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Daily News Stuff 22 June 2026

Tweest Edition Top Story A tech-worked backed PAC is spending $5 million to fight a multi-trillion dollar industry. (Tech Crunch) Or blatantly stealing the money while serving the goals of communis...

Discovery Reveals that the Great Roman Cistern of Ancient Calduba in Cádiz Could Store More Than 2 Million Liters of Water

Archaeology and digital engineering have joined forces to rescue from oblivion one of the most monumental hydraulic infrastructures of Roman Hispania. A team from the University of Cádiz has manage...

Enjoy the world’s oldest gyoza chain hidden just outside Shinjuku Station

Serving up dumplings with almost 200 years of Chinese history. Walk along undiscovered streets in new and fascinating towns and there will be locations and landmarks that jump out at you, places th...

Biking in Zuid-Kennemerland National Park

Biked in Zuid-Kennemerland National Park with a distance of 31.34 kilometres. Zuid-Kennemerland National Park sits on the North Sea coast in the province of North Holland, between Haarlem, Bloemend...

Astra: For All Your High Fidelity Music Needs and Absolute Control

Go old school and play local music from your Linux computer but in style with this Spotify-looking music player.

Is Anyone Else Excited by Swift’s Progress as a Language? - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #141

Last week, a Reddit post titled 'Is anyone else excited by Swift progress as the language?⁠' sparked a lively discussion. At WWDC 2026, Apple made it clear that Swift is now being used in key WebKi...

The Annals of St. Bertin

In Saint-Omer in France there was a Benedictine abbey called the Abbey of St. Bertin, founded in 638 and existing right up to the late 18th century. It was closed during the French Revolution, orde...

📝 2026-06-22 09:39: The fox continues to prowl around our chickens. This morning we caught it in the...

The fox continues to prowl around our chickens. This morning we caught it in the GARDEN a few feet from our favourite chicken. Luckily the magpies warned us and we were able to scare it away. It's ...

Ride to Tamarind Valley Collective

I wanted to visit TVC to monitor the construction of the house and help Kiran set up the fiber backbone for internet connectivity. TVC is roughly 90 kms from MG Road. It’s a good distance with a va...

The Best and the Rest

If I get famous, that means they're trying to kill me. Not that I'd ever get famous, right? Right? I'm kidding, but honestly, I'm still reeling a bit from that post I made yesterday. More than anyt...

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Hackaday Links: June 21, 2026

Today marks the summer solstice, the longest day of the year and the start of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere. This doesn’t really have much to do with hacking …read more

How To Re-Make Someone’s Day, Part 2

Read How To Re-Make Someone’s Day, Part 2 Customer: "It's just a bunch of old games!" Me: "I mean, yeah? That's the entire point of the console." Customer: "It's stupid, is what it is! Who the h***...

Weekly Robotics #365

My favorite local Robotics Meetup is back in Krakow, Poland, on the 29th of June. We are also thrilled to continue being a media sponsor of that event. The lineup of the event is also very good! I’...

The DOJ’s Slush Fund Fallout — See Generally

Ain't No Government Service Like Self-Service: The Senate-confirmed DOJ official tasked with selling the slush fund to Congress, quietly tried to recuse himself from that work so he could file his ...

Choosing Simple Payroll Solutions for Small Businesses

When it comes to managing the payroll, you need to get it right. This is why many small businesses are turning to payroll solutions to stay compliant and keep their business running smoothly. If yo...

Daily News Stuff 21 June 2026

There Is No Spoo Edition Top Story AMD and Intel have unveiled their new ACE instruction set, which extends AVX vector instructions into matrix calculations. (Tom's Hardware) A single ACE instructi...

📝 2026-06-21 18:42: It's handy when your riding buddy is a photographer. You end up with some nice...

It's handy when your riding buddy is a photographer. You end up with some nice photos. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or l...

“Phantom Egg Shop” opens in Japan, with a dozen rare Japanese varieties

In-house expert Mr. TKG gives us his top three egg recommendations. When people in Japan with niche interests hone in and get serious about something, they get really serious. Case in point is a ne...

2000 Years of Christ's Power Volume 1 by Nick Needham

Why read the book? Nick Needham wrote 2000 Years of Christ's Power Volume 1: The Age of the Early Church Fathers. It is the first book in a five-volume series on church history. This volume covers ...