Hwaet
@cog1.bsky.social
English Literature PhD candidate. Interested in all aspects of religious belief in speculative fiction.
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The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick)
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a door with a cartoon character on it .
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media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The Shining (1980, Stanley Kubrick)
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This is excellent news. You cannot have democratic accountability when nobody knows who the candidates are, what they stand for, what the job involves or how to measure their success.
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
System introduced in 2012 across England and Wales has faced criticism from police chiefs
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UK politics live – latest updates
The controversial system of police and crime commissioners is to be abolished by the government, the Guardian has learned.
Under the system, introduced under the Conservatives, all 43 police forces covering local areas across England and Wales had to answer to an elected official. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This is excellent news. You cannot have democratic accountability when nobody knows who the candidates are, what they stand for, what the job involves or how to measure their success.
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steve Richards once wrote a brilliant piece attacking “common sense”, saying “it just means you haven’t thought about how it works”.
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
steve Richards once wrote a brilliant piece attacking “common sense”, saying “it just means you haven’t thought about how it works”.
Really, really stupid shit I was told today:
“Sunscreen is the product of big pharma. You should sunbathe without it but wear sunglasses because it fools your skin into thinking you’re not in full sun”
It’s 30 degrees in Florida right now, fuck off and pas me the factor 50.
“Sunscreen is the product of big pharma. You should sunbathe without it but wear sunglasses because it fools your skin into thinking you’re not in full sun”
It’s 30 degrees in Florida right now, fuck off and pas me the factor 50.
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Really, really stupid shit I was told today:
“Sunscreen is the product of big pharma. You should sunbathe without it but wear sunglasses because it fools your skin into thinking you’re not in full sun”
It’s 30 degrees in Florida right now, fuck off and pas me the factor 50.
“Sunscreen is the product of big pharma. You should sunbathe without it but wear sunglasses because it fools your skin into thinking you’re not in full sun”
It’s 30 degrees in Florida right now, fuck off and pas me the factor 50.
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The notion that there’s ‘efficiencies’ left in public services is bonkers. They’re all cut to the bone and further (in the lower ranks, anyway). Even Farages lot are now discovering this at the LAs that they control. Streeting is just clueless. These are just words.
I find the glee here about making thousands of hard working NHS staff redundant - and simultaneously therefore ensuring that clinical staff's workloads are increased even further with administration tasks they didn't sign up for - both tone deaf and distasteful.
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The notion that there’s ‘efficiencies’ left in public services is bonkers. They’re all cut to the bone and further (in the lower ranks, anyway). Even Farages lot are now discovering this at the LAs that they control. Streeting is just clueless. These are just words.
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You guys wanna see a dead body?
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You guys wanna see a dead body?
When your penis can only be measured in Planck units
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
When your penis can only be measured in Planck units
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We're having a little @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social bash to launch 'Patchwuff'! Folk legend and Bagpuss star Sandra Kerr will be playing live, Ethan Warren (Simon Perkins) and Aja Dodd (Fellfoul) are coming too, and it's all free to attend at the Who-Ray shop in Stockton, 2pm on Sun 7th Dec. Join us!
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
We're having a little @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social bash to launch 'Patchwuff'! Folk legend and Bagpuss star Sandra Kerr will be playing live, Ethan Warren (Simon Perkins) and Aja Dodd (Fellfoul) are coming too, and it's all free to attend at the Who-Ray shop in Stockton, 2pm on Sun 7th Dec. Join us!
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PREVENTS DIPHTHERIA !
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
PREVENTS DIPHTHERIA !
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Catching up adding bits and bobs to The Haunted Generation website. For lovers of @fightingfantasy.bsky.social, here's my @forteantimes.bsky.social review of Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson's rather wonderful 'Dice Men' book...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/12/d...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/12/d...
