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For Some Reason Sotomayor Is The Only One Apologizing — See Also

Justice Says Sorry For Accurately Describing Kavanaugh's Pro-Racial-Profiling Opinion: He's yet to apologize for penning the damned thing. You Can't Just Call Renovations A "National Security Neces...

Do We Really Need Another Development Board?

It’s fair to say that there are a lot of development board form factors for MCUs, with [Tech Dregs] over on yonder YouTube on the verge of adding another one …read more

Two Hands, One Brain, Zero Extra Cashiers

Read Two Hands, One Brain, Zero Extra Cashiers Customer: "Can't you open another register?!" Me: "I could, but I could still only run one at a time." Customer: "Two registers, two hands!" Read Two ...

Potential U.S.–Belarus “Big Deal” Could Strengthen Eastern European Security

Dmitry Bolkunets

Keep It To Yourself

A guide to digital privacy for 2026, a manifesto to refuse complying to new measures, three suggestions for this new age of surveillance

Keep It To Yourself

A guide to digital privacy for 2026, a manifesto to refuse complying to new measures, three suggestions for this new age of surveillance

Windsurf 2.0 has launched with a new Agent Command Center, Spaces, and Devin integration

Windsurf has launched Windsurf 2.0, a major update for its agentic IDE. The release introduces the Agent Command Center, a new Kanban style interface that lets developers oversee multiple AI coding...

The Slowing of Fourth Amendment Law, and Now Advisory Opinions: A Comment on Chatrie v. United States

The second in a series.

Yellow-Capped Passover Coca Cola

I never paid much attention to the color of caps on bottles of Coca Cola. In fact, I do not think I bought a bottle of Coca Cola in almost two years. But thanks to a 2014 article in Food & Wine, I ...

I May Have Killed My Framework 13

I was in the office today, working away, and I often have my personal laptop, a Framework 13 next to me so I do things like check notes and emails, listen to music, etc. I reached over to grab some...

The Claude Coding Vibes Are Getting Worse

I've seen a continuous degradation to the UX of Claude Code over the last two months. Now with the release of Opus 4.7 it's really evident.

Daily News Stuff 16 April 2026

Refinery Fire Edition Top Story Does Gas Town 'steal' usage from users' LLM credits & paid services to improve itself? Yes. (GitHub) As everyone in the attached Hacker News thread notes, this is en...

Privacy Email Service Tuta Now Also Has Cloud Storage with Quantum-Resistant Encryption

Tuta Drive is almost here, and it makes Google Drive and OneDrive look sus. I explored the early access release.

Pikachu to cuddle with kimono-clad beauty on Tokyo street as part of flower art event

Exhibition near Tokyo Station mixes flowers, anime, and ukiyo-e aesthetics. Even in a country filled with cute characters, Pikachu stands out as one of the most huggable in Japan. Thankfully, there...

The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Social Security

In the world of very early retirement, we tend to ignore one of the most important things for normal retirees: the Social Security program. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great thing for the 73 million...

Veluwe Wander Trail part 13

Hiked part 13/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 15.9 kilometres from Hoog Soeren to Kootwijk. You walk on wide paths through gently sloping forests and along the Asselsche Heide. It is part of the Cro...

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 16] - What the half-room refused to say

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 16]Day Sixteen Happy sixteenth day of National/Global Poetry Writing month, everyone! Our featured daily participant is klara laurenzia linden, who brings us a bilingual respo...

Study Reveals Why Property Owners Planted Vineyards and Orchards Instead of Rebuilding After the Earthquake of 62 AD in Pompeii

Pompeii did not die suddenly. Before Vesuvius buried it in AD 79, the city had already survived another catastrophe: a devastating earthquake in AD 62 that toppled buildings, cracked streets, and l...

The Peoples of America

The Human Geography of this Continent The post The Peoples of America appeared first on Palladium.