Digest — 2025-04-07:

The lonely life of a glyph-breaker

The search for America: human fulfilment

I don't know how vulnerable to be online

april showers

being your own best friend

Hi. I'm Terrified, Creatively Constipated, and Existentially Angsty as Fuck. And I'm Judging Every Word of This Post. And It's Not What I Want It to Be.

Power to the people: How LLMs flip the script on technology diffusion

The Eternal March: Guardians of Hawaii's Sacred Lands

Will the Sun make a planetary nebula when it dies?

Depression and anxiety triggers are ‘best practices’ in bad journalism

The Gustav Söderström interview: Spotify and the psychology of taste

Parser Combinators Beat Regexes

Why Employees Stay Silent When They See Warning Signs of a Problem

How to Recognize “Hidden Feedback”

How Do I Get Recognized as a Leader?

Ask the Amys: Favoritism, Unsupportive Managers, and More

Building Effective Partnerships to Power Life Sciences Innovation - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM ASTELLAS

Travel maven Rick Steves made a great hour-long documentary about the history...

I’m a Free-Thinking Centrist with Only Right-Wing Ideas. “I voted for Trump,...

Silence is Collaboration: Academics Must Speak Out Against Fascism. “We will call...

America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State. “For most people,...

An editorial in Nature: “A brain drain would impoverish the United States...

Tesla’s Cybertruck Is The Auto Industry’s Biggest Flop In Decades

“If we want to bring the world back from the brink, we...

Rebecca Solnit on the importance of Preaching to The Choir in activism....

Three key points on how economic crises can lead to the breakdown...

America’s Future Is Hungary

Thomas Zimmer: “If you are feeling overwhelmed by the stupidity, the chaos,...

How to add links with a keyboard shortcut in Sublime Text

Most Questionable Details in 'AI 2027'

How Gay is the Vatican?

AI 2027: Dwarkesh’s Podcast with Daniel Kokotajlo and Scott Alexander

Go Zero Values

Vector Sets are part of Redis

MonkeysPaw - a prompt-driven web framework in Ruby

What are you doing this week?

A small Haskell task

GoboLinux 017.01: the most experimental Linux's first new release in about 5Y

Long context support in LLM 0.24 using fragments and template plugins

Notes on Literate Programming

Writing good comments: the why, not the how (2020)

Remembering John Conway's FRACTRAN, a ridiculous, yet surprisingly deep language

Emacs Startup Time Doesn’t Matter

My Journey to FreeBSD: Building a 'Just Focus' Laptop

Beware when moving a std::optional (2023)

hg-git: git backend for mercurial

Writing C for curl

Lux - a new package manager for Lua

Thinking like a compiler: places and values in Rust

20 years of Git. Still weird, still wonderful

The Best Programmers I Know

More Contrast, Please

Telling the Bees

The Murder, the Museum and the Monument

Searching for Alien Life Along the Cosmic Shoreline

The Art of the Atomic

Farewell from your ROTTING DONKEY

Bonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humans

Messier Marathon

The Difference Between Municipal Fire Trucks and Airport Fire Trucks

Show HN: I turned GitHub contributions into a retro battle game

Uncovering a 0-Click RCE in the SuperNote Nomad E-Ink Tablet

Show HN: Soundscapes and Lofi Player

Why Catullus continues to seduce us

Circling the Good

A startup doesn't need to be a unicorn

The Troll Hole Adventure

Show HN: Minimal MCP server in Go showcasing project architecture

Ancient Dagger Up to 2.5k Years Old W Stars/Moons/Geometric Patterns Unearthed

Decoding the 90s: Cryptography in Early Software Development (2023)

Fifty Years of Open Source Software Supply Chain Security

A Supermarket Bag and a Truckload of FOMO

Scaffold Level Editor

Beyond Quacking: Deep Integration of Language Models and RAG into DuckDB

What Was Quartz?

Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code

Middle-aged man trading cards go viral in rural Japan town

After 'coding error' triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work

Let's Ban Billboards

Hollywood’s fixation on the wrong stories won’t help our world

Intelligence Evolved at Least Twice in Vertebrate Animals

How an Ancient Yemeni Tradition Is Reviving Bee Populations

An eroding sense of wonder

Asian Migrant Women Are Trapped in Lebanon’s Abusive ‘Kafala’ System

Prominent American Academic Accused of Defaming Thai Monarchy

Indonesia’s Quiet Militarization Under President Prabowo Subianto

Cambodia, China Open New Facilities at Ream Naval Base

Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Change the Trajectory of Vietnam’s Foreign Policy

Targeted Aid and Strategic Competition in Southeast Asia

Nepali PM Oli Meets India’s Modi, But Has Little to Show For It

With Successful Summit, the EU and Central Asia Take Tentative Steps Closer

At BIMSTEC’s Bangkok Summit, Leaders Pledge Economic Integration Amid Global Flux

How Chinese Investments Are Reshaping Africa’s Steel Industry

Testing a Rival’s Response: China’s Gray Zone Tactics in Australia

Japanese Fighter Jets Scrambled 30 Times Against Chinese Military Drones in FY2024, the Highest on Record

Beijing Can Do More to Support China’s Youth

Yoon Suk-yeol’s Dark Legacy for South Korea

Kazakhstan Makes Trump ‘Reciprocal’ Tariff List

Hong Kong Sanctions a Bright Spot in Trump’s Foreign Policy

BIMSTEC: Missing in Action in Myanmar

The Modern Triumvirate: Trump, Xi, and Musk

Tracking Conflict in the Asia-Pacific: April 2025 Update

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (April 7, 2025)

India's exports to US could decline by $5.76B this year due to high tariffs: GTRI

Govt stepping up efforts to help exporters; working group to monitor possible import surge

boAt parent Imagine Marketing files draft IPO papers through confidential pre-filing route

Edtech SigIQ.ai bags $9.5M in seed funding co-led by The House Fund, GSV Ventures

Samunnati raises Rs 2,300 Cr in FY25; expands lender base

2025’s top 10 books: The literary hits of the year (so far)

Under wraps: Zepto silently replaces Pass with Rs 1 'Daily' programme

Asha Ventures bags $10M from BII to boost impact-focused investments

After food delivery, Rapido plans new subsidiary for fintech

Juspay bags $60M in a round by Kedaara Capital, valuation more than doubles

Zettai’s proposed restructuring scheme receives majority creditors’ approval

Social gaming co Eloelo to raise Rs 114 Cr from Play Ventures, Kalaari Capital, others

Ola Electric’s February sales included models that were not rolled out at the time: Report

Lessons from Maya Angelou that still challenge the world

Anand Mahindra’s top 5 career tips that actually work

5 daily habits that will make you instantly stand out

Implementing reforms for gig workers; Foreign policy through a feminist lens

Gig workers to get a social security shield, but will moonlighting be a problem?

감자튀김보다 맛있다!! 바삭 바사삭 맛있는 팽이버섯칩! 노밀가루

Why Ben-Hur Still Looks Like a Trillion Bucks

Financial Freedom on a ₹10 Lakh Salary?

Current situation for Bumrah 😂😂 #vikkals #mumbaiindians

ஒரே ஒரு Tea, total close 😂😂 #vikkals #comedy

SpaceX Fram2 crew flew over launchpad in orbit during mission

Mars dust devils 'eat' one another as Perseverance rover watches

Blastoff! SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on booster's first flight, nails landing

SpaceX Starship Flight 8 booster catch! #launch #spaceflight @LoganSpaleta #music

Maruti Fronx 1.2 AMT Mileage Test w/ Tank-to-tank Method & Drive Impression

The handsfree boot open feature on the new Merc E-Class is a delight to use, flawlessly every time.

