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The Dog Stars

Erik C. Thauvin — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:14:56 GMT

The world that was doesn’t exist.

Based on Peter Heller’s captivating bestseller. The film tells the story of Hig (Jacob Elordi), a young pilot who, together with a military survivalist, Bangley (Josh Brolin), has carved out an efficient but isolated homestead in a brutal post-apocalyptic world. But when Hig receives a mysterious radio transmission, he ventures into the unknown in search of the hope and humanity he still believes exist.

Moonsun India Grill

Erik C. Thauvin — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:18:45 GMT

First time. We both really liked it. We'll be back for sure.

Toots du Jour (Jul 16)

Erik C. Thauvin — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:00:30 GMT

zbaseline: The Web Platform Snapshot Fetcher #ai #baseline #google #java #llm #webstatus adambien.blog/roller/abien/ent… #
Announcing Rust 1.97.1 #rustlang blog.rust-lang.org/2026/07/16/… #
Your Loom App Quietly Became a Thread Pool Again: A Field Guide to Virtual Thread Pinning #java #thread #threadpinning #threadpool #virtualthread dev.to/maschiojv/your-loom-app… #
What’s fixed in IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 #ide #intellij #intellijidea #java #jetbrains #kotlin blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2026/0… #
47 requests, zero answers — How Proton VPN keeps saying no to data demands #data #logs #vpn www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-serv… #

The Runner

Erik C. Thauvin — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:00:59 GMT

Threatened by an anonymous source who has kidnapped her son, MAIA, a lawyer, must travel on foot throughout London to kill a client she represents to save her son.

Toots du Jour (Jul 15)

Erik C. Thauvin — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:00:30 GMT

We All Depend on Open Source. One Country Should Not Hold The Keys To Defending It. #ai #models #opensource #oss blogs.eclipse.org/post/cathari… #

Mayday

Erik C. Thauvin — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:23:26 GMT

When hotshot U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly is sent on a top-secret mission into Russian territory at the height of the Cold War, the operation implodes, leaving him stranded behind enemy lines. Discovered by Nikolai Ustinov, a gruff ex-KGB agent with a penchant for American culture, Troy thinks he’s toast — but could an unlikely alliance between the two lead to Troy’s rescue and a bond neither saw coming?

The Whisper Man

Erik C. Thauvin — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:17:03 GMT

The deadliest killers can’t be silenced.

When his eight-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as "The Whisper Man."

The Mongoose

Erik C. Thauvin — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:57:22 GMT

A highly decorated combat vet, Ryan ''Fang'' Flanagan, is fleeing a murder scene at 130 miles an hour in a Mustang Shelby cobra GT 65.

I Play Rocky

Erik C. Thauvin — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:43:13 GMT

His whole life was a million-to-one shot.

Toots du Jour (Jul 14)

Erik C. Thauvin — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT

Kotlin 2.4.10 is out! #java #jetbrains #kotlin github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/re… #