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Can we complete a perfect Sunday-Friday Pook-Emu Bee link week? With this, we are 5/7 of the way there.

https://social.emucafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/free-stuff-on-love-lane-2026-08-06.jpgFree discarded furniture on Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights. I took this photo on August 6, 2026.Articles1 | New $472M electronic brain modernizes aging CH-47 Chinook helicopters (Amir Kholam for Interesting Engineering. August 11, 2026.)

This reminds me of replacing the SSD and RAM in a cheap laptop I purchased on Ebay last year (I got in right before the DDR3 RAM was hit by price hikes!)

2 | ICE slams Long Island judge who let once-deported illegal immigrant walk out of court after 4th DWI conviction (Josh Christenson and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon for the New York Post. August 12, 2026.)

That’s atrociously bad, and I can only hope the feds find him before he gets behind the wheel of another car after a few drinks. But on the bright side, Judge Bryan Brown is earning well-deserved publicity for his exercise of judicial indiscretion.

3 | Bunny Drop’s Yumi Unita Launches New Manga in September (Rafael Antonio Pineda for Anime News Network. August 11, 2026.)
No thank you.

4 | Signal to add optional registration without phone number through one-time payment (Mauricio B. Holguin for AlternativeTo. August 11, 2026.)

This would be a good decision if it is implemented as the code suggests.

5 | These 3 Linux distros make leaving Windows feel natural (Rich Hein for How To Geek. August 11, 2026.)

Mint (all three flavors) strikes a decent balance, but I think most of the big stable options are fine with the right desktop environment.

6 | Iran Shuffles Military Leaders, Prepares for ‘Prolonged Confrontation’ (John Hayward for Breitbart. August 11, 2026.)

I wouldn’t go so far as to state as a fact that Mojtaba Khamenei made these appointments until he can be reached for comment by someone he didn’t appoint. If he wants to confirm that he made these appointments, I’m prepared for the exclusive. I will have him know that I am trusted by former Chinese Defense ministers.

7 | Peru Confirms over 450 Nationals Fighting for Russia Against Ukraine (Christian K. Caruzo for Breitbart. August 10, 2026.)

PSA: Don’t accept job offers in Russia (especially if you are a man who maintains a core body temperature roughly in the 90s).

Video8 | Iseo CITY Euro Cylinder Lock Pick and Gut (Lock Noob. August 11, 2026) [7:12]

I came away with the impression that this would be a solid lock to purchase.