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We Should Probably Know Their Names (Musings from a Tangled Mind)
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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

  1. I bought a Skådis pegboard from IKEA, and now I can have … (Jetstream)
    2

    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

  1. ChatGPT Is Not Your Friend (guest post by Grace Helton) (The Splintered Mind)
    2

    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

  1. A love letter to our library bus (Juha-Matti Santala)
    5

    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…

  2. Dear Internet: Read A Little Deeper, It Won’t Hurt You, I Promise (blast-o-rama.)
    13

    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…

  3. New bike, childhood movies, and origami for once! (joelchrono's blog)
    2

    My weeknotes from May 5 to 11, 2026! A lot of nostalgia to be found here, it was fun!

Tech

  1. New agents.txt file found on DreamHost (Kelson Vibber)
    9

    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…

  2. I Built a Website To Show Off My Postcards. Here's What I Learned. (Matt Rutherford)
    3

    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.…

  3. Googlebook is announced... (Jason Journals)
    3

    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

  1. The children (me, 25) yearn for penpals (Meli’s dramatic)
    2

    Are penpals even possible in 2026?

Still Bubbling

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

  1. This too shall pass (Ratfactor Feed)
    23
  2. No more Lineage OS on Samsung cellphones (Kevin Boone)
    5
  3. It's 2026 and women are still asked to teach others to think a little bit and don't be a prick (Ana Rodrigues)
    14
  4. Re: A Love Letter To RSS (Finest Day)
    4
  5. Announcing Wonders of Web Weaving (James' Coffee Blog)
    14
  6. A Tiny E Reader (Nathan | NTHP)
    16
  7. Ocarina of Time Hits Differently as an Adult (David McGee)
    10
  8. Hey you, start communicating! (Forking Mad+)
    31

Tiny Bubbles

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