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Hey you, start communicating!

Hey you, start communicating!by David JamiesonDavid talks about why it's good to reach out to authors when you read their content. Even if it's just to say hi.Read post ➡Hard agree with David's com...

The bid-ask spread on used physical goods

For most of my life I fundamentally misunderstood buy & sell prices

Tired

Man, I really hate it when I keep making assumptions. That old saying really does end up coming true. I find that I get in my own head about every little thing most times, and the result ends up no...

Pullback Drive

🌱 an LLM models our worst behavior

“Focus on the work, not your attachment to it.”

Hackaday Links: May 10, 2026

While Artemis II was primarily a demonstration flight of the architecture NASA plans to use for future lunar missions, it was also an excellent excuse for the crew to snap …read more

The Wrong Vision Statement

Read The Wrong Vision Statement Customer: "I was wearing the glasses all of yesterday and all last night! But when I take them off, my eyesight goes all blurry again!" Read The Wrong Vision Statement

Biglaw’s Inside Job — See Generally

The DOJ's Insider Trading Case Is Basically A Vault 100 Firm Directory: Sidley, Latham, Goodwin, Weil, DLA Piper, Willkie, Wachtell -- this indictment would be for an impressive on-campus interview...

Upcoming Cato Institute Event on "Trump v. Barbara: Birthright Citizenship at the Supreme Court"

I will participate, along Prof. Paul Finkelman, and Gabriel Chin.

Over On Fake Geek Boy: Boldly Going Where No Gamebooks Have Gone Before!

I’ve just put out a review of various Star Trek: Lower Decks spin-off publications over on my books-movies-and-TV blog, one of which may have crossover appeal to regular readers here – that’s Warp ...

Cerritos Spinoffs and Lower Decks Delights

Lower Decks has gone the way of all Alex Kurtzman Star Trek shows – getting cancelled before it can undertake the sort of epic hundreds-of-episodes run that Star Trek shows enjoyed back in the 1990...

Daily News Stuff 10 May 2026

Five Cent Solution Edition Top Story NASA is planning a rescue mission for its Neils Gehrels Swift Observatory - a.k.a the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer - which is sinking fast and will re-enter t...

All roads lead to rome. Mine lead to rot.

On Saturday, I am spiralling down the depression-anxiety-low-self-esteem trifecta again, with bouts of anger throwing my body around like it owes me something. I am not eating, not really, but then...

2026: So schnell vergessen

Ein Drittel von 2026 ist schon um, und wir haben schon wieder so viel von dem Murks vergessen (oder zumindest schenken wir ihm keine Aufmerksamkeit mehr), den Trump und sein Regime dieses Jahr scho...

South African universities developing their own ChatGPTs that better understand local languages

“From Cape Town to the Free State, local educational institutions recently announced work on language-focused AI models that better understand local languages compared to international giants like ...

The Eurovision Song Contest and the European Union

The Eurovision Song Contest is technically not related to the European Union, but it does affect how the EU is perceived abroad.

I Moved My Photos from OneDrive to Ente Photos, and I'm Not Going Back

Privacy concerns drove me to move 20,000+ photos and videos out of OneDrive.

Starbucks Japan releases two new “chunky” drinks… and matching gel designs for our nails

Match your nail art to your favourite drink with this surprising new release.  Starbucks is known for unusual, Japan-exclusive releases, but these new items tend to cover drinks and related drinkwa...

Great Power Conflict Concerns Spurs Stockpiling

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Eleanor of Provence

Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence (1198 - 1245), and Beatrice of Savoy (c.1198 - c.1267) had four daughters, all of whom married kings. Their second daughter, Eleanor (c.1223 - 1291), was not we...