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Hwaet

@cog1.bsky.social
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A nasty, forward minx. I’m a random stranger on the internet, not a spokesperson for the State.

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 2h
Is Andy Burnham the first prime minister in my lifetime who actually likes fiction and poetry? I feel quite moved to hear him talk with genuine enthusiasm about Tony Harrison’s V.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 7h
NEW | Another day, another columnist selectively quoting Orwell… ALLISON PEARSON’S ACTION MAN FETISH A deranged defence of the SAS and a dismissal of war crimes accusations is exactly what we expect from one of the Telegraph’s worst. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/allison-pe...
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Allison Pearson’s Action Man fetish
A deranged and bloodthirsty defence of the SAS and a dismissal of war crimes accusations is exactly what we can expect from one of the Telegraph’s worst.
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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 10h
Fuck, they're going to properly fucking ruin it, aren't thay?
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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 4h
Neuroscientist here. I have studied the brain for 40 years. I make serious use of machine learning and AI in my research. Sam Altman is full of shit. These machines are not conscious, any more than a movie of a train coming out of the screen is a train. AI does remarkable things but isn’t real.
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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 5h
Well, that can fuck off too
bbc.co.uk
OpenAI unveils AI assistant 'dots' while safety worries delay new model
Sam Altman spoke in San Francisco during OpenAI’s annual event for tech developers.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 5h
Two-and-a-half years after the UK hardback, the US paperback of the "terrifically entertaining" (NYT), "delightfully witty" (Slate), "clever and voluminous" (Guardian) Everything Must Go is out now this week so I am promoting it for the last time I promise www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709872...
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Everything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey: 9780593468647 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A rich, captivating, and darkly humorous look into the evolution of apocalyptic thought, exploring how film and literature interact with developments in science, politics, and culture, and what factor...
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 10h
pRoTecT yOUrSeLF Pensions are still projected to be at 30% of mean wage so as usual this shitrag is lying to you.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12h
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 12h
The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Worst day of my life,” said The Doctor.
dailystar.co.uk
Unlucky bloke swept away 'mid poo' as flash flood sends portaloo down street
An incredibly unlucky man was left trapped inside a portable toilet after it was swept away during a terrifying flash flood in Baranquilla, Colombia earlier this week
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Jason Heeley @jaseheeley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I should also have added hashtags to this. #ElsaLanchester #BrideOfFrankenstein
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Jason Heeley @jaseheeley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here it is, the cover of my first full book layout! I'm beyond happy to have been given the opportunity to work on this.
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Hwaet @cog1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just been to the launch of this little beauty at the wonderful @litandphil.bsky.social in Newcastle. Signed by both of the authors #Swag
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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If using these four words make you "more influential" at work, then I will assume you work with farm animals. This kind of trash advice is flooding social media. "Use these magic words and people will think you're a competent professional!" As people continue to devalue genuine expertise...
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#FBPE. DMs will be ignored. @whingerf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have this totally mental as fuck idea in the UK. It's called due process and evidence. We also don't have a fucking shitload of government employed cosplaying racist cunts running around the streets shooting and kidnapping our citizens. I know, so fucked up.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FREE TO READ 🔓️ The instant gratification supplied by AI assistants masks their greatest danger – their use is plunging us into an abyss of isolation, digital sedation and perpetual cognitive infancy ✏️ Matthew d’Ancona
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Worried about the AI apocalypse? You’re already living in it
The instant gratification supplied by AI assistants masks their greatest danger – their use is plunging us into an abyss of isolation, digital sedation and perpetual cognitive infancy
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Hwaet @cog1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In this Year of Our Lord 2026 there’s a 36 year old man, commenting on a BBC post on FB, that women do not work as hard as men and thus should be paid less. Also “any time of for so-called women’s issues” like childbirth and menopause should be unpaid. Yay for progress, eh?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They're such self important clowns. It's increasingly clear their weird stop-me-before-I-kill-again message is some kind of weird hype strategy.
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Kirby @kirbytheawsum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
May I introduce everyone to Senhor Testiculo, a testicular cancer awareness mascot, also from Brazil? www.ibtimes.co.uk/mr-balls-mas...
ibtimes.co.uk
Mr Balls Mascot Senhor Testiculo Raises Cancer Awareness in Brazil
Hairy scrotal mascot, aka Senhor Testiculo, enlisted to educate adults and children about cancer.
