johnohughes.bsky.social
@johnohughes.bsky.social
A reminder that COVID is still around. Today I had a booster shot.

It's still the best thing you can do to avoid getting sick.
January 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Russia is the ultimate three year old.

Twice in the last week they've been caught in the act of doing something naughty (Shooting down an airliner, cutting undersea cables), and even though they were caught, they're saying "It was the OTHER little boy!"
December 29, 2024 at 2:27 AM
I saw a post suggesting that Elon Musk deserves the hate he gets. Maybe he does, at that.

However, I see something different. Rather than hating him, I see him as the ultimate expression of Jesus' parable of the rich fool - one who has put his life's work into what he'll not keep.

I pity him.
December 26, 2024 at 3:46 AM
The fastest way to split the friendship between Trump and Musk would be for someone to call Musk "Mr President" in Trump's presence.
December 19, 2024 at 11:43 PM
I am now officially enrolled as a PhD student.

Floppy hat, here I come!
December 16, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Still waiting on the university to tell me if I'm officially allowed to start my PhD next year.

Weirdly nerve-wracking, even though I have little doubt of the outcome...
November 29, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Every now and again we see people getting excited over the issue of "Illegal Immigrants."

I have known four people deported for being illegal immigrants.

None entered the country illegally. All four mucked up their paperwork...

Always assume disorganisation rather than malice.
November 28, 2024 at 1:16 AM
One remarkable thing about Bluesky: I'm mostly seeing stuff that I MIGHT be interested in. When I decide I don't like something and block it or reduce it, my feed stops showing it!

(This is how it should be, but it isn't on FB).
November 27, 2024 at 11:29 PM
No, Matt Gaetz.

The F-35 is not a failed platform.

It is in fact the most successful fighter program your country has produced in about 30 years.

It's kind of sad that a person who's being put into the American government has less idea about this than an Australian layman.
November 26, 2024 at 7:09 AM