Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
The most voted posts on Bubbles, updated once a day.
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Just saw this over on Bubbles and had to reply because I so understand how this blogger feels! Gavin writes about his Photoshop frustrations in An Infuriating Goodbye to Photoshop. I had also been using Photoshop for years. I admit that way back around the mid-90s, when it was…
Fresh Bubbles
First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Culture
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Richard Reeves once quoted the headmaster of a private UK boys' school who said his mission was to cultivate men who would be: …acceptable at a dance and…
Life
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The Town Weather Office can arrange clear skies, rain, snow, or storms for everyone in a TownSquare and has issued a ruling on umbrellas.
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It’s been a little over two months since I wrote about wanting to go a little more analogue with parts of my workflow. I bought pens. I bought a notebook. Now…
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I love taking notes, but one problem that I have is that that I start cherishing every notebook that I start. I can't seem to keep my notes messy. Eventually,…
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What have I been up to these days?
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If you’ve had enough of Wordle, here’s something new to try. You’re given a jumbled-up selection of letters, and have thirty-seconds to figure out the word.…
Politics
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"After losing their jobs at NOAA, Rebecca Lindsey, her sister and another colleague teamed up to rebuild a pivotal resource the Trump administration took…
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It's been a while since I checked in on the Paramount-Warner Bros. saga. Last time, the shareholders had voted yes, the Gulf money was on paper, and I said…
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Karl Bode: One lie that companies have been telling local municipalities is that if they greenlight a massive local AI data center, it will immediately bring a…
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I started posting Trump losses in 2025. It’s more of a job than I expected. After taking periods off, including in spring, I started again with a June 8th…
Tech
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Here are my practical notes and pros/cons, after using the tiny Xteink X4 e-reader. Open firmware, but no DRM!
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If you read this site regularly, then you’ll know in the past year there’s been a marked increase in “AI” spam and scams designed to try to con writers…
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I came across this article by Panayotis, for whom “AI-generated blog post images are not cool any more”. It’s not the first article on that topic I have read,…
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They have too much data.
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Markdown - 2 lines # Contact forms Is any channel worse for communication than a contact form? Maybe a postcard when you don't know the address. Minimal HTML -…
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I came across Martijn’s post on Bubbles today and would like to take this opportunity to answer his question… I can already hear you complaining that you…
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No, you're not going to code your own Notion
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A technical look at Ukraine’s drone stack, its battlefield engineering loop, and the evidence behind balloon-launched aircraft.
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A return to form and function Image: Apple. In 2009, at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Bertrand Serlet walked onstage and presented an audacious…
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Another week, another heatwave. Not much activity this week as we've been too busy hiding from the Sun. Having said that, I've continued my trend of losing…
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