David Hughes
@usernameerror.bsky.social
Librarian. Open scholarship enthusiast. Shill for Big Library. Power-hungry gatekeeper. King of infinite space. He/him/his. Personal account.
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i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
February 8, 2026 at 10:54 AM
i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
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I don't think I could take one of the most dominant club teams in Europe and make them that shit if it was my stated intention. Gregor Townsend really is a generational talent in that regard
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I don't think I could take one of the most dominant club teams in Europe and make them that shit if it was my stated intention. Gregor Townsend really is a generational talent in that regard
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I mean the question now is the wooden spoon battle with Wales or with Ireland?
February 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I mean the question now is the wooden spoon battle with Wales or with Ireland?
On this showing, Scotland looking at what will be a well-merited wooden spoon. Townsend's forthcoming departure to Newcastle is around 4 years too late.
February 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
On this showing, Scotland looking at what will be a well-merited wooden spoon. Townsend's forthcoming departure to Newcastle is around 4 years too late.
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Richard Lloyd just announced that Television bassist Fred Smith died in hospice today
RIP to one of the greats
RIP to one of the greats
Television - Elevation
YouTube video by SpaceOdyssee0
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Richard Lloyd just announced that Television bassist Fred Smith died in hospice today
RIP to one of the greats
RIP to one of the greats
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oh btw if you need the CIA World Factbook because they took it down with no warning because we can't have nice things, here's where you can get the PDF for the 2024-2025 edition: annas-archive.li/md5/92d7b783...
The CIA World Factbook 2024-2025 - Anna’s Archive
Central Intelligence Agency
The ultimate, comprehensive guide to official country data and statistics, from the world’s most sop
Simon and Schuster
annas-archive.li
February 6, 2026 at 3:44 AM
oh btw if you need the CIA World Factbook because they took it down with no warning because we can't have nice things, here's where you can get the PDF for the 2024-2025 edition: annas-archive.li/md5/92d7b783...
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Don't miss the chance to attend #ASL2026 for FREE! LIS students and library sector workers - apply for 1 of 2 bursaries by 24th February to join us in @ria.ie on 24th March AND have your conference review published in @libfocus.bsky.social or An Leabharlann! More info: aslibraries.ie/asl-2026-bur...
February 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Don't miss the chance to attend #ASL2026 for FREE! LIS students and library sector workers - apply for 1 of 2 bursaries by 24th February to join us in @ria.ie on 24th March AND have your conference review published in @libfocus.bsky.social or An Leabharlann! More info: aslibraries.ie/asl-2026-bur...
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
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Make me. Go on, fucking make me.
Microsoft and Blackrock have "have largely given up on organic adoption [of AI] by consumers. They have moved on to a new dream of forced adoption mandated by government and managerial coercion."
Fascinating piece here on what Davos can teach us about the AI industry by @mattseybold.bsky.social
Fascinating piece here on what Davos can teach us about the AI industry by @mattseybold.bsky.social
"You have to use it. You have to trust it.": Forced Adoption of AI is The Subtext of Davos
Authoritarianism is the AI Bailout; But If AI Doesn't Need a Bailout, Does it Need Authoritarianism?
theamericanvandal.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Make me. Go on, fucking make me.
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Soon, all the films in close proximity to it will also be THE THING. Within the year, all films in the registry will be THE THING.
Welcome John Carpenter's THE THING to the National Film Registry! bloody-disgusting.com/movie/393134...
John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ Has Been Added to the National Film Registry
John Carpenter‘s The Thing has been selected by the Library of Congress as one of this year’s 25 films to join the National Film Registry due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to pre...
bloody-disgusting.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Soon, all the films in close proximity to it will also be THE THING. Within the year, all films in the registry will be THE THING.
Ed-tech is a parasite feasting upon education.
Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
economist.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Ed-tech is a parasite feasting upon education.
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man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
January 25, 2026 at 2:25 AM
man the stuff i am seeing on IG from
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
the most normie, i don’t really talk about politics accounts suggests something different
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I’m sorry but as someone who has a book and a PhD on this exact thing, this is just straight up not true. The majority of Nazis discovered living abroad (particularly in the US, Australia, and UK) faced almost no legal consequences beyond the occasional loss of citizenship.
This is essentially what governments did in the late 1900s and early 2000s with respect to Nazis. Whether you were a lowly concentration camp guard or in Hitler's inner circle, if there was evidence you were a Nazi, it was straight to jail with your walker.
It worked.
It worked.
Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.
January 24, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I’m sorry but as someone who has a book and a PhD on this exact thing, this is just straight up not true. The majority of Nazis discovered living abroad (particularly in the US, Australia, and UK) faced almost no legal consequences beyond the occasional loss of citizenship.
Not enough people understand this. The first thing I do after purchasing an e-book is strip the DRM from it and store a copy on an external hard drive.
If someone else – or more likely some company – can delete all your data, then it was never really /your/ data.
"Within a couple of years of ChatGPT coming out, I had come to rely on the artificial-intelligence tool, for my work as a professor of plant sciences at the University of Cologne in Germany."
SIGH.
SIGH.
January 22, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Not enough people understand this. The first thing I do after purchasing an e-book is strip the DRM from it and store a copy on an external hard drive.
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
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Grok is so much worse than you think.
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Grok is so much worse than you think.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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There's nothing funny about the death of Scott Adams, which is a fitting tribute to his legacy as a cartoonist.
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
There's nothing funny about the death of Scott Adams, which is a fitting tribute to his legacy as a cartoonist.
If I ever move to Windows 11, I will burn the registry to the ground to remove this nonsense.
www.techrepublic.com/article/news...
www.techrepublic.com/article/news...
Leaked Windows 11 Feature Shows Copilot Moving Into File Explorer
Microsoft is testing a hidden 'Chat with Copilot' button in Windows 11 File Explorer, signaling deeper AI search and a coming Agent Launchers framework.
www.techrepublic.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
If I ever move to Windows 11, I will burn the registry to the ground to remove this nonsense.
www.techrepublic.com/article/news...
www.techrepublic.com/article/news...
About time. Now do it faster.
Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech
www.theregister.com/2026/01/11/e...
Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech
www.theregister.com/2026/01/11/e...
Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech
: Call for Evidence casts FOSS as a way to break US dependence
www.theregister.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
About time. Now do it faster.
Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech
www.theregister.com/2026/01/11/e...
Brussels plots open source push to pry Europe off Big Tech
www.theregister.com/2026/01/11/e...