Libre Graphics Meeting 2026

This is supposed to be a blog post about Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) this year, but since I haven't written about the previous ones I went to, I decided to write about those as well. So this post will have bits of 2024 and 2025 in them as well, as far as I remember them, along with the experiences from the 2026 edition. And also some small bits about what's planned for the upcoming ones!

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Announcing WoLA 2026 in Boston

The 10th edition of WoLA, the Workshop on Local Algorithms , will be taking place on August 16-18 , 2026 at at Boston University, Boston, MA, just before APPROX/RANDOM!

For those unfamiliar with WoLA:

Local algorithms, that is, algorithms that compute and make decisions on parts of the output considering only a portion of the input, have been studied in a number of areas in theoretical…

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Caught In Joy: Music for Flow, Rest, and Reset

The moment I clicked through to the Caught In Joy YouTube channel, I knew I was going to love it. The description:

Over 80 albums designed to focus, flow and reset. Instrumental electronic music for you brain to wander.

And from the website:

Caught In Joy (Karol Pokojowczyk) is a multi-instrumentalist based in Florida, passionately dedicated to live composing, hardware synthesizers, and…

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Taking my mum to Italy helped us both grieve, and laugh, again

Metro’s travel editor takes her mother on holiday once a year for a reason (Picture: Alice Murphy)

There was a time when I thought my mother would never laugh again.

It would be an understatement to say that after my father’s death ended their enviably contented 43-year marriage, she lost her sparkle.

Our family GP suggested that a change of scenery could help with the grief. My mother, a…

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TCS+ talk: Wednesday, April 22 — Yichuan Wang, UC Berkeley

The next TCS+ talk will take place this coming Wednesday, April 22th at 1:00 PM Eastern Time (10:00 AM Pacific Time, 19:00 Central European Time, 17:00 UTC). Yichuan Wang from UC Berkeley will speak about “ Superquadratic Lower Bounds for Depth-2 Linear Threshold Circuits ” (abstract below).

You can reserve a spot as an individual or a group to join us live by signing up on the online…

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Why GOV.UK APIs are changing and how you can get involved

The GOV.UK Publishing Service, part of the Government Digital Service (GDS), supports how government content is created, managed and shared on GOV.UK. The service looks after 8 publishing applications, such as Whitehall and Mainstream Publisher, and several supporting tools, which enable more than 2,300 civil servants to create, publish and manage government content. Together, these systems…

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TCS+ talk: Wednesday, April 8 — Rahul Ilango, MIT

The next TCS+ talk will take place this coming Wednesday, April 8th at 1:00 PM Eastern Time (10:00 AM Pacific Time, 19:00 Central European Time, 17:00 UTC). Rahul Ilango from MIT will speak about “ Gödel in Cryptography: Zero-Knowledge Proofs With No Interaction, No Setup, and Perfect Soundness ” (abstract below).

You can reserve a spot as an individual or a group to join us live by…

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Plac Zabaw nad Wisłą

Contributed by Threedotstype

_Kasia Łubińska. License: All Rights Reserved. _

Last season, Plac Zabaw nad Wisłą, a vibrant riverside cultural and recreational space in Warsaw, Poland, unveiled a refreshed visual identity.

The concept grew from a simple block of colored paper – playful, inclusive, and DIY in spirit. Color pairings distinguish daytime from evening events, while a set of…

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TCS+ talk: Wednesday, March 4 — Sophie Huiberts, CNRS

It hath begun ! The first TCS+ talk of 2026 will take place next week, Wednesday, March 4th at 1:00 PM Eastern Time (10:00 AM Pacific Time, 19:00 Central European Time, 18:00 UTC). Sophie Huiberts from CNRS will speak about “ Analyzing the Simplex Method by the Book ” (abstract below).

You can reserve a spot as an individual or a group to join us live by signing up on the online form.…

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The Track is a documentary film about a group of athletes training in post-war Bosnia to make the Olympics in luge.

The Track is a coming-of-age journey of three friends chasing their improbable Olympic dreams in post-war Bosnia. Training on a crumbling track left behind from the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, the boys are guided by their devoted coach Senad, whose fight to rebuild the…

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