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The New Leaf Journal

Where the leaves are perennially virid

• Spring Season 2026 at The New Leaf Journal Apr 17, 2026

  The 2026 spring season theme at The New Leaf Journal is spring cleaning. Admittedly not the most creative, but summer...

• AI Today, Calculators Back in the Day Apr 16, 2026

  An article about the dangers of AI dependency reminded me of how I encouraged a middle schooler to do algebra by hand...

• Bam Adebayo’s 83 and Scoring Averages in 60+ Point Game Seasons Apr 15, 2026

  Bam Adebayo's 83 point performance inspired me to look at PPG and P/36 minutes by NBA players who scored at least 60 ...

Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

• A Refresher Course When You’re Fully Refreshed Apr 17, 2026

  Read A Refresher Course When You’re Fully Refreshed Teacher: "[My Name]? What are you doing here? You already passed ...

• Causing Tropical Depressions Apr 17, 2026

  Read Causing Tropical Depressions Customer: "Excuse me, this store is all fancy and s***." Me: "Uh, we aim to provide...

• Flipping The Modern Art World Upside Down Apr 17, 2026

  Read Flipping The Modern Art World Upside Down The paintings are single colors, square canvases consisting of just on...

Hackaday

Fresh hacks every day

• Comparing 12 VDC Air Fryers with Regular 240 VAC Ones Apr 17, 2026

  That boiling water is a contentious topic of discussion is clear, but what about hot air? When you take a 12 VDC, 280...

• Do We Really Need Another Development Board? Apr 16, 2026

  It’s fair to say that there are a lot of development board form factors for MCUs, with [Tech Dregs] over on yonder Yo...

• FPGA Powers DIY USB Scope and Signal Generator Apr 16, 2026

  Oscilloscopes and to lesser extent signals generators are useful tools for analyzing, testing and diagnosing circuits...

SoraNews24 -Japan News-

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

• 61-year-old Japanese fisherman falls off boat and defies odds to swim to safety Apr 17, 2026

  Captain Crunch Time. Having an accident at sea is one of the more horrific things to happen to a person. Many people ...

• Pikachu to cuddle with kimono-clad beauty on Tokyo street as part of flower art event Apr 16, 2026

  Exhibition near Tokyo Station mixes flowers, anime, and ukiyo-e aesthetics. Even in a country filled with cute charac...

• McDonald’s Japan now has Hello Kitty and Pompompurin drinks on the menu Apr 16, 2026

  We find out if the limited-edition Sanrio frappe and smoothie taste as sweet as they look.  Some of the sweetest char...

News - AlternativeTo.net

The latest tech news from AlternativeTo

• Cal.com is going closed source with a major shift in its license strategy Apr 17, 2026

  The scheduling platform Cal.com has launched v6.4, introducing a major shift in its open source license model. Citing...

• Windsurf 2.0 has launched with a new Agent Command Center, Spaces, and Devin integration Apr 16, 2026

  Windsurf has launched Windsurf 2.0, a major update for its agentic IDE. The release introduces the Agent Command Cent...

• Tuta Drive enters closed beta with end-to-end encryption and quantum-secure cloud storage Apr 16, 2026

  Tuta, the company known for its privacy-focused products Tuta Mail and Tuta Calendar, has announced the closed beta r...

Above the Law

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

• For Some Reason Sotomayor Is The Only One Apologizing — See Also Apr 16, 2026

  Justice Says Sorry For Accurately Describing Kavanaugh's Pro-Racial-Profiling Opinion: He's yet to apologize for penn...

• Partners At This Biglaw Firm Got Quite The Raise Apr 16, 2026

  2025 was very profitable for partners at this firm. The post Partners At This Biglaw Firm Got Quite The Raise appeare...

• Why MSOs Are A No Go For Solo And Small Law Firms Apr 16, 2026

  An examination of how MSOs operate, how they differ from other outsourcing arrangements, what the ethics rules say, a...

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.

