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Toni Notes
Apr 05, 2026 from Toni Notes

Research should be allowed to kill the post

Research is not there to justify a topic that once sounded promising. It is there to clarify whether there is a real post here at all, and sometimes the honest result is to split, demote, or kill t...

Chronicles of Miss Miseria
Apr 04, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria

April 5, 2026: Rot, longing to disappear

April 5, 2026, Around 2 or 3AM.The need to be someone else, somewhere else, at some other time period sits like a stone in my throat and permeates my sentience. After a seepy Saturday, I offered my...

The New Leaf Journal
Apr 04, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

March 2026 at The New Leaf Journal

We are now starting April (and approaching this humble perennially virid online writing magazine’s sixth birthday). When a new month comes, […]

The New Leaf Journal
Apr 04, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Inflatable Easter Bunny in Columbia Street Waterfront District (2026)

An inflatable Easter Bunny seen in Columbia Street Waterfront District (Brooklyn, NYC).

The Emu Café Social
Apr 04, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

The Former Bronx Zoo Platypuses

I am a fan of the platypus. But I have never seen a platypus in person, for I live in New York City and not Australia. But thanks to a 2023 article in Mental Floss, I now know that New York City’s ...

The Newsletter Leaf Journal
Apr 04, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Unexpired :o 〜 Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXXIV

Leafy intro Welcome to the 273rd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal ("NLJ") and its short-form wr...

Chronicles of Miss Miseria
Apr 04, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria

NaPoWriMo 2026 [4th April] - What the Wind Keeps

NaPoWriMo 2026 [4th April]Day Four Hello, all, and welcome back for Day Four of Na/GloPoWriMo. Our featured participant for today is W.B.J. Williams, whose response to Day Three’s prompt is a good ...

The Emu Café Social
Apr 04, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Capcom: DRM-free on GOG, DRM’d on Steam

On March 28, 2022, I published On DRM-Free Games on Steam, wherein I examined the status of DRM on Steam, shared resources for identifying DRM-free games on the platform, and offered my unsolicited...

Noahie's Blog
Apr 04, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

Reprise

This morning, I felt emboldened to make more effort toward my spiritual life. Last night, I ran out of cigarettes, and I decided that now would be the perfect time to quit again. With the weather h...

The Emu Café Social
Apr 03, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Connecting Self-Hosted WP Site to Tags.pub

Yesterday I shared Discover more of the Fediverse with tags.pub in my Pook-Emu Bee links for the day. The post introduces a new feature for the ActivityPub for WordPress plugin: Subscribing a site ...

The Emu Café Social
Apr 03, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Takopi’s Original Sin Review Reminds Me of Narcissu

Cabbage reviwed the anime adaptation of Takopi’s Original Sin on her always-fun Cabbage Sorter blog. Takopi was a short six-episode series which aired in summer season 2025. It was one of the last ...

The Emu Café Social
Apr 03, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-03-26

Another non-Saturday day ending in -day means it is time for a new set of Pook-Emu Bee. However, this will be our last Pook-Emu Bee until fun Monday. Tomorrow, Saturday, is newsletter day (which co...

Chronicles of Miss Miseria
Apr 03, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria

NaPoWriMo 2026 [3rd April] - The Cartographer Who Leaves Things Out

NaPoWriMo 2026 [3rd April]Day Three Happy Friday, everyone, and happy third day of National/Global Poetry Writing month. Today, our featured participant is Eden Ligon, whose response to Day Two’s p...

The Emu Café Social
Apr 03, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Toothpaste Expiration Dates (NLJ Link)

This is the 59th entry in Nicholas A. Ferrell’s long-running Justin and Justina dialogue series. Inspired by a true story (N.A. Ferrell, who is me writing in the third person, bought things at Lot ...

Toni Notes
Apr 03, 2026 from Toni Notes

Automation should remove repetition, not hide responsibility

Automation is useful when it removes repetitive work without obscuring who still owns the framing, review, and stop point. Smooth systems fail when they make that ownership hard to find.

Ploum.net
Apr 03, 2026 from Ploum.net

La première Madame Pipi de l’espace profond

La première Madame Pipi de l’espace profond Outre la première victoire au Tour de France d’Eddy Merckx, 1969 fut une année qui marqua trois événements très importants. 1. Le premier homme sur la Lu...

Noahie's Blog
Apr 03, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

Revelation

Yesterday was quite tiring. I was asleep for practically the entire day. That kind of thing happens whenever I take my olanzapine, which is what I did the night before yesterday. That night, I had ...

Chronicles of Miss Miseria
Apr 02, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria

NaPoWriMo 2026 [2nd April] - Left of the Courtyard

NaPoWriMo 2026 [2nd April]Day TwoWelcome back for the second day of Na/GloPoWriMo, everyone. We hope you feel invigorated after the first day of the challenge. And my apologies to those of you who ...

The Emu Café Social
Apr 02, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-02-26

For once I’m not too busy today. But even if I were busy, I would still publish the newest edition of Pook-Emu Bee. 1. Discover more of the Fediverse with tags.pub (Matthias Pfefferle at ActivityPu...

The Public Domain Review
Apr 02, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

The Great Majority: Body Snatching and Burial Reform in 19th-Century Britain

As populations flocked to city centres in the 19th century, church cemeteries began to overflow with the dead. Roger Luckhurst exhumes the history of this period, when anatomists fuelled a body-sna...

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