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Apr 12, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 12 April 2026

Is It Real Edition Top Story Sam Altman may control our future. Can he be trusted? No. (New Yorker) (archive site) As the article goes on to explain, fuck no. My baby deer plushie told me that Mits...

Apr 12, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

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Read (This was in the 90’s, before cell phones were a thing. Like most teenagers, I always kept a phone card on me so I would be able to call my parents from a telephone booth if I had a problem. T...

Apr 12, 2026 from Hackaday

Passive Radar Explained

It is an old trope in submarine movies. A sonar operator strains to hear things in the ocean but dares not “ping” for fear of giving away the boat’s location. …read more

Apr 12, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Open Thread

What’s on your mind?

Apr 12, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Mr. Sato discovers his inner beaver with a 16-inch chocolate “twig” at Tokyo Station

Why settle for a tiny snack when you can gnaw on one that doubles as a legendary sword? Confectionery company Morinaga’s chocolate snack Koeda (“Twig”) has had tons of fans over the close to 55 yea...

Apr 11, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Pork And Prejudice

Read Pork And Prejudice Customer: "Is your pork halal?" Me: "Sir… do you know what halal means?" Read Pork And Prejudice

Apr 11, 2026 from Hackaday

A Suction-Driven Seven-Segment Display

There’s a long history of devices originally used for communication being made into computers, with relay switching circuits, vacuum tubes, and transistors being some well-known examples. In a smal...

Apr 11, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

Amazon Luna is slowly starting to die, killing game purchases & third party subscriptions

While the news is not yet that the service has shut down, that day doesn't seem far off, as Amazon has just announced major changes to its game streaming service Amazon Luna, with support for indiv...

Apr 11, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 11] - weekend erasure

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 11]Day Eleven We made it to the weekend, everyone, and to the eleventh day of Na/GloPoWriMo! Today’s featured participant is A.J.S., who brings us a mysterious and surreal res...

Apr 11, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Bunny March 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXV

Leafy intro Welcome to the 275th 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...

Apr 11, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

Bitsocial is an Open Source P2P Network for Social Apps

There are so many peer-to-peer networks now in existence that I have seriously lost count of them. You may think that they just come and go, but that is because they are not really visible outside ...

Apr 11, 2026 from Palladium

The Dostoevskian Moment

As we accelerate toward superintelligence, our quest for self-mastery takes a spiritual turn. The post The Dostoevskian Moment appeared first on Palladium.

Apr 11, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 11 April 2026

Crazy Eddie Edition Top Story Look around, find the worst price! But don't buy before you come to Micro Center because we can't be beat! Our prices are insane! (WCCFTech) And not in a good way. Els...

Apr 11, 2026 from Peter's Path

Veluwe Wander Trail part 08

Hiked part 8/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 14.7 kilometres from Putten centrum to Leuvenum. On this route you will pass four significant heathlands, Groevenbeekse Heide, Ermelose Heide, Westeindsc...

Apr 11, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Petitioner's Regret No Grounds for Sealing of 8-Year-Old Restraining Order Documents

Petitioner's new-found "public figure" status, and concerns that records are "impeding his employment, professional credibility, and personal safety," don't justify sealing, either.

Apr 11, 2026 from Roy Tang

The Banner Saga 1 and 2

The Banner Saga is a trilogy of turn-based tactical combat RPGs about a caravan of survivors trying to stay ahead of a dying world. I played through the first game back in 2016 and earlier this yea...

Apr 11, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Lawson convenience store at popular tourist site is one of the most unusual in Japan

Japanese konbini blends into a setting that inspired Studio Ghibli. Japanese convenience stores are known for their bright lights and stand-out signage, but in a country filled with traditional lan...

Apr 11, 2026 from The Jamestown Foundation

The Policy–Reality Gap in the PRC’s Property ‘New Model’

Rena Sasaki & Yuutarou Usutani

Apr 11, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Charles' Jerusalem

After Maria of Antioch "sold" her claim to Queen of Jerusalem to Charles of Anjou, however illegal it was to the High Court of Jerusalem, he intended to take it over. Charles might have been embold...

Apr 11, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

Tough Guy

Never underestimate time alone. It's a weird thing when I'm alone. Sometimes I think I might actually have autism because when I am actually alone, I can really let the wiggles out and all other ki...