Source Scientists discovered ancient wolves on a tiny Baltic island where they could only have been brought by humans, suggesting an unexpectedly close relationship between people and wolves thousands of years ago. Evidence indicates the wolves were fed, possibly cared for, and may even have been managed or selectively bred long before modern ideas of domestication. 5,000-year-old wolves found on remote island rewrite what we know about domestication ScienceDaily…
It's quite late as I write this. I'm lazy about posting sometimes, but there hasn't been too much going on. Wednesday I went to a lgbtq+ meetup group thing and it was mostly chill. The people were pretty alright, though ironically I didn't vibe with the person who plays magic there. I tried playing with them (I brought my beginner bar cube, but we didn't play it) and the decks they bought were the worst constructed decks I'd seen in a long time, and the other two people we were playing with…
After updating Gitlab, one particular background migration task (BackfillPartitionedWebHookLogsDaily) never finished.
Slim Summer Saturday Tram stop of the month: Beddington Lane Location: Beddington Lane (a lane leading to Beddington) Opened: 30 May 2000 (like all* the tram stops) Previously: a minor halt on the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway (1855-1997) Borough: Sutton (but almost Merton) Annual taps: 115,246 (the least used tram stop between Wimbledon and Croydon) Reasons for visiting: few 25 things to see: two dour platforms between two industrial estates, the back of SIG Distribution, four bins, the start…
There’s something wonderfully old‑fashioned about a pan of Butter Swim Biscuits—the way they bubble up through a pool of melted butter, turning golden at the edges and impossibly tender inside. This small‑batch version gives you all that homestyle comfort without making a dozen biscuits you don’t need. If you love recipes that are simple, cozy, and just right for one or two, these buttery beauties will fit right into your kitchen routine. They come together in minutes, bake up like a dream, and…
Saturday Q&A This week's headline theme was tougher than we thought. We thought we'd given away the store with the Davy Crockett hint, particularly if you consider both references to him in yesterday's posting. Today, we'll add the hint that we think Jeremy Allen White would do pretty well with this theme, too. Click here for full story
weather: ⛅ "balmy" critters: house finches maybe "hate" is a strong word, but diel's post enlightened me about my own shift in opinion. i used to think of fictional AIs as characters. the narrative structures around sapient AIs usually allow and encourage this. for example, SHODAN, GLaDOS, and durandal. these are all computers who go rogue from their programming, which is generally framed by their stories as a kind of psychotic break--except that the narrative makes them more human and more…
My Blogspot in 2011: Ranting Devigner see what tech articles I was reading lol dev and design rants I was making also lol Devigner = Designer + Developer Before "Design Engineer" was coo
Once a year, given the chance, my family uses to do a summer trip away from home. This year we decided to move to Spain, visiting another piece of the Country. Having been in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia (many times) the initial idea was to go Bilbao and norther area of Spain, moving from city to city with a car. Then we realized this would be a nice travel for us parents, but for my ~9 years old child would be a bore.We were fascinated by the Andalucia, but also scared of this heat that’s…
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Through the years, I've tried many different creative and personal outlets. I've tried graphic design, songwriting, crochet, and video editing. But the one constant thing has always been writing. The earliest I can remember was writing short stories at age 9 for my dad who was working abroad at the time. I didn't want to become a writer professionally, but I enjoyed reading and writing. When I was 12 up to 15, I was writing a lot of prose and poetry on Tumblr. Not that they were any good, but…
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herdr is actually worth the hype The Green Mile meme “I’m tired boss” is how I feel about most multiplexer apps these days. I am a zellij mam after years of futzying around in tmux configs i settled on zellij brcause its 80% works out of the box. I run most agents in there own panes split into tab groups. Works well even now. After dismissing it for a while I thought if its getting this hyped but people who aren’t usually hype lords - if you didnt go openclaw retarded you pass my benchmark - I…
Literature is a hobby, and not. It is an academic discipline, and not. It is a diversion, a distraction, an escape. But some of us can’t imagine a well-lived life without it. There’s a lot of talk about books being good for us, making us better, more empathetic people, all of which may be true but that’s not why I read. If I were asked for a definitive explanation, I would be lost. In part it’s habit, the pure momentum of a lifetime spent reading, and I see no reason to stop. I know good books…
Resolve is doing the thing anyway.Not because it is easy. Not because it is fun. Not because anyone is going to thank you for it. Sometimes resolve means standing there when every sane instinct says to walk away, go home, lock the door, and let someone else deal with the nightmare.Cases in point: Larina Nichols and Vera Rook of Jackson, IL.Larina does what she believes is right, even when it costs her. Especially then. She will argue, complain, lose her temper, and probably make some deeply…
Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days. I usually find these while I'm putting my weekly newsletter together but somehow, they don't quite fit! This week I learned exactly how to watch the upcoming Solar Eclipse - including location, direction and timing - all from this clever site:Solar Eclipse at sunset · August 12, 2026Dove vedere l’eclissi? · ¿Dónde ver el eclipse? · Wo die Finsternis sehen? · Où voir l’éclipse? Get better at work. Every Week. One Email.…
