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Ambient Irony

Little blogses made out of ticky-tacky...

• Daily News Stuff 17 April 2026 Apr 17, 2026

  Obscurity By Design Edition Top Story Scheduling service Cal.com has gone closed source in part due to AI security th...

• 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...

Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

• The 2FAst And The Furious Apr 17, 2026

  Read The 2FAst And The Furious So, I watch her. She follows my directions, and I figure out what her issue is. Thirty...

• Shouldn’t Have Crate Expectations Apr 17, 2026

  Read Shouldn’t Have Crate Expectations Customer: *Snooty tone.* "Does your boss know you're sitting on the job?" Me: ...

• Pile It On, Why Don’t You Apr 17, 2026

  Read Pile It On, Why Don’t You I'm folding up some clothes in the clothing store where I work. I've finished, so I tu...

Above the Law

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

• Former Adult Film Star Passes The Bar Exam Apr 17, 2026

  Her success story comes with some uncomfortably accurate industry comparisons. The post Former Adult Film Star Passes...

• Trump PAC Deep In Debt… And Owes Lawyers Over A Million Apr 17, 2026

  Susan Necheles finding out the hard way that Trump never pays his lawyers. The post Trump PAC Deep In Debt… And Owes ...

• Ranking The Wealth Of Biglaw’s Best: Is Your Law Firm ‘Super Rich’? (2026) Apr 17, 2026

  These firms have SO MUCH money! The post Ranking The Wealth Of Biglaw’s Best: Is Your Law Firm ‘Super Rich’? (2026) a...

Stranger Than Usual

• (feeling of being watched) Apr 17, 2026

  Ich habe mal wieder ein kleines Kunstprojekt gemacht, bei dem der Blick von einem Haufen Augen einem kleinen weißen F...

• Pfandautomaten Apr 15, 2026

  Welcher Idiot is auf die Idee gekommen, die Pfandautomaten _außerhalb_ des Supermarktes aufzustellen?

• Feedbackemails Apr 13, 2026

  Ich habe jetzt Links für Kommentare per Email in diesem Blog. Meine Emailadresse habe ich mit einer simplen, aber ans...

A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

A look at history and popular culture

• Fireside Friday, April 17, 2026 Apr 17, 2026

  Hey folks! Fireside this week; next week we’ll be back to seperating out the components of Carthaginian armies, looki...

• Collections: Raising Carthaginian Armies, Part I: Finding Carthaginians Apr 10, 2026

  This is the first part of a series looking at the structure of the Carthaginian army. Although Carthage has an (unfai...

• Collections: Reconstructing the Roman Pectoral Apr 03, 2026

  This week we’re going to look a specific piece of early Roman military equipment, the humble bronze pectoral, which i...

Hackaday

Fresh hacks every day

• 2026 Green Powered Challenge: SolMate Charges On the Move Apr 17, 2026

  We’ve all had those times when your electrical device of choice is running low on battery. Sometimes you even plan ah...

• Hackaday Podcast Episode 366: DOOM on a Toaster, Music in LED Strips, and Old Drives in New Clothes Apr 17, 2026

  It’s the evening before publication, and a pair of Hackaday writers convene to record the week’s podcast. This week E...

• Wearable Circuit Sculpture Is One Smart Bracelet Apr 17, 2026

  Well, this might just be a Hackaday first. Certainly not the circuit sculpture part, nor the wearable aspect, but the...

SoraNews24 -Japan News-

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

• Police in Japan warn of scam artists posing as cops to collect fines for breaking new bike rules Apr 17, 2026

  Luckily there’s an easy way to tell if you’re dealing with a legitimate law enforcement officer or a con artist. Bike...

• Brand-new Pokémon manhole covers coming to help the recovery of a disaster-stricken part of Japan Apr 17, 2026

  Noto Peninsula is ready to welcome travelers again, and these Pokémon are ready to help them do it. There are two maj...

• Soaking in glimmering water and the essence of prehistoric plants at a Hokkaido hot spring Apr 17, 2026

  A botanical bath at an affordable price. In the far reaches of Japan, in the city of Obihiro in Hokkaido, our sauna a...

The Emu Café Social

A tranquil café with coffee and tea

• Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-17-26 Apr 17, 2026

  Today is Friday. That means it is time for our last Pook-Emu Bee link collection of the week (Saturday’s links come i...

• 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...

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 14 Apr 17, 2026

  Hiked part 14/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 17.8 kilometres from Kootwijk to Hoenderloo. This stage takes you throug...

• 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...

