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Mar 06, 2026 from Kev Quirk

How Many Holes Does a Straw Have?

I was recently listening to an episode of The Rest Is Science, specifically the episode The Evolution Of The Butthole. As always, Hannah and Michael put on a great show and I came away thinking abo...

Mar 06, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Untitled

Read (A colleague just showed me a funny video which is a parody of Adele’s “Hello” in which several telecallers offer increasingly absurd products until the recipient of the calls snaps. My phone ...

Mar 06, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Open Thread

What’s on your mind?

Mar 06, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Japan asked to vote on what to officially call insanely hot days

Good idea to hold the election before it’s too hot to think. The days are starting to warm up here in Japan, and while that used to be a nice thing, I can’t help but be filled with a sense of dread...

Mar 06, 2026 from It's FOSS

Age Verification Laws Are Multiplying Like a Virus, and Your Linux Computer Might be Next

What started as age gates on adult websites has quietly crept into app stores and operating systems.

Mar 06, 2026 from Above the Law

The Bar Has Never Been Lower — See Also

Pam Bondi Wants To Call The Ethical Shots: Can't be held in contempt if she's the final arbiter! Noem? I Hardly Know Her!: Trump fires Kristi Noem mid speech. Hate Trump all you want, but the man i...

Mar 06, 2026 from unixdigest.com

Dinit, the init system systemd should have been

systemd is great as an init system, but - as you know - it's not an init system anymore, it's a behemoth of a monster.

Mar 05, 2026 from Above the Law

You’ve Had Enough. Now What? How To Make A Law Firm Move Actually Work

If you are going to make a change, do it for the right reasons and make it count. The post You’ve Had Enough. Now What? How To Make A Law Firm Move Actually Work appeared first on Above the Law.

Mar 05, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

The Zizians and the Second Amendment

For the backstory on the Zizians, see Investigations Into 6 Killings Look to a Fringe Group Known as the Zizians… The post The Zizians and the Second Amendment appeared first on Reason.com.

Mar 05, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Cause For Pregnant Pause, Part 26

Read Cause For Pregnant Pause, Part 26 My sister is a twig. Whenever she eats a lot, her stomach balloons up and looks like she's pregnant. We went out for her birthday to her restaurant of choice,...

Mar 05, 2026 from The Jaxson

Baptist Health Jax hotel headed to DDRB

Baptist Health is proposing to build a 15-story, 226-key hotel at its Southbank medical campus. The project will seek conceptual approval from the Downtown Development Review Board on March 12, 202...

Mar 05, 2026 from BIX dot BLOG

Killing The Portland Locality Zone?

Late last month, I indicated that at some point later this year, the portland.or.us locality zone should be freed up for registrations. New information from a different locality suggests it might n...

Mar 05, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 5 March 2026

Fish Fingers And Custard Edition Top Story As expected from recent leaks, Apple today introduced the new relatively low cost MacBook Neo. (MacRumors) It uses the A18 processor found in the iPhone a...

Mar 05, 2026 from The Universe of Discourse

Documentation is a message in a bottle

Something interesting happened at work this week. Our company is going to a convention later this month, and they will have a booth with big TV screens showing statistics that update in real time. ...

Mar 05, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Visiting Japan’s one-and-only, and only-for-a-limited-time, Dragon Ball noodle restaurant[Photos]

Marugame Seimen branch in downtown Tokyo transforms into an anime eatery with awesome artwork inside and out. One of Japan’s most popular udon noodle restaurant chains is named Marugame Seimen, wit...

Mar 05, 2026 from It's FOSS

FOSS Weekly #26.10: Age Verification in Linux, systemd Troubleshooting Tools, Graphene Phone, Longer Linux LTS Kernels and More

Age verification is the new pandemic.

Mar 05, 2026 from LifeDev.net

7 Effective Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load and Boost Focus

Learning how to reduce cognitive load is essential for anyone who wants to work smarter, think clearly, and maintain energy throughout the day. Reducing cognitive load doesn’t mean doing less — it ...

Mar 05, 2026 from Kev Quirk

📚 Flybot

by Dennis E. Taylor Physicist Philip Moray is having a good day. He’s chipping away at his big work project. The lunch in the cafeteria is at least edible. And he’s looking forward to his end-of-th...

Mar 05, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Herland (1915)

A utopian novel where men are no longer necessary.

Mar 05, 2026 from Paul's Weblog

make-bookmarklets.com

Here’s a quick one live from Hack Night. 🧑‍💻 I met a cool human, Cullan, who made a website that I think is neat and want to share: make-bookmarklets.com. I love bookmarklets. One of the posts I’ve...