It’s that time again, when the Dawes brothers descend on the Isle of Man (literally this time, as they flew over), I have to think up a different snappy title, and they both send me lots of photos. Just a few today, and a torrent follow…… Ron reports….. Early start to catch 0810 flight from Gatwick, which did not take off until 0900 but landed only 20 minutes late. Having checked in and put our bags in our room, we were free to go out before midday. Took bus to Derby Castle to have our first…
Saturday 8th August 2026 Readers may recall a blog last November featuring a grassroots campaign in Glastonbury calling for a dedicated direct bus route linking the Somerset town to and from Castle Cary railway station to alleviate the need for the convoluted alternative of changing buses in Street or an expensive taxi. Well, the campaigners wish was granted from the beginning of this month after Somerset Council agreed to fund a six month trial as well as directly operate such a service…
If you play guitar or have ever shopped for one somewhat thoroughly, you know that there’s a huge market for cosmetically aged guitars. That is, you can go to the guitar store and buy one that looks like it’s from the ‘60s. That looks like somebody’s played it, smoked on it, and defecated on it every day of their life. And it’s showing the battle scars. The idea is that you get the look and feel of something old but have something brand new. Hilariously, there’s a whole cult—thousands of people…
Bookmarked “HTML Day San Diego 2026”: Let's write and celebrate HTML and hang out San Diego! I’m excited to be attending this event in San Diego writing HTML in the park is tomorrow (Saturday August 8) in San Diego (among other places)! I think I have an idea of what I want to do but we’ll see how it goes. Thanks Joe for sharing a few ideas.
I'm not sure why I haven't seen a locomotive point of view trip around Bekonscot's extensive Gauge 1 railway system before, but here we go.
A couple of hours wandering around The Puddle - and two carp stalked off the top on floating crust. Including double #17 - a (very nearly) leather carp at 10lb 15oz. Wonder what else is in there?
It's 11:15 p.m. and I'm just starting to write this weekly summary that publishes at midnight so sit tight and get ready to read some of the best words put together you've ever seen. A Tale of Two Tails There was not one but two poodle birthdays this week. Philip turned 5 on August 2nd...Read More
The annoying thing about studying the Black Death (besides having to read about lots of horrific things of course) is that new discoveries are being made all the time.Thanks to new scientific possibilities and archaeological finds much of what we thought we knew about the most impactful disasters in human history has been turned upside down in the last decade or so.Books & articles published just a year ago are already outdated because just a few months ago the Yersinia Pestis bacterium was…
Problem Statement: Classic Traveller players are always breaking the goddamn law. '77 Traveller is pretty vague about how to handle planetary justice systems.1 I know that later versions do flesh it out, but I like tinkering, so I have written my own quick & dirty rules. These are meant to (mostly) elide the process of arrest and trial while affording some opportuntiy for players to affect the result. Note: Currently untested. I will make tweaks and update this note once I have had a chance to…
The retroflex L is uniquely Indian but still missing from Standard HindiThe sound ळ is a retroflex L/ल. Garhwali has this sound Haryanvi has it Punjabi has it Rajasthani dialects have it Marathi has it Tamil has it, in fact, it is the last sound in the name of the language itself. 1 Malayalam has it. In fact, in the name of the language, the first l is normal, but the second l is retroflex (मलयाळम) Even Vedic Sanskrit recognizes this sound. So, how come it is missing from modern Hindi? Well,…
Happy Saturday, everyone! Here on Global Nerdy, Saturday means that it’s time for another “picdump” — the weekly assortment of amusing or interesting pictures, comics, memes, and even videos — I found over the past week. Share and enjoy! Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Phrasing! Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot Screenshot The post Saturday picdump for Saturday, August 8 appeared first…
I finally graduated from college! Surviving my degree was the main motivation behind starting this blog: I've always been one to write about my experiences, but I needed somewhere to put it, where I could pick it back up any time I wanted. I didn't want to be hyperaware of any potential audience, but I appreciated the assurance that there were people out there, an email away, in case I ever wanted to reach out to them. At the end of the day, this blog is just another glorified diary on the…
I've got a milestone coming up and I'm low key excited about it for reasons including but not limited to that I like knowing the specific date something happened, or, as it pertains to the thing I am specifically talking about, the specific date I did something/something happened in my life. For example: I received notice I got into McGill on June 11, 1997 I (kinda) moved to Copenhagen on September 17, 2014 I moved away from Montreal (the second time) on December 22, 2009 I decided to quit…
Some years ago, the inimitable channel Technology Collections posted a 17-minute video about the peculiar design quirk of ceiling and room fans – they usually order their options Off → High → Medium → Low rather than the more natural Off → Low → Medium → High. The video is a bit off topic for this channel, but check it out if you’re interested how sometimes weird physics considerations influence design in the real world: In the video, the host also talks about the more natural order that…
