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A conversation about yogurt wars, German hymns, tropical cyclones, and the people who make Wikipedia function.

In the 13th century, Fatima, a captive of the Mongol Empire, the most powerful empire on earth, was taken prisoner and assigned to serve in the imperial palace. With knowledge from Iran, the era's foremost experts on medicine and science, Fatima seeks a world in which she can display her talents. She meets Töregene, the sixth wife of the second emperor, Ögedei, who has mixed feelings about the Mongol Empire....

Researchers K.N. Sirsi and Sandra Botkin document the discovery of a family unable to conceive of gender.

I am losing patience with people who don't utilize the agency they have. I am figuring out how to write again, and I wrote a long, annoyed screed about so...

Why do so many men seem cut off from their feelings? Male alexithymia can separate men from their emotions, and cause frustration for men and their partners.

No, it was always irrelevant if you had your own domain and site. Everything else is optional.

A more sustainable way to do business

Desenho de letra, retórica visual e ruínas gráficas

Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.

The doomsday cycle of wanting a relationship with a man

As a part of our ongoing pursuit to humanize the web, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Kagi Small Web initiative. ----------------------- What is Kagi Small Web? ----------------------- To begin with, while there is no single definition, “small web” typically refers to the non-commercial part of the web, crafted by individuals to express themselves or share knowledge without seeking any financial gain.

is a manga/anime centred around the concept of creatures known as "mushi" that aren't quite part of any known kingdoms of life. They range from dangerous to...

Here's why and how I built the Reddit Reality Check (rrc.fyi).

Programas de "gestão de conhecimento" como o Obsidian estão ficando mais populares. Mas, devido à intimidadora curva de aprendizado e…

Since stopping work, my strategy has been to hold four years of non discretionary spend in cash. This allows me to sleep at night, and not worry about the day to day volatility of the stock market. Some might view this as excessive (although annual non discretionary spend is much…

html energy is all around us and in this very website.

Four centuries ago, somebody starving in the drought-afflicted Elbe region in what is today the Czech Republic anonymously chiseled onto the stone of the receding river bank a warning. Here, along …

I don't quite know what to make of blogging anonymously, particularly when it comes to keeping a personal blog—this act of writing such deeply personal entri...

I was browsing around the and found that I was on a blog powered by Bear. A couple things caught my eye. The blog was nice, readable, and fast enough to ...

Article written by brOn the 1st of September, Herman, the creator of Bear Blog, announced that he was from MIT to something based on the Elastic License,...

How can we design better platforms?

Learn how one of the biggest tech companies played a major role in the reason many people stopped using RSS feeds

Email is your most important online account, so keep it clean.

Why escape social media silos? A personal journey from social media burnout to the IndieWeb reveals what we've lost to algorithms and ads.

An interactive short story answering the question, "What has creating a website done for you?"

How I use the Retro App to do my Project 366 Photo a Day for 2024

Apps that I used and loved in 2024.

In today’s culture, responsiveness is a proxy for care. But being in constant rotation, always logging into another version of myself? I’m tired