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Tonight’s dreams brought to me by the Goth NyQuil

New Elderberry flavored NyQuil is a very dark color, maybe black?

Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 05/10/2026

Okay, this is bullshit in the GAO report. CFPB claimed that Gavin Kliger (B) and Luke Farritor (E) never or just did test login for Active Directory, but Farritor used AD to give Gavin Kliger access to delete the CFPB homepage

A table from the GAO report sating that several systems at CFPB were either never logged into by DOGE or just once to confirm access or receive a tutorial. And ActiveDirectory is on this list.

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026

I remain fascinated by DOGE's lingering hold on the CIO position (or TTS Commissioner at GSA) at several agencies (I also am uncertain if Eric Sidle counts or not). Source here: dogetrack.info/people/agenc... Theories: SSA+Treasury+DHS = data sharing for the big surveillance project by ICE

A chart of DOGE CIOs across government agencies showing near continuous coverage of DOGE in GSA, SSA, DOI, Treasury, and USDA. In SSA, they've gone through 4 different DOGE CIOs. Each is different colored spans depending on the person.

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026

Such nobility and dignity

A gray and white pit bull (Sugar) looking like a goof ball on her back with her mouth slightly open

Another shot showing her goofy mouth with its ridges and weird coloration

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/09/2026

Inside of you, there are two quote bots

Moby Dick quotes: to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me

Disco Elysium quotes: EGG HEAD - THE R, THE C, THE M, THE THEOLOGY! AROOO!

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 28/09/2026

I appreciate the alt.coffee reference in The Survivalists, but technically it was a holdover from the late 90s

A Lower East Side art gallery hired him to make half his bartending cash to sit silently behind a desk, because his six-four, dark-skinned self
out with the art. And when he wasn't making shitty money babysitting art, he worked a few hours serving burnt coffee at the only East Village
bathroom overtaken by a claw-foot tub full of white, cubic, dead computer monitors from the '80s.
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 23/09/2026

Changing my mind. We should let Trump build his ballroom and host candlelit dinners there. Why not indoor pyrotechnics?

top EXCLUSIVE
I am the code': Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues
James McCrery Il resigned in October after warning that the president was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes.
Today at 3:19 p.m. EDT

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 21/09/2026

But, fundamentally, the [gang] wanted to stay completely focused on the [heist] itself, he writes. The team was well aware that they needed to move with speed, as they might soon be slowed down by [security and police].

DOGE members were private citizens, fearful of being personally targeted and unfamiliar with the media apparatus that is part of Washington culture, he says. But, fundamentally, the DOGE crew wanted to stay completely focused on the mission itself, he writes. The team was well aware that they needed to move with speed, as they might soon be slowed down by lawsuits, Congress or other bureaucratic forces.
"We were there to work. We weren't there to be public figuresẠihe said in the interview.
In the book, Hassen implies that this was, to some degree, a miscalculation. "Once we stepped back, others were happy to define the work for usại

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 20/09/2026

New rendering of the Trump arch just dropped

A picture of a GI Joe Tactical Battle Platform. A cheap plastic toy with plastic guns. Everything this guy wants is so embarrassing for us as a nation.

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 18/09/2026

Waldo, did I mention I am tweaking Ghostty to run in my Emacs so I can run oh-my-pi in that?

A screenshot of emacs with oh-my-pi running in a terminal window on the side

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 17/09/2026

Getting locked in for spooky season

A music player showing the song Sick by Chelsea Wolfe. A pale woman with black hair, a red dress and dark makeup is looking to the side. Above her is the title of the album “Pain is Beauty”

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 13/09/2026

New economic indicator (inverse): Costco muffin size

A bunch of standard size muffins instead of the giant ones sold during the Biden administration

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 09/09/2026

Running the 30b at Q4 and 8b at Q8 for speed and memory consumption on my MacBook Pro 48GB. The 8b is pretty fast and suprisingly decent, but sometimes it has hilarious thinking ruts I would anthropomorphize as anxiety if I didn't know better

Transcript of an LLM model thinkingLet me look at the actual CSS and see what classes are used.
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> Now let me look at the actual compiled CSS file size and content.
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> Now I need to produce a plan and possibly implement it.
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> Let me first look at the compiled CSS file size and content to understand what's being generated.
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> I'll read a sample compiled CSS file.
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> Then I'll write a plan.
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> Let me proceed with inspecting the CSS.
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> Now I need to understand the Tailwind build process.
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> I'll check the package.json and esbuild config.
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> Now I'll look at the build process.
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> Now let me examine the CSS more closely.
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> Now let me analyze the FCP issues and produce a plan.
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> I'll read one compiled CSS file (e.g., index.OZMSYWVB.css).
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 09/09/2026

Alright, not sure where we're going with this

The agent is making changes to how I include FontAwesome and ApexCharts but it's also running hexdump on the file for some unknown reason?

