Paul Hutchinson
@paulhutch.com
I'm interested in too many things and have been on the net since Compuserve provided access (75110,2422).
I mute or block anyone who is not offering rational reality based conversation
I mute or block anyone who is not offering rational reality based conversation
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Skip it every year. People should not be celebrated merely for holding a position of power. Bring back the celebration of Washington and Lincoln, instead.
Maybe we should have skipped President’s day this year.
February 16, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Skip it every year. People should not be celebrated merely for holding a position of power. Bring back the celebration of Washington and Lincoln, instead.
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Megyn Kelly recoils at sight of mirror, understandably
February 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Megyn Kelly recoils at sight of mirror, understandably
They've reached the end of getting the employees, vendors and shareholders to absorb tariff costs.
WSJ: “.. The pricing break is over. .. Companies .. are raising prices early this year on items from bluejeans and spices to housewares and industrial products.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/pri...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/pri...
February 17, 2026 at 12:45 PM
They've reached the end of getting the employees, vendors and shareholders to absorb tariff costs.
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With Claude Code's help, I reimagined my high school text adventure for this century, complete with sinful luxuries like graphics, animation, and sound effects. Over at Technologizer, I wrote about the weird experience of collaborating with AI and teenage me. technologizer.com/home/2026/02...
My 1981 adventure game is now a multimedia extravaganza – Technologizer by Harry McCracken
Over the last few weeks, I created a computer game set in the Arctic. Or maybe I've been working on it since 1981. It all depends on how you count.
All I know for sure is that I programmed the original version of Arctic Adventure in Radio Shack TRS-80 Level II BASIC when I was in high school. (It
technologizer.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM
With Claude Code's help, I reimagined my high school text adventure for this century, complete with sinful luxuries like graphics, animation, and sound effects. Over at Technologizer, I wrote about the weird experience of collaborating with AI and teenage me. technologizer.com/home/2026/02...
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I’d be willing to have some civil debate and discussion with Yasha Mounk about any of this.
But, that will never happen.
Like all of the other “free thinkers” he believes in conformity and groupthink.
But, that will never happen.
Like all of the other “free thinkers” he believes in conformity and groupthink.
February 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I’d be willing to have some civil debate and discussion with Yasha Mounk about any of this.
But, that will never happen.
Like all of the other “free thinkers” he believes in conformity and groupthink.
But, that will never happen.
Like all of the other “free thinkers” he believes in conformity and groupthink.
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I've made this same case years ago when debunking the Apollo Hoax clowns. They're dipped up to their ears, but other people are listening.
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
February 17, 2026 at 2:47 AM
I've made this same case years ago when debunking the Apollo Hoax clowns. They're dipped up to their ears, but other people are listening.
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Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement. Here’s the result of another evil and stupid act from the Trump regime. 🎁🔗
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Vaccines are humanity’s greatest scientific achievement. Here’s the result of another evil and stupid act from the Trump regime. 🎁🔗
Good read over morning coffee
I couldn't help myself, and have written up #spawnwatch thoughts at Tetrapod Zoology. Shout-outs to key #books on British #amphibians, to nature gardening, to the ever-present menace of free-roaming pet cats, but above all to the value of #frogs... tetzoo.com/blog/2026/2/...
Spawnwatch 2026 — Tetrapod Zoology
Once again it is that time of year again, by which I mean… spawnwatch season, of course.
tetzoo.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Good read over morning coffee
Town of Cumberland blocks renewable energy helping worsen climate change to prevent loss of almost never used recreation space.
Cumberland bans hydro power at Manville Landing
CUMBERLAND – A newly approved ordinance changes the 2-acre parcel making up Manville Landing from general industrial use to open space and bans hydroelectric generation facilities in such zones.
www.valleybreeze.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Town of Cumberland blocks renewable energy helping worsen climate change to prevent loss of almost never used recreation space.
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I've known this was coming for years, but it's still gutting to see it. Of all the bullshit that's come from Trump and this regime, this is among the bullshittiest. Just devastatingly evil and corrupt.
By repealing the EPA regulation that underpins all US regulation of greenhouse gases, the Trump administration is sacrificing our global climate so that fossil fuel companies can make even greater profits.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump repeals U.S. government’s power to regulate climate
The Environmental Protection Agency finishes the repeal of the “endangerment finding,” a landmark legal opinion underpinning policies regulating climate change.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I've known this was coming for years, but it's still gutting to see it. Of all the bullshit that's come from Trump and this regime, this is among the bullshittiest. Just devastatingly evil and corrupt.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Opportunism and moral rot. And especially the disconnect between GOP leaders - products of elite educations who aspire to elite institutions - and their voters, who will let them stay in DC as long as they pretend to believe that vaccines are evil and all that crap.
Tom, what do you think caused the overwhelming majority of republicans to abandon everything they said they believed in?
February 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Opportunism and moral rot. And especially the disconnect between GOP leaders - products of elite educations who aspire to elite institutions - and their voters, who will let them stay in DC as long as they pretend to believe that vaccines are evil and all that crap.
