Prior thoughts:

Nathan Upchurch • 5th of October, 2026
Today in “capitalism is the most efficient way to distribute resources:” a new study from the American College of Surgeons and the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center finds that 15,000,000 Americans don’t have access to a general surgeon in their county.

Nathan Upchurch • 22nd of September, 2026
I think that love is yearning for the well-being of another as if it were your own, and despair when you cannot deliver it.

Nathan Upchurch • 21st of September, 2026
“But capitalism is the most efficient way to distribute resources!” Meanwhile, 35% of Chicago households do not have enough food, including almost half of all households with a child. You know, I kinda don’t care if we only get to pick between two kinds of mustard under a different economic system.

Nathan Upchurch • 19th of September, 2026
If we do not have the right to clean drinking water, we do not have the right to life, let alone liberty or the pursuit of happiness.

Nathan Upchurch • 17th of September, 2026
Coming from EndeavourOS (which I really like), I had the idea in my head that Fedora KDE was some sort of Shangri-La where everything just worked out of the box. Well, I can’t install KDE applications using Discover for some reason, attempting an upgrade with Discover went very poorly, and Kmail is crashing every time I attempt to send a signed email. By comparison, Endeavour was rock solid, although there’s so much more you need to do manually. All I really want is a good OOTB experience without a bunch of manual setup, recent packages, not too much system maintenance, and reliable graphical package management. Is that too much to ask?

Nathan Upchurch • 12th of September, 2026
Good read on LLM mathematical “proofs.” TLDR, like most of the LLM hype, they’re bunk.

Nathan Upchurch • 12th of September, 2026
Guy creates a fake classified program in the CIA and uses it to hide $40M worth of gold bars in his basement—work expenses, he says. You can’t help but respect the initiative.

Nathan Upchurch • 7th of August, 2026
Hello Local Business, Your AI Ads Are Costing You Customers

Nathan Upchurch • 18th of July, 2026
I love the “oud from Mozambique” line from Pete & Bas. I crave more creative flexes in rap lyrics; I’m so bored with Ferraris. But a sapele Boos Block? Now you’ve got my attention!

Nathan Upchurch • 2nd of July, 2026
Apparently the vast majority of republicans do not see me as american despite the fact that I was born a citizen. Considering how I’ve been treated in predominantly republican areas, I can’t say I’m surprised. And honestly, like, what are they even gatekeeping? Compared to many first world countries, the quality of life here is ghastly. No interest in improving anything, either. The attitude is if you don’t like it, you should leave.

Nathan Upchurch • 2nd of July, 2026
I’ve had enough of this heatwave, thanks. You can stop now.

Nathan Upchurch • 29th of June, 2026
I wish that before companies bolted-on AI assistants to their products, they first considered whether they have been neglecting basic quality of life features like fuzzy search, trimming whitespace from inputs, good info hierarchy and discoverability, etc. Like, if your software is a labyrinth full of foot-guns, of course people are going to want a magic lamp.

Nathan Upchurch • 18th of May, 2026
Spooky stuff.

Nathan Upchurch • 28th of April, 2026
Shoyeido’s Overtones Patchouli is a banger. It really should come in a box of 450 5.25 inch sticks; I’d buy one in a heartbeat.

Nathan Upchurch • 18th of April, 2026
Starting the day with some pinhead oats with banana and peanut butter, Middle Mountain Duck Shit Aroma Dan Cong Oolong from Yunnan Sourcing, and a stick of Tennendo’s Kyara. Got to love Saturday mornings.

Nathan Upchurch • 17th of March, 2026
It is just me, or is anyone else facing a deluge of reading comprehension issues when trying to communicate with others these days? Like, I can write things clearly, in plain language, multiple times, with bullet points, and folk still aren’t getting it. What is going on?!

Nathan Upchurch • 3rd of March, 2026
This exercise stuff isn’t all that bad after all.

Nathan Upchurch • 17th of February, 2026
Mefjus’ Manifest is a hell of an album. No one puts out such pristinely produced tracks as Drum and Bass artists.

Nathan Upchurch • 3rd of February, 2026
Can we stop making fun of people who play the lottery please? We know we’re not going to win it; we’re just paying for that brief, illogical feeling of hope.

Nathan Upchurch • 27th of January, 2026
A harsh truth for any new graphic designers out there: Most times, you’ll get a logo. It will occasionally be vector. Once in a blue moon, it will also be CMYK / spot. Your client does not know what these things mean. They will never know what these things mean. There is nothing you can do about it.