2026-01-13T15:20:58.672Z BlogFlock Protesilaos Stavrou: News and Announcements, Justin Barclay, The Emacs Cat, Arialdo Martini, BuzzMachine, GamingOnLinux Latest Articles, Emacs@ Dyerdwelling, Xah Lee, Sacha Chua, Jeff Kreeftmeijer, Karthinks, MacAdie Web Blog, Philip KALUDERCIC, Bowmansarrow, Irreal, Take on Rules, manuel uberti, Wilfred Hughes::Blog, Bicycle For Your Mind, LWN.net, McSweeney’s, Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/get-ready-to-enter-winnies-hole-when-it-arrives-january-26/ 2026-01-13T14:44:56.000Z

Infection is progression in Winnie's Hole. The roguelite is set to enter Early Access on January 26, and judging by the previous demo it's going to be good.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/1581030622id28305gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/get-ready-to-enter-winnies-hole-when-it-arrives-january-26/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/lore-should-not-be-a-strict-set-of-rules-says-hytale-developer-in-a-tribute-to-player-archaeology 2026-01-13T14:17:33.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hytale-tessa.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Minecrafty fantasy sandbox <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/hytale">Hytale</a> will finally launch into early access today, a few months after being <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/in-a-rare-bit-of-good-news-hytale-lives-on-with-its-original-devs-buying-the-rights-off-of-riot">rescued from cancellation</a> by Hypixel server co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme. In development for over a decade, it&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/hytales-devs-hope-to-redefine-the-block-game-genre-with-their-world-generation-and-theyve-now-explained-how-it-works">a bid to &ldquo;redefine the block-game genre&rdquo;</a> that features procedurally generated biomes and RPG-style dungeon delving. Unlike the earliest instalments of Minecraft, it will also ship with some pretty fleshed-out lore.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/lore-should-not-be-a-strict-set-of-rules-says-hytale-developer-in-a-tribute-to-player-archaeology">Read more</a></p> https://lwn.net/Articles/1053988/ 2026-01-13T14:03:53.000Z

Security updates have been issued by <b>AlmaLinux</b> (mariadb10.11, mariadb:10.11, mariadb:10.3, mariadb:10.5, and tar), <b>Debian</b> (net-snmp), <b>Fedora</b> (coturn, NetworkManager-l2tp, openssh, and tuxanci), <b>Mageia</b> (libtasn1), <b>Oracle</b> (buildah, cups, httpd, kernel, libpq, libsoup, libsoup3, mariadb:10.11, mariadb:10.3, openssl, and podman), <b>SUSE</b> (cpp-httplib, ImageMagick, libtasn1, python-cbor2, util-linux, valkey, and wget2), and <b>Ubuntu</b> (google-guest-agent, linux-iot, and python-urllib3). https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/budgie-10-10-finally-makes-the-wayland-jump-as-development-moves-to-budgie-11/ 2026-01-13T14:03:44.000Z

Budgie may not be one of the most popular desktop environments on Linux but it is an interesting one, and with Budgie 10.10 it finally migrated to Wayland.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/1917432331id28304gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/budgie-10-10-finally-makes-the-wayland-jump-as-development-moves-to-budgie-11/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-recommended-driver-580-126-09-release-for-linux/ 2026-01-13T13:43:07.000Z

NVIDIA today released their latest recommended driver version 580.126.09 for Linux but it's quite light on actual changes and improvements.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/tagline_gallery/nvidia-logo.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-recommended-driver-580-126-09-release-for-linux/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/medieval-kingdom-builder-earth-of-oryn-finally-arrives-in-early-access-on-january-19/ 2026-01-13T13:32:41.000Z

After a Kickstarter success back in 2022, the medieval kingdom builder Earth of Oryn is set to enter Early Access on January 19th.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/1506393876id28302gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/medieval-kingdom-builder-earth-of-oryn-finally-arrives-in-early-access-on-january-19/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/dev-of-steam-game-hardest-will-delete-it-after-new-girlfriend-made-them-realize-ai-is-bad/ 2026-01-13T13:24:49.000Z

