Digest — 2025-02-25:

The art in the analyst’s room

We Need More Heroes

How “Pasteur’s quadrant” enlightens the invention-innovation challenge

Breaking taboos and blurring truths: How reality TV has shaped society in its own image

How mapping galaxies can teach us what the CMB can’t

Trump Administration Litigation Tracker. “The table below tracks legal challenges to the...

This weekend, JD Vance is visiting a small VT town near where...

Slow Start Today…

The War on Cars debuts an ad that extolls the freedom of...

On the lessons of the rise & fall of the KKK. “Fascism...

Let This Radicalize You Workbook. “This workbook is intended as an extension...

This Is Not a Drill: How Universities Can Save DEI. “This is...

The Great Resegregation

Grok Grok

Superintelligent Agents Pose Catastrophic Risks: Can Scientist AI Offer a Safer Path?

Emergent Misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs

Dream, Truth, & Good

Conference Report: Threshold 2030 - Modeling AI Economic Futures

Learn Something Old Every Day, Part XIV: read() Return Value May Surprise

Emergent Misalignment

The bug that led to SimKube 2.0

Embedding Python in Elixir, it's Fine

Rust edition 2024 annotated

Zone maps, or “queries go brrr”

Turbocharging V8 with mutable heap numbers

Why Common Lisp

Reviving an Old Kindle Paperwhite 7th Gen

Why and How I Version My Blog

Framework (2nd Gen) Event

Gleam, coming from Erlang

ReScript: A Better Typed JavaScript?

Testing types in TypeScript

New Zealand Company’s ‘Impossible-to-Hack’ Security Turns Out to Be No Security at All

Tcl/Tk application binaries through Go

Mixing up Public and Private Keys in OpenID Connect deployments

What would happen if we didn't use TCP or UDP?

Smart Pointers Can't Solve Use-After-Free

zlib-rs is faster than C - Trifecta Tech Foundation

Other kinds of talks

Canadian VPS Review

The Women Who Made America’s Microchips and the Children Who Paid for It

The Languages Lost To Climate Change

Flushed Away

Life Lessons from a Coastal Wolf Pack

Breathing New Life into Found Objects

The Collective Power of Ants

I would accept neither his fame nor his fortune

What do people see when they're tripping? Analyzing Erowid's trip reports

Maestro – Next generation mobile UI automation

Harnessing orbital Hall effect in spin-orbit torque MRAM

The vinyl-carver sparking a craze for cutting records at home

Certificate Transparency in Firefox: A Big Step for Web Security

Stone Soup AI (2024)

Deconstructing the "Whimsical Animations" landing page

Failure Theory for Materials Science and Engineering – Richard M. Christensen

Troubleshooting: A skill that never goes obsolete

Vibe Coding and the Future of Software Engineering

OlmOCR: Open-source tool to extract plain text from PDFs

Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay

Thermoelectric Solar Panel

Gleam, Coming from Erlang

Upside Down Air Force

Finnegans Wake Extensible Elucidation Treasury

Theoi Greek Mythology

There isn't much point to HTTP/2 past the load balancer

Winners of the $10k ISBN visualization bounty

Show HN: Tach – Visualize and untangle your Python codebase

Simulating Time in Square-Root Space

Evaluating modular RAG with reasoning models

Reflections on 25 Years of Blogging

A possible future of Python in the browser

Ghost House – software for automatic inbetweens

DeepSearcher: A local open-source Deep Research

Material Theme has been pulled from VS Code's marketplace

Chicory: A JVM native WebAssembly runtime

Show HN: MyCoder, an open source Claude-Code alternative

Voker (YC S24) is hiring an LA-based full stack AI software engineer

Framework's first desktop is a strange–but unique–mini ITX gaming PC

EdgeDB is now Gel and Postgres is the future

Emergent Misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs [pdf]

Hard problems that reduce to document ranking

The XB-70 (2019)

Launch HN: Browser Use (YC W25) – open-source web agents

Hyperspace

I Went to SQL Injection Court

The HP-35: Consumer Electronics, an Origin Story

How to change your settings to make yourself less valuable to Meta

History of CAD – David Weisberg

US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes's conviction

Detecting Noise in Canvas Fingerprinting

DigiCert: Threat of legal action to stifle Bugzilla discourse

DeepSeek open source DeepEP – library for MoE training and Inference

Awesome DeepSeek Integrations

US friendship is in freefall – shredding bonds and cutting lives short

Everyone at NSF overseeing the Platforms for Wireless Experimentation is gone

It's still worth blogging in the age of AI

Too many men lack close friendships. What’s holding them back?

