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Jun 21, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 21 June 2026

There Is No Spoo Edition Top Story AMD and Intel have unveiled their new ACE instruction set, which extends AVX vector instructions into matrix calculations. (Tom's Hardware) A single ACE instructi...

Jun 21, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Driving In From Auda City

Read Driving In From Auda City Caller: "What are your rates for this evening?" Me: "Give me just one moment, ma'am. The rate for the evening is $99.99 plus tax, total estimated cost, $114.95." Call...

Jun 21, 2026 from Hackaday

Hacking the Mi Band 10 Smart Band and its Bestechnic SoC

In between playing Doom on the most ergonomically challenged devices, [Aaron Christophel] likes to take a relaxing break with reverse-engineering Xiaomi Mi Band fitness trackers and writing custom ...

Jun 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Japanese merry-go-round has heartwarming backstory, is one of the best rides in Japan

The amusement park may have been demolished, but this ride lives on. “This might be the most enjoyable merry-go-round I’ve ever ridden.” That was the honest reaction from our reporter Natsuno Futon...

Jun 21, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Overwhelming Lady of Kalymnos Found at the Bottom of the Aegean Represents a Real Woman

It was 1994 when a fisherman from the Greek island of Kalymnos, in the Dodecanese, cast his nets into the Aegean Sea without knowing that day would go down in history. When he gathered the catch, a...

Jun 21, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Married Popes

Our discussion on clerical celibacy, and how Emperor Justinian decreed no bishop or higher position could be married, leads us to take a look at popes that were married.The first, of course, was Pe...

Jun 21, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Today in Supreme Court History: June 21, 1989

6/21/1989: Texas v. Johnson is decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: June 21, 1989 appeared first on Reason.com.

Jun 21, 2026 from Kev Quirk

📝 2026-06-21 09:35: Some goats, just goating around, watching me mow the field.

Some goats, just goating around, watching me mow the field. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or leave a comment.

Jun 21, 2026 from It's FOSS

Firefox Can Do All This? 21 Features Most Users Never Touch

Stop using Firefox like a rookie. Here are lesser known Firefox features that will improve your browing experience.

Jun 21, 2026 from Roy Tang

Weeknotes 2026-06-21

Today is Father's Day! The World The Iran crisis has been resolved! Sort of. The US and Iran signed some kind of interim deal that kicks the question of nuclear disarmament down the road of further...

Jun 20, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

We invent ice slurry somen to combat the extreme Japanese summer heat【SoraKitchen】

Although your pre-battle preparations need to start a week in advance. With many parts of Japan already experiencing extremely hot days, with some areas of eastern Japan reaching 35 degrees Celsius...

Jun 20, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Everything Must Go

Read Everything Must Go Customer: "I want to send my ramen back." Me: "What's the issue you have with it, ma'am?" Customer: "It's got all this… junk in it!" Read Everything Must Go

Jun 20, 2026 from Hackaday

Defeat Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes by Becoming the Bug Zapper

Few things are more satisfying during a Summer night than hearing the crackle and pop of another mosquito hurling itself against a bug zapper and knowing that it won’t be …read more

Jun 20, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Supporing the Pumpernickel Bagel

After reading that pumpernickel bagels are becoming endangered, I set out to buy, photograph, eat, and write about one to support a tasty cause.

Jun 20, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Pin Finals 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXXV

Leafy Intro Welcome to the 285th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal ("NLJ") and its short-form wr...

Jun 20, 2026 from riz#000000me

Simple Adblocking to Improve the Internet

It really is so simple and has such a big impact!

Jun 20, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 20 June 2026

Acist Quarterly Edition Top Story Amazon has dropped - the bad kind of dropped - its planned Sam Altman biopic, Artificial. (The Independent) The film, which depicted the credibly accused but I wou...

Jun 20, 2026 from Peter's Path

Marskramer Path part 07

Hiked part 7/20 of the Marskramer Path, 18.9 kilometres from Lettele to Deventer. The area between Lettele and the Hanseatic city of Deventer is a small-scale varied landscape with meadows, forest ...

Jun 20, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

Godot 4.7 adds AreaLight3D, Asset Store overhaul, GABE support, and HDR output

Godot 4.7 has been released with a focus on rendering improvements, editor usability, and Android development. One of its main additions is AreaLight3D, a new node for real time rectangular light s...

Jun 20, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Discovery in the Jabal al-Tayr Necropolis Redefines the Origins of Egyptian Pyramid Architecture

The sands guarding the eastern bank of the Nile in the Minya Governorate have brought to light a set of funerary evidence that compels a reassessment of established ideas regarding the evolution of...