Hardest is getting removed from Steam by the developer at the end of the month, as they say "AI is bad" and "AI is evil" - oh my.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/767773303id28301gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/dev-of-steam-game-hardest-will-delete-it-after-new-girlfriend-made-them-realize-ai-is-bad/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/fallout-london-hasnt-developed-into-a-fallout-4-esque-hub-of-its-own-new-quest-and-expansion-mods-and-its-lead-has-theories-why 2026-01-13T13:23:32.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/fallout-london-lead-on-lack-of-quest-expansion-mods-01.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Who mods the mods? A bunch of people, or so was the hope of <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/fallout-london">Fallout: London</a> developers Team FOLON when they released their total conversion of <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/fallout-4">Fallout 4</a> back in 2024. So far, there've been plenty of tweaks and smaller scale additions to the mod's version of the post-apocalyptic English capital, but no new quests or world expansions of note.</p> <p>Things playing out that way to this point - despite Team FOLON having <a href="https://www.vg247.com/fallout-london-british-fallout-making-of-interview">been very open in encouraging other modders</a> to have a go at making such creations - is something Fallout: London project lead Dean 'Prilladog' Carter's clearly aware of, and he's offered a few theories as to why it might be the case.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/fallout-london-hasnt-developed-into-a-fallout-4-esque-hub-of-its-own-new-quest-and-expansion-mods-and-its-lead-has-theories-why">Read more</a></p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/eat-creatures-and-grind-them-into-pieces-or-use-them-as-weapons-in-autobattler-dunderbeck/ 2026-01-13T13:05:21.000Z

I quite enjoy inventory management and autobattlers and Dunderbeck definitely takes the cake as one of the absolute weirdest I've played.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/1265706643id28300gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/eat-creatures-and-grind-them-into-pieces-or-use-them-as-weapons-in-autobattler-dunderbeck/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/arc-raider-devs-want-future-expeditions-to-be-less-about-fat-stacks-and-fomo 2026-01-13T12:38:05.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/arc-raiders-raider-den.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/arc-raiders-best-guns-tier-list">Arc Raiders</a> recently concluded its first Expedition, this being a voluntary, narrative-led character reset achieved by hoarding and donating resources over a set period. The idea is vaguely that you&rsquo;re funding a mighty caravan to the boondocks. In return, you&rsquo;ll get tiered rewards such as faster progression, bonus skill points and a larger stash. Participation in Expedition is split across various stages with different completion requirements &ndash; the final leg of the first one saw players amassing non-specific items worth hundreds of thousands of coins.</p> <p>Being opt-in, Expeditions are designed to be <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/embark-dishes-on-all-the-goodies-youll-get-in-arc-raiders-if-you-choose-to-prestige-later-this-month">a gentler alternative</a> to the playerbase-wide seasonal &lsquo;prestiging&rsquo; mechanics or progression wipes of other online games. Developers Embark say just over a million people took part in the first Expedition &ndash; Arc Raiders has sold around 12 million copies to date &ndash; with "something close to about 35% or 40%&rdquo; of those players bagging the full set of Expedition skill points, in the words of design director Virgil Watkins.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/arc-raider-devs-want-future-expeditions-to-be-less-about-fat-stacks-and-fomo">Read more</a></p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/arc-raiders-hits-over-12-4m-sales-new-patch-out-with-weapon-nerfs-a-free-gift-and-a-darker-stella-montis/ 2026-01-13T12:30:20.000Z

ARC Raiders has been a huge success for Nexon / Embark Studios with 12.4 million sales, and it seems sales are actually speeding up. Oh, and a new patch is out.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/998965301id28299gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/arc-raiders-hits-over-12-4m-sales-new-patch-out-with-weapon-nerfs-a-free-gift-and-a-darker-stella-montis/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/having-asked-division-devs-to-lay-themselves-off-ubisoft-are-now-cutting-55-jobs-at-massive-and-ubisoft-stockholm 2026-01-13T12:07:01.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/The-Division-2_5lqX7Zr.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Ubisoft expect to lay off 55 people across Tom Clancy's The Division developers Massive in Malm&ouml;, Sweden and cloud computing studio Ubisoft Stockholm, as part of wider cost-cutting. Reportedly, the job-lossenings are necessary because not enough workers have participated in <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ubisoft-want-to-trim-down-the-division-developers-and-are-pivoting-trials-creators-redlynx-to-mobile">an earlier voluntary redundancy scheme</a> at Massive.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/having-asked-division-devs-to-lay-themselves-off-ubisoft-are-now-cutting-55-jobs-at-massive-and-ubisoft-stockholm">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ai-is-bad-game-will-be-deleted-concludes-developer-behind-sloppy-steam-card-battler-before-setting-the-self-destruct-timer 2026-01-13T11:39:59.