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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...

Oct 17, 2026 from Hackaday

Building a Flying Drone With a Single Propeller

Technically all that you need in order to make a drone fly is a single motor and single propeller, but realistically it becomes basically impossible to fly it at that …read more

Oct 17, 2026 from R74n Newsletter

R74n Refresh #1 – Rue Street; Handwriting; Wordslop; New Mini

Today’s Refresh goes over the past few months of events, including minigame updates and our Halloween event.

Oct 17, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

We’ll Call This A Dry Run

Read We’ll Call This A Dry Run A customer places a hose gun on the returns counter. Customer: "I wanna return this. It never worked." Me: "Okay, I can get that started for you. Was the issue with t...

Oct 17, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Roman House Cut Into Rock Found with Its Own Ancient Pier From the Empire’s Last Centuries on Corsica

Anyone who wants to build a house on the waterfront at Meria, at the northern tip of Corsica, has to let archaeologists look underneath first. The rule comes from the island’s regional archaeology ...

Oct 17, 2026 from Thejesh GN

Thejesh Gangaiah Nagarathna

I have been thinking about writing about my full name for a while, especially after this incident in which an AI hallucinated my full name. Now that I have a post titled with my full name, it shoul...

Oct 17, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 17 October 2026

But I Don't Want To Cure Cancer Edition Top Story CoreWeave, an AI company involved in... Nobody really knows what they do, it would seem... Is blaming the implosion of the planned IPO by Australia...

Oct 17, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Heraclian Dynasty

For a century (610 - 711), Heraclius and his descendants were emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, ruling over the Byzantines from Constantinople. To get these descendants, he had two marriages.Th...

Oct 17, 2026 from The Cancer News

Managing Capivasertib-Associated Hyperglycemia: A Structured Monitoring Schedule That Patients Can Follow

Learn the structured monitoring schedule for capivasertib-associated hyperglycemia and when home glucometer use can help prevent dangerous glucose spikes.

Oct 17, 2026 from Matt Rasmussen

Notes on “Eight for a Wish, Nine for a Kiss”

I think I saw it today. “My farmhouse.” The inspiration for the ghost story, “Eight for a Wish, Nine for a Kiss.” Recently my wife, son and I took a short bike ride to see a house for sale in the v...

Oct 17, 2026 from It's FOSS

Not Every Open Source OS Needs to Be Based on Linux, and These Six Aren’t

There are more operating systems than just Linux. Here's a list of a few that are under active development.

Oct 17, 2026 from Avenyora Journal

Can You Use Playing Cards for Tarot? Know What Changes

A 52-card pack can support a reflective card practice, but it is not a complete tarot deck. Check the missing cards, choose one method, and keep the interpretation grounded.

Oct 17, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

The Beginner’s Almanac for Wet Shaving

“The first week in any wet shaving group feels like walking into a conversation halfway through. Somebody posts an SOTD with a three-piece OC and a croap, somebody else asks whether a G5 knot will ...

Oct 17, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Today in Supreme Court History: October 17, 1862

10/17/1862: Justice David Davis takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 17, 1862 appeared first on Reason Magazine.

Oct 17, 2026 from Kev Quirk

2026-10-17 11:37: We had a Hotpoint engineer come out to repair our washing machine yesterday. While replacing...

We had a Hotpoint engineer come out to repair our washing machine yesterday. While replacing the machine, he forgot to connect the waste pipe and we came down to this mess this morning. 😡 Thanks fo...

Oct 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

Now’s the time to say goodbye to the city’s sixth running man before he disappears forever.  If you’ve ever been to Osaka, one of the landmarks you’ve probably taken a photo in front of is the Glic...

Oct 17, 2026 from Roy Tang

A Phishing Call

I was maybe 10 minutes into a late night walk some time past 9pm when the phone rang. The guy claimed to be from $BANK's fraud department and claimed someone was trying to charge my account for aro...

Oct 17, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Carroll Gardens Library Set to Reopen 12-01-2026

Days after publishing a local Halloween joke about the Carroll Gardens Library not reopening in 2026, I read news that it will (apparently) reopen in December 2026.

Oct 17, 2026 from MacBorn

Playing Quake III Arena on a modern Mac

I returned to Quake III Arena after many years and used ioquake3 to get it running on my MacBook.

Oct 17, 2026 from Puzzlify notes

A thank-you for your haemophilia nurse or bleeding disorders nurse specialist: a photo as a jigsaw, with your note at the end

Written by the team behind Puzzlify. Puzzlify is our product, so weigh what follows with that in mind. We've tried to make this useful even if you never use it. We're not affiliated with any haemop...