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Mar Hicks

@histoftech.bsky.social
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Historian of technology, occasional dad jokes. If you’re thinking “the bunny looks different” it’s because it’s a different bunny now🥲 www.marhicks.com

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 7h
I’m tempted to do it anyway, Halloween names are one of my few remaining joys🥲
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 12h
Thinking about fucking around with my mental health this weekend and listening to Werner Herzog’s memoir
WERNER HERZOG
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF AND GOD AGAINST ALL
A MEMOIR
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22h
Camouflage attempt #1
Small black rabbit sits on a zebra rug, slightly camouflaged
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It’s true
Linus Mixson • @LinusMixson • 5h
Mathematicians are OUTRAGED that their high social status, with its accompaniment of wealth, women, and general extravagance, has been encroached upon by artificial intelligences of humble background.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Under the desk view (I love how hard this little guy sleeps)
Small black bunny flopped out on his side and sleeping on a small rug under a desk, exposing the white underbun
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
close enough—welcome back, David Lynch 
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
As well-educated young men they are not compelled to work at the lot. “There is something Zen about doing work that doesn’t require much of you… I washed dishes when I was younger. I was physically there, washing the dishes, but mentally I could be anywhere. There is a kind of freedom in that.”
Photo of a man sitting in a ramshackle parking lot booth
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So we can’t do Halloween names here without losing verification😔 I guess I’ll just have to change my pfp
My usual profile pic super imposed over a field of jack-o’-lanterns, with a small skeleton perched on my shoulder, and tiny  jack o lanterns in my pupils 
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ok I know nobody asked but if you crave a soft mint experience these are the absolute best
Red Bird
HANDCRAFTED CANDY
SINCE 1890
PEPPERMINT CANDY PUFFS
NATURALLY FLAVORED
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
he craves oaaats
Small black rabbit near the foot of my sleeping area, but getting closer to my head 
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Whenever I sleep on the floor, my sleep paralysis demon shows up 
A bunch of blankets with a small black rabbit at the foot of them 
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I can’t stop laughing
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
DA Matthew Van Houten has been going on a bizarre press tour lying about the facts of the case and smearing the victim as having “changed her story” and “not previously alleged that she was raped.” It is absolutely the correct move to remove him from this case but it’s hardly enough of a consequence
County DA Matthew Van Houten, white man in his 50s or 60s with gray hair, blue eyes, blue suit
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
similar
Homer reading newspaper meme: tiny bunny to make life worthwhile Small black rabbit lying on bed
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ben affleck looking exhausted with life meme
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
art appreciation 🖼️
A small black rabbit stands on his hind feet on top of pillows on a bed to try to look at a painting on the wall 
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
the night creeps in on little… well, pretty big actually, bun feet
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“There has to be some accountability for the university” Political leadership of Ithaca forces suspension of all Cornell Greek events:
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wore this tshirt yesterday and someone tried to explain it to me
Star Wars number one fan. Image of the enterprise from Star Trek 
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Happy Mink Monday
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love that we can run a whole economy on this
Meme: source? I made it up
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
good morning bunshine
Small black rabbit lies down on a windowsill 
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Small black rabbit sitting on the floor with his feet tucked under him 
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Me: “so there’s just one room you’re not allowed to go into… are you listening to me?” Him:
Small black rabbit looks longingly at a closed door. Text on the image says “friend I yearn for the room.”
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just found out that there’s a new, and final, installment of ITV’s groundbreaking 7up documentary series. Original creator/director Michael Apted died a few yrs ago so they got Asif Kapadia (dir. of Senna) to do it. Can’t wait to watch & have an existential crisis.
70 Up poster shows pictures of the children from 7up and them currently as 70 year olds
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
historically accurate massachusetts content
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
She’s right. And, fyi, the globe is doing victory laps over on other social media platforms about how many new readers and new subscribers they’ve gotten out of that “news article”— so we can expect more fuckass “reporting” like that from them in the future
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
good night 😴
Small black rabbit, lying down facing away from the camera 
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
futurism.com/artificial-i...
