans-inclusive policies despite calls to do so, the Charity Commission has confirmed.
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Apparently the AI bros are now calling real artists’ work “Pencilslop”.
Whatever.
Have some slop:
Whatever.
Have some slop:
January 28, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Apparently the AI bros are now calling real artists’ work “Pencilslop”.
Whatever.
Have some slop:
Whatever.
Have some slop:
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Following on from the Anti AI trend of pitching your books using terrible drawings - BEHOLD! My advert for the Cursed series, using my bad drawings, clip art, some etchings off the internet & animated by my 16yo!
January 28, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Following on from the Anti AI trend of pitching your books using terrible drawings - BEHOLD! My advert for the Cursed series, using my bad drawings, clip art, some etchings off the internet & animated by my 16yo!
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Sample size of this poll is 143. You’d expect most seat level polls to be 500 people plus.
BREAKING: Lucy Powell - Deputy leader of the Labour Party has posted on X commenting on Gorton and Denton by-election poll
“This is why I’ve been saying what I have - only voting Labour defeats Reform. A vote for the Greens or any other party risks a Reform MP in Manchester”
“This is why I’ve been saying what I have - only voting Labour defeats Reform. A vote for the Greens or any other party risks a Reform MP in Manchester”
January 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Sample size of this poll is 143. You’d expect most seat level polls to be 500 people plus.
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Also: immunity isn't permanent. I got all my MMR shots, but I'm 52 and had my titrates done and - zero immunity. I immediately got a booster shot.
Regular reminder to Gen Xers that you may not have been vaccinated for measles and can have the MMR now to catch up.
Also measles can wipe out immunity to other diseases if you catch it, so worth getting jabbed up.
Also measles can wipe out immunity to other diseases if you catch it, so worth getting jabbed up.
*hisses like a cat* BAD www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Also: immunity isn't permanent. I got all my MMR shots, but I'm 52 and had my titrates done and - zero immunity. I immediately got a booster shot.
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🧵!!!!!
I'm German. I've been schooled in my country's history & crimes all my life.
I'm also a political scientist, educated in Germany, the UK, & US.
As the comparisons betw the situation in the US & Nazi Germany are increasing to frequent, allow me to comment.
A 🧵
I'm also a political scientist, educated in Germany, the UK, & US.
As the comparisons betw the situation in the US & Nazi Germany are increasing to frequent, allow me to comment.
A 🧵
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
🧵!!!!!
I'm with the Irish on food fights and wearing a vest. Going to leave flares and bell-bottomed trousers to the yoof, though.
I can’t pretend to be up to date on streetwear. A lot of my gear is workwear. But I now have a window into it through my 10y old niece & some gay mates. So let me hit you up with the fashion forward young people in the Republic of Ireland are wearing [1]
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm with the Irish on food fights and wearing a vest. Going to leave flares and bell-bottomed trousers to the yoof, though.
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with alt-text:
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 AM
with alt-text:
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Here's my grandmother's motorcycling gear from the 1920s. There's breeches and gaiters and a suede bomber jacket as well. #20s30s #SmallJoys
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Here's my grandmother's motorcycling gear from the 1920s. There's breeches and gaiters and a suede bomber jacket as well. #20s30s #SmallJoys
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Technically, west Kent & east Sussex had a drought 2 weeks ago, at least according to SE Water
Feels like a good time to remind us all that we had a drought last year. Anyway, lets carry on and use AI to decide what to have for dinner
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
2025 drought: how it developed in England
www.gov.uk
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Technically, west Kent & east Sussex had a drought 2 weeks ago, at least according to SE Water
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January 28, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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If AI isn't going "Huh? Whose footprints are these?" before guilelessly wandering off again to resume their patrol then frankly I don't want to know.
January 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM
If AI isn't going "Huh? Whose footprints are these?" before guilelessly wandering off again to resume their patrol then frankly I don't want to know.
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Good morning! I'm not remotely connected to this but it seems like a banging job so somebody cool please get it, thank you - Schools Engagement Lead, Children’s Booker Prize jobs.theguardian.com/job/10021632...
Schools Engagement Lead, Children’s Booker Prize - UK-based hybrid with London office attendance job with BOOKER PRIZE FOUNDATION | 10021632
Lead school engagement strategy for the Children’s Booker Prize, fostering a love of reading with hybrid UK work and growth opportunities.
jobs.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Good morning! I'm not remotely connected to this but it seems like a banging job so somebody cool please get it, thank you - Schools Engagement Lead, Children’s Booker Prize jobs.theguardian.com/job/10021632...
Leverage
January 28, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Leverage
Oh gods, this is going to be about AI, isn't it?
Government to offer free training to all adults to help them learn to enjoy the smooth smooth taste of Benson and Hedges
January 28, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Oh gods, this is going to be about AI, isn't it?
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BTW the EASIEST way to convince a pet-owner the NHS shouldn't be privatised is to ask them how much their last vet bill cost.
January 28, 2026 at 10:27 AM
BTW the EASIEST way to convince a pet-owner the NHS shouldn't be privatised is to ask them how much their last vet bill cost.
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Monetisation
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
January 28, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Monetisation
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
The advert said
MONETISE YOUR FOLLOWERS
so he thought
he would respond
by painting them
in the changing light,
like waterlilies
in a pond.
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Over 8,000 emails sent and we have 24 hours left to stop Sex Matters sabotaging the vote for the conversion therapy ban 🔥
Email your MP right now 📩
https://goodlaw.social/945cd5
Email your MP right now 📩
https://goodlaw.social/945cd5
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Over 8,000 emails sent and we have 24 hours left to stop Sex Matters sabotaging the vote for the conversion therapy ban 🔥
Email your MP right now 📩
https://goodlaw.social/945cd5
Email your MP right now 📩
https://goodlaw.social/945cd5
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It’s like waking up and finding I’ve caught some dopamine in the lobster cages 👌🏻
January 28, 2026 at 8:05 AM
It’s like waking up and finding I’ve caught some dopamine in the lobster cages 👌🏻
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This is one of the most touching and heartbreaking things I have ever read.
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
This is one of the most touching and heartbreaking things I have ever read.
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Just saw this, and it makes me wonder how you think you should still be in the United States Senate — let alone a Democrat — if you’re going to follow up the first two paragraphs with the third.
This is a dead child, and your response sounds like Al Gore talking about Reinventing Government.
This is a dead child, and your response sounds like Al Gore talking about Reinventing Government.
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 28, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Just saw this, and it makes me wonder how you think you should still be in the United States Senate — let alone a Democrat — if you’re going to follow up the first two paragraphs with the third.
This is a dead child, and your response sounds like Al Gore talking about Reinventing Government.
This is a dead child, and your response sounds like Al Gore talking about Reinventing Government.
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I can't repost it, but the first reply to this post starts with "Vance has never improved a situation a day in his life," which is the meanest and funniest and truest thing I think I've ever heard anybody say
Much of the media is treating the vice president’s visit as an attempt to lower the temperature—if anything, he raised it.
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trib.al/O9fDQSZ
January 28, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I can't repost it, but the first reply to this post starts with "Vance has never improved a situation a day in his life," which is the meanest and funniest and truest thing I think I've ever heard anybody say
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...