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The Second Barons' War Begins

So the first phase of the Second Barons' War happened very quickly. The rebellious barons invaded London and captured King Henry III and Queen Eleanor of Provence. Simon de Montfort, who was marrie...

A Free Open Source Mobile Dev Hackathon Is Coming to the Netherlands on May 16

OS-SCi's Lomiri Tech Meeting includes keynotes, free books, and a new bounty program reveal.

A large circular Bronze Age ditch with 3 access gates and another 60 structures found in a Hungarian mine

The archaeological research team from the Herman Ottó Museum has resumed its excavation work in the vicinity of the Bükkábrány open-pit lignite mine in northern Hungary, continuing the efforts that...

🌰 yumi and the nightmare painter - a book review

Note: This review contains spoilers What Worked Brandon Sanderson is known for his inventive world building and this makes it clear why. It’s an imaginative, fascinating world. The thing that separ...

Horizontal Stabilizers

Links to CSS colour palettes

A while back I decided to stop using Tailwind for new projects and to just write vanilla CSS instead. But one thing I missed about Tailwind was the colour palette (here as CSS). If I wanted a light...

Bullshit King

Being good is a privilege. I was thinking about how life has gone over the last several years, and I came to a stark realization that if my circumstances weren't as favorable as they are, I'd have ...

Hackaday Links: May 3, 2026

Software that collects public data from the Internet and uses it to provide half-assed answers to your questions might seem like a modern craze, but today we bid farewell to …read more

How Do I (In)Put This Gently

Read How Do I (In)Put This Gently One day, a lady called in and stated her new computer "wasn't doing anything." Me: "Is the unit powering up?" Caller: "Oh, it is, but it's not doing anything." Rea...

Weekly Robotics #359

Today issue turned into a bit of a YouTube party as I'm traveling and I don't have as much time as I would like to do some proper research for the newsletter. Still, these are some solid engineerin...

Accidentally Filing A Draft Motion Might Be The Least Embarrassing DOJ Story Of The Week — See Generally

Tell Me The DOJ Didn't Check The Filing Without Telling Me: Justice Department files motion complete with giant "DRAFT" watermark on every page. Cracker jack lawyering! Somehow This Wasn't The Most...

Our Coblogger Stewart Baker Has Died

It grieves me to report that our coblogger, and my friend, Stewart Baker died suddenly a few days ago at… The post Our Coblogger Stewart Baker Has Died appeared first on Reason.com.

Daily News Stuff 3 May 2026

Sorry Not Sorry Edition Top Story The CPanel exploit is being exploited as a ransomware attack that encrypts your entire website. (Bleeping Computer) Well, I dodged that one, at least.Numerous sour...

Samurai Coffee: Try Edo period coffee once enjoyed by Japanese warriors

Cafe in Japan uses a recipe from an old document to recreate a historic brew. Japan might be commonly associated with tea, but coffee is also a big part of the culture, having first been introduced...

Linkfest #44: Microchimerism, Sonic-Boom Duct Tape, and the Hidden Tetris Champion

Hello there! It’s time again for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest Linkfest, for which I have sifted through the entire dang Internet, top to bottom, looking for the finest items in scien...

Gemini app adds file generation for PDFs, Word, Excel, and Google Docs

Google’s Gemini app now lets users create downloadable and shareable files directly from a chat prompt, reducing the need to copy, paste, or manually reformat content between apps. Text, drafts, su...

Tackling gender biases in AI-driven systems

This paper presents a handful of recommendations for designing effective guidelines to tackle gender biases in AI.

The Provisions Overturned

The Provisions of Oxford, a result of the barons demanding reforms from King Henry III during the Mad Parliament in exchange for raising money for him, were overturned a few years later.Henry's nee...

A Copper Age Settlement in Portugal Imported Rock Blades for Its Tools from Granada, Over 500 Kilometers Away, Exactly the Same as the Local Ones

Vila Nova de São Pedro, a fortified village located in the Azambuja region (Portugal), was during the Copper Age (between 2800 and 2100 BCE) a center of great significance. Thousands of stone tools...

Weeknotes 2026-05-03

Hey, it's May! Time continues to pass by quickly. The World Iran crisis is still ongoing, no end in sight. I think gas prices over here are going up again tomorrow. My Week There was a Honkai Star ...