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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anus mascot at the Brazilian Congress of Coloproctology (CBCP 2026)
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Enough Of That Now @andygilder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh lads, what were you thinking with this one?
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Dave Brockman 💙💛 @davebrockman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Utter filth! #CallMyBluff
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Hwaet @cog1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Everybody on Bluesky right now #ComboverHour
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Leonardo DiCaprio Points: 'Yes, That's It!'
ALT: Leonardo DiCaprio Points: 'Yes, That's It!'
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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why doesn’t she just say what we’re thinking? “You’re full of it, you frog-faced knobber”
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Nandy labels Farage ‘master of conspiracy theory’ over Fairford claims
Culture secretary criticises Reform leader after he tried to link suspected bomb plot to small boat crossings
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Hwaet @cog1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oh gods, I hope Donald was playing Iago 😬 #ComboverHour
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Lance Parkin @lanceparkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New word: CLICKWALL. (n) The opposite of clickbait. A headline so unappealing, promising so little reward even by the standards of these things, that it is physically impossible to tap the link to the article.
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Hwaet @cog1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That man is as if the colour brown gained sentience #ComboverHour
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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Magnus is up before the beak in the morning for wearing a loud jacket in a built up area during the hours of darkness #Mastermind #ComboverHour
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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Someone’s mam cut his hair with a bowl didn’t they? #UniversityChallenge
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick.
Statue of James Watt. In his right hand he holds a telescopic stick with a frame at the top; in his left he holds a flat object about the size of a large smartphone. He is scowling at the possibly-not-a-smartphone as if he is tempted to yeet it into the sea. On that basis, it probably _is_ a phone.
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Hwaet @cog1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Suspect there’s an edgy teenager behind this account, but worth taking two seconds of your time to block the troll.
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Liz @lizknownasdoris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is just lovely.
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Jopijedd Erasmus @jopijedd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
1. British 2. Living in the Dordogne, but not speaking French 3. Living in Spain, but not speaking Spanish 4. Living off slave labour in Dubai 5. Tax Exiled 6. Something about flags and lampposts
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"
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Ali Hancock @alihancock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
GenAI posters are the new comic sans but without the charm.
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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is just an absolute joy. Like listening to the funniest people in the writers' room just riffing. A familiar feeling! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
bbc.co.uk
Strong Message Here - We Care, We Fight! (with Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds
Is Ed Davey cut out for the attention economy? Armando and Stewart Lee have some tips.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tree does normal tree thing. #R4Today
northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk
Sycamore Gap tree is found to be sprouting • Northumberland National Park
Delight as Sycamore Gap tree sprouts. 12 new shoots have been counted. The discovery was made by Northumberland National Park Ranger.
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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 28/09/2026
All these fash lads with Crusader Knight tattoos and AI logos and that - do they know that the Crusaders lost, repeatedly, over centuries?
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No she’s not.
TLS: Mary Beard on the Bayeux Tapestry.
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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
ENID BLYTON HAS GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME
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Baroness Floella Benjamin @floellabenjamin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today it’s 50 years since I first presented Playschool wearing my blue beads and silver heart. I adore bringing joy into the lives of my Playschool Babies during the 12 years I was on the programme. ❤️
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is true. In 2016, I got into an argument with a gay man on a menswear forum. I've since made it my mission to make every man dress gay, thereby destroying his ability to tell who is actually gay and, ultimately, his chances of finding love. I built my social media following to achieve that goal
Someone on Twitter writes to me: "People should follow your advise if they want to look gay."
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Hwaet @cog1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feminise a band name Décolletage
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Visage - Fade To Grey
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LilyWight @lilywight.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Starbucks coffee is over-roasted and over-brewed because it's not really meant for drinking as coffee. It's meant as an ingredient in coffee-flavored milkshakes.
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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is Starbucks a morally upright company? No. But, to be fair, is the coffee nice? Also absolutely no.
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Hwaet @cog1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feminise a band name Michelle and the Mechanics
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