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CC Hogan

@cchogan.bsky.social
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Writer, voice over, narrator, muso, sound producer

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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 9h
(Try again without strange autocorrect) You are bleeding your jealousy all over the floor. And "these people" spent their entire working lives paying for the pensions of others. For that is how it works.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
umm.... is that your voice?
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So, when did you first play Zork and on what system? I think mine was on my brother's company mainframe...
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Grandad, grandad, we love you.... (he sang into his mirror...)
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just came across one of my own lines in an older book that made me giggle. I am talking about making waiting at a bus stop interesting: "This is especially important when living in a decade where the bus crews haven't read the timetable..."
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I am confused as to why anything needs a label at all. It seems that a very large part of division, hatred, and fighting over many issues, from race to religion to lgbtq+ is because of this ridiculous need to shove a label on it. "I am me." It is the ONLY label we need.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fond memories of hiking up Snake Pass in a blizzard in the mid-seventies when we were 15/16. We found a BBC van up by where the Pennine trail crosses, filming shots for the news. They gave us a cup of tea. Then we hiked down into Glossop where it rained on us. Welcome to Derbyshire!
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Back in the day, I would see the gig reviews in Melody Maker or NME. So I still knew. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Spoilers: Is social media ruining gig surprises?
Big moments from headline acts are shared online long before many fans see their favourite artists.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Depends on what you count as have a million pounds to play with. If you take away the value of their house (which they live in, and so not a lot of use for paying the milk bill), then it is around 2% according to a quick Google query.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They are not getting rid of it completely - just a little bit. See this for proper details: bsky.app/profile/mart...
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It says a lot about a state who can choose what they define as "murder."
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
And so beckons the joke about the man who walked his dog ten miles every day for a week, to find himself seventy miles away...
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I tumbled madly through the mire, A thoughtless want my true desire, Yet the cuckoo's waltz will never sate us, The kids are right, let's watch Traitors!
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Much longer than that. Their degradation rate is only around 0.5% per annum. So you should be seeing at least 25 years out of them.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is why I don't like AI as it currently works. I wrote, "It is a long story." ProWritingAid suggested "The story stretches over a great length," and "The tale unfolds across an extensive span." Sorry, but I prefer, "It is a long story." I think it is a human thing to say. #editing
Screenshot from ProWritingAid with the suggestions in the post.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The answer was "nothing." Humans weren't in the way, they weren't a problem that "cost money" to Skynet. Skynet might be "self improving" but it wouldn't be territorial. Sci-fi writers ignore those bits because they ruin the story. Sounds like some in the AI industry are ignoring them too. 😀
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Because as far I can see, AI gets nothing out of it. It might "sound" like it wants to please you, but that is how the conversation programming works. AI hasn't the ability to be pleased or displeased. It was the big hole in Termintator. What did Skynet get out of destroying humans?
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Even the warning that AI could end mankind (which is idiotic), is helping them. It makes the product look incredible. Possibly more than it actually is. There is an important argument for everything: What do they get out of it? Since they are saying that AI is doing this on its own then ask it.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's a good point. But I still smell a PR rat. I don't believe in conspiracy theories as such, but I spent years working with PR companies as a voice producer and sound eng. Fascinating sometimes, and wonderfully devious. Unless they are called Ratner, I suspect any CEO statement or admission.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why not attack the millions of vulnerable WordPress sites? There must be so much information in those. Because there is an oddity here. By attacking government or high profile companies, it makes it look very powerful. Worthy of investment, perhaps when close to an IPO? Or am I being naughty?
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@zsk.bsky.social I had a whimsical thought as I woke this morning with the Scottish sun shining down. Why out of the millions and millions of websites out there, do AI models chose to attack big powerful ones? What is the incentive? cont.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
OpenAI scraps rollout of new AI model over safety concerns
The firm also issued an update on incidents in which its models accessed Australian government systems.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fresh out of the smoker. Fresh, Scottish side of salmon. Will slice it tomorrow.
Side of home cold-smoked salmon on a white tray
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
She is a manipulator of her flock, like many a priest.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dickens's narrator was himself, and could have "views" beyond the tale. As much as performing Fagin or Bill Sykes is fun, the narrator is also a wonderfully opined creature. We should see more of that in writing, I feel. But it would no doubt upset the show lobby.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They can tease you, play with you, enchant you in a way that the characters cannot. As a voice and voice director of over 40 years experience, a good narrator can often "tell" better than the characters "show." Perhaps the problem is that authors don't give their narrator a character.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks to podcasting etc, we are seeing "storytelling" again. Speaking, telling tales out loud, is natural to humans. We learn to speak environmentally. Writing is artificial. You have to be taught. The joy of performing the story is the character of the narrator. They take you on the journey.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PS: I like Fowlers. I like how it both lays out rules and guidance, and yet is also rather dismissive of a lot of it. Dismissive to the point of sarcasm in places. The OED can be like that too, I note. A much healthier approach all round. 4/4
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am a great believer that the most important rule, perhaps the only rule, is that your writing style should be engaging. If it is, the rest won't matter. Readers will stick with you. Other authors might not (too much tell, no show...) but what do they know? 😁Readers are the audience. 3/4
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't like rules like Show not Tell. Although I understand why they are popular, I think they risk making all authors sound the same. I like that books I have read over the years have been so varied; some with huge sections of delightful waffle, and others with page after page of punch. 2/4
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dickens certainly did play fast and loose. Take this two-page long sentence. Many an editor would understandably first break it up, second, question where it was preaching, and thirdly, advanced the story much at all. And yet it is brilliant. 1/4 youtu.be/i06A-Rzzmes?...
