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NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 15] - In Case Someone Needs Fire

NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 15] Day Fifteen Welcome back, all! As of today, we’re halfway through another Na/GloPoWriMo. Our featured participant today is kellysteller, who brings us an Instagram-inspire...

The Start of Charles' Reign

Some months after Charles of Anjou married Beatrice of Provence in 1246, therefore becoming Count of Provence and Forcalquier, he was knighted by his brother, King Louis IX, and formally given the ...

Oyster Fest 2026!

Join the community at the 2nd annual Oyster Fest! There will be a live band, DJ, great food, local vendors, a Kid Zone, dancing, and laughter. - This year’s Oyster Fest takes place Saturday, April ...

If your heart stopped right now, would a stranger save you? It depends on your sex.

Why women are less likely to receive CPR—and less likely to survive

A PHP Dev Just Solved a 20+ Year-Old KDE Plasma Problem No One Else Would

KWin can now show different virtual desktops on each screen independently.

Bam Adebayo’s 83 and Scoring Averages in 60+ Point Game Seasons

Bam Adebayo's 83 point performance inspired me to look at PPG and P/36 minutes by NBA players who scored at least 60 points in a game in their 60-point game seasons.

Make It Myself

Temperament and Spirit

I broke my fast last night. There were about ten leftover chicken tenders from dinner a few nights ago, and I ate all of them. Thankfully I didn't eat anything else after that, but I don't feel too...

Sutton Sunset

The Sutton landscape summons me to Rohan in The Lord of the Rings. Golden grasses and jagged schist cover the landscape. These seemingly go on forever, until they hit the Rock and Pillar Range in t...

The Verdict Is In — See Also

DLA Piper Wins Workplace Discrimination Suit: Guess juries don't like mistakes in work product either. A Challenger Approaches!: A freshly merged firm will break into the top 20. All's Well That Se...

Prime Video Ultra launches in US, raises ad-free access price to $4.99 with new features

Amazon has launched Prime Video Ultra in the United States, about a month after first announcing the new tier. It replaces the previous ad free plan and now costs $4.99 per month for current Prime ...

Knock It Off

Read Knock It Off A woman comes in and presents to me a knockoff of one of our items. A really, really bad one. Me: "Yes?" Woman: "This broke. I want a replacement." Read Knock It Off

New Display for Old Multimeter

As a company, Fluke has been making electronic test equipment longer than the bipolar junction transistor has been around for. In that time they’ve developed a fairly stellar reputation for …read more

Cossack Participation in Victory Day Parade Set to Increase

Richard Arnold

D.C. Circuit Opinion About the No Fly List

An excerpt from D.C. Circuit Judge Cornelia Pillard, joined by Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson and J. Michelle Childs in today's… The post D.C. Circuit Opinion About the No Fly List appeared first o...

Daily News Stuff 14 April 2026

Greasy Spork Edition Top Story Answering the questions nobody is asking: Can AI be a "child of God"? (Washington Post / MSN) Something needs to be done about Anthropic. Sam Altman's home has been t...

Veluwe Wander Trail part 11

Hiked part 11/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 16.2 kilometres from Vierhouten to Vaassen. From Vierhouten the trail leads through pine and spruce forest onto the wide open heathland, dotted with sol...

Bees on the Balcony

I recently added setting up a proper Bee hotel as a goal, but I didn’t think something similar would happen naturally. I love the concept of Bee hotels. Bee hotel is a man-made structure for solita...

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-14-26

I did not have much time to engage in my daily “feed reading” this morning. But I will not let that stop me from publishing my daily Pook-Emu Bee links. 1. Justice Department Files Case to Revoke U...

README: A Bookish History of Computing (Review)

While the study of textbooks has proven fruitful in the study of the history of mathematics, there has been little attention to computing books and their role on the development of computer science...