I'm sorry, but I've had this theme stuck in my head for days now after reading about it on this article. And as we all know: The only way to get rid of an earworm is to share it.

The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker
Dang.

Bad words led some to swear off Apollo program
I'm sorry, but if you get to be in goddamn fucking outer space you get to goddamn fucking curse.

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds
huh

Japanese Aquarium Drops 2026 Version of Flowchart Illustrating Their Penguin Relationships. This Year There’s an English Version.
Finally, a relationship flowchart that is more complicated than the X-Men's.

'Like handing out the blueprint to a bank vault': Why AI led one company to abandon open source
There's something deeply tragic about Open Source building the infrastructure to lead to its own demise.

Introducing Lichess Puzzle Timer: A browser extension to help you do chess puzzles slower
Browser extensions are an amazing concept because of what they unlock. I'm struggling to think of another medium that's this permissive and grants so much potential agency to the people who use it in this way.

The Destroyed Remnants of a Lost World Are Falling to Earth, Scientists Discover
🤘

Fritzes 2026 bonus award: Best Comedy-Horror Interface
Spoiler warnings, and also I am haunted by this movie.

Kitum Cave: A Natural Wonder Hosting a Deadly Disease
THEY OPENED IT BACK UP???!?!!?!

Vavilovian mimicry
Clever girl.

Cosmic Odometer
Delivers what it promises.

Meow
"This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79."

CSS sucks because we don't bother learning it.
"There is much more to programming than syntax."

Confessions of a reformed disability simulation enthusiast
"istening to disabled people as equals means accepting that we will challenge accepted norms, reflect different experiences and know what needs to change."

If No One Pays for Proof, Everyone Will Pay for the Loss
"When quality is difficult to observe, the economic question is no longer simply the technical reliability of the tool. It becomes a question about the incentives of those who use it."

The Hacker News tarpit
"A link aggregator is only as good as its community, and the community is only as good as the people in it, and the people are only there because the other people are there."

If you thought the speed of writing code was your problem - you have bigger problems
"When you optimise a step that is not the bottleneck, you don't get a faster system. You get a more broken one."

Just let me compute in peace
nods sadly

Creating Baby Geniuses to Thwart the AI Threat? (Yes, Really.)
Part of disability education means learning eugenics is alive and well, and did not stop with the Nazis like we're all taught.

An UWS Bee Distribution: ‘A Shoe Box of 12,000 Flying, Singing, Venomous Creatures’
BEADS???

Why Potstickers Are Sometimes Called 'Peking Ravioli' In Boston
h/t Mike

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Yoooooooooo.

“Use links, don’t talk about them.”
"It’s one of the oldest web design principles."

Hook It Up to the Machine
I'm afraid we're nearing the end of a space where human language is still vital to generate code, and are entering into a world where everything is an evolved antenna…

Programming used to be free
…and you'll have to pay rent to make those antennas.

Forbes Prediction Market Gamifies Story About Mass Shooting of 8 Children
We are such a broken society.

Palantir's Manifesto Is as Subtle as a MAGA Hat
You can't reform this.

Like It Or Not, Batman Now Learned to Fight Crime from Santa Claus
I believe the headline speaks for itself here!

Maryland becomes first state to pass bill banning ‘surveillance pricing’
More of this, please.