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Hardest-ai-roguelike-card-game-being-pulled-from-steam-01.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>"AI is bad, game will be deleted 30.1" reads the headline of the latest a Steam update post about <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3435450/Hardest/">Hardest</a>, a rock-paper-scissors-themed roguelike card battler which includes AI-generated assets. "AI is evil, and game will be deleted 30.1" adds the sub-heading of that same update post, just in case the first line didn't make the situation clear enough.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ai-is-bad-game-will-be-deleted-concludes-developer-behind-sloppy-steam-card-battler-before-setting-the-self-destruct-timer">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/fired-gta-6-devs-suffer-setback-in-legal-fight-against-rockstar-as-uk-court-denies-request-for-interim-relief 2026-01-13T10:11:28.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Vice_City_04_jiKq9uZ.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-6-everything-we-know">GTA 6</a> developers <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rockstar-have-been-accused-of-union-busting-after-the-firing-of-more-than-30-staff-members">fired by Rockstar</a> last year on the charge of leaking information about the upcoming game have been denied interim relief, as they and their allies at the Independent Workers&rsquo; Union of Great Britain begin <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/iwgb-union-file-legal-claims-against-rockstar-due-to-gta-6-maker-allegedly-refusing-to-negotiate-over-firings">their legal case</a> against the company for alleged union-busting. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/fired-gta-6-devs-suffer-setback-in-legal-fight-against-rockstar-as-uk-court-denies-request-for-interim-relief">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/mamas-sleeping-angels-is-a-lethal-company-esque-dream-exploration-y2k-smorgasbord-for-the-zillenialpha-generations 2026-01-12T22:54:29.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/mamas-sleeping-angels.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p> Isn't it funny that we don't have a definitive reason as to why we dream? We have ideas, theories, like that they're the brain moving memories from short-term to long-term storage. But why the hell can they get so weird? And worse, scary. This feels like the central question at the heart of Mama's Sleeping Angels, an upcoming <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/lethal-company">Lethal Company</a>-esque procedurally generated dream-exploration game where you're having a sleepover with friends and must feed a goddess within her dream. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/mamas-sleeping-angels-is-a-lethal-company-esque-dream-exploration-y2k-smorgasbord-for-the-zillenialpha-generations">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/big-hops-out-today-is-as-delightful-to-play-as-it-is-to-look-at 2026-01-12T21:29:06.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/big-hops.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p> It feels quite fitting that a game like Big Hops released today, the day after <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/awesome-games-done-quick">Awesome Games Done Quick</a> wrapped up, because this thing feels like it has a guaranteed spot in Summer Games Done Quick already. You're a frog! Who hops around! What's not to love? It helps that the <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-platform-games-on-pc">platformer</a> feels so good in motion, too. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/big-hops-out-today-is-as-delightful-to-play-as-it-is-to-look-at">Read more</a></p> https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/01/2026-01-12-emacs-news/ 2026-01-12T19:32:14.000Z

<p> If you want to review packages before upgrading them, check out the new <a href="https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/commit/881be95cddcab3cf37373678002c35334c177c97">package.el feature for reviewing diffs</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q978w9/packageel_package_diffreview_feature_has_landed/">Reddit</a>, <a href="https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13535">Irreal</a>). </p> <ul class="org-ul"> <li>Upcoming events (<a href="https://emacslife.com/calendar/emacs-calendar.ics">iCal file</a>, <a href="https://emacslife.com/calendar/">Org</a>): <ul class="org-ul"> <li>London Emacs (in person): Emacs London meetup <a href="https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/312727757/">https://www.meetup.com/london-emacs-hacking/events/312727757/</a> Tue Jan 13 1800 Europe/London</li> <li>OrgMeetup (virtual) <a href="https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html">https://orgmode.org/worg/orgmeetup.html</a> Wed Jan 14 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata &ndash; Thu Jan 15 