Just published on FOSS Force: At 45-Years-Old, C-Kermit Gets Its First New Release in 15 Years fossforce.com/2026/08/at-4...

I'm never going to remember this.

FYI Science Policy News: More U.S.-trained physicists are leaving the country, an exodus that adds to fears of a U.S. "brain drain" www.aip.org/fyi/physics-... a near-doubling of non-US citizens left the US after receiving their PhD, around 29%, in 2025 @aip.bsky.social

Physics PhDs Are Leaving the US at a Record-high Rate

The exodus of non-US citizens has “certainly” been influenced by science funding and visa policy changes under Trump, a new AIP report says.

aip.org

“Let us a little permit Nature to take her own way; she better understands her own affairs than we.”—Michel de Montaigne

Ooops. "Nearly 50 years after volunteers buried a time capsule on the Ohio Expo Center grounds during the nation's 1976 Bicentennial celebration, organizers acknowledge they have been unable to locate the capsule ahead of the 2026 opening that had long been anticipated."

A Time Capsule was buried in 1976. Now Nobody Can Find It.

The Ohio State Fair’s 1976 Bicentennial time capsule was supposed to be opened in 2026, but officials say they can’t find where it was buried.

yahoo.com

Centuries before Neo instantly mastered Kung Fu in The Matrix, medieval scholars found a shortcut to years of difficult study: a magical manuscript that promised to fast-track advanced learning. Anne Lawrence-Mathers investigates the Ars notoria and its demonic influence.

Artificial Intelligence: Ars Notoria and the Promise of Instant Knowledge

Centuries before Neo instantly mastered Kung Fu in The Matrix, medieval scholars found a shortcut to years of difficult study: a magical manuscript that promised to fast-track advanced learning. Anne Lawrence-Mathers investigates the Ars notoria, its supposed powers, and the demonic influence it had upon some users.

publicdomainreview.org

Bingebuster: a fully explorable 3D recreation of a Blockbuster Video store that you can visit from your browser https://bingebuster.net Related: The lost civic life of movie stores thereader.mitpress.m...

Bingebuster — your streaming services, restocked as a video store

Choose your subscriptions and browse what you can stream as a walkable video store.

bingebuster.net

You had me at cows.

New specs from the LoRa Alliance are aimed at cutting manual work from low-power network onboarding and reducing coverage gaps in hard-to-reach locations (including cows).  www.networkworld.com/article/4205...

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Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · yesterday

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

Mood. (My monitor just died. I have to use the Air's own screen until a replacement arrives. BOO.)

Procrastination might be my most off-putting habit.

Well, THIS is a listicle I cannot resist.

The Best Cookbooks - Five Books Expert Recommendations

The best cookbooks, the books that chefs themselves turn to.

fivebooks.com

“[The library] is a space ship that will take you to the farthest reaches of the Universe, a time machine that will take you to the far past and the far future, a teacher that knows more than any human being, a friend that will amuse you and console you/.”--Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov on How Libraries Can Radically Change Your Life (1971)

Back in 1971, Isaac Asimov sent a letter to celebrate the opening of a new library in Troy, Michigan. Thoughtful as always, his letter addressed the children of the Troy community as follows: 'Congratulations on the new library, because it isn't just a library.

openculture.com

Clare Youngs, UK based designer/maker who works with paper and fabric #womensart

Gotta love the “or stocks” part. Like Gemini realized its first answer was nuts so it tried to wedge in a better one.

You guys, nominating the person who earned the most votes is now an “ideological purity test.”

Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" is set today (2026-08-04)

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…

short-stories.co

Attention: Full episodes of #babylon5 are now available on the official B5 youtube channel. If you have not already watched the complete B5, now is the time. The greatest scifi show ever produced, now on the tubes. I dunno how @straczynski.bsky.social pulled this off. I suspect skullduggery.

Full Episodes - YouTube

m.youtube.com

Please join @thepixelproject.bsky.social and me on September 4 as I read a bit about a strong woman character, and we talk books.

The Pixel Project@thepixelproject.bsky.social · 7d ago

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: The Pixel Project will be kicking off the 12th annual Fall Edition of the Read For Pixels campaign in September 2026 with Susan Elia MacNeal doing a live YouTube session @ 8.30pm PT, Saturday 12th September 2026. For more details: tinyurl.com/SEMacNealR4P

Mood

@Above96th@above96th.bsky.social · yesterday

One steamy July morning I encountered Flaco sleeping in Central Park, his wings spread in an effort to keep cool. One of my favorite Flaco shots! #Flaco #Internationalowlawarenessday #birding

MAGA, this is for you. Save, and refer back every time you think you're "owning" someone. Everyone else, please save and share with them each time. Just so tiresome. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Seeing this little fluff-nugget today inspired a thread about the Loggerhead Shrike #birds 🌿

An archive of Chinese cigarettes — 3,200+ SKUs across 200+ brands with pack imagery and graphic design history.

中国卷烟博物馆 · Chinese Cigarette Museum

The only comprehensive English-language archive of Chinese cigarettes — 3,200+ SKUs across 200+ brands with pack imagery, specs, pricing, and ratings. Browse Zhonghua, Panda, Liqun, Yellow Crane Tower, and thousands more.

ciggies.app

Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers

Low water levels in the Rhine, Danube and Po have curtailed the transport of goods and reduced electricity output.

bbc.co.uk

Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

can't find premium content like this on threads i'll tell you that much

The daily solargraph

The Daily Solargraph — eagereyes

Watch the sun draw a trail across the sky, updated every day

eagereyes.org

The Suoyi (蓑衣) is a traditional Chinese raincoat historically used by farmers, fishermen, and laborers for centuries.

Suoyi: RuCai Lyu's rain cape and its ongoing tradition of protection | Garland Magazine

Shuai Shuo finds one of the few remaining makers of the palm fibre raincoat that has protected Chinese farmers for generations, but has now become a popular good luck charm.

garlandmag.com

Hive mind: Have you worked on data sovereignty projects? Do you have experiences or advice to share? I won’t call anyone out by name, but I want to include personal anecdotes in what I’m writing. #datasovereignty