Hugh Daigle

The Brahms horn trio slaps. First real repertoire I did in high school as a French horn player. Still surprised they trusted me with that as a 9th grader.

Voted early today. Felt good. UT folks, I went over to the LBJ School - no wait at 2 pm. I know the Union polling station has been crazy, so consider the alternative if you can.

Austin FC vs Vancouver

Nice fallstreak hole over ATX this afternoon (taken from Lamar & 24th). Explanation in alt text.

My parents in NH usually lock in a low rate with a contract negotiated in the summer when prices are low. Not so this year; prices were too volatile and now they’re baslcally floating on the short-term market. Should end up 30-50% more than last year. Not sure how they’ll work it.

In 2025 average daily diesel consumption in the US was about 580,000 tons

In 2025 average diesel consumption in the US was about 580,000 tons/day

Interesting that the lives of Scott Joplin (1868-1917) and Claude Debussy (1862-1918) basically overlapped. Golliwog’s Cakewalk is typically performed too fast relative to Joplin’s cakewalks, but the harmonies are more provocative.

ACL Fest and OU weekend make it very difficult to schedule midterms at UT and I feel like we should abolish… something

ATX is off the hook in apartment names. One of my grad students literally lives in “The Outlaw”.

Are those diesel prices I see, streaking across the desert?

No, this is expected given the strength of this el niño, right?

I literally got a message last week inviting me to join the "EU Academy of Sciences" (not to be confused with the European Academy of Sciences, which is a real thing). Yet another scam preying on struggling academics.

”’it’s probably not such a great idea,‘ Daigle said.” Like I tell my kids when they’re about to do something that will send us to the emergency room

Yeah, I wish more Americans understood there‘s no such thing as energy independence.

I will say again- this diesel nonsense is going to lead to unaffordable heating oil in New England, including for my parents. I am lucky that I can help them with $$ but so many are not so fortunate. The solution is to resolve the conflict in Iran. This is so dumb.

Haha my quote made the headline! But seriously a ban on diesel exports is a bad move. Better to resolve the situation in Iran. www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...

www.eia.gov/energyexplai... “U.S. petroleum refineries produce most of the diesel fuel the United States consumes.” This is not an Ukraine problem, folks. C’mon man.

HOLY SHIT TEXAS

Beautiful sunset in ATX. Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend. Photo by my 13-year-old.

My parents, like many people in New Hampshire, rely on heating oil in the winter. Usually they lock in a low(ish) season-long rate during the summer. This year their oil provider couldn’t make this happen because of uncertainty. Now prices are rising again. I worry for them! This is all unnecessary.

This is a great story from @katearonoff.bsky.social on the new UNEP emissions gap report and a recent ERL paper from @arvindpawan1.bsky.social and @hdaigle.bsky.social

AI was actually helpful in telling me that UT's weekend parking leniency extends to Labor Day and pointed me to the exact section of the HOP that says so. A rare (so far) win! (Took the kids to the rec pool at Gregory Gym because it was 101 degrees out, and my F permit gets us a premium spot.)

Ok duh but what’s up with SoCal? Too many Eastern New England expats?

@vermontgmg.bsky.social and I were at the same college near Boston on this morning. I remember seeing the news of the first plane strike, shrugging, and heading off to my work study job where I heard of all the rest. Fighter jets around Boston the rest of the day. Millennial coming of age.

Are colons the new em-dash or what

Are colons the new em-dash or what

Donating blood is good for your community and good for your health. And you get free Gatorade!

I literally said this on the radio 6 months ago come on guys

It's so weird that Dolly Parton used her money to help ordinary people in a thousand different meaningful ways *and* lived an incredibly happy fulfilled life, almost like there's some sort of connection between the two. Anyway, let me read about another AI CEO poisoning a town for shits and giggles

Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know what you think clanker is but in Texas it’s the output of a cement plant. So I’m not sure I understand The Current Discourse.

You wouldn’t believe the AI compliance training I had to do today! OK, you probably would. “Everyone is adopting AI, how can we protect ourselves?” Garrett’s piece is a good counterpoint- this isn’t inevitable, and the tide is actually starting to ebb…

Not in the paper, but I'll add this anecdote. A friend who used to work for an operator that did a lot of carbon storage told me that their biggest expense was remediating old wells that could be leaky. So I'm skeptical that we can use existing boreholes or even entire assets for this.

Fun work with @arvindpawan1.bsky.social - this is why we do academia! CCUS will be a very heavy lift, even with oil & gas industry expertise…

And here’s a really flattering shot, with the fanny pack my mother lent me, atop Mt Kearsarge. My high school is Mt K’s namesake - Kearsarge Regional High School. Go KRHS Cougars!