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May 31, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Flutter Web: Schlechte Idee

Warum ich Flutter für eine furchbare Idee halte, wenn damit Webapps gebaut werden.

May 31, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Saving Myth: When Oral Memory Holds the Warning of the Ancestors

Sometime in 1880, a British colonial officer named Maurice Vidal Portman landed on a small island in the Andaman archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The island was —and still is— home to the Sentinele...

May 31, 2026 from Roy Tang

Weeknotes 2026-05-31

It's the last day of May! The World Local politics calmed down a bit compared to last week's clown show. I think the impeachment trial had started in the Senate, but who knows if that will go anywh...

May 31, 2026 from Kev Quirk

📝 2026-05-31 09:25

I've been thinking about getting a #3DPrinter recently. Never used one before but I think it would be useful/interesting. I have no experience with them, and don't want to spend a tonne of money. E...

May 31, 2026 from Brajeshwar

Childhood Computing

Work-in-Progress.

May 31, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

The Next Morning

Actually achieving your dreams is kind of whack, honestly. I usually don't write here on Sundays since I already have the link log posted, but whatever. I've been thinking about people who really w...

May 31, 2026 from (Fabio Alessandro Locati|Fale)'s blog

Btrfs scare

Last weekend, I updated and rebooted the system, but it did not come back online. Checking with IPMI revealed that the ata-2 disk was not responding to the operating system, preventing a clean moun...

May 30, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Ply Another Day

Read Ply Another Day Customer: "Where's the toilet paper?" Me: "It's in the back section of the store, across from toys." They looked at each other, frustrated. Read Ply Another Day

May 30, 2026 from Hackaday

Keychain GameCube Controller Made Functional

Mini game controllers with buttons and joysticks that move like the real deal are a pretty cool keychain and fidget toy, but at least for some of us there’s this …read more

May 30, 2026 from Bobby Hiltz

Summer Game Challenge 2026

I have a handful of games that need completing. This is my Summer Game Challenge for 2026.

May 30, 2026 from Bobby Hiltz

Summer Game Challenge 2026

I have a handful of games that need completing. This is my Summer Game Challenge for 2026.

May 30, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Trump Administration Will Appeal Ruling Requiring Tariff Refunds

They claim the injunction requiring refunds cannot be universal, and can only apply to those businesses who filed lawsuits seeking recovery.

May 30, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Replace Yourself With a Human, Not Bot

An article about an outgoing Baidu employee replacing himself with a chatbot reminded me of the time I replaced myself with a classmate in math class. What follows is an anecdote about humanity. Is...

May 30, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

Woman Alarmed When Her Trusted Therapist Starts Recording Her With AI — Where Is Her Voice Going?

Don’t get me wrong, I think AI has very many useful things it can be used for. It can also be cloud based or self-hosted. But medical records, personal discussions, and most especially therapy sess...

May 30, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Leaf out in May 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXXII

Leaves from the week that was I only managed to publish two NLJ articles since mailing Newsletter 281, but I like to think they are good ones. My highlight article of the week was Be the Blogger Yo...

May 30, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 30 May 2026

Phlegmish Edition Top Story In the comments yesterday, Seth asked:Regarding Anthropic and their IPO. Why the statement as to it crashing?Which is a fair question because Anthropic's Claude Code is ...

May 30, 2026 from Peter's Path

Pelgrims Path part 04

Hiked part 4/27 of the Pelgrims Path, 16.3 kilometres from Aarlanderveen to Reeuwijk. The four windmills of the Aarlanderveen four-mill complex, the only working four-mill complex in the world, dra...

May 30, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Osaka is hosting a “hentai” event, but it’s probably not what you think

No tentacles here, folks! Only beautifully strange plants. If you’ve spent any time online, the word “hentai” probably conjures up some very specific imagery that you may not feel comfortable talki...

May 30, 2026 from The Jamestown Foundation

New Law Engineers Unity

James Leibold

May 30, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Sweyn's Daughter, Estrid

Estrid Svensdatter, daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard and sister of Cnut, was born c.990s and lived at last until after 1057. We do not know about her early life, and there is a great deal of speculation...