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May 24, 2026 from Galaxy Garden

Weekly Recap: 24 May 2026

Maternal Uncle's Funeral Permalink to section 'Maternal Uncle's Funeral' # On 21 May 2026, we received the news that my maternal uncle, who had cancer, passed away on May 20th evening. While I was ...

May 24, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Used chopsticks upgraded from “waste” to “valuable material” by Kawasaki City thanks to ChopValue

They’re very good at using chopsticks. Every day, millions of people in Japan crack open a bento or dig into a restaurant’s meal while holding a pair of chopsticks that are destined for the garbage...

May 24, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Thorkell the Tall

The Danish raid on Canterbury in 1011 included a leader named Thorkell the Tall. He was an important enough man that his name was recorded on a few runestones, such as the one pictured here in Swed...

May 24, 2026 from Roy Tang

Weeknotes 2026-05-24

Kind of a lazy weeknotes today. May is ending soon! 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 k...

May 23, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Offline And Off The Clock

Read Offline And Off The Clock Customer: "Why are you closing at four? Your website says you are open until six!" Me: "We don’t have a website. Do you remember where you saw that, so I can request ...

May 23, 2026 from Hackaday

Touchable POV Display Blooms In Mid Air

Typically, when we think of touch screens, we think of LCDs or OLEDs with a resistive or capacitive sensing layer laid over the top. However, a team from the University …read more

May 23, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Judge Dismisses Author Michael Wolff's Lawsuit Over Melania Trump's Defamation Litigation Threat:

A short excerpt from yesterday's 15K-word opinion by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S.D.N.Y.) Friday in Wolff v. Trump: In this… The post Judge Dismisses Author Michael Wolff's Lawsuit Over Melania Trump...

May 23, 2026 from Palladium

The Burden of Discernment

Scientific institutions are struggling to survive under a mountain of publications and poor standards of peer review. Artificial Intelligence could usher in a new era of knowledge, or be its downfa...

May 23, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

South African app AutoFinders helps people identify problem cars before they buy them

“Capetonian Eugene Zoghby launched an app to address a common problem in the South African automotive retail market: the many used vehicles sold with hidden historical damage and other issues.” Yes...

May 23, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Café Building 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXXI

Thank you as always for reading The Newsletter Leaf Journal. If you enjoy this issue and have not done so already, you can follow this newsletter by signing up for our weekly email, adding our RSS ...

May 23, 2026 from Peter's Path

Marskramer Path part 05

Hiked part 5/20 of the Marskramer Path, 12.4 kilometres from Rijssen to Holten. In this stage you climb from the Reggedal via the Ligtenbergerveld and the Zunasche Heide to the high moraines of the...

May 23, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 23 May 2026

Peak Three Edition Top Story Spotify is focusing on AI to deliver everything except what it is paid to deliver. (Tech Crunch) Spotify wants to become an "everything audio" app, only it's all AI. Au...

May 23, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

To flush() or not to flush()

Bei I/O sollte man vorsichtig sein, wie oft man flushed. Insbesondere, wenn die Programmiersprache eigene Ideen hat, wann geflushed werden soll.

May 23, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

Sync-in 2.3 brings Markdown editor, improved file editing & search, and trash retention

Sync-in 2.3 brings a dedicated Markdown editor that offers both visual and source modes for Markdown file editing. Alongside this, both text and Markdown editors now provide a unified search interf...

May 23, 2026 from Adventures in Open Source Software

Amazon Web Services - Four Years and Out

Today marks four years since I joined AWS. My last day will be Friday. I have to say being fired from AWS is actually a relief. There have been a lot of changes to the company since I joined in 202...

May 23, 2026 from Kev Quirk

Using Fountain Pens for Note Writing

My note taking process has evolved a lot over the years. Originally I used my iPad with the Apple pencil, but having to charge it every few days was a pain. Then I switched to the Remarkable 2, whi...

May 23, 2026 from Your Local Epidemiologist

From questions to confidence: What changed my mind on vaccines

YLE webinar recording, takeaways, and FAQs

May 23, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Bizarre Japanese vending machine sells “Peace and Equality” and “Angels and Demons”

We find out just how devilish and angelic these 100-yen surprises are. Our reporter Natsuno Futon was strolling the streets of Oyama City in Tochigi Prefecture the other day when she came across an...

May 23, 2026 from Daily Medieval

A Noble End

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Alfheah (also Alphege, was captured during an invasion of Vikings in 1011. Eadric Streona was supposedly sent to negotiate. Unfortunately, Eadric might not have been t...

May 23, 2026 from Jordi Villar

The Algorithm Behind Shazam

I never really thought about how Shazam works. You hold your phone up, it tells you the song, you move on. Then I read this article by Per Thirtysix and got curious enough to dig in. What I found s...