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May 31, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 31 May 2026

Nesting Countries Edition Top Story GitHub Copilot users are aghast at the exponentially higher costs they are facing starting tomorrow with the introduction of usage-based billing. (Tech Crunch)"W...

May 31, 2026 from Peter's Path

Suicidal Empathy by Gad Saad

Why read the book? Gad Saad wrote Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind. He is an evolutionary psychologist who studies how bad ideas spread. In this book he explains how empathy, a useful human trait...

May 31, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Green House Meets Red Face

Read Green House Meets Red Face Customer: "Are you open?" Me: "No, the store closes at 2 pm on Saturdays, but will be back open from 8:30-5 on Monday." Customer: "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!? I just drove AL...

May 31, 2026 from Hackaday

Loading Sega Genesis Games Off a Vinyl Record

Recently [Throaty Mumbo] took a poke at another daft idea, in the form of loading Sega Genesis games off vinyl records. Although a whacky idea, it’s made possible through the …read more

May 31, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

New official Ghibli anime food cookbook will teach you how to make Ponyo’s ramen and more

Newest volume in Ghibli cookbook series is packed with easy-to-make recipes for fans of the anime film. The delicious-looking depictions of food in Ghibli anime have become as much a calling card o...

May 31, 2026 from The Jamestown Foundation

PRC Supplies Solar in the Caribbean

Jared Ward

May 31, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Sweyn II of Denmark

Also known as Sweyn Estridsson or Estridsen, because his mother was Estrid, daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard, Sweyn II was King of Denmark from 1047 to 1078. He was also sometimes known as Sweyn Ulfsson...

May 31, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Today in Supreme Court History: May 31, 1860

5/31/1860: Justice Peter Daniel's death. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 31, 1860 appeared first on Reason.com.

May 31, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Flutter Web: Schlechte Idee

Warum ich Flutter für eine furchbare Idee halte, wenn damit Webapps gebaut werden.

May 31, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Saving Myth: When Oral Memory Holds the Warning of the Ancestors

Sometime in 1880, a British colonial officer named Maurice Vidal Portman landed on a small island in the Andaman archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The island was —and still is— home to the Sentinele...

May 31, 2026 from Roy Tang

Weeknotes 2026-05-31

It's the last day of May! The World Local politics calmed down a bit compared to last week's clown show. I think the impeachment trial had started in the Senate, but who knows if that will go anywh...

May 31, 2026 from Brajeshwar

Childhood Computing

Work-in-Progress.

May 30, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Ply Another Day

Read Ply Another Day Customer: "Where's the toilet paper?" Me: "It's in the back section of the store, across from toys." They looked at each other, frustrated. Read Ply Another Day

May 30, 2026 from Hackaday

Keychain GameCube Controller Made Functional

Mini game controllers with buttons and joysticks that move like the real deal are a pretty cool keychain and fidget toy, but at least for some of us there’s this …read more

May 30, 2026 from Bobby Hiltz

Summer Game Challenge 2026

I have a handful of games that need completing. This is my Summer Game Challenge for 2026.

May 30, 2026 from Bobby Hiltz

Summer Game Challenge 2026

I have a handful of games that need completing. This is my Summer Game Challenge for 2026.

May 30, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Trump Administration Will Appeal Ruling Requiring Tariff Refunds

They claim the injunction requiring refunds cannot be universal, and can only apply to those businesses who filed lawsuits seeking recovery.

May 30, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Replace Yourself With a Human, Not Bot

An article about an outgoing Baidu employee replacing himself with a chatbot reminded me of the time I replaced myself with a classmate in math class. What follows is an anecdote about humanity. Is...

May 30, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

Woman Alarmed When Her Trusted Therapist Starts Recording Her With AI — Where Is Her Voice Going?

Don’t get me wrong, I think AI has very many useful things it can be used for. It can also be cloud based or self-hosted. But medical records, personal discussions, and most especially therapy sess...

May 30, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Leaf out in May 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXXII

Leaves from the week that was I only managed to publish two NLJ articles since mailing Newsletter 281, but I like to think they are good ones. My highlight article of the week was Be the Blogger Yo...