New reporting by Fortune revealed the disastrous results of Shopify's all-out scramble to embrace Al nearly a year ago. After telling workers that using Al tools is a "baseline expectation" in the workplace, Lütke is now changing his tune as workers spew out Al-generated emails, memos, and code without double-checking it beforehand.
"We call those 'slop grenades' that people toss at each other," Lütke said in an interview on the Knowledge Project podcast. "That's definitely a bad thing.*
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wow I’ve never seen one of these before!
Chonky red and white spider that appears to be a furrow orb-weaverside view Top view with leaf
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Having a delightful day in his mew office
A small black rabbit hops off a piece of furniture, looking like a long blur 
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
haha yeah😅 (He’s actually not that much bigger though, it’s mostly about his proportions/looks. His ears are not as short, and his head and body are not as round as a true dwarf would be)
From arba.net: Netherland Dwarf
The enduring appeal of the Netherland Dwarf can be attributed to their diminutive size, variety of showable colors, and brachycephalic head. The Netherland Dwarf breed was first produced in the Netherlands in the early 20th century, and soon made its way to America. Since then their popularity has only grown and new color varieties have been recognized; bringing the total to
25. - Maximum weight 2.5 lbs.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thank you! And I agree! It’s apparently called “silver marten”—a breed and fur coloration that was cross-bred into Netherland Dwarfs over time. His fur feels so smooth—almost like mink.
From arba.net: Silver Marten
Originally described as "strange little black rabbits" in the 1920s when they popped up in Chinchilla litters, the Silver Marten was the result of breeders introducing black and tan rabbits into Chinchillas to improve the type. The 'Silver Marten' is both the name of a breed and a color.continued: The Silver Marten breed came first, and then was used to introduce the color as a variety in a number of other breeds such as the Netherland Dwarf, Mini Rex, and Mini Satin. The American Rabbit
Breeders Association
established a working standard for Black and Chocolate Silver Marten in 1927, and the Blue and Sable in 1933. - Maximum weight 9.5 lbs.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
löoønğ
Small black rabbit stretched out with his feet out in front and back, on a pink rug
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
hahaha I tricked the bunny into playing in the laundry BEFORE I washed it instead of after. I knew all my degrees would come in handy someday.
Small black rabbit plays in a pile of what he believes to be freshly laundered towels
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Moving through the world with the terrible confidence of something that has never encountered a wall it cannot break…”
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
he’s experimenting with new foot shapes🤔
Small black rabbit, sitting in an odd position on a white rugCloser view shows that he has his feet out behind him, but curled up with his toes underZoomed in more on the curled up feet
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
stemmb (the extra b is for byob)
Ms Thomas said: "The London institution dedicated to Stemmb (science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine) has outdone Oxbridge for the first time in the guide's 33-year history.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
office buddy
Black rabbit lying under a deskclose up on rabbit
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ahh GPT
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS FROM CHICAGO
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I know this is a long shot given how blurry the image is, and how many years Puck was published for. But can anybody identify this cover(?) image from Puck?
Puck is written in the upper left corner. The image appears to show a woman or a mermaid on the beach and down below there appears to be the head of an animal, possibly a donkey, or possibly something like a sea monster.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
hm.
Outside the building, officers tried to stop him, and Moore shot and killed himself, the Philadelphia Police Department said. The city medical examiner's office recorded the death on 28 August 2026 as suicide, caused by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
His family tells it differently. 'Moore was on the phone with ICE officials during his final moments,' they said in a statement to the newspaper. The official on the line was trying to calm him and believed he had been talked down, or persuaded not to harm himself, the family said, when Philadelphia police surrounded his car with their guns drawn.

The relatives dispute the suicide finding and have questioned how officers handled a man in crisis. The department said it had completed its investigation and that none
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Can I have more money?”
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“Now that’s a lotta trees!”
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I’d watch that movie… I wonder what it would be called
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
when you work at the BPAF but you’re beginning to realize there’s not going to be a successful IPO
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The addition of a bunny to a late software project will only make it later. (Bun’s Law)
Small black rabbit approaches black laptop
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s 2026: Kelly Bundy is asking you to please wear a mask🫡
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