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• Daily News Stuff 4 October 2026 Oct 04, 2026

  Fake Parrot Sketch Edition Top Story East during the spring and west during the fall: You know you're in for a ride w...

• Daily News Stuff 3 October 2026 Oct 03, 2026

  Kleene-Belnap Jailbreak Edition Top Story I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it any further. (Tech Crunch) A...

• Daily News Stuff 2 October 2026 Oct 02, 2026

  Etymologists Stone Edition Top Story Xbox is not for sale, says Xbox. (Windows Central) Unless you have a lot of mone...

LBV Magazine English Edition

History & Culture

• Old Oxen on the Table, Horse and Turtle at Feasts: 5,000 Bones From an Ancient Rubbish Heap Reveal the Menu of an Iron Age Elite in Spain Oct 04, 2026

  More than 5,000 animal bones from the rubbish heaps of a neighborhood in Salamanca, Spain, show how a wealthy extende...

• Shine With No Stars at All — The Milky Way Began as a Swarm of Thousands of Tiny Galaxies Oct 03, 2026

  Long ago, the patch of sky that would become our galactic neighbourhood looked nothing like a galaxy. It was a collec...

• Scientists Disagree by 100,000 Years on When Humans Reached the Americas — Genetics Is Narrowing It Down to the Freezing Depths of the Last Ice Age Oct 03, 2026

  Proposed dates for the arrival of the first humans in the Americas span more than 100,000 years. At one end sits Ceru...

Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

• Untitled Oct 04, 2026

  Read My line manager was having a telephone conversation. She was halfway through a sentence and was obviously interr...

• Untitled Oct 04, 2026

  Read This happened about 30 years ago. I was a young boy with undiagnosed autism, who had never been particularly gre...

• In Crust We Trust Oct 03, 2026

  Read In Crust We Trust Customer: "Can we refund our pizza, or exchange it?" Me: "What was wrong with it?" Customer: "...

Hackaday

Fresh hacks every day

• The Big Moon Plot Oct 04, 2026

  When you look into the night sky, you can’t help but wish to bring the outer worlds to your doorstep. One of the best...

• Debloat The Internet With a Self-Hosted Compressing Proxy Oct 04, 2026

  It’s no secret that the size of webpages has been slowly — or not so slowly — creeping up over the years. Does a simp...

• Play PlayStation 2 and XBox 1 Games on Your Jailbroken PS5 Oct 04, 2026

  Whereas PlayStation 3 and earlier were rather specialized consoles, today’s consoles like the PlayStation 5 are essen...

It's FOSS

Making You A Better Linux User

• DigitalOcean Quietly Ends Open Source Credits Program Oct 04, 2026

  Some project maintainers have received emails that they will no longer get any more free credits from Digital Ocean.

• We View Consumer Data as Toxic Waste Oct 03, 2026

  Obscura VPN splits your identity from your browsing across two independent companies so neither can see both. Founder...

• YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI Oct 01, 2026

  Their submission to the EU's piracy watchlist places the open source tool in the same category as illegal downloading...

The Volokh Conspiracy

Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent | Est. 2002

• Open Thread Oct 04, 2026

  What’s on your mind?

• Comparing the Credentials Of Three Decades of Fifth Circuit Nominees Oct 04, 2026

  The Butler didn't do it.

• Judge Temporarily Blocks Dep't of Education Release of Names of Individual Foreign Donors to U.S. Colleges Oct 03, 2026

  From Judge Tanya Chutkan (D.D.C.) Thursday evening in Ass'n of Am. Univ. v. U.S. Dep't of Ed.: Section 117 of… The po...

The New Leaf Journal

Where the leaves are perennially virid

• The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten S2 – Anime Review Oct 04, 2026

  After reviewing the first TV anime season of The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten back in 2023, it is only natural th...

• Brooklyn Indoor Ladybug and Katydid Rescues Oct 03, 2026

  On September 16, 2026, I rescued a ladybug that had found itself lost in my room. Nine days later, I faced a bigger b...

