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Feb 21, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria

So Farrr... Between the Last Post and the Upcoming Week

The satisfaction in self-destruction is what keeps me from getting out. Last night, right after I finished writing my previous post and went to bed, I saw two emails. I had been selected for two go...

Feb 21, 2026 from Jordi Villar

Four Years at Tinybird

I worked at Tinybird for 4 years, 2 months, and 21 days. It’s been an incredible experience that taught me a lot about startups, engineering, and myself. Still, it feels like I joined a lifetime ag...

Feb 21, 2026 from It's FOSS

A Powerful To-Do App for Android That Collects Absolutely None of Your Data

It handles time tracking, Jira sync, and Pomodoro timers without going after its users' data.

Feb 21, 2026 from Above the Law

FBI Lied To Seize Georgia Voting Records — See Also

FBI Omitted Crucial Facts To Get What They Wanted: They didn't let truth get in the way of revenge. SCOTUS Justices Swing Over How Wrong They Are: Related, Trump's tariffs were unconstitutional. Ar...

Feb 21, 2026 from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Ancient Mediterranean Mercenaries!

This week we’re going to take a look at mercenaries in the ancient Mediterranean world! This was one of the runners-up in the latest ACOUP Senate poll, coming out of quite a few requests to discuss...

Feb 21, 2026 from Isaac Clayton

Programming as theory building is true now more than ever

These past two days have been something of a whirlwind, as I made a couple of important life decisions. The decisions were, in a strange way, very small, but in a “marble rolling down a saddle” sor...

Feb 21, 2026 from Ploum.net

Capitalisme, IA et éducation

Capitalisme, IA et éducation Extrait de mon journal du 29 janvier, en lisant "Comprendre le pouvoir" de Chomsky. Le capitalisme n’a pas créé le système éducatif par humanisme, mais parce qu’il avai...

Feb 20, 2026 from Above the Law

Pentagon CTO Says It’s ‘Not Democratic’ For Anthropic To Limit Military Use Of Claude AI

‘What we're not going to do is let any one company dictate a new set of policies above and beyond what Congress has passed,’ Under Secretary Emil Michael said of the ongoing impasse between the Pen...

Feb 20, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Calling In Sick Would Have Been The Icing On The Birthday Cake

Read Calling In Sick Would Have Been The Icing On The Birthday Cake Manager: "I don't think I'm going to be able to give you that day off." Me: *Explaining politely.* "I gave more than the required...

Feb 20, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

From Prof. Jack Goldsmith (Harvard) on the Tariff Decision

"A massive defeat for the president and an extraordinary affirmation of the Supreme Court's power."

Feb 20, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Rollenspielszenen: Verfluchte Zunge

Wie gehst du vor, wenn du eine perfekte Goblinverkleidung herbeizaubern kannst, aber kein Wort der Goblinsprache sprichst?

Feb 20, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

BIA Addresses Marriage Fraud on Valentine’s Eve

The Board of Immigration Appeals published a precedential decision on issues related to marriage fraud investigations. I noticed it published the decision on Valentine's Eve.

Feb 20, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 20 February 2026

Tailguard Edition Top Story The US government is building a specifically VPN-enabled website to allow Euroserfs to access content banned by their fascist overlords. (Reuter) Radio Free Europe, part...

Feb 20, 2026 from Peter's Path

Announcing Swift System Metrics 1.0

We are excited to announce the 1.0 release of Swift System Metrics, a Swift package that collects process-level system metrics like CPU utilization time and memory usage. Swift System Metrics runs ...

Feb 20, 2026 from Journal on n3s0 || journal

Changing A Linux User Password Using passwd(1)

Summary This is a brief note on how to change a user password on Linux systems. This is one of those basic administrator tasks done on most systems. Change User Password To change a users password ...

Feb 20, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Starbucks Japan complexly raises prices, will now charge for takeout bags

Ecological goals and economic concerns mean no more free bags and more by-location price variations. There’s been a lot for Japanese Starbucks fans to be happy about over the last few days, as the ...

Feb 20, 2026 from Thejesh GN

Weekly Notes 08/2026

Uma loves singing. Recently, she has been humming ಬಾನ ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂರ್ಯ ಜಾರಿಹೋದ. I wanted to create a karaoke version of it. Since the video already had the lyrics embedded, all I needed to do was se...

Feb 20, 2026 from Galaxy Garden

Bak Baan's Second Litter of Puppies

One of my uncles is taking care of our family durian plantation, with a dog he rescued as a stray a year ago and named Bak Baan after the mahjong tile 白板. My parents and I met Bak Baan for the firs...

Feb 20, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Death of William Clito

So King Henry I of England managed to get the marriage of William Clito and Sibylla of Anjou annulled in 1124 through the help of Pope Calixtus II. Henry did not want Clito allied with the powerful...

Feb 20, 2026 from Benny Powers: Web Developer

Toucan Wireless Split Ergonomic Keyboard DIY Build

Has keyboard endgame been acheived? LOL no, but we had fun along the way.