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 09/09/2026

Asking the LLM to see if it can improve the first content paint time for DOGE Track (a task I don’t really want to do, but I will analyze)

A shot of an LLM running in EMacs and optimizing my code

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 08/09/2026

POV: you are a person blocking a dog who feels she has an inherent right to eat a stinky dog chew on your bed

A gray and white pit bull (Sugar) coming up some steps with a steer pizzle in her mouth like a cigar

The dog closer and looking vexed that I am not letting her pass

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 05/09/2026

Breaking in the new couch

A gray and white pit bull (Sugar) looking towards the camera with exasperation on a peacock colored couch

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 05/09/2026

“Instead of using Figjam, you should be making a fig jam” - me, youth pastoring myself

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 05/09/2026

This is correct (time here is 1998)

A panel of people in a show downstairs in a church and the note

EDITOR'S NOTE: CONCERTS USED TO BE HELD ALL OVER D.C. IN ANY AVAILABLE SPACE. SO IT WASN'T WEIRD TO HAVE A SHOW IN A CHURCH BASEMENT. JUST SAYING.

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 05/09/2026

Preorder of A Ghost Arm Made of Angry Ghosts came in and I’m very amused by this panel still

A black panel titled Ari’s Neighbor is a Hero and the next panel shows a few different buildings (one of which looks very NYC) and the caption Takoma Park, Maryland — July 1988

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 04/09/2026

Definitely make sure you have some sort of safety plugin with deterministic gates / pattern matching to block things (it needs to be more than just "please don't delete my hard drive" as a prompt). In general, this tweet remains the best advice for working with LLMs to

A tweet by Pranay Pathole:

Tech Enthusiasts: My entire house is smart.

Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if makes a noise I don't recognize.

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 04/09/2026

This is what it looks like (I had asked it to investigate and give me a plan on fixing what looked to be duplicate loads of the search index). The window on the left is just my YAML data I edit. In terms of utility: I think that LLMs are not as useful to me as LSPs / treesitter / linters are

A screenshot of an LLM output after analyzing some code and making changes for me. It's all in Emacs, because Emacs is great.

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 01/09/2026

I don't really have anything more than vibes, but it is wild how DOGE has tried to keep locked in on CIO at certain agencies like GSA TTS and SSA. Here's a chart from my own tracking (if Sidle were DOGE). From dogetrack.info/people/agenc...

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 30/08/2026

She has a name, Tim. It’s ETTIR media.vandal.net/m/12-2025/5/...

An image from Esoteric Ebb showing dialogue with an arcane and powerful angelic being

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 30/08/2026

Flirting with an angel, do I have a death wish or something?

A screenshot from Esoteric Ebb of the character attempting to flirt with an angel by reciting bad poetry he’s composed himself: “1. "Pray tell, thou celestial harbinger, of such splendid beauty and gleaming countenance, if the light might truly be of your making? For thine ethereal and glorious nature, beheld within that halo of eyes, is my duality which foreverily plagues my being and soul. The sun, the sun, 1 say. The sun is nothing compared. To you." (Point at her and whimper.)”

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 30/08/2026

Flirting with the sphinx, if you dare

A screenshot from Esoteric Ebb showing the character looking at a large sphinx and attempting to flirt. This would require a godlike skill check to pass

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 30/08/2026

It is true that the fake Silver Spring in the Acorn park is just so depressing now

A black and white photo of a stagnant pool with steps down it. There is an alcove where the silver spring is supposed to be flowing from but it was revealed decades ago that it’s just connected to the city water lines

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 30/08/2026

Lining up the maps like I’m Indiana Jones looking for a sacred ruin swanboy.com/comic/map/

The map from Swan Boy of Giuliani Gardens

A map of Silver Spring. They’re the same picture

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/08/2026

Dogs are just derp wolves

A picture of a gray and white pit bull (Sugar) on her back with her mouth slightly open and a goofy expression on her face

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 29/08/2026

Flirting with the orc, like you do

A screenshot from Esoteric Ebb (think D&D mixed with Disco Elysium) where my character is succeeding at flirting

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 28/08/2026

Me, leaving the federal government: Well, at least I'll never have to do an ATO again! The federal government: well well well, guess who has to do an Authority to Connect?

