Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Bubbles Briefing
The most voted posts on Bubbles, updated once a day.
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Why writing—and writing back—is never wasted time. From Patricia Lange's troll whispering to reparative civility, deep canvassing, Daryl Davis, Megan Phelps-Roper, and moral elevation, I defend engaging difficult people as a deliberate ethical practice rooted in curiosity,…
Fresh Bubbles
First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.
Culture
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You might have heard that all the ants in the world weigh as much combined as all the humans. That isn’t true. We outweigh ants 5 to 1.1 Termites might have us…
Life
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28 Sep 2026 Tangled earphones were a feature, not a bug.
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Some monstrosities from my garden
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For some it's the obvious rocket project. So I did it. Lots of photos in this one.
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This is what it actually looked like when I was taking those pictures of the darkened trash removal barge I posted yesterday. I needed a flashlight to avoid…
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NRAO/AUI/NSF/NASA Artist’s concept depicts a tidal disruption event, which occurs when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive black hole. The easiest…
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I struggled to get myself to the gym. It’s a classic trap, and I suspect many of us can relate to it. My sister was one of them, too. But she used to tell me:…
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Unpacking my stats for the month. It will not take long.
Tech
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I started lightly coding when I was like 14 - modifying HTML & CSS on myspace. My first real language was Java when I learned to develop Android when I was…
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Cory Dransfeldt published a list of inspirations for what to do to become worthless to tech companies. A lot probably sounds easier than it actually is…
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I've been whinging about wanting to move away from Firefox for nearly a year now. It started with Mozilla's announcement about their AI strategy and my initial…
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Automattic confirms Mullenweg has returned as CEO after attempted ouster by board By Sarah Perez Read original post → I have been holding off on writing…
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I built a Chrome extension to keep XML sitemaps readable once browsers drop XSLT. It turned into a sitemap checker, and it taught me that almost nobody ships a…
Still Bubbling
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Tiny Bubbles
Fresh posts with exactly one vote in the last 24 hours.