John Hoggard
@daddyhoggy.bsky.social
Writer (mostly SFF, mostly short or flash). Lapsed physicist. Uni Lecturer. Coffee drinker. (he/him)
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“Your hair!” by IanBrownlie.bsky.social (on the week’s theme of ‘Shock’) is today’s 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet www.paragraphplanet.com
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July 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“Your hair!” by IanBrownlie.bsky.social (on the week’s theme of ‘Shock’) is today’s 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet www.paragraphplanet.com
@paragraphplanet.bsky.social I've only just noticed the butterfly logo on the PP website. So glad to be following you again (having abandoned the former bird site a couple of years ago).
July 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
@paragraphplanet.bsky.social I've only just noticed the butterfly logo on the PP website. So glad to be following you again (having abandoned the former bird site a couple of years ago).
My youngest is in London tonight with mum to see 21 Pilots. Because of his autism this has taken months of careful planning. I'm very proud of him. As I have the house to myself, I have rewatched Tron Legacy on *LOUD* because I cannot do this when he's in the house. The juxtaposition amuses me.
May 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My youngest is in London tonight with mum to see 21 Pilots. Because of his autism this has taken months of careful planning. I'm very proud of him. As I have the house to myself, I have rewatched Tron Legacy on *LOUD* because I cannot do this when he's in the house. The juxtaposition amuses me.
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NUJ backs calls for judge-led inquiry into PSNI and Durham police spying on journalists after explosive surveillance revelations | Barry White
Demands for a public inquiry over police spying on journalists
NUJ backs calls for judge-led inquiry into PSNI and Durham police spying on journalists after explosive surveillance revelations
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
NUJ backs calls for judge-led inquiry into PSNI and Durham police spying on journalists after explosive surveillance revelations | Barry White
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Energy production from my 2.2kW PV system was a thing of beauty today. Near flawless and over 10kWh for beginning of March is excellent.
In two days of blue skies my PV has already produced 1/4 the energy of the whole of a grey and wet February.
In two days of blue skies my PV has already produced 1/4 the energy of the whole of a grey and wet February.
March 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Energy production from my 2.2kW PV system was a thing of beauty today. Near flawless and over 10kWh for beginning of March is excellent.
In two days of blue skies my PV has already produced 1/4 the energy of the whole of a grey and wet February.
In two days of blue skies my PV has already produced 1/4 the energy of the whole of a grey and wet February.
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the very trans sci-fi short film i co-wrote and am co-directing is crowdfunding, I’m so excited! it’s a story about love and hope and connection, and we need these stories now more than ever 🩷
Long Away - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark
Victoria travels 25 years into her own past to meet a man she barely remembers - her father - and hopes he will love her for who she is... Written and directed by Tilly and Susan Bridges, this trans grounded sci-fi film is based on a comic they wrote about memory and love.
seedandspark.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
the very trans sci-fi short film i co-wrote and am co-directing is crowdfunding, I’m so excited! it’s a story about love and hope and connection, and we need these stories now more than ever 🩷
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It’s not often that I claim to speak on behalf of the dinosaurs that I illustrate.
But just this once, on behalf of dinosaurs everywhere , F*ck you William Sitwell, and f*ck you The Telegraph.
But just this once, on behalf of dinosaurs everywhere , F*ck you William Sitwell, and f*ck you The Telegraph.
February 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It’s not often that I claim to speak on behalf of the dinosaurs that I illustrate.
But just this once, on behalf of dinosaurs everywhere , F*ck you William Sitwell, and f*ck you The Telegraph.
But just this once, on behalf of dinosaurs everywhere , F*ck you William Sitwell, and f*ck you The Telegraph.
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Imagine a judge saying a racist could use the n-slur or an anti-semite the k-slur "as long as it was not done 'offensively' or 'gratuitously'."
Our judiciary is increasingly a source of shame.
Our judiciary is increasingly a source of shame.
February 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Imagine a judge saying a racist could use the n-slur or an anti-semite the k-slur "as long as it was not done 'offensively' or 'gratuitously'."
Our judiciary is increasingly a source of shame.
Our judiciary is increasingly a source of shame.
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Wes Streeting dumps women’s health target from NHS plan, but has committed to publish a men’s health strategy.
“There already is a men’s health strategy: it’s called the NHS; it’s already designed by men for men,” said Dame Lesley Regan, the government’s first women’s health ambassador for England.
“There already is a men’s health strategy: it’s called the NHS; it’s already designed by men for men,” said Dame Lesley Regan, the government’s first women’s health ambassador for England.
January 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Wes Streeting dumps women’s health target from NHS plan, but has committed to publish a men’s health strategy.
“There already is a men’s health strategy: it’s called the NHS; it’s already designed by men for men,” said Dame Lesley Regan, the government’s first women’s health ambassador for England.
“There already is a men’s health strategy: it’s called the NHS; it’s already designed by men for men,” said Dame Lesley Regan, the government’s first women’s health ambassador for England.
