Al Hatch
@alhatchauthor.bsky.social
Slice of life novel "Meltdown Expected" coming soon. Set over 3 decades from 80s, about punk rock, coding, philosophy, radicalisation, love, weakness, growing up. Also write poetry, songs and non-fiction. #actuallyaustistic #leftist #lgbtq ally UK he/him
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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"Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor but because we cannot satisfy the rich.”
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November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor but because we cannot satisfy the rich.”
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
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There is a lady on TikTok who is doing a social experiment: she is calling houses of worship and asking if they could help her get formula for her baby (telling them food bank is out). So far, 3/22 have offered help. One was a Black church and the other was a mosque.
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
There is a lady on TikTok who is doing a social experiment: she is calling houses of worship and asking if they could help her get formula for her baby (telling them food bank is out). So far, 3/22 have offered help. One was a Black church and the other was a mosque.
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Not sure why anyone other than deeply dismal politicians and useful right wing idiots and ghouls would still be on X. It’s not a town square where people are engaging in good faith. It’s a dangerous radicalisation machine that seeks to upend our democracy and - in the US - has already shown it can.
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Not sure why anyone other than deeply dismal politicians and useful right wing idiots and ghouls would still be on X. It’s not a town square where people are engaging in good faith. It’s a dangerous radicalisation machine that seeks to upend our democracy and - in the US - has already shown it can.
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Excellent‼️ #GoDannyCeisler🤩💙💪✊️ Part of 🌊🌊🌊💥
a map of the united states with a blue wave in the middle
Alt: Map outline of USA with a blue tidal wave rolling inside it.Caption reads: BLUE WAVE USA
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Excellent‼️ #GoDannyCeisler🤩💙💪✊️ Part of 🌊🌊🌊💥
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November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"What do voters see in a man that seems normal, compassionate and focused on their issues? It's a mystery"
Several European left-wing officials said they had been in contact with members of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in New York in the hope of emulating his success in future local elections.
www.politico.eu/article/zohr...
www.politico.eu/article/zohr...
Europe’s left flocks to New York to take notes on Mamdani’s meteoric rise
Several European left-wing officials said they had been in contact with members of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in New York in the hope of emulating his success in future local elections.
www.politico.eu
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"What do voters see in a man that seems normal, compassionate and focused on their issues? It's a mystery"
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It’s Election Day with critical races in several states. This is the first general election where voters get to tell Donald Trump what they think of him so far. Don’t miss your chance to make your voice heard! Vote like your country depends on it. Because it does.
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It’s Election Day with critical races in several states. This is the first general election where voters get to tell Donald Trump what they think of him so far. Don’t miss your chance to make your voice heard! Vote like your country depends on it. Because it does.
TFW your train booking website gets overexcited about a business trip
November 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
TFW your train booking website gets overexcited about a business trip
Labour lost a Welsh Parliament seat to the leftist Welsh nationalists. That's right, they lost 15% of the vote share TO THE LEFT. Wake up, #Starmer, the right will never vote for you, and the left are abandoning you. Fool.
October 24, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Labour lost a Welsh Parliament seat to the leftist Welsh nationalists. That's right, they lost 15% of the vote share TO THE LEFT. Wake up, #Starmer, the right will never vote for you, and the left are abandoning you. Fool.
True leaders do great things, and the people honour them by raising monuments and statues, after they're gone. Fake leaders do little, yet order monuments and statues raised in their own honour, while in office.
October 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
True leaders do great things, and the people honour them by raising monuments and statues, after they're gone. Fake leaders do little, yet order monuments and statues raised in their own honour, while in office.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
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The new conflict?
October 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The new conflict?
Thinking of starting a band called "Kind Regards" - it's how everyone signs off emails these days so our band name would be typed millions of times a day.
What else would work?
What else would work?
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Thinking of starting a band called "Kind Regards" - it's how everyone signs off emails these days so our band name would be typed millions of times a day.
What else would work?
What else would work?
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Yes Ma'am!
October 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Yes Ma'am!
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Sooooo good!
October 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Sooooo good!
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🇺🇸 🔥 That. Was. Impressive.
We are watching America reassert itself and its values from the grassroots up. The world saw you and we have huge hope invested in you.
We are watching America reassert itself and its values from the grassroots up. The world saw you and we have huge hope invested in you.
October 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🇺🇸 🔥 That. Was. Impressive.
We are watching America reassert itself and its values from the grassroots up. The world saw you and we have huge hope invested in you.
We are watching America reassert itself and its values from the grassroots up. The world saw you and we have huge hope invested in you.
Of all the frog-mouthed birds in the world, my favourite is the tawny one.
With all modesty ... I think it may have been my advocacy for the Tawny Frogmouth which saw it take out the gold this year.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner
Perennial runner up finally claims the crown in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll, ahead of Baudin’s black cockatoo and gang-gang cockatoo
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Of all the frog-mouthed birds in the world, my favourite is the tawny one.