Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
The most voted posts on Bubbles, updated once a day.
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Culture
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"…there is no new thing under the sun." — Ecclesiastes 1:9 "Sycophant" is an ancient Greek word, which is annoying, because it means I have to begin this piece…
Life
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Most blogs are missing something simple: a photo or two. Not for every post, just a shot on your about page or now page. Easy to add, and it makes your blog…
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I visited Arctic Lights ComicCon and it was fun! Here's some photos and thoughts on the whole thing. I had fun at the ComicCon! I mostly spent the days in my…
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Tonight I'm feeling rather flat. I'm normally a happy, cheery, efervescente kind of guy, but tonight nothing interests me. There's no specific reason. I'm just…
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I fear my phone. You should too. I used to look at the fucker for 6 hours a day. 6 hours of dog videos, geo-politics, watch reviews, ww3 scenarios, politics in…
Tech
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A sort of meta-blogpost and rambling about the reason I blog sometimes and why I feel in a bit of a slump lately, just write guys.
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This is how I start new blog posts: $ ./new.sh permalink-for-new-post This sends a command to Hugo, the static site generator I use, to create a new file with…
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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.
Writing
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I haven’t done one of these in a while! Here are some books I’ve read so far this year that I enjoyed. I don’t think I have especially wild or interesting…
Still Bubbling
Already featured in a Briefing before. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Tiny Bubbles
Fresh posts with exactly one vote in the last 24 hours.