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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-31-26

We bring August to a close with one Pook-Emu Bee for the road. 1 | Understanding And Dealing With Kim Jong-Un’s Resilience (Mario Alexis Portella for American Thinker. August 31, 2026.) I attribute...

The Saqqara Bird, an Egyptian object from 200 BC that looks like a miniature airplane

It is very common to find images of birds in the art of Ancient Egypt. We see them in paintings and sculptures with species of all kinds, from the ducks hunted on the Nile to the ibis that lent its...

Daily News Stuff 31 August 2026

Fuck Yeah Edition Top Story Google Maps has correctly marked Lake America and the crazies are being crazy. (Daily Beast) Oh no. Speaking of crazies, they're upset that America's education system ha...

2026W34

Git at any scale — The move that stuck with me is putting a write-ahead log in S3 as the source of truth and treating the local NVMe repos as a warm cache you can throw away. That flips the usual p...

Just a Few Keystrokes - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #151

Last weekend, I attended an App Accelerator event hosted by Apple in Beijing. The event focused primarily on app development, operations, and business models in the age of AI. Most of the attendees...

Creepy crawlies

That’s how Konstantin Ryabitsev titles his post creepy crawlies, where he explains the scale of the problem of the “AI crawlers” in the kernel.org git repositories website. I have discussed it here...

Tether Brings the Apple Continuity Experience to Linux

The open source offering syncs iMessage, SMS, and OTP codes between iPhone and Linux without needing a Mac device.

The Gothic Wars

Whatever the catalyst was—murder of his friend Amalasuintha, or just a desire to avenge Rome and Romans against the Goths—Byzantine Emperor Justinian I decided it was time to re-assert control over...

Warehouses of history: Jacksonville then and now

Jacksonville’s historic warehouses and industrial buildings tell the story of a city shaped by railroads, shipping, manufacturing and commerce. From coffee roasting plants and wholesale grocery war...

The Gardner Museum Theft

United States · 1990 · Theft — Two thieves disguised as police officers bluffed their way into Boston's Gardner Museum, restrained the night guards, and stole 13 priceless masterpieces.

Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Carl's Doomsday ScenarioAuthor: Matt DinnimanGenre: Fantasy, Sci-fiReleased: 2021Rating: ★★★★★"The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin." The ratings and views are off the ...

You Can't "Vibe Code" Love

About six months ago, I was offered a presentation slot at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress in Berlin. I rarely take speaking engagements, especially international ones, but this one arrived at j...

Jumped

You know that rhetorical question parents like to use? The one about the friend jumping off the bridge, right? I'm the friend who jumped. It's a lot better to be good than smart. I think of that El...

August 2026

Back to work, back to kindergarten, back to routine, and back to writing my monthly recently post! 🍀 Life Going back to work was quieter than expected, some projects had been moved to a later date,...

De Optimization Techniques

While it seems to be a thing for most people to optimize every part of their life, to make every part of their life easier, faster, better, I’ve found that it’s often best to go in the other direct...

Geology Class

How to get a free .arpa domain

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Improving Access to High-Quality Sarcoma Care: Practical Delivery Models to Reduce Delays, Disparities, and Financial Toxicity

Sarcomas are rare malignancies encompassing more than 100 histologic subtypes. Their complexity demands specialized and multidisciplinary expertise that is difficult for many patients to access. Di...

As If It’s Not Hard Enough To Make Partner — See Generally

A Change Of Heart: Matthew Cali says Troutman Pepper Locke told him "the goalposts to make Partner" had moved after he survived a devastating heart attack. Emergency Contact: The conservative major...

Hackaday Links: August 30, 2026

The big news today is, of course, the successful launch and deployment of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope earlier this morning. The space agency’s latest observatory lifted off at …read more