0000 Asia/Singapore</li> <li>EmacsSF (in person): coffee.el in SF <a href="https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/312735622/">https://www.meetup.com/emacs-sf/events/312735622/</a> Sat Jan 17 1100 America/Los_Angeles</li> <li>M-x Research: TBA <a href="https://m-x-research.github.io/">https://m-x-research.github.io/</a> Wed Jan 21 0800 America/Vancouver - 1000 America/Chicago - 1100 America/Toronto - 1600 Etc/GMT - 1700 Europe/Berlin - 2130 Asia/Kolkata &ndash; Thu Jan 22 0000 Asia/Singapore</li> <li>Emacs APAC: Emacs APAC meetup (virtual) <a href="https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/">https://emacs-apac.gitlab.io/announcements/</a> Sat Jan 24 0030 America/Vancouver - 0230 America/Chicago - 0330 America/Toronto - 0830 Etc/GMT - 0930 Europe/Berlin - 1400 Asia/Kolkata - 1630 Asia/Singapore</li> </ul></li> <li>Emacs configuration: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/commit/881be95cddcab3cf37373678002c35334c177c97">package.el - Package diff/review feature has landed</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q978w9/packageel_package_diffreview_feature_has_landed/">Reddit</a>, <a href="https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13535">Irreal</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Emacs Lisp: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://in-parentheses.codeberg.page/posts/template-fill/">Small experiment with a template library</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q7ctl8/small_experiment_with_a_template_library/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.d12frosted.io/posts/2025-11-26-emacs-widget-library">The Emacs Widget Library: A Critique and Case Study - Boris Buliga</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/d12frosted/vui.el/">vui.el: Declarative, component-based UI library for Emacs</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q8hpl7/vuiel_declarative_componentbased_ui_library_for/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q9e91n/new_testing_framework_eunitel/">New testing framework: e-unit.el</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Appearance: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://i.redd.it/ym2uqpy64wcg1.gif">Peek as you go</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qaqu7t/peek_as_you_go/">Reddit</a>) - highlight symbol on double space</li> <li><a href="https://codeberg.org/ideasman42/emacs-show-inactive-region">[ANN] show-inactive-region now on MELPA</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qau795/ann_showinactiveregion_now_on_melpa/">Reddit</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Navigation: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://www.emacs.dyerdwelling.family/emacs/20260109094340-emacs&#45;&#45;a-single-function-ripgrep-alternative-to-rgrep/">James Dyer: A single function ripgrep alternative to rgrep</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Dired: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://chrismaiorana.com/emacs-way-list-directory-contents/">Chris Maiorana: The Emacs Way: Listing Directory Contents</a> (<a href="https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13537">Irreal</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_49ZR9hU1js">Create Directories in Emacs Dired (Tips)</a> (01:26)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/captainflasmr/dired-video-thumbnail">New package dired-video-thumbnail on MELPA for image-dired style thumbnail viewing for video files</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q5dbaf/new_package_diredvideothumbnail_on_melpa_for/">Reddit</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Writing: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://mwolson.org/blog/2025-11-23-automatic-arrow-characters-in-emacs/">Mike Olson - Automatic Arrow Characters in Emacs</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@mikeozen/115874981169702733">@mikeozen@mastodon.social</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://mbork.pl/2026-01-12_Making_fill-paragraph_more_flexible">Marcin Borkowski: Making fill-paragraph more flexible</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Org Mode: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://davemq.github.io/2026/01/07/org-agenda-to-appt-timer.html">Keeping appointments from my Org agenda updated | Dave’s Blog</a> (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@davemq/115854712475101751">@davemq@fosstodon.org</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://davemq.github.io/2026/01/06/org-diary-every-monday.html">Creating weekly diary-style timestamps in Org Mode | Dave’s Blog</a> (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@davemq/115850173042830416">@davemq@fosstodon.org</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://200ok.ch/posts/2026-01-07_building_consistent_habits_just_in_time_for_new_years_resolutions.html">200ok: Building Consistent Habits (Just in Time for New Year's Resolutions)</a></li> <li><a