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The 1170 Syrian Earthquake

On the morning of 29 June 1170, the inhabitants of what are now western Syria, central southern Turkey, and Lebanon were disturbed by one of the largest seismic events ever to occur along the north...

White Paper Increases Securitization of Hong Kong

Eric Y.H. Lai

Foot: The Wayland Terminal Most Linux Users Don’t Know About

Foot is a minimal Wayland-native terminal emulator for Linux that focuses on speed and simplicity. A hidden gem worth exploring.

Top 5 questions about school vaccination requirements

The most effective vaccine program in American history doesn’t require a single new drug, clinical trial, or breakthrough.

HTTP/2 From Scratch: Part 4

More HPACK and using http.Request and http.Response

Re; Offering RSS vs Newsletters

I came across an interesting take by Sebastian Sastre on why he uses an RSS feed instead of a newsletter for his blog. I agree with the feed-first position. However, I personally recommend using bo...

Foundational Asimov

Ah, Foundation. Along with Asimov’s robot-themed stories, the Foundation series vies for the title of Asimov’s most influential work. I suspect the robot stories have it – the Laws of Robotics have...

Comfort

I have this fear of a growing complacency among more peaceful days in my life. Things have been going well, and for some reason that makes me suspicious. I might be inadvertently preparing for some...

Subduction Retrieval

Astana to Host Regional Ecological Summit

Fuad Shahbazov

Shadow Docket Sock Fest — See Also

Jackson And Kavanaugh Go Head To Head On The Shadow Docket: Special treatment or "short memories"? Read and find out! Rutgers Law Sued Over Firing Former Dean: Alleging a discriminatory firing, he ...

The Actual End

In a newsletter edition about “stakes” in storytelling, Charlie Jane makes an observation about another storytelling thing that put me in mind of one of my favorite examples, which then put me in m...

First Amendment May Protect First-Grader's Giving Black Classmate "Black Lives Mater Any Life" Drawing

So holds a Ninth Circuit panel, though reinforcing the Ninth Circuit's view that allegedly "derogatory and injurious remarks," including political speech, "directed at students' minority status" ca...

Doctor Who: Bessie’s Tape Deck – The Third Doctor Audios, Part 1

Arguably, Jon Pertwee was instrumental in pioneering the Doctor Who audio drama format. Sure, Tom Baker had done The Pescatons back in the day, and Colin Baker had done Slipback, but it was The Par...

LISTE DER IMMOBILIENSUCHE FALLEN LASSEN

Maschinell ins Deutsche übersetzte SQL-Statements.

Sabbatical #06: Tongariro National Park

A travel journal from my visit to Tongariro National Park, New Zealand.

Daily News Stuff 10 March 2026

Fish Fingers, Hold The Custard Edition Top Story Anthropic has sued the Pentagon for listing it as a supply chain risk, asserting, as far as I can tell, that treason is a constitutionally-protected...

Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman

Why read the book? Milton Friedman wrote Capitalism and Freedom. He was a leading economist who won the Nobel Prize. The book came out in 1962. Friedman says economic freedom and political freedom ...

A 10,000-Year-Old Settlement Discovered in Türkiye Could Rewrite the Origins of Sedentary Life and Civilization

A team of archaeologists from Mardin Artuklu University, in southeastern Türkiye, has brought to light one of the most important discoveries for understanding the origins of civilization in norther...

Studio Ghibli releases Catbus pullback keychain that runs like the anime character

This replica is tiny but its action is mighty. We’re always in the market for a good keychain, but add in a fun interactive element and we’re totally sold. So when Studio Ghibli unveiled a new line...