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First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

Art

  1. We Bought Art (Whatever)
    2

    Krissy and I didn’t attend Worldcon with the intention of purchasing art, but then we went into the art show and saw these bronze pieces from sculptor Vincent…

Culture

  1. Optimism isn't naive – pessimism is just the easy option (MattCASmith)
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    As long as you've prepared for the challenge ahead, try to be relentlessly optimistic about your chances of success. There's no downside to absolute belief in…

  2. On Anarchism (ÇAKi's SERIES OF TANGENTS)
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    The goal of this article is not to wax lyrical about the potential of pre-existing anarchist societies and projects, I will not be discussing Rojava, the…

Life

  1. The shy barista (Writing at Large)
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    A rare sketch of the shy store manager at my favourite deli/cafe. The place was busy so she chipped in with barista duties. Here it is with watercolour:

  2. For the past few days, we’ve had a... (Light, Logged!)
    3

    For the past few days, we’ve had a group of crows in town. Their cawing is THE sound of autumn for me. Not long now… 🍂

  3. No longer a good sport (brycewray.com)
    2

    I still love watching sports in the abstract, but that’s where it stops.

  4. It's my dang birthday (Michael Harley)
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    On my birthday, I wanted to take a moment and just say all the things I'm grateful for. I'm grateful for Rachelle and our life together. I know that's a big…

Politics

  1. For Canada, the choice came down to either severe but temporary economic instability or binding itself to a pseudo-d... (Khaled Abou Alfa)
    4

    For Canada, the choice came down to either severe but temporary economic instability or binding itself to a pseudo-democratic fiscal basketcase of a nation… —…

  2. I asked my city about their street cameras (Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden)
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    Per this map, my city does not have any publicly operated Flock cameras, which I’m very happy about. But, we do have school zone speed enforcement cameras. I…

Tech

  1. Linux, open source operating systems, users exempt from age-verification, in California (disassociated.com)
    4

    Luke James, writing for Tom’s Hardware: California’s legislature has passed Assembly Bill 1856, exempting open-source operating systems from the State’s…

  2. Forgejo Hack #2: Integration with Read The Docs (Miguel Grinberg's Blog)
    3

    In this second Forgejo Hack installment I'll tell you how to connect a git repository that lives in your self-hosted Forgejo instance to Read the Docs, so that…

  3. 💌 Newsletter #015 - "Watermarks" in Chatbot Output; Meta settles; "It's Just a Tool?" (Technically Good ✨)
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    ✨ In This Edition ✨ 📟 Short-Form Content: Random word choice watermarks in chatbot output; Getting "opted in" to Google scanning your stuff; Meta settles;…

Still Bubbling

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

  1. You can now hide posts by keyword 🙈 (Bubbles 🫧 Blog)
    16
  2. Why Old Software Sometimes Feels Better (Dead Parrot BBS)
    18
  3. Write for Yourself First (Nikhil's Blog)
    15
  4. Returning to owning things in a streaming world (localghost)
    14
  5. "iT woRKs BeTter in THe aPp!!" (Terence Eden)
    10
  6. I put my childhood chatbot on the internet (Amy Tries Life)
    15
  7. RSS Is Still the Good Stuff (cyanbane.com)
    7

Tiny Bubbles

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

Life

  1. 100 days (Happily Imperfect)
    2
  2. Coffee Valley, Ikebukuro (Emma Goto)
    1
  3. Goals for September (James Leighton)
    1
  4. Hammering the anvil (ege's weblog)
    1
  5. Inside a CPAD Assessment II: When an Insurer Tests Your Ability to Work with ME (Weak Notes)
    1
  6. Inside a CPAD Assessment: What Actually Happens When an Insurer Tests Your Ability to Work with ME (Weak Notes)
    1
  7. Keep Making Weird Art (The Shape of Everything)
    1
  8. Lightlog #6: The fast one (Light, Logged!)
    1
  9. Like tears in the rain (Shom Bandopadhaya)
    1
  10. My Neighbour Stole My Bird Feeder (Clark MacLeod)
    1
  11. Notes on notebooks: my journal preferences (anderegg.ca)
    1
  12. Quick Log #1: Feels Like Summer (Antonio Santos)
    1
  13. Recently Read (Happily Imperfect)
    2
  14. Reliving My Childhood via EDC (Ennui Vagaries)
    1
  15. The Blockbuster Chronicles: Final Thoughts and a Playlist (Brandon's Journal)
    1
  16. The Good Ol' Days of 80-in-1 Discs (Mordecai Kipng'etich)
    1
  17. Zero purpose (What the Fran)
    2