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Ambient Irony

Little blogses made out of ticky-tacky...

• Daily News Stuff 1 August 2026 Aug 01, 2026

  Port Elizabeth Edition Top Story VC-backed startups commit more fraud and researchers think they know why. (Tech Crun...

• Daily News Stuff 31 July 2026 Jul 31, 2026

  Wombats Aren't Us Edition Top Story Renesas (a Japanese company formed by the merger of the semiconductor operations ...

• Daily News Stuff 30 July 2026 Jul 30, 2026

  Arthrosclerotic Edition Top Story The United States government just banned Roombas. (The Verge) Well, it didn't, and ...

Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

• Untitled Aug 01, 2026

  Read I’m the author behind the myriad nightmare stories of my elementary, middle, and high school experiences, as wel...

• Untitled Aug 01, 2026

  Read I work at a store that uses iPhone’s for all transaction’s (and maybe we sell them too) Customer: “I’d get fired...

• Untitled Aug 01, 2026

  Read The other night, house-spouse and I were talking about romance in general, and got onto the topic of our online ...

The Volokh Conspiracy

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

• Today in Supreme Court History: August 1, 1942 Aug 01, 2026

  8/1/1942: Military commissions conclude for eight nazi saboteurs. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of t...

• Open Thread Aug 01, 2026

  What’s on your mind?

• First Amendment Might Protect FTP&ATF License Plate Jul 31, 2026

  The Fourth Circuit considers "a question that has divided ... courts ...: whether the character combinations on perso...

Hackaday

Fresh hacks every day

• Testing a 3D Printed Cycloidal Gearbox Design Aug 01, 2026

  Cycloidal gearboxes are a recurring theme in the hobbyist space due to the performance their promise in a compact pac...

• A Compact Game Controller For Your Phone Aug 01, 2026

  [Gil Yankovitch] noted that playing games on a touchscreen phone gave up a certain something in terms of the tactile ...

• Casual Repair and Maintenance on an Amiga 1000 Aug 01, 2026

  Recently [Drygol] had an Amiga 1000 system over for some repairs as well as maintenance and general TLC. This is a Mo...

LBV Magazine English Edition

History & Culture

• Shipwreck from the 5th-4th Centuries BC with a Cargo of Amphorae Containing Wine from the Northern Islands and the Bosporus Found off the Coast of Andros Island Aug 01, 2026

  The Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, under the Greek Ministry of Culture, has completed an official inspection at ...

• A section of the Roman road connecting the fortifications of the Germanic Limes discovered beneath the route of the A8 highway in Germany Aug 01, 2026

  The construction of the new variant of the A8 highway in the area known as the Albaufstieg, south of Stuttgart (Germa...

• One of the Oldest Giants’ Tombs Discovered in the Archaeological Site of Carrarzu Iddia, in Sardinia Jul 31, 2026

  The archaeological survey work carried out in the area of Carrarzu Iddia, in the municipality of Bortigali in central...

Jasco's Website

Personal blog exploring open-source software, Linux customization, and minimalist computing, alongside travel stories and reflective essays.

• Expand Text Aug 01, 2026

  I talk about our recent migration of ticketing systems, AI slop, and toxic positivity

• On AI 2: Agentic Boogaloo Jul 11, 2026

  I talk about my evolving opinion on AI, A failed attempt to run local models, and a broken Macbook.

• The USA at 250 Jul 06, 2026

  None

Kev Quirk

Kev Quirk

• 📝 2026-08-01 08:47: Today is the first of August. Where the hell did the first two thirds of... Aug 01, 2026

  Today is the first of August. Where the hell did the first two thirds of 2026 go??? 😵‍💫 Thanks for reading this post ...

• Linkception Jul 31, 2026

  So many links in one post. I ended up going down all kinds of rabbit holes off the back of this single post (also the...

• Left-Handed People Can’t Use a Fountain Pen Jul 31, 2026

  Apparently left-handed people can't use a fountain pen as the left hand smudges the ink as they write. I call bullshi...

SoraNews24 -Japan News-

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

• Live-action Princess Mononoke is coming to streaming as a live event, previews look amazing [Video] Aug 01, 2026

  Kabuki adaptation of Studio Ghibli anime masterpiece will be shown online, but you’ll need to mark the date on your c...

• Tokyo security guard’s famous station tape font becomes official custom Nike streetwear Aug 01, 2026

  Upgrade your wardrobe with custom clothes featuring the iconic font of a Shinjuku Station legend. When considering wh...

• Godiva Japan gets into the shaved ice scene with two luxurious frozen desserts this summer Aug 01, 2026

  Godiva brings its chocolate expertise to a traditional summertime favorite in Japan. Godiva is well aware of the worl...

News - AlternativeTo.net

The latest tech news from AlternativeTo

• Ente Photos adds memory reactions, desktop upgrades, and curated sharing controls Aug 01, 2026

  Ente Photos has introduced a broad set of updates focused on sharing, photo organization, imports, and performance. U...

• Google Earth integrates Nano Banana for historical and future location visualizations Aug 01, 2026

  Google has added its Nano Banana image generation tool to Google Earth, allowing users to create custom images based ...

• LinkedIn adds a “Seems like AI slop” button to report low-quality AI-generated content Jul 31, 2026

  LinkedIn has announced a new “Seems like AI slop” button, allowing users to report posts or comments suspected to be ...

riz#000000me

Personal blog of a Chicago-based writing instructor sharing weeknotes, reading reflections, book recommendations, and musings on internet culture.

• Bourdain's Li.sts Jul 31, 2026

  Some lists of Bourdain's that I liked.

• LightOS Tools Jul 31, 2026

  Thinking ahead.

• Notes on Vampire: The Masquerade Jul 28, 2026

  Very light notes on the game.

