8.33.1 Top new questions this week

8.33.1.1 a+b whole cubed in Latex
8.33.1.2 How can LaTeX form an environment of Bionic-Reading style?
8.33.1.3 What does triple at (@@@) mean in LaTeX?
8.33.1.4 How to produce two asterisks, asterism a^\210\227, a^\201\221, a^\201\202
8.33.1.5 How to draw a point at a given arclength along a curve in Tikz?
8.33.1.6 Why do CTAN announcements no longer show at comp.text.tex?
8.33.1.7 Shorten links in URL
8.33.1.1 a+b whole cubed in Latex

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=644612

Someone posted it on math.stackexchange without code or source. 
It's an expanded form of (a+b)^3 
I would like to write it in Latex, but am clueless as from where to even begin with or which package to ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 
asked by user270610 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=270610 Score of 20
answered by Juan CastaA~+-o https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=231368 Score of 45
8.33.1.2 How can LaTeX form an environment of Bionic-Reading style?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=644887

The Bionic Reading tries to find every word, and make the first part bold. 
I wish there is an environment to imitate that, which types 
\bionic{Confucius said: Madam, I'm Adam.} 
and it is interpreted ... 
[environments]
 
asked by Roseleaves Wu https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=270769 Score of 12
answered by Rmano https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38080 Score of 10
8.33.1.3 What does triple at (@@@) mean in LaTeX?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=644879

I was trying to make my own customization letter class and searching for the definition of the \toname command, I found this. 
A triple at several times, but I wasn't able to find information so I ... 
[letters]
 
asked by AmadoC https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=234538 Score of 8
answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 6
8.33.1.4 How to produce two asterisks, asterism a^\210\227, a^\201\221, a^\201\202

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=645131

I want to create tags for equations as sequential asterisks 
a+b=c                                   (a^\210\227) 
x+y=z                                   (a^\201\221) 
i+j=k            ... 
[math-mode] [symbols]
 
asked by antshar https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213149 Score of 7
answered by egreg https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4427 Score of 11
8.33.1.5 How to draw a point at a given arclength along a curve in Tikz?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=644995

Consider following example: 
\documentclass{report} 
\usepackage{tikz} 
\begin{document} 
\begin{tikzpicture} 
\draw (0,0) arc (0:90:1 and 2); 
\filldraw (0,0) circle (2pt); 
\filldraw[red] (-.1,.9) circle (... 
[tikz-pgf]
 
asked by Karlo https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=36500 Score of 7
answered by Sandy G https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=125871 Score of 8
8.33.1.6 Why do CTAN announcements no longer show at comp.text.tex?

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=645234

For years or decades even, CTAN announcements of any package update/changes is send to comp.text.tex all the time. 
On Feb 17, 2022 they suddenly stopped. 
If you go tohttps://groups.google.com/g/comp.... 
[ctan]
 
asked by Nasser https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=14594 Score of 6
answered by Gerd Neugebauer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=43912 Score of 3
8.33.1.7 Shorten links in URL

https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=645090

I have seen this, but biblatex is used there, I don't use that in my case. 
Is there a way for me to do: 
\url{https://example.tld/example/something/} 
Or, if it's possible, maybe even: 
\url{https://www.... 
[hyperref] [urls]
 
asked by Andy3153 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=253842 Score of 6
answered by antshar https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=213149 Score of 2