Friday, September 18, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
The most voted posts on Bubbles, updated once a day.
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There are many, many reasons to be angry at the AI crowd. One of mine is that they took the term vibe coding – how else am I going to describe the flow state when I have some repetitive music running in the background and am just breezing through some programming work? (And…
Fresh Bubbles
First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Culture
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It saddens to see parents (dads and moms alike) lead their online bios with the quantity of their offspring – much like academics lead with their list of…
History
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In the previous blog about Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion of mainland Britain, I wrote how to achieve their stated aims, the Luftwaffe would…
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Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours Roman London is still under construction From Spitalfields, you have only to walk down Bishopsgate to find…
Life
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This is a follow up to my previous post: "Call out to BearBloggers - Have you experienced this?" So it turns out I'm not losing my mind, Toasts are being…
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I read a this post I found on bubbles.town about a guy who determined he was a better person without his phone. It got me thinking, how much do I use my phone?…
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Our spine-y friend is back!
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I am a better person without my phone. In fact, I would go so far as saying there is a negative correlation between the amount of time I spend on my phone and…
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A bit of a story and some thoughts about why there seems to be a stigma against playing videogames in public for some of us!
Tech
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Your phone is not the problem Jeff says that he is a better person without his phone. Widdershins says they’re the same with or without their phone. I think…
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I keep seeing people talk about herdr, so against my better judgment, I searched up tmux vs. herdr. Search hit: Herdr: One terminal to rule them all…
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This video Matt Parker posted a couple of days ago really pissed me off:
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Intent ⬇ Preparation ⬇ Execution ⬇ Post-processing ⬇ Result The smartphone killed the idea of intentional devices. It is every device that you need and…
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A big screen carries with it different UI expectations, and how that manifests itself in Apple TV’s Settings app, is that there’s always room for an additional…
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