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Your guide to fall 2026 vaccines

Respiratory vaccines—for flu, RSV, and Covid-19—will be available at no cost this fall.

17th-Century Woman’s Grave with “Anti-vampire” Practices Never Before Seen Together Discovered in Poland

A multidisciplinary team of archaeologists, geneticists, anthropologists, and geologists has unearthed a 17th-century tomb in the Pień cemetery, in north-central Poland, that defies all funeral nor...

Steam on Android is Workable, Performant, and Brittle.

A few weeks ago I wrote about getting the full ARM64 Steam client running on an unrooted Android tablet. At the time it was a proof of concept. Steam opened, authenticated, downloaded games, and la...

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Wings

No big thesis for today—well, at least not yet. I've been feeling better over this last week or so, but the thing that always worries me about feeling better is getting into trouble—you know, think...

Everybody’s a facilitator, whether you know it or not. 3 ways to learn the most human skill going

Facilitation is always happening. If you put even a little effort into learning facilitation, you’ll get meetings of all sorts to the best possible outcomes & help everyone around you have a better...

Ketanji Brown Jackson Has Had Enough Of The Shadow Docket — See Also

Ketanji Brown Jackson Read The Shadow Docket To Filth: A blistering dissent on the 'Kafkaesque nightmare' the Court keeps building for election challengers. Clarence Thomas And Ted Cruz Spend A Pod...

The Only Thing Drier Is My Sense Of Humor

Read The Only Thing Drier Is My Sense Of Humor Me: "So, this customer wants a crispy chicken burger, no sauce, no salsa, no butter, no guacamole, no cheese, just chicken and bread, and she wants th...

Reject Fluid Simulations, Return To Rheoscopic Fluid

Fluid simulations are one of the “killer apps” of high-performance computing, but if you can’t afford the performance, they can take a depressingly long time to run. Depending on your …read more

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-25-26

I have been busy today, but the weekday streak of Pook-Emu Bee links continues. 1 | California political candidate facing six years in prison after listing dive bar as home address (Marina Peña for...

I tested out the new Elecrow ThinkNode M9 with MeshCore Decentralised Radio Network

For those who don’t know, MeshCore (similar to Meshtastic and same hardware LoRa radios) is a decentralised radio network that runs in the license free bands. It’s a great way of being in contact w...

Daily News Stuff 25 August 2026

Infinite Indexes Edition Top Story Why Aliexpress is muting your music. (The Register) Because they're taking your fingerprints using inaudible sonar. Really. Tech News OpenAI is building agents fo...

"Counsel Took Full Responsibility for His Mistakes, Was Not Evasive, and Prioritized Candor to the Court and Opposing Counsel"

From Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves (Ct. of Int'l Trade) Thursday in Disruptive Resources, LLC v. Ballistic Barrier Prods. Inc. (D. Del.):… The post "Counsel Took Full Responsibility for His Mistakes, ...

Dragon Ball Z theme park, financed by Saudi Arabia, to be built in France

“You know of my interest in mangas,” says French president. It’s unusual for a single franchise to get an entire theme park of its own. Disneyland, of course, is a place for not only the Disney ani...

Google Ads integrates Gemini Omni for video creation and editing

Google Ads now integrates Gemini Omni, allowing users to create and edit horizontal and vertical video assets directly within Asset Studio. Marketers can refine scenes in real time using natural la...

Union Street and Questioning Article Assertions

I question a claim about the state of Union Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn, based on my long history of having walked there going back to the 2000s.

Deploying A Postgres 16 Container Using Docker & Docker Compose (Development)

Running document containing notes on deploying PostgreSQL 16 container using Docker & Docker Compose.

Mit Imagemagick eine Farbpalette aus Bildern extrahieren

Ich brauche eine Liste aller Farben, die in einer Sammlung von Bildern verwendet werden. Hier zeige ich, wie man mit Imagemagick an sie herankommt.

The Tomb of a Young Viking Woman with Remains of a 1,300-Year-Old Dress Found in Western Jutland

Danish archaeology is facing one of the most unique discoveries of the last decade in the field of ancient Nordic clothing. During the excavation at the site known as Skonager (ARV 661), carried ou...

United Front Worker Recommits to Rejuvenation

Cheryl Yu