Aug 21, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Prof. Musa Al-Gharbi's "Jason Arday and Me" A very interesting piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Here are two brief excerpts, but they can't do justice… The post Prof. Musa Al-Gharbi's "Jason Arday and Me" appeared first on Reason....
Aug 21, 2026 from Hackaday Building a Discrete Component 75 Baud Modem These days, modems are pretty fancy bits of kit, what with to keep up with the speeds of cable, VDSL, and fiber connections. At lower speeds, though, it’s entirely possible …read more
Aug 21, 2026 from Above the Law It’s ‘Kool’ To Have Another Milbank Associate Salary Match Come January, that is. The post It’s ‘Kool’ To Have Another Milbank Associate Salary Match appeared first on Above the Law.
Aug 21, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Apple Music to label AI-generated songs with 'Made With AI' this year According to Variety, Apple Music will introduce a 'Made With AI' label for songs that use artificial intelligence in their creation later this year. Record labels and distributors will be required...
Aug 21, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Auto Immune Read Auto Immune Me: "Hi, thank you for calling GNC, home of the buy one get one half off vitamin store. How may I help you?" Customer: "Hi, I just bought a 2004 Buick from you guys a few months ag...
Aug 21, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition The Oldest Sanctuary and Prehistoric Astronomical Observatory in Central Europe Found in the Czech Republic, a Thousand Years Older than Stonehenge A team of archaeologists, led by the University of West Bohemia (UWB), has brought to light, near the town of Chleby, in present-day Czech Republic, a monumental structure dating back more than 6,5...
Aug 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News- The Japanese government is ending its Cool Japan Fund program Cool Japan’s mission has been accomplished, but not because of Cool Japan. Back in 2013, the Japanese government’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry had an idea. What if they created a progra...
Aug 21, 2026 from Daily Medieval The Origin of the Langobard People The History of the Lombards by Paul the Deacon drew heavily on other works, especially about prior times. One of these was a 7th-century work called Origio Gentis Langobardorum ("The Origin of the ...
Aug 21, 2026 from The Jamestown Foundation Beijing Ships Harmful Products It Restricts at Home Christopher Nye & Charles Sun
Aug 21, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Thimbleweed Park 2 Thimbleweed Park 2 ist in der Entwicklung und es gibt ein Dev-Blog
Aug 21, 2026 from It's FOSS Canonical is Funding a PhD to Automate C to Rust Translation for Ubuntu The three-year project aims to translate hundreds of thousands of lines of C into Rust.
Aug 21, 2026 from Chuniversiteit Welcome to my new and improved* website Chuniversiteit has a fresh new look and more convenient packaging! Mostly for myself, but maybe it will also benefit you.
Aug 20, 2026 from Above the Law The First Big ‘Yes’ In Private Equity’s Slow March Into Law — See Also Private Equity's Law Firm Takeover Isn't Here, But It Just Got A Lot Closer: The reported $700 million Charlesbank deal for Wood Smith Henning & Berman gives PE a toehold in the industry. Todd Blan...
Aug 20, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Nintendo 64 at 30 and My N64 Memories I celebrate the Nintendo 64's 30th anniversary with a selection of my own late-90s N64 memories.
Aug 20, 2026 from Hackaday Samsung Printer is the Next Frontier Of Minecraft Servers While DOOM remains the undisputed champion of ‘game you play on every piece of hardware’ it seems that the role of ‘game you play on everything just because you can’ …read more
Aug 20, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com Loonie Over A Toonie, Part 12 Read Loonie Over A Toonie, Part 12 I’m cashing out a customer. Her change comes up to $8.00, so I gave her a $5 bill, a loonie, and a toonie. Customer puts the change away. I then handed her the re...
Aug 20, 2026 from The Autodidacts Vibecoding isn't as fun as writing code by hand Sticks tongue out at AI
Aug 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy Suit Over Defendant Allegedly Yanking on Israeli Flag Plaintiff Had Tied Around Neck, Choking Her, Can Go Forward Excerpts from Tuesday's long opinion by Judge Trevor McFadden (D.D.C.) in Sumrall v. Ali: [1.] Kimmara Sumrall and Janine Ali… The post Suit Over Defendant Allegedly Yanking on Israeli Flag Plainti...
Aug 20, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-20-26 I’m a bit late with Pook-Emu Bee links today, but the streak continues. By the way, WordPress’s admin area looks different after the latest update. Change in color contrast. I’m not complaining. 1 ...
Aug 20, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 20 August 2026 Triple-Baked Balaclava Edition Top Story Microsoft GitHub says the 8-hour outage of its systems was caused by a combination of Microsoft Azure and Microsoft VS Code. (The Register) Have you tried t...
