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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I blame woke
Does anybody else find it odd that you don't hear much about pyramids keeping razor blades sharp any more?
When did they stop working?
When did they stop working?
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I blame woke
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“Why is literacy important?”
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
Socioeconomic Politics Nerd: *rambles on about civic engagement, material enrichment, individual well-being, etc*
Joyce Carol Oates: If you are literate, you can drive a billionaire into a mental breakdown!
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Daily bunny no.3135 found a cool pinecone
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Daily bunny no.3135 found a cool pinecone
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Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
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For years, I’ve known that Maitlis was a key player in the institutional and orchestrated attacks on Trans+ youth
Now, emboldened and clearly unrepentant, she's flaunting her complicity
The world can now see her for who she is - someone willing to weaponise their power against the vulnerable
Now, emboldened and clearly unrepentant, she's flaunting her complicity
The world can now see her for who she is - someone willing to weaponise their power against the vulnerable
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For years, I’ve known that Maitlis was a key player in the institutional and orchestrated attacks on Trans+ youth
Now, emboldened and clearly unrepentant, she's flaunting her complicity
The world can now see her for who she is - someone willing to weaponise their power against the vulnerable
Now, emboldened and clearly unrepentant, she's flaunting her complicity
The world can now see her for who she is - someone willing to weaponise their power against the vulnerable
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Today's random #German word of the day is this.
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
Not to be confused with 'Dummkopf', of course, which means 'fool'. 😉
#LearnALanguage
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
Not to be confused with 'Dummkopf', of course, which means 'fool'. 😉
#LearnALanguage
![Illustration of the German word 'der Dickkopf', literally 'thick head', meaning 'mule, stubborn person'. [Note: there's no female version of this noun] [chuckle].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ysg7hp6kgncoryoll2fz2pgk/bafkreieayqfqeijuvwpbepfzefu5mgvx53hrwldtzcufvojezynqylqkdu@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Today's random #German word of the day is this.
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
Not to be confused with 'Dummkopf', of course, which means 'fool'. 😉
#LearnALanguage
📢 m.dict.cc/deutsch-engl...
Not to be confused with 'Dummkopf', of course, which means 'fool'. 😉
#LearnALanguage
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New DNA evidence exonerates Video after more than 40 years in jail.
Radio Star's family "shocked and dismayed" by decison.
Radio Star's family "shocked and dismayed" by decison.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
New DNA evidence exonerates Video after more than 40 years in jail.
Radio Star's family "shocked and dismayed" by decison.
Radio Star's family "shocked and dismayed" by decison.
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It's St. Martin's Day, a day of lantern-lit cheer with (mostly) parents & children walking through neighbourhoods, praising a man sharing his cloak with a poor, freezing beggar. These days, the tradition lives in the shadow of Halloween, but it's one of my favourite days.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
It's St. Martin's Day, a day of lantern-lit cheer with (mostly) parents & children walking through neighbourhoods, praising a man sharing his cloak with a poor, freezing beggar. These days, the tradition lives in the shadow of Halloween, but it's one of my favourite days.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
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Genuine question:
When you make a “ooooh” noise, do you make it as a minion or as a green alien toy from Toy Story?
When you make a “ooooh” noise, do you make it as a minion or as a green alien toy from Toy Story?
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Genuine question:
When you make a “ooooh” noise, do you make it as a minion or as a green alien toy from Toy Story?
When you make a “ooooh” noise, do you make it as a minion or as a green alien toy from Toy Story?
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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One more skeet for Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Behind this historical marker is the famed Whitefish Bay. Today the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich., rang the recovered bell 31 times, 29 for the victims of the wreck, once for all Great Lakes shipwreck victims, and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
One more skeet for Edmund Fitzgerald Day. Behind this historical marker is the famed Whitefish Bay. Today the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Paradise, Mich., rang the recovered bell 31 times, 29 for the victims of the wreck, once for all Great Lakes shipwreck victims, and once for Gordon Lightfoot.
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Dear Seattle friends:
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Dear Seattle friends:
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The world must not look away from the genocide in Sudan.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The world must not look away from the genocide in Sudan.
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The supposed leader of the free world just read out “I, and state your name…”.
I mean, when are the aliens coming?
bsky.app/profile/acyn...
