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Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part I: Why They Fight

This week I want to try something a little different. Rather than taking apart a particular fantasy military system, I thought I might try to lay out a more general sense of how military systems te...

PC Pick-and-Mix: An Upsetting Abscission, A Trapped Archive, and a Sweet Family Tree

Time for another entry in my occasional series unpacking what PC games I’ve been playing lately. This time around, it’s a puzzles-and-narrative special, with one point-and-click adventure and two m...

Court Dismisses Fraud Claim Against N.Y. Times Over "Young, Old, and Sick Starve to Death in Gaza" Photo

Among other things, plaintiff failed to allege "that the alleged fraudulent conduct induced ... the plaintiff into purchasing merchandise."

Over-Engineering an FDM Spool Holder From Prusa Mk4S Remains

Unlike resin printers where you generally just pour the fresh resin into the easily accessible vat, FDM printers need to squirrel away at least one spool and its requisite holder …read more

Mary Contrary

Read Mary Contrary Customer: "What's that?" Me: "That's your bellini." Customer: "Why is it orange?" Me: "Uh, it's the peach puree." Customer: "Wait! There's peach in this? I'm allergic to peach!" ...

Salaries Are On The Rise! — See Also

Another Biglaw Firm Matches Milbank: Katten Muchin bumps up their salaries! Keeping Up With The Milbanks: Check to see if your firm is on the scoreboard! Here Lies Diversity Lab: The FTC successful...

Google adds an opt-out option to let website owners exclude their sites from AI results

Google has announced that it will add a new opt out control in Search Console, allowing website owners to exclude their domains from the company’s generative AI search results. The control applies ...

Special Report: A Perfect Storm – Russia Losing Its War Against Ukraine May Lead to Regime Change

Taras Kuzio

Daily News Stuff 5 June 2026

Lilo Pelekai Multipass Edition Top Story AI token costs are becoming a meme. Here's why that's a good thing. (Tom's Hardware) It's not. I mean, not unless for the AI companies, and not for anyone e...

Japan Post’s mail carriers are getting some cool upgrades, but packages might be a little late

Intense summer heat means new safety rules and ice-cold drinks. Summer in Japan is popular for many things, from festivals and fireworks to delicious and refreshing treats, but there is also anothe...

The Odyssey by Homer

Why read the book? Homer wrote The Odyssey around 800 BC. It is the second great epic poem from ancient Greece and the direct sequel to The Iliad. The story follows Odysseus, king of Ithaca, as he ...

Strange Complete Boar Burials Discovered Beneath the Tombs of a Greco-Roman Necropolis in the Nile Delta

The excavation campaign carried out by the Egyptian archaeological mission under the Supreme Council of Antiquities at the tell of Kom Aziza, located in the Beheira Governorate, has brought to ligh...

Weekly Notes 23/2026

It’s been a good week in general. The work schedule is back under control. I am getting back to normalcy there. I also played after a long time on Sunday. We played singles again. It was tough but ...

San Francisco Omnistrate Event

Last month I had the opportunity to attend an event hosted by Omnistrate at the Amazon office on Market Street in San Francisco. I really wish a company like Omnistrate had existed when I was at Op...

Proton Drive is Now Faster (And Getting a Linux Client Soon)

The overhaul is part of a broader SDK rebuild that has been in the works throughout 2026.

The Children of Sweyn, Part 3

After the untimely death of King Eric the Evergood in Cyprus, his brother Niels became King of Denmark, the latest of the sons of Sweyn II to become king. He was born c.1063, and his reign began in...

Data doesn't speak for itself

Training in how to translate data

Planetary Science

Aliyev’s Digital Silk Road and Middle Corridor Experiences Reliability Gap

Sertaç Canalp Korkmaz

It’s An Open Secret

Read It’s An Open Secret Caller: "What time do you close?" Me: "We're open 24 hours." Caller: *Impatiently.* "But what time do you close?" Me: "Ma'am, we don't close. We're open 24 hours per day." ...