Easter is one of the most significant days on the Christian calendar – the celebration of Jesus rising from the dead. If you’ve been meaning to find a church, or it’s been a while since you’ve attended, I really think Easter is one of the best times to walk through those doors. Why Easter Is a Great Time to Visit a Church In my experience, churches go all out for Easter. You can expect: ...
First, this is not going to be a step by step guide. There are plenty of posts on the internet how to do it but this is why you have to do things a particular way. I really like using the terminal but especially for things like Proxmox, I also really like keeping it to the UI where I can and just use the terminal where I have to. Let’s assume I already have my Synology mounted in the Proxmox system which is really easy to do in the UI and perhaps a lot simpler. ...
Editorial note: This is a merged post containing two clearly labeled analyses: Part I: Claude’s original meta-analysis (verbatim structure, lightly condensed for flow) Part II: OpenAI Codex’s critique and response Source analyses compared: Claude’s Cornyn vs. Paxton Comparison Codex’s Cornyn vs. Paxton Comparison Part I - Claude’s Analysis Authored by Claude (Anthropic AI). Claude’s core conclusions Claude judged its own comparison as stronger on depth, narrative framing, and explicit “say vs do” alignment scoring. Claude judged Codex’s comparison as stronger on primary-source rigor (Congress.gov, Senate roll calls, court dockets). Claude identified major omissions in Codex’s version, especially details about Paxton’s legal controversies, race-finance context, and additional enforcement actions. Claude also identified key omissions in its own version, especially the Laken Riley Act and some legal-case procedural context. Claude’s stated strengths for each system Claude strengths (per Claude): richer context, stronger synthesis, clearer alignment scoring, broader election narrative. Codex strengths (per Claude): tighter structure, better citation trail to auditable primary records, lower interpretive temperature. Claude’s framing diagnosis Codex was characterized as documentation-first. Claude was characterized as judgment-forward. Claude’s preferred hybrid: Codex-level source rigor plus Claude-level depth. Part II - OpenAI Codex Critique and Analysis Authored by OpenAI Codex (GPT-5). ...
Disclosure: This comparison was researched and written by Claude, an AI assistant made by Anthropic. All facts are drawn from publicly available sources including Wikipedia, Ballotpedia, The Texas Tribune, PBS NewsHour, CNN, NBC News, CBS News, and official government websites. For comparison, this same prompt was also submitted to ChatGPT (OpenAI). Both AI-generated analyses are published side by side so readers can evaluate how different AI systems frame political figures, balance sourcing, and handle contested claims. Neither output represents the editorial opinion of this publication. ...
Attribution: Research and comparison prepared by OpenAI Codex (GPT-5) on March 4, 2026. Companion piece (Claude): Read the Claude version. John Cornyn vs. Ken Paxton (Texas GOP Senate Runoff Context) Category John Cornyn Ken Paxton Current role U.S. Senator from Texas (first elected 2002; now in 4th term) Texas Attorney General (in office since Jan. 5, 2015) Core accomplishments Co-led and voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (law enacted June 25, 2022); backed and amended the Laken Riley Act (law enacted Jan. 29, 2025) Announced and finalized a $1.375B Google privacy settlement (2025); major state litigation recoveries including opioid and tech cases Major decisions Took bipartisan path on post-Uvalde gun legislation; later emphasized immigration enforcement legislation Aggressive legal strategy against federal policies and in election/immigration litigation; filed Texas v. Pennsylvania in 2020 (dismissed for lack of standing) Legal/accountability record No impeachment or comparable criminal case in this period Impeached by Texas House (May 2023), acquitted by Texas Senate (Sept. 2023); 2015 securities case resolved in 2024 pretrial diversion 2026 race status Advanced to GOP runoff scheduled May 26, 2026 Advanced to GOP runoff scheduled May 26, 2026 Alignment: What They Say vs. What They Do John Cornyn Public message: Results-oriented conservative willing to legislate. Alignment evidence: Worked across party lines on gun legislation in 2022; supported stronger immigration-enforcement legislation in 2025. Tension points: Bipartisan dealmaking can conflict with anti-compromise expectations in today’s GOP base. Ken Paxton Public message: Combative conservative legal fighter. Alignment evidence: High-volume litigation posture; significant actions on border and Big Tech privacy enforcement. Tension points: Law-and-order branding conflicts with impeachment and long-running legal controversies, despite acquittal and case resolution. Key Facts Snapshot John Cornyn U.S. Senator since 2002; former Texas Attorney General and Texas Supreme Court Justice. Senate voting record includes support for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Supported final passage of the Laken Riley Act in the 119th Congress. Ken Paxton Texas Attorney General since January 2015. Led high-dollar state privacy settlements, including the 2025 Google agreement. Impeached in 2023 and acquitted by the Texas Senate. Bottom Line Cornyn’s record is strongest on legislative negotiation and passing federal law. Paxton’s record is strongest on adversarial litigation and state-level enforcement actions. The core contrast is governance-through-legislation versus governance-through-lawsuits and legal confrontation. ...
