Michael Lugo
@miclugo.bsky.social
northerner in exile, data scientist, reads too much, lover of cats, parent of world's cutest chaos muppets. My mom took Tylenol when she was pregnant.
Overseas prison.
If you're a business owner who fires someone you have assigned to an overseas job and you don't buy them a plane ticket home you should actually go to prison
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
February 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Overseas prison.
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I can not express enough how much you should not “watch the Super Bowl for the ads.” Super Bowl ads have not been fun for a decade. You are going to watch 3,000 AI commercials that make you sad, and 4,000 sports betting commercials that make you spiral, and 20,000 Uber Eats ads with the same joke.
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I can not express enough how much you should not “watch the Super Bowl for the ads.” Super Bowl ads have not been fun for a decade. You are going to watch 3,000 AI commercials that make you sad, and 4,000 sports betting commercials that make you spiral, and 20,000 Uber Eats ads with the same joke.
Has she even read all the books she's written?
I don't see how self-publishing world survives GenAI. It's going to be an absurd increase in slop books with no reason to expect any increase in paying readers.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
February 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Has she even read all the books she's written?
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“I do not have a magic database that has all the answers in it.”
(OK, I try not to say this, but I think it.)
“I do not have a magic database that has all the answers in it.”
(OK, I try not to say this, but I think it.)
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Our music is by The Triangles."
"Our music is by The Triangles."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Sadly, not aliens."
"Sadly, not aliens."
February 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“I do not have a magic database that has all the answers in it.”
(OK, I try not to say this, but I think it.)
“I do not have a magic database that has all the answers in it.”
(OK, I try not to say this, but I think it.)
Torta place has a sign saying they want to hire “persona con disposicion a trabajar”. There’s got to be a story there.
February 7, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Torta place has a sign saying they want to hire “persona con disposicion a trabajar”. There’s got to be a story there.
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In downhill ski racing they should all go down the mountain at the same time. Except I imagine pretty soon everyone would be injured and unable to ski.
February 7, 2026 at 11:21 AM
In downhill ski racing they should all go down the mountain at the same time. Except I imagine pretty soon everyone would be injured and unable to ski.
Is this where Gritty lives?
Still cold and snowy enough to build disgusting ice palaces in Philadelphia
February 7, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Is this where Gritty lives?
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Hi does everyone know there’s a real Kermit the Frog and it looks like this, this is 1000% real, it’s called Hyalinobatrachium dianae and once again IT IS REAL this is a real picture
February 5, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Hi does everyone know there’s a real Kermit the Frog and it looks like this, this is 1000% real, it’s called Hyalinobatrachium dianae and once again IT IS REAL this is a real picture
Joe and Kamala’s friends are hitting me up for money again. But they had some sort of falling out, I think. They don’t mention Joe and Kamala any more.
February 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Joe and Kamala’s friends are hitting me up for money again. But they had some sort of falling out, I think. They don’t mention Joe and Kamala any more.
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they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
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Thete are coffee table books with photos of Braun equipment, Apple computers, collections of corporate brand standards, typeface specimens etc.
But outside of some nostalgic video game coffee table books, have their ever been books showing primarily software? Graphical user interfaces or apps?
But outside of some nostalgic video game coffee table books, have their ever been books showing primarily software? Graphical user interfaces or apps?
February 3, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Thete are coffee table books with photos of Braun equipment, Apple computers, collections of corporate brand standards, typeface specimens etc.
But outside of some nostalgic video game coffee table books, have their ever been books showing primarily software? Graphical user interfaces or apps?
But outside of some nostalgic video game coffee table books, have their ever been books showing primarily software? Graphical user interfaces or apps?
You can call them Al
ohhh wait you guys weren't talking about american idol
February 2, 2026 at 11:05 PM
You can call them Al
Build the wall
(between Georgia and Florida)
(between Georgia and Florida)
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Build the wall
(between Georgia and Florida)
(between Georgia and Florida)
The hard part is knowing what time sunrise is. You need to be able to read the Wikipedia article about sunrise.
If only computers had built in clocks in order to tell time using some sort of deterministic machine-readable format.
But alas, the only way to know whether it's daytime is to pay nearly a dollar every 30 minutes to ask a fancy autocomplete bot.
But alas, the only way to know whether it's daytime is to pay nearly a dollar every 30 minutes to ask a fancy autocomplete bot.
I’m starting to think the people who are excited about “AI agents” have literally never used a computer in their lives
February 1, 2026 at 12:49 PM
The hard part is knowing what time sunrise is. You need to be able to read the Wikipedia article about sunrise.
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Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
May 16, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
I hope the mileage doesn’t overflow
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I hope the mileage doesn’t overflow
But no new cat gifs. There are plenty of cat gifs already, we can use those.
There should be a one-month moratorium on new work. Just give everyone the month of February to do the things they are already doing. Nothing new. No additional projects. No new initiatives. No requests. Any email asking someone to do something is automatically rejected and replaced with a cat gif.
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
But no new cat gifs. There are plenty of cat gifs already, we can use those.
I've got electric heat, which seems less than ideal right now. Turned up the heat in case the power goes out - I don't know if this actually makes sense but it at least is helping me cope right now. Making sure everything is charged. I have food.
January 25, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I've got electric heat, which seems less than ideal right now. Turned up the heat in case the power goes out - I don't know if this actually makes sense but it at least is helping me cope right now. Making sure everything is charged. I have food.
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Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word.
January 24, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word.
OK so when they come to Philly, the Rocky statue is going to get one of these signs, right?
January 24, 2026 at 2:43 AM
OK so when they come to Philly, the Rocky statue is going to get one of these signs, right?
He’s sucking up to the emperor
January 24, 2026 at 12:54 AM
He’s sucking up to the emperor
Church just sent a message saying “ice bad” (and therefore no service Sunday). I think they mean both kinds.
There is ice forecasted and there is also ICE and this is confusing
January 23, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Church just sent a message saying “ice bad” (and therefore no service Sunday). I think they mean both kinds.