Hugh Mungous
@hughmungous.bsky.social
TTRPGs, craft beer, rowing, who has time for more? Progressive politics, he/him
Head of the Yarra yesterday. Decent row, just not very fast. Good times
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Head of the Yarra yesterday. Decent row, just not very fast. Good times
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Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
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Holocaust Survivor Bernard Marks, 87 survivor of Auschwitz & Dachau confronting elected sheriff & I.C.E. Director
July 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Holocaust Survivor Bernard Marks, 87 survivor of Auschwitz & Dachau confronting elected sheriff & I.C.E. Director
See a beach photo, post a beach photo
May 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
See a beach photo, post a beach photo
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This is outstanding on the vapid scientifically illiterate dreams of the tech overlord class
arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
Silicon Valley billionaires literally want the impossible
Ars chats with physicist and science journalist Adam Becker about his new book, More Everything Forever.
arstechnica.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is outstanding on the vapid scientifically illiterate dreams of the tech overlord class
arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
arstechnica.com/culture/2025...
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“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
- Thomas Pynchon
I think about that a lot these days.
- Thomas Pynchon
I think about that a lot these days.
May 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
- Thomas Pynchon
I think about that a lot these days.
- Thomas Pynchon
I think about that a lot these days.
Must be a nice morning for a row as the balloons are out .
May 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Must be a nice morning for a row as the balloons are out .
Just back from a driving holiday to Perth and back. About 7,500km all up. Parts of Australia are amazing. But there's a lot of it...
April 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Just back from a driving holiday to Perth and back. About 7,500km all up. Parts of Australia are amazing. But there's a lot of it...
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Wow so the people of Lithuania gathered to mourn and pay their respects to the 4 American soldiers that tragically died there during training…this is what allies do 🫡….meanwhile Trump skipped the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base to play golf in Miami with Saudis
April 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Wow so the people of Lithuania gathered to mourn and pay their respects to the 4 American soldiers that tragically died there during training…this is what allies do 🫡….meanwhile Trump skipped the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base to play golf in Miami with Saudis
On the WA SA border, heading west tomorrow
March 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
On the WA SA border, heading west tomorrow
Passing through Adelaide I visited the Botanical Gardens, where they're holding an exhibition of Chihuly glass sculpture
March 23, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Passing through Adelaide I visited the Botanical Gardens, where they're holding an exhibition of Chihuly glass sculpture
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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
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A cartoon for #worldbookday (coming on Thursday 6th) for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
March 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A cartoon for #worldbookday (coming on Thursday 6th) for this week’s @theguardian.com books.
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Responses to this post reveal that lots of people have not given more than a few seconds thought to how AVs are going to affect cities. I guess I should do a pod on it.
How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
www.youtube.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Responses to this post reveal that lots of people have not given more than a few seconds thought to how AVs are going to affect cities. I guess I should do a pod on it.
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"During the meeting, Ukraine was told it faced imminent shutoff of the Starlink service if it did not reach a deal on critical minerals, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss closed negotiations."
Astonishing betrayal of an ally.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
Astonishing betrayal of an ally.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources
U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"During the meeting, Ukraine was told it faced imminent shutoff of the Starlink service if it did not reach a deal on critical minerals, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss closed negotiations."
Astonishing betrayal of an ally.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
Astonishing betrayal of an ally.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
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I wrote this on the most consistently terrible, and fatal, idea in centrist politics today. On Fanta, rebadging, and why attempting to win votes from fascists is morally disgusting and politically suicidal.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Appeasing the far-right won't placate them — they'll just want the next cruelty
Their concerns are not about society, the economy or public safety, they’re an ever-moving target of fear and hatred that cannot be sated, it has to be challenged.
www.irishexaminer.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I wrote this on the most consistently terrible, and fatal, idea in centrist politics today. On Fanta, rebadging, and why attempting to win votes from fascists is morally disgusting and politically suicidal.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
I'm back from the underdark. Son Doong cave
February 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm back from the underdark. Son Doong cave
The view from the back door at a friend's farm. If the wind turns to a northerly as predicted, it will be heading straight towards them.
January 30, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The view from the back door at a friend's farm. If the wind turns to a northerly as predicted, it will be heading straight towards them.
Rowing in summer has some advantages.
January 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Rowing in summer has some advantages.
Nothing like a nice can of red wine on a warm summer evening
January 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Nothing like a nice can of red wine on a warm summer evening
Soft serve stout at Onedrop in Sydney
December 21, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Soft serve stout at Onedrop in Sydney
How did I not know until today that "A Boy and His Dog" is set in this year?
September 14, 2024 at 12:38 AM
How did I not know until today that "A Boy and His Dog" is set in this year?
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An absolute one-off.
Kinky Friedman, provocative satirist and one-time gubernatorial candi…
Friedman launched a boisterous campaign for governor in 2006, decades after forming the band Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys.
www.texastribune.org
June 27, 2024 at 3:44 PM
An absolute one-off.