Just my blogroll - BlogFlock2026-01-13T15:20:58.672ZBlogFlockProtesilaos 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 FeedGet ready to enter Winnie's Hole when it arrives January 26 - GamingOnLinux Latest Articleshttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/get-ready-to-enter-winnies-hole-when-it-arrives-january-26/2026-01-13T14:44:56.000ZInfection 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>“Lore should not be a strict set of rules," says Hytale developer in a tribute to player "archaeology" - Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/lore-should-not-be-a-strict-set-of-rules-says-hytale-developer-in-a-tribute-to-player-archaeology2026-01-13T14:17:33.000Z<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’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 “redefine the block-game genre”</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>Security updates for Tuesday - LWN.nethttps://lwn.net/Articles/1053988/2026-01-13T14:03:53.000ZSecurity 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).Budgie 10.10 finally makes the Wayland jump as development moves to Budgie 11 - GamingOnLinux Latest Articleshttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/budgie-10-10-finally-makes-the-wayland-jump-as-development-moves-to-budgie-11/2026-01-13T14:03:44.000ZBudgie 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>NVIDIA recommended driver 580.126.09 release for Linux - GamingOnLinux Latest Articleshttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/nvidia-recommended-driver-580-126-09-release-for-linux/2026-01-13T13:43:07.000ZNVIDIA 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>Medieval kingdom builder Earth of Oryn finally arrives in Early Access on January 19 - GamingOnLinux Latest Articleshttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/medieval-kingdom-builder-earth-of-oryn-finally-arrives-in-early-access-on-january-19/2026-01-13T13:32:41.000ZAfter 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>Dev of Steam game 'Hardest' will delete it after new girlfriend made them realize AI is bad - GamingOnLinux Latest Articleshttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/dev-of-steam-game-hardest-will-delete-it-after-new-girlfriend-made-them-realize-ai-is-bad/2026-01-13T13:24:49.000ZHardest 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>Fallout: London hasn't developed into a Fallout 4-esque hub of new quest and expansion mods so far, and its lead has theories why - Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feedhttps://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-why2026-01-13T13:23:32.000Z<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>Eat creatures and grind them into pieces or use them as weapons in autobattler Dunderbeck - GamingOnLinux Latest Articleshttps://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/eat-creatures-and-grind-them-into-pieces-or-use-them-as-weapons-in-autobattler-dunderbeck/2026-01-13T13:05:21.000ZI 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>Arc Raider devs want future Expeditions to be less about fat stacks and FOMO - Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/arc-raider-devs-want-future-expeditions-to-be-less-about-fat-stacks-and-fomo2026-01-13T12:38:05.000Z<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’re funding a mighty caravan to the boondocks. In return, you’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 – 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 ‘prestiging’ mechanics or progression wipes of other online games. Developers Embark say just over a million people took part in the first Expedition – Arc Raiders has sold around 12 million copies to date – with "something close to about 35% or 40%” 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>ARC Raiders hits over 12.4M sales - new patch out with weapon nerfs, a free gift and a darker Stella Montis - GamingOnLinux Latest Articleshttps://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/2026-01-13T12:30:20.000ZARC 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>Having asked Division devs to lay themselves off, Ubisoft are now cutting 55 jobs at Massive and Ubisoft Stockholm - Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/having-asked-division-devs-to-lay-themselves-off-ubisoft-are-now-cutting-55-jobs-at-massive-and-ubisoft-stockholm2026-01-13T12:07:01.000Z<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 Malmö, 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>"AI is bad, game will be deleted" concludes developer behind sloppy Steam card battler, before setting the self-destruct timer - Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ai-is-bad-game-will-be-deleted-concludes-developer-behind-sloppy-steam-card-battler-before-setting-the-self-destruct-timer2026-01-13T11:39:59.000Z<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>Fired GTA 6 devs suffer setback in legal fight against Rockstar as UK court denies request for interim relief - Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/fired-gta-6-devs-suffer-setback-in-legal-fight-against-rockstar-as-uk-court-denies-request-for-interim-relief2026-01-13T10:11:28.000Z<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’ 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>Mama's Sleeping Angels is a Lethal Company-esque, dream-exploration, Y2K smorgasbord for the zillenialpha generations - Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/mamas-sleeping-angels-is-a-lethal-company-esque-dream-exploration-y2k-smorgasbord-for-the-zillenialpha-generations2026-01-12T22:54:29.000Z<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>Big Hops, out today, is as delightful to play as it is to look at - Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feedhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/big-hops-out-today-is-as-delightful-to-play-as-it-is-to-look-at2026-01-12T21:29:06.000Z<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>2026-01-12 Emacs news - Sacha Chuahttps://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>).
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<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 – 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 – 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--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 & 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 …”</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>
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