Digest — 2025-04-15:

Beanbag genetics

hypocrisy

I Built an AI Girlfriend And It Ruined My Life

🏳️‍🌈 I Will Not Hide Who I Am

gratitude for education

50 States of Folklore - Georgia: Lake Lanier's Hidden Graves

Science’s best answer to “where did the Universe come from?”

Is it too late for us to slow climate warming?

The Barry Ritholtz Interview: “Smart is good. Smart and lucky is better”

The 1903 letter that’s helped countless people embrace the unknown

3 Kinds of Loneliness and 4 Kinds of Forever

Research: How “Leisure Crafting” Can Help You Recharge

The Conversations You Should Be Having with Your Manager

Want to Use AI as a Career Coach? Use These Prompts.

The Nuqul Group Works to Preserve Its Founder’s Legacy

Ars Technica is doing a three-part series on the history of the...

Harvard Tells Trump to Go Pound Sand

I Didn’t Think Things Would Get This Chaotic When We Elected President...

This is how everyone in Vermont drives in the winter....

Do Not Comply: A Lesson from the Last Three Months of Anti-Trans...

“The Rise of End Times Fascism”

“Drew Struzan is a legendary movie poster illustrator, the man behind all...

David Graeber (co-author of The Dawn of Everything): Are You An Anarchist?...

Swamped Skies

New cookbook from Samin Nosrat called Good Things that includes “the things...

Detecting media query changes with JavaScript

The Bell Curve of Bad Behavior

A Dissent on Honesty

Map of AI Safety v2

Surprising LLM reasoning failures make me think we still need qualitative breakthroughs for AGI

To be legible, evidence of misalignment probably has to be behavioral

Sentinel's Global Risks Weekly Roundup #15/2025: Tariff yoyo, OpenAI slashing safety testing, Iran nuclear programme negotiations, 1K H5N1 confirmed herd infections.

The 4-Minute Mile Effect

AHOY! European Social Web Day 2025

Flambda2 Ep. 4: How to write a purely functional compiler

A flowing WebGL gradient, deconstructed

A Relational Model of Data (1969)

Company's Surveillance Tech Makes Immigrants 'Easy Pickings'

What Makes a Great Developer Experience?

Ursa - ClickHouse Research Fork

clolog

The Problem with “Vibe Coding”

An Introduction to Modern CMake

The answer is 42! Fedora Linux 42, that is

Cutting Down Rust Compile Times With One Thousand Crates

AerynOS

When Life Gives You Java

Arch Linux now has an official WSL image

You cannot have our user's data

What the Hell Is a Target Triple?

Two Years of Rust

MITRE will stop issuing new CVEs

Async from scratch 2: Wake me maybe

Bug Bash 2025 Conference Experience

Well Without Water

A.O. Scott’s Poetry Lessons

Growing Up Marvel

Underusing Snapshot Testing

When Earth Was a Pale Green Dot

How a yacht works: sailboat physics and design

Cyberpunk 1958: The Early Days of the Polish IT Industry

Understanding the Origins and the Evolution of Vi and Vim

'Enough Is Enuf' Review: A Dream of Simpler Spelling

MCP Run Python

Decreased CO2 during breathwork: emergence of altered states of consciousness

eInk Mode: Making web pages easier to read

Cohere Launches Embed 4

METS, the Middle English Texts Series

Benn Jordan's AI poison pill and the weird world of adversarial noise

Whistleblower details how DOGE may have taken sensitive NLRB data

Liquid: Language models are scalable and unified multi-modal generators

Chroma: Ubisoft's internal tool used to simulate color-blindness

Hacking the Postgres wire protocol

How the U.S. became a science superpower

The case of the UI thread that hung in a kernel call

JSX over the Wire

OpenAI is building a social network?

Launch HN: mrge.io (YC X25) – Cursor for code review

4chan Sharty Hack And Janitor Email Leak

Show HN: Torque – A lightweight meta-assembler for any processor

Generate videos in Gemini and Whisk with Veo 2

How dairy robots are changing work for cows and farmers

Show HN: Unsure Calculator – back-of-a-napkin probabilistic calculator

Why it matters that trauma affects women and men differently

Ancient Himalayan Water Temples Are Meeting Modern Needs

Where is your N + 1?

Hindutva’s Food Allergy: Vegetarian Notion of Their ‘Hindu Nation’

‘No Winners’ From Trade War, Xi Jinping Says During Vietnam Visit

Why ASEAN Countries Often Run Trade Surpluses

Malaysian PM Anwar to Meet Myanmar Junta Chief in Thailand

Will the PPP Survive After the Snap Presidential Election?

