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The (im)plausibility of Dragons (wry writer)
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I don’t know why my brain decided 3 minutes after putting my head on the pillow the other night, to suddenly start thinking about dragons, but it did. Specifically, the implausibility of them, as in, just how do dragons breathe fire? That question, among many that popped like…

Fresh Bubbles

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

Culture

  1. The Age-Gating of History (Pixel Envy)
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    Heather Burns: I cannot tell you how much it disgusts me that so much of the archival footage from September 11 has now been age-gated and restricted as…

Film & TV

  1. Red Dwarf (XIII): The Promised Land (The Wertzone)
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    In the 21st 23rd 22nd Century (probably), the mining ship Red Dwarf was subjected to a lethal radiation leak that killed the entire crew. The ship's AI, Holly,…

Food

  1. Roasted Root Vegetable Soup (Easy Autumn Comfort Food) (The English Kitchen)
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    This Roasted Root Vegetable Soup is the perfect cozy bowl for autumn, made with a colorful mix of carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, rutabaga, onions, and…

Gaming

  1. A Year of Silksong (Joel Chrono)
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    Hollow Knight: Silksong is a year old now, so I decided I'd share some thoughts about one of the biggest videogames in the indie landscape in recent years

Life

  1. Don’t Let Anyone Take Away Your Big Box of Cables (Jim Nielsen)
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    Speaking of being on the internet and finding things that make you go, “Hey! It’s not just me!” I scrolled across this skeet from Tyler Gaw: I just dug to the…

  2. Every Moment Disappears - the quiet struggle to create in a world that seems mad (The Moody Warlock's Ember Keep)
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    Thirty years ago I decided to start making music. It’s a hobby. A joy. I admit no great skill and demand no audience. The learning curve, as in all such…

Still Bubbling

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

  1. LibreOffice breaks download records after declaring it has no AI features (Manual do Usuário)
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  2. Ban infinite scrolling (Rubenerd)
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  3. How the Mysterious ScreenJesus can DDoS You (Brennan Kenneth Brown)
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  4. Google Decided to Index My Blog Again (Matthew Brunelle)
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  5. Use Firefox (Ramkumar Shankar / Writing)
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  6. are disabilities and chronic illnesses 'cool' now? (ava's blog)
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  7. On artificial intelligence • Buttondown (Adactio)
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  8. Self-censorship practices as anti-shibboleth (Laura Michet)
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  9. things people tell you as a teenager (Amy Tries Life)
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  10. Ruining a Blog by Using an LLM (Ben Tasker)
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  11. They are killing the village where my base is. (Uncertainty)
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Tiny Bubbles

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