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Star Trek: Nemesis – Or, How To Kill a Franchise In Two Hours

On the floor of the Romulan Senate, a momentous offer is under debate: an attempt by Shinzon (Tom Hardy), ruler of the twin world Remus, home of the Reman pariah class, to forge an alliance between...

Bilingual E-paper News Feed Helps Brush Up Language Skills

[Bob] recently completed LanguageLearner, a desktop device that increases his exposure to a second language by offering up bite-sized news items in Italian, with a complementary English translation...

Bag To Differ

Read Bag To Differ Me: "Would you like this candy in the bag or would you like it outside the bag?" Customer: "Yeah." Me: "Was that inside or outside? Sorry." Customer: "Yeah." Read Bag To Differ

My New Article Making "The Case Against Mass Deportation"

It was published on the Society for the Rule of Law's Checks and Balances substack.

Rollenspielszenen: Das Glitzerding in der Wand

In der Wand ist ein Glitzerding. Nini will es haben.

Daily News Stuff 1 June 2026

Leftover Chinese Edition Top Story AMD has announced two new old CPUs that are on the one hand somewhat overpriced and underwhelming and on the other hand eagerly awaited by hobbyists. (Tom's Hardw...

Uniqlo reveals third round of massive 100-year-anniversary manga T-shirts for Jump’s Shueisha

Bleach, Yu-Gi-Oh, Spy x Family, and more come to Uniqlo’s continuing celebration of a century of manga/anime hits. Uniqlo is no stranger to the T-shirt collaboration game, having previously partner...

The Origin of the Euphrates Discovered: The Great River of Mesopotamia Was Born 6 Million Years Ago and Flowed Into an Almost Dry Mediterranean

An international team of geologists has managed to reconstruct for the first time the complete history of the Euphrates River, from its origins about 6 million years ago to its current configuratio...

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-01-26

Today is June 1. It is also Monday. With that, I present our first-ever collection of June Pook-Emu Bee links after a brief photography interlude. 1. Wikipedia editors plot strike and banner sabota...

No Way?!

This is my submission for the June 2026 IndieWeb Carnival. The theme is “No way!?”, hosted by Alex Hsu.

Monthly update #0433 • May 2026

Posts The following posts were written last month. Books Who Is Jesus? by R.C. Sproul Truths We Confess by R.C. Sproul The Iliad by Homer Suicidal Empathy by Gad Saad Christianity Ascension Day Pen...

Stability > New Features - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #138

Rumor has it that in the upcoming operating systems to be released this year (including iOS 27 and macOS 27), Apple will adopt a refinement strategy similar to the Mac OS X Snow Leopard era. This m...

Sweyn's Close Call

Sweyn's care for his people allowed Harald Hardrada to escape during their sea skirmish, but Sweyn himself had a similar close call. In 1062, at the Battle of Niså off the coast of Halland (a Swedi...

The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Reveals 2026 11 to Save List

The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation has announced its 2026 “11 to Save” list, recognizing 11 endangered historic sites across the state in need of advocacy and preservation. -

This Credit Card-Sized Linux Box Has a Keyboard, Camera, and AI Capability

M5Stack's offering has already pulled in over 10,000 Kickstarter backers.

Micro-granting in India – BoF at IndiaFOSS/2026

I have proposed BoF (Birds of Feather) session and discussion at IndiaFOSS/2026. The proposal is yet to be approved as of today. I am logging the same content here for readers of my blog post and a...

Describing highly variable processes with Work Unit Routing Analysis (WURA)

A method for documenting & understanding processes when people say there isn’t a process.

Sunbeam

Qucocoma Philippe Samyn ?

Qucocoma Philippe Samyn ? J’apprends avec tristesse le décès de l’architecte Philippe Samyn, un esprit incroyable aux idées fulgurantes avec qui j’ai eu de longues et passionnantes discussions. Phi...

Stagnation

I've finally added back skincare to my morning routine. A good facial cleanser and SPF moisturizer really does go a long way, man. My forehead feels as smooth as my brain, lemme tell ya. I have som...