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Tue Mar 17

BURTON BRIDGE

retiredmartin · 1mo

March 2026. Burton-on-Trent. A Friday afternoon in search of Burton Bass, and a couple of votes on the Bass fan page for the Burton Bridge, another GBG regular that has had it’s...

Links of the Day

I collect cool, interesting links spread all over the web and share them here in daily posts. Hope you enjoy! More of them in the archive. The new Ubuntu folder icons, Omg!...

I got an annual pass for a botanical garden

PINEWIND · 1mo

Last weekend, I got an annual pass for a local botanical garden. I think it's the first annual pass I've gotten for anything, so I'm pretty excited about it. I'd already been to...

日常#12 - 苹果设备的联动、最近做的一些菜式、死亡搁浅、深圳美术馆看展

Taxodium · 1mo

日常#12 苹果设备的联动、最近做的一些菜式、死亡搁浅、深圳美术馆看展 🎵 Asylums for the Feeling by Silent Poet / Leila Adu 苹果设备的联动 最近在面试,但是收到的面试不多,就业环境是一个因素,长时间空窗也是个负面影响,个人能力也还需要继续提升,总之继续投递,打起精神做准备,希望早日找到工作。...

New Contacts and New Corners (Week 11, 2026)

CybersecKyle · 1mo

Another week coming in late with this one. The vibe Reflective, slightly overstimulated, but ending on a better note. Highlights Had my annual eye exam. My eyes didn’t change...

"you should already have a google account"

Bobby's Blog · 1mo

On October 8, 2025, I sent an email some Members of European Parliament1. This was the first time I’d ever done something like this. The message was addressed to the European...

(68) (personal) definitions

(image courtesy of unknown artist) (personal) definitions: a writing exercise in hospital word (personal) definition kite i lost mine in scotland joy the eternal grandmother of...

Mycelium Parish News and some thoughts on community

The new issue of Mycelium Parish News (copies are still available on Etsy - details in that last link) arrived on my doormat this morning, full of the interesting things that...

Man flu

Cybrkyd · 1mo

I have man flu. This is a semi-fatal disease which affects males only. If you’re not male, there is no chance of understanding the disease, and it is quite common for non-males...

Library memories

One of the ideas Frances shared when we exchanged blog post titles was to write about a memory from a library. While the prompt “Sparking joy” is the one I ended up writing...

slow and summer

This morning after the usual and really disagreeable wake up before 4am, I knew I needed moments. With family visiting from Europe, there’s the press of social activities....

Hypnotize Catch Catch Bang Bang

LostFocus · 1mo

Three K-pop(-ish) songs I enjoyed recently: Hypnotize by XG, Catch Catch by Yena and Bang Bang by Ive. Reply by email

Mi Epiphone Les Paul Custom me hace muy feliz, pero últimamente no dejo de pensar en entrarle a una Gibson

Si buscas en internet, la Epiphone Les Paul Custom es una gran guitarra por su precio. Buenos reviews, buena construcción, materiales decentes, buen tono, estéticamente hermosa,...

Personal News: LibraryPass

Check out As in guillotine... for more. With the official announcement of the acquisition of LibraryPass and Comics Plus now public, I can finally address one of the biggest...

Neighborhood walking: botanical notes

A follow-up to my 3/16 posting “The breakfast walk”, in which I looked at a few of the businesses and offices on the walk from 722 Ramona St., between Forest and Homer (my...

Is passing user ID through context an antipattern?

Why the middleware-to-handler boundary is a special case for context values.

Philosophers Working in or with AI Firms & Organizations

Daily Nous · 1mo

To what extent has the development of AI over the past several years led to non-academic work for academically-trained philosophers? [Refik Anadol, “Unsupervised – Machine...

Optimization lessons from a Minecraft structure locator

Minecraft generates a bedrock floor at the bottom of the world from a random noise. Since it’s random, it can contain naturally generated unescapable regions – prisons. While...

How to Get Love Less Wrong: George Saunders on Breaking the Patterns that Break Our Hearts

“We want to believe that love is singular and exclusive, and it unnerves us to think that it might actually be renewable…” While it is true, as generations of psychologists have...

She said Yes!

James' Corner · 1mo

How to propose in 8 easy steps: Step 1: Give no indication that you are ready to propose. Act a little blasé or disinterested whenever any related conversations come up. Say...

