Worth Wandering: HTML Energy
HTML Energy reminds us the web is still something a person can make— open a text file, write some HTML, and you have a website.
Inspired by html.energy · Laurel Schwulst & Elliott Cost
Notes · September 2026
Notes for September 2026
A Kidney Disease Linked to Extreme Heat Is Showing Up in Texas
Texas Monthly reports chronic kidney disease of unknown origin among young immigrant outdoor workers—a pattern long seen in Central America, now appearing where heat, labor, and limited care collide.
Inspired by texasmonthly.com · Texas Monthly
The Netherlands Is Making Its Gold Easier to Reach in a Crisis
De Nederlandsche Bank moved 86 tonnes of gold from the United States and Canada toward London for crisis preparedness—liquidity and diversification, not a secret election forecast.
Inspired by theguardian.com · The Guardian
153 Million Driver's Licenses Are for Sale, and This Is Why Centralized ID Verification Worries Me
Brian Krebs reports the FBI is investigating Nexus, a dark-web service selling scans of more than 153 million U.S. and Canadian driver's licenses—and centralized ID verification looks like a honeypot.
Inspired by krebsonsecurity.com · Brian Krebs
A Summer Camp Helped Every Student Earn a Ham Radio License
At an Alliance for Indigenous Math Circles STEM camp, high school intern Ruchira Shree helped every student earn an FCC Technician amateur radio license—something real that continues after the week ends.
Inspired by spectrum.ieee.org · Liz Wegerer