Saturday, June 20, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
The most voted posts on Bubbles, updated once a day.
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Top Bubble
Bubbles —a site I am increasingly fond of as it’s turning up some wonderful posts and sites and people— was recently mentioned on Hackernews. I’ve followed Hackernews for a long time as a way to keep some form of view on the tech world (to which I am adjacent) but only check it…
Fresh Bubbles
First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Crafts
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The older child totoro doesn't get enough attention. Here it is, hopelessly kawaii holding a leaf umbrella. The post Totoro Hand-Carved Eraser Stamp appeared…
Culture
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Earlier this week I wrote about the newly announced under-16 social media ban for the UK. The post has so far been one of my most read on this blog so far…
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The sixth episode of Wonders of Web Weaving is out: In Episode 6, I chat with Cory, the author of coryd.dev. We talk about, among other things, the role of…
Film & TV
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Twin Peaks fans are a lucky bunch. Whether printed in magazines, compiled in oral histories, or presented on stage at fan conventions, just about every cast…
Life
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Nice, quirky web projects are always a joy to stumble upon. I recently came across Daniel Janus’s old handwritten.blog which is (or would have been anyway) a…
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A short update on Town Square after launch: the map is live, new features keep emerging from people enjoying it, and the best part has been seeing how much the…
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I grew up in a Catholic family in Boston. As you can imagine, this was an especially Catholic upbringing. I loved being religious. For my first communion, my…
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Sailing is a full-time job — or is it? A year into living aboard, here is what actually fills the hours
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At the end of May, my husband and I took a 3-day road trip down to Izu. It's a peninsula directly south of Mt Fuji in Shizuoka prefecture, and the main road…
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Remember when Austria's otherwise respectable Belvedere Museum sold 10,000 NFTs representing postage-stamp sized sections of Gustav Klimt's The Kiss for like…
Tech
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A few weeks ago I called out a scammer after they asked me to advertise their free deed poll service (which is like mine... except it harvests personal…
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An atlas of the vibrance of the real world
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Don't worry, this post is not about zits, but something comparably annoying: Zen and Zed. One is a browser and the other an editor. Even writing this, I don't…
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This TIL post is basically an update to my three year old post “Hugo, meet Android”. I recently got a new phone and thus had to re-do the setup of my mobile…
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I recently discovered that Bubbles offers the option to embed a widget on your website, to show how often your post has been upvoted and also to nudge people…
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.