It only seems like yesterday that 2026 had begun. Now a month has just about evaporated. One down, eleven to go ...

With that out of the way, let's get Monday started with these links:

'Germany calling': How fascist 'Lord Haw-Haw' was trialled for treason — The fascinating, and at times borderline whacky, story of an unrepentant Nazi propagandist and the one seemingly simple mistake (aside from being an unrepentant Nazi) that led to his downfall.

From the article:

William Joyce, aka Lord Haw-Haw, had moved to Germany a month before war broke out with his second wife Margaret, also a fascist. Fearing internment in England, he renewed his UK passport by falsely claiming he was a British subject by birth. This would turn out to be a fatal error.

Masabumi Hosono: The Japanese Man Who Survived the Titanic — In desperate situations, people can make desperate choices. This is a story of one of those people, the repercussions of his choice, and how his reputation is slowly being rehabilitated.

From the article:

He was forced out of his career as a civil servant and bombarded with hate mail. His “cowardice” was reportedly made an example of in a popular girls’ etiquette schoolbook of the time, one which his own daughter was made to study.

Software as Fast Fashion — Quick, cheap, disposable. That's not a good way to view clothing, and it's definitely not a good way to view the software that we rely upon. We need to shift from accepting good enough to embracing what's robust and sustainable.

From the article:

I want to have the things in my life work. Ideally be even a bit nice. And I think we all deserve that. Deserve having access to objects that have a level of quality and care put into them.

It’s not just about giving people access to something. My guiding ethic is to give people access to good things. Because that’s what is right.

Why There’s No Single Best Way To Store Information — Once again, we learn that what works best for one purpose (or person) might not work as well for something or someone else. Can't say I'm shocked.

From the article:

There’s no shortage of self-help books filled with contradictory advice about the best way to organize your belongings. If computer science offers any lesson, it’s that there is no perfect solution — every approach comes with trade-offs. But if some items are more important to you than others, don’t be afraid to leave a bit of a mess.