Reality is Not Reality

Code-breakers won World War II. Careless online chat could cost the next Great War

Earthquake that killed thousands in Myanmar, Thailand was a rare rupture, scientists find

Ruckus breaks out in J&K Assembly over Waqf Amendment Bill

Rahul Gandhi joins Kanhaiya Kumar's ‘padyatra’ in Begusarai

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Budget session 2025 |Ruckus over Waqf Amendment Law

Woman groped in Bengaluru, Karnataka Home Minister says 'incidents like these happen in big cities'

Legal pedigree not just entrenched in SC. 1 in 3 HC judges related to judges, ex-judges or lawyers

'Removal of Section 40 isn’t an attack on Waqf Boards, it’s a much-needed course correction'

LIVE | Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri addressing press conference

#VolkswagenExperiences 'Beyond Iconic' drive began at Surat with the new Tiguan R-Line SUV

Jignesh Mevani's mantra for Congress revival in Gujarat- 'Articulate vision, offer new blueprint'

Home Minister Amit Shah emphasises govt’s resolute support and technological upgrades to BSF

US tariffs & trade war—why Trump wants to teach China a lesson & how it impacts the world

45 years of BJP

BIMSTEC, Trump tariff & India's neighbourhood policy

Code Vs Communication

Smart Cities By Buddhu Banaya Productions

Central Hall | Can Language Divide India?

Jammu Kashmir विधानसभा में WAQF Bill पर हंगामा, क्या बोले Sajjad Lone और Omar Abdullah ?

Rahul Gandhi in Patna LIVE : बेगूसराय में राहुल की पदयात्रा में Kanhaiya Kumar | Rahul Gandhi Speech

Conversion Case Over Roza, Prof Censured Over Exam Question on RSS: What's Happening in UP?

Rahul Gandhi Bihar Visit : पटना में जातीय जनगणना पर राहुल गांधी का ज़ोरदार भाषण, RSS को जमकर घेरा !

Trump के Tariff पर मोदी का खोखला जवाब, China ने दिया करारा जवाब, Share Market में हाहाकार

From Petals to Swords: Bengal's Political Ram Navami | State Remains Peaceful Despite BJP's Rallies

Beyoncé said no to Chris Martin 🐝

Doomed traders: Trump’s tariff fallout

Dog Trapped in Crate Her Whole Life Finally Learns What Love Feels Like | The Dodo

Husky Leads Rescuer To His Mate And All Their Babies | The Dodo

Bee With No Wings Shares Peaceful Moments With Her Rescuer | The Dodo

Bryce Dallas Howard Talks With Her Date About Her Childhood | The Dodo

Bryce Dallas Howard Talks With Her Date About Her Childhood | The Dodo

The Real Reason Bryce Dallas Howard Went On This Date... | The Dodo

Bryce Dallas Howard’s Favorite Nickname Is WHAT?! | The Dodo

Husky Leads Rescuer To His Mate And All Their Babies | The Dodo

They Said This Tiny Puppy Would Never Walk - Now Watch Him Run | The Dodo

They Said This Tiny Puppy Would Never Walk - Now Watch Him Run | The Dodo

ICE's checklist doesn't seem to be the most concrete way of finding suspected criminals

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is just shrugging his way through this whole trade war #dailyshow

Not sure tariffs are the reason we can't sell rice to Asia... #dailyshow #tariffs

An NBA Champion’s Advice on Being a Top Teammate | Shane Battier | TED

Turns out giving a TED Talk is an emotional ROLLERCOASTER #TEDTalks #MyBigIdea

How do I live without JoAnna Garcia Swisher? | #shorts

#Indhira - #arrahman - #PhysicalMedia #Collection (#Cassette #Tapes - #ACD - #DVD - #VHS) 💿📼

#TajMahal - #arrahman - #PhysicalMedia #Collection (#Cassette #Tapes - #ACD - #DVD - #VHS) 💿📼

Our Brains Shouldn’t Be So Big

Jordan Rudess Destroys AI Clone in EPIC Battle

Jordan Rudess on his keyboard journey #piano #dreamtheater #progmetal #shorts

Food safety Paavangal | Parithabangal

எப்புடி எழுந்திருச்சு ஓடுமா🤨 | Parithabangal #shorts

MINI GUN EASY TUTORIAL FROM ORIGAMI WORLD CHANNEL | DIY MACHINE GUN STEP BY STEP MINI GUN PAPER ART

DIY MINI GUN PAPERCRAFT FROM ORIGAMI WORLD CHANNEL | HOW TO MAKE MINI GUN FROM PAPER STEP BY STEP

What's behind the right-wing’s outrage over Empuraan? | Let Me Explain

अवैध हिरासत, यातना और भीड़ वाली मानसिकता का हिस्सा बनती Indian Police | NL Saransh

April 7, 2025: All is not well with Delhi’s pollution checking centres

@DavidBlaine has pushed limits for years—all of it led to Do Not Attempt. #DavidBlaineDoNotAttempt

What Happened April 19, 1995? #OklahomaCityBombingOneDayInAmerica

How fresh is the fish at your grocery store?

