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Aug 16, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Erlebnis Sonnenfinsternis: Der Komödie erster Teil

Wir haben ausgekundschaftet, wo man die Sonnenfinsternis am besten betrachten kann.

Aug 16, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

Doctor Who: Bessie’s Tape Deck – The Third Doctor Audios, Part 2

Time to check in again on Big Finish’s offerings starring the Third Doctor. As with last time, we’re still in the era when Big Finish were reluctant to recast characters whose actors had died (or, ...

Aug 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A Particle Composed Only of Force: Scientists Confirm the Existence of a Previously Unknown State of Matter

For more than half a century, particle physics has pursued one of the most elusive and fascinating predictions of quantum chromodynamics (QCD), the theory that describes the strong nuclear force. I...

Aug 16, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 16 August 2026

Ananaisotropic Edition Top Story Every fusion power startup that has raised over $100 million. (Tech Crunch) Your weekly reminder that it is the 21st century, and not everything is poop-flavoured i...

Aug 16, 2026 from Thejesh GN

Embedding Workouts using Web Component

I wanted a way to represent workouts by the muscle groups they activate. Most applications where you log do it. I thought it must be easy with SVG images. It wasn’t as easy. First, I had to get an ...

Aug 16, 2026 from Matthew Brunelle's Blog

I've Inadvertently Opted Out of Smart Notifications Thanks to GrapheneOS.

I've been running GrapheneOS for a little over a year now and didn't realize much Smart Notifications have changed phone usage. I'm happy I had the chance to opt out of them.

Aug 16, 2026 from Kev Quirk

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Aug 16, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Stay at a hotel with a bed for your plushie in Japan

Complete with tiny matching pyjamas for your little friend. The world of fandom is vast and varied in Japan – on one hand you have fans who might show a casual interest in an actor, idol, VTuber, o...

Aug 16, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Pepin the Hunchback's Treatment

Charlemagne's first son was named Pepin. Shortly after his birth he developed a spinal deformity that has caused historians to refer to him as "Pepin the Hunchback."His mother was the concubine Him...

Aug 16, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

nfSensei is an open source fork of pfSense, by the original creator, for Linux

“nfSensei is a modern network operating system built from scratch in Rust with a React frontend, designed around a single principle: one API to rule them all. The CLI, the web UI, and the on-device...

Aug 16, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Today in Supreme Court History: August 16, 1933

8/16/1933: President Roosevelt adopts the Code of Fair Competition for the Governance of the Petroleum Industry. The Supreme Court declared… The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 16, 1933...

Aug 16, 2026 from Roy Tang

Weeknotes 2026-08-16

My Week Another rainy week, though it let up a bit the past few days. Google Fit says I walked 76,313 steps from last Sunday to yesterday, breaking well past my quota and making up for my shortfall...

Aug 15, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Deflated Bee 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCXCIII

Welcome to the 293rd 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...

Aug 15, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

More Than A Few Loose Shingles

Read More Than A Few Loose Shingles Me: "Okay, that's going to be a special-order item, which has a minimum-purchase quantity of nine bundles, and a ten-business-day turnaround time." Caller: "But ...

Aug 15, 2026 from Hackaday

Peeling Fruit with the Power of Steam

Steam power is a staple of the steampunk aesthetic, thermodynamics, and a checkpoint for the budding mechanical engineer studying heat cycles. But because food is largely made of water, steam …read...

Aug 15, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Israeli Settler "Terrorists" Unjustly Expel West Bank Palestinians From Their Land

I am generally pro-Israel. But these actions amount to ethnic cleansing and gross violations of property rights.

Aug 15, 2026 from GadgeteerZA

FairEmail is an open source privacy orientated email app

“Setup was IMAP credentials for each of my personal accounts. There’s no account to create with the developer or a sign-in step before you can reach your inbox. Two things in the listing made it ap...

Aug 15, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 15 August 2026

Twenty Essential Classical Elements Edition Top Story Who are you and what have you done with France? France's Constitutional Council has found the French government's plan to block social media ac...

Aug 15, 2026 from Peter's Path

Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

Why read the book? Jules Verne published Journey to the Centre of the Earth in 1864. Professor Otto Lidenbrock finds a coded message from an old Icelandic explorer. He sets out with his nephew Axel...

Aug 15, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Hunchbacks

In William Shakespeare's Richard III, someone refers to Richard as “that foule hunch-backt toade.” It's the first recorded instance of the term for someone who had a less-than-straight spine, and—p...