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You say godless communism like it's a bad thing

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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 01/10/2026
Got a deal for you bro. Approval guaranteed.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 21/09/2026
Three favs
Three dogs attentively looking at some treat being offered offscreen
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 19/09/2026
Tulane Stadium, the Sugar Bowl.
Aerial view of Tulane Stadium aka the Sugar Bowl. By Unnamed staff of "This Week in New Orleans" - "This Week in New Orleans" for 4 December, 1948, page 17.Via copy online at [1], converted to .jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8016527
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 09/09/2026
So, not all that great
Book titled The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 04/09/2026
Is there a part of me that thinks, yeah that might not be a bad thing
This is not insular A.I. safety jargon — by “full-blown A.I. takeover,” she means a scenario in which an A.I. system literally takes over the world, shutting humans out of critical systems and seizing political, economic and military power.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 03/09/2026
Wait it’s Orange Cat Appreciation Day? Glad I found out before it’s over.
A large lazy orange cat sprawled out on some shady stone steps
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 30/07/2026
I already hated Jira even before they informed me that unless I opted out they would use all my data to train their AI to "improve Atlassian apps for everyone" (especially Atlassian).
Screenshot of default setting "On" for "Contribute in-app data to improve Atlassian apps for everyone"
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 30/07/2026
Yeah Concacaf gonna cave to the Kushners I bet
“All 41 members of Concacaf, the confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean, are set to meet on Thursday at 12.30 ET (5.30 BST) to discuss the proposals.
Concacaf has previously strongly condemned the manner in which FIFA introduced the idea. It met on Wednesday night too, and there had been concerns raised about process, governance and why a cash-rich FIFA requires external investment.”

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“European soccer federations agree to boycott World Cups over FIFA’s private-investment plans”
James Horncastle, Megan Feringa and Adam Crafton
The Athletic
https://apple.news/AgA_Q57sHRMiOoxFJ_8QWeA
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 28/07/2026
NYT literally “Dems in Disarray”
Democratic Party faces debt and disarray
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 28/07/2026
A bit harsh coming from a person who has never written any part of any script.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 28/07/2026
Nolan should’ve invited her to the premiere.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 21/07/2026
He’s outraged. Outraged!
Lance Armstrong on his bullshit says 2am is human right issue
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 20/07/2026
Yeah STFU they have to do 2 a.m. raids BECAUSE OF YOU
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 18/07/2026
I dunno, maybe try putting the radar *in front of* the wind turbines?
Wind turbines interfere with radar, but that isn't a new problem. The Pentagon reviews wind farm construction plans and can deem areas off limits. There are upgrades to radar to mitigate turbine impacts.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 17/07/2026
Try to imagine a DNC email from 2016 with this subject line
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 14/07/2026
Emily Litella Nevermind
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 14/07/2026
Rest day at le Tour
Large orange cat stretched out on sofa
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 13/07/2026
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 10/07/2026
Kalshi.... KALshi....
Belgium keeper Courtois injured on the field.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 07/07/2026
It's a "mantel"
Later that week, Paxton appeared on a podcast with Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Video from the podcast showed Paxton seated in front of a fireplace and mantle that were nearly identical to those depicted in the home’s online real estate listing. One resident also told the newsrooms that they spotted Paxton in the gated community.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 07/07/2026
From the woke Athletic:
“The president didn’t rescue Balogun. He didn’t give the U.S. greater odds to win. He didn’t fix the tournament by correcting a mistake. He repossessed the World Cup. He made Balogun, whose class and character represented the entire squad, the face of a fix. He helped create the snooty American attitude that gave Belgium a motivational boost.”


