This July 2026 issue contains three technical papers.
The first paper,
The Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol: An Algorithmic (and Light-hearted) Perspective
by Matthias Bentert, Shay Kutten, Darya Melnyk, Tijana Milentijević, and Stefan Schmid is an amusing read that investigates protocols and complexities of communication networks based on carrier pigeons. While lighthearted in nature, the paper is technically grounded in classic mathematical techniques used to analyze modern computer networks. This creative paper is both entertaining and informative—in fact, the paper proposes follow-up work that I'd love to see.