Posts tagged "history"

Aug 09, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Desktop Environments and Distro Hopping

This month marks my sixth year of running Linux exclusively on my computers, so I suppose that I am minimally qualified to offer an opinion on Bhuwan Mishra’s After Nearly a Decade of Distro Hoppin...

Aug 09, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-09-26

Pook-Emu Bee links are so real now that we’re delivering on Sundays. 1 | Tracking Bees with a Stereo Camera (Al Williams for Hackaday. August 8, 2026.) A fitting entry in light of today’s New Leaf ...

Aug 09, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Neanderthals of a Cave in Northern Spain Were Already Making and Reusing Bone Tools in a Standardized and Planned Way

A team of researchers from the University of Burgos and the Atapuerca Foundation has published the first detailed analysis of the bone retouchers found in the Valdegoba cave, in the municipality of...

Aug 09, 2026 from Daily Medieval

The Mortimer Rebellion

Although Edmund Mortimer was only seven years old when Henry Bolingbroke usurped the throne from Richard II, he was a potential political threat. He was Richard's heir-presumptive, and his lineage ...

Aug 09, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Many Dinosaur Fossils Have Been Found with Stones in Their Stomachs—Why Did They Swallow Them Voluntarily?

For decades, paleontologists have used the presence of stones inside the skeletons of dinosaurs as an indicator that the animal was herbivorous. These stones, known as gastroliths, have been found ...

Aug 09, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Used Game Stores in an All Digital World

Much digital ink has been spilled on the slow decline of physical video games (including by yours truly). In a reply post by Jake at An Almost Anonymous Blog titled The importance of owning physica...

Aug 09, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

/e/ OS’s App Lounge Apparently Still As I Remember

I used an /e/ OS-powered Teracube 2e as my daily driver phone from September 2021 to November 2022. It worked well enough for my purposes initially, as I explained in a very early review I publishe...

Aug 08, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Discovery at Kom el-Khilgan: a necropolis spanning from the Predynastic Period to the Greco-Roman eras and a residential area from the Second Intermediate Period

The Egyptian archaeological mission under the authority of the Supreme Council of Antiquities has brought to light, during excavation work carried out in the archaeological area of Kom el-Khilgan, ...

Aug 08, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Edmund Mortimer

When Henry Bolingbroke decided in 1399 to return from exile in France and force his cousin, King Richard II, to return to him the properties and titles of Henry's deceased father, John of Gaunt, he...

Aug 08, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Ingenious System of Hidden Drainage Channels Discovered Beneath the Orchestra of the Roman Theater of Catania

Researchers from the University of Catania, in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Catania and the Valley of the Aci, have located beneath the stage of the Teatro Antico a network of unde...

Aug 08, 2026 from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders, Part Va: Putting It Together

This is the first half of the final part (I, IIa, IIb, III, IVa, IVb, Va) of our apparently five-part series laying out some general guidelines for how pre-modern armies are organized, in particula...

Aug 07, 2026 from Palladium

How to Deal With Iran

The Iran crisis cannot be resolved without recognizing Iran’s unexpected military and technological edge. Victories can be salvaged from this dangerous stalemate. The post How to Deal With Iran app...

Aug 07, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-07-26

I am a bit late today, but I decided to keep the Pook-Emu Bee links running with four in a row before our off-day tomorrow (Newsletter Saturday). 1. Private email is fine, actually (Matthew Guay fo...

Aug 07, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

Scientists Discover that the Increase in Visual Information Was What Allowed the Development of Ape and Human Brains

The research, published in the journal Science, was led by Richard F. Kay, emeritus professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and at the Nicholas School of th...

Aug 07, 2026 from Daily Medieval

Henry in Exile

After the Trial by Combat affair in 1398 between Henry Bolingbroke and Thomas Mowbray (which was supposed to be to the death), King Richard II exiled Mowbray for life and Henry for 10 years. They w...

Aug 07, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Foundational Well of the Ancient Etruscan City of Kainua Discovered Filled with Objects Offered to the Goddess Uni, Intact Since Antiquity

A ritual well with unique characteristics has emerged in the archaeological area of the ancient Etruscan city of Kainua, near Marzabotto, in a discovery that the scientific community is already des...

Aug 07, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

New Fragments of a 480 Inscription Reveal Details of a Tax Corruption Scheme in the Late Roman Empire

The history of the Roman Empire is often told through the exploits of emperors and generals, but the mechanisms of daily administration and, especially, the relationships between central power and ...

Aug 06, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

PSA: Shueisha Makes Approximately 400 Manga Series Free For Limited Time

I learned today that manga publisher Shueisha is making apppproximately 400 manga series free in 100 languages for a limited time beginning August 6, 2026 (“limited time” not defined). They are ava...

Aug 06, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-06-26

Is it safe to say the daily Pook-Emu Bee links are “daily” again with three posts in a row? 1 – Video Game Accounts Can Be Inherited, Chinese Court Rules (Li Xin for Sixth Tone. August 6, 2026.) Th...

Aug 06, 2026 from LBV Magazine English Edition

The Megalithic Monuments of Europe Were Built by Egalitarian Communities That Cooperated Without an Elite Controlling Them

Megaliths —those enormous stone blocks that have stood for millennia— continue to fascinate archaeologists and the general public. A recent compilation of books published between 2025 and 2026 show...