2022 HWFO Year in Review

Highlights from this past year, and some personal stuff

State of the Blog

2022 was a good year for the publication and for me personally. We now look like a real publication:

We have tabs, which is nice. We have a merch store with coffee mugs, hats, apparel, etc:

https://hwfo.myshopify.com/

We’re closing in on 3,000 subscribers:

The private Slack server for paid subscribers continues to grow, and is approaching 200 active members:

State of the Author

I released my third EP, available on all streaming services as far as I’m aware.

I performed at a couple of shows, including this benefit concert for RAINN: (streaming copy of the set is at this link.)

2023 Plans

Most important among my 2023 plans for the blog is throwing the first, possibly annual, possibly last depending on how it goes, HWFOCon with some of the subscription money. This is basically going to be a invite-only weekend long pool party where folks can show up, camp out, grill out, and talk to each other about HWFOish concepts. If you’re interested, upgrade your subscription to paid and join the Slack server, which is where all this planning will take place.

2022 Article Highlights

I ran through the last year’s worth of material, which includes a few old Medium pieces that got ported over, and made a top 20 list. If you missed these, consider going back and reading them.

She Did Not Go Gently

The Surprisingly Solid Mathematical Case of the Tin Foil Hat Gun Prepper

Ninety Seven Percent

Guns and Protofascism

Finnegan’s Business Plan

Inflation for Dummies

Aural Hypertext and the Memory of Man

Eleven Fewer Dead People

Visualizing the 2021 National Firearms Survey

Measuring Civil Penalties in Units of "OJs"

Nuclear Power and Hot Air Balloons

A New Unit of Measure for Civil Unrest

Weighing US Homicide Rates vs European Genocide Rates

The Five Confusing Definitions of Racism

Memespace Egregores and Maajid Nawaz

Explaining the USA Pro Gun Position to a Foreigner

87,000 Racists