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  1. Developer Diary, Jane Eyre

    Recipe Sewing, Part 2 Library Updates Next I couldn’t find a holiday for today, but today does mark the 179th anniversary of the release of Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, Charlotte Brontë’s revolutionary novel under the pseudonym Currer Bell with its first-person not-quite-reliable-but-close-enough narrative. And with that, on to the week’s projects. Recipe As suggested last week, I did try turning my attempt at oat milk into yogurt. Combining the r

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  2. Who, Now

    Core Conceit Ooh, Scary Rebuilding Archetypes Rites of Passage Thumbnails Rumors and Legends Scaling Up Remind Me Who I recently discovered that the

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  3. Free Culture Book Club — Space Dwarf

    Space Dwarf Attribution What Works Well? What Works…Less Well? Opportunities What’s Adaptable? Six Years Hence: Where Are the Joneses? part 4 Coming Attractions This week, our

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  4. Toots 🦣 from 10/12 to 10/16

    9:06 – Mon 12 October 2026 12:01 – Mon 12 October 2026 9:02 – Tue 13 October 2026 12:03 – Tue 13 October 2026 9:04 – Wed 14 October 2026 12:04 – Wed 14 October 2026 9:05 – Thu 15 October 2026

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  5. Real Life in Star Trek, Armageddon Game

    Disclaimer Previously… Armageddon Game Conclusions The Good The Bad The Weird Stay Tuned…

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  6. Developer Diary, Ada Lovelace Day

    Mini-Server, Part 36 Haiku Ironclad Recipe Sewing Entropy Arbitrage, the Code Mastodon Tool Trunk Library Updates Next Today, due in no small part to

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  7. Stack Overflow Survey Results

    Today Smile Gig Economy Won’t Somebody Think of the AIs Languages World-Conquerors Context Back to AI Bac

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  8. Free Culture Book Club — Framboise ou Chocolat

    Framboise ou Chocolat What Works Well? What Works…Less Well? Opportunities What’s Adaptable? Six Years Hence: Where Are the Joneses? Part 3 Coming Attractions This week, our Free Culture Book Club watches Framboise ou Chocolat.

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  9. Toots 🦣 from 10/05 to 10/09

    9:06 – Mon 05 October 2026 9:07 – Tue 06 October 2026 12:07 – Tue 06 October 2026 9:01 – Wed 07 October 2026 12:01 – Wed 07 October 2026 9:03 – Thu 08 October 2026 12:05 – Thu 08 October 2026

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  10. Real Life in Star Trek, The Alternate

    Disclaimer Previously… The Alternate Conclusions The Good The Bad The Weird Stay Tuned…

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  11. Developer Diary, World Architecture Day

    Newsletter Reminder Social Media Beeper Itch Mini-Server, Part 35 Kabang! Entropy Arbitrage Library Updates Next Today marks the (maybe

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  12. What Do We Want

    Capital Punishment Incarceration Education Free Culture And So Forth Probably another short post. We’ll see how it goes. I also didn’t expect this to go out too late, honestly… Some of you probably can guess that I’ve had parts of this post kicking around in my drafts for a long time, because I often find myself noting that many of the world’s problems tend to stem from never having a discussion about what we want from our institutions. Our lack of consensus, and often lack of any significant…

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  13. Free Culture Book Club — Lumpin

    Lumpin What Works Well? What Works…Less Well? Opportunities What’s Adaptable? Six Years Hence: Where Are the Joneses? part 2 Coming Attractions This week, our Free Culture Book Club listens to Lumpin.

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  14. Toots 🦣 from 09/28 to 10/02

    9:06 – Mon 28 September 2026 12:06 – Mon 28 September 2026 9:07 – Tue 29 September 2026 12:03 – Tue 29 September 2026 8:38 – Wed 30 September 2026 9:01 – Wed 30 September 2026 12:07 – Wed 30 September 2026

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  15. Real Life in Star Trek, Rivals

    Disclaimer Previously… Rivals Conclusions The Bad The Weird Stay Tuned…

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  16. Developer Diary, Freedom from Hunger Day

    Entropy Arbitrage Newsletter Wikipedia Recipes Mini-Server, Part 34 Kabang! Digression on the Sound Logo Making Music KDE for People Libr

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  17. Customers and Righteousness

