Thursday, May 28, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
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From a Medieval Latrine in Germany, Archaeologists Extracted a Pristine Leather Notebook That Preserved Latin Cursive for CenturiesThe writing in the booklet suggests it belonged to an upper-class merchant, who may have had a mishap while using the toilet 800 years ago Michele…
Fresh Bubbles
First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Life
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Starting this week I've left my phone disconnected from the car for CarPlay. I still have a bluetooth connection incase someone calls me, but otherwise my car…
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Some posts you may have missed
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The bar for not engaging with media that directly supports genocide is in hell, apparently (photos unrelated)
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Subtitle: If I was a… We don’t buy tickets for the lottery very often, and if I do I always just put on a Lucky Dip. We do like the fun chat of what we would…
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I've never appreciated 21c and a North Sea breeze more than I did this morning. After the last few days of excessive heat and humidity, getting to sit outside…
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The typical way to practice Memento Mori is on ourselves: To remind ourselves of our own mortality — our uncontrollably yet certainly approaching death. What…
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When all is said and done, I'll forever be a gamer.
Politics
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Today's links AI and a world without migrants: It's solipsism all the way down. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Manuscript rabbits;…
Tech
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Finger from 1971, Gopher from 1991, and Gemini from 2019. These protocols offer decentralized, terminal-based alternatives to the modern web. The small web's…
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After nearly twenty years under CBS ownership, Last.fm is once again independent: Your account, your listening history, and your data remain exactly where they…
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Right around the time of Trump's re-election, I discovered European Alternatives, a page dedicated to—well—European software alternatives. It was the first…
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Originally when I talked about owning our own platform is this blog, I meant owning the stack that powers and serves the blog. Moving to your own VPS or…
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