When I speak about the inefficiency of popular blockchains, or mention that we seem to be hurtling towards a 'web3' so centralized it challenges big tech's firm grasp on today's web, or point out that somehow no one has managed to find a positive use for…

Pianist Ruth Slenczynska was called one of the greatest prodigies since Mozart when she was six.

Over the last two months I've read all the research on gas stoves and run my own experiments. Here's what I learned.

Hallucinogens, alcohol and shifting leadership strategies in the ancient Peruvian Andes - Volume 96 Issue 385

The lawsuit is the latest salvo in the ongoing right-to-repair movement that seeks to free devices from manufacturers' arbitrary repair DRM.

It’s only when you learn to accept who you are, flaws and all, that you can make real, worthwhile change

The group chose not to include Beeple and Pak on the free encyclopedia’s list of the most expensive art sales by living artists.

GNU Radio – the Free and Open Software Radio Ecosystem - gnuradio/gnuradio

My <a href="//nedbatchelder.com/code/cog">cog</a> tool has been having a resurgence of late: a number of people are discovering it’s useful to run a little bit of Python code inside otherwise static files.

Latest iteration of Texas-led antitrust complaint against Google expands claims of bad behavior

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Rich is a Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in the terminal. - Textualize/rich

Some Japanese texts use a rebus-style script for teaching the illiterate to recite the *Heart Sūtra*, and other sacred texts, in Chinese.

Free copy of The Cyber Plumber's Handbook - The definitive guide to Secure Shell (SSH) tunneling, port redirection, and bending traffic like a boss. - opsdisk/the_cyber_plumbers_handbook

Are you tired of heavy web pages, browser pop-ups, flashing banners, N-factor authentication, user tracking and analytics? Well, there are…