India’s Coal Phasedown Needs a Balanced Socio-economic Framework

What Mongolia Can Learn From South Korea’s Waste Management System

The Indo-Pacific Region in the Agenda of Germany’s Coalition Government

Why Uzbekistan Continues to Push for Engaging With Afghanistan

Amid US Tariff War, China Convenes Rare Central Conference on Neighborhood Diplomacy

CleverTap acquires Y Combinator-backed rehook.ai

Capital-A, SanchiConnect launch accelerator for manufacturing startups

OpenAI rolls out GPT-4.1 model with improved coding capabilities

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (April 15, 2025)

How ChatGPT’s Ghibli & Doll Image Trends Are Harming the Planet

Airtel teams up with Blinkit to deliver SIM cards within 10 minutes

Swiggy launches professional services app Pyng

PB Fintech set to expand into payments with RBI’s in-principle approval

SPARK Radiology unveils workflow platform for radiologists in India

From assistant to agent of change: how AI is reshaping the future of software development

Master time management: The power of a not-to-do list

Google Is Paying AI Engineers to Do Nothing—Here’s the Shocking Reason

SEBI issues interim order against Gensol on suspicion of diversion of funds

upGrad partners with Seed Group to drive AI-powered learning and upskilling in MENA

How RBI's decision is helping finance companies bounce back

Sri Lanka’s startup sparkle: The pearl’s glow returns

Cashfree Payments appoints former Bandhan AMC exec Piyush Anchliya as CFO

Sri Lanka’s startup innovators; Info Edge’s rising deeptech bets

Venmo Cofounder

Vibe Interview with King of AI Coding (Replit CEO - $1.2bn)

SPARKLING PAPAYA JUICE ✨ 🍹 #recipe #cocktail #veganrecipes #drinkrecipes #juicer #food #mojito

What If Dhoni is a rugged guy! 😂😂 #vikkals #shorts

Blue Origin post-flight: Lauren Sánchez, Amanda Nguyễn and Kerianne Flynn reactions

Oprah Winfrey on-hand to support Gayle King's Blue Origin launch to space

Perseverance rover studies rock that could help answer past Mars life question

How much does a narco pilot make?

What Happens When 16,400 Inmates Are Released Early? (VICE Documentary)

Meet Larry the Bird Man. He has quite the story to tell.

Do you think it's still worth buying #Toyota cars in #Delhi NCR w/ 10y/15y ban? #V3Cars #DieselBan

Google is So Bad

What if Rust was Worse than C

Rust Devs are Horny

China-US trade war has parallels with Japan in WW2. Will it escalate to military conflict?

Admissions for Batch 4 of ThePrint School of Journalism are OPEN. Apply NOW!

LIVE: Release of the India Justice Report 2025

El Salvador not to return mistakenly deported Maryland man

Robert Vadra summoned in connection with Gurugram land case, alleges political vendetta

LIVE: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta addresses press conference

What led to three deaths in Murshidabad during Waqf protests?

Launch of the India Justice Report 2025

US tariff wake-up call for Indian exporters to look beyond one market: Ex-CBIC chairman Najib Shah

'How could they apply cow dung to a classroom without students' permission?'

'Desi efforts'-Lakshmibai College principal Pratyush Vatsala on cow dung on class room controversy

Why Mumbai water tanker association went on strike

LIVE: Release of the India Justice Report 2025

Trump-Bukele meet: US considers El Salvador’s mega prisons route to solve its prisoners problem

An Overwhelmingly And Demoralizing Force - AI Forced On Employees

Central Hall | Can the World Grapple With Trump's Economic Shocks?

क्रिकेट के लाखों करोड़ के सट्टा बाजार का धंधा | IPL Online Betting

Murshidabad Violence and the State of Communal Politics in Bengal | Wire Live

Gujarat Tribal Leader Quits BJP, Says Country Not Being Run According to the Constitution

Murshidabad Violence : मुर्शिदाबाद हिंसा की साज़िश के पीछे कौन, हिंसा से किसका फ़ायदा? #waqfbill

Thousands of Children Have Been Subjected to Rape and Sexual Violence in Just Two Months in DR Congo

Caste Bias & Gender Gaps: The India Justice Report 2025 on Legal System Failures | The Wire Live

Underfunded and Unequal: Where India's Justice Delivery System Stands | India Justice Report

Neuromorphic computing - with Johan Mentink

Hilarious Celebrity Teen Photos | The Graham Norton Show

The buck stops here? The threats to dollar primacy

What's the meaning behind your name?

Has Trump damaged the dollar?

