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Apr 19, 2026 from It's FOSS

Thunderbolt Wants to Do for AI Clients What Thunderbird Did for Email

This self-hostable enterprise AI client lets you bring your own models and keep your data off third-party servers.

Apr 19, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Muslims of Lucera

When Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II was King of Sicily, he also ruled over a large area that included most of Italy south of Rome. This combined territory was called the Regno. Besides Italians, t...

Apr 19, 2026 from Remote Synthesis

Announcing DevRel(ish) – A Free Site for Running IRL Tech Communities

Announcing a new, free and open source site for hosting in-real-life gatherings for niche tech communities.

Apr 19, 2026 from Roy Tang

Weeknotes 2026-04-19

The World Iran crisis is still ongoing... sorta? Trump says the US is blockading ships to and from Iran and there's a ceasefire now between Lebanon and Israel, and then Iran said they were opening ...

Apr 19, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

Effervescence

A term I keep coming back to over the course of my life is collective effervescence. You know that bubbly feeling you get at a really good concert or when the DJ at a party masterfully orchestrates...

Apr 18, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Pokémon hot spring footbath opening in Japan this spring

A relaxing, adorable, and free place to soak your toes with Pikachu, Gyarados, and more. We recently took a look at Japan’s newest Pokéfuta, a collection of six Pokémon-themed manhole covers being ...

Apr 18, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

“Stick Library” in Brooklyn Heights

You may have seen the "Little Free Library" boxes. But have you seen Brooklyn Heights' "Stick Library" for dogs?

Apr 18, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Frühlingsgerüche

Der Geruchssinn ist mein Lieblingssinn. Zum Beispiel liebe ich Frühlingsgerüche.

Apr 18, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 18] - At the Governor’s Ball, the Second Daughter Refuses the Waltz

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 18] Day Eighteen Welcome back, everybody, for Day Eighteen of Na/GloPoWriMo. Our featured participant today is My Fresh Pages, which brings us an Emily Dickinson-inspired resp...

Apr 18, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

83 TI-89 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXVI

Leafy Intro Welcome to the 276th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal ("NLJ") and its short-form wr...

Apr 18, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 18 April 2026

Bloopfish Edition Top Story Intel's new Core Series 3 is its answer to the MacBook Neo. (PC World) The A18 CPU used in the MacBook Neo uses 6W maximum, and typically throttles down to 4W since the ...

Apr 18, 2026 from Peter's Path

Veluwe Wander Trail part 15

Hiked part 15/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 19.9 kilometres from Hoenderloo to Loenen. Woeste Hoeve is renowned for its wildlife overpass above the A50, built to prevent ancient migration routes f...

Apr 18, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

Google adds side-by-side web browsing and new cross-tab search options in Chrome's AI Mode

Google has upgraded AI Mode in Chrome, introducing side-by-side browsing for desktop users. Now, clicking a link while in AI Mode opens the target webpage alongside the AI interface. This approach ...

Apr 18, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

All my GadgeteerZA services statuses are back on Uptime Kuma

I know this looks like ping pong back and forth, but I moved my offsite monitoring back to Uptime Robot because of the cost for just keeping a separate small VPS running to monitor my services from...

Apr 18, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Charles and Sicily, Part 2

Events were in place for Charles of Anjou, Count of Provence, to take over Sicily. His brother, King Louis IX of France, was behind him, as was Pope Urban IV. Charles' promise to Urban was that he ...

Apr 18, 2026 from Toni Notes

When does a system become theater?

A system becomes theater when dashboards, rituals, and workflow layers make the work look handled without making decisions, recovery, or ownership clearer.

Apr 18, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

Obedience

I've found that some of my most productive writing is done in heightened emotional states, and that's scary to consider. Today feels calm, and it feels like it's going to be a decent enough day. So...

Apr 18, 2026 from Nadav Ami

str[0] lies about emoji

Say you built an app and wanted to show a user’s initial in an avatar, to do so you KISS: const avatar = displayName[0] const displayName = "Nadav" lgtm One day, a user decides to make their displa...

Apr 17, 2026 from Above the Law

Is This A Legal Argument Or A Sermon? — See Also

Lawyer Tells Attorneys They Will Burn In Hell: Don't remember covering that in law school. A Lesson In Transferable Skills: Former adult movie actress passes the bar. Trump Allegiance And Owing Mon...

Apr 17, 2026 from Thejesh GN

Weekly Notes 16/2026

It feels like a long, tiring week because it’s been a busy one, or most probably because of getting back to regular life after vacation, or because Bengaluru has been hot this week. Anyway, its bee...