    Background Problems Some Quick Overall Thoughts Why Today As a quick “programming note,” this post goes out late, not because it came together at the last minute—in fact, as I tried to figure out if I had anything to post, I stumbled across this old draft already written1 that indirectly talked about other things that I’ve had on my mind—but because the Nor’Easter has apparently knocked out Internet everywhere, somehow, despite all the alleged preparations they’ve announced over the past week.…

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  18. Free Culture Book Club — Fantastique Unfettered 4

    Fantastique Unfettered #4 (Ralewing) What Works Well? What Works…Less Well? Opportunities What’s Adaptable? Six Years Hence: Where Are the Joneses? Coming Attractions This week, our Free Culture Book Club reads Fa

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  19. Toots 🦣 from 09/21 to 09/25

    9:07 – Mon 21 September 2026 12:03 – Mon 21 September 2026 9:02 – Tue 22 September 2026 12:06 – Tue 22 September 2026 9:06 – Wed 23 September 2026 12:07 – Wed 23 September 2026 9:05 – Thu 24 September 2026

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  20. Real Life in Star Trek, Sanctuary

    Disclaimer Previously… Sanctuary Conclusions The Good The Bad Stay Tuned…

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  21. Developer Diary, Yom Kippur

    Mini-Server, Part 33 Recipe Pesto DIY Incubator Entropy Arbitrage, the Posts Entropy Arbitrage, the Code Library Updates Next Today—from last night’s sunset to tonight’s—marks Yom Ki

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  22. Roguish

    Breaking Character From the Colagioia Homestead, we regret to inform you… Actually, I think that I need a new logo for this. Hold on a second. Ah, much better. Much more “with it.” It represents the infinite universe and escalating synergies, with a Kilroy -inspired mascot, and…stop laughing. No, that looks nothing like a puckered sphincter with something working its way out. Get your minds out of the gutter. How dare you suggest that the mascot might represent what typically comes out of a…

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  23. Free Culture Book Club — Fantastique Unfettered 3

    Fantastique Unfettered #3 (Prolefeed) What Works Well? What Works…Less Well? Opportunities What’s Adaptable? Six Years Hence: Book Dash Coming Attractions This week, our Free Culture Book Club reads Fantastique Unfettered #3.

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  24. Toots 🦣 from 09/14 to 09/18

    9:06 – Mon 14 September 2026 12:06 – Mon 14 September 2026 9:01 – Tue 15 September 2026 12:01 – Tue 15 September 2026 9:02 – Wed 16 September 2026 12:04 – Wed 16 September 2026 9:07 – Thu 17 September 2026

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  25. Real Life in Star Trek, Second Sight

    Disclaimer Previously… Second Sight Conclusions The Good The Bad The Weird Stay Tuned…

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  26. Developer Diary, Hindi Day

    Entropy Arbitrage Library Updates Next Today, India marks Hindi Day (हिन्दी दिवस), celebrating the adoption of Hindi as written in Devanagari as one of the country’s now-twenty-two official languages in developing their constitution. The multiple-language compromise tried to resolve the factional rivalries stirred up by British colonization, which frequently pit Hindi against Urdu, a closely related language—and the other major Indo-European language in the region—written in an Arabic-derived…

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  27. What Next?

    Linux Linux Pieces Impact Doze Linux Why, Though Anti-Solidarity The More Things Change Now, Though Too Much Prologue

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  28. Free Culture Book Club — Fantastique Unfettered 2

    Fantastique Unfettered #2 (Unless) What Works Well? What Works…Less Well? Opportunities What’s Adaptable? Six Years Hence: Book Dash Coming Attractions This week, our Free Culture Book Club reads Fantastique Unfettered #2.

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  29. Toots 🦣 from 09/07 to 09/11

    9:06 – Mon 07 September 2026 12:02 – Mon 07 September 2026 6:14 – Mon 07 September 2026 9:05 – Tue 08 September 2026 12:06 – Tue 08 September 2026 9:04 – Wed 09 September 2026 12:03 – Wed 09 September 2026

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  30. Real Life in Star Trek, Necessary Evil

    Disclaimer Previously… Necessary Evil Conclusions The Bad Stay Tuned… Before we get going, I guess that we should wish the franchise and those who have worked on it a belated but happy sixtieth anniversary. The Man Trap aired on 1966 September 08, on NBC affiliates in the United States.

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