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Otho, the second of Rome's four Emperors in 69 AD, took his own life on April 16, 69, rather than continue in a civil war to retain the throne. The extant ancient historian accounts grappled with the contrast Otho's seemingly noble end (under Roman standards) and their low opinions of him in life. I had a bit to say about the histories last year (a bit over 18k words).

https://thenewleafjournal.com/ancient-accounts-on-the-enigmatic-life-and-death-of-emperor-otho/

#rome #romanhistory #romanemire
#history #otho #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal

I have been using Peekier - a privacy-centric search engine that displays results as website screenshots - as my primary search engine for a few weeks. Based on those tests, I wrote a comprehensive review of Peekier (note: results rely heavily on Bing's index). I do like it - but you will still want to supplement it with an engine that allows for complex queries.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/peekier-search-engine-review/

#peekier #searchengine #search #privacy #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal

The story of how my attempt to purchase health insurance in New York hit a brief snag because one part of the Exchange website did not play nicely with hBlock, my hosts blocking solution. I resolved the issue, and that hBlock handles the NYS government is a big plus in my book. There is an open invitation for feedback from people who know way more about this than I do.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/hblock-and-my-attempt-to-purchase-health-insurance-in-new-york/

#adblock #hblock #hosts #manjaro #linux #insurance #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal

Following up my previous Mastodon post, after reviewing the Teracube 2e pre-installed with /e/ OS for the phone itself, I offered my impressions of the /e/ operating system, which I have been using as a daily driver for two months now.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/review-of-e-an-android-alternative-for-mobile-phones/

#eos #android #androidalternative #android10 #opensource #foss #efoundation #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal

I purchased a refurbished 2013 Asus Nexus 7 to try Ubuntu Touch. I used the UBports Installer and got it working with little hassle. In this post, I describe the process and offer some (very) early and brief impressions of Ubuntu Touch. I look forward to learning more about it and writing a longer piece in the future.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/installing-ubuntu-touch-on-an-asus-nexus-7-2013/

#tablet #nexus7 #ubuntutouch #ubuntu #ubports #ubportsinstaller #manjaro #snap #openstore #nextcloud #foss #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal

In this post, I list a number of quality alternative search engines and content about alternative search engines. I also offer my thoughts on the importance of considering where search results come from.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/a-2021-list-of-alternative-search-engines-and-search-resources/

#searchengine #alternative #bigtech #google #bing #duckduckgo #qwant #startpage #swisscows #mojeek #metager #gigablast #searx #peekier #wutsearch #privacy #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal

The newest edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal. This post includes our six most recent articles, six recommendations from around the web, and some news, notes, and anecdotes. If you like what you read, consider subscribing by joining our weekly mailing list or adding our newsletter's RSS feed to your favorite reader.

https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/the-newsletter-journal-xxxiii-standing-water-and/

#newsletter #aroundtheweb #ducks #adblockers #writing #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal #buttondown #photography #poem

Inspired by a recent duck rescue story, I searched for duck/duckling rescue stories for an Around the Web post. Little did I know that there were so many ducklings in need of rescue that I could fill a nearly 3,000-word post with rescues that occurred in the last 3-4 weeks.

https://thenewleafjournal.com/duck-and-duckling-rescue-stories-from-around-the-web/

#birds #ducks #duckling #animalrescue #ducklingrescue #stormdrain #city #birdrescue #aroundtheweb #TheNewLeafJournal #newleafjournal

The new edition of our newsletter, The Newsletter Leaf Journal, covers our content from the week that was, one article from our archives, six content recommendations from around the web, and my 2016 NYC journey from Astoria, Queens, to Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.

https://buttondown.email/newsletterleafjournal/archive/the-newsletter-leaf-journal-xxx-turning-the/

#nyc #brooklyn #newsletter #content #aroundtheweb #buttondown #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal

Spring is springing. To celebrate - an anecdote about seeing a black squirrel and blue jay in the same scene in Brooklyn two decades ago - a bit unusual. Accompanied by a haiku - written on my Ti-89 (because why not, when we're being nostalgic?)

https://thenewleafjournal.com/ti-89-haiku-boerum-blue-jay-and-black-squirrel/

#brooklyn #nyc #spring #bluejay #blacksquirrel #squirrel #ti89 #graphingcalculator #haiku #newleafjournal #TheNewLeafJournal