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Giovanni of Crema

When Pope Honorius II wanted to resolve a dispute in England between the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, he sent Giovanni of Crema as his papal legate.England had refused to allow papal legates...

Halting vaccine innovation, younger colorectal cancer deaths, lingering flu, and good news

The Dose (February 18)

Taming Claude Code: Taking Back Control

I started using Claude Code in July last year. I was a Cursor user looking for something better, and I was skeptical at first. Claude Code is a terminal-based tool, and I was used to IDEs. With Cur...

Visualizing the Internet (2026)

Mapping global Internet infrastructure and routing dominance over time

Pentiment: Layers of Meaning, Labyrinths of Motive

Somewhere in the Bavarian Alps is the little town of Tassing, steeped in ancient traditions and legend and overlooked by the Abbey of Kiersau, one of the few remaining monastic houses in Christendo...

Notes on clarifying man pages

Hello! After spending some time working on the Git man pages last year, I’ve been thinking a little more about what makes a good man page. I’ve spent a lot of time writing cheat sheets for tools (t...

Plums

Symbolic grounding

After yesterday’s massive post (and given the two assignments I have to do today) I figured I would write something a little shorter today. A little observation, perhaps. In the 70s and 80s, people...

Supreme Court Adopts ‘New’ Process To Avoid Conflicts Of Interest 20 Years Too Late

The justices announce conflict-checking software and new filing rules that lower courts have used forever. The post Supreme Court Adopts ‘New’ Process To Avoid Conflicts Of Interest 20 Years Too La...

A Reptile Dysfunction

Read A Reptile Dysfunction I managed to tear a van I was trying to tow almost in half the other day. It wasn't some rattling rust bucket where breaking apart was going to happen sooner or later. It...

Does Light Consist of "Object[s]"?

In HAC v. ER, decided in August by the Michigan Court of Appeals (Judges Sima Patel, Michael Riordan, and Brock… The post Does Light Consist of "Object[s]"? appeared first on Reason.com.

CSS, grau, grey und gray

Ist es in CSS „grey“ oder „gray“? Und wie ist es mit hellgrau und dunkelgrau?

February 2026 So Farrr...

Wow. It has been long, yet all it has been is a lot of ruminating, longing, yearning, guilting, depressing, daydreaming, waiting, intruding, and not a lot of change, huh? Since the last update in J...

Daily News Stuff 17 February 2026

Abandon Sheep Edition Top Story After all the fuss, OpenClaw, fomerly Moltbot, formerly Clawdbot until Anthropic made rumbling noises, isn't all that. (Tech Crunch) What it does achieve is making i...

Why is Debian Called the Universal Operating System, Again?

Debian's official tagline is "Universal Operating System". It's more than just a tagline: it's a deeper concept that underpins the very nature of Debian as a project.

Happy Anniversary: Revisiting the AGPL and CLAs

The first post I made on this blog was on this date in 2003. Rather than engaging in my usual anniversary navel-gazing, I wanted to respond to a post I saw recently on Mastodon. Disclaimer: I curre...

Unbridled Passions: The Eight Horses of King Mu, Son of Heaven (ca. 1300)

Unruly steeds from King Mu’s mythology, cavorting across a silk scroll.

Japan has trams that say “sorry” while they ride around town…but why?

Gomen means sorry in Japanese, but in this town you’ll see it written on the streetcar destination displays.   You’ll encounter a lot of fascinating sights while travelling around Japan, and the fu...

The ‘Serialized’ Series

I’ve realized that as of the first batch of my blogging on furiousnads.com to have been restored here from that site’s mid-2010s edition, all four of my posts on a longstanding pet peeve of mine ar...

11 Black cultural heritage sites to visit in town

In honor of Black History Month, here are eleven historic African American cultural heritage destinations in Jacksonville to visit. - Cedar Point Preserve 7222 Cedar Point Rd. The ruins of the Fitz...