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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 22/07/2026

🎶 It's the most wonderful time of the year 🎶

Sliced tomatoes and basil with olive oil and a hunk of burrata.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 02/07/2026

please stop, I just found one in my expensive jumbo breaded shrimp

Culver's breaded jumbo shrimp with boom boom sauce and an infowars elf

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 19/06/2026

This book is from 2006. I live in the Chicago suburbs and by the 2023 hardiness zone map I live in 6a, not the 5a of this map.

Hardiness zone map of Illinois from 2006. The upper half of the state is mostly zone 5a.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 10/06/2026

Had to take a screenshot of my #Pebble because it's the first time I've seen the forecast weather alert symbol in the wild (lightning bolt) on my custom Carbon watchface!

Screenshot of Carbon watchface for Pebble, which includes the time and date in the center, a 24 hour temperature graph along the bottom, and a precipitation graph along the top with cloud cover above and a lightning bolt below with a span line over several hours.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 29/05/2026

Just released version 1.2.0 of the Carbon watchface for #Pebble, now with a config page for customizing temperature unit, date format, and battery display. apps.repebble.com/48b38a54db6d...

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 28/05/2026

The screenshots you keep seeing are not doctored...

Screenshot of a Google AI overview for the search "how many j's are in google" and the response is "There is only 1 "j" in the word "Google". G - o - o - g - l - e"

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 25/05/2026

Today is my first #TowelDay without Sampson in 13 years. Had a good cry over breakfast. Miss you.

Photo of breakfast with a towel that has "Don't Panic" written in large friendly letters on it. It's crêpes Suzette.

Photo from Towel Day 2020 of Cory and Sampson with their towels.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 08/05/2026

New Steam controller has arrived! I really liked what they did on the Steam Deck, and now I can have that when it's docked.

Steam controlled in its open packaging with instructional illustrations of use. There is a magnetic charging dongle that doubles as a sensor.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 25/04/2026

After over a decade I finally have a new @repebble.com watch!

Photo of my original Pebble Time on my wrist in front of the newly-arrived Pebble Time 2 still in the packaging.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 23/04/2026

This is amazing. Tried to do something similar for Molyjam in 2012 but didn't get very far with it. Best of luck!

Screenshot of an unfinished game, a character hangs in the middle of the screen near a hand cursor

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 31/03/2026

I'm sure pretext is very impressive, but... lol

Screenshot of the pretext demo site on mobile; the large title "PRETEXT" is overflowing off the right side of the screen.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 30/03/2026

At the #ONA2026 conference, any other #WordPress devs here?

Selfie of Cory in the Hilton Chicago's Grand ballroom.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 16/03/2026

Big Steak + Big Salad dinner was a Big Success.

BIG rib steak on a wood cutting board, medium rare via sous vide + sear (with the help of red rice shio koji), only half sliced up because there's no way we could eat all that. Sauteed shiitake mushrooms on the side.

Big wedge salad with homemade Bleu cheese dressing, sprinkled with bacon, cherry tomatoes, and green onions.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 14/03/2026

Happy Pi Day only to those who got married on 3/14/15... Happy anniversary @jackwatson.design ;]

Jack and Cory selfie across a table at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 17/02/2026

Happy Paczki Day to those who celebrate and those who have just found out about Paczki Day

Photo of a very large filled donut, Twin Peaks Sheriff Department coffee mug for scale (and coffee, black as a moonless night)

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 15/02/2026

Strawberries are on sale.

A plate of strawberries next to a dish with brown sugar on one side and creme fraiche on the other.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 15/02/2026

I guess we'll keep pretending until it's too late. www.reddit.com/r/analytics/...

Screenshot of the linked reddit post with a notice that reads "Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/analytics".

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 15/01/2026

Welp, from now on I am only buying sensors that are also cute.

Photo of OpenGarage sensor, which is a small white rectangular plastic box with 2 protruding proximity sensors that look like eyes.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 08/01/2026

New year new me. I am now a weather station nerd.

