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Little blogses made out of ticky-tacky...

• Daily News Stuff 18 August 2026 Aug 18, 2026

  Lexx News Edition Top Story Meta faces a $1.4 trillion fine in a case brought by multiple US stats over (checks notes...

• Daily News Stuff 17 August 2026 Aug 17, 2026

  Backsplash Edition Top Story Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the AI backlash is fundamentally a crisis of trust and a...

• Daily News Stuff 16 August 2026 Aug 16, 2026

  Ananaisotropic Edition Top Story Every fusion power startup that has raised over $100 million. (Tech Crunch) Your wee...

Hackaday

Fresh hacks every day

• Smartphones and the Next Generation of Hearing Aids Aug 18, 2026

  If you don’t actually need one, you’d be forgiven for thinking a hearing aid just makes everything louder for the wea...

• Watch Soldering Up Close and From Any Angle, in VR Aug 18, 2026

  A manual skill like soldering is so much easier to learn and grasp when one can watch it in action, and there’s a bra...

• Store Tunes on Paper and Stream Them Over LoRA Aug 18, 2026

  Some projects seem too good to be true until you dig into it and find the secret magic that makes it all work. Take P...

Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

• Trying To Go On A Power Trip Aug 18, 2026

  Read Trying To Go On A Power Trip I am a volunteer firefighter. I'm also a member of the local yacht club, which cons...

• When Shower Thoughts Aren’t Happening Aug 18, 2026

  Read When Shower Thoughts Aren’t Happening A lady came in looking for a showerhead. Customer: "I'm concerned about mo...

• Untitled Aug 18, 2026

  Read I was waiting in line at the supermarket, when I heard a woman with a strong eastern-european accent berating th...

The Volokh Conspiracy

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

• The East Wing and Justice Breyer's Concurrence in Van Orden v. Perry Aug 18, 2026

  A court-ordered demolition of a White House national security facility, broadcast to the entire world, would be a Rub...

• New in Civitas: Curtail the Cult of Judicial Celebrity Aug 18, 2026

  Another reform without changing the composition or jurisdiction of the Court.

• Make Congress Legislate Again Aug 18, 2026

  There are better ways to encourage more regular lawmaking than abolishing the filibuster.

SoraNews24 -Japan News-

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

• Totoro shaved ice wows Studio Ghibli fans in Tokyo for a very limited time Aug 18, 2026

  Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory turns the beloved Ghibli star into a very cool character. Shirohige’s Cream Puff Facto...

• Tokyo giving out free furoshiki from Pikachu’s designer to help tourists carry their garbage home Aug 18, 2026

  The traditional, reusable cloth that can be converted into a bag is part of a new campaign designed to “Keep Tokyo Cl...

• Japanese convenience store sunglasses just became our newest Convenience Wear obsession Aug 18, 2026

  Family Mart has an “it’ll do” pair of sunglasses that might become your favourite pair. Sunglasses can be a bit of a ...

Above the Law

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

• Morning Docket: 08.18.26 Aug 18, 2026

  * Law firms secure big revenue gains in the first half of 2026... and yet those raises are still mostly on hold. [Law...

• Karmic Turnaround For Disbarred Lawyer — See Also Aug 17, 2026

  Mental Health Quip Ends With Mental Health Eval: After mocking a former colleague's mental health, disciplinary autho...

• The Justice’s Name Came Off The Door, But The Biglaw Firm Is Still A Powerhouse. Aug 17, 2026

  Abe Fortas co-founded one of Washington's biggest firms. The post The Justice’s Name Came Off The Door, But The Bigla...

The Jamestown Foundation

Jamestown provides primary-source analysis on global developments of strategic importance to the United States and its allies. We primarily cover Russia, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

• Geopolitical Socialism: Xi and Putin Build Bloc Power Aug 18, 2026

  Matthew Johnson

• Xi Bids for Global Leadership at 2026 World AI Conference Aug 17, 2026

  Lea Thome

• Institutions Outpace Ideas in ‘Autonomous Knowledge System’ Aug 15, 2026

  Jean Christopher Mittelstaedt

News - AlternativeTo.net

The latest tech news from AlternativeTo

• Zotero 10 improves search capabilities, adds PDF reading mode, and brings multi-selection Aug 18, 2026

  Zotero 10 has been released as the newest version of this open source research management software. The update introd...