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“The United States’ dream didn’t die. It was overturned”
Jerry Brewer
The Athletic
https://apple.news/Ayr02cQh5RVO8Loxl5sXNkw
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 04/07/2026
How I’m spending Saturday
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 30/06/2026
Anthropic's own chart tells me I get equal performance, much cheaper, using Opus 4.8 than new, "inexpensive" Sonnet 5. Compare Opus "high" to Sonnet "max".
Cost-performance curves at different effort levels. The previous best Sonnet model (Sonnet 4.6) fell well short of Opus 4.8. Now Sonnet 5 and Opus 4.8 cover a single range, with Sonnet 5 offering impressive capabilities at a lower cost and Opus 4.8 offering greater accuracy at a higher price. The charts show Sonnet 5 priced at $3 per million input tokens and $15 per million output tokens. Furthermore, with the introductory launch pricing through August 31 ($2/MTok input and $10/MTok output), the effective cost of Sonnet 5 is even lower than shown here. Opus 4.8 is priced at $5/MTok input and $25/MTok output. xhigh = extra high effort level.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 26/06/2026
I knew I liked that guy. britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...
My political compass test results: 77% woke, 59% techbro, 47% hopepilled, 73% Davos. Closest Match: Zohran Mamdani
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 26/06/2026
I like SoS. But skeeting just to make sure you skeet x times a day is bad for everyobody. You too.
Skeet by SwiftOnSecurity: "If u wanna seem dismissive, remember ABC: Always be chortling"
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 12/06/2026
Just read what you want to read when you’re ten.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 08/06/2026
Feed it to me dirty oh yes
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 01/06/2026
Honestly if he showed up in these costumes the base would love nothing more and the concert would be packed *sigh*
nine images of trump dressed as different performers. Title "Featured Performers"
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 23/05/2026
Questioning life choices
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 17/05/2026
Claude settings that imply they won't use my chats without my permission, which I have denied. That's what I'm referring to.
Claude settings that imply they won't use my chats without my permission, which I have denied.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 04/05/2026
Peace
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 27/04/2026
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 27/04/2026
Toning down the rhetoric ok.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 23/04/2026
A couple weeks ago I learned to set Claude effort=max. Now I learn effort=xhigh on Opus 4.7 is plenty good.
chart: Agentic coding performance by effort level. Opus 4.7 has diminishing returns. almost no difference between xhigh and max despite burning twice the tokens.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 23/04/2026
This'll cheer you up www.derekthompson.org/p/if-america...
By Derek Thompson: American sadness this decade has been forged by the fact of, and the feeling of, a permanent unrelenting economic crisis, amplified by a uniquely negative news and media environment, and exacerbated by the rise of solitude and the declining centrality of trusted institutions. Inflation has made today’s life harder to afford, while the ambient awareness of other people’s triumphs on social media had made tomorrow’s success feel harder to achieve. The ongoing collapse of confidence in the establishment has made Americans feel unusually adrift and dissatisfied with institutions outside of their control, while the chosen self-isolation of modern life has demolished communal trust, as we increasingly experience other people’s minds through the toxic surreality of our screens rather than through the embodied reality of strangers who are, for the most part, just as nice as we are.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 18/04/2026
The AI apocalypse is slightly exaggerated.
Claude output: "Honestly, I'd call it closed at this point. Document pull-to-refresh as the workaround in your team's iOS-user notes and move on."
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 14/04/2026
He is on the side of the angels
NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte delivers a speech standing in front of a winged logo that makes him look like he has angel wings.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 11/04/2026
Somebody should tell NASA about crew baskets
Four guys standing on the donut of a crew basket being lifted on or off an offshore drilling rig
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 08/04/2026
Good morning Travis County
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 07/04/2026
Pels made the Onion, is that good
Onion headline: Pelicans-Kings Game Ends After Neither Team Able To Recover Tipoff
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 06/04/2026
The information architecture of the Daily Racing Form still undefeated.
A Daily Racing Form open to the fifth race at the Fairgrounds, showing a lot of cryptic data about dem ponies.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 05/04/2026
Every local TV station needs to broadcast this message verbatim on the news tonight. The President said it. People need to understand that.
“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” Mr. Trump said. “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell — JUST WATCH.”

“Praise be to Allah,” he added.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 04/04/2026
Oh hey just a quick Jupiter flyby while we're out here
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 09/03/2026
Think how much it cost to pay all those protesters
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 28/02/2026
He’s playing prevent defense
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“The self-proclaimed ‘President of peace’ is once again starting illegal wars without congressional authorization. This is not what the American people asked for,” U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas posted on X.
“Time and time again, Trump has proven that he is not interested in – or capable of – putting ‘America First.’ Our soldiers will have to put their lives on the line to defend his reckless decisions. Congress must pass a War Powers Resolution to rein in this dangerous overreach before more damage is done.”
Crockett faces state Rep. James Talarico of Austin in the primary.
Talarico posted a briefer statement on X that read in full: “No more forever wars.””

Excerpt From
“Texas lawmakers weigh in on Trump’s decision to launch strikes against Iran”
Joseph Morton
The Dallas Morning News
https://apple.news/Ah_AeGrXdR3SIPyOylSrKjA
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 17/02/2026
66 Toronado. We used to be a country.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 09/02/2026
Hilarious. Who could've predicted a big crush of hits after your ad, ai.com?
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 06/02/2026
A shutdown of DHS is the “do nothing” outcome? Dear Dem leaders that is the outcome we want. Don’t mess it up.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 05/02/2026
No. Leave the 3-D strategery to big shots. Rank and file voters like me should just vote our consciences.
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👹 hughw @hughw.net · 30/01/2026
Here’s a little Hays county sky for you this evening
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