Wednesday, July 8, 2026
ArchiveDecoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt
Someone found executable Akamai CDN code printed on a Uniqlo shirt — then actually decoded it. The reverse-engineering journey is equal parts technical craft and absurdist comedy.
Spread of Seafloor Directly Observed for the First Time
Plate tectonics has been theory since the 1960s. Scientists just watched the ocean floor crack apart and spread in real time for the first time ever.
US-Iran on dangerous path to blowing up MOU over Hormuz
Eighty Iranian targets hit, IRGC firing on US bases — the fragile MOU is unraveling because Washington and Tehran read the Hormuz clause in opposite ways.
How to hide from killer drones
Black-and-white stripes fool AI targeting systems the way dazzle paint confused WWI submarines. Ukraine's battlefield is now an applied computer vision lab.
Joel Mokyr on Clans, Corporations, and a Culture of Growth
Why did growth compound in Europe but not China? Mokyr's answer starts with the Catholic Church banning cousin marriage — and the corporate structures that replaced clans.