Apr 23, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Proctoring a High School Exam While in High School I share the story of that one time I briefly proctored a high school exam while I myself was a high school student.
Apr 23, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Bad IP Watch I checked my emails this morning and saw an alert from Cloudron that New Leaf Journal had become non-responsive. By the time I saw the report, NLJ had recovered. I was a bit alarmed since I had rec...
Apr 23, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-23-26 Delayed by work, but not denied, The drags on, Pook-Emu Bee links for April 23, 2026. 1. Hochul’s Fast-Track Booze Permit Sets Stage for World Cup Street Parties Across New York (Reid Carlisle for ...
Apr 23, 2026 from Toni Notes What makes an archive worth staying in? Archive depth is not a post count. A small publication starts feeling worth staying in when one post prepares the next and older work still participates.
Apr 22, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Remembering My Clamshell Landline Phone Dan Lewis’ April 21, 2026 “Now I Know” newsletter covered the subject of Garfield (the comic cat) phones washing up in France. It is a good (and well-sourced) story, but here I will focus on his op...
Apr 22, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-22-26 The drags on, but the Pook-Emu Bee links are strong. Or so I tell myself, at least. 1, Italy Summons Russian Ambassador After Propagandist Calls Giorgia Meloni ‘Whore’ (Christian K. Caruzo for Brei...
Apr 22, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal My One-Game Stint as a Baseball Coach I once wanted to be a basketball coach. Although I have now become a source(TM) for basketball coaches, I never coached. But what if I told you that I was once a coach on a different field?
Apr 22, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Magic by Return of Post: How Mail Order Delivered the Occult What allowed occultism to blossom in the United States at the turn of the 20th century? Linotype machines, cheap pulp paper, and newly improved postal networks. Allan Johnson investigates the forgo...
Apr 22, 2026 from The Public Domain Review Pulex irritans: The Attack of the Monster (1885) Lantern slide of man battling bug.
Apr 22, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 22] - Internal Affairs NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 22] Day Twenty-Two Happy Wednesday, everybody, and welcome back for Day 22 of Na/GloPoWriMo. Our featured participant for the day is 7eyedwonder, where the response to Day 21’...
Apr 22, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Framework Designs Wireless TouchPad Keyboard I power my non-internet connected TV with a mini PC. To control the mini PC, I usually use a Logitech K400 keyboard. However, as Brad Linder if Liliputing aptly notes, the K400 “isn’t actually all ...
Apr 22, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Heaven-Bound Lots of driving today. Fuck driving, man, seriously. I had another medical appointment today for my SSDI benefits application. It's been about two and a half years now, still trucking. It reminded ...
Apr 21, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 21] - Names for a Thing That Refuses to Stay Named NaPoWriMo 2026 [April 21] Day Twenty Wow! Three weeks down, and just a week and some change left to go in this year’s National/Global Poetry Writing Month. Today’s daily featured participant is Hap...
Apr 21, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Attending to Surroundings and Thoughts on Walks The case for taking the case to enjoy a walk (solo or with company) without listening to something on your phone or iPod or otherwise removing yourself from the moment.
Apr 21, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-21-26 Let us see what is happening around the world wide web with today’s collection of Pook-Emu Bee links. 1. Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it. (Emile Ma...
Apr 21, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Development of the Anglerfish Lure I am a long-time admirer of the anglerfish, one of the ocean’s most aesthetic creatures. The University of Kansas news service published a news release about an open access study vt Alex J. Maile a...
Apr 21, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal Staying the Course in Writing in the LLM Moment Human authors should not modify their prose and punctuation choices based on a fear of being falsely accused of using AI. Long live the em dash.
Apr 21, 2026 from Noahie's Blog Broken Parts Things have been low stress, which I attribute to more frequently taking my Olanzapine. I've been on pretty much all the antipsychotics on the market, and Olanzapine seems to be the one that least ...
Apr 21, 2026 from Noahie's Blog The Ennui Aesthetic It seems that we've been bitten by a certain bug, one that takes any sense of meaning and truth and tries to reject it for the sake of something different. With our ability to constantly access so ...
