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hectorthehog.bsky.social
Not Him (nor the Other One)
@hectorthehog.bsky.social
760 followers 1.1K following 4.9K posts
Just a happy-go-lucky scamp who tries to cope with the insanity and inanity of this world. Politics: far-centrist. Rejoiner. Democratic civic nationalist.

Fallor, ergo sum.

2025 goal: don't suffer a rapid unscheduled OPSEC disassembly
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Not Him (nor the Other One) @hectorthehog.bsky.social · Dec 13
I'm stealing this so I can use it as my pinned Bleet.

Credit to @horseshoepartyuk.bsky.social
A meme for all seasons, it goes like this: "Someone has done a thing" Question: Are they on our side? Yes: that's fine No: Bastard
hectorthehog.bsky.social
I wouldn't call that a Christmas card so much as a caption competition begging to happen
Brian and Cams gurning at the camera. I understand they are using this as their Christmas card photo. @m looking forward to not receiving one.
December 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
Tricksy purple.
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Puzzle #910
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December 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
A pleasant surprise.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
Good game.
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Puzzle #909
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December 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
That was quick.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
I expect trump made his approval official by signing an Executive Order (or perhaps an autopen did it for him).
Trump has approved the building of TINY CARS!!! I'm happy for him, and all Merkins. "I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America. Manufacturers have long wanted to do this, just like they are so successfully built in other countries. They can be propelled by gasoline, electric, or hybrid. These cars of the very near future are inexpensive, safe, fuel efficient and, quite simply, AMAZING!!! START BUILDING THEM NOW! Thank you to the DOJ and the Departments of Transportation and Environment. ENJOY!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP" It's Noddy in his car. His tiny car.
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
Oof. Fiendish.
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Puzzle #908
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December 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
That took a good while.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
Good grief. I just noticed that Charlie Ward was following me. Not any more.
Screenshot of the Official Charlie Ward Show profile.
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
I never imagined I would live long enough to read a sentence containing the words "snail racketeers".

"We will be on the trail of the snail racketeers or anyone else who thinks they can cheat the taxpayer."

Treat yourselves to a good read.
patmak.bsky.social Pat Mackenzie @patmak.bsky.social · 3d
This story is thoroughly enjoyable.

"As the conversation drifts away from snail breeding he describes personal connections to a very prominent member of the House of Commons, his years hiding Italian mafia killers while they were on the run, and the potential market for snail salami."
The snail farm don: is this the most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time?
The long read: Terry Ball – renowned shoe salesman, friend to former mafiosi – has resolved to spend his last years finding ways to cheat authorities he feels have cheated him. His greatest ruse? A ta...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
I think we need a new protocol: Toilet Layer Security.

But then again, do we, as photos of your poo will still be used to train AI - but "de-identified", natch.

What is _wrong_ with people?
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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sunyidean.com
Love it 🙌
Things You Can Make ChatGPT Write for You - Hayley DeRoche Your last words But before them What to murmur to a lover in bed What to say in the group chat when someone's Sister mother brother is dead and The apology you could never quite get right for a friend And hell why not make the robot compose your proposal Your wedding toast, too Your best friend's birthday roast You could ask it to write a custom lullaby For the baby snuffling at your breast. You can cradle to grave away Every warm human word You could ever have said And when they chisel your gravestone For your final rest We can ask ChatGPT Because it knew you best
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
Fuck off, _fuck off_, FUCK OFF! (I feel a bit better now.)

Oh, and lest there be any doubt, the entire internet of (generally useless) things can also fuck right off.
www.techradar.com/home/smart-h...
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
In March I placed a bet at 12/1 that Trump would be replaced in 2025. I'm disheartened that it has not yet happened - ballistically would do just fine.

I'm surprised that the odds on a 2026 exit are 5/1. I might treat myself to another punt.
Odds on Trump exiting as president. 2025: 12/1 2026: 5/1 2027: 8/1 2028: 8/1
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
Straightforward.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
Stupid error on #3.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
Somebody must surely have produced a Venn diagram on tinfoil hatters and Reform supporters. Oh, might as well throw in miserable bastards for good measure.
ottoenglish.bsky.social Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4d
"Yes dear, I know. But apart from all that, are you happy?"
Your water is laced with fluoride, which lowers IQ and calcifies the pineal gland. Your sky is filled with geoengineered clouds spraying aluminium, barium, and strontium, proven to damage soil and human health. Your air is tainted, your soil is degraded, and your homes are filled with EMF radiation from WiFi, 5G, smart meters, and Bluetooth devices that never switch off. You think the 15-minute city is about climate? It is about control. You think ULEZ is about pollution? It is about digital fencing. You think smart meters are for efficiency? They are surveillance tools and remote shut-off switches. You think electric cars are the future? They are remote-controlled trackable, hackable prison pods. The goal is not sustainability. The goal is compliance. You now work as an unpaid cashier every time you do your shopping. The checkouts have been removed. The staff have gone. Scan your own items under CCTV surveillance or get stopped and searched like a criminal. Refuse? You are banned from the store. Welcome to the cashless society, where your biometric data is tied to your ability to participate. They put cameras on every lamppost, facial recognition in every train station, ANPR on every road, and GPS in every phone. You are monitored, scored, tracked, and categorised without consent. This is not safety. It is digital tyranny
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Everyone - and I mean EVERYONE - loves sausages. Some cartoons featuring sausages…
worldofmoose.com/search?q=sau...
Cartoon of a long dachshund. Caption: The Long Good Boy Cartoon drawing of Dachshund that extends widthwise rather than lengthwise. Caption: If Dachshunds were wide Cartoon of a man lying in a bath eating a sausage. Caption reads " My German translations are going from Bath to Sausage"
December 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
I don't know why, but this morning I have been pondering permanence.
A cartoon by Tom Gauld, The Hills. First frame: two hills (with eyes and mouths). One has a fort on top and the other, sans fort, says "Hey, Frank." Second frame: In which time significant time has obviously passed and the fort has expanded to be a huge castle, "What?" Third frame: The castle is now a pile of rubble and the first hill says "Never mind, you had something on your head, but it's gone now."
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
A #&^*%!@ senseless waste of tea.

PS Until today I did not know that grawlix is a word.
December 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
Somewhat easier than yesterday's.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
Squeakily otherish.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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loudthorpe.bsky.social
This is more concise and more insightful than anything I have read in the last 50 years.

drwhy.net/freud

Please repost if you agree with that analysis
How Sigmund Freud destroyed the morality of the West.
Freud destroyed Western Culture.
drwhy.net
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
BS needs more threads of this nature. I tire of incessant Pooterish politicking.
oddthisday.bsky.social Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 5d
And finally today: happy 24th anniversary of this unimprovable paragraph appearing in The Observer www.theguardian.com/observer/osm...
“Musumba Bwayla, my opponent, is a stupid man and a hopeless player. He has a huge nose and is cross-eyed. Girls hate him. He beat me in a two-hour match because my jockstrap was too tight and because when he serves he farts, and that made me lose my concentration, for which I am famous throughout Zambia.” Lighton Ndefwayl, the Medjian tennis champion, as interviewed in the Times of Zambia
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
hectorthehog.bsky.social
Bloody stupid game.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM