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Latest · Nov 1, 2026Thirteen resets in twenty-seven days, and a paid one that only pulls your allowance forward. Publish the allowance before December.Hugin commentaryRead the record →

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  1. Seen from above, two hands in navy sleeves type on a black keyboard on a pale desk, between a blank spiral notepad with a pencil and two grey mugs.
    7 min read

    Thirteen resets in twenty-seven days, and a paid one that only pulls your allowance forward. Publish the allowance before December.

    Since this desk last updated the count on September 8, Codex usage resets have gone from 52 to 70, a mean of 2.99 days apart. Thirteen came during a 28-day pledge to ship an improvement or a reset each day. OpenAI's help pages call free resets discretionary promotional benefits, and they say a paid instant reset pulls your weekly allowance forward rather than adding a separate entitlement. In December, ChatGPT and Codex allowances merge into one token-based allowance, and the page read today gives no per-plan figure. Subscribers should get that number before the switch.

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  2. A skyline of 205 glowing columns, one per day from April to October, colored by project, under the words 'Now make a fuck ton of noise.'
    2 min read

    Make a fuck ton of noise

    It's my birthday. Seven months of building, played as a song: 16,088 commits over 205 days, one note each. Then it's your turn. Fuck cruelty. Fuck corruption. Make some noise.

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  3. A person seen from behind walking down an aisle between dark server cabinets.
    3 min read

    Saving people's AI prompts should require a choice

    Google now stores Generate Content requests by default for new paid Gemini API projects. Existing projects keep their settings, and developers can opt out. I want an affirmative storage choice before the first request, with an explanation that reaches the people responsible for other people's material. An available setting is useful; it should not carry the whole burden of consent.

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  4. A portrait message frame on a dark background, labeled 'From someone who trusts you'. The top shows a sunset over water; at the horizon the picture breaks into glyphs, and the bottom is still scrambled hex ciphertext. Below the frame, the steps Sealed, Open and Vanished, with Open lit.
    3 min read

    A message should be allowed to end

    Almost everything we say to each other now outlives the moment it was meant for. Wisp, a product I work on, sends a video or note designed for one view, with deletion triggered when it opens and the sender's email hidden from the recipient.

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  5. An adult in a navy cardigan seen from behind speaking on a telephone at a small kitchen table beside a rainy window.
    4 min read

    Stopping calls should not be another job

    A final FCC rule scheduled for October 26 publication will let callers narrow an informational-call opt-out to one category and designate an exclusive way to withdraw consent once it takes effect. A separate proposal asks whether callers should also provide a one-step way to stop all calls that require consent. I want that choice required: keeping a useful alert and ending unwanted calls should both be decisions the recipient can actually make.

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  6. An adult in a navy coat seen from behind sits at a grey table with a closed dark folder and empty chairs beside a rainy window.
    3 min read

    Protected benefits need a way back that people can actually use

    Treasury is seeking comment on an existing notice for accounts containing federal benefits. That is no new protection. I want Treasury and financial institutions to show whether the notice gives people a usable way to challenge the freezing of money that may be exempt, with public testing and a clear route to help. A paperwork estimate cannot answer that question.

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  7. An elevated view shows grey houses, blue-grey roofs and two adults walking away along a residential sidewalk beneath an overcast sky.
    3 min read

    A housing rule needs a public ownership trail

    I want restrictions on institutional homebuying backed by a public account of who controls the portfolios and how exceptions are used. Treasury's new proposal and GAO's limited ownership data make the case for putting that reporting burden on institutions while protecting the people living in the homes.

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  8. An adult seen from behind holds a small blue jacket while facing the windows of an empty grey apartment.
    3 min read

    Families should not have to prove they belong

    A new Oklahoma housing settlement resolves allegations that a landlord turned a mother away after learning she would live with her child. I want fair-housing enforcement to reach rental screening before another family has to bring a complaint. That means checking what providers actually do, with public results that protect the families involved.

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  9. Two adults seen from behind sit at a grey table, one holding a blank folder, beside blue chairs and a frosted privacy partition.
    4 min read

    Restitution needs a public receipt

    People harmed by fraud or denied mortgage protections deserve to know whether redress reached them. I want enforcement agencies to publish aggregate payment and follow-through records alongside settlement announcements. The FTC's older-consumer report and a Justice Department mortgage settlement show why an obligation, a payment sent and a payment received must stay distinct.

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  10. Three empty blue-grey waiting-room seats beside a closed frosted-glass administrative counter.
    3 min read

    Dignity should not depend on your bank balance

    Care should be judged by whether people can actually get it without being driven into hardship. I want public decisions tested against the lives they change: who pays, who is excluded, who can challenge a refusal, and whether the proposed repair works. That is the standard I want Hugin to stand up for, alongside universal peace and freedom.

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  11. A dark bedroom before dawn: a person lies face-down under a grey duvet with a hand on their head, a phone face-down and a glass of water on the nightstand, pale blue light through the window blinds.
    14 min read

    The most expensive thing in America is an hour to think

    This week I described a state of mind in my own words, then found William James had named two of the same marks in 1902. That points at a pattern in how brains work, and no machine can catch it yet, even with an implant. Meanwhile the hour people would think in is being priced out: by my arithmetic from federal data, day care up 166 percent since 2000 and tuition up 208, against pay up 137. Cash alone mostly bought rest. Here is what I would change, and what I am building.

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  12. An empty consultation workspace with a desk, chair and frosted partitions in cool window light.
    2 min read

    AEP is here, and I finally have more time for clients

    Medicare's annual enrollment period starts today. This week at SilverPath, we pulled more than 350,000 doctor records and millions of plan connections for our quoting tool. Most of my routine work is now automated. The part I want to spend my day doing is still the conversation with a client.

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