• Potential U.S.–Belarus “Big Deal” Could Strengthen Eastern European Security Apr 16, 2026

  Dmitry Bolkunets

• Baku Expands Military Cooperation with Neighbors, Worrying Moscow Apr 16, 2026

  Paul Goble

• New Five-Year Plan Could Boost PLA Combat Power Apr 16, 2026

  K. Tristan Tang

The Volokh Conspiracy

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

• The Slowing of Fourth Amendment Law, and Now Advisory Opinions: A Comment on Chatrie v. United States Apr 16, 2026

  The second in a series.

• Justice Ginsburg Cancer Treatment Leak Prosecution: Blame the Cat Apr 16, 2026

  "Russell insisted that he didn't know how his credentials had been used to run the 'Gins' and 'Ginston' searches. But...

• Who Owns The President's Papers? Apr 16, 2026

  Yes, there is a Domestic Emoluments Clause issue.

The Emu Café Social

A tranquil café with coffee and tea

• Yellow-Capped Passover Coca Cola Apr 16, 2026

  I never paid much attention to the color of caps on bottles of Coca Cola. In fact, I do not think I bought a bottle o...

• On Vertical vs Horizontal Tab Hot Takes Apr 16, 2026

  Manuel Moreale published a blog post on the vertical vs horizontal tabs debate. But instead of choosing a side in wha...

• Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-16-26 Apr 16, 2026

  Today marks the 1957th anniversary of the death-by-suicide of the short-reigning Roman Emperor, Otho. I note this bec...

Kev Quirk

Kev Quirk

• I May Have Killed My Framework 13 Apr 16, 2026

  I was in the office today, working away, and I often have my personal laptop, a Framework 13 next to me so I do thing...

• I Wish I Could Talk to My Dad Apr 15, 2026

  My best friend lost his Dad yesterday. Understandably he's extremely upset, and I feel awful for him. I never know wh...

• Adding a Book Editor to My Pure Blog Site Apr 12, 2026

  Regular readers will know that I've been on quite the CMS journey over the years. WordPress, Grav, Jekyll, Kirby, my ...

Matthew Brunelle's Blog

I write about a variety of projects, events and thoughts, but they all share one aspect: I learned something and want to share my experience with others.

• The Claude Coding Vibes Are Getting Worse Apr 16, 2026

  I've seen a continuous degradation to the UX of Claude Code over the last two months. Now with the release of Opus 4....

• Griffin McElroy On Writing His CYOA Book The Stowaway Mar 15, 2026

  I got to see Griffin at his only event about his new book The Stowaway where he did a live reading and gave advice on...

• 8.4 Months of Daily Driving GrapheneOS Mar 02, 2026

  I've been running GrapheneOS on my Pixel Fold for over half a year now and can finally provide some experience on wha...

Ambient Irony

Little blogses made out of ticky-tacky...

• Daily News Stuff 16 April 2026 Apr 16, 2026

  Refinery Fire Edition Top Story Does Gas Town 'steal' usage from users' LLM credits & paid services to improve itself...

• Daily News Stuff 15 April 2026 Apr 15, 2026

  Busy People Edition Top Story China's leading flash memory producer, YTMC, is constructing two new factories in addit...

• Daily News Stuff 14 April 2026 Apr 14, 2026

  Greasy Spork Edition Top Story Answering the questions nobody is asking: Can AI be a "child of God"? (Washington Post...

It's FOSS

Making You A Better Linux User

• Privacy Email Service Tuta Now Also Has Cloud Storage with Quantum-Resistant Encryption Apr 16, 2026

  Tuta Drive is almost here, and it makes Google Drive and OneDrive look sus. I explored the early access release.

• FOSS Weekly #26.16: Kernel 7.0, Essential Terminal Tips, France Linux Move, New Age Verification Bill and More Apr 16, 2026

  Some good news, some not so good news.

• Can You Identify The Fake Linux Distros From The Real Ones? Apr 16, 2026

  With over 300+ Linix distros, it is never easy to remember all of them. Still, you can make a guess and see if you ca...