News - AlternativeTo.net

The latest tech news from AlternativeTo

• Mozilla unveils Thunderbolt, an open-source AI client for private, self-hosted workflows Apr 17, 2026

  Mozilla has introduced Thunderbolt, an open-source AI client designed to give organizations direct ownership of their...

• OpenAI launches GPT‑Rosalind model for life sciences research Apr 17, 2026

  OpenAI has launched GPT‑Rosalind, a purpose-built AI model designed to accelerate research in biology, drug discovery...

• REI3.12 adds visual PDF editor, improved change log viewer and app version history Apr 17, 2026

  REI3.12 is now released, featuring a new visual PDF editor that enables direct template design with advanced data int...

LBV Magazine English Edition

History & Culture

• Millennia-old fortifications, a bronze solar disc, and enigmatic decorated clay plaques discovered in the mountains of southern Georgia Apr 17, 2026

  For centuries, the Javakheti Plateau, in the highlands of southern Georgia, has remained one of the least archaeologi...

• Historians Reveal the Illuminati Didn’t Vanish in 1785—They Survived in Hiding in Thuringia Apr 17, 2026

  On the upcoming May 1, exactly 250 years will mark the founding of the Illuminati, the Order of the Illuminated, a se...

• Large Bronze Cauldrons from Late Antiquity Whose Contents Have Not Yet Been Identified, Found in Germany Apr 17, 2026

  In Schaalby, a small locality in northern Schleswig-Holstein in Germany, a team of archaeologists and volunteers has ...

The Volokh Conspiracy

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

• A Flashback On The Two-Year Clause Apr 17, 2026

  How an obscure clause made me realize my future was in academia.

• Will the Eleventh Circuit Allow the Endangered Species Act to Commandeer the Florida Department of Environmental Protection? Apr 17, 2026

  A pending case will test whether courts are willing to enforce the anticommandeering doctrine in the context of envir...

• Not Judge Judy, Juror Judi—But "Stupid Mistake" Isn't "Actual Malice" for Libel Purposes Apr 17, 2026

  From Scheindlin v. Accelerate 360, LLC, decided today by Judge Kyle Dudek (M.D. Fla.): For many decades, Plaintiff Ju...

It's FOSS

Making You A Better Linux User

• 21-year-old Polish Woman Fixed a 20-year-old Linux Bug! Apr 17, 2026

  She wasn't hunting for bugs. She was doing something mundane when she discovered the issue and made the fix. We need ...

• Cal.com Goes Close Source Because "AI Can Easily Exploit Open Source Software" Apr 17, 2026

  That said, the old codebase will live on as Cal.diy under the MIT license.

• Russian Baikal CPUs Are Losing Their Place in the Linux Kernel Apr 17, 2026

  After sanctions, bankruptcy and removal of kernel maintainers, Baikal's unfinished kernel code is being removed.

Daily Medieval

A daily post on the Middle Ages by Tim Shaw.

• Charles and Sicily, Part 1 Apr 17, 2026

  While Charles of Anjou was consolidating his rule in Provence and Forcalquier between 1250 and 1252, events elsewhere...

• 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...

Kev Quirk

Kev Quirk

• On AI Images and Feature Images in General Apr 17, 2026

  When is AI image slop ok? By Gordon Mclean Gordon stumbled across a post arguing that AI-generated featured images si...

• 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...

Your Local Epidemiologist

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

• Vaccine Hesitancy Webinar Apr 17, 2026

  From questions to confidence: What changed my mind on vaccines

• If your heart stopped right now, would a stranger save you? It depends on your sex. Apr 15, 2026

  Why women are less likely to receive CPR—and less likely to survive

• A bad tick season, CDC rabies testing paused, plus a new measles epicenter, stomach flu, and a late RSV season that's prompting great questions from parents. Apr 14, 2026

  The Dose (April 14)

Chronicles of Miss Miseria

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

• NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 17] - After the door, the map, the mirror Apr 17, 2026

  NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 17]Day Seventeen Happy Friday, all! I hope you find that writing poetry is a great entry-way in...

• 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...

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 ...

Noahie's Blog

Welcome! This is where you can find my most up-to-date writings.

• The Bottle Apr 17, 2026

  Today's post is a submission to the IndieWeb Carnival, a monthly event where folks on the IndieWeb write a blog post ...

• Unwritten Apr 16, 2026

  Don't know what to do? Do nothing until you figure it out. Man, I sure love sitting around, doing nothing. It's aweso...

• Scraps Apr 16, 2026

  A series of scribbles from my many notebooks. 1 The tenant jostles his keys. The landlord must have changed the locks...

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