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May 17, 2026 from Peter's Path

Who Is Jesus? by R.C. Sproul

Why read the book? R.C. Sproul wrote Who Is Jesus? It is a short and clear book from his Crucial Questions series. Sproul looks at what the Bible says about the person and work of Christ. He explai...

May 17, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Choc mint ice cream season hits Japan with a spectacular drinkable ice cream from Tully’s

Why go to Starbucks when you can find hidden gems like this at a locally born chain? Are you a Chokomintou supporter? If you are, then you will be gearing up for a very busy, and refreshing, summer...

May 17, 2026 from Daily Medieval

King Edmund of East Anglia

The Kingdom of East Anglia formed in the first half of the 6th century. Its first king was Wehha, ruling people who came from Frisia and Jutland. He was followed by Luffa, who was followed by Tytil...

May 17, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

For Centuries, the People of Central Asia Spoke One Language but Wrote in Another: Greek, Aramaic, or Prakrit

Imagine if suddenly all documents written in Spanish, English, or French disappeared, and the only things left from our era were a few administrative texts in Latin and Ancient Greek. Something lik...

May 17, 2026 from Ethan Hawksley's Blog

Mitigating Ongoing Registry Supply Chain Attacks

They are only becoming more frequent and more damaging.

May 16, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

7-Eleven Japan now sells canned water, but does funky packaging mean funky flavor?[Taste test]

Lotte’s canned water makes its convenience store debut. The first time you take a look at the drink section in a Japanese convenance store, you might be surprised by some of the packaging, specific...

May 16, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Virid Burnout 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXX

Leafy intro Welcome to the 280th 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 wr...

May 16, 2026 from Hackaday

After Stumbling From CVE to CVE Will Linux get a Kill Switch?

For the few people who have spent the past weeks living under a security rock, the Linux kernel has found itself the subject of multiple severe bugs in the form …read more

May 16, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Selfie-Incriminating Evidence

Read Selfie-Incriminating Evidence Customer: "My phone has stopped charging!" Me: "Have you got it wet or left it in the sun?" Customer: "I've never even had it near the water!" Read Selfie-Incrimi...

May 16, 2026 from The Linkfest

Linkfest #45: Hallucinopedia, Salmon on Cocaine, and How Phil Collins Accidentally Invented Gated Reverb

Hello there! Time for "the opposite of doomscrolling” — my latest “Linkfest”, in which I scroll through the endless Borgesian microfiche of the Internet, looking for the finest items of science, cu...

May 16, 2026 from Peter's Path

Marskramer Path part 04

Hiked part 4/20 of the Marskramer Path, 21.5 kilometres from Delden to Rijssen. You walk through the stream valley of the Boven- and Midden-Regge. The word regge means 'he who carries water' and im...

May 16, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News stuff 16 May 2026

Dipole Edition Top Story SpaceX has shown of its Starship V3 and is planning for a test flight as early as this week. (Teslarati) The upgrades include an improved PEZ dispenser. Disappointingly, th...

May 16, 2026 from Chuniversiteit

I’m not sure what to make of Google’s Pixel 10 Pro

The Pixel 10 Pro is supposed to be Google’s flagship phone, but it certainly doesn’t feel like one.

May 16, 2026 from Kev Quirk

Is Bitwarden preparing for a sale?

Is Bitwarden preparing for a sale?by Jan-Lukas ElseJan-Lukas writes about the warning signs that Bitwarden might be heading for a private equity sale. The irony is that founder built Bitwarden beca...

May 16, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Goodbye Search Console

Warum ich Google Search Console nicht mehr nutze und warum ich es überhaupt genutzt habe.

May 16, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Edmund at War

There were few times in England's Medieval period when it was not at war with someone. Even when they were not forced to defend themselves, they chose to go to warfare territory or to start a Crusa...

May 16, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Today in Supreme Court History: May 16, 1918

5/16/1918: The Sedition Act of 1918 is enacted. The Supreme Court upheld prosecutions brought under this law in Schenck, Debs, and Abrams. The post Today in Supreme Court History: May 16, 1918 appe...

May 16, 2026 from bearblog

Anker PowerConf C200: a case study in webcam security theatre

The Anker PowerConf C200 webcam looks like a good security choice at first, with triple-layered defences against hackers invading your privacy. However, this doesn't bear out in reality.

May 16, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Remains of a self-sufficient village from the late 3rd century AD—predating the Germanic migrations—and a strange “large, dark, opaque glass bead” discovered in Saxony

Gravel extraction at the Liebersee site, a hamlet belonging to the municipality of Belgern-Schildau in Saxony (Germany), has brought to light a series of archaeological structures that document the...

May 16, 2026 from It's FOSS

I Gave Desktop Email Clients Another Shot and This New App Delivered

Btw, it is lightweight, open source, and not built on Electron.