Long-term selfish (and the circles of us and now)

The Quantum Tech Race Is Heating Up

China Revises PLA Regulations to Focus on ‘Conscious Discipline’

The Fraying of the Taliban’s Counternarcotics Efforts

Can the Arakan Army Win Recognition for Its Rule Over Rakhine State?

HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’ Prompts Criticism of How the West Views Southeast Asia

Cambodia Proposes Resumption of Joint Military Exercise With the US

Modi Government’s Language Policy Reignites Old Conflict in Southern India

Hindi Film ‘Mrs’ Shakes up the Myth of Blissfully Married Indian Women

Japan’s #MeToo Movement Takes Center Stage With Controversial ‘Black Box Diaries’ Documentary

What Elon Musk’s Deep Ties to China Mean for Trump’s Foreign Policy

Japan, World War II and the Murayama Statement

Thailand’s Cooperation With China on Cross-border Crime Comes at a Cost

Why Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad Is Going Private

[notes] Separation of Concerns Applies to Email, Too

[notes] Why Hover for Domain Registration?

[notes] Separation of Concerns

NoBroker launches ConvoZen.AI, a conversational AI cloud for customer engagement

Microsoft Tests Ad-Supported Free Office Suite for Windows

CRED unveils Svalbard to simplify credit management and boost scores

Salesforce, Google expand partnership; bring Gemini to Agentforce

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (February 25, 2025)

How Efficient Capital Labs is powering the AI space with non-dilutive funding

Meta AI Can Now Read Your Mind: A Deep Dive into Brain-to-Text Technology

Forget Ratings: How Zomato's AI 'Match Scores' Will Find Your Perfect Meal

Apple announces $500B investment in US amid tariff threats that could affect iPhone

Beyond Battle Royales: Inside Krafton’s India investment playbook

5 Classic books that shockingly predicted the future

From marketing mavens to travel tech pioneers: The Vaycray Story

Nykaa allots 90.5K shares under ESOP scheme

Sudha Murthy’s best quotes on love and relationships

Tata Group to invest in electronic manufacturing unit, green energy sector in Assam

China Now Has Its Own Commercial Aircraft: Is It Time for India to Take Off?

India's largest beer company United Breweries invests Rs.750 crore in new Uttar Pradesh brewery

Zomato doubles down on investment in Blinkit with a Rs 1,500 Cr bet

The Accidental Invention of Pop-Up Ads: A Mistake That Changed the Internet

Vivek Mathur exits Elevation Capital to focus on mentorship

Assam secures Rs 1.24L Cr in investments via 28 MoUs across key sectors

Beyond connectivity: This internet provider future-proofs enterprises with network modernisation

Putting your data to work: An exclusive masterclass with Snowflake at DevSparks Pune

EPIC World Unveils $115B EHI Index to benchmark companies empowering entrepreneurial households

Flipkart-backed super.money acquires BharatX to bring BNPL to UPI

Image, Video and GPU Computation

How the polar jetstream affects our winters

Asteroid 2024 YR4 seen by Very Large Telecope -- Impact chances have dropped!

SpaceX explains cause of Starship’s rapid unscheduled disassembly on flight 7

MG Windsor EV Rear Seat & Boot Space Review | Can 3 People Sit In Rear Of Windsor EV?

WebAssembly Arena Allocators

wtf is this syntax?!

Why the Hindi phrase ‘sahvas sambandh‘ in Uttarakhand UCC has sparked a row| #InstantAnalysis

Cold War unipolarity at its end, as US-Russia vote together in UN| #InstantAnalysis

Why Congress ex-MP Sajjan Kumar was given life imprisonment in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case

Monopoly, hiked profits & namesake joint ventures: CAG report on AAP’s controversial liquor policy

Now Germany: Rise of insurgent voters, far-Right #nationalinterest

What Indian drugmakers are doing to prevent quality lapses

How Amit Shah's command & control system is malfunctioning, and why even poll wins can't fix it

Delhi chief secretary moves to ‘cleanse system’ of AAP & Nitish Kumar keeps a 24-year-old promise

'No, we paid!': Macron corrects Trump over Europe’s funding to Ukraine

'We'll continue our protest until Dr BR Ambedkar’s portrait is put in its place': Atishi

Delhi Assembly Session LIVE: LG Vinai Saxena addresses to house of Delhi Legislative Assembly

'They left no stone unturned to defame Prayagraj'- Yogi's attack at SP, Congress over Maha Kumbh

Ex-MP Sajjan Kumar gets life imprisonment: How govt, cops & Congress enabled 1984 anti-Sikh massacre

