Posts tagged "history"

Mar 24, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Anime News Network’s Confusing Season Ranking

Anime News Network does a “best of” run-down at the end of every anime season. I decided to check out the Winter 2026 season review to see what I should watch in a couple of months after I catch up...

Mar 24, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Re; On AI in response to: A Positive Technologist Identity (4/4)

(See parts 1, 2, and 3 of my response.) I conclude my response with a favorable reply to Mr. Powiertowski’s eloquent penultimate paragraph. He includes a general disclosure statement of sorts above...

Mar 24, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Re; On AI in response to: A Positive Technologist Identity (3/4)

(See parts 1 and 2 of my response.) Mr. Powitowski shared an interesting essay by Benjamin Breen. Mr. Breen, a historian and writer, explained that he respectfully abstains from AI in his areas of ...

Mar 24, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Re; On AI in response to: A Positive Technologist Identity (2/4)

(See part 1 of my reply.) Mr. Powiertowski writes that the point on which he would “push back gently is on the implication that AI-assisted media is somehow lesser for being assisted,” using early ...

Mar 24, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Re; On AI in response to: A Positive Technologist Identity (1/4)

I published a short post titled A Positive Technologist Identity, wherein I offered my thoughts on a longer post by Wojtek Powiertowski titled The tool, the craft, and the joy. In the main, I appre...

Mar 23, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Adding Victor V. Gurbo’s YouTube Channel to NLJ Blogroll

Victor V. Gurbo is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter (see his official website). I have known him for just about 20 years now (we both agree that has been way too long but it is too late now to do...

Mar 23, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Sony’s Very Long-Term PS3 Support

On February 8, 2022, I wrote an article praising Nintendo for its apparent commitment to support the Nintendo Switch (which is still being supported notwithstanding the presence of Switch 2) for a ...

Mar 23, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Crest and sunglasses: this is Mopsus mormon, the spider that doesn’t hunt with webs and practices platonic love

In the tropical rainforests of northern Australia and the islands of New Guinea lives an eight-legged hunter that could pass for a character taken from Greek mythology or, according to some interpr...

Mar 23, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-23-26

Monday is the beginning of the work week. But it is also Pook-Emu Bee links day. Of course, every day except Newsletter Saturday is Pook-Emu Bee links day… 1. Hiding Behind Pen Names (Jerome Mazand...

Mar 23, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Archaeological discovery from the 5th century in the Nile Delta: the second-largest monastic complex in the history of Egyptian Christianity

The excavation campaign carried out by the Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in the area of Al-Qalaya, located in the center of Hosh Issa, in the Beheira governo...

Mar 23, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Siege of Acre, Part 2

A couple weeks ago I mentioned the events that led to Saladin coming to power in Egypt. From there he had two choices: stay in Egypt and try to bring the entire country under his control, or try to...

Mar 23, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

A massive Roman necropolis beneath the urban core of the Croatian city of Zadar, with more than three thousand tombs

The historical layers of the Croatian city of Zadar, ancient Iader, continue to reveal the magnitude of its Roman past beneath the asphalt and the foundations of the modern city. In the area known ...

Mar 23, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Archaeologists Discover a Network of Ancient Maya Markets Hidden in the Campeche Jungle

In the depths of the jungle of southeastern Mexico, a team of archaeologists has identified half a hundred architectural complexes with a surprising feature: they are formed by concentric rows of l...

Mar 23, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Internet Reply Posting

Maddy Miller wrote a good essay titled I wish reply articles worked better. As a fellow fan of site-to-site conversations (and not at all a fan of social media), I too wish that reply articles work...

Mar 22, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

NAF Blogroll Entry: Joel Chrono

I credited a blog post to the personal blog of the pseudonymous Joel Chrono with giving me a concept for my new New Leaf Journal Blogroll. Because Joel Chrono’s post gave me an idea and I read his ...

Mar 22, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Stela with inscriptions from the time of Emperor Tiberius discovered during the restoration of the Gate of Ramses III at Karnak

The collaboration between the French-Egyptian Center for the Study of the Temples of Karnak (CFEETK), the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNR...

Mar 22, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-22-26

The daily Pook-Emu Bee links were off yesterday thanks to Newsletter Leaf Journal 272. But with no new newsletter coming until next Saturday, the Pook-Emu Bee returns. If you enjoy the (almost) dai...

Mar 22, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Siege of Acre, Part 1

The Siege of Acre was two years long and a major event in the history of the Crusades. Although started independently by Guy of Lusignan in his role as King of Jerusalem against Saladin, it became ...

Mar 22, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Blemmyes, the legendary headless men with faces on their chests who fascinated scholars and artists

Historically, the emergence of mythologies and the use of exaggeration have gone hand in hand to explain the limitations in knowledge of the world. Following the discovery of new lands by Europeans...

Mar 22, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Bossert Hotel Work in Brooklyn Heights (March 2026)

I saw new scaffolding going up around the iconic, and now derelict, Bossert Hotel building in Brooklyn Heights. According to Brooklyn Bridge Parents, the new scaffolding is going up so that new new...