href="https://goto.ryuslash.org/@ryuslash/statuses/01KE5XM2Q613VQY9R6ZBPN028E">Tip about starting a list with <code>- 0:00:00 ::</code> for automatic org-timer-item handling</a></li> <li><a href="https://ilmarikoria.xyz/2026-01-10-blog.html">Emailing org-mode "TODO" Reminders with XProc</a></li> <li><a href="https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/874ioteo2e.fsf@localhost/">[BLOG] #25 bbb:OrgMeetup on Wed, December 10, 19:00 UTC+3 - Ihor Radchenko</a> (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@yantar92/115870474367848808">@yantar92@fosstodon.org</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://list.orgmode.org/e58aa11e-3c80-42a5-8204-5755e35472fe@gmail.com">Org Mode requests: [RFC] Behaviour of ‘org-agenda-clock-goto’ with ‘repeated’ tasks</a></li> <li>Org development: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=480c9b706a273984991a38b3542e1acc69ef5105">ob-core.el: Respect no/nil value in :wrap header argument</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=24b7fde23d8aede01a1157121064e84c449345ed">org-html-style-default: Add lowercase c to src languages</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=5501a0f80cae515c535d835f01890ea2f16a6809">Rename org-edit-src-content-indentation to org-src-content-indentation</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=e3b142b7fcff40d299c5718b1a5e36738b689d6a">Revert "Clocktables: Indent inline tasks under their heading"</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/etc/ORG-NEWS?id=762fe766768abef901a20ce469c9803735e11d59">org-table.el: Cache invisibility spec for `org-string-width'</a></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li>Completion: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://github.com/jdtsmith/consult-ripfd">consult-ripfd: live finding + searching with an fd + rg consult mashup</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q61xq1/consultripfd_live_finding_searching_with_an_fd_rg/">Reddit</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Coding: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://seed.pipapo.org/nodes/seed.pipapo.org/rad:zKbD2Y9kERBYScgczMaJBTRfjBhh">Emacs minor mode for bacon background compiler code checker</a> (<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@cehteh/115849430530285873">@cehteh@social.tchncs.de</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmid2WtICrk">How to insert pairs without fancy packages in Emacs</a> (03:49)</li> <li><a href="http://yummymelon.com/devnull/announcing-casual-html-css.html">Announcing Casual HTML &amp; CSS</a> (<a href="https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13529">Irreal</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://mwolson.org/blog/2026-01-11-announcing-eglot-python-preset/">Mike Olson: Announcing eglot-python-preset</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qaewwz/eglotpythonpreset_python_lsp_support_with_pep723/">eglot-python-preset: Python LSP support with PEP-723 scripts for Emacs</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@mikeozen/115879068757336246">@mikeozen</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wGXnY6Mdcw">Open jive Friday night | Getting Python into Git</a> (40:20)</li> <li><a href="https://chrismaiorana.com/magit-selective-staging/">Chris Maiorana: Selective staging in Magit</a></li> <li><a href="https://goto.ryuslash.org/@ryuslash/statuses/01KEAS9MVF3HPYEYG6H7HNWJP2">Tip about using magit-diff-visit-prefer-worktree</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/DamianB-BitFlipper/magit-pre-commit.el">I made a pre-commit companion for Magit</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q4ud4t/i_made_a_precommit_companion_for_magit/">Reddit</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Shells: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://codeberg.org/harald/terminal-frame">harald/terminal-frame: Dedicated terminal frame for Emacs' M-x shell - Codeberg.org</a> (<a href="https://nrw.social/@HaraldKi/115843399190290672">@HaraldKi@nrw.social</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Mail, news, and chat: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://jamesendreshowell.com/2026-01-08-custom-sorting-of-mu4e-headers.html">James Endres Howell: Custom sorting of mu4e headers</a> (<a href="https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13531">Irreal</a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/@jameshowell/115861124788764181">@jameshowell@fediscience.org</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://punchagan.muse-amuse.in/blog/offline-friendly-elfeed-web-ui/">punchagan: An offline-friendly Elfeed web UI</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Evil mode: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xaGgaaUMcw">I use Emacs' cursor model in evil-mode's normal state.