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Kansas Ban on Private Parties' Partially Prefilling Voters' Mail Ballot Applications Upheld

A short excerpt from today's longish Tenth Circuit opinion in VoteAmerica v. Schwab, by Judge Timothy Tymkovich, joined by Judges… The post Kansas Ban on Private Parties' Partially Prefilling Voter...

Fairphone’s latest repairable earbuds are smaller, lighter, and longer-lasting

“The Fairbuds 2 have been redesigned from the ground up, moving to a stemmed design, available in black or green, and a case that’s 37 percent smaller than the first generation. Despite that shrink...

A Joint Venture of Open Source Proportions! Open Productivity is Here

The vendors behind the openDesk office suite have formed a company to take it beyond public administration and into commercial use.

ONLYOFFICE Docs 10.0 launches with context-aware AI across pretty much all its editors

ONLYOFFICE has released Docs 10.0, bringing one of its biggest updates yet with more than 50 new features and a major expansion of AI capabilities across its document, spreadsheet, presentation, an...

A 1571 Letter Undercuts the Hoax Theory Around the “Other Voynich Manuscript” and Reveals a Terrified Scribe

Some medieval books can’t be read by anyone, and one of them has become almost a trademark of the genre: the Voynich manuscript, kept at Yale University and dated to the 15th century. It has inspir...

Daily News Stuff 14 October 2026

Sulfur Blond Edition Top Story Ledger "hardware wallets" are basically physical versions of the common blockchain software wallets. The security is offered because the device can be locked in a vau...

Why is Pure Blog so ugly?

Someone emailed recently to tell me that they like the idea of Pure Blog, but they thought the admin interface was "really ugly" so they can't use it. Fair enough - beauty is in the eye of the beho...

JPEG XL ist da

JPEG XL ist in Chrome und Firefox jetzt standardmäßig aktiviert.

Tokyo Monorail, other east Japan rail networks announce discontinuation of magnetic paper tickets

Changeover includes old-school solution for stations yet to upgrade to new technology. Back at the start of the summer, East Japan Railway Company/JR East announced that it will be discontinuing th...

Farhad Tarash

I mentioned yesterday a sculptor named Farhad who was punished by Khosrow II for becoming a rival for the love of Shirin. He was given the impossible task to carve steps into the cliffs of Mount Be...

“Men with Queer Nerves”: The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine

In the late nineteenth century, visitors to Maine observed something strange: French-Canadian lumberjacks who, at the slightest stimulus, seemed to jump, strike out with their limbs, or mimic langu...

Getting ready for sick season. Also ticks rebounding, flu sweeping, and dengue showing its teeth.

The Dose (Oct 13)

Moon Near the Pleiades in October 2026: Will Stars Disappear?

The Moon meets the Pleiades around October 27–28, but a close pass is not an occultation everywhere. Check your location, individual stars, and realistic viewing conditions.

MonsterID as Gravatar Fallback

MonsterID as Gravatar Fallback Today I stumbled across a link at Simon Willison's blog: Visual Security: 9-block IP Identification Smart (and pretty) trick for showing a representation tied to a co...

Getting Started with Reticulum

I have been looking for a network protocol stack that can be run in addition to the regular TCP/IP network at TVC. Kiran has been exploring Meshtastic, mainly to connect the sensors to the Home Ass...

Inflatable Spooky Halloween Tree in Cobble Hill

Day and night reports on an inflatable spooky Halloween tree ensemble seen in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.

Planet Database

Anduril is building a prime. The price assumes a platform.

A cash-flow valuation of the factories, software economics, and financing required to turn defense demand into shareholder returns.

A thank-you for your FBLA advisor after the autumn district conference: a chapter 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 FBLA Inc.,...

Trump Propaganda Ads Outlast Court Order Thanks To One Unopened Email — See Also

DOJ's Excuse For Violating Judge's Order On Trump Propaganda Ads? Unread email. Quinn Makes A Few Changes: Quinn Emanuel's work from anywhere policy is a popular perk, but it's now got a few more r...