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Feuerfest | Filter bogus brands from Amazons product search with Knockoff browser extension

Knockoff - A browser extension that filters pseudo-brand junk out of Amazon.

newsonaut.com

Newsonaut: Turning inner space into outer space

The Fine Print*

The AI Hype Reckoning Is Upon Us

The massive chasm between AI hype and reality is finally reaching the breaking point.

Randomwire

The Bicycle I Didn’t Buy

When we moved to Munich in 2024 I wanted a bicycle, but I could never settle on which one to buy. An e-bike, a nice hybrid, a folding bike? The choices were endless and the whole thing felt overwhe…

What else do people draw on gradient.horse?

Since gradient.horse went online in January 2026, six months have passed, and more than 700 000 horses (and non-horses) were drawn. There are now more horses on gradient.horse than in the wild. The image model I trained to filter out vandalism works very well, but it also hides a lot of ingenious drawings. You could see them if you’d activate the SHOW NON-HORSES setting, but most people do not. Interestingly, there are some topics that appear again and again (besides the obvious desire for trans

85 year old blocks of concrete in the Worcestershire countryside.

This is a slight precursor to launching my other blog page on fully researching and documenting the entire remaining parts of Western Command Stop Line No 28...

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The State of RSS Feed Readers

An overview of RSS Feed Readers in 2026. I was inspired by …

I Love Bubbles - kiko.io

Bringing the IndieWeb and the Fediverse together

baty.net

Ghost theme fatigue

My battle with settling on a Ghost theme continues. I'm losing. 😫

michaelchadwick.info

Duolingo Disillusionment

Duolingo was once a super awesome place for me to experiment with language, and I really enjoyed using it. Nearly 5 and a half years of a daily streak later, I have become disillingoed.

Why American ambulance rides are so expensive

The unfortunately botched economics of emergency care

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Without a Parking Space, You Can’t Own a Car in Japan

In much of the world, buying a car is simple: choose a model, sign documents, and drive away. Where the vehicle will live afterward is rarely part of the transaction. Streets quietly become storage space, sidewalks narrow, and public land absorbs the consequences of private ownership. Japan built its cities on a different assumption: a... View Article

The Internet Doesn't Want Readers. It Wants Livestock.

AI Generated. Black cat laptop on kitchen table. Window with view of misty Welsh mountains and Blodwyn the sheep in the background Gareth's been in a mo...

“Try quickly typing 1+2+3. I bet you won’t get 6.” – Unsung

A blog about software craft and quality

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They love RSS

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Well if you'd just

I am simply and passionately Done with people telling other people that what they do to survive is unethical. The argument is always based in "alternative...

the gentrification of air-drying clothes

Reading The Shopkeeper's post about hanging laundry sent me on a trip down memory lane. When I was a kid growing up in South Africa, I would watch my moth...

brennan.day

Proper English is a Myth: There's No 'Correct' Way to Write

Responding to a blog post urging people to 'please learn how to write,' I pull rank with my English degree to argue there's no such thing as proper English…

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Tone

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Happily Imperfect

No human.json for me

I’ve spotted this in a couple of places over the last few weeks and find it an interesting approach. You post a bit of JSON script on your site, and then someone can ‘vouch’ that …

New European Banknotes - kiko.io

In 2025, the number of people in Germany paying by credit or debit card overtook the number of cash payers for the first time. At first glance, it see...

Utterly Interesting

The Scary History of the Vibrator, 1850-1950: Rest Cures, Clitoridectomies and a Myth That Won't Die

You've probably heard the story. Victorian doctors, worn out from manually masturbating female patients to relieve their "hysteria," invented the vibrator to save their poor tired wrists. It's a brilliant story. It's been in bestselling books, a Maggie Gyllenhaal film, and a Broadway play. It's also, as far as historians have been able to establish, almost entirely made up. The real, well-documented history of women's medicine between 1850 and 1950 didn't need a fictional wrist cramp to be distu

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Aggregation, Syndication, Interaction and back ...

Hackney Greens fought eviction of disabled boy before May. Now they’re in power – and the eviction is going ahead | Kate Belgrave

You're absolutely right, no one can tell if C++ is AI generated · Mathieu Ropert

Two C++ code snippets. A good interview question would be which one to pick, and why. And what they would change. Or you could just ask which one is AI.

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Using the Xteink X4, a minimalist e-reader

Here are my practical notes and pros/cons, after using the tiny Xteink X4 e-reader. Open firmware, but no DRM!

Emma Goto

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann - Book review

The Wager is a non-fiction book covering the improbable story of the 1741 shipwreck and mutiny of the crew from the English warship HMS Wage

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Cycling Up to the Radomes on Great Dunn Fell

We’re on holiday camping in the Lake District. I’d set my mind on riding the Fred Whitton Challenge (FWC) route while we’re here. I’ve not been feeling great this month though. A few early warning signs of over-training syndrome for two to three week. I heeded advice and postponed the FWC so as not to make things worse. I was not going home though without getting in at least one decent ride. A warden at the campsite suggested Great Dunn Fell. It’s where the highest road in the UK leads up to the