Hwaet
@cog1.bsky.social
English Literature PhD candidate. Interested in all aspects of religious belief in speculative fiction.
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What I did not know was that the original Betty in Wilson, Keppel and Betty quit to become a war reporter in 1941 and reported the Nuremberg trials. Now there is a novel in waiting.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson%...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson%...
December 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What I did not know was that the original Betty in Wilson, Keppel and Betty quit to become a war reporter in 1941 and reported the Nuremberg trials. Now there is a novel in waiting.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson%...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson%...
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this is the guy who wants an AI Dead Nan
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
this is the guy who wants an AI Dead Nan
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There's an old Greek belief that if a baby is born on Christmas, they will turn into a Kallikantzaroi for taking attention away from Christ. Kallikantzaroi are hairy, red-eyed, cloven-hooved goblins that live underground and only emerge at Christmas to wreck havoc. #WyrdWednesday
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
There's an old Greek belief that if a baby is born on Christmas, they will turn into a Kallikantzaroi for taking attention away from Christ. Kallikantzaroi are hairy, red-eyed, cloven-hooved goblins that live underground and only emerge at Christmas to wreck havoc. #WyrdWednesday
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I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
Fucking bastards
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Fucking bastards
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Watching old Christmas Gone Fishing on bbc2, Bob's just given Paul a vinyl recording of his mum singing and it absolutely captures why records still sell. There's something extraordinary about it, a weird connection that you just wouldn't get with a cd or MP3.
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Watching old Christmas Gone Fishing on bbc2, Bob's just given Paul a vinyl recording of his mum singing and it absolutely captures why records still sell. There's something extraordinary about it, a weird connection that you just wouldn't get with a cd or MP3.
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If a local newspaper doesn’t run the headline ‘Prometheus confirmed as Suffolk lad’ I’ll be disappointed
December 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If a local newspaper doesn’t run the headline ‘Prometheus confirmed as Suffolk lad’ I’ll be disappointed
December 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
December 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
When I was little I thought the miniatures were the most amazing thing ever. But after that, I always liked the hazelnut whirl and hazelnut in caramel.
December 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
When I was little I thought the miniatures were the most amazing thing ever. But after that, I always liked the hazelnut whirl and hazelnut in caramel.
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New episode out! @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social discuss revolutionary icon Che Guevara.
Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New episode out! @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social discuss revolutionary icon Che Guevara.
Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
Listen / watch ➡️ linktr.ee/originstoryp...
America is full of horrors. I felt obligated to make the purchase- for science.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
America is full of horrors. I felt obligated to make the purchase- for science.
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Sometimes learning things the relevance of which is not immediately apparent to you is Good, Actually? Because we are people in the world, not merely vehicles for producing capital?
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Sometimes learning things the relevance of which is not immediately apparent to you is Good, Actually? Because we are people in the world, not merely vehicles for producing capital?
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
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I bet it does. I'd much rather drink hot chocolate.
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I bet it does. I'd much rather drink hot chocolate.
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Nobody cares what I think, but FWIW I consider ‘voting for/supporting Reform UK’ to be a hate crime. I don’t care about the ‘reasons’. Don’t claim ignorance. If you support them, you’re overlooking an awful lot of bad stuff. You’d have to be thick to the point of brain-injured to be that unaware.
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Nobody cares what I think, but FWIW I consider ‘voting for/supporting Reform UK’ to be a hate crime. I don’t care about the ‘reasons’. Don’t claim ignorance. If you support them, you’re overlooking an awful lot of bad stuff. You’d have to be thick to the point of brain-injured to be that unaware.
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Eventually AI wastes everybody's time. Now it's archivists and librarians.
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Eventually AI wastes everybody's time. Now it's archivists and librarians.
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As science pushes us ever forwards, a group of old white men in their 70s are trying to push us back.
We really are on the brink of a health golden age.
Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients
Seven out of 11 patients with incurable cancer who had the treatment appear to be cancer-free.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
As science pushes us ever forwards, a group of old white men in their 70s are trying to push us back.
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This looks great, and we're very proud of Fellfoul's own Aja Dodd - she's gone straight from @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social to Radio 4 drama!
A lovely preview in Who Do You Think You Are mag:
"The perfect festive treat to listen to while you're peeling your vegetables... a charming tale of creativity and optimism."
Christmas Eve, 2:15pm, R4. Tune in! (or click buttons/ask Alexa, whatever you kids do nowadays with your newfangled gizmos)
"The perfect festive treat to listen to while you're peeling your vegetables... a charming tale of creativity and optimism."
Christmas Eve, 2:15pm, R4. Tune in! (or click buttons/ask Alexa, whatever you kids do nowadays with your newfangled gizmos)
December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This looks great, and we're very proud of Fellfoul's own Aja Dodd - she's gone straight from @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social to Radio 4 drama!
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We really are on the brink of a health golden age.
Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients
Seven out of 11 patients with incurable cancer who had the treatment appear to be cancer-free.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We really are on the brink of a health golden age.
Fucking pervert.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Fucking pervert.
So I read the article, taking one for the team because I’m going to hell anyway. The academic (who is not an “obesity tsar”) said no such thing. He said that meals should be offered in a range of sizes, for smaller and larger people. He did not say that women should be obliged to eat less.
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
So I read the article, taking one for the team because I’m going to hell anyway. The academic (who is not an “obesity tsar”) said no such thing. He said that meals should be offered in a range of sizes, for smaller and larger people. He did not say that women should be obliged to eat less.
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Watching The War Between the Land & Sea and I'm trying to suspend my disbelief here but there is absolutely no way UNIT would get planning permission for that massive pipe in the middle of Westminster, they'd be tied up in challenges for literally years
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Watching The War Between the Land & Sea and I'm trying to suspend my disbelief here but there is absolutely no way UNIT would get planning permission for that massive pipe in the middle of Westminster, they'd be tied up in challenges for literally years
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"And the 1% of gargoyles, who did NOT look like Bob Todd..."
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"And the 1% of gargoyles, who did NOT look like Bob Todd..."
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Hello, I need the worst Christmas special you have. No that's too bad
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Hello, I need the worst Christmas special you have. No that's too bad