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Fresh Bubbles

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

Culture

  1. Dark Academia – How Universities Die, by Peter Fleming (In the Dark)
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    I'm not very optimistic that academia can change for the better - I think it's too far gone - but this book at least identifies most of what is wrong. Perhaps,…

Life

  1. Why You're Bored in Retirement (And It's Not a Character Flaw) (Mike Shuey)
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    Retirement boredom isn't laziness or ingratitude — it's lost structure and lost identity. One retiree's honest take on the boring days nobody warns you about.

Nature

  1. Old raven photos revisited (Baldur Bjarnason)
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    So, a couple of years ago the raven gang that spends part of the winter alternating between Selfoss and Hveragerði was around for the holiday season. So one of…

Tech

  1. How I compute: an opinionated nerd post for computer nerds (A journey into a wild pointer)
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    It’s been a while since I last discussed my devices: the last deep dive was back in 2019, and a lot has changed since. So, it is time for a refresh, and to…

  2. Stripe seem friendly to “friendly fraud” (Gingerlime)
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    Friendly fraud is the laundered name for something that the payment system is not really able to prevent. Even though I’m pretty sure they can do way better.…

  3. Stickerbombed: ThinkPad T480 (drkhsh)
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    My laptop isn’t just a tool - it’s my deck. I live for tweaking it, making it run and look exactly how I need it to. Function and form, on my terms.

Still Bubbling

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

  1. It’s the fucking guns (Happily Imperfect)
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  2. The IndieWeb Now Has genAI and Claude Built-in. What Do We Do? (Brennan Kenneth Brown)
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  3. 🦫 Beavers Destroy Sign Warning About Beavers (VioletPixel)
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  4. What to do with your Trump Bribe (Heurista)
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  5. disconnecting from feeling hopeless (reject complexity)
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  6. NIPPONITES: THE AMMONITE THAT TIED ITSELF IN KNOTS (FOSSIL HUNTRESS)
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  7. Mathslopapocalypse (net.wars)
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  8. The Strange Longevity of the Command Line (Dead Parrot BBS)
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  9. Blur NFT marketplace to shut down (Web3 is Going Just Great)
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Tiny Bubbles

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