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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 22, 2026 from Hackaday

Making a Five-Segment Display with Platinum-Titanium Cathodes

Before the advent of effective semiconductor LEDs many display types existed to display things like numbers and other characters. The Nixie tube is a well-known one, along with VFDs and …read more

Oct 22, 2026 from Avenyora Journal

Friend Always Late? Agree on a Waiting Plan Before You Meet

When a friend regularly arrives late, you can protect your time without staging a punishment. Agree on arrival expectations, updates, and what happens if the plan no longer works.

Oct 22, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

America is getting its first-ever One Piece store, and the opening date has been revealed!

The Straw Hat Pirates sail into the City of Angels with cool California-exclusive merch. The hearts of otaku were dealt a painful blow this week when visa problems lead to the sudden cancellation o...

Oct 22, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Snow Means Snow

Read Snow Means Snow Me: "I'm sorry, but they're not answering. They may be short-staffed or may have closed early because of the weather." Customer: "Call them again." Me: "I've already tried twic...

Oct 22, 2026 from Puzzlify notes

A thank-you for your farrier heritage volunteers: a photo of horseshoes on the old forge wall, a farrier's rasp beside the anvil or a guide's hand on a heavy horse's hoof as a jigsaw

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 farrie...

Oct 21, 2026 from Hackaday

Every Type of Current Sensor Explained

Measuring electric currents is an essential element of many electrical systems, but doing so in a way that is as nonintrusive as possible is not an easy problem to solve. …read more

Oct 21, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Baggage Claim

Read Baggage Claim Me: "Would you like some help taking those groceries to your vehicle?" Customer: "Yes, please." I pick up all four bags and follow her outside. Me: "Where is your car?" Customer:...

Oct 21, 2026 from Above the Law

Elena Kagan’s Chilling Words Two Weeks Before The Midterm Election — See Also

Elena Kagan Says The Supreme Court Majority Has ‘Blinded Itself’ To The Damage It’s Doing To Democracy: Kagan says the Court isn't a Trump rubber stamp, but she thinks the majority is breaking the ...

Oct 21, 2026 from The Jamestown Foundation

Transnistria Approaches First Presidential Succession in a Decade

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Oct 21, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

COVID Vaccine Skeptic Alex Berenson's Lawsuit over Termination of His Twitter Account Thrown Out

From Berenson v. Gottlieb, decided yesterday by Judges Pierre Leval, Richard Wesley, and Joseph Bianco: Plaintiff-Appellant Alex Berenson … is… The post COVID Vaccine Skeptic Alex Berenson's Lawsui...

Oct 21, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Rollenspielszenen: Barriere

Auf der Flucht vor der Polizei, die auf Demonstranten geschossen hat, haben wir aus Versehen eine undurchdringbare Barriere errichtet. Das askoyische Militär ist darüber nicht glücklich.

Oct 21, 2026 from The Cancer News

Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer in 2026: ctDNA-Guided Switching and the Expanding Oral SERD Landscape

Explore the expanding oral SERD landscape and how ctDNA-guided treatment switching before progression is changing HR-positive breast cancer care.

Oct 21, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 21 October 2026

4 Edition Top Story Indian certificate authority eMudhra - one of the companies authorised to issue the SSL certificates the entire internet depends on - has been thoroughly compromised. (The Regis...

Oct 21, 2026 from It's FOSS

You Can Reserve This Small-Factor, De-Googled Phone for $30

The Brax Wink is a 4-inch phone that runs BraxOS and has a keyboard that clips onto the back.

Oct 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia

After decades of delighting fans in Asia, Pokémon store heads to a new continent. It’s impossible to overstate how much of a pop cultural institution Pokémon is in Japan. Between the anime, video g...

Oct 21, 2026 from Julio Merino (jmmv.dev)

BazelCon 2026 recap

We are right in the middle of fall, and that means BazelCon 2026 just took place. This time around it was hosted in Amsterdam and spanned three days: one day of tutorials and an overlapping Buildba...

Oct 21, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

As Rome Expanded, Villagers in Portugal May Have Been Fixing Dye With Crushed Rock and Vinegar: A Pit Full of Flowers May Be the Leftovers of a 2,000-Year-Old Workshop

Almost nothing survives of what people wore in the Iron Age. Linen, wool and dyes are all organic matter, and in most soils they simply rot away. Archaeologists therefore tend to reconstruct the hi...

Oct 21, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

Mistral AI launches Voxtral 3, a new family of speech models for versatile voice agents

Mistral AI has released Voxtral 3, a family of speech models bundled with a voice agent SDK rather than a single flagship model. According to the company's announcement, the release comprises three...

Oct 21, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Constans and Monothelitism

So Constans II survived the attempt by Valentinus to become emperor in 644, and ruled for another 22 years, accomplishing a few "firsts" for an eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor. He was the first B...