甩出一杆,然后把世界关在门外

Another Dayu · 1mo

最近迷上了一个叫 Cast 'n Chill 的游戏。 如其名,核心玩法就是甩杆,发呆,等鱼上钩,然后和鱼拉扯。没有复杂的技能树,没有每日任务,只有像素风的粼粼波光和耳机里循环的森林白噪音。如果想更彻底的放空,它还有自动钓鱼的放置模式。 跟传统放置类游戏不同,它的升级项少得可怜。很快钱就无处可用,没必要再去卖鱼,似乎在用这种方式鼓励钓获放流(Catch...

The social media mindset - re: chunk of coal

Kami's Corner · 1mo

Every once in a while, i see a blogpost like the one that chunk of coal recently made, treating bear like a social media platform. it's always a reminder that social media has...

努力一定会有回报吗?

日々精進 · 1mo

努力就会有回报吗?从我自己的结论开始回答——不,我觉得努力不一定会有回报。 这里说的回报,不是能力上的成长这种抽象的收获,而是奖学金、offer 这类看得见、摸得着的显化结果。努力不一定会得到显化的回报,甚至可以说,大多数情况下是得不到的。虽然人们常说「事在人为」,但事情最后会变成什么样,个人的努力其实只占一小部分。...

Mi guía no oficial de #openSUSE cambia de manos y se actualiza

Después de 10 años de mantenimiento, la guía no oficial para recién llegados a openSUSE cambia de manos que le da una actualización general para que siga siendo útil. Desde hace...

No sign of extraterrestrial life? Blame it on bad space weather

In the search for evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life, astronomers, and organisations like SETI, often seek out narrowband radio signals. Space is full of radio...

Lent 2026 Day 28 - Emotion and Reason

Dallineation · 1mo

Earlier this Lenten season, I expressed some thoughts and questions I had about the influence of the Holy Spirit. Does He communicate with us through feelings? Thoughts? Reason?...

“My hens are fat and luſty, and you may haue them cheap.”

Ideapad · 1mo

Really enjoyed this blog post that slowly traces the English language back in time for a thousand years.

Sebastian

Nigeness · 1mo

And the birthdays just keep on coming – this time it's John Sebastian, of Lovin' Spoonful fame, and he's 82 today. I loved the Spoonful from the first time I heard them, and...

On - How a MacBook Neo bought for a high school student is worth $50k to Apple

March 17, 2026 I came across a great piece by Ben Lovejoy on 9to5Mac that offered a new perspective on Apple's MacBook Neo. According to Ben maybe the MacBook Neo isn't...

You could save lives regularly!

All you need to do, if you are medically able, is to commit a couple of hours every couple of months, to become a regular blood donor. To remain a regular blood donor, you’ll...

Homelab downtime update: The fight for DNS supremacy

Xe Iaso · 1mo

Hey all, quick update continuing from yesterday's announcement that my homelab went down. This is stream of consciousness and unedited. Enjoy! Turns out the entire homelab...

The Antique Telecommunications Museum

James is hosting this month's IndieWeb blog carnival on the topic “museum memories.” One of my favorite museum trips was when my spouse took me to see the Antique Wireless...

📚 Books: LOG: Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge

Notes for book club: Sacrificial Beasts - this was sad.

Secondhand Minds

BEEW · 1mo

On the theft of original thought and my fury at those who caused it. There are many times throughout the week when I purposely leave my phone at home or in the car, and certain...

i have been accused of being AI and i am offended, beep boop

March 17 is never a fun day at Chez Tov, being the anniversary of the day my brother finally succeeded in killing himself with alcohol. So imagine my mood when I opened my email...

🪩 Silent Disco

foofaraw · 1mo

“Oi, Paul. You coming to the demo?”I press the phone against my face. It’s Sabeena. My best friend a.k.a. boundary pusher. I slink over to my bedroom window and hush my voice....

Pink, White & Blue・ピンク、ホワイト、ブルー

Cherry blossoms at the tomb of Abe no Seimei, a 10th Century Heian court official and renowned specialist of Onmyodo. 10世紀の平安宮廷の官人で陰陽道の専門家であった安倍晴明墓所の桜。

MCP is a terribe solution to a solved problem

LLMs, Agents, MCPsWait, it's not perfect? Alternative The root of it all Counter revolution? My short critique of MCP as an idea (Source: Star Wars ) LLMs, Agents, MCPs First we...

