Coda
@codahale.com
Junior Financier at Global Antifa Networks, recipient of the December 2012 George Soros Lil’ Leftist award
Folks have probably been spending time with younger relations over the holidays, so let’s talk about some youth slang. “The huzz” is, of course, a reference to the Huhsz from the Ian M. Banks novel Against A Dark Background—notable for being one of the few books he wrote under that name not set in T
December 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Folks have probably been spending time with younger relations over the holidays, so let’s talk about some youth slang. “The huzz” is, of course, a reference to the Huhsz from the Ian M. Banks novel Against A Dark Background—notable for being one of the few books he wrote under that name not set in T
The Real Housewives of Trantor
December 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Real Housewives of Trantor
21. Herzog, Werner. Sings The Hits. Columbia Records, 1983.
December 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
21. Herzog, Werner. Sings The Hits. Columbia Records, 1983.
Google’s AI summaries are infuriating even if they’re accurate because it cannot distinguish between a search for the meaning of a phrase and a search for instances of a phrase. If I’m searching for “cloth yoga mat”, I don’t need to have that phrase defined for me.
December 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Google’s AI summaries are infuriating even if they’re accurate because it cannot distinguish between a search for the meaning of a phrase and a search for instances of a phrase. If I’m searching for “cloth yoga mat”, I don’t need to have that phrase defined for me.
Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!
Now Hortho, Prince of Sorrows, Cleaver of the Crown of Grimsha, Betrayer of Klamat, Unmaker of the Third Archon, End of the Final Peace, Master of the Door of Tears, Last Son of the Unseen Moon, Scourge of the Fields of ak-Shathet, Breaker of Vows!
Now Hortho, Prince of Sorrows, Cleaver of the Crown of Grimsha, Betrayer of Klamat, Unmaker of the Third Archon, End of the Final Peace, Master of the Door of Tears, Last Son of the Unseen Moon, Scourge of the Fields of ak-Shathet, Breaker of Vows!
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!
Now Hortho, Prince of Sorrows, Cleaver of the Crown of Grimsha, Betrayer of Klamat, Unmaker of the Third Archon, End of the Final Peace, Master of the Door of Tears, Last Son of the Unseen Moon, Scourge of the Fields of ak-Shathet, Breaker of Vows!
Now Hortho, Prince of Sorrows, Cleaver of the Crown of Grimsha, Betrayer of Klamat, Unmaker of the Third Archon, End of the Final Peace, Master of the Door of Tears, Last Son of the Unseen Moon, Scourge of the Fields of ak-Shathet, Breaker of Vows!
The fun thing about Christmas with a little kid is that you get to really throw yourself into making it memorable for them with all the cool activities that you loved as a kid. Then you can sit back and watch them absolutely crash out and spend most of the day on the ground demanding a cookie.
December 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The fun thing about Christmas with a little kid is that you get to really throw yourself into making it memorable for them with all the cool activities that you loved as a kid. Then you can sit back and watch them absolutely crash out and spend most of the day on the ground demanding a cookie.
I just wrote a poem for a friend’s engagement and was thinking about how fucking hollow and pointless it would make that if I’d punted to an LLM. Real gift card energy.
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I just wrote a poem for a friend’s engagement and was thinking about how fucking hollow and pointless it would make that if I’d punted to an LLM. Real gift card energy.
Wake up babe, a new Now You See Me villain just dropped
These people all go to rich people megachurches so they have no idea how freaky this looks to normal people
December 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Wake up babe, a new Now You See Me villain just dropped
Hell yeah, AI saving me time today
December 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hell yeah, AI saving me time today
Issuing a DMCA takedown because Simon didn’t say “Simon says”
December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Issuing a DMCA takedown because Simon didn’t say “Simon says”
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Why the fuck are we making Kirov-class battlecruisers, only idiots make Kirov-class battlecruisers, just put more F-15s in the fucking air
The US president said construction of the ships, outfitted with hypersonic weapons, electric railguns and high-powered lasers, would begin ‘almost immediately’. ft.trib.al/q1hjPTh
December 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Why the fuck are we making Kirov-class battlecruisers, only idiots make Kirov-class battlecruisers, just put more F-15s in the fucking air
Did a HESA Shahed 136 write this announcement
President Trump will announce on Monday a new type of large warship he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.”
