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Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part III: Generals, Warlords and Vassals

This is the third part (I, II) of our series looking at how Carthage’s complex, multipart armies were raised and constituted. Last time, we looked at the backbone of Carthage’s armies: North Africa...

1st May 2026, after the village folds itself away

1st May, 2026. 08:10 PM.Maureen has posted the final housekeeping note. Which means it is official now. April has been packed into boxes, the prompts have been swept from the floor, the links are s...

ElevenLabs launches ElevenMusic, a new AI music generation platform

ElevenLabs has just introduced ElevenMusic, its new AI music platform for streaming, creating, remixing, and sharing AI-generated songs. Some may remember that the company announced a similarly nam...

Weekly Notes 18/2026

It’s been a busy week, both at work and at home. I think the heat also made the week much more tiring, but thankfully, it rained a bit yesterday. Hopefully we will get more rains. I spent a bit of ...

The Mad Parliament

King Henry III had spent lavishly on many things, including trying to fund a war to gain the Kingdom of Sicily for his younger son Edmund. He was confronted by a number of barons who would only agr...

Sights and Scenes: Pearl Square Construction

Construction sights and scenes from a recent April 2026 walk through downtown Jacksonville's rapidly rising Pearl Square District. -

What rattlesnakes (and you) are teaching us

Behind the YLE Curtain (May 2026)

Evolution Has Reused the Same Genes for 120 Million Years: A Study Questions the Randomness of Nature

An international team of scientists has confirmed that evolution has used the same genetic repertoire for over 120 million years, suggesting that patterns of change in life on Earth may be more pre...

You Don't Need A New Computer

Bottle

Goodbye Skadden, Hello OnlyFans!– See Also

Former Skadden Partner David Eisman Makes A Huge Career Shift: Don't worry -- he'll still be on the legal side of things. The Biggest In Texas: See if your firm places on this regional prestige lis...

‘Leaving’ No Room For Doubt

Read ‘Leaving’ No Room For Doubt Cashier: "You’re all set. You have a good day!" Customer: *Angrily, as they grab their bags and leave.* "And what’s so good about it?!" Read ‘Leaving’ No Room For D...

USB-C Charger Juices Up 100 Devices At Once

Back when phones used to ship with chargers in the box, you’d get a plugpack that could charge one device. Aftermarket manufacturers eventually started making chargers with four or five …read more

Candace Owens Sued for Defamation Over Claims of Conspiracy to Assassinate Charlie Kirk

Some excerpts from the long Complaint in Harpole v. Owens (M.D. Tenn.), just filed today (of course, recall that these… The post Candace Owens Sued for Defamation Over Claims of Conspiracy to Assas...

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan Move to Institutionalize the Middle Corridor

Vusal Guliyev

My System Setup

I talk about my time on Linux and the programs at the heart of my setup

HTTP 3

Mein Blog ist jetzt auch mit HTTP 3 ansprechbar.

Weathered White Brooklyn Banana Bench

Back in 2021 I documented a well-painted banana bench in Brooklyn. Five years later, the bench looks a bit worse for wear.

Banned Trees and Plants in New Jersey

I read an April 18, 2026 report in the New York Post titled After holding its nose for decades, NJ finally bans stinky Bradford pear tree: Under a new law, the Bradford pear tree and 29 other non-n...

Daily Tech News 30 April 2026

Red Vs Blue Edition Top Story OpenAI has largely abandoned its plan to spend half a trillion dollars of other people's money on its Stargate project, leaving it to other people to spend half a tril...