How India can play a role to end Russia's war on Ukraine, Donbass MP's message for PM Modi

Humans and robots can coexist in a very near future - Meet world's first robot citizen, Sophia

I Let Twitch Chat Control Devin.ai And They Built A Game

Reclaim The Workers Rights Protest in Delhi, Unions Under AICCTU Come Together For 11th Conference

Ground Report: Caste Census से निकली पैसा दिलाने वाली योजना ज्यादातर को पता ही नहीं

Central Hall | In the Trump Era, How US Policy Shifts Will Impact India’s Economy

Ganga: In the Light of Shadow and Faith

Selection Panel for EC a Joke on the Nation, Supreme Court’s Handling of Case Very Irresponsible

India Leads in Internet Shutdowns—What Are the Consequences?

If the Government Wants to Kill Me They Can, but We Won’t Stop Before Getting MSP- Dallewal

The complex science of fertility - with Donna Drucker

Why is your digestive system on the outside? #topology

Has America handed China a trump card?

Emmanuel dexterity: Trump and Macron chat

Cat Demands Speciality Cocktails Every Night | The Dodo

Cat Demands Speciality Cocktails Every Night | The Dodo

Abandoned Dog Gets a Second Chance And Transforms Into the Fluffiest Princess | The Dodo

Abandoned Dog Gets a Second Chance And Transforms Into the Fluffiest Princess | The Dodo

This One Trick Saved Me Against Cat Allergies! | The Pack

Kids Tent Is The Ultimate Cat Hangout | The Pack

Goose Who Was Told He’d Never Walk Defies the Odds—Now He Runs to His Friends | The Dodo

Is Trump Wooing Putin!? Has US-Russia Bromance Flipped Global Politics On Its Head? | Akash Banerjee

Jon whips out his trusty calculator to identify where America’s waste, fraud, and abuse really is

Jon Stewart Will Do Anything For The Bit - After The Cut | The Daily Show

Is the guy wielding a chainsaw the best person to be in charge of federal budget cuts? #dailyshow

Jon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts | The Daily Show

Rupa Bhattacharyya - World Trade Center Health Program & DOGE's Effect on Gov't | The Daily Show

How are microchips made? - George Zaidan and Sajan Saini

The Duolingo owl LIVES — here’s the founder on why you might be so OBSESSED #TEDTalks #Languages

Neil & Malcolm Gladwell Explore What Shapes Our Society

Highly Educated People Offset Crime in ALL Areas?

Who still wants a banana hook? | #shorts #amazonfinds

Does Red Wine Really Go with Steak?

Earth’s Magnetic Field has a Hole, and it’s changing

I Can't Believe You Don't Know This About Me

Quick Lesson - Altered Chords #guitarist #guitar #musictheory #jazzguitar #shorts

Can We Still Rely on Cash As A Currency?

Why Wasn't There A Second Age of Reptiles?

Antoni and Florence's culinary journey through England #NoTasteLikeHomewithAntoniPorowski

Take a minute to de-stress with these relaxing bug sounds #ARealBugsLife

You Won’t Believe How This Foot Artist Paints Lord Shiva! 🎨🔥| MFPA | Pralay Dey

You’ll Be Amazed at How This Stunning Cat Portrait Was Created! 🎨🔥

Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?

Aaj ki Nasal ko "Fashion" ka matlab nahi pata 🙄 | Moin Akhtar | Anwar Maqsood | Loose Talk

Kya kaha aap ne 😤😭 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar #anwarmaqsood

Darr gaye Anwar Maqsood darr gaye 😂😭 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar #anwarmaqsood

DOGE Cuts

Closing Science Gaps with AI

SAT Prep Strategies

Fall In Love With Writing

Closing Math Gaps with AI

Hymn To The Fallen (From "Saving Private Ryan" Soundtrack)

CAG Report Pours Acid on Kejriwal's Denials | InFocus Episode 12 | Jist

How Is Trump 2.0 Different from His First Term?

What Did Donald Trump Say About America in 1990?