Dice Men: The Origin Story of Games Workshop
Imagine a parallel universe where every British High Street boasts its own Quasigamic Expedition shop, stuffed to the rafters with copies of chart-topping gamebook The Magic Quest.
hauntedgeneration.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Catching up adding bits and bobs to The Haunted Generation website. For lovers of @fightingfantasy.bsky.social, here's my @forteantimes.bsky.social review of Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson's rather wonderful 'Dice Men' book...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/12/d...
hauntedgeneration.co.uk/2025/11/12/d...
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The New Series of THE CELLAR CLUB is coming soon... Let #CarolineMunro give you a glimpse of the chills coming you way, including THE OMEGA FACTOR and a host of chillers.
Starts Friday 5th December 9pm only on #TalkingPicturesTV
Starts Friday 5th December 9pm only on #TalkingPicturesTV
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The New Series of THE CELLAR CLUB is coming soon... Let #CarolineMunro give you a glimpse of the chills coming you way, including THE OMEGA FACTOR and a host of chillers.
Starts Friday 5th December 9pm only on #TalkingPicturesTV
Starts Friday 5th December 9pm only on #TalkingPicturesTV
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I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
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It's like the crocodile story Ken Clarke once told me. You can feed buns to the crocodiles until the cows come home.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Two heads rolling won’t stop rot at the BBC
The corporation’s mindset is hermetically sealed and cannot cope with any dissenting view
www.thetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's like the crocodile story Ken Clarke once told me. You can feed buns to the crocodiles until the cows come home.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Once you run out of buns, they'll eat you anyway.
They'll never stop.
Oh fuck off. My lit review includes Immanuel Kant, the Book of the Dead, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey and the Wizard of Oz. Even the most hallucinogenic of AIs couldn’t have come up with that little lot.
„In research, AI has begun to revolutionise the literature review process, potentially unlocking huge amounts of time for new discovery.“
a man with a beard is smiling while talking to another man and the words will it though are on the screen
ALT: a man with a beard is smiling while talking to another man and the words will it though are on the screen
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Oh fuck off. My lit review includes Immanuel Kant, the Book of the Dead, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey and the Wizard of Oz. Even the most hallucinogenic of AIs couldn’t have come up with that little lot.
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In response to some of the comments:
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
Information underpins democracy and the BBC is a key part of that.
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Information underpins Democracy – why the BBC must be defended
Recent events at the BBC have wide-reaching implications for our democracy - and the sooner we realise it, the better
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
In response to some of the comments:
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
Am I missing something here? Surely 007 is a job, not a person? Just hire a new Bond.
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Am I missing something here? Surely 007 is a job, not a person? Just hire a new Bond.
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The BBC is bloody brilliant. It's central to the fact that British democracy isn't circling the drain like it is in America, it preserves a common culture, and propagates respect for facts. We should defend it as firmly as we fight corruption, because it's a crucial part of integrity in public life.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The BBC is bloody brilliant. It's central to the fact that British democracy isn't circling the drain like it is in America, it preserves a common culture, and propagates respect for facts. We should defend it as firmly as we fight corruption, because it's a crucial part of integrity in public life.
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If our government had a strategic sense, they'd invest in the BBC and capitalise on a genuinely world class British brand, instead of faffing about like a bunch of cowards terrified by a handful of newspapers that hardly anyone even reads anymore.
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
If our government had a strategic sense, they'd invest in the BBC and capitalise on a genuinely world class British brand, instead of faffing about like a bunch of cowards terrified by a handful of newspapers that hardly anyone even reads anymore.
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Well, it’s taken me until the grand old age of 54 to read The Grapes of Wrath. And I am reeling.
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Well, it’s taken me until the grand old age of 54 to read The Grapes of Wrath. And I am reeling.
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The BBC, both as a radio broadcaster, and a TV broadcaster, didn’t start out doing news at all. News is the upstart department. Its job is to act as a national fireplace. And that’s properly vital now, more than ever.
I reckon a shared national popular culture is just as important (if not more important) than a fact based, impartial news service for liberal democracy to work.
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The BBC, both as a radio broadcaster, and a TV broadcaster, didn’t start out doing news at all. News is the upstart department. Its job is to act as a national fireplace. And that’s properly vital now, more than ever.