I have another busy day ahead of me, but we cannot forsake our daily Pook-Emu Bee links.

1. Syncthing 2.1 adds group organization and proxy support options (Fla for AlternativeTo. May 12, 2026.)

I approve of having "the ability to group devices and folders in the GUI using a new group attribute."

2. Airbnb enlists Al Sharpton in fight against Mamdani’s short-term rental crackdown in NYC:…

I present for your reading enjoyment our daily selection of Pook-Emu Bee links for Monday, April 20, 2026.

1. AI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns (Maggie Harrison Dupré for Futurtism. April 14, 2026.)

The top-line results are consistent with my priors. While I am not sure how useful the specific methodology of the study is, I appreciate that it…

I am a bit late today because I just spent about an hour troubleshooting why I was not receiving calls on my Ubuntu Touch-powered Google Pixel 3a XL. I think I fixed the issue. With that aside, on to our daily Pook-Emu Bee links.

1. New Higurashi When They Cry interactive chat content allows you to talk with characters and progress the story with your own self-insert (Carlos "Zoto" Zotomayor for…

I have some pressing work-work to attend to today, but I will not let that stop me from publishing my daily Pook-Emu Bee links last week. If you enjoy the (almost) daily links and commentary, you can also follow via feed.

Links from around the web

1. Pakistan air strike kills at least 100 at Kabul drug rehab centre (Yama Bariz and Simon Fraser for BBC. March 17, 2026.)

I see that BBC is trying…

I recall having known that Wario's Woods was the final licensed game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System ("NES") in North America. But I learned something extra about that previously-known fact in Marc Normadin's article about Wario's Woods for NES at Retro XP.

Because of the late release date, Wario’s Woods is also the lone NES game to be slapped with an ESRB rating. It’s a little…