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Toothpaste Expiration Dates

Our fictional dialogue duo, Justin and Justina, take on discount toothpaste with fast-approaching expiration dates.

Aprilscherz: wackeln

Heute hat mein Blog als Aprilscherz gewackelt.

Daily Tech News 1 April 2026

Bunny Edition Top Story Anthropic's Claude Code developer tool leaked. (Dev.To) Which... Well, so what? You can download it. Countless thousands of people have. I have. Anyone who wanted to put in ...

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-01-26

Today is April 1. It is both April Fools and the first day of Passover (happy Passover to any Jewish readers!). I do not have a new April Fools joke prepared, but maybe there will be something Apri...

New cafe in trendy Tokyo neighborhood is staffed by grannies and grandpas with average age of 73

Ji-chan and ba-chan are waiting for you at G-cha and Ba-cha. Shibuya is one of Tokyo’s trendiest neighborhoods, so it makes sense that a new takeout tea cafe, with an inventive menu, pop aesthetic,...

NaPoWriMo 2026 [1st April] - While Everything Continues

NaPoWriMo 2026 [1st April]Go! Yay! April 1 is here again, and so is our yearly poetry writing adventure. Whether you’re new to Na/GloPoWriMo or an old pro, the basics remain the same. Write a poem ...

Henry, Ruler of Jerusalem

After the brutal murder of Conrad of Montferrat right after he was informed that he had been chosen to replace Guy of Lusignan as King of Jerusalem, Henry II of Champagne went back to Tyre to mourn...

Elizabeth I’s Manuscript Copy of Pierre Boaistuau’s Histoires Prodigieuses (1559)

Marvels, wonders, and monstrosities: something between a medieval bestiary and a scientific treatise on birth defects.

Arch Installer Goes 4.0 With a New Face and Fewer 'Curses'

The release drops curses in favor of Textual, but that's just the highlight.

What many parents are missing about the social media verdict and addiction

Meta, YouTube, Costa Rica, and the bigger picture

Scientists Create Encryption Using DNA So Secure That Not Even a Quantum Computer Can Break It

The protection of confidential communications, a strategic pillar in the information age, has just received a revolutionary boost. A multidisciplinary team of French and Japanese scientists has suc...

Simple systems age better than impressive ones

Publishing systems deserve to be judged by how they behave months later, under maintenance, interruption, and archive weight, not by how elegant they felt during setup week.

Creation

Superpower

I was listening to Ye's newest album Bully earlier this morning, and it was good. The standout track for me was "Mama's Favorite." Ye had a wonderful relationship with his mom, and the part at the ...

March 2026

I must be getting older, because it feels like I just wrote my previous recently-update. I must’ve kept busy this month, let’s dive in! From the blog since my last recently post: Hudd review 🍀 Life...

Iran Conflict Derails Eurasian Transport Development

John C. K. Daly

Now That’s A Signing Bonus! — See Also

Top Biglaw Firm Ups Ante On Hiring Law Clerks: How's $180K-$200K sound? The Internet Remembers: Kara Westercamp's Senate Judiciary Committee appearance is marred by her Twitter history. Federal Jud...

Shell Shocked

Read Shell Shocked I'm a waiter. One lady had gotten some chili lime glazed shrimp scampi. As I set it down, she gets this disgusted look on her face. Me: "Ma'am, is everything okay?" She looks up ...

"There Is Evidence That This Particular Proceeding Before the Beijing Court Was Dominated by the" Chinese Communist Party,

holds a federal court in declining to enforce the Beijing judgment, and in therefore concluding that Stanford holds title to documents donated to the Hoover Institution by a Chinese Mao-era dissident.

2026 is the Year of the Windows Desktop(TM)

The phrase “the year of the Linux desktop” has become something of a meme. As a 2025 Hackaday headline went, The Year of the Linux Desktop is Always Next Year. Note that I write this with all due a...