Above the Law

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

• The Biglaw Love Shack — See Also Jul 31, 2026

  If The Office Is A Rockin': It seems as though everyone at Wachtell was hooking up. Anti-DEI Group Is Coming For The ...

• The Ultimate Clerkship Flex Jul 31, 2026

  Only one justice can say two of his clerks got the, ahem, supreme promotion. The post The Ultimate Clerkship Flex app...

• How To Gain Visibility Through Featured Snippets Jul 31, 2026

  Understanding how Google selects pages and content for these featured snippets is the first step toward making sure y...

A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

A look at history and popular culture

• Fireside Friday, July 31, 2026 (On The Odyssey) Jul 31, 2026

  Hey folks, Fireside this week, as I am fresh back from a short family trip before the jaws of the Fall semester close...

• Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IVb: Cohesion Jul 24, 2026

  This is the second half of the fourth part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa) of our honestly-who-knows-how-many part series lay...

• Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part IVa: Leadership Jul 18, 2026

  This is the fourth part (I, IIa, IIb, III) of our honestly-who-knows-how-many part series laying out some general gui...

The Emu Café Social

A tranquil café with coffee and tea

• Letter to the Editor Backlink in Chicago Sun Times Jul 31, 2026

  I was checking my backlinks on Ahrefs when I saw one from the Chicago Sun Times. I do not recall having had a Chicago...

• Tell Everyone About Your Hero[in]ism Jul 31, 2026

  A friend sent me a link to an interview in Natiulus titled I Am a Heroin User. I Do Not Have a Drug Problem. I truste...

• Responding to Nagoya Basho Grades Jul 31, 2026

  I read and enjoyed Josh K’s Some Highly Subjective Grades for Nagoya 2026, referring to the Nagoya Basho grand sumo t...

Palladium

Governance Futurism

• Post-Scarcity Leads to Technological Stagnation Jul 31, 2026

  The bottleneck of the computer age is not compute, but ideas for how to use it. The post Post-Scarcity Leads to Techn...

• Frontier Panic Jul 30, 2026

  As artificial intelligence has advanced, it has taken the place of climate change as the main perceived threat to our...

• Wiring Capital to Compute Jul 20, 2026

  America possesses more capital than any other nation in history and the most compute demand in the world. It is still...

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.

• Ukrainian Ideas of Victory Diversify and Expand as Russia's War Drags On Jul 31, 2026

  David Traugott

• Vučić Uses Brezhnevian Playbook on Politics of Conditional Sovereignty Jul 30, 2026

  Blerim Vela

• Russia’s Filtration System Facilitates Deportation of Ukrainian Children Jul 30, 2026

  Tatiana Vorozhko and Inna Kubai

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 31/2026 Jul 31, 2026

  This week has been good. It’s been a busy week, but it has been good except today. I typed a wrong Git command and pu...

• Ride to Gandikota Jul 25, 2026

  Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are the least explored states in the South for me. I have been adding places of interest...

• Weekly Notes 30/2026 Jul 24, 2026

  I have been to and seen many protests. But this one (#cjpprotests) is very different from the rest. I see them not on...

Peter's Path

Peter's Path is my personal endeavour to live a life of purpose through hiking, reading, and embracing the beauty of nature, faith, and ideas.

• Goodbye to Nikki and Anouk Jul 31, 2026

  Today two colleagues said goodbye. It is hitting me harder than I thought. I cried. Nikki and Anouk appreciated my ho...

• Does Prayer Change Things? by R.C. Sproul Jul 29, 2026

  Why read the book? R.C. Sproul answers a common question: does prayer make any difference? He shows that prayer does ...

• Zero to One by Peter Thiel Jul 27, 2026

  Why read the book? Peter Thiel explains how to build companies that create new value instead of improving on old idea...

Julio Merino (jmmv.dev)

A software engineering blog focused on operating systems, build systems, and reliability engineering, drawing from experience with FreeBSD, Bazel, Rust, and major tech companies.

• An old-new take on argument parsing in Rust Jul 31, 2026

  Extending getopts into a small framework for Unix-style Rust command-line tools. Over the years, I’ve written tens of...

• Autoconf’s revenge: ad-hoc shell templates Jul 08, 2026

  How to leverage an old dirty trick in your Bazel wrapper for great effect As powerful as Bazel is, sometimes it’s not...

• Is anyone still using Emacs? Jun 20, 2026

  In a recent discussion at the orange site sparked by the Emacs 31 Is Around the Corner: The Changes I’m Already Daily...

Daily Medieval

A daily post on the Middle Ages by Tim Shaw.

• Thomas Usk, Civil Servant & Poet Jul 31, 2026

  We know little of Thomas Usk's early life except that he was born in London. The name Usk appears in several records,...

• Criminal Northanmpton Jul 30, 2026

  After the populist mayor of London John Northampton was defeated in the election of 383 by Nicholas Brembre, Brembre ...

• Nicholas Brembre Jul 29, 2026

  Proving that "what goes around comes around"—although we should probably just allude to the medieval concept of the W...

It's FOSS

Making You A Better Linux User

• Exploring Kittens With Kitty Terminal Emulator Jul 31, 2026

  Kitty terminal's functionality can be enhanced with kittens. You can create your own or use the default ones.

• Keychron Built Open Source Firmware for Gaming Mice, and Linux Users Stand to Gain the Most Jul 30, 2026

  Built on Zephyr RTOS and licensed under GPL-3.0, the firmware is scheduled to ship first on the Keychron G6 HE next y...

• FOSS Weekly #26.31: Ubuntu 26.10 Features, OpenUK, Graphene Trouble, Vibe Coded Linux and More Jul 30, 2026

  Ubutnu 26.10 is shaping up nicely.