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May 10, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Upcoming Cato Institute Event on "Trump v. Barbara: Birthright Citizenship at the Supreme Court"

I will participate, along Prof. Paul Finkelman, and Gabriel Chin.

May 10, 2026 from Refereeing and Reflection

Over On Fake Geek Boy: Boldly Going Where No Gamebooks Have Gone Before!

I’ve just put out a review of various Star Trek: Lower Decks spin-off publications over on my books-movies-and-TV blog, one of which may have crossover appeal to regular readers here – that’s Warp ...

May 10, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

Cerritos Spinoffs and Lower Decks Delights

Lower Decks has gone the way of all Alex Kurtzman Star Trek shows – getting cancelled before it can undertake the sort of epic hundreds-of-episodes run that Star Trek shows enjoyed back in the 1990...

May 10, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 10 May 2026

Five Cent Solution Edition Top Story NASA is planning a rescue mission for its Neils Gehrels Swift Observatory - a.k.a the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer - which is sinking fast and will re-enter t...

May 10, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

2026: So schnell vergessen

Ein Drittel von 2026 ist schon um, und wir haben schon wieder so viel von dem Murks vergessen (oder zumindest schenken wir ihm keine Aufmerksamkeit mehr), den Trump und sein Regime dieses Jahr scho...

May 10, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

South African universities developing their own ChatGPTs that better understand local languages

“From Cape Town to the Free State, local educational institutions recently announced work on language-focused AI models that better understand local languages compared to international giants like ...

May 10, 2026 from Chuniversiteit

The Eurovision Song Contest and the European Union

The Eurovision Song Contest is technically not related to the European Union, but it does affect how the EU is perceived abroad.

May 10, 2026 from It's FOSS

I Moved My Photos from OneDrive to Ente Photos, and I'm Not Going Back

Privacy concerns drove me to move 20,000+ photos and videos out of OneDrive.

May 10, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Starbucks Japan releases two new “chunky” drinks… and matching gel designs for our nails

Match your nail art to your favourite drink with this surprising new release.  Starbucks is known for unusual, Japan-exclusive releases, but these new items tend to cover drinks and related drinkwa...

May 10, 2026 from The Jamestown Foundation

Great Power Conflict Concerns Spurs Stockpiling

Arran Hope

May 10, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Eleanor of Provence

Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence (1198 - 1245), and Beatrice of Savoy (c.1198 - c.1267) had four daughters, all of whom married kings. Their second daughter, Eleanor (c.1223 - 1291), was not we...

May 10, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Remains of Weapon Manufacturing and Repair from the Wars of Alexander the Great’s Successors Found on Andros

A team of researchers has managed to unravel the secrets hidden in the ancient metallurgical slags found on the Greek island of Andros, in the Aegean Sea. The results confirm that these remains bel...

May 10, 2026 from The Autodidacts

The art of getting back on one’s horse

It’s a long process

May 10, 2026 from Roy Tang

Weeknotes 2026-05-10

The World Iran crisis still up in the air and gas prices still high and everything still expensive. (Thanks DJT!) Computer component prices still insane. (Thanks GenAI hype!) In the PH things are h...

May 10, 2026 from nutcroft

The Worlds Left To Conquer

Pre-script: I've got a podcast episode out with Ed Zitron available here. It has been a year and a half since I quit my job to start a consultancy. It took me years to build up to quitting, and I h...

May 10, 2026 from Puzzlify notes

The Worlds Left To Conquer

Pre-script: I've got a podcast episode out with Ed Zitron available here. It has been a year and a half since I quit my job to start a consultancy. It took me years to build up to quitting, and I h...

May 09, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

You’re Not Supposed To Put The Fly In Your Own Ointment

Read You’re Not Supposed To Put The Fly In Your Own Ointment I work in a sandwich store that has a couple of tables. My coworker and I see a customer eating a sandwich with his son. He finishes the...

May 09, 2026 from Hackaday

The Noctua Fan Files and the Limits of 3D Printing PC Fans

After Noctua recently released CAD files for a range of their computer fans, one of the first thoughts that popped up for most people was: Can you just to 3D …read more

May 09, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Niche bouquet 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXIX

Leafy intro Welcome to the 279th 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...

May 09, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

$5K Sanctions for Repeated Mis-Citation in Coomer v. Lindell / My Pillow Election-Related Libel Suit

“Mr. Kachouroff's statements to the Court in this case do not inspire confidence.”