Rob
@robhogg68.bsky.social
Vegan socialist and Green Party member in Yorkshire. Likes include Erik Satie, P-Funk and Eliza Carthy, Bhel Puri, Russet apples and crusty loaves, Ursula Le Guin, JRR Tolkien and William Blake, mountains, moorland and craggy coastlines.
#StopTheGenocide
#StopTheGenocide
I do vaguely remember learning to read. It was before I started to school, and I remember a set of alphabet / word flash cards my mother used to use with me.
Then I remember having to learn to read again, because I started school when ITA was still a thing. It really confused me.
Then I remember having to learn to read again, because I started school when ITA was still a thing. It really confused me.
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I do vaguely remember learning to read. It was before I started to school, and I remember a set of alphabet / word flash cards my mother used to use with me.
Then I remember having to learn to read again, because I started school when ITA was still a thing. It really confused me.
Then I remember having to learn to read again, because I started school when ITA was still a thing. It really confused me.
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I've just found that I can view a stereoscopic image without a viewer, similarly to viewing one of those "Magic Eye" (autostereogram) images.
This is the most striking image I've tried it on so far (© Franz van Duns / Wikimedia Commons / category:CC-BY-SA-4.0)
This is the most striking image I've tried it on so far (© Franz van Duns / Wikimedia Commons / category:CC-BY-SA-4.0)
September 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I've just found that I can view a stereoscopic image without a viewer, similarly to viewing one of those "Magic Eye" (autostereogram) images.
This is the most striking image I've tried it on so far (© Franz van Duns / Wikimedia Commons / category:CC-BY-SA-4.0)
This is the most striking image I've tried it on so far (© Franz van Duns / Wikimedia Commons / category:CC-BY-SA-4.0)
I see that, and raise you...
September 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I see that, and raise you...
This is me and Eliza from that gig. And they're Wassailing there again on the 29th November.
August 1, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is me and Eliza from that gig. And they're Wassailing there again on the 29th November.
I have my signed copy, which I got at their gig in Whitby, the Crimbo before last. I also got a copy for my sister, 'cos she loves the Hippopotamus 🦛 song.
August 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I have my signed copy, which I got at their gig in Whitby, the Crimbo before last. I also got a copy for my sister, 'cos she loves the Hippopotamus 🦛 song.
July 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When simple property damage is termed terrorism by a government which is actively supporting genocide and war crimes, then the word terrorism has ceased to have any meaning.
Solidarity with @palaction.bsky.social
Solidarity with @palaction.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When simple property damage is termed terrorism by a government which is actively supporting genocide and war crimes, then the word terrorism has ceased to have any meaning.
Solidarity with @palaction.bsky.social
Solidarity with @palaction.bsky.social
Seems we were privileged on this side of the pond. It's nearly a year since I got my paperback copy from @portalbookshop.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Seems we were privileged on this side of the pond. It's nearly a year since I got my paperback copy from @portalbookshop.bsky.social
There - fixed it for you.
As others have said, Hamas are only a symptom of Israeli occupation, while there are many more (and worse) who share Netenyahu's genocidal intent. And Trump wouldn't have got into power if all else was right with the US.
As others have said, Hamas are only a symptom of Israeli occupation, while there are many more (and worse) who share Netenyahu's genocidal intent. And Trump wouldn't have got into power if all else was right with the US.
June 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
There - fixed it for you.
As others have said, Hamas are only a symptom of Israeli occupation, while there are many more (and worse) who share Netenyahu's genocidal intent. And Trump wouldn't have got into power if all else was right with the US.
As others have said, Hamas are only a symptom of Israeli occupation, while there are many more (and worse) who share Netenyahu's genocidal intent. And Trump wouldn't have got into power if all else was right with the US.
June 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Within the decade? This is the email Yorkshire Water sent me on Wednesday:
May 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Within the decade? This is the email Yorkshire Water sent me on Wednesday:
Well, they would if you spell it like that,
Spelled properly, it's perfectly good French. This is from the website of the le Robert dictionary, and in the first sense means pretty much what it means in English (including in the figurative sense of, say, being in a cul-de-sac in your career).
Spelled properly, it's perfectly good French. This is from the website of the le Robert dictionary, and in the first sense means pretty much what it means in English (including in the figurative sense of, say, being in a cul-de-sac in your career).
May 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Well, they would if you spell it like that,
Spelled properly, it's perfectly good French. This is from the website of the le Robert dictionary, and in the first sense means pretty much what it means in English (including in the figurative sense of, say, being in a cul-de-sac in your career).
