The forgotten adventurer who kayaked 50,000km around the world
After paddling 50,000km, Australian police arrested this German kayaker
Unemployed and seeking a better life, Oscar Speck pushed his kayak into the water of the Danube and began paddling downriver. He didn't stop until ...
 <- The legitimately amazing voyage of Oskar Speck, who set off in 1932 from Hamburg... and canoed all the way to Australia.
Disney has lost Roger Rabbit
Pluralistic: Disney lost Roger Rabbit (18 Nov 2025) &#8211; Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
 Termination of Transfer is the most pro-artist form of copyright. <- Author Gary K Wolf just got the rights to his novel back. Good for him!
Microsoft, TCP/IP, Open Source, and Licensing
Microsoft, TCP/IP, Open Source, and Licensing || kuro5hin.org
 <- the real story behind the widespread false claim that "Windows uses the TCP/IP stack from BSD."
“The Fall Of Icarus”: You Have Never Seen An Astrophotography Picture Like This!
IFLScience
“The Fall Of Icarus”: You Have Never Seen An Astrophotography Picture Like This!
This is not photoshopped. That’s really a person falling in front of the Sun.
 This is not photoshopped. That’s really a person falling in front of the Sun.
The Great AI Bubble Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
 — Carole Cadwalladr, "How to Survive the Broligarchy"
Latest Servo release hints at a real Rust alternative to Chromium
Servo 0.0.2 hints at a real Rust alternative to Chromium
: As Mozilla stumbles into 'AI everywhere,' you might be glad of a non-Google browser engine
 As Mozilla stumbles into 'AI everywhere,' you might be glad of a non-Google browser engine <- by me on @npub1p4kx...wfhv
Palmy like it’s 1999: how to revive a Psion Series 3a handheld
smittytone messes with micros
Palmy like it’s 1999: how to revive a Psion Series 3a handheld
I have a soft spot for the technology of my younger days. In the mid-1990s, for example, I was in my late twenties and one of the machines I used f...
Mozilla's Firefox 145 is heeeeeere: Buffs up privacy, bloats AI
Mozilla
Updated: Improves tracking prevention, profile management, PDF editing, and Perplexity creeps into your address bar
 Improves tracking prevention, profile management, PDF editing, and Perplexity creeps into your address bar <- by me on @npub1p4kx...wfhv
Evidence of ancient tree-climbing 'drop crocs' found in Australia
BBC News
Evidence of ancient tree-climbing 'drop crocs' found in Australia
Scientists say the crocodiles hunted like leopards by climbing trees and killing prey below.
 <- this is the most terrifying predator since Africa's infamous flying lions. image
Bell bottom-era tape unearthed, could contain lost piece of Unix history
Unix V4: Only known copy may lurk on recently unearthed tape
: It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
 It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C <- by me on @npub1p4kx...wfhv