Mr. Money Mustache

Early Retirement through Badassity

• The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Social Security Apr 16, 2026

  In the world of very early retirement, we tend to ignore one of the most important things for normal retirees: the So...

• My Unexpected Journey to Hormone Replacement (TRT) Dec 16, 2025

  As a man of Science, I’m supposed to hide my enthusiasm about this somewhat controversial subject, and instead direct...

• How Unlimited Free Stuff from Amazon Almost Ruined My Retirement Oct 07, 2025

  It all started last winter when I innocently posted a review for a heated vest I had bought on Amazon. I was happy wi...

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.

• Veluwe Wander Trail part 13 Apr 16, 2026

  Hiked part 13/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 15.9 kilometres from Hoog Soeren to Kootwijk. You walk on wide paths thr...

• That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis Apr 16, 2026

  Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote That Hideous Strength. It is the third and final book in his Space Trilogy. The s...

• Perelandra by C.S. Lewis Apr 15, 2026

  Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote Perelandra. It is the second book in his Space Trilogy. Dr Elwin Ransom travels t...

Chronicles of Miss Miseria

A practising self-memoir, recorded as an inconsistent logbook.

• NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 16] - What the half-room refused to say Apr 16, 2026

  NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 16]Day Sixteen Happy sixteenth day of National/Global Poetry Writing month, everyone! Our featu...

• NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 15] - In Case Someone Needs Fire Apr 15, 2026

  NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 15] Day Fifteen Welcome back, all! As of today, we’re halfway through another Na/GloPoWriMo. Ou...

• NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 14] - the day after ai was dismantled Apr 14, 2026

  NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 14]Day Fourteen Happy Tuesday, everyone, and welcome back for the fourteenth day of National/Gl...

LBV Magazine English Edition

History & Culture

• Study Reveals Why Property Owners Planted Vineyards and Orchards Instead of Rebuilding After the Earthquake of 62 AD in Pompeii Apr 16, 2026

  Pompeii did not die suddenly. Before Vesuvius buried it in AD 79, the city had already survived another catastrophe: ...

• A 350-square-meter megastructure discovered in Romania challenges theories about early egalitarian societies in Europe Apr 16, 2026

  Between 2020 and 2024, a team of researchers from the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Bo...

• 4,000-Year-Old Cuneiform Tablets Suggest Gilgamesh May Have Really Existed, Researchers Say Apr 16, 2026

  More than a century after the National Museum of Denmark began to accumulate a vast collection of inscribed clay tabl...

Palladium

Governance Futurism

• The Peoples of America Apr 16, 2026

  The Human Geography of this Continent The post The Peoples of America appeared first on Palladium.

• The Dostoevskian Moment Apr 11, 2026

  As we accelerate toward superintelligence, our quest for self-mastery takes a spiritual turn. The post The Dostoevski...

• The Total Art of Flat Design Apr 08, 2026

  The digital era has brought about a flattening of art and culture, creating a world where depth and texture have beco...

Daily Medieval

A daily post on the Middle Ages by Tim Shaw.

• Charles and Rebels and Salt Apr 16, 2026

  The French word gabelle derives from the Italian gabella, which means "duty." It was a tax applied to agricultural an...

• The Start of Charles' Reign Apr 15, 2026

  Some months after Charles of Anjou married Beatrice of Provence in 1246, therefore becoming Count of Provence and For...

• Securing Beatrice Apr 14, 2026

  The agreement was made in 1245 between several powerful individuals that Beatrice of Provence (heir to the counties o...

The Public Domain Review

An online journal exploring curious and obscure works that have entered the public domain, featuring essays, collections, and cultural commentary on historical art, literature, and media.

• “A Beautiful Purplish Hue”: Frank Dudley Beane’s Experience with Ergot and Cannabis Indica (1884) Apr 16, 2026

  An early contribution to drug literature, in which a man came to be fashioned out of wood.

• Introducing PDR Press Minis Apr 14, 2026

  Announcing an exciting new book series!

• Broken Ground: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) Apr 09, 2026

  A modernist adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe. One of the first avant-garde films from America.