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I've read the vulture article on Gaiman...
Fuck you Neil. Fuck you for hurting all those women because you wouldn't go to fucking therapy.
Fuck you for forever tainting some of my favourite stories and characters with the knowledge that the person who created them is a fucking monster.
Fuck you Neil. Fuck you for hurting all those women because you wouldn't go to fucking therapy.
Fuck you for forever tainting some of my favourite stories and characters with the knowledge that the person who created them is a fucking monster.
January 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I've read the vulture article on Gaiman...
Fuck you Neil. Fuck you for hurting all those women because you wouldn't go to fucking therapy.
Fuck you for forever tainting some of my favourite stories and characters with the knowledge that the person who created them is a fucking monster.
Fuck you Neil. Fuck you for hurting all those women because you wouldn't go to fucking therapy.
Fuck you for forever tainting some of my favourite stories and characters with the knowledge that the person who created them is a fucking monster.
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NEW: I've obtained internal Meta docs revealing an array of sample posts that are now allowed under new hate speech rules. Examples include calling children "trannies," “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians," and “immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit”
theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”
Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”
theintercept.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
NEW: I've obtained internal Meta docs revealing an array of sample posts that are now allowed under new hate speech rules. Examples include calling children "trannies," “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians," and “immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit”
theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
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Danielle's the best. Fingers crossed you head into a LCBS, you get served by a Danielle. Absolute rockstar.
Another beautiful, crisp morning in Leeds City Centre! ✨
@okcomics.bsky.social is open today from 11am until 5pm! Pop in and collect your subscriptions. Plan to stay inside all weekend keeping warm?! Pop in today for comics to help beat the boredom.
We’re always open online too at okcomics.co.uk
@okcomics.bsky.social is open today from 11am until 5pm! Pop in and collect your subscriptions. Plan to stay inside all weekend keeping warm?! Pop in today for comics to help beat the boredom.
We’re always open online too at okcomics.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Danielle's the best. Fingers crossed you head into a LCBS, you get served by a Danielle. Absolute rockstar.
Currently in Basingstoke and my weather app has just issued a 'yellow snow warning'.
Who's peeing in the snow in this weather?
Who's peeing in the snow in this weather?
January 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Currently in Basingstoke and my weather app has just issued a 'yellow snow warning'.
Who's peeing in the snow in this weather?
Who's peeing in the snow in this weather?
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Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, medical pioneer who received the world's first experimental rat penis transplant, announced today that the social media juggernaut would stop fact checking.
thehardtimes.net
January 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
My youngest, 17yo, trans, on seeing Zuck's video about changes to Meta: 'See, this is why I didn't leave Twitter and just locked down my account and only interact with my friends, mostly by DM, because it was obvious Threads would go the same way...'
January 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
My youngest, 17yo, trans, on seeing Zuck's video about changes to Meta: 'See, this is why I didn't leave Twitter and just locked down my account and only interact with my friends, mostly by DM, because it was obvious Threads would go the same way...'
Thanks to all those following me back as we set up here and we look back at the other place, mumbling, 'well, that was a short tenancy, but it was nice while it lasted'
January 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Thanks to all those following me back as we set up here and we look back at the other place, mumbling, 'well, that was a short tenancy, but it was nice while it lasted'
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
I'm very late to Arcane, but, I'm 8 episodes in now and it's just absolutely stunning. I am completely blown away by the characterisation, story, acting, style, animation, soundscape.
I also completely understand why so many of you are Cosplaying Vi/Jinx/Cait - amazing characters.
I also completely understand why so many of you are Cosplaying Vi/Jinx/Cait - amazing characters.
January 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I'm very late to Arcane, but, I'm 8 episodes in now and it's just absolutely stunning. I am completely blown away by the characterisation, story, acting, style, animation, soundscape.
I also completely understand why so many of you are Cosplaying Vi/Jinx/Cait - amazing characters.
I also completely understand why so many of you are Cosplaying Vi/Jinx/Cait - amazing characters.
Happy New Year and all that.
2024 was a year I had a lot of trouble with my eyes - hopefully now under control (although I will likely be on antiviral forevermore).
2024 was a year I had a lot of trouble with my eyes - hopefully now under control (although I will likely be on antiviral forevermore).
January 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Happy New Year and all that.
2024 was a year I had a lot of trouble with my eyes - hopefully now under control (although I will likely be on antiviral forevermore).
2024 was a year I had a lot of trouble with my eyes - hopefully now under control (although I will likely be on antiviral forevermore).
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Would be a shame if a bunch of authors were to pull out due to having some principles, idk
Well I was going to go to the Oxford Literary Festival. But you know what, I don't think I'll bother.
Trans: Gender Identity and the New Battle for Women’s Rights | Oxford Literary Festival
Helen Joyce talks to Julie Bindel - Trans: Gender Identity and the New Battle for Women’s Rights
oxfordliteraryfestival.org
December 28, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Would be a shame if a bunch of authors were to pull out due to having some principles, idk