1. Telescope Ranchers (kottke.org)
Rockwood, Texas is home to a unique business, Starfront Observatories. Owner/operator Bray Falls hosts hundreds of other people’s telescopes in perfect cond
2. So You Want to Define a Well-Known URI (mnot.net)
When to reach for a well-known URI — and the traps that catch most protocol designers.
3. Akse3D – open-source 3D modelling anyone can master (akse3d-en.skaperiet.no)
A 3D modelling tool for kids and teens. Free, open source and right in your browser — with STL export ready for the 3D printer.
4. Datasette Apps: Host custom HTML applications inside Datasette (simonwillison.net)
Today we launched a new plugin for Datasette, datasette-apps, with this launch announcement post on the Datasette project blog. That post has the what, but I’m going to expand on …
5. Norway greenlights first full-scale ship tunnel (eandt.theiet.org)
6. Update on Ocean Observatories Initiative (www.nsf.gov)
The U.S. National Science Foundation appreciates the concerns raised by the range of stakeholders that have informed us they rely on data from the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). Effective…
7. Show HN: Talos – Open-source WASM interpreter for Lean (github.com)
Wasm interpreter in lean, designed for reasoning. Contribute to cajal-technologies/talos development by creating an account on GitHub.
8. Egyptian Fractions (blog.plover.com)
From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus
9. Zenzizenzizenzic (en.wikipedia.org)
10. This 1976 University Experiment Spun Up the U.S. Wind Industry (spectrum.ieee.org)
A nuclear submarine veteran turned a truck axle into a turbine
11. 'We created a monster': companies rein in AI usage as costs strain budgets (www.ft.com)
Amazon, Walmart and Uber are among early adopters that have introduced caps or discouraged wasteful activity
12. "No Feigning Surprise" (wizardzines.com)
13. Fable Converted Pylint to Rust (pypi.org)
14. Leave a Trace (www.jakeworth.com)
Always leave something behind. If you find something interesting, leave a trace that you were there.
15. Show HN: StartupsBR – A Map of Brazilian Startups (www.startupsbr.com)
O mapa vivo do ecossistema de startups do Brasil
16. The Raku Foundation is born (raku.foundation)
17. Show HN: Pagecast – Publish Markdown/HTML Reports to Cloudflare Pages (github.com)
Publish local HTML, Markdown, and static mini apps to shareable Cloudflare Pages URLs from the terminal or coding agents. - Amal-David/pagecast
18. Show HN: Brain Frog – Can you be random enough for 11 lines of JavaScript? (brainfrog.lol)
19. Horizons JPL Solar System Data Demo and NASA DSN Updates: Datastar, Common Lisp (horizons.lambda-combine.net)
20. Show HN: Modeloop – From visual algorithms to microcontroller C code (www.modeloop.app)
Design dynamic systems visually, simulate instantly, and generate production-ready C code — all from block diagrams.
21. The Productivity J-Curve [pdf] (2018) (ide.mit.edu)
22. SMTP Relay with Web Dashboard (github.com)
SimpleRelay - Self-hosted SMTP relay with web dashboard, DNS validation, and per-sender access control (FastAPI/Postfix/Docker) - toinbox/simplerelay
23. NOLA 'Nacular: One man's crusade to preserve New Orleans's vernacular signage (countryroadsmagazine.com)
Anthony DelRosario’s crusade to preserve New Orleans’s vernacular signage
24. Generative AI Is Having Its Herbalife Moment (www.whatwelo.st)
25. The UK's New Under-16 Social Media Ban Will Cause More Harm Than It Prevents (www.eff.org)
This week, politicians in the UK pushed forward with plans to eviscerate privacy and free speech on the internet by announcing a ban on social media for users under 16 that is set to take effect in Spring 2027. The UK government continues to falsely characterize this policy as a necessary response...
26. Spotify Killed the Thrill of the Hunt (erildrun.bearblog.dev)
So I was reading a post from another user about canceling their Spotify, and it caught my attention because it came entirely from a fan’s perspective.[^1] As...
27. Windows 11 update broke the Recycle Bin, OneDrive, and your PC's stability (www.techspot.com)
According to Microsoft, users who have installed the KB5095051 update might encounter a strange Recycle Bin bug that replaces the names of deleted files with internal Recycle...
28. Reinventing the Renaissance (drb.ie)
Reinventing the Renaissance - % Dublin Review of Books
29. NASA picks Eric Schmidt's rocket company for Mars mission (techcrunch.com)
Relativity Space — a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit — might just beat SpaceX to Mars.