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Mar 21, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 21 March 2026

Tuna Piano Edition Top Story Press X to doubt: Microsoft says it is fixing Windows 11. (Nerds.xyz) Almost everything on the list is reversing changes that they push on users against vehement object...

Mar 21, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Open Thread

What’s on your mind?

Mar 21, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Studio Ghibli unveils new Rollbahn notebook in honour of Howl’s Moving Castle

Anime castle steps into the spotlight with a new release that will delight Japanese stationery enthusiasts. If you’re a fan of Japanese stationery, then you’ll known the name Rollbahn. While the na...

Mar 21, 2026 from Thejesh GN

Weekly Notes 12/2026

It’s been another hectic week, but towards the end, it was a bit relaxing because of Ugadhi and Id breaks. Wish you all a happy Ugadhi and Id. The war continues. I doubt the folks who started the w...

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

Deal Or No Deal

Read Deal Or No Deal Customer: "$11.50?!? The deal outside says any two sandwiches for $12!" Me: "Uh, yeah, but one of the sandwiches you got had a regular price of $5.50 and the other is only $6, ...

Mar 21, 2026 from It's FOSS

Big Win for Open Source as Germany Backs Open Document Format

The Deutschland-Stack names ODF and PDF/UA as the only permitted document formats for German public administrations.

Mar 21, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

The Heaviest Owl in North America

I learned from Cornell Labs’ All About Birds site that the Snowy Owl is the heaviest bird in North America, “typically weighing about 4 pounds—one pound heavier than a Great Horned Owl and twice th...

Mar 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Elon Musk Wins Defamation Lawsuit Brought by Someone Musk Allegedly Misidentified in X Post

From today's Texas Court of Appeals decision in Musk v. Brody, decided by Chief Justice (retired) J. Woodfin Jones, joined… The post Elon Musk Wins Defamation Lawsuit Brought by Someone Musk Allege...

Mar 20, 2026 from Above the Law

Another Day, More Brackets! — See Also

Which Trump Administration Attorney Most Deserves To Lose Their License?: Vote on the winner (?) of the John Eastman region! But Wait, There's More!: Vote on the biggest loser in the Stephen Miller...

Mar 20, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

The Pizza Resistance

Read The Pizza Resistance Customer: "What the f***?! The customer is always right!? You heard of it? I want my pizza now! Why should I be wasting my own time?!" Read The Pizza Resistance

Mar 20, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

My Recollection of Kobe Bryant’s 81

Bam Adebayo's 83-point performance on March 10, 2026, prompted me to recall how I learned and shared the news of Kobe Bryant's 81-point performance on January 22, 2006.

Mar 20, 2026 from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Gap Week: March 20, 2026

Hey folks! I was traveling this week to give an invited talk at Western Michigan University, so I don’t have a blog post ready for you. That’ll also probably be the case for next week (where I will...

Mar 20, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Re; Return Old Online Things to your own Site

I read a good blog post by Lisa Charlotte Muth titled I’m bringing everything back to my website. In the post, she described how she pulled everything she has published online in various places sin...

Mar 20, 2026 from Kev Quirk

Another ANOTHER New Lick of Paint

So it turns out I didn't like the mustard yellow and steel blue design that I created a couple weeks ago. It just didn't sit well with me, and if I look back over my design history the designs that...

Mar 20, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 20 March 2026

Dove Grey Afternoon Edition Top Story Bluesky, one-time social network and latterly psych ward for those who can't cope with the harsh truths dished out daily by CNN and whatever MSNBC is called to...

Mar 20, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Mister Donut wows matcha lovers in Japan with new Dora Matcha doughnuts

Like a sweet fusion between doughnuts and dorayaki pancakes, this is an Uji matcha experience you need to try while in Japan. Matcha lovers will want to mark their calendars for 25 March this year,...

Mar 20, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Hospitallers Change

Founded originally to care for the sick and poor in Jerusalem, there were new statutes for the Hospitallers in March 1182 under the leadership of their grandmaster, Roger de Moulins. These new stat...

Mar 20, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

Doctor Who: Big Finish, Bigger Scarf – The Fourth Doctor Audios, Part 1

The Companion Chronicles concept, which has a companion actor mostly narrating a story audiobook style with another actor in a “second voice” role to add aspects of audio drama to the production, w...

Mar 20, 2026 from It's FOSS

Systemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux

The optional birthDate field gives other projects a standardized data source for age verification compliance.

Mar 20, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Neanderthals Used Birch Tar as an Antibiotic

An international study led by the University of Cologne has shown that birch tar, a material traditionally associated with tool-making by Neanderthals, possesses antibacterial properties that could...