Latest bookmarks (page 24 of 134)

List of projects maintaining official Chromium releases on various Linux distros.
This is where I found the link to the Chrome vs Chromium comparison. And I didn't find this one by searching for it either: it was linked from the Chrome download page for Google's official Debian and RPM packages. Which I only looked at because the Flatpak for Chrome isn't official, which I only looked at because I wanted to compare some of the Chrome settings to the ones in Chromium.

The state of web search these days is so bad that I could not find this document on an official Google Chromium project site when I was looking for it a few days ago even though I knew the information had to exist. Instead I found a lot of "articles," all padded for SEO, many that looked like they were probably AI-generated, none of which looked authoritative or particularly trustworthy.
I just happened to stumble on a link to it when I wanted to double-check the current state of official Chrome packages for Linux.

"The Trump administration has swiftly graduated from trying to weaponize internal payment systems (the Department of Treasury systems that allow the federal government to pay monies across its different parts, and to the outside world). Now it is trying to weaponize external payments too. It has seized back $80 million that was paid to New York, and is now trying to do the same with $20 billion paid out by the Environment Protection Agency. This is money that was already paid out by the federal government, and is now sitting in other entities’ regular bank accounts. The Trump administration wants to get the banks where the accounts are located (Citibank is the one we know about) to reverse these payments."

"Mark Hibbett was doing some of his doctoral research on Dr. Doom, trying to define what makes Dr. Doom as a character regarless of what medium he appears in or who is creating it. "

"Unsurprisingly, the beverage tastes a lot like drinking a Christmas tree."
Unlike the trees, this also prevented scurvy.

"Viruses that infected our ancestors provided the genetic foundations for many of the traits that define us."

An interesting read on the history of food preservation and safety.

"I know, I know, you’re probably thinking “but Mike, maybe you should just not acquire so many things to read, maybe pace yourself a bit” but we should really focus on realistic ideas on how to handle my little problem here. More caffeine and less sleep seems to be the only logical and healthy response."

"Elkind explains that the demise of LA’s streetcar system was less a conspiracy against the public and more a public failure to anticipate the smoggy, drive-thru future described by Judge Doom."

"Non-technical steps for staying anonymous"
Admittedly, posting a public bookmark to this list won't help me as much as bookmarking it privately would, but it may help others who need it more.