Goliath Tracked Mine: The Robot You've Never Seen

Filmi Teacher 😂🔥 | Moin Akhtar | Bushra Ansari | Loose Talk

Watan ke naam geet 😂😭 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar #bushraansari

Ajeeb mehmaan ho 🙄 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

When did video game adaptations get good?

Can false promises of marriage be called r*pe?

S12 E07: Trump’s Tariffs & Trans Athletes: 4/6/25: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Trans Athletes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Conscious meditation is no mediation | Krishnamurti

We can no longer accept the old norms | Krishnamurti

Buoyant force | AP Physics | Khan Academy

Understanding Waqf: Insights by Virag Gupta

Will the government take over Waqf properties?

Shikhar Dhawan joins India’s poker elite to at NPS 2025! @Pokerbaazigames

Subscribe to the channel! 😹 #cats #catvideos #cartman

😂 Big thanks to Rian Feldman for capturing this moment of pure feline rebellion! #FunnyCats #Cats

The Legend Pt Ravi Shankar Ji 🙏✨ #sitar #classical #music #icmtabla #shorts

Stunning Bharatnatyam Dance By Rukmini Vijayakumar❣️✨#icmdance #bharatnatyam #dance #icmtabla

Tarana By Shalini & Shreya Dubey Fantastic ❣️✨#icmvocal #classical #tarana #music #icmtabla #shorts

What is the opposite of Kendrick Lamar ? Kendrick La Maru Naka.

Moments which define when you have truly grown in life - Life mein Groww Karo

Groww TV Live | Time to Buy The Dip or Stay Away?

What is the reason for stock market crash?

Here is why you should not buy car insurance from the dealer!

@Holly_Cummins about #Releasing & Spinning up Systems

Conor Meets The Top Shelf! #handlebars #globalcyclingnetwork #gcn

The RIGHT Way To Clean Your Bike Bottle ✅

This robot is going into hundreds of homes this year. Here's why.

The true cost of big fat Indian weddings | DW Documentary

Cassalei Runs Off After Jay Shows Interest In Brit | Naked and Afraid Of Love | Discovery Channel

Terrifying Truths from Space | NASA's Unexplained Files | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

Parker’s Biggest Gamble! | Gold Rush: Parker's Trail | Discovery Channel

Mystery Metal Found In 500-Year-Old Box | Mystery At Blind Frog Ranch | Discovery Channel

I’m Tired of Playing the YouTube Game

Buh-Bye, Bed Bugs | #DeepLook #Shorts

ரஜினிகாந்த் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அருமையான படம் Tamil Movie | Vadivelu | Goundamani #ddmovies

ரஜினிகாந்த் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அருமையான படம் Tamil Movie | Vadivelu | Goundamani #ddmovies

ரஜினிகாந்த் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அருமையான படம் Tamil Movie | Vadivelu | Goundamani #ddmovies

சினிமா பாவங்கள் Tamil Full Movie | கோடம்பாக்கம் Tamil Movie | DD Movies

Goat Brain Fry!🧠 Count the number of “Moola” in the video!

When Will The Sun Die?