• Myself; Yourself and Watchable Bad Anime Oct 03, 2026

  Thinking About Myself; Yourself A 2007 anime called Myself; Yourself came up in one of my recent email exchanges. The...

Roy Tang

A blog is a website consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries, typically displayed in reverse chronlogical order. A single entry is called a blog post.

• Weeknotes 2026-10-04 Oct 04, 2026

  It is October! Somehow the year is already more than 75% over. The World Public transportation in Metro Manila had a ...

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5) Oct 01, 2026

  I finished the first game in this trilogy back in 2020 and put off the 2nd game because I didn't have a PS5. This yea...

• Weeknotes 2026-09-27 Sep 27, 2026

  The World I think there was a UN general assembly meeting last week where Trump and Netanyahu both spouted off so muc...

SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.

• Cuddly starry night Totoro and other Ghibli blankets set to keep you cozy in chilly months ahead Oct 04, 2026

  If you’ve got Totoro in your Ghibli-loving heart, why not have him on your lap too? Now that we’re past the fall equi...

• Foreign tourist numbers drop in Osaka, despite record-setting highs from U.S. and Korea Oct 03, 2026

  Almost every country is sending more travelers to Osaka these days, with one very big exception. With the internation...

• Starbucks Japan says sayonara to the Filone for new sandwiches and a Pumpkin Soupuccino Oct 03, 2026

  Things are changing at Starbucks, but is it for the better? While the spotlight at Starbucks tends to shine firmly on...

Refereeing and Reflection

Tangled Thoughts On RPGs and Related Hobbies

• Secret Passages: The First Three Oct 04, 2026

  Secret Passages, spearheaded by James Hoare, is a magazine that bills itself as “A celebration of classic tabletop ga...

• Mini-Review: An Ars Magica Grimoire For the Ages Sep 14, 2026

  Atlas Games seem to be in the process of evergreening Ars Magica. Rather than rolling out a 6th Edition to replace th...

• Grim Dwarfs and Perilous Elves Aug 22, 2026

  The option to play a dwarf or elf has been part of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay since its first edition – an inheritanc...

The Emu Café Social

A tranquil café with coffee and tea

• Issue 300 of The Newsletter Leaf Journal Oct 03, 2026

  I mailed the 300th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal earlier this afternoon. I launched the newsletter back in J...

• New NLJ Article: 86 Days Until Christmas Oct 02, 2026

  On October 1, 2026, I (being N.A. Ferrell) published a new article on The New Leaf Journal titled 86 Days Until Chris...

• Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 10-02-26 Oct 02, 2026

  October begins two-for-two with Pook-Emu Bee Links before our regularly scheduled Saturday off-day for the Newsletter...

The Newsletter Leaf Journal

The Newsletter Leaf Journal is the official newsletter of The New Leaf Journal. It is written by Nicholas A. Ferrell, the editor and administrator of The New Leaf Journal. Our weekly issues include links to the newest articles at *The New Leaf Journal* and its sister projects and associated new...

• Defending Thermopylae 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCC Oct 03, 2026

  The Newsletter of 300 Leaves Welcome to the 300th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of ...

• Better late than letter 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCXCIX Sep 28, 2026

  Welcome to the 299th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online ...

• I had nothing 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCXCVIII Sep 20, 2026

  Welcome to the 298th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online ...

Daily Medieval

A daily post on the Middle Ages by Tim Shaw.

• Iranian Religious Tolerance Oct 03, 2026

  If the Iranian Empire under the Sassanian Emperor Khosrow I (531 - 579) had an official religion, it would be Zoroast...

• Khosrow the Philosopher King Oct 02, 2026

  Although the youngest of four sons and not truly expected to ever become king, Khosrow I (531 - 579) received an exte...

• Khosrow and The Panchatantra Oct 01, 2026

  The Emperor of Iran, Khosrow I (531 - 579) was not just a leader who wanted to go to war with the Byzantines. He want...

Kev Quirk

Kev Quirk

• Privacy and Webmentions Oct 03, 2026

  Following my recent post about not checking Mastodon, a reader raised an interesting privacy concern regarding Webmen...