Disclosure: This analysis was researched and written with the assistance of Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding assistant. All candidate information was sourced from public reporting, campaign websites, editorial board interviews, and polling data. The persuasion scoring reflects the author’s editorial judgment applied through an AI-assisted workflow. Voters should verify claims independently before casting a ballot. I just finished scoring every candidate in every contested race on both the Republican and Democratic primary ballots for Dallas County. Same methodology for both: two independent 1–10 scales measuring how much each candidate relies on facts/data versus feelings/emotions. Now that both ballots are done, patterns jump out. The two primaries are operating in different universes — different emotional registers, different power dynamics, different relationships with money. Here’s what I found. ...
Disclosure: This analysis was researched and written with the assistance of Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding assistant. All candidate information was sourced from public reporting, campaign websites, editorial board interviews, and polling data. The persuasion scoring reflects the author’s editorial judgment applied through an AI-assisted workflow. Voters should verify claims independently before casting a ballot. The March 3, 2026 Texas Democratic Primary ballot for Dallas County is enormous — 31 contested races spanning federal, state, and local offices. I went through my sample ballot (Precinct 12), researched every candidate in every contested race, and scored them on how much they rely on facts and data versus feelings and emotions to make their case. Same methodology as the Republican guide: two independent 1–10 scales. A candidate can score high on both, low on both, or anywhere in between. Judicial races tend to cluster low on emotion, which is appropriate — you probably don’t want a judge who campaigns on rage. One important context note: Democrats haven’t won statewide in Texas since 1994. The primary winner in most Dallas County local races is effectively the general election winner, but every statewide nominee faces long odds in November. ...
Disclosure: This analysis was researched and written with the assistance of Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding assistant. All candidate information was sourced from public reporting, campaign websites, editorial board interviews, and polling data. The persuasion scoring reflects the author’s editorial judgment applied through an AI-assisted workflow. Voters should verify claims independently before casting a ballot. The March 3, 2026 Texas Republican Primary ballot for Dallas County is packed — 12 contested races with 47 candidates total. I went through my sample ballot (Precinct 166), researched every candidate in every contested race, and scored them on how much they rely on facts and data versus feelings and emotions to make their case. The methodology is simple: two independent 1–10 scales. A candidate can score high on both (a skilled communicator who uses data and stirs emotion) or low on both (a quiet campaign with little public presence). The scores come from reviewing campaign websites, public statements, news coverage, editorial board interviews, and advertising. ...
This is going to be short but I wanted to get this down because I did this once before and everything worked out great but then when I tried it again with another lambda project, I had a lot of problems getting credentials setup. First of all, DO NOT go hard coding anything in the lambda. Definitely, DO NOT hard code credential key and secret but do not hard code the region either, unless there is a very specific need for this like you’re running the lambda in one region but say accessing an s3 bucket that is setup in another region. ...
Okay, they’re not totally useless but they might as well be. I opted to use a shell script in a mise task to manually create the file with the information I needed. Specifically, what I figured was an obvious thing was to run the command something like, hugo new content/posts/1767247204-sample.md --tile "Sample Post" --date "2026-01-01 00:00:04", otherise Hugo will insert a titlized version of the filename and the current date for the new post. This probably seems like niche issue but it’s important to me and it’s such an obvious option if you needed to back post something or perhaps you wrote it out on paper on one day and wanted it posted as that day not the current day the markdown was created. ...