• SpaceXAI has launched Grok 4.6, matching ChatGPT 5.6 Sol in several AI benchmarks Aug 18, 2026

  SpaceXAI has launched Grok 4.6, the newest version of its widely used artificial intelligence model. This update is n...

• Stripe will reportedly acquire AI model router OpenRouter in deal exceeding $7 billion Aug 18, 2026

  Stripe has reportedly finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter, according to a report from Bloomberg, with source...

Daily Medieval

A daily post on the Middle Ages by Tim Shaw.

• Paul the Deacon Aug 18, 2026

  Winfrid, son of Warnefrid, was born about 720 in the Duchy of Friuli, the northern part of the Italian Peninsula that...

• Pepin's Rebellion Aug 17, 2026

  There was a rebellion against Charlemagne in 792 by a handful of Frankish nobles headed by Charlemagne's eldest son, ...

• Pepin the Hunchback's Treatment Aug 16, 2026

  Charlemagne's first son was named Pepin. Shortly after his birth he developed a spinal deformity that has caused hist...

Your Local Epidemiologist

Providing a direct line of "translated" public health science to you, so you can take action for your community's health

• Covid-19 and dengue creeping up, vaccinations creeping down, a new mRNA flu vaccine, and more Aug 18, 2026

  The Dose (August 18)

• Why you can’t find a primary care doctor Aug 12, 2026

  And what to do about it

• EO for routine childhood vaccines, Covid-19, fire, heat, and more Aug 11, 2026

  The Dose (August 11)

It's FOSS

Making You A Better Linux User

• The Xen Project is Serious About Safety, So It Formed a Committee Aug 18, 2026

  Founding members AMD, EPAM, and Renesas already put in the groundwork, and there's a new Premier Plus membership tier...

• I Found an Easy Way to Make GNOME More Colorful Aug 18, 2026

  Rewaita makes it easy to recolor GTK and Libadwaita apps with popular palettes, custom colors and a few extra visual ...

• Ubuntu is Growing Faster on Windows Than on Linux Aug 17, 2026

  The company's VP of Engineering expects WSL users to outnumber native Ubuntu desktop users within months.

LBV Magazine English Edition

History & Culture

• The Human Male Pelvis Is an Evolutionary Innovation for Walking Long Distances, While the Female Pelvis Resembles That of Neanderthals Aug 18, 2026

  A study conducted at the Department of Anatomy and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University, whose results have been publi...

• Hubble Discovers That the Milky Way Devoured the Dwarf Galaxy Kraken-Heracles 11.8 Billion Years Ago Aug 18, 2026

  An international team of astrophysicists has managed to identify, thanks to the archives of the Hubble Space Telescop...

• At the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, One of the Most Brutal Trials of the Middle Ages Was Regulated: Walking Nine Steps with a Red-Hot Iron Aug 18, 2026

  One of the places in Spain that you absolutely have to visit is the Royal Monastery of San Juan de la Peña. Not only ...

The New Leaf Journal

Where the leaves are perennially virid

• Recapping Junited and JulyReply 2026 at ECS Aug 18, 2026

  Recapping my 2026 Junited and JulyReply posts from Emu Cafe Social, all in one post on The New Leaf Journal.

• Free White Printer in Brooklyn Heights Reminds Me of Visual Novel Aug 17, 2026

  A free white printer with a note left out for the taking in Brooklyn Heights reminded me of a Japanese horror visual ...

• The Worm in My Shoe Aug 13, 2026

  A 2026 story of a snake in a football helment in Arkansas reminded me of that time in 1995 when an earthworm found it...

The Emu Café Social

A tranquil café with coffee and tea

• Sensationalist Economics Reporting in Morning Brew Aug 17, 2026

  Writing for Morning Brew, Matty Merritt covered “luxury butter.” According to the author: “With grocery item costs up...

• Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-17-26 Aug 17, 2026

  Pook-Emu Bee was off Saturday for the newsletter and off Sunday because I had work to finish, but we return on this f...

• Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-14-26 Aug 14, 2026

  Let us complete our perfect Pook-Emu Bee link week before our regularly scheduled day off for Newsletter Saturday. 1 ...

Stranger Than Usual

• Rollenspielszenen: Geistersuppe Aug 17, 2026

  Tea untersucht systematisch, wie eine Suppe funktioniert, die Menschen ins Geisterreich schickt.

• Erlebnis Sonnenfinsternis: Der Komödie erster Teil Aug 16, 2026

  Wir haben ausgekundschaftet, wo man die Sonnenfinsternis am besten betrachten kann.

• Erlebnis Sonnenfinsternis: Prolog Aug 16, 2026

  Wir haben die Sonnenfinsternis nicht gesehen, nur erlebt.

GadgeteerZA

Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!

• Cheap USB-C chargers are actually fine—these 4 specs are all that matter Aug 17, 2026

  “These days, buying a charger requires you to be familiar with USB PD, PPS, GaN, and a handful of other acronyms, on ...

• nfSensei is an open source fork of pfSense, by the original creator, for Linux Aug 16, 2026

  “nfSensei is a modern network operating system built from scratch in Rust with a React frontend, designed around a si...

• FairEmail is an open source privacy orientated email app Aug 15, 2026

  “Setup was IMAP credentials for each of my personal accounts. There’s no account to create with the developer or a si...

Fatbobman's Blog

English Home | Fatbobman's Blog ｜肘子的 Swift 记事本 – Sharing content related to Swift, SwiftUI, Core Data, and Swift Data, as well as covering development tools, AI, and other topics. All articles are original creations; for reproduction, please contact the author.

• Who Is the Slower App Review Process Actually Stopping? - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #149 Aug 17, 2026

  Slower App Store reviews have become something more and more developers can clearly feel. In the age of vibe coding, ...

• ContentBuilder Explained: The Secret Behind SwiftUI's Type-Checking Speedup Aug 12, 2026

  In WWDC 2026, Apple engineers introduced a new SwiftUI feature — ContentBuilder. From the usage perspective, it seems...

• Apple Intelligence Has Passed Chinese Government Review and Is Coming to China - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #148 Aug 10, 2026

  In July, Apple Intelligence appeared on the latest list of generative AI services registered with China’s Cyberspace ...

LifeDev.net

Empowering creative people

• How Do You Learn With AI? 9 Ways to Use AI Tools for Studying Anything Faster Aug 17, 2026

  Learn with AI and you get something students have wanted since the invention of homework, a tutor that is available a...

• How Do You Do an Autumn Reset? 8 Steps to Restart Your Routines After Summer Aug 12, 2026

  An autumn reset is the yearly ritual that productive people quietly swear by while everyone else waits for January, a...

• How Do You Say No Politely? 9 Scripts for Protecting Your Time Aug 06, 2026

  Say no politely, and most of your calendar problems disappear, which is exactly why the skill is so hard to learn. Ev...

Kev Quirk

Kev Quirk

• 2026-08-17 11:29: I regularly get marketing emails off the back of this site. "Here's a free license... Aug 17, 2026

  I regularly get marketing emails off the back of this site. "Here's a free license for our tool" or "can we put a lin...

• 2026-08-16 14:35: Working great 👍🏻 Aug 16, 2026

  Working great 👍🏻 Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by e...

• 2026-08-16 14:22: Last November I replaced my oldest son's PC with an £88 iMac that was so... Aug 16, 2026

  Last November I replaced my oldest son's PC with an £88 iMac that was so successful that I'm now doing the same thing...

Jordi Villar

I build distributed data systems that operate at scale. What draws me to this work is understanding how things actually work, whether that's performance challenges at scale or diving deep into system internals.

• 2026W32 Aug 17, 2026

  Abdominal Fat Predicts Heart Disease Risk Better Than BMI - American College of Cardiology — The number that stuck wi...

• Write it down Aug 14, 2026

  I spent a few years writing down everything I learned about ClickHouse internals. Most of it I can’t read anymore. It...

• Write it down Aug 14, 2026

  I spent a few years writing down everything I learned about ClickHouse internals. Most of it I can’t read anymore. It...