Michael M. Hughes
@michaelmhughes.bsky.social
Author, speaker, game designer, magical thinker, satirist. Copy editor @The Baltimore Banner. Opinions 💯 mine. http://theartofmagicalliving.com and http://michaelmhughes.com. And coming to Kickstarter March 2025: http://rockersandrollersgame.com
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The first print run of Magic for the Resistance has sold out already! I am delighted that it is having renewed life at such an important time.
devil crept in eden wood
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February 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
devil crept in eden wood
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Uh, maybe we should keep AI-driven surgical tools OUT OF PEOPLE’S FUCKING HEADS?!?
“Since AI was added to the device the FDA has received unconfirmed reports of at least 100 malfunctions & adverse events…Most allegedly involved errors in which the TruDi Navigation System misinformed surgeons about the location of their instruments while they were using them inside patients’ heads”
February 10, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Uh, maybe we should keep AI-driven surgical tools OUT OF PEOPLE’S FUCKING HEADS?!?
I’d rather use an old-school web forum, tbh. Much easier to use and far more logical UI.
February 10, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I’d rather use an old-school web forum, tbh. Much easier to use and far more logical UI.
It just leaves me frustrated, no matter how many times I try to fit my brain around it. I'd rather use an old-school web forum, which is 100x easier to navigate and makes logical sense.
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
It just leaves me frustrated, no matter how many times I try to fit my brain around it. I'd rather use an old-school web forum, which is 100x easier to navigate and makes logical sense.
I really would love to see something replace Discord. It’s the clunkiest, most difficult to navigate platform, but unfortunately so many communities I would live to be part of use it for their primary communications. I have tried. It is just awful and painful.
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I really would love to see something replace Discord. It’s the clunkiest, most difficult to navigate platform, but unfortunately so many communities I would live to be part of use it for their primary communications. I have tried. It is just awful and painful.
Ah, Tulski Gabbardanova is back in the news. Whatever could she be up to now?
February 10, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Ah, Tulski Gabbardanova is back in the news. Whatever could she be up to now?
Reposted by Michael M. Hughes
What this ad doesn’t show: Ring also rolled out facial recognition for humans. I wrote to them months ago about this. Their answer? They won’t ask for your consent.
This definitely isn’t about dogs—it’s about mass surveillance.
x.com/Phil_Lewis_/...
This definitely isn’t about dogs—it’s about mass surveillance.
x.com/Phil_Lewis_/...
x.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
What this ad doesn’t show: Ring also rolled out facial recognition for humans. I wrote to them months ago about this. Their answer? They won’t ask for your consent.
This definitely isn’t about dogs—it’s about mass surveillance.
x.com/Phil_Lewis_/...
This definitely isn’t about dogs—it’s about mass surveillance.
x.com/Phil_Lewis_/...
AI art is the tool of fascism. Even when it's employed by people fighting fascism.
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
AI art is the tool of fascism. Even when it's employed by people fighting fascism.
Props for I Ching reference!
February 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Props for I Ching reference!
Reposted by Michael M. Hughes
When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
When I worked for Reason magazine during Trump's rise to power in 2016, I was explicitly forbidden by the editor in chief from writing about Trump's racism, or the violence and racism at his rallies.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
It was a "sideshow," I was told.
Excellent, thank you!
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Excellent, thank you!
Reposted by Michael M. Hughes
Analysis: we fired all our arts and culture writers
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Analysis: we fired all our arts and culture writers
Post a banger that isn't in English.
February 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Post a banger that isn't in English.
But HATE is what we want! It's who we are! You will take our hate when you pry it from our cold, dead, white hands!
February 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
But HATE is what we want! It's who we are! You will take our hate when you pry it from our cold, dead, white hands!
I'd suggest that racism is eclipses both.
February 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I'd suggest that racism is eclipses both.
Bob, John, Jimi
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Bob, John, Jimi
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“Lying in feces, throw up, urine… like animals in a cage at the zoo.”
A whistleblower recounts the horrific ICE detention center conditions in Baltimore — a similar story everywhere.
A whistleblower recounts the horrific ICE detention center conditions in Baltimore — a similar story everywhere.
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
“Lying in feces, throw up, urine… like animals in a cage at the zoo.”
A whistleblower recounts the horrific ICE detention center conditions in Baltimore — a similar story everywhere.
A whistleblower recounts the horrific ICE detention center conditions in Baltimore — a similar story everywhere.
I should add that she said she does this during movies and narrative TV shows. That’s what boggles my mind.
February 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I should add that she said she does this during movies and narrative TV shows. That’s what boggles my mind.
So wait, do the new MAHA nutrition guidelines recommend not just an abundance of meat, but also ferments and human ears? Sorry, had the volume muted when Mike Tyson was talking in the commercial.
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
So wait, do the new MAHA nutrition guidelines recommend not just an abundance of meat, but also ferments and human ears? Sorry, had the volume muted when Mike Tyson was talking in the commercial.
Yes. I’ve seen it too.
February 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Yes. I’ve seen it too.
I am guessing this is a clickbait headline.
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I am guessing this is a clickbait headline.
I was shocked when a coworker said she scrolls TikTok videos on her phone while watching TV and then I learned that LOTS of people do that.
We are doomed.
We are doomed.
February 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I was shocked when a coworker said she scrolls TikTok videos on her phone while watching TV and then I learned that LOTS of people do that.
We are doomed.
We are doomed.
Ewww. Put your phone down when watching TV. It’s pretty simple.
February 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Ewww. Put your phone down when watching TV. It’s pretty simple.