youtu.be
A stupidly long SENTENCE from Oliver Twist
YouTube video by CC Hogan
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
brrrrrrrr crash!
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And a bit of an arty one.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Snap!
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A creature of habit, Mr C.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"still have them" and "embracing them" are not necessarily the same thing..
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Brilliant site to get the hunger juices flowing without any chance of actually getting anything to eat. What is more when you check out your order which won't arrive, it cost nothing! foodnevercomes.com#menu
foodnevercomes.com
FoodNeverComes — Fake Food Delivery: Order the Food, Skip the Bill
A dopamine site from the viral Korean trend. Order food and drinks from 22 countries, catch a flash deal, split a group order with friends, then take a call from the rider explaining there was never a...
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They often add some news slower because they verify first or wait for official statement. Unlike social media which just slams stuff up. In the article: "Police said they are currently investigating part of the footage which appears to show him slashing at the inflatable vessel with a knife."
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I might actually get to see this one. We have clear skies predicted for around the 22:00 mark.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Eek! Yes, my brain decided on its own understanding before I bothered to absorb the image.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a... www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/nationa... hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026... hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026... hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024...
theguardian.com
News of BBC jobs cuts ‘real concern’, says UK’s culture secretary
Lisa Nandy says staff have been strongly affected as some express frustration that high-paid presenters and executives likely to be safe
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bectu aims that sort of news at places like Variety and Televisual - papers that matter to the freelances, and of course the Guardian, since it has had media industry coverage for decades. www.televisual.com/news/bectu-s... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
theguardian.com
The surprising crisis in British television – podcast
About 70% of TV freelancers are believed to be out of work – can the industry bounce back? Michael Savage reports
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.dailymail.com/news/article... www.ft.com/content/630c... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06... www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... Just a few you might have missed
dailymail.com
Channel 4 to 'cut around 300 jobs' in biggest round of layoffs ever
Around a quarter of the channel's workforce could be put at risk of job losses in the biggest overhaul of staff in its 43 year history.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.theguardian.com/education/20... www.thetimes.com/uk/education... www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ... www.dailymail.com/news/article... Just a few of the articles that are barely peeping...
bbc.co.uk
University facing 'worst crisis since WW2' as staff begin five-week strike
UCU members at the University of Dundee will not take part in lectures, seminars or tutorials until the end of October.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is a problem I have seen before with the spread of the smart phone camera. People keep stopping to take photos. It was fine when it was just the rare idiot like me with their camera, but now it's everyone. And too many of them want "that perfect angle..."
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"As the super AI brain powered up to deliver its master stroke against humanity, all fell silent as the cleaner, looking to use their hoover, pulled the plug out of the wall." AI is a tool. The biggest threat is from humans who use it. 4/4 @zsk.bsky.social
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
And then there is that inconvenient truth that not only fantasy authors have to blindly pretend isn't there, but apparently, some of these idiot geeks, techies, doom mongers, and even daft CEOs do too. The little bit of physics that can destroy even the the most exciting plot: 3/4
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
AI is not going to suddenly become human. Even if it reaches a level of "sentience." Why would ChatGPT or Gemini wipe out humanity? To what end? What would be the inspiration? Territory? Believe in a different god? Want to feel superior? Run off with the cash? None of that applies. 2/4
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sensible article from BBC @kalihays.bsky.social. Just because someone is senior in a company doesn't mean they are not a fantasist. Techy sorts are prone to this. Used to know lots of IT sorts years back. They were well into conspiracy theories and anything "dark." 1/4 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone
In text exchanges and conversations, multiple people who have worked for leading companies are sceptical of the warnings.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A friend posts a video, It is really kind of naff, But it's so full of joy and hope It can only make you laff. #poetry #nonsence
A man is sitting at his writing desk watching an amusing video on his mobile phone. The text reads:
A friend posts a video,
It is really kind of naff,
But it's so full of joy and hope
It can only make you laff.
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CC Hogan @cchogan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yep, RFK is definitely suffering from project creep.
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