BlogDB

Race and Ethnicity, Part 3

Modern ideas of race and racism are largely based on skin color, but the Middle Ages saw many other factors. To quote (again) Regino of Prüm:"Nor should it be forgotten that, just as different nati...

The irony of the hantavirus quarantine

Can we finally have an honest conversation?

Strava killed its free API, so I built my own fitness platform with Endurain and FitPub instead

“Strava has been a big part of my fitness workflow for one big reason. I don’t really care about leaderboards or social features, but it acts as a great hub between devices, apps, and services. I u...

Banking Apps, No Google, and a Locked Bootloader: How iodé Makes Privacy Android Work for Everyone

In discussion with Brian from Iodé project and how Iodé is addressing issues de-Googled smartphone users face.

How to Play Hytale With Friends and Host Your Own Server

Most games are more enjoyable when played with other people, and Hytale is no different. There is more than one way to play this game in multiplayer, so the fun never stops. Here are several ways y...

Un petit mot de nos sponsors…

Un petit mot de nos sponsors… Comme pour les stades ou les équipes cyclistes, il est important de nommer les vagues de chaleur et les canicules selon les sponsors qui ont rendu cela possible. C’est...

Viscera

Your browser does not support the video tag. For the first time in a long time, I have no idea what I want to write about today. Well, my family might be getting a cat soon, but that's a bit too so...

720 Ollie

No Points For Held Tongues — See Also

Alito Whines He Could Have Said More In Disagreement With Sotomayor: Reserve what you should have argued for the shower, bub. Who Needs Milbank When You Have Groombridge?!: The boutique firm is com...

Russia Expanding Soft Power in Georgia via Culture and Language

Beka Chedia

Fixing a Warped Paperback Spine With Gentle Heating

Although paperbacks are a much-loved aspect of the literary world, they are not really intended to last the decades the way that hardcover books are. Beyond the typical ravaged covers, …read more

No Sitting On The Fence With This Customer Service

Read No Sitting On The Fence With This Customer Service Customer: "So the caps arrived this morning." Me: "That's great to hear!" Customer: "But they would have arrived today anyway if we'd stuck t...

Linkfest #46: "Curse Tablets", a Robot Cellist, and Why Geologists Always Die In Movies

Guns, Property Rights, and the Second Amendment

The government cannot force private property owners to allow guns on their land. But the Supreme Court rightly ruled today that it also cannot impose a presumption of exclusion.

Daily News Stuff 25 June 2026

Fledermaus Edition Top Story Walmart has signed a deal to buy 176 megawatts of nuclear power for 15 years. (MSN) Enough, says the article, to power 150,000 homes, assuming those homes have gas heat...

Hitze, Wasser, Abkühlung

Lauwarm bis kühle Duschen kühlen den Körper besser als kalte, 20 °C warme Getränke sind besser als eiskalte und Pizzakartons dürfen ins Altpapier.

Japanese theme park adding Immersive Death Game with a “bomb collar” you have to wear

Little kids are not allowed to play the death game inspired by Alice in Borderland at one of Japan’s favorite theme parks. Many would say that Japan’s Huis Ten Bosch theme park, located in Nagasaki...

Fooyin 0.11 brings remote stream playback, internet radio, improved playlists, and more

Fooyin 0.11 has been released as the latest major version of this open source customizable desktop music player for Linux users. This release adds remote stream playback and internet radio browsing...

2026W25

There Are No Instances in atproto — overreacted — The RSS analogy is what makes the whole thing click. Counting Bluesky instances misses the point the same way counting RSS readers would have misse...

FOSS Weekly #26.26: Free Origin Access, Niri Tiling, Firefox Tricks, Myna in Ubuntu and More Linux Stuff

There is a "Bravy" good news for Linux users.