👁️ TIL that a kiwi driver’s license can be digitized on your phone - but that doesn’t mean that it will be accepted by the other party.
An absolutely delicious temperate cloud-free day in the Catskills, so I got up from the computer and enjoyed.
Trump’s Third Term May Not Need Trump
There are at least two obvious ways to imagine Donald Trump trying to remain president after 2028.
The first is the constitutional loophole: someone close to him — perhaps one of his children — runs for president with Trump as vice president, wins, then resigns. The 22nd Ame...
Metod Rybar – Personal Blog
• Metod Rybar
Why We Didn’t Kill More Diseases?
Because we don’t care that much mostly.
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Island in the Net
• Khürt Williams
David Mathre’s Poppies
David Mathre built a wildflower garden with a pond and a huge poppy field on his Skillman property.
Labnotes (by Assaf Arkin)
• Assaf Arkin
Weekend Reading — FRAP aka as "the zoomies"
Clarissa "What if we kissed on the Cray supercomputer loveseat?"
Vibe coding and quality "When you hear that some app was “vibe coded”, how much quality do you expect?"
I was just wondering about this very topic. I think LLMs can do a remarkably
Arabic Proverbs
• عياد حمد بن يدر
abandoned the millet so that I would not need to quarrel with the sparrows خَلَّيْتُ عَنِ الجَاوَرْسِ لِئَلاَّ أحْتاجَ إِلىَ خصُومَةِ العَصَاِفيِر
خَلَّيْتُ عَنِ الجَاوَرْسِ لِئَلاَّ أحْتاجَ إِلىَ خصُومَةِ العَصَاِفيِر.I abandoned the millet so that I would not need to quarrel with the sparrows.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------خَلَّيْتُ عَنِ الجَاوَرْسِ لِئَلَّا أَحْتَاجَ إِل...
Arabic Proverbs
• عياد حمد بن يدر
Light on the heart .خَفِيفٌ عَلَى القَلْبِ.
خَفِيفٌ عَلَى القَلْبِ.Light on the heart.---------------------------------------------------------------------خَفِيفٌ عَلَى القَلْبِ أي: شخصٌ لطيفٌ محبوب، لا يثقل على النفس، وتأنس به. وأقرب مقابل إنجليزي: “Easy to take to.” أي: «يسهل أن تألفه وتستريح إليه.» ومن التعبيرات ال...
Arabic Proverbs
• عياد حمد بن يدر
Thin-lipped. خَفِيفٌ الشَّفَةِ.
خَفِيفٌ الشَّفَةِ.Thin-lipped.------------------------------------------------------------خَفِيفُ الشَّفَةِ يُقال لمن يكثر الكلام، أو يسرع إلى النطق، ولا يضبط لسانه؛ وقد يُراد به أيضًا من لا يتأنّى في كلامه. وأقرب تعبير إنجليزي: “He has a loose tongue.” أي: «لسانه منفلت» أو...
Arabic Proverbs
• عياد حمد بن يدر
He who relies solely on his own opinion is taking a risk. خَاطَرَ مَنِ اسَتَغْنَى بَرْأْيِهِ.
خَاطَرَ مَنِ اسَتَغْنَى بَرْأْيِهِ.He who relies solely on his own opinion is taking a risk.------------------------------------------------------------------------------خَاطَرَ مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى بِرَأْيِهِ أي: من اعتمد على رأيه وحده، ولم يستشر غيره، عرّض نفسه للخطأ والمخاطرة...
Arabic Proverbs
• عياد حمد بن يدر
Take your due from the evil debtor خُذْ مِنْ غَرِيمِ السُّوءِ أَجْرَهُ.
خُذْ مِنْ غَرِيمِ السُّوءِ أَجْرَهُ.Take your due from the evil debtor.--------------------------------------------------------------------------خُذْ مِنْ غَرِيمِ السُّوءِ أَجْرَهُ أي: خذ حقك أو أجرك من الشخص المماطل أو السيئ في الوفاء؛ لأن استيفاء الحق منه قد يكون شاقًّا. و...
Out to Greenside this morning, warm, close and sometimes sunny. Butterflies: Green-veined Whites, several spotted woods, peacocks, small tortoiseshells & painted ladies on thistles. I rather like this odd view of a painted lady. few more photos on flickr. My Butterflies by month continues to grow.
Jarrett House North
• Tim Jarrett
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Love and Devotion
Album of the Week, August 29, 2026 This week is another round of traditional qawwali music from Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and it has a complicated release history. Originally there were two records, released separately in 1986 for WOMAD Records following Nusrat’s triumphal 1985 performance, Love Songs and Devotional Songs. These were rereleased on Real … Continue reading "Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Love and Devotion"
The Artist’s Notebook
• Paul Watson
Monthly Link Dump: August 2026
This is my monthly link dump, a regular monthly series containing a mix of links to interesting blog posts I’ve read from the past month covering arts & c...
Music of Sound
• tim
nuzic 354
▶ Floating Points – Mere Mortals it has its moments, YMMV ▶ DJ Marky Live D&B Sessions – 25th August 2026
📺 Not yet finished watching all 5 series - but just letting you know that ‘Brassic’ is just wonderful.
Scattering
• Mark Taylor
From the bottom of a well
Beeny insisted that from the bottom of a well you could see stars in the daytime. The starlight came straight down, while the daylight scattered all over and couldn't find its way. We argued about that more than anything that mattered. But here in my hole, it'
Music of Sound
• tim
Detritus 839
▶ The coolest anti-surveillance tools at Defcon ▶ love this: old furniture brochures glitched out ▶ Steve Reich’s Clapping Music is now a free rhythm action game ▶ Smarter people are happier,…
The lab was the easy half. This is the curriculum that drives it
Last time I published the CNPE lab, an internal developer platform on kind as layered make targets, with 71 checks that ask whether things work rather than whether pods are Running. That was the machinery. It says nothing about what to do with it on a Tuesday evening.
This i...