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Review: 2025

Posted on Thursday, 1. January 2026 by hmvh

If 2024 was a blurry smudge, then 2025 was a stubborn stain that just wouldn’t go away. The shitshow began punctually after New Year’s Eve when I noticed some cunt had ripped off my car’s Mercedes emblem. No, this obviously dare not compare to the untold damage caused by the California wildfires that started on the 1st of January and were exacerbated by drought conditions, mismanagement, and budget cuts — but hey, it’s a symbolic start! Continue reading →

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The smudge that was 2024

Posted on Tuesday, 31. December 2024 by hmvh

2024 is over, and that’s a good thing. It was not a good year. 2024 was, for all intents and purposes, a long blurry smudge of monotony mired in many minor personal disasters and distractions. Playing about with AI-tools and participating in numerous webinars on the topic ate into so much of my time that most projects I had planned for the year remain handwritten bullet points on a piece of paper. I also had a serious flu that may or may not have been covid, a broken tooth, a parking ticket, a speeding ticket, and a nasty case of lumbago. These are white people’s problems that don’t normally happen to me. Continue reading →

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