• 2026-10-03 09:04: Took the dogs out on the field this morning. All the dewey spider webs were... Oct 03, 2026

  Took the dogs out on the field this morning. All the dewey spider webs were beautiful in the morning sun. I'm no Jack...

• I Don’t Remember the Last Time I Checked Mastodon Oct 01, 2026

  My relationship with Mastodon has been somewhat tumultuous over the years, until I eventually stepped down from Fosst...

The Universe of Discourse

Mark Dominus's long-running blog exploring mathematics, programming, language, and history through long-form essays with technical depth.

• Recent addenda to articles 202609: Errors, omissions, and retractions Oct 03, 2026

  I was going to start with “it has been a while since we had one of these” but then I saw that the previous one starte...

• L-systems generate weevils, pizza toppings, and matriarchal lineages Sep 25, 2026

  The Fibonacci sequence is so-called because in Western mathematics is first appears in connection with a problem from...

• The road to epsilon-zero: “Shortlex” isn't actually a single order Sep 24, 2026

  Previously: Ordinal numbers and basic set theory Ordinals as nim-heaps Nim always ends, even with infinite ordinals I...

Above the Law

A Legal Web Site – News, Insights, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts

• A Biglaw Firm’s Precursor To A Milbank Match? — See Also Oct 03, 2026

  And You Get $180K! And You Get $180K! Another litigation powerhouse is offering market-leading clerkship bonuses. So ...

• He Invented Courtroom Theater, Then Took His Act To Star Trek Oct 02, 2026

  His courtroom stunts were legendary. So was his cameo as a Star Trek villain. The post He Invented Courtroom Theater,...

• How To Create Evergreen Resource Libraries That Dominate Search Oct 02, 2026

  An archive of evergreen resources not only improves your law firm website’s performance in search results, but also h...

Stranger Than Usual

• 🕴 MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT LEVITATING Oct 02, 2026

  Heute habe ich gelernt, dass es in Unicode den code point U+1F574 (MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT LEVITATING) gibt. 🕴

• FrankMoji Oct 01, 2026

  FrankMoji ist eine Schriftart für Emojis, die an Clipart aus den 90ern erinnert.

• JPEG XL steht vor der Tür Sep 30, 2026

  Firefox und Chromium unterstützen bald das neue Bildformat JPEG XL.

A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

A look at history and popular culture

• Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IIIa: Focusing on Politics Oct 02, 2026

  This is the first half of the third part (I, II) of our long-delayed series looking at Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Int...

• Fireside Friday, September 25, 2026 Sep 25, 2026

  Hey, folks, Fireside this week! We’re now well into the Teaching Paradox series on Hearts of Iron, but as you may hav...

• Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part II: Divisions, Designers and Doctrines Sep 19, 2026

  This is the second part (I) of our long-delayed series looking at Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Interactive’s World War ...

Thejesh GN

A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.

• Weekly Notes 40/2026 Oct 02, 2026

  It’s been a crazy but good week. It’s also been a fun week. Last Friday was a long class at APU before the midterm ho...

• How Do We Get More Microgrants in India? Sep 28, 2026

  I gathered a group of folks and did the BOF session at IndiaFOSS/2026. The idea behind the BoF session wasn’t to pres...

• Weekly Notes 39/2026 Sep 25, 2026

  In one of my earlier blog posts, I mentioned that I have become more routine, more protective of my time, and indirec...

News - AlternativeTo.net

The latest tech news from AlternativeTo

• Jitsi Meet introduces multi-screen capabilities for conference room setups Oct 02, 2026

  The open-source video conferencing platform Jitsi Meet has introduced a new multiscreen feature that transforms how s...

• AdGuard Home v1.0 beta adds a redesigned mobile interface Oct 02, 2026

  AdGuard Home v1.0 beta introduces a redesigned, responsive frontend that the project says is lighter, faster, and fix...

• FLUX 3 Image brings pixel edits and 4K image output Oct 02, 2026

  FLUX introduces FLUX 3 Image. The tool brings multi-turn image edits designed to preserve every other pixel, alongsid...