Golden Retriever Needs To Be Held Like A Baby When She's Scared | The Dodo

Golden Retriever Likes To Be Held Like A Baby When She's Scared | The Dodo

Making Friends With A Wild Crow - Fairytale Come True | The Dodo

Making Friends With A Wild Crow - Fairytale Come True | The Dodo

Dog 2 In 1 Travel Water Bottle | The Pack

The Dog Crate That Can Double As A Side Table | The Pack

Baby Elephant Is Freed From Chains And Gets A New Mom 💙 | The Dodo

Baby Elephant Is Freed From Chains And Gets A New Mom 💙 | The Dodo

Ramy Youssef - Comedy from Immigrant Family Experience in “#1 Happy Family USA” | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart on Trump’s refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador

Thank you for your service, Troy 🫡

“I did not think he would get this authoritarian this fast.” Jon Stewart

Trump's got it all when it comes to authoritarianism...minus the competence #dailyshow

The Ultimate Cinema Iceberg

What Earth in 2125 could look like - Iseult Gillespie

Why Are We Sending Critical Metals to the Dump? | Jeff More | TED

What I Saw in Antarctica

The Life of a Stripper-Heaven

The Worst Military Disasters of All Time

What’s Below Absolute Zero?

How Interjections Regulate Conversation | Saccharin For Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

"Impossible" Device Creates Free Electricity from Earth's Magnetic Field

Danny Carey on drum tuning #drums #drummer #dannycarey #tool #shorts

If quantum computers are real, why aren’t they changing the world yet?

When Kitty Litter Caused a Nuclear Catastrophe

“Cold and soulless”

தெரிஞ்சு தான வந்த அப்பறம் என்ன Peelingu | Parithabangal #shorts

भयंकर​ गर्मियों में सिर्फ 1 लीटर दूध से बनाएं एकदम गाढ़ी रबडीदार कुल्फी PERFECT KULFI |KULFI ICECREAM

Military Origami Helicopter with Spinning Blades! (It Works) | Apache Paper Model Tutorial

COOL ORIGAMI MILITARY HELICOPTER WITH SPINNING BLADES TUTORIAL | DIY PAPER HELICOPTER ORIGAMI CRAFT

DIY PAPER HELICOPTER APACHE TUTORIAL FROM ORIGAMI WORLD CHANNEL | HOW TO MAKE ORIGAMI HELICOPTER

The Tea Lady Experiment - Numberphile

Bhai Sushant, Plan A kya hai?

On distributing the governor’s powers to constitutional functionaries

Are tariffs Trump's demonetisation moment?

Reform or discrimination? TDP MP responds to criticisms of Waqf Act | Interview w/ Sreenivasan Jain

LIVE | Japanese Artist’s Unique Open Air Family Home, Tokyo | NEVER TOO SMALL

These baby zebras have big personalities 🦓 #IncredibleAnimalJourneys #ourHOME

Lofi Penguins Around the World (Chill Beats + Nature Sounds) | Secrets of the Penguins | Nat Geo

Fact Check: What Mars Rovers Really See

"Only English" Interview 😭🔥 | Must Watch | Moin Akhtar | Anwar Maqsood | Loose Talk

English & Saraiki mix 😂 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

That accent killed me 😭 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

Problem with Prenups

How do courts keep out frivolous law suits?

Learning is to act | Krishnamurti

रेस्टोरेंट स्टाइल पिंक सॉस पास्ता बनाने के टिप्स - Restaurant Style Creamy Pink Sauce Pasta Recipe

Bhuman Dani on work-life balance, best days at WickedGud & why CEOs aren’t always happy.

Always need a second opinion

Thanks to all of you who shared his story, Max is now safe in his foster home! #foster #cats

Ever wonder how I get cats to feel comfortable with me in a brand-new environment? #cats #catvideos

Kathak Dance By Pooja Pant❣️✨ #icmdance #icmtabla #classical #dance #shorts

Classical Gayan By Pt Rajan Sajan Mishra Ji 🙏✨ #icmvocal #icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

How The Largest Human Gathering In The World Works

What to Do When Your Insurance Claim is Denied? #shorts

3 Stocks That Are Holding Strong in a Falling Market!

Groww TV Live | Nifty Scales 23000, What's Next?

Privacy-First Research with OpenSAFELY • Eli Holderness & Hannes Lowette • GOTO 2025

How Aero Can You Go? 💨 #aero

How A Couple Of Idiots Could Ruin Cycling For Everyone | GCN Show Ep. 640

From Accountant to Data Engineer with Alyson La [Podcast #168]

Timelapse of Hera's Mars flyby

Let’s fuel a satellite! ⛽️

Could deforestation trigger the next pandemic? | DW Documentary

The silent heroes of Marseille's drug districts | DW Documentary

The True Story of the Byford Dolphin Incident

The Thar Desert is Greener than Ever - But at What Cost?

