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Jul 08, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 8 July 2026

Flammenwerfers R Use Edition Top Story Samung has posted an 1800% increase in quarterly profits, catapulting the company past Nvidia to become most profitable company in the world. (Tom's Hardware)...

Jul 08, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

“Worthless Idiot, Donkey Head”: Parodies of Pedantry on the Renaissance Stage

Pompous know-it-alls were once a mainstay of mockery on the Italian stage. Arnoud Visser investigates this stock character of the pedant and his association with individual superiority, social dist...

Jul 08, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

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Read We have a regular customer who nearly always orders the same thing, so everyone knows who she is. One day I am on the till when she comes to order around 1pm. Regular: I’ll have [Usual Drink],...

Jul 08, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

Today in Supreme Court History: July 8, 1941

7/8/1941: Justice James Byrnes takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 8, 1941 appeared first on Reason.com.

Jul 08, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A Seal with Astral Symbols and One of the Priests Who “Burned Incense to Baal, to the Sun, to the Moon, to the Planets and to All the Host of Heaven” Found in Southern Israel

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority found a limestone seal with a worship scene engraved on its base during excavations conducted on the outskirts of the city of Yavne, in the sout...

Jul 08, 2026 from Hackaday

This DIY Time Server is More Accurate Than You Need

You almost certainly don’t have an application for the sort of accurate timekeeping that’s made possible by this enhanced version of [Cristiano Monteiro]’s satellite-backed time server. By his own ...

Jul 08, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

Chrome 150 adds new CSS properties, patches 382 flaws, and continues Manifest V2 removal

Google has released Chrome 150, introducing key features and addressing major security concerns. This version patches 382 security flaws, including 15 critical vulnerabilities. While there are curr...

Jul 08, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Foreign tourists injured in Nissan GT-R crash near Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble Crossing

Late-night incident highlights concerns over Japan’s illegal “white taxi” operators. Three foreign tourists were injured in a crash involving a Nissan GT-R near Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble Crossing af...

Jul 07, 2026 from Above the Law

Is The Supreme Court Putting Money On The Merits? — See Also

SCOTUS Betting On Its Own Cases? It shouldn't be this hard for Chief Justice Roberts to answer this one. More People Come Out Against Todd Blanche's nomination for the Attorney General Role: But wh...

Jul 07, 2026 from Hackaday

It’s Full Steam Ahead for This Motorized Canoe

In some parts of Canada, you’ll rarely hear someone use the phrase “whatever paddles your canoe” instead of the more usual “whatever floats your boat”– and apparently, at least for …read more

Jul 07, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Unexpected Comeback In The Bagging Area

Read Unexpected Comeback In The Bagging Area I've just moved to a new neighborhood, and I'm walking into the local grocery store for the first time. As I'm passing the checkouts, I overhear: Custom...

Jul 07, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

$150K Settlement as to Community College "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility" Requirements for Teaching

The Institute for Free Speech, which represented Bakersfield College Prof. Daymon Johnson, reports: Johnson has secured a settlement that makes… The post $150K Settlement as to Community College "D...

Jul 07, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net

The new Apple Intelligence camera features in the Home app will require a 2TB iCloud+ plan

Apple Intelligence camera features in the Home app will require at least the 2TB iCloud+ plan. The requirement applies to new camera tools launching with iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate...

Jul 07, 2026 from The Jamestown Foundation

Nuclear Integration With Russia Eroding Belarusian Sovereignty

Dmitry Bolkunets

Jul 07, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 7 July 2026

Old Lamps For Old Edition Top Story Beelink has launched its EQi Wildcat Lake mini-PC build around Intel's new low-end Core 3 304 CPU. (Liliputing) Starting at $509 with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SS...

Jul 07, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Bahn-Wettbewerb

Katja Diehl hält es für schädlich, dass die Bahngesellschaft Italo in Deutschland zwei Strecken übernimmt.

Jul 07, 2026 from Kev Quirk

📝 2026-07-07 18:43: Guinea fowl keets are doing great too. All 5 are loving life with their foster...

Guinea fowl keets are doing great too. All 5 are loving life with their foster mums. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or lea...

Jul 07, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Famous sweets store in Ameyoko fills a bag with sweets and a show, but is it still worth it?

This bargain bag comes with a unique performance, but things have changed over the years. Ameyoko (short for Ameya Yokocho, or “Candy Store Alley”) has changed dramatically over the years. Starting...

Jul 07, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Illegitimate Children in Ancient Sparta: A Study Reveals They Were Not Marginalized, but a Key Piece in the Social Machinery of the Warrior Myth

The image of Sparta that has come down to us is that of a closed, militarized, and extremely rigid society, where only true-born citizens — the so-called homoioi or “equals” — had rights, and where...

Jul 07, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

Choice Notes on History from Notes and Queries (1858)

Selections from a peculiar British journal that focus on the peculiarities of British monarchs.