Cartas a Santa

No estamos ni cerca de Navidad, pero estaba viendo un show donde mencionaron las cartas a Santa Claus y me surgió la duda de cual fue la última carta que escribí a este ser...

Blizzard Beach and Hoppers

Chris Glass · 1mo

Took a day easy at a waterpark and closed things out watching the new Pixar flick, Hoppers. Enjoyed it lots. ⊕Currently Listening: Bikini Kill “Rebel Girl”Reply via email

Selection for Signal: How Systems Learn to Prefer Propagation Over Truth

Cafe Bedouin · 1mo

In October 2023, Marc Andreessen published a 5,200-word manifesto declaring that intelligence and energy in a positive feedback loop would make “everything we want and need...

Image Thumbnails in Nemo File Manager (EndeavourOS)

I had been using XFCE as my desktop on EndeavourOS. I switched to Cinnamon after having some issues with XFCE (I believe tied to Nvidia drivers). Since I switched my desktop...

Copy a directory structure with rsync (and no files)

johnsy.com · 1mo

This post started off life as a note in Obsidian but I figure it may be useful to others, and sharing is caring. Once a year I create a new project directory for my tax return...

Not Every War Is Yours to Fight

After a bit more than ten years into my professional life, I've reached the stage where I can quite confidently say what works and what doesn't. Or at least I think I can. Or at...

"No estás deprimido, solo no tienes un tercer espacio"

Manu Mateos · 1mo

Ya escribí sobre terceros lugares el año pasado. Y hace unos días, haciendo doomscrolling en Instagram, me crucé con este vídeo de Esteban Go que explica de maravilla qué es un...

This Is My Genre (Science Fiction!)

I saw Alex Wolfe answering these questions and I thought I’d give them a go! I even wrote an early draft by hand before transferring them to digital for some final edits. Feel...

Overthinking: AI wasn't the first to break my heart

Oh Hello Ana · 1mo

So I’ve been thinking, when was the last time I’ve experienced some sort of burnout from a community. And I had forgotten that tech was not my only interest, or the only thing...

i got featured @ noyb!

ava's blog · 1mo

Every now and then, Noyb (European Center for Digital Rights) highlights some of their volunteers for their GDPRhub project. Now I got my entry :) Check it out on Mastodon and...

You Might Debate It — If You Could See It

Imagine I’m the design leader at your org and I present the following guidelines I want us to adopt as a team for doing design work: Typography: Use expressive, purposeful fonts...

On ‘The 49MB Web Page’

Wordius · 1mo

ThatShubham: The user must perform visual triage, identify the close icons (which are deliberately given low contrast) and execute side quests just to access the 5KB of text...

Humble Pie

There is something we gotta package into words, then sentences, then paragraphs and let loose into the ether in order keep going. Very recently I had a very large piece of...

The RIB: Daughters of Darkness by Samuel Chatman (SPFBO XI)

Kell Shaw · 1mo

Daughters of Darkness by Samuel Chatman is a comic book in prose form, which mixes technology-based superheroes with standard urban fantasy tropes like vampires, werewolves and...

Una che si concia con due specchi — A woman dressing her hair with two mirrors — Habiti delle Donne Venetiane — 8

"Una che si concia con due specchi" (A woman dressing her hair with two mirrors) from the "Habiti delle Donne Venetiane", published by Giacomo Franco, c. 1610.

Square Enough

jeff's blog · 1mo

My family has a history of "handy" men, but I did not inherit this trait. It is a deficiency I am attempting to remedy. Since retiring, I have successfully fixed a toilet,...

Water Delivery

noahie.xyz · 1mo

My dreams have been going crazy lately. I find myself in these periods about every few weeks where my dreams will be particularly vivid and memorable. More than likely, this is...

Sharing a Stuffed Bird Rescue Story

My Friend’s Stuffed Bird Rescue Yesterday (March 16, 2026), I published an article about a BLOB DYLAN tag in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on September 28, 2025. To be precise, I took...

On: The Art of Spending Money

Dominik Hofer · 1mo

This weekend, I finished reading “The Art of Spending Money” by Morgan Housel. If that name rings a bell, it’s probably because of his mega-bestseller “The Psychology of Money”...

Feeding

Noticing how less meaningful I've been finding my RSS reading habit, I went on the lookout for possible reasons. First, I really dislike the idea of reducing a sizeable part of...
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