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CATO: “.. The whole idea that Trump tariffs would ‘protect US manufacturing jobs’ was all lies then, and it is all lies now.”
@cato.org @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.cato.org/blog/trumps-...
@cato.org @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.cato.org/blog/trumps-...
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
CATO: “.. The whole idea that Trump tariffs would ‘protect US manufacturing jobs’ was all lies then, and it is all lies now.”
@cato.org @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.cato.org/blog/trumps-...
@cato.org @scottlincicome.bsky.social
www.cato.org/blog/trumps-...
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Ominous bird valentines.
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Ominous bird valentines.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
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I have said for years that class is more important than race, and that the genius of both parties was convincing people that race was more important than class
Is there, perhaps, some inkling of truth to the fact that both D and Rs oppose extreme left policies due to, perhaps, personally being in the same tax bracket?
February 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I have said for years that class is more important than race, and that the genius of both parties was convincing people that race was more important than class
Happy 209th birthday to the two greatest men of the 19th century.
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.
I'm fairly certain they would both be disappointed in the state of the World in the 21st century.
Paul Hutchinson FCD
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.
I'm fairly certain they would both be disappointed in the state of the World in the 21st century.
Paul Hutchinson FCD
12-Feb: How Darwin spent his 25th birthday in Patagonia, on this day in 1834…
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12-Feb-1834: Darwin’s 25th birthday, Patagonia
How Charles Darwin spent his 25th birthday.
friendsofdarwin.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Happy 209th birthday to the two greatest men of the 19th century.
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.
I'm fairly certain they would both be disappointed in the state of the World in the 21st century.
Paul Hutchinson FCD
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin.
I'm fairly certain they would both be disappointed in the state of the World in the 21st century.
Paul Hutchinson FCD
I suspect @karlbode.com and @dankennedy.net will be interested in this story.
In the long run this consolidation will likely mean less local reporters covering New England. :-(
In the long run this consolidation will likely mean less local reporters covering New England. :-(
Spectrum buys NECN, rebrands and expands reach
Network rebrands as Spectrum News NECN, expanding reach across New England
theworcesterguardian.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I suspect @karlbode.com and @dankennedy.net will be interested in this story.
In the long run this consolidation will likely mean less local reporters covering New England. :-(
In the long run this consolidation will likely mean less local reporters covering New England. :-(
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My paper on the original meaning of birthright citizenship is now published
February 11, 2026 at 3:13 PM
My paper on the original meaning of birthright citizenship is now published
The 26 words that make online speech platforms practical
"No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."
Common sense, but lacking in most citizens and nearly all politicians
"No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."
Common sense, but lacking in most citizens and nearly all politicians
An 18-Million-Subscriber YouTuber Just Explained Section 230 Better Than Every Politician In Washington
Over the years, we've written approximately one million words explaining why Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is essential to how the internet functions. We've corrected politicians…
Over the years, we've written approximately one million words explaining why Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is essential to how the internet functions. We've corrected politicians…
An 18-Million-Subscriber YouTuber Just Explained Section 230 Better Than Every Politician In Washington
Over the years, we've written approximately one million words explaining why Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is essential to how the internet functions. We've corrected politicians who lie about it. We've debunked myths spread by mainstream media outlets that should know better. We've explained, re-explained, and then explained again why gutting this law would be catastrophic for online speech…
www.techdirt.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
The 26 words that make online speech platforms practical
"No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."
Common sense, but lacking in most citizens and nearly all politicians
"No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider."
Common sense, but lacking in most citizens and nearly all politicians
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I have to say, I do not love this new trend of large liberal accounts with millions of followers identifying Jews.
February 11, 2026 at 3:29 AM
I have to say, I do not love this new trend of large liberal accounts with millions of followers identifying Jews.
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Staying in a hotel where everything in the room is controlled by an ipad. And sometimes that means that suddenly all the lights in the room suddenly go off and i have to hunt around for the ipad.
gotta love tech.
gotta love tech.
February 11, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Staying in a hotel where everything in the room is controlled by an ipad. And sometimes that means that suddenly all the lights in the room suddenly go off and i have to hunt around for the ipad.
gotta love tech.
gotta love tech.
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Tomorrow (12 Feb) is the biggest day in the Darwin Calendar, so of course I’ll be sending out the latest FREE Friends of Charles Darwin Newsletter. If you haven’t subscribed yet, now would seem the perfect opportunity… SEIZE IT!
richardcarter.substack.com/welcome/ #HistSci
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February 11, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Tomorrow (12 Feb) is the biggest day in the Darwin Calendar, so of course I’ll be sending out the latest FREE Friends of Charles Darwin Newsletter. If you haven’t subscribed yet, now would seem the perfect opportunity… SEIZE IT!
richardcarter.substack.com/welcome/ #HistSci
richardcarter.substack.com/welcome/ #HistSci