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A Hunters’ Camp with a Rare Antler Axe Was Found Directly Beneath the First Farmers’ Layers in an Italian Cave

In a cave on the Italian side of the Slovenian border, one layer of earth holds the remains of the first farmers. The layer right below it belongs to the hunters who lived there before them. The ca...

AI-Friendly Frameworks: As Abstraction Moves Up, How Can Verification Keep Pace?

As AI coding becomes widespread, more and more developers lean toward one view: imperative frameworks like UIKit may suit coding agents better than SwiftUI. The reasoning is intuitive. UIKit's logi...

Vinix is Not a Linux Distro, But it Can Run Games, Docker, and QEMU

The project has been around since 2021, runs its own kernel, and is written in V.

Paul Carus’ The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil (1899)

A history of the Evil One, from the earliest times to the present.

My Hobby Is Learning

I've had lots of hobbies over the years. To name a few off the top of my head, there's been fish keeping, guitar, harmonica, fountain pens, watches, motorbikes, this blog, web development, 3D print...

Top 8 questions about the “plague” situation

Well, “the plague” is trending on almost all social media channels now.

Life-Story Journaling: How a Memory Becomes Part of Your Identity

Life-story journaling connects remembered events with who you think you are. Learn a practical way to separate facts, meaning, and next choices without forcing a happy ending.

TIL how to deeplink all the things

I have written before about how to link to a specific segment of a youtube video, and how to link to specific words or paragraphs within a webpage. I even knew, vaguely, that you could link to page...

🗨️ we’re on the verge of democratizing only the worst part of celebrity

We’re on the verge of democratizing only the worst part of celebrity: the pervasive hovering cameras that are always there to preserve and distribute your failures. Cory Doctorow on Meta glasses

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A Just Creative

I'm not a liar, just creative! I've been feeling more restful lately, coming down off a tangential heat of mania, but still needlessly worried about dumb situational things that don't matter. Yet d...

A long-distance Valentine's note: your photo together as a jigsaw, with your message at the end

Written by the team behind Puzzlify. Puzzlify is our product, so weigh what follows with that in mind. We've tried to make this useful even if you never use it. Valentine's Day in a long-distance r...

How and Why I Rescued a Housefly

I ordinarily terminate houseflies with homemade fly spray. But on October 5, 2026, I saw one unexpectedly trying to leave my home. This is the story of win-win heroism.

Samuel Alito’s Midterm Turnout Strategy — See Also

Samuel Alito Isn't Retiring, But He'd Like Republicans To Vote Like He Might: Nothing gets the base out like a vacancy that may or may not exist. Today, I'll Be Performing A Monologue From...: Judg...

DIY Algae Biodiesel is Harder Than You Think

There’s one thing [Silent H] wants you to know before you watch his video about making biodiesel, embedded below: he started this project before he’d even heard of the Strait …read more

Choose Your Battles To Avoid Email Fails And Taxing Faxings

Read Choose Your Battles To Avoid Email Fails And Taxing Faxings Customer: "How much do you charge to send faxes?" Me: "That's [price] for local and [higher price] for long distance." Customer: "Hm...

Having Lost ‘Presidents,’ Ever More Russian Federal Subjects Now Have Prime Ministers

Paul Goble

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Vor einer Woche habe ich ein neues Lieblingsemoji gefunden. Jetzt kann Ubuntu es auch darstellen.

Map Animator makes animated route maps for travel and adventure videos, right in your browser

“It’s made for people who film their trips: motorcycle tours, cycling, hiking, road trips and sailing. Draw the route or use your GPX recording, give it a look, and get a video clip that shows wher...

After More Than Three Years, Judge Newman's Case Is Transferred To The Eleventh Circuit

The case was only transferred after Chief Judge Moore extended Newman's suspension for another year.