AcuRite Iris weather station mounted to the top of a fence. The sky is overcast.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 21/12/2025

All Sundays should begin with this:

Breakfast sandwich made of steamed egg, cheese, bacon, and sauce on an English muffin sitting open-faced next to home fried potatoes.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 11/12/2025

Who is Cory and what does he like and post about? • Front end #WebDev, #WordPress, and #OpenSource • Indie games & #GameDev • #food, #gardening, & #fermentation (check out @crockoftime.com) • #SciFi, #horror, & #mystery books & podcasts • @jackwatson.design & my boys Alphonse and Hermes

Group selfie, from left to right: Jack (short brown hair, glasses, wearing hoodie), Alphonse (big blonde short hair mutt), Hermes (tiny black fluffy Chihuahua mix), Cory (long mostly grey hair in ponytail, glasses, soul patch, flannel over t-shirt with garlic and herbs on it)

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 29/11/2025

Fuck you, Ohio. Thankfully I'm just visiting.

Screenshot of bluesky settings, under birthday: Age Assurance - The laws in your location require you to verify you're an adult before accessing certain features on bluesky, like adult content and direct messaging. Is your location not accurate? Tap here to confirm your location.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 09/11/2025

A peek at the inside, October 2025.

Photos of David Lynch, Kyle McLaughlin, and Laura Dern next to a neon "TAKE-OUT" sign above the exit in Bob's Big Boy, Burbank CA.

A small figurine in a glass dome of the Big Boy statue with David Lynch features, holding a tray with a chocolate shake and a coffee.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 06/11/2025

Set the warp factor to 11.

A cropped version of the image in the quoted post with just the text "The mayor-elect has opened a portal." and the photo of some people standing at a podium in front of a large public 3D artwork of the globe.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 30/10/2025

Your moment of zen. From the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 28/10/2025

{ ethereal whooshing }

The camera shakes, the strange man is approaching, he is smiling. Is it the camera shaking, or is it you? He is smiling. You hear a whooshing sound.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 28/10/2025

Fix your hearts or die.

The strange man is saying "meanwhile" with his hands.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 28/10/2025

The world is as you are. Beautiful blue skies and golden sunshine all along the way.

The camera has pulled back slightly. The strange man is now... walking like an Egyptian.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 28/10/2025

Thread: a tribute to David Lynch. Let's rock.

A strange man (Cory) is doing jazz hands in a long corridor with many doors and a white and black diamond/checkered pattern tile floor.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 28/10/2025

Payed my respects to one of the greatest artists of our lifetime, David Lynch. There is a lot less ethereal wooshing in the world.

Cory on one knee wearing a Twin Peaks shirt next to the headstone of David Lynch. Small tokens of affection are scattered across it.

There is a large rock behind the headstone with smooth holes in it. You can almost hear the wind whooshing through.

A red and blue rose are placed in some of the holes, and a bunch of yellow flowers too.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 29/09/2025

The Koji Dinner was amazing! Didn't take many photos, too busy eating. Wore my mushroom shirt!

Cory selfie in a white dress shit with a tiny grey mushroom pattern, black tie, and two pins: moyashimon and stars in a mason jar.

Jeremy Umansky's mushroom koji tempeh dish.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 20/09/2025

Full Life Consequences (2008)

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 19/09/2025

The Moon and Venus are hanging out, I think they're gossiping about you.

Dark night photo of a crescent moon and a bright dot next to it, Venus, as seen through some trees.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 01/09/2025

Clipped this just for Bluesky from the SHATTERING GLASS event tonight. #SmashingPumpkins

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 31/08/2025

The boys were very happy I came back.

Cory has been tackled onto the couch by Alphonse and Hermes is attacking his face.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 29/08/2025

I got in trouble taking this photo, but respect to Hunt & Gather in Portland! #KojiBuildsCommunity

Photo of the Koji Alchemy book next to some large jars of fermenting lemons.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 18/08/2025

"Move along, citizen."

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 13/08/2025

Fermented foods platter for lunch.

Bread, Colby Jack cheese, salami, and ham on a paper plate next to a small tub of cultured truffle butter.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 30/07/2025

Cool (but poisonous) mushroom "flowerpot parasol" in the fig tree pot. It's been so hot and humid in the Midwest I've got tropical/greenhouse mushrooms showing up outside.

Light-yellow mushroom with a parasol shape growing up from the bark nuggets covering the soil in the fig tree pot.

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cory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 28/07/2025

Cornfields having a much larger impact on the weather of half the US than plane exhaust ("chemtrails") feels pretty emblematic of the times we live in.

Weather map of the US showing a stream of dark air current flowing from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri northeast across Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio all the way to the coast indicating "PWAT anomaly (in)".

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