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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January 28, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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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...
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This is the correct way
Two shitheel ICE Nazis from bumfuck Arkansas tried to go out for a beer in Portland, Maine.
They got a "warm" welcome. 😆 1/26/25
They got a "warm" welcome. 😆 1/26/25
January 28, 2026 at 6:52 AM
This is the correct way
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Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE MARK RUSKELL MSP ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!
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A deeply moving and beautiful piece of writing, set a little time aside today to read it
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
A deeply moving and beautiful piece of writing, set a little time aside today to read it
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Can we help Adham to get to Egypt with his mother? He's been hoping to cross the border for some time now.
www.gofundme.com/AdhamMadi
www.gofundme.com/AdhamMadi
January 27, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Can we help Adham to get to Egypt with his mother? He's been hoping to cross the border for some time now.
www.gofundme.com/AdhamMadi
www.gofundme.com/AdhamMadi
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🙏
Good news in the fight against COVID-19 🧬
Scientists have developed a nasal peptide drug that locks the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, preventing the virus from entering cells.
In animal studies, it blocked multiple COVID-19 variants, showing strong potential as a future preventive nasal spray.
Scientists have developed a nasal peptide drug that locks the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, preventing the virus from entering cells.
In animal studies, it blocked multiple COVID-19 variants, showing strong potential as a future preventive nasal spray.
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
🙏
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René Descartes in disguise all "incognito ergo sum"
January 27, 2026 at 1:51 PM
René Descartes in disguise all "incognito ergo sum"
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Five phrases about the transitory nature of all things...
1. Nothing is eternal (Farsi)
2. No one’s candle is lit till dawn (Serbian)
3. No evil shall last a hundred years (Spanish)
4. All snowstorms eventually subside (Icelandic)
5. Everything has an end, except the sausage, which has two (German)
1. Nothing is eternal (Farsi)
2. No one’s candle is lit till dawn (Serbian)
3. No evil shall last a hundred years (Spanish)
4. All snowstorms eventually subside (Icelandic)
5. Everything has an end, except the sausage, which has two (German)
January 26, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Five phrases about the transitory nature of all things...
1. Nothing is eternal (Farsi)
2. No one’s candle is lit till dawn (Serbian)
3. No evil shall last a hundred years (Spanish)
4. All snowstorms eventually subside (Icelandic)
5. Everything has an end, except the sausage, which has two (German)
1. Nothing is eternal (Farsi)
2. No one’s candle is lit till dawn (Serbian)
3. No evil shall last a hundred years (Spanish)
4. All snowstorms eventually subside (Icelandic)
5. Everything has an end, except the sausage, which has two (German)
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Have been in a few parts of the world recently where the treatment of black people is particularly shocking, and it leaves a mark on you. Especially when I think of the wealthy white supremacists who are actively and happily making their lives worse.
"Up to 380 people may have drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean last week". The West's normalisation of the mass death of black Africans (because that is predominantly who these people are) will never be less than devastating.
January 27, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Have been in a few parts of the world recently where the treatment of black people is particularly shocking, and it leaves a mark on you. Especially when I think of the wealthy white supremacists who are actively and happily making their lives worse.