</a> (19:29)</li> </ul></li> <li>Doom Emacs: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://baty.net/posts/2026/01/dropping-back-to-doom-emacs/">Jack Baty: Dropping back to Doom Emacs</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Fun: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBBq-bzghV0">Download Anime From Nyaa from within Emacs</a> (04:08)</li> </ul></li> <li>AI: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://fritzgrabo.com/posts/how-i-talk-to-books-and-source-code/">Fritz Grabo: How I Talk to Books and Source Code</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qa8xql/picodingagent_aiassisted_coding_in_emacs/">pi-coding-agent: AI-assisted coding in Emacs</a> (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46579787">HN</a>)</li> </ul></li> <li>Community: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://christiantietze.de/posts/2026/01/emacs-carnival-2026-01-this-year-i-will/">Christian Tietze: Emacs Carnival 2026-01: “This Year, I’ll &hellip;”</a></li> <li><a href="https://curtismchale.ca/2026/01/06/my-people-of-emacs/">My People of Emacs – Curtis McHale</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@curtismchale/115849463446315228">@curtismchale@mastodon.social</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://macadie.info/2026/01/07/2025-12-austin-emacs-meetup/">Eric MacAdie: 2025-12 Austin Emacs Meetup</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1qajehz/what_is_your_insanely_hidden_official_shortcut/">What is your insanely hidden official shortcut that people can never find out?</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Other: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://github.com/gvalson/mir.el">gvalson/mir.el: An incremental reading package for emacs.</a> (<a href="https://merveilles.town/@gvalia/115868442738152240">@gvalia@merveilles.town</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/vshender/emacs-life-calendar">life-calendar.el – Your entire life as a grid of weeks</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q5qiye/lifecalendarel_your_entire_life_as_a_grid_of_weeks/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://xenodium.com/bending-emacs-episode-9-world-times">Alvaro Ramirez: Bending Emacs - Episode 9: World times</a> (<a href="https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13527">Irreal</a>, <a href="https://youtu.be/jY5lx2gHjNA">YouTube 06:32</a>, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q5tl88/bending_emacs_episode_9/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://flandrew.srht.site/listful/restful-03.html">Listful Andrew: Restful #03</a> - history, ordinal dates</li> <li><a href="https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-01-09-emacs-oxford-calendar-package/">Protesilaos Stavrou: Emacs: my ‘oxford-calendar’ package</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/abaj8494/bytelocker.el">abaj8494/bytelocker.el: Buffer and Region Encryption Plugin for Emacs with 3 Cipher implementations</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q8ub8l/bytelocker_emacs_plugin/">Reddit</a>, <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46562338">HN</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.pffr.online/blog/emacs/running-emacs-daemon-with-style/">Running emacs daemon with style – Ahoi Blog</a> (<a href="https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13533">Irreal</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q4yj1n/how_have_i_only_just_discovered_detachedel/">How have I only just discovered detached.el??</a></li> <li><a href="https://mkt3.dev/en/posts/d7b04418-0907-4cff-a5b9-020dc8dca97d/">Using gtrash from Emacs · mkt3’s Notebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://lostbits.net/blog/interactive-programming-environments.html">Slides from a university course on interactive programming environments</a> (<a href="https://social.sdf.org/@elb/114889457430843982">@elb@social.sdf.org</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpTV_uHA2ik">Complete Build: Emacs From Source, Reproducible Builds in Docker, WSL, and macOS</a> (41:57)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri7UZ7g_14Q">Emacs Build Dependencies: Everything You Need Installed First</a> (18:26)</li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q8f8sn/emacs_appimage_builder_portable_emacs_with_native/">Emacs AppImage Builder - Portable Emacs with Native Integration</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q67lc4/emacsplus_now_offers_prebuilt_binaries_native/">emacs-plus now offers pre-built binaries - native compilation included</a></li> <li><a href="https://snow-dev.com/posts/Emacs/bring_your_emacs_to_android">Bring your Emacs to Android</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q4xhcw/bring_your_emacs_to_android/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://i.redd.it/srh2z97v11cg1.jpeg">android emacs 30.2</a> (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1q6y25l/android_emacs_302/">Reddit</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1q98djq">Emacs on Android as eBook reader and language learning tool</a></li> </ul></li> <li>Emacs development: <ul class="org-ul"> <li>emacs-devel: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a href="https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/E1veEk3-0003ey-08@fencepost.gnu.org/">Re: master 68418691267: In Elisp manual warn about unpredictable changes of point (Bug#79927) - Richard Stallman</a> - clarifying points</li> <li><a href="https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/87v7hevet1.fsf@mail.linkov.net/">Re: Package Keywords Ontology - Juri Linkov</a> - current package keyword frequency</li> <li><a href="https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/yp1zf6ojgc9.