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Dec 10, 2026 from Muffin Man

GB Pixel Art Jam 2026 - SpaceDeck Trio

I participated in my first pixel art jam! It was a Game Boy themed one. It was a lot of fun to work with such a limited palette. The theme was Three, and I went with three player ships from SpaceDe...

Nov 03, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 3 November 2026

Crunchy Frog Edition Top Story Yes we have no frozen bananas, part the two: Hackers have hit supermarket freezers across Belgium and Sweden, turning up the defrosting units, pushing temperatures up...

Nov 03, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Such A Buzz Kill

Read Such A Buzz Kill Me: "I need a piece of cardboard or paper!" Mother: "What are you on about?! What the h*** do you need that for at this time of night?" Me: *Panicking with this ferocious inse...

Nov 03, 2026 from Above the Law

3 Congressional Races That Matter For Defense

Several lawmakers with major influence over defense policy and spending are fighting for their political futures. The post 3 Congressional Races That Matter For Defense appeared first on Above the ...

Nov 03, 2026 from Hackaday

The Depiction Of Amateur Radio In The Movies And TV

A constant in film and TV if you work with technology is to continually see wildly inappropriate depictions of it on screen. Whether it’s all those hacking scenes in which …read more

Nov 03, 2026 from It's FOSS

Fedora 45 Release Date and New Features

While the release missed its initial October 20 release target, it comes packed with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and Plasma 6.7.

Nov 03, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

I'm Back

Returning to Regular Posting

Nov 03, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A Key Painted on a 2,200-Year-Old Tomb Hints at a Priestess of Demeter

On 29 October 2026, the Soprintendenza for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of the provinces of Brindisi, Lecce and Taranto announced the results of its latest excavations. This is the body of ...

Nov 03, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan

Four cities are the most likely candidates to become vice-capitals in case Tokyo is struck by an incapacitating natural disaster. Over the course of history, Japan has had several capital cities. M...

Nov 03, 2026 from The Jamestown Foundation

New Rules Tighten Party Control Over Public Service Units

Christopher Nye & Charles Sun

Nov 03, 2026 from Your Local Epidemiologist

Election stress and your heart, early flu, another CDC leader leaves, and a mom’s hard question about vaccine injury

The Dose (November 3)

Nov 03, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

FreeRDP 3.33 adds WebAssembly support, improved SDL client & experimental UDP connections

The FreeRDP project has released version 3.33, marking a significant milestone for the open-source remote desktop protocol implementation. The update introduces groundbreaking WebAssembly support, ...

Nov 03, 2026 from Daily Medieval

On False Gods

Now that we understand Euhemerism we can look at Ælfric of Eynsham's example of it in his essay De falsis deis ("On false gods"). A handful of manuscripts survive, at least one of which is a transl...

Nov 03, 2026 from Heitor's log

TIL: Bash can have functions and variables with the same name

Can we really have a variable and a function with the same name? That sounds ridiculous. But we are talking about Bash here...

Nov 02, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Protecting the Thinking Process in Human-AI Interaction: The Forum Interstitiale Between Thought and Expression," by Caroline De Cock

The article is here; the Abstract: International human rights law protects freedom of thought absolutely and freedom of expression subject… The post Journal of Free Speech Law: "Protecting the Thin...

Nov 02, 2026 from Above the Law

Legal Ethics Roundup: Can AI Be Ethical?, DOJ Lawyers Under Scrutiny, Weil Gotshal Implodes, ‘Rogue Activist Judges,’ Reading Recommendations, Jobs & More

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: Can AI Be Ethical?, DOJ Lawyers Under S...

Nov 02, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Wait(ress), There’s More

Read Wait(ress), There’s More It's not particularly crowded, so we get seated right away. It's probably another five minutes before the waitress comes and takes our drink orders. My uncle needs tim...

Nov 02, 2026 from The Jamestown Foundation

Georgia’s Constitutional Court Weighs Ruling Party’s Bid to Ban Main Opposition Parties

Giorgi Menabde

Nov 02, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Tamawashi is an Anime Voice Actor

Yesterday, I wrote about how Tamawashi became the oldest sumo wrestler (41, turning 42 on November 16) to make his return to the top division (see my post). While looking for links to include in my...

Nov 02, 2026 from Hackaday

Investigating whether Zener Diodes work for ESD Protection

Sometimes the naming of parts in electronics can contribute to confusion about what they are good for, with the topic of Zener diodes in the context of fast surges like …read more