Radha And Rajinikanth Comedy Scene From - Rajadhi Raja Movie | Rajini, Radha #ytshorts

உள்ள படுத்து உருளு | Rajadhi Raja Movie Comedy Scene | Rajinikanth, Nadhiya, Radha #comedyscene

Game 4: Tan Zhongyi vs Ju Wenjun | FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2025

Nostalgia, Chess, and Rapid fire with Magnus Carlsen | Paris Freestyle 2025

Most Adorable Chess Couple 🥹🫂

"I still don't like them" - GM Richard Rapport on doing interviews

The Amazing Venue Of The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Paris

Vidit Gujrathi Takes Down World Champion D Gukesh | Final Moments | Freestyle Chess Paris

Vidit Gujrathi Faces Magnus Carlsen | First Game After Marriage | Freestyle Chess | Paris

The Fabulous Entry Of The Top Chess Players At The FreeStyle Paris | Day One

Magnus Carlsen arrives LATE on the First Day of FreeStyle Paris

Anna Cramling Draws Round Four Position | Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Paris | Behind The Scene

Paris Freestyle Grand Slam Tour 2025 Day 1 ft. Gukesh, Carlsen, Arjun, Hikaru, Pragg, Vidit

How Do Magnus, Fabi, Gukesh And Other Top Chess Players Analyse Freestyle Chess Positions

World Champion meets the GOAT 💀 #gukesh #chess #magnuscarlsen

Will World Champion Gukesh Qualify For FreeStyle Grandslam?

Love Shines in Paris | Freestyle Chess | Media Day Highlights

Ju Wenjun WINS the 3rd GAME of the 2025 WOMEN’s WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

World Chess Champion’s ROOK MOVE is LEGAL??

Magnus CHANGES His MIND to STUDY with OTHER TOP GRANDMASTERS

Vidit CALLS the ARBITER to CHECK If It’s 50 MOVE DRAW Against Magnus Carlsen

LAST MOMENTS of the Game Between World No. 1 and World Champion in 2025 FREESTYLE CHESS PARIS

Do YOU Know Why Magnus Apologizes Here?

ONLY MAGNUS COULD WIN ROOK + KNIGHT vs. ROOK!!!!

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Paris: Magnus, Hikaru, Fabi, Gukesh In Stacked Round Robin | Beginner

Magnus vs. The World - Accept GAMBIT or NOT?!

Accept or Not? Magnus vs. the World!

Freestyle CEO On Hans Niemann's Withdrawal And Fair Play Security

Dhaniya ka magic 😍 ☘️ #bhopalichicken #chickenrezala #ranveerbrar #foodfacts

Into The Wild | Official Promo #buildofy #architecture #tamilnadu #reels #shorts #home #tour

20 Ways to Ease Shoulder Pain & Build Strength

Why Do River Dolphins Look… Like That?

Depression and anxiety triggers are ‘best practices’ in bad journalism | Amanda Ripley

We need rare earth minerals to move to clean energy. Is that a problem?

Asian shares slump as shockwaves from Trump tariffs rock global markets | BBC News

Trump defends tariffs after stock market turmoil | BBC News

A parachutist had to be rescued after getting stuck on a rugby stadium roof. #France #Rugby #BBCNews

Trump threatens China with additional 50% tariffs | BBC News

What is the stock market and how does it work? | BBC News

UK to relax electric car sales targets after Trump’s tariffs | BBC News

The lioness looked in the kitchen for food before leaving empty-handed. #India #Lion #BBCNews

King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in Italy for state visit | BBC News

How far will US President Donald Trump go with China tariffs, as stock market falls? | BBC Newscast

Keep your eye out 👀 #Dinosaurs #BBCEarth #BBC

DESSERT CHALLENGE with boyfriend

Boyfriend is READY TO BE A DAD

Overcoming our FEARS TOGETHER!

GAME 4 || Tan Zhongyi vs Ju Wenjun || Women's World Championship (2025)

Someone Just Got Crushed || Arjun vs Magnus || Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Paris (2025)

We Are Not The Same! || Magnus vs Gukesh || Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Paris (2025)

Time To Concentrate! || Hikaru vs Magnus || Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Paris (2025)

Measuring the speed of light using Jupiter's moons

The Echoes of Thodi, Tyagaraja Kritis in Raga Thodi by various legends | Rama Navami 2025 special

No, Matt, this is no crisis

Easter 2025

The Worst Jobs in the World

Europe’s Alt-Right: Authoritarianism Goes Mainstream