Spelled properly, it's perfectly good French. This is from the website of the le Robert dictionary, and in the first sense means pretty much what it means in English (including in the figurative sense of, say, being in a cul-de-sac in your career).
This wasn't a strike, and the fascists can get in the sea, but you can absolutely strike on a Saturday if you work on a Saturday...
May 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This wasn't a strike, and the fascists can get in the sea, but you can absolutely strike on a Saturday if you work on a Saturday...
May 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The attacks on Gary Lineker are once again a bad-faith attempt to smear anyone who stands up to Israel's genocide.
Yes, Nazis depicted Jews as rats. But opponents of Nazism and fascism depicted Nazis as rats. The rat is not specific as a symbol, and entirely appropriate to use for war criminals.
Yes, Nazis depicted Jews as rats. But opponents of Nazism and fascism depicted Nazis as rats. The rat is not specific as a symbol, and entirely appropriate to use for war criminals.
May 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The attacks on Gary Lineker are once again a bad-faith attempt to smear anyone who stands up to Israel's genocide.
Yes, Nazis depicted Jews as rats. But opponents of Nazism and fascism depicted Nazis as rats. The rat is not specific as a symbol, and entirely appropriate to use for war criminals.
Yes, Nazis depicted Jews as rats. But opponents of Nazism and fascism depicted Nazis as rats. The rat is not specific as a symbol, and entirely appropriate to use for war criminals.
No, but those committing genocide are.
Rats have long been used in anti-fascist propaganda as well:
Rats have long been used in anti-fascist propaganda as well:
May 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
No, but those committing genocide are.
Rats have long been used in anti-fascist propaganda as well:
Rats have long been used in anti-fascist propaganda as well:
There are many other things I'd cheer at more. The sort of things that would make a bigger difference to most people, such as bringing energy and water into public ownership. Or taxing the rich properly.
May 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
There are many other things I'd cheer at more. The sort of things that would make a bigger difference to most people, such as bringing energy and water into public ownership. Or taxing the rich properly.
It's very pretty, but doesn't really depict her at all. This was Mary Barbour in 1920:
May 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It's very pretty, but doesn't really depict her at all. This was Mary Barbour in 1920:
The entire population of the Heard and McDonald Islands rise up against Trump's tariffs.
April 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The entire population of the Heard and McDonald Islands rise up against Trump's tariffs.
Especially given the current price of eggs.
February 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Especially given the current price of eggs.
I don't see Catch 22 as leftist, so much as (philosophically) absurdist.
Its critique has much in common with a left one, but a left response to an absurd world is to try to change it so that it makes sense. Yossarian, on the other hand, finally accepts the absurdity and Orr's revolt against it.
Its critique has much in common with a left one, but a left response to an absurd world is to try to change it so that it makes sense. Yossarian, on the other hand, finally accepts the absurdity and Orr's revolt against it.
February 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I don't see Catch 22 as leftist, so much as (philosophically) absurdist.
Its critique has much in common with a left one, but a left response to an absurd world is to try to change it so that it makes sense. Yossarian, on the other hand, finally accepts the absurdity and Orr's revolt against it.
Its critique has much in common with a left one, but a left response to an absurd world is to try to change it so that it makes sense. Yossarian, on the other hand, finally accepts the absurdity and Orr's revolt against it.
February 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Israel says that bulldozers are dual use equipment and could be weaponized..."
I wonder what gives them that impression?
I wonder what gives them that impression?
February 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Israel says that bulldozers are dual use equipment and could be weaponized..."
I wonder what gives them that impression?
I wonder what gives them that impression?
This kind of marketing makes AI feels even more like a scam.
There's the urgency that you get in scammy ads: "act now, or it will be too late!!"
There's also the fact that we're not being invited to "learn" from, e.g., an AI/ML engineer or IT trainer, but from a Chief Commercial Officer and a CEO.
There's the urgency that you get in scammy ads: "act now, or it will be too late!!"
There's also the fact that we're not being invited to "learn" from, e.g., an AI/ML engineer or IT trainer, but from a Chief Commercial Officer and a CEO.
February 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This kind of marketing makes AI feels even more like a scam.
There's the urgency that you get in scammy ads: "act now, or it will be too late!!"
There's also the fact that we're not being invited to "learn" from, e.g., an AI/ML engineer or IT trainer, but from a Chief Commercial Officer and a CEO.
There's the urgency that you get in scammy ads: "act now, or it will be too late!!"
There's also the fact that we're not being invited to "learn" from, e.g., an AI/ML engineer or IT trainer, but from a Chief Commercial Officer and a CEO.