What caused the decline of Van Panchayats in Uttarakhand? | Van Saheli | DTE Docs

The Great Bend | #brahmaputrariver #indochinaclash #china #bangladesh #waterwar #climatechange

One Last Wild Night on the Island! | Naked and Afraid of Love | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

Mammoth Cave’s Mysterious Guardian! | Expedition X | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

New Zealand’s 360-Ton Gold Legacy! | Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

சந்தோசம் சோகம் ரெண்டும் இருக்கும் படம் | Murali Vadivelu Super Hit Comedy Full Movie

சந்தோசம் சோகம் ரெண்டும் இருக்கும் படம் | Murali Vadivelu Super Hit Comedy Full Movie

சந்தோசம் சோகம் ரெண்டும் இருக்கும் படம் | Murali Vadivelu Super Hit Comedy Full Movie

சந்தோசம் சோகம் ரெண்டும் இருக்கும் படம் | Murali Vadivelu Super Hit Comedy Full Movie

சந்தோசம் சோகம் ரெண்டும் இருக்கும் படம் | Murali Vadivelu Super Hit Comedy Full Movie

சந்தோசம் சோகம் ரெண்டும் இருக்கும் படம் | Murali Vadivelu Super Hit Comedy Full Movie

The FBI Sting That Caught Chinese Spies | Traitor/Patriot

How to Make Banana Chips at Home 🍌 | Easy & Crispy Snack Recipe

What If You Fell Into A Black Hole? (with Dr. Brian Cox)

இங்க பாரு என்ன கொண்டு வந்து இருக்கானு | Rajadhi Raja Movie Scenes | Rajinikanth, Radha#ytshorts

CAUTION: This Rapid chess video may put you to sleep #22

13-year-old Aditya Dileepraj started playing chess at LKG, wins 2nd Namma Bengaluru Category B

11-year-old boy checkmates a GM with a bishop and knight | GM Ziatdinov vs Aarav A

He declines a repetition to Blunder a Rook - GM Iniyan v IM Manish

Magnus Carlsen is the KING OF PARIS 🔥👑 #chess #magnuscarlsen

9-year-old Aarit Kapil is too fast and tenacious against Gyana Sai Santhosh

11-year-old shows incredible defence in a Bishop v Rook Endgame

When Nakamura had to win on demand against Magnus Carlsen | Paris Freestyle Chess 2025

"We have already raised US$20 million (Rs.170 crores) for Freestyle Chess" - Jan Buettner

IM Divya Deshmukh needed just 10 minutes to beat GM Vaishali | FIDE Women's GP 2025 Pune

Divya on destruction mode 🔥🔥 #chess #chessbaseindia #divyadeshmukh

GM Pranav Anand - "One of the most craziest games I have ever played"

SOUNDS ON While Grandmasters are STUDYING CHESS 🔥

Are Magnus and Vidit’s MOVES LEGAL or ILLEGAL?? 😳

Chess Grandmaster Plays Blindfold FREESTYLE CHESS

Every time Magnus is late...

THE MOMENT MAGNUS BECAME THE PARIS 2025 FREESTYLE CHESS CHAMPION

Kadhai Paneer 3 Mirch | कढ़ाई पनीर 3 मिर्च आसान रेसिपी | spicy Paneer Curry recipe | Chef Ranveer

This Parametric Mud House Honors Artisans! (House Tour)

Is it too late for us to slow climate warming? | Hannah Ritchie, PhD

How does food impact climate change?

Special Blood: How to Live with a Life-Threatening Chronic Illness

El derrumbe del Reich: lo nunca visto en color

He survived the worst prison in Syria, now he is ready to take Assad to court

Why is the ocean salty?

US Vice-President JD Vance says 'good chance' of trade deal with UK | BBC News

JD Vance drops football trophy at White House ceremony. #JDVance #BBCNews

US President Donald Trump blames Volodymyr Zelensky for starting Ukraine war | BBC News

Dogs spooked as earthquake shakes homes near San Diego. #SanDiego #BBCNews

More than 400 killed in attack on Sudan’s Darfur region, says UN | BBC News

Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire disarmament proposal, Palestinian official says | BBC News

French prisons hit by wave of overnight attacks | BBC News

US President Donald Trump's tariffs put Chinese businesses 'in limbo' | BBC News

Can you go to space in 11 seconds? #BlueOrigin #BBCNews

How much carbon did the Blue Origin rocket emit? #BBCNews

When will the Birmingham bin strike end and could it spread across the UK? | BBC Newscast

Russian hairdresser jailed over neighbour claim of spreading fake news | BBC News

Listen to the Sounds of this Forest Freezing | Animal ASMR | BBC Earth

Pregnant girlfriend POOL ACTIVITY

When we’re on our baby moon during THIRD TRIMESTER

IM Crushes Magnus in a Miniature

The Problem In Relativity Einstein Couldn't Fix

Murshidabad Riots, SSC Scam, TMC Infighting | Mamata Banerjee Losing Bengal In 2026? |Akash Banerjee

How the U.S. Found Saddam Hussein

Trump & Tariffs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The Simple Secret of Runway Numbers