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The Emu Café Social

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PSA on RSSAmplifierBot and BriskBot

I discovered two new bots in my server logs last week: RSSAmplifierBot and BriskBot. They come from RSS Amplifier and Brisk News respectively. Bot sites are built by Profullstack, Inc. I discovered that RSS Amplifier, unbeknownst to me, had been crawling New Leaf Journal's ATOM feed and re-publishing (albeit they would not describe it as...

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 09-02-26

My throat is irrtated, my nose is stuffy, and I have a slight headache. It's ragweed season. Unrelated: It's time for our daily Pook-Emu Bee links. [caption id="attachment_7546" align="aligncenter" width="1008"] I took this photo in what I think was Cobble Hill on the afternoon of August 23, 2026.[/caption] 1 | Dating App Adds Feature Allowing...

Knowing Someone Through Games

I read a post on the Strange Voyages blog titled 9 Games to Know Me (HT Bubbles Weekly). It caught my interest because the concept struck me as similar (albeit not identical) to my September 2023 article titled Ranking My Big Impression Video Games (see simple list version), wherein I ranked the 12 video games...

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Pokémon is Older than Tamagotchi

I read an August 31, 2026 article in SoraNews24 titled Tamagotchi evolves into a ring for its 30th anniversary, preorders now open. I had a Tamagotchi at some point in the 90s, but I do not think it left a big impression on me. But this headline made me think. Pokémon celebrated its 30th anniversary...

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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 09-01-26

For the first time in about a week (if not a little more), I do not have a tight work deadline. Thus, I present you with a relatively leisurely edition of the Pook-Emu Bee to kick off September. [caption id="attachment_7485" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Note the bee in the top right. I took this photograph in Brooklyn...

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Fujinokawa First Kyoto-Born Rikishi to Reach Sekiwake in 198 Years

The 2026 Aki banzuke (September Grand Sumo tournament) were released yesterday. 21-year-old Fujinokawa, one of the smallest wrestlers in the top-division, was expected to make his san'yaku debut after finishing 8-7 at maegashira-1 in July. The more burning question was whether he would make his san'yaku debut at Komosubi or the higher Sekiwake rank. Sekiwake...

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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-31-26

We bring August to a close with one Pook-Emu Bee for the road. [caption id="attachment_7432" align="aligncenter" width="756"] I photographed this Children at Play sign on Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights on August 21, 2026.[/caption] 1 | Understanding And Dealing With Kim Jong-Un’s Resilience (Mario Alexis Portella for American Thinker. August 31, 2026.) I attribute Kim...

Kan Gao on Why He Uses RPG Maker

Kan Gao is the creator of the successful indie To the Moon series. I am not personally a fan of To the Moon. I tried the first entry and it just was not working for me, so I never finished. But despite not being a fan of the series, I read with some interest a...

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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-28-26

Pook-Emu Bee will be taking the weekend off, first for Newsletter Saturday and probably for Sunday, so let us finish this work week strong before I return to my day job. [caption id="attachment_7376" align="aligncenter" width="1028"] I took this photo at the corner of State and Clinton Streets in Brooklyn Heights on the evening of August...

Adam Douglas’ List Page Links Bookmarklet

I saw a post in my feed collection by Adam Douglas titled Extract and Review Web Page Links Using a Bookmarklet. As the title suggests, he created a bookmarklet which "will create a new local web page with a page heading of 'List of Links Found', source web page address, total count of links found,...

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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-27-26

I have a deadline today, so while the weekday Pook-Emu Bee streak continues, this will be another minimalist entry in my ongoing series. 1 | Israel: Law Adopted to Preserve the Memory of the October 7, 2023, Massacre and Commemorate Heroism (Ruth Levush for Global Legal Monitor. August 26, 2026.) A sound law. 2 |...

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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-26-26

I have a rough three-day work-stretch ahead of me, but the weekday Pook-Emu Bee links streak must continue (I will however compromise on feature images today). 1. Brainless TikTok trend causes $2,000 in damage to SoCal home (Daniel Farr for the New York Post. August 26, 2026.) States and localities should consider sentence enhancement provisions...

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