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’
The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Did a HESA Shahed 136 write this announcement
I just asked Claude about AMAC, a PRF construction at the heart of Ed25519 with a security proof published almost ten years ago, and it had no idea what I was talking about. It gave me wildly incorrect (but confident!) answers until I just gave it the correct answer.
I would absolutely love a magic genie who I could bounce cryptography ideas off of, but the current products on offer all produce easily detectable levels of bullshit.
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I just asked Claude about AMAC, a PRF construction at the heart of Ed25519 with a security proof published almost ten years ago, and it had no idea what I was talking about. It gave me wildly incorrect (but confident!) answers until I just gave it the correct answer.
I would absolutely love a magic genie who I could bounce cryptography ideas off of, but the current products on offer all produce easily detectable levels of bullshit.
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I would absolutely love a magic genie who I could bounce cryptography ideas off of, but the current products on offer all produce easily detectable levels of bullshit.
And anyone with the temerity to mock our loss or laugh about this on social media will be banned, fired from their job, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of whatever we’re doing instead of the law these days
Here’s the obituary + recap of the event www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrn94WM4/
December 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
And anyone with the temerity to mock our loss or laugh about this on social media will be banned, fired from their job, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of whatever we’re doing instead of the law these days
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Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better
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Using an age keyserver as a demo, this article demonstrates how to add a transparency log to a centralized service step-by-step.
We use Tessera for the tlog, VRFs for privacy, and the Witness Network. It all takes just 500 lines to integrate!
The result of years of work making tlogs accessible.
We use Tessera for the tlog, VRFs for privacy, and the Witness Network. It all takes just 500 lines to integrate!
The result of years of work making tlogs accessible.
Building a Transparent Keyserver
We apply a transparency log to a centralized keyserver step-by-step, in less than 500 lines, with privacy protections, anti-poisoning, and witness cosigning.
words.filippo.io
December 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Using an age keyserver as a demo, this article demonstrates how to add a transparency log to a centralized service step-by-step.
We use Tessera for the tlog, VRFs for privacy, and the Witness Network. It all takes just 500 lines to integrate!
The result of years of work making tlogs accessible.
We use Tessera for the tlog, VRFs for privacy, and the Witness Network. It all takes just 500 lines to integrate!
The result of years of work making tlogs accessible.
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Your post is being read by...The Nozzle
December 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Your post is being read by...The Nozzle
It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you that the JNCO boys are back at it again
The JNCO boys got me feelin like an unc, goddamn
December 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you that the JNCO boys are back at it again
Hilarious to read as a dude who was indeed in his thirties ten years ago and who in his career survived endless waves of hip-fired reorgs, layoffs, and suicide mission projects but never encountered the elusive “lost a job opportunity to One Of Them”.
One problem with this take is the number of high profile white millennial men in the media...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hilarious to read as a dude who was indeed in his thirties ten years ago and who in his career survived endless waves of hip-fired reorgs, layoffs, and suicide mission projects but never encountered the elusive “lost a job opportunity to One Of Them”.
Matthew Yglesias doing the dril racism dial tweet but to an empty room
December 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Matthew Yglesias doing the dril racism dial tweet but to an empty room
God’s balls, Face ID, I’m just fucking yawning. It’s me; you know it’s me; the yawning, if anything, adds to the fucking authenticity.
December 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
God’s balls, Face ID, I’m just fucking yawning. It’s me; you know it’s me; the yawning, if anything, adds to the fucking authenticity.
Bomb the hospitals
December 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Bomb the hospitals