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org/">Re: Alternative handling of constants in .eln files - Andrea Corallo</a> - garbage collection tradeoffs</li> <li><a href="https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/CAN+1Hbq_sy15bBbvMsUTXp4VoP78JjdfdFjsi3S_wCUzCjm22w@mail.gmail.com/">Re: mode-line untrusted content indicator - Stéphane Marks</a></li> <li><a href="https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/jwv1pk4axg1.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org/">Tail recursion (was: bug#78872: Byte compiler: warning message lacks line and column numbers) - Stefan Monnier</a> - challenges</li> <li><a href="https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/87v7hlyh65.fsf@gmail.com/">Re: elpa.git and nongnu.git have moved - Collin Funk</a> (no changes needed for most users, this is mostly a dev thing)</li> <li><a href="https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/86jyy5qhh3.fsf@gnu.org/">Re: LLM-coauthored contributions - Eli Zaretskii</a> - probably best not to take risks for now</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=4e779d20f1840fef380f5688ceb2cd80658bde0b">Update cursor display using Xterm escape sequences</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=5b89d4696560cfea8d00731921b038e16b73ec82">Bind 'apropos-user-option' to C-h u</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=c8d19034aa9997aed6a5ffe65064920b48c76e5f">Allow 'package-isolate' to fetch missing packages</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=881be95cddcab3cf37373678002c35334c177c97">Allow reviewing packages before installaion</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=d7fd87b403d5b9ae0e2c2937ddd23e855f3263a2">shadowfile.el uses eqhemeral buffer names now</a></li> <li><a href="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/etc/NEWS?id=8343ce6c52963f4fd89c0cc68557fb7a5fe04f1b">External Tramp methods can be used in multi-hops</a></li> </ul></li> <li>New packages: <ul class="org-ul"> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/consult-vulpea">consult-vulpea</a>: Use Consult in tandem with Vulpea (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/git-sync-mode">git-sync-mode</a>: Automatically commit and sync local changes (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/go-template-mode">go-template-mode</a>: Major mode for Go templates (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/life-calendar">life-calendar</a>: Display your life in weeks (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/mock-fs">mock-fs</a>: Virtual filesystem for Emacs Lisp tests (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/pdffontetc">pdffontetc</a>: Display `pdffont' and other PDF information (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/pi-coding-agent">pi-coding-agent</a>: Emacs frontend for pi coding agent (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/show-inactive-region">show-inactive-region</a>: Highlight the inactive region (MELPA)</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://melpa.org/#/vulpea-journal">vulpea-journal</a>: Daily note interface for vulpea (MELPA)</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p> Links from <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs">reddit.com/r/emacs</a>, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/orgmode">r/orgmode</a>, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/spacemacs">r/spacemacs</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emacs">Mastodon #emacs</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/hashtag/emacs">Bluesky #emacs</a>, <a href="https://hn.algolia.com/?query=emacs&amp;sort=byDate&amp;prefix&amp;page=0&amp;dateRange=all&amp;type=story">Hacker News</a>, <a href="https://lobste.rs/search?q=emacs&amp;what=stories&amp;order=newest">lobste.rs</a>, <a href="https://programming.dev/c/emacs?dataType=Post&amp;page=1&amp;sort=New">programming.dev</a>, <a href="https://lemmy.world/c/emacs">lemmy.world</a>, <a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/emacs?dataType=Post&amp;page=1&amp;sort=New">lemmy.ml</a>, <a href="https://planet.emacslife.com">planet.emacslife.com</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4th0AZixyREOtvxDpdxC9oMuX7Ar7Sdt">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/log/etc/NEWS">the Emacs NEWS file</a>, <a href="https://emacslife.com/calendar/">Emacs Calendar</a>, and <a href="https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2026-01">emacs-devel</a>. 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