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Race and Ethnicity, Part 1

What did medieval people think about different races? How did they distinguish one ethnic group from another? This question occurred to me when reading up on Regino of Prüm, who around 900CE wrote ...

Can we eliminate cervical cancer?

A whole lot of hope, and some work.

Don't overheat

For the first time since I’ve been a full-time Linux user (25+ years), my machine is hitting some sort of bug –either software or hardware– that makes the PC fans stop working after resuming from s...

Evidence of Camels in Belgrade Fortress Reveals Previously Unknown Trade Routes in the Middle Ages

The Belgrade Fortress, located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, has witnessed more than two millennia of history. From its role as a Roman military post to its function as a defensi...

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-23-26

It has been five days since the last edition of Pook-Emu Bee links. While I ordinarily publish links in the morning and it is now the evening, I submit some late links today to keep the backlog und...

Give Your Vercel Eve Agent a Memory: Building a Context Graph with NAMS

Vercel's Eve framework makes durable agents easy - but agents still forget. Here's how I gave one persistent, graph-native memory using the Neo4j Agent Memory Service (NAMS), built around a real Na...

Tunnels

There really is no light at the end of the tunnel, right? Come on, that's not so bad. The tunnel's pretty nice, you know? Maybe we can pitch a tent here, have some coffee, and chat about tunnel lif...

Baryon Asymmetry

War by Other Means

Robotic warfare is shifting the source of state power away from citizens to firms. The transition will produce a new social contract. The post War by Other Means appeared first on Palladium.

Russia’s War Economy Driving Corruption Arrests in Defense Sector

Alex Horobets

Bridge Over Troubled Selfies

Read Bridge Over Troubled Selfies Customer: "Excuse me, but we just passed [Famous Bridge]." Me: "That's right." Customer: "Well, my wife and I tried to get a selfie with it in the background, but ...

A Commodore Boombox: The 1350 as You’ve Never Heard it Before

No, this isn’t another product from [PeriFractic]’s revived company, though we hope he’s taking notes. This is, in fact, a hack on the beloved 1530 Datasette, using the tape mechanism …read more

Boutique Firm Pays More Than Where They Broke Off From — See Also

Dunn Isaacson Rhee Matches Milbank: Paul, Weiss needs to take notes! Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes Pays Out The Big Bucks: Boutiques are sharing the wealth! The Axinn Scale?: This boutique firm has ...

Authorship Predictions For The Remaining Cases

Today was a busy day at the Court. The Justices handed down five opinions, though none were major. I've read… The post Authorship Predictions For The Remaining Cases appeared first on Reason.com.

GNU nano 9.1 released with old Mac file format removal, viewport search tweaks, and more

GNU nano 9.1, released more than two months after the 9.0 milestone, introduces several notable changes for users of this text editor for Unix-like operating systems. The update places the viewport...

Daily News Stuff 23 June 2026

November Edition Top Story Valve's Steam machine is here, starting at $499 $599 $699 $1049. (Notebook Check) Or almost almost here. You can enter a lottery right now, which will offer winners the c...

Hatsune Miku successfully wraps Miku Expo 2026 North America tour with 100,000 attendees

Almost 20 years after her debut, the Vocaloid virtual idol still has plenty of power to draw fans and transcend language barriers around the world. Virtual idol Hatsune Miku is showing no signs of ...

Deciphering basmalah

Making the rounds last week was this magnificent article on the complications of Arabic typesetting, An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its te...

Biking in Hollandse Duinen National Park

Biked in Hollandse Duinen National Park with a distance of 37.40 kilometres. Hollandse Duinen National Park runs along the South Holland coast from Hook of Holland to Katwijk, wrapping around The H...

Science-Backed Habits for Sustainable Weight Management

When it comes to weight management, you need to learn how to separate the genuinely helpful advice from the misinformation that is spread across the internet. Many influencers promote crash diets a...