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The Autodidacts
May 23, 2026 from The Autodidacts

20 years of Linux and I finally started using job control

And it’s amazing

The New Leaf Journal
May 23, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Choosing How to Build and Host a Blog

My thoughts on various factors to consider in deciding how to build and host a blog or writing website.

Noahie's Blog
May 23, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

Open Skies

You know, writing is a lot better at ending wars than starting them. I think about great treaties, speeches, and art that takes us out of the horrors we can find ourselves taking part in—whether th...

Improve Something Today
May 22, 2026 from Improve Something Today

Open space technology, principle 4: “When it is over, it is over”

Appreciating circles that have been opened but not closed.

The Emu Café Social
May 22, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-22-26

I was too busy yesterday to put together my daily Pook-Emu Bee links. I am busy today as well, but not too busy to take a link break. Article Links 1. Six search engines worth trying now that Googl...

The New Leaf Journal
May 22, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

ActivityPub for WordPress and fediverse:creator

I demonstrate how I used my author profile on Emu Café Social, which uses ActivityPub for WordPress, as the fediverse:creator profile for my New Leaf Journal articles.

The Autodidacts
May 21, 2026 from The Autodidacts

How to drain pasta without a colander, without burning yourself

A cooking tip for unusually bright cave people

Improve Something Today
May 21, 2026 from Improve Something Today

Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)

Noticing responses to problems; there’s a whole set. The consultant’s reaction to each of these as they arise.

The Public Domain Review
May 21, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer (1877)

Historical predictions from the Scottish Nostradamus.

Chronicles of Miss Miseria
May 21, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria

[dVerse] May 19th - This Is Not a Walk

This Is Not a Walkafter Chagall’s La promenadeMarc Chagall, La promenade (The Promenade) (1918), oil on canvasThis is not a woman flying.This is not a man holding the wrist of his weather.This is n...

The Emu Café Social
May 21, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Emu Café Social and ATmosphere

I use the ActivityPub for WordPress plugin here on ECS (follow me from Masotdon or similar at @naferrell@social.emucafe.org). Because ActivityPub for WordPress is a key part of this project, I subs...

The Emu Café Social
May 21, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Italy-Azerbaijan Trade Partnership

According to Vasif Huseynov writing for The Jamestown Foundation, “Italy is Azerbaijan’s largest trading partner.” Had you asked, I would have probably guessed Turkey. But I suppose Italy makes sen...

Improve Something Today
May 20, 2026 from Improve Something Today

Two facilitation methods starting with a single line: Actions|Results & +|Δ

Two simple facilitation methods you can start anytime by drawing a single line on a sheet of paper. What these are and when to use them.

The Emu Café Social
May 20, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-20-26

We are having a second consecutive 90+ degree day here in Brooklyn today’s Pook-Emu Bee links are warmer than the outside temperatures. Links 1. Google Search as you know it is over (Sarah Perez fo...

Noahie's Blog
May 20, 2026 from Noahie's Blog

Bad Ideas

Your browser does not support the video tag. I'm really good at having bad ideas. Wait, hear me out for a second. I think I am wired to be a fast, almost zany thinker. There's less a problem with l...

Improve Something Today
May 19, 2026 from Improve Something Today

10 things I’ve learned in 10 years of writing Improve Something Today

This site is about learning in public. As it turns a decade old, I scrounge around for 10 things I’ve learned while writing it. Also: my gratitude.

Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy
May 19, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

Lexxual Debauchery: Season 4

The crew of the Lexx‘s adventures on the twin worlds of Fire and Water ended with the destruction of both planets. Since those worlds were the afterlife, the souls of the deceased there, good and b...

The Emu Café Social
May 19, 2026 from The Emu Café Social

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-19-26

I had been sitting down to churn out today’s edition of Pook-Emu Bee links when work fell into my lap. But it is now lunch, and lunch means it is time for links. 1. Humpback Whales Sometimes Hold T...

The Public Domain Review
May 19, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

“Plaything of the Gods”: Photographs of Pushball (early 1900s)

Photographs and films of a forgotten pastime.

Chronicles of Miss Miseria
May 19, 2026 from Chronicles of Miss Miseria

[dVerse] May 19th - safety through ugliness

safety through uglinessthe phone cover shedsits tired skinwhile I eata sandwich late.hunger sits beside me,loyal as a dog,waiting for the commandto leave.I say stay.it stays.I say live.it looks awa...

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