Alex Hacker
@alexhacker76.bsky.social
Funny, sad, and joyful things.
Angry, nonsensical, and lost in self - today has been me thinking vile things. Getting this odious stuff out of my head and onto the 'page' is actually helpful, if seemingly unhinged:
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It's good to talk
It's all about me me me today
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May 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Angry, nonsensical, and lost in self - today has been me thinking vile things. Getting this odious stuff out of my head and onto the 'page' is actually helpful, if seemingly unhinged:
open.substack.com/pub/alexhack...
open.substack.com/pub/alexhack...
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Just getting ready for my early morning shave.
March 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Just getting ready for my early morning shave.
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‘The slow drip of abnormal events becomes the new normal….’ This piece calmly
and clearly lays out so much of the fear I have felt and feel re Trump and also Farage.
and clearly lays out so much of the fear I have felt and feel re Trump and also Farage.
"It’s like being a canary in a coal mine. The early poisonous gases of fascism, the hatred, the propaganda, the calls to purge “undesirables" hit you first. We notice the atmosphere becoming toxic before others do, because we are the ones struggling to breathe." www.thedissident.news/how-do-you-e...
How Do You Explain Water to a Fish?
In the months after the 2024 election, America still felt fundamentally stable and familiar. I remember walking into class after the election and seeing my queer history professor with the look of hav...
www.thedissident.news
May 24, 2025 at 6:29 AM
‘The slow drip of abnormal events becomes the new normal….’ This piece calmly
and clearly lays out so much of the fear I have felt and feel re Trump and also Farage.
and clearly lays out so much of the fear I have felt and feel re Trump and also Farage.
Returned home from work to find these bits of tat stuffed into a cardboard envelope with my name and address on. Definitely a Dennis and Gnasher Fan Club vibe here. ARSFCIT OMCGGCNIQ @herring1967.bsky.social #RHLSTP
May 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Returned home from work to find these bits of tat stuffed into a cardboard envelope with my name and address on. Definitely a Dennis and Gnasher Fan Club vibe here. ARSFCIT OMCGGCNIQ @herring1967.bsky.social #RHLSTP
It's true that we don't always get what we want. It's a lesson I'm still trying hard to learn, because often what I want isn't any good for me. But, I'm struggling to listen to that lesson right now:
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alexhacker.substack.com/p/we-dont-al...
We don’t always get what we want
Good night Mum
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May 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It's true that we don't always get what we want. It's a lesson I'm still trying hard to learn, because often what I want isn't any good for me. But, I'm struggling to listen to that lesson right now:
alexhacker.substack.com/p/we-dont-al...
alexhacker.substack.com/p/we-dont-al...
This hits me hard, every reading.
May 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
This hits me hard, every reading.
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Who are all these people who are constantly beset with an embarrassment of ideas? I never have ideas. Maybe I should start using AI...
May 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Who are all these people who are constantly beset with an embarrassment of ideas? I never have ideas. Maybe I should start using AI...
What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
I wish my Mum could read this, I accept she can't, but I miss her validation of what I call my sense of humour.
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You missed this year's Eurovision
You got flowers instead.
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May 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I wish my Mum could read this, I accept she can't, but I miss her validation of what I call my sense of humour.
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And the big revelation for me was how much the country was being run by 22-year-olds. Cabinet ministers were bringing in these junior spads because they thought they were so clever and bright but actually they were just confident.
- Armando Iannucci
- Armando Iannucci
‘I’m from Glasgow – the swearing came naturally!’ The full uncensored history of The Thick of It
It was the political satire that gave us omnishambles, pet asbos and the terrifying Malcolm Tucker. Two decades on, creator Armando Iannucci and stars including Peter Capaldi and Rebecca Front lift th...
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
And the big revelation for me was how much the country was being run by 22-year-olds. Cabinet ministers were bringing in these junior spads because they thought they were so clever and bright but actually they were just confident.
- Armando Iannucci
- Armando Iannucci
A letter to Mum concerning Eurovision which isn't really about #Eurovision, with #love open.substack.com/pub/alexhack...
You missed this year's Eurovision
You got flowers instead.
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May 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A letter to Mum concerning Eurovision which isn't really about #Eurovision, with #love open.substack.com/pub/alexhack...
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If I was in charge of such things, I would put a compilation of the national juries giving their points on Eurovision in any attempted communication with other galaxies. Just to give them a heads up. Then they can decide.
May 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If I was in charge of such things, I would put a compilation of the national juries giving their points on Eurovision in any attempted communication with other galaxies. Just to give them a heads up. Then they can decide.
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Soho Theatre. August 11th and 12th. Martin Fishback: Live.
May 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Soho Theatre. August 11th and 12th. Martin Fishback: Live.
A thought or two about hospital socks and Dad's perpetually stinky behind, just for you Mum, with #love - #trauma #shame #sobriety #recovery #alcohol #death #grief #anger alexhacker.substack.com/p/ongoing-sa...
The ongoing saga of a gaseous bottom
And a pair of socks
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May 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A short post on the occasion of mum's first birthday being not alive 😮, with #love: alexhacker.substack.com/p/your-first... #grief #death #mum
Your first birthday being dead.
Wish you were here.
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May 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A short post on the occasion of mum's first birthday being not alive 😮, with #love: alexhacker.substack.com/p/your-first... #grief #death #mum