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Rob Hague

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If Hugo continues to grow at this rate, by 2030 he will no longer fit in the barn. By 2050 he will have grown to the size of Godzilla and could crush humanity. But if we let the Chinese grow their own Hugo first that would be bad. This is why we must invest 100 trillion dollars in Hugo immediately.
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Rob Hague @rob.rho.org.uk · 09/09/2026
@avaragado.org Befford... Peba... <skips to start, checks map>🤦 Nicely done.
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David Smith @avaragado.org · 01/09/2026
Publication day has arrived for my new novel, Between Two Worlds. This is my seventh book. The sequel is already drafted and will be out next year. It’s unlike anything I’ve written before. Unlike most YA books. Unlike most queer books. I love it. My publisher (me) adds: Buy it now on Amazon.
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David Smith @avaragado.org · 31/08/2026
My next @anthonycamber.com book releases TOMORROW, and currently on Amazon UK it's: #1 in hot new releases in YA gay fiction ebooks #5 bestseller in YA gay fiction ebooks I started writing this book in June 2023. It's so good to finally get it over the line.
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Rob Hague @rob.rho.org.uk · 06/08/2026
A timely reminder (hat tip to @simonwillison.net)
A COMPUTER
CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE GIVEN UNSUPERVISED AUTONOMOUS TOOL USE, CONNECTED TO THE PUBLIC INTERNET AND TOLD TO GO HACK THINGS
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
are we closed because of the game? or are we closed because we're never open on Mondays? the answer to one of these questions is yes, and you must look inside your heart to learn which
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
i hope media executives are taking note of the tens of thousands of people who for several hours on a friday night have stayed glued to livestreams of scaffolding being built just so they could witness his name getting knocked off a building
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Rob Hague @rob.rho.org.uk · 24/05/2026
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social Blade Runner with Muppets: Harrison Ford isn't a Muppet... OR IS HE?
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Information theory wants to have a word with autocomplete
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thank u, hexed @lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
me when someone cites the deep magic to me even though I was there when it was written: holy shit, for real? I don't remember that part at all
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
alright, I found my first genuine shuddery evil done with AI writing. a post about how to prepare when a parent is diagnosed with dementia. written by AI. but most importantly, *replies* also written by AI, insisting in an aggressive 'tough love' tone. substack.com/@naomialderm...
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Naomi Alderman (@naomialderman)
This is a post about how to prepare when a parent is diagnosed with dementia. It is evidently AI-written. (Short staccato sentences. Not this but that.) But, it has a lot of solid general advice about...
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Rob Hague @rob.rho.org.uk · 25/12/2025
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, gazed up at the enormous face. Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Ebenezer Scrooge.
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Thomas Boyd @iprovosttom.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
And now for some great news. New Murderbot book coming. Thank you Martha Wells (@marthawells.com)!!! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMSC5S4...
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Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries Book 8)
Amazon.com: Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries Book 8) eBook : Wells, Martha: Kindle Store
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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 27/11/2025
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Norman Rockwell's Freedom of Speech but it's Ellen Ripley
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Rob Hague @rob.rho.org.uk · 15/11/2025
Best. Freemium model. Ever.
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Just checked, and yes: 26th September is indeed Stanislav Peteov Day! Thank you, Stanislav…you’d probably have views on current use of automated systems 🖤 xkcd.com/2052/
The wonderful Stanislaw Petrov Day xkcd cartoon
[Megan is looking at her phone while Cueball stands in front of her.]
Megan: Hey, Wednesday was Stanislav Petrov Day. We missed it.
Cueball: Oh, shoot!
Cueball: I got a calendar alert for it, but I assumed it was a false alarm.


Alt Text from the incomparable: 
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2052:_Stanislav_Petrov_Day
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie."
Kyle MacLachlan and Sting having a knife fight in the 1984 David Lynch Dune. Captain Picard appears to be officiating! I'd forgotten he was in that film!
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 24/08/2025
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
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Rob Hague @rob.rho.org.uk · 02/08/2025
@patrick.risky.biz Google-Mandiant portmanteau? "Mangle"
Mrs Mangel
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Ben Chalmers @ben.cha.lmers.co.uk · 21/07/2025
The mistake here is applying a theory of mind to Wall Street Journal headline writers
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 11/07/2025
The new Murderbot short story is up at Reactor Magazine: reactormag.com/rapport-mart... Edited by Lee Harris, art by Jaime Jones.
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Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy - Reactor
Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile takeover… Novelette | 7,540 words They were still three hours out when Perihelion...
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Rob Hague @rob.rho.org.uk · 10/07/2025
"And more" is doing a lot of work in this sentence.
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Rob Hague @rob.rho.org.uk · 06/07/2025
The 4th of July has put a big dent in my podcast queue. Any suggestions for things to bridge the gap?
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🎶 Ther ys a place biyonde the wyrmhole A place onlye to loveres knowne - The brave, the hopeful, the lost, the worthye, Peraventure me and thee! Will not thou wende wyth these fooles and dreameres To the planete we calle home? We hope we wil greete thee soone On Sanctuarye Moone 🎶
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David Smith @avaragado.org · 26/04/2025
Happy 40th birthday, ARM1. The chances are you're reading this on an ARM-powered device. I'm writing it on one. ARM is a massive UK success story – and likely wouldn't exist if not for the BBC Computer Literacy project. clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/history
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BBC Computer Literacy Project
The BBC Computer Literacy Project created the BBC Micro A and B home computers, and taught viewers how to program. Here is the history of the Computer Literacy Project.
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Ben Chalmers @ben.cha.lmers.co.uk · 21/04/2025
Wait... So trump sunk the stick market, now the pope dies just after meeting JD Vance... American politics is just a big budget remake of Liz Truss. (Which, to be fair, like most UK series didn't run for long)
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 15/04/2025
If you're going to watch Murderbot on Apple TV, consider adding it to your watchlist. It's kind of like pre-ordering a book, it tells the streaming service that you're there for our show. Link for US viewers: tv.apple.com/us/show/murd... (You can also search for it on the app.)
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Watch Murderbot - Apple TV+
In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot (Alexander Skarsgård) secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission prote…
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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...
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Satan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
This is high art
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I defy anyone to look at this and still say integration isn't working in the UK.
Picture of Morrison's "Mrs Unis Haggis Pakora with a spicy chilli dip"
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Rob Hague @rob.rho.org.uk · 27/02/2025
Wanted something non-taxing to watch for half an hour before bed, and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey popped up on Netflix.
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Rob Hague @rob.rho.org.uk · 24/02/2025
Ooooooh....
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Cora Peeta M 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇶🇺🇳 💙💗🤍💗💙 @coramcgladdery.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I keep coming back to this 2000AD story from the 80s. The rest of the future America it shows is also increasingly plausible
2000ad story from 1980s Kenny Who? Human artist is AI plagiarised by heartless corporate organisation
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Rob Hague @rob.rho.org.uk · 31/01/2025
Keyboards? 3D printing? Why not both? rob.rho.org.uk/2025/01/thre...
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Three Shots
Most keys on most keyboards are labelled in some way. Usually, these labels (“legends”) are just printed on top of the keycap, the bit of the key you actually touch. But because you’re actually touchi...
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David Smith @avaragado.org · 27/01/2025
DeepSeek's "prohibited areas", continued. Note that it has generated a title for the chat that appears to contravene its own prohibitions.
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