The Stonecutters episode of the Simpsons where Homer is freed from dragging the Stone of Shame only to be attached to the Stone of Triumph

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 23/08/2026

Heraldry designer (sobbing): can we stop adding more elements to this shield? It’s too much Lord Montgomerie: more!! MORE!

A new ludicrous swap for the present lord of the Montgomerie clan. It has a shield divided into four quadrants, which are also divided into four quadrants. There are flier de los and rings and also red crescents on a yellow background and gold keys on a blue background. Also, some little shields on top of some of the quadrants. The whole thing is being held by two green dragons and there is a crown on top with two knight helms on it and a little lady on one and a little dragon on the other. It’s a bit much.

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 22/08/2026

Are you going to the Maryland Renaissance Festival and want to make a costume? May I suggest the Knight of Montgomery County?

The seal of Montgomery County, MD. It features a knight helm with castles as a crest. From that are multiple blue and yellow ribbons. Below the helm is a shield that features two diagonal squares of a yellow fleur-de-lis and red squares in the other diagonal with a gold ring on them. The border between the squared is castellated like a rook. Below that is the motto “Gardez Bien” it’s all a lot, especially if you pair it with the Maryland flag

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 21/08/2026

I can’t really describe how beautiful and absurd this game is

A monitor showing the game Big Walk. Another player (my son) and I are standing on a realistic looking beach. We are both highly cartoonish and spherical birds? ants? animated snowmen? with cartoonish hands holding equipment in absurd ways. We get lost a lot and separated and solve puzzles together

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 19/08/2026

Color iPhone photo for comparison

A tan Am Staff dog (Lola) is sleeping on a blue chair with her chin resting on one of the chair arms

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 19/08/2026

On a newly developed roll, a photo of Lola (RIP) and one of Sugar

A black and white photo of an Am Staff dog (Lola) sleeping in a chair and resting her head on its arms

A black and white photo of a gray and white pit bull (Sugar) looking up at the camera from between two couches in a living room

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 18/08/2026

Another example of poor logistical planning. They could have been worked out a process to phase in domestic suppliers with a pending ban, but this administration is filled with people who think bans or tariffs will just cause industry to spring up overnight

A ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded

The U.S. is moving to sharply limit foreign-made robots, requiring new models sold in the country to be assembled domestically and contain at least 65% U.S.-made components. The policy is aimed at reducing reliance on foreign robotics supply chains, particularly China's.

But for some American robotics startups, the rules are coming before a domestic supply chain exists. Founders say key components are too expensive, too slow to procure, or unavailable in the U.S., while others hope the ban will ultimately help American robot makers compete with cheaper Chinese products.

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 15/08/2026

Back with this doofus who has been super goofy and affectionate

A gray and white pit bull (Sugar) with intense brown eyes looking at me from a green couch

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 15/08/2026

Explaining to my son why I refer to the weird puzzle prizes in Big Walk as Kongs

A picture of a Kong dog toy. It is like a series of three stacked spheres of decreasing radius (also the classic snowman configuration) in red rubber

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 15/08/2026

Sorry, you can find some Mediterranean figs and then there’s a chance but no guarantee! This is really complicated!

When a female wasp crawls into a fig syconium from a female tree — the type of figs we eat — she only pollinates it, because the flowers inside are too long for her to lay her eggs on. But if she ventures into a synconium from a male tree - which are called caprifigs and generally not eaten by humans - she'll start to lay. her eggs.

There, the eggs hatch and develop from larvae into young wasps, which mate while still inside the fruit. Generally, the male wasps die inside the caprifig after mating, though they do help chew a tunnel that allows the female wasps to escape, sometimes even offering themselves as bait for the predatory ants that may be waiting outside. Eventually, the fertilized female wasps burst out in search of a new fig to lay their eggs in, carrying pollen from the old caprifig with them.

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 15/08/2026

Lol, you can see when I was at sea level, 5000 ft, 7000 ft and >8000 ft elevation on my trip from my oxygen level when sleeping

A chart of oxygen saturation overnight. Until 8/5 it’s at 95% or above, then there is a cluster of readings around 94% then 92% and then 89% before going back to 94% (one night back in Denver) and then back to 96% because I’m back at sea level

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