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My Life In Posting: Jacob Hawley
🕑 Added 2026-01-20 12:12:21 +0000 UTCThis week, we’re joined by Screen Rot’s Jacob Hawley, to talk about his early experiences on the internet, and how its shaped the way he lives online and off. He recalls experiences being yelled at by Dr Who fans, his fascination with the mundane observations made by British blokes on Instagram and TikTok, He also explains the great tragedy of Tom Skinner, the former Apprentice contestant now using mental health walks, a hypnotist and an army of men to try overturn the results of Strictly Come Dancing.
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PALESTINE AID LINKS
-You can donate to Medical Aid for Palestinians and other charities using the links below.
https://www.map.org.uk/donate/donate
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/how-you-can-help/emergencies/gaza-israel-conflict
-Palestinian Communist Youth Union, which is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine
https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity
-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla
https://www.waterislifegaza.org/
-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also
https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848
-Thamra, which distributes herb and veg seedlings, repairs and maintains water infrastructure, and distributes food made with replanted veg patches
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thamra-cultivating-resilience-in-gaza
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PHOEBE ALERT
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Check out Masters of our Domain with Milo and Patrick, here!
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how everything is posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth).
Comments
aceplym
Any future work on the Scott Adams spiral surely has to start with the point he decided he had incredible mind powers and as a special Christmas treat was going to give his followers the greatest orgasm of their life
Nemo
In terms of stopping myself from killing time on social media, the only thing that's worked for me is deleting the apps from my phone and using a strict blocker on my PC and tablet. For the gnawing emptiness of being alone with your thoughts, you just gotta get used to it
