Thursday, May 14, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
The most voted posts on Bubbles, updated once a day.
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It’s strange what information school decides is important. Because somehow I spent years learning about wars, several presidents with identical facial hair, and at least nine different dudes named Henry, yet nobody mentioned that Gladys West is the reason GPS exists. That seems…
Fresh Bubbles
First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Crafts
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I bought a Skådis pegboard from IKEA, and now I can have my modest collection of Aviationtags on display. It's actually only half of all the Aviationtags I…
Culture
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Part One of a two-part seriesby Grace Helton (guest blogger)[Paul Klee, Angel Applicant, 1939; source]Some people have come to interact with ChatGPT as though…
Life
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I’m hosting this month’s IndieWeb Carnival and I invited everyone with a blog to write a love letter to something or someone they care about. In the turbulent…
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Me on social media last week: Sorry gang, I gotta go a little deeper here on this thought. The inciting incident for the above is due to a story I saw going…
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My weeknotes from May 5 to 11, 2026! A lot of nostalgia to be found here, it was fun!
Tech
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I host most of my websites on a DreamHost VPS. This morning I discovered that a new file had been added, agents.txt, to the root of each site, on May 7. It was…
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Most of my side projects die as ideas. They live in notes apps and on scraps of paper. They get talked about with friends and then get quietly forgotten.…
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Googlebook is announced! A Gemini AI-powered ChromeOS/Android/Aluminum OS evolution to the Chromebook (and Pixelbook?). With a Glowbar! But what will it cost…?
Writing
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Are penpals even possible in 2026?
Still Bubbling
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Tiny Bubbles
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