Notes for August 5, 2026

Buc-ee’s sues tiny Ohio minimart over beaver logo

Fuck em right in the Buc-ee. They don't own cartoon beavers. Especially in a town called fucking BEAVERCREEK. It's the American dream though, right? To build a chain store empire and go on a legal rampage against local small businesses just to be a nuisance after you barge in on their territory?

The Phone in Your Hand

Stole this from Kottke, thought it was pretty neat. When I was growing up, if you wanted to tap into cyberspace, you had to do it through a beige tower with components that plug in like giant Legos and weren't even as competent as a $50 budget phone from Walmart today. I definitely take this thing I'm typing on right now for granted. So many impossibly tiny components and other general sorcery going on inside.

Flipping through this, I can't help but think of Terry Godier's beautiful presentation on the Casio F-91W digital watch.

But can your calculator run Linux? - Raymii.org

I'm not really interested in the calculator part. For most calculations I do for my day job, embedded programming, the HP-16C is a better fit. I was interested in this device because I found posts online suggesting it could run Linux and even a Windows 10 port.

My first Linux device was an iPod Nano. Second was a first-gen Xbox. And then I eventually moved on to using it on every laptop and PC I got my hands on after that. It's so capable... it's like a virus that can infect almost any piece of hardware that is even vaguely similar to a computer. And once you get a taste of that, it infects you too. You'll be a Linux nerd forever after that. I've seen people get clunky, pixelated, monochrome ports of Doom running on those Texas Instruments calculators, but never anything like this. Really good deep dive on how to do it if you own a HP Prime G2.

New study deflates right-wing claim that many trans teens later regret gender-affirming care

An overwhelming majority (97.1%) of adolescents who were referred to university-associated clinics in Canada for gender-affirming care continued to identify as transgender or non-binary after an average of 2.4 years. Only 2.9% re-identified as being gender aligned with their sex assigned at birth in that time frame.

New study backs what literally everyone who isn't an transphobe has always known.

Archaeologists Discover 'Perfectly Preserved' 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg in Argentina

While some may jokingly fear a Jurassic Park-style scenario, scientists emphasize the discovery’s true importance lies in what it could reveal about dinosaur reproduction and development. If embryonic remains are indeed preserved inside, it could provide unprecedented insight into how these fearsome predators evolved, grew, and hatched.

First, gain insight into how these fearsome predators evolved. Then you can maybe resurrect the extinct species from a 66 million year slumber, as a little treat.

50 things you probably never knew about Woodstock - MediaFeed

Nice little Woodstock listicle I found on Fark yesterday. I think just about everyone who went through a hippie/stoner phase at some point knows about most of these, but it was a fun read nonetheless. One thing I had a little bit off though — I thought Carlos Santana just took a little acid, like everyone else at Woodstock. That's gnarly enough...

While they were playing their star-making set, guitarist Carlos Santana was very, very high on mescaline. In fact, he said that he thought he was playing an electric snake.

I knew the snake story but I had no idea he was up there on mescaline lol what a hardass.