I mean, when are the aliens coming?
bsky.app/profile/acyn...
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The supposed leader of the free world just read out “I, and state your name…”.
I mean, when are the aliens coming?
bsky.app/profile/acyn...
I mean, when are the aliens coming?
bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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If you're unsure what Zack stands for, or whether you want to join the Green party, then please take 5 minutes of your time to read this. Hopefully it can clarify some things & show why he & The Greens, are a true viable alternative.
Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you're unsure what Zack stands for, or whether you want to join the Green party, then please take 5 minutes of your time to read this. Hopefully it can clarify some things & show why he & The Greens, are a true viable alternative.
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We can't give up now. ❄️
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
We can't give up now. ❄️
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3/3
This cold medicine ad & others like it are especially sinister as a razorblade throat is a key symptom of current Covid variants for which many now have no updated booster. You don't endanger others. You sit this one out. At home.
This cold medicine ad & others like it are especially sinister as a razorblade throat is a key symptom of current Covid variants for which many now have no updated booster. You don't endanger others. You sit this one out. At home.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
3/3
This cold medicine ad & others like it are especially sinister as a razorblade throat is a key symptom of current Covid variants for which many now have no updated booster. You don't endanger others. You sit this one out. At home.
This cold medicine ad & others like it are especially sinister as a razorblade throat is a key symptom of current Covid variants for which many now have no updated booster. You don't endanger others. You sit this one out. At home.
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2/3
Pls, don't do that. Meds don't allow you to safely mingle. Even if you think Covid is over (it isn't), it taught us how & why to protect ourselves, one another.
Whether it's Covid, RSV, flu, or cold: We don't infect others. We stay at home, wear a mask indoors or in company, disinfect hands.
Pls, don't do that. Meds don't allow you to safely mingle. Even if you think Covid is over (it isn't), it taught us how & why to protect ourselves, one another.
Whether it's Covid, RSV, flu, or cold: We don't infect others. We stay at home, wear a mask indoors or in company, disinfect hands.
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
2/3
Pls, don't do that. Meds don't allow you to safely mingle. Even if you think Covid is over (it isn't), it taught us how & why to protect ourselves, one another.
Whether it's Covid, RSV, flu, or cold: We don't infect others. We stay at home, wear a mask indoors or in company, disinfect hands.
Pls, don't do that. Meds don't allow you to safely mingle. Even if you think Covid is over (it isn't), it taught us how & why to protect ourselves, one another.
Whether it's Covid, RSV, flu, or cold: We don't infect others. We stay at home, wear a mask indoors or in company, disinfect hands.
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🧵 On UK tv, an ad for Strepsils, showing a heavily congested woman w/ a sore throat enjoying herself w/ a group of friends round a dinner table. You'd think we've learned absolutely nothing from the pandemic.
(We haven't. If anything, it's worse than before bcs staying home ill is now frowned upon.)
(We haven't. If anything, it's worse than before bcs staying home ill is now frowned upon.)
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
🧵 On UK tv, an ad for Strepsils, showing a heavily congested woman w/ a sore throat enjoying herself w/ a group of friends round a dinner table. You'd think we've learned absolutely nothing from the pandemic.
(We haven't. If anything, it's worse than before bcs staying home ill is now frowned upon.)
(We haven't. If anything, it's worse than before bcs staying home ill is now frowned upon.)
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An Ellis Rosen cartoon. A very special kind of humour. Not everyone will find it funny. There are different senses of humour, & we often choose friends & partners by whether we share the same. That it's not funny to some doesn't mean it's offensive. Bcs its intention isn't.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
An Ellis Rosen cartoon. A very special kind of humour. Not everyone will find it funny. There are different senses of humour, & we often choose friends & partners by whether we share the same. That it's not funny to some doesn't mean it's offensive. Bcs its intention isn't.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
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an important message from my neighborhood nuthatches:
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
an important message from my neighborhood nuthatches:
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Thorpe clip for those not on Instagram
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Thorpe clip for those not on Instagram
Still wondering if those were lilacs in the vases for the professionals' routine and if that means there's a Pratchett fan doing set dressing #Strictly
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Still wondering if those were lilacs in the vases for the professionals' routine and if that means there's a Pratchett fan doing set dressing #Strictly