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Chernobyl 40 years on (Yunzi's Blog)
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I may use Russian words for places in this article, this simply reflects both the history (Ukraine was part of the USSR at this point in history) and the fact I'm more familiar with Russian language than Ukrainian. This doesn't imply any political bias on my part! Forty years…

Fresh Bubbles

First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

Life

  1. Forty Years in Tech (Forking Mad+)
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    Forty years is a long time, and I am guessing that some of you were not even born all those years ago. For me, this year is my fortieth with technology. Hard…

  2. Feeling Trapped? Good! Time to Take Action (Living Kindfully)
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    Every fourth Sunday of the month, I would volunteer my time at the community recycling centre. For three hours, I would carry heavy stuffs and separate items…

Nature

  1. The infraordinary beauty of wildflowers (Aaron Zavala)
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    A couple of weeks ago, my wife Tiffany and I visited the LBJ National Grasslands as part of a small group of people interested in “wildflowering.” We like…

Politics

  1. Britain's sugar tax cut sugar in soft drinks by 47 per cent. The same companies managed 3.5 per cent in foods without one (Nearly Right)
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    The Soft Drinks Industry Levy is one of the cleanest policy successes of the past decade. Ministers have decided it should stay locked to drinks.

Tech

  1. The IndieWeb is Wonderfully Dionysian (brennan.day)
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    A personal plea from me to you to write your own comments. On the genAI plague of LinkedIn, Meta ads, and Medium, and the human warmth of the IndieWeb. From…

  2. Ten bucks a month adds up... (The Reed and Pickup)
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    Back in the early 90s I bought Pearl Jam’s ‘Vs’ on CD. It was a great album that I’ve listened to regularly ever since. I know subscriptions for all of our…

  3. 💌 Newsletter #007 - Of Age-Gating, Belonging, and AI Being Blazing Fast 🚀 (at Enshittifying) (Technically Good ✨)
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    ✨ In This Edition ✨ 📟 Short-Form Content: Of eyeballs for "human verification;" yes can I please get a venti oh shoot I didn't prompt it right; and age gating…

  4. Age-Gating Isn't It, Fam (Technically Good ✨)
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Still Bubbling

Already featured in a Briefing before. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

  1. Uncertainty is healthy (Robin Rendle)
    6
  2. Cognitive Surrender (So She Writes)
    14
  3. Re: About writing other bloggers Email (Kai Gulliksen)
    21
  4. On Making and Breaking Routines (Notes by JCProbably)
    15
  5. Introducing Bubbles Briefing 📰 (Bubbles 🫧 Blog)
    35
  6. Goodbye Google Search! (RasterWeb!)
    3
  7. Think Linux-y Thoughts... (The Reed and Pickup)
    4
  8. Hayao Miyazaki and optimistic nihilism (PINEWIND)
    3
  9. Bubbles Made It: A Newspaper-Style Feed (Just Some Code)
    5

Tiny Bubbles

Fresh posts with exactly one vote in the last 24 hours.