FSEX | Teaser 1 | Episode2 feat Sumit Kaul & Abhigyan Jha

All Dads talks too much

Jack Whitehall’s Funniest F1 Moments! 🏎️😂 | Best Bits from the F1 75 Launch

Stunning Kathak Dance By Shary Gairola ❣️✨#icmdance #kathak #classical #dance #icmtabla #shorts

Tabla Solo By Shubh Maharaj Adbhut 🔥✨#icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya Ji's Santoor Vadan & On Tabla Jyotirmoy Roy Choudhury❣️✨#santoor #icmtabla

8 Pillars for Building Your Immune System | Dr. Roger Seheult & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Influenza: Causes, Risks & Prevention | Dr. Roger Seheult & Dr. Andrew Huberman

What is the REAL cost of buying a house? #shorts

Optimizing a Prompt for Production • Mike Taylor • GOTO 2024

Are You Scared Of Flying OR Driving? 🚗 ✈️

Why Pogačar Is So Good, Racing Makes Him Slower | GCN Show Ep. 633

Zoe Bäckstedt Sets The Time To Beat! #zwiftacademy #zwift #gcn #globalcyclingnetwork

Vision Transformer from Scratch Tutorial

Predator-Prey Interactions, Episode 1: Understanding the Lotka-Volterra Equations

The Eighth Continent | DW Documentary

Georgia, Russia and the EU - From European dream to nightmare? | DW Documentary

Justin & Emiliano’s Most Thrilling Discoveries! Unexplained and Unexplored | Discovery Channel

Plan That Could Leave Dustin Hurt Broke! | Gold Rush: White Water | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

The First Tooth Extraction with Laughing Gas! | Dark Matters: Twisted But True | Discovery Channel

What Does Religious Freedom Mean?: Crash Course Religions #23

Judit Polgar's DOUBLE* Bishop Sacrifice in the Petrov's

"I feel very grateful that I am getting this opportunity" - GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen

The Weissenhaus Vlog! ft. Harshit Raja and Tania Sachdev

Fastest Way to Heal Morton’s Neuroma at Home

How Data Spying is Undermining Democracy

A man was caught trying to smuggle drugs under a wig while boarding a flight. #Colombia #BBCNews

When and how to see seven planets align in night sky in rare ‘planetary parade’ | BBC News

UK police given new powers to tackle ‘industrial-scale’ crime of phone theft | BBC News

Police have arrested two people who may have been among the last to see him alive. #Kenya #BBCNews

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer cuts foreign aid budget to boost defence spending | BBC News

Baby abandoned on London footpath making 'astonishing' progress. #London #BBCNews

Top music artists release silent album in protest against AI copyright changes | BBC News

All seven planets will be visible simultaneously for the last time until 2040. #BBCNews

Hamas says no Gaza ceasefire talks unless Israel releases prisoners | BBC News

BBC sorry for 'missed opportunities' over DJ Tim Westwood's 'bullying behaviour' | BBC News

Is the UK Prime Minister spending more on defence because of President Trump? | BBC Newscast

Trump and Zelensky to sign “what could be trillion dollar” minerals deal at White House | BBC News

US breaks with European allies and sides with Russia in UN resolutions on Ukraine | BBC News

A man was caught trying to smuggle drugs under a wig while boarding a flight. #Colombia #BBCNews

Federal workers left confused as deadline expires to reply to Elon Musk email | BBC News

When your BABY DADDY plays sports

When your BABY DADDY can’t teach his son

"Morphy Rises Yet Again!" || Garry Kasparov vs Rey Enigma

How Aristarchus deduced the distance to the moon

இந்த சந்தேகம் ரொம்ப நாளா இருக்கு 😂😂 #vikkals #shorts

#AliciaVikander left her Oscar behind ✨🏆 #grahamnorton #thegrahamnortonshow

FBI Agent Who Married Into The Cartel-Angelica Robles

Soft White Underbelly Subscription Channel

Enjoy this பூண்டு ரசம் if you have cold #food #cooking #rasam #recipe #indianfood #simecooking

Instagram-அ ஒழிச்சு விட்டா தான் சரிவரும் போல இருக்கு😂💥 | Parithabangal #shorts

न दाल, न सब्जी - गरमा-गरम चाय के साथ साबुत मूंग की ये रेसिपी सभी मांग​-मांग कर खाएंगेWholeMungNashta

Will the real Bharat ke dushman please stand up?

Limitation period for obtaining call details records

File both Civil and Criminal cases

Pressure in relationships | Krishnamurti

The #lies We Tell Ourselves | #poetry by Helly Shah | Spoken Fest Mumbai 2024 #spokenwordpoetry

Watch the full episode now!!🔥

Manchurian 65 - A Chennai X Chinese crossover 🤤✨🤌

मज़ेदार तरी वाले चने की रेसिपी | Tari Wala Chana | काला Chana Masala | Chef Ranveer Brar

This Mud House in Tamil Nadu has a Parametric Roof! (House Tour)

A total solar eclipse with solar flares ☀️ #Eclipse #Shorts #Sun