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Apr 26, 2026 from Daily Medieval

King of the Romans

Richard of Cornwall was only two years younger than his brother Henry, who became King of England. He rebelled against Henry a few times, using his wealth from Cornwall and Poitou to try to become ...

Apr 26, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Over 100 Game Boards Discovered Carved in the Ruins of the Ancient Greek City of Ptolemais in Libya

The ruins of Ptolemais, one of the largest Greek cities of antiquity, hide within their crumbling walls a unique archaeological phenomenon: hundreds of grids carved into stone formed by small circu...

Apr 26, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

Stop using Cloudflare’s default 1.1.1.1 DNS (changing one digit blocks malware at the router level)

“Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS server is popular for its speed, reliability, and support DNS over HTTPs (DOH), which gives you some added privacy. However, 1.1.1.1 doesn’t do much besides lookup IP addr...

Apr 26, 2026 from Roy Tang

Weeknotes 2026-04-26

The World Iran crisis is still ongoing. Trump has extended his "ceasefire", but the strait is still largely closed and negotiations seem to be going nowhere at the moment. Trump attended the WHCD f...

Apr 26, 2026 from Toni Notes

When a tiny publication becomes something you have to run

A tiny publication starts becoming something you have to run when small fixes stop staying local. The archive begins carrying enough promise and consequence that coherence needs a little deliberate...

Apr 25, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has released V4, its first major model update in over a year

DeepSeek has released DeepSeek V4 Pro and DeepSeek V4 Flash, its first major model update in over a year. The new V4 models introduce a context window of up to 1 million tokens, allowing longer con...

Apr 25, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

They once called me coach 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXVII

Welcome to the 277th 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 writing sister...

Apr 25, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Alternative Arithmetik

Hätte mir jemand vor zehn Jahren gesagt, dass der US-Gesundheitsminister bei einer Senatsanhörung behaupten würde, dass es eine Art von Prozentrechnung gäbe, bei der eine Reduzierung von 600 auf 10...

Apr 25, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Links to My Posts on Chatrie v. United States, the Geofence Warrant Case

Fourteen posts in all, from 2022 to the present.

Apr 25, 2026 from Hackaday

2026 Green Powered Challenge: Ventilate Your Way To Power!

Have you ever looked out across the rooftops of a city and idly gazed at the infrastructure that remains unseen from the street? It seems [varunsontakke80] has, because here’s their …read more

Apr 25, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Is Nut Getting It

Read Is Nut Getting It Annoying Customer: "It's not software related! It's mechanical! I know it is! I'm a good driver, so the car must be having issues!" Coworker: "I'm just troubleshooting—" Anno...

Apr 25, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 25 April 2026

Biscuit Edition Top Story Microsoft is running a competition with $2 million in prizes to promote its Edge browser. There's a $1 million grand prize, three Mercedes Benz card, and a whole swarm of ...

Apr 25, 2026 from Peter's Path

Veluwe Wander Trail part 23

Hiked part 23/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 19.0 kilometres from Schaarsbergen to Otterlo. A long walk through the Hoge Veluwe National Park, with woods at the start and end and wide open heath in...

Apr 25, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A Roman Bronze Cup Found in central Spain was Made in Northern Britannia and Names the Forts of Hadrian’s Wall

A farmer from Berlanga de Duero, a small town in the province of Soria (Castile and León), found fragments of a small enameled bronze bowl a few months ago while working his land. What seemed to be...

Apr 25, 2026 from riz#000000me

Tactics Development Log 1

laying out the basics of the design

Apr 25, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Tsujihan sushi bowl restaurant goes viral with foreign tourists, but is it worth the hype?

A Japanese diner shares their take on the kaisendon restaurant that’s exploded in popularity amongst overseas tourists. If you’re curious to explore Japan’s seafood scene beyond sushi and sashimi, ...

Apr 25, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

Stop Guessing if Your Servers are Up: Free VPS Monitoring Guide

In this video, I explore how to set up Uptime Kuma on a Free VPS using Docker Compose to create a robust, 24/7 monitoring solution for your home lab or AI applications. I dive into the practical lo...

Apr 25, 2026 from Kev Quirk

ThinkPad T480 Initial Thoughts

Since my Framework had a coffee bath, I've been using a ThinkPad T480 that I picked up from eBay for £285 ($385). This has been my main laptop for a few days now, and I have some thoughts, so I tho...

Apr 25, 2026 from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part II: The African Backbone

This is the second part (I) of our series looking at the structure of the Carthaginian army. As we discussed last time, while Carthage has an unfair reputation for being an ‘un-military’ society, i...

Apr 25, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

True Calling

Don't you hate it whenever you're playing some stupid puzzle game and you can't find the solution, so then you start having a harsh realization with yourself about your intellectual abilities and y...