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Upcoming National Constitution Center Annual Supreme Court Review

Three different VC bloggers are among the speakers: Jonathan Adler, Keith Whittington, and myself.

Russia Balances Relationship with Iran and Other Gulf States

Fuad Shahbazov

Webcomic: Drive

Ich stelle den Science-Fiction Webcomic „Drive“ vor.

📝 2026-06-10 21:05

I'm quite liking #Vivaldi, especially now I have dark/light mode switching working in #Ubuntu. If it sticks, I'll play with their email and RSS integration next. Thanks for reading this post via RS...

Daily News Stuff 10 June 2026

Ununambiguous Edition Top Story We haven't had a critical local privilege escalation bug in Linux for at least... What's the time now? (Ars Technica) Today's little surprise package comes courtesy ...

OpenCV 5 brings new deep neural network engine, stronger ONNX support, and faster core

OpenCV 5 has been released as a major new version of the widely used open source computer vision library. The update delivers several foundational changes including a new deep neural network engine...

Pump yourself up with Yokohama’s new extravagant Cool Fuel ice cream

With its slogan “Melt the Rule,” Cool Fuel offers a new kind of five-layered ice cream-eating experience centered on Mascarpone cheese flavor. New ice cream brand Cool Fuel opened on May 29 in the ...

A Stellar Wind Detected by the James Webb Telescope Is Responsible for the Large Number of Massive Dead Galaxies in the Early Universe

The paradox has been on astrophysicists’ desks for years: observations of the early universe show a number of massive and already inert galaxies far higher than what conventional models of cosmic e...

Genevieve Stebbins’ Delsarte System of Dramatic Expression (1886)

A philosophical system and a practical guide for the cultivation of dramatic genius.

KaOS Releases First Dinit-Based ISO, but It's Not Ditching Systemd Entirely

The distro ditches systemd as the init system while keeping some key components around.

Sonoff Zigbee Bridge with Home Assistant

Back in November of 2024, my father (who is now 86) moved in with us. We are lucky enough to have a house with a basement apartment, and after my mother died we were able to take him in. As an olde...

The Finnish Crusades

Pope Alexander III decided that it was time to tackle the pagans on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea (the Baltic is between the peninsula that holds the Scandinavian countries and the mainland...

New OMB rule could break science in the United States

What a new proposed rule from OMB could mean, and how you can help

Giving Defunct Blogs Proper Burials

Robert Birming published an interesting short blog post titled Where do blogs go when they die? He noted having noticed that many blog posts shared in recent years by participants in his Junited in...

Beam Pipe

Refactoring English: Month 18

New here? Hi, I’m Michael. I’m a software developer and founder of small, indie tech businesses. I’m currently working on a book called Refactoring English: Effective Writing for Software Developer...

Unknown Bugs

"I don't know what you are, but you have to die." That's what I said to a bug that flew in my face while I was smoking on my back patio the other night. I'm scared of bugs, okay? Anyway, saying som...

Small Firm, Big Compensation — See Also

AZA Bumps Up Their Pay Scale: Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Mensing P.C. pay their associates for their excellence! You Get What You Pay For: Trump’s lawyers keep missing easy deadlines. Fired Law School Dea...

Print Your Own Robby the Robot

When it comes to robots, few are as iconic as Robby. [Ogrinz Labs] has wanted to build one and even examined a real one up for auction to get high-res …read more

Claws For Concern

Read Claws For Concern Customer: "You do other things instead of crab, right?" Me: "We have shellfish, lobster—" Customer: "No, I mean, I'm allergic to seafood." Me: "What kinds of seafood?" Custom...