Digest — 2025-04-17:

Welcome to the Chaoscene

Squirrel on my shoulder

Deleting the Dead

Permission to Eat Weird: Nine Weight‑Loss Ideas on Your Terms

Is our Universe fundamentally unstable, and will it decay?

A neuroscientist’s guide to fixing your mind in 15 mins

Barry Ritholtz on luck, humility, and how (not) to invest

How scientists unearthed the cosmic catastrophe that paved the way for humanity

Twenty Ways to Matter

How to Tell Your Boss They’re Wrong—Tactfully

Research: How Tencent Built Trust with Users During a Moment of Upheaval

What Type of Corporate Venture Builder Are You? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM EY

“AI discovered wholly new proteins before it could count the ‘r’s in...

About those stories of the detection of a possible molecular signature of...

The American Revolution by Ken Burns

Harry Potter and the Problematic Author, a fanzine “on loving flawed media...

“Toddlers (which includes defensive bureaucrats, bullies, flat earthers, […] and radio talk...

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society....

So You Want to Be a Dissident? For many, the US has...

Matt Webb’s interesting observations on running his first marathon. “There are new...

The Rise of the Infinite Fringe. “It used to be easy to...

Olympic Gold Medalist Dominates the 100m at Her Kid’s Sports Day Event

I love this interactive visualization by The Pudding of the shared DNA...

Timeless Tips for “Simple Sabotage” From the CIA

D&D.Sci Tax Day: Adventurers and Assessments

ALLFED emergency appeal: Help us raise $800,000 to avoid cutting half of programs

Why did Stripe build Sorbet? (~2017).

sqlc: Generate type-safe code from SQL

Reflections on Unikernels

Regular Expression Derivatives in Python

Concurrency in Haskell: Fast, Simple, Correct

Decomposing Transactional Systems

Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results

Introducing Policy Servers for Matrix

iOS 18.4 - dlsym considered harmful

Graham: Synchronizing Clocks by Leveraging Local Clock Properties

Just Throw It Into Postgres

Integrating Effectful and Persistent

HDR‑Infused Emoji

traceboot: precise and lightweight tracing for boot and shell scripts

Is No PaaS really a good idea for Rails?

Development On Apple Silicon with UTM

Zig and GPUs

Arch Linux: Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository

Bring Back RSS Feeds to Browsers

A practical hacker's guide to the C programming language

How My Dad Reconciled His God and His Gay Son

AI Is Coming for Music, Too

The Price of Eggs

The Firefighter With O.C.D. and the Vaccine He Believed Would Kill Him

A 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics

Which year: guess which year each photo was taken

Crows can recognize geometric regularity

First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb

Stainless steel strengthened: Twisting creates submicron 'anti-crash wall'

UniK3D: Universal Camera Monocular 3D Estimation

A cute proof that makes e natural

On Jane Jacobs (2017)

Show HN: AgentAPI – HTTP API for Claude Code, Goose, Aider, and Codex

SQLite transactions and virtual tables

Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift'

Mux (YC W16) is hiring engineering managers for video at scale

Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in Erlang/OTP SSH

Shell-secrets – GPG-encrypted environment variables

Google is illegally monopolizing online advertising tech, judge rules

Milwaukee M18 Battery Reverse Engineering

Memory Size Matters to PostgreSQL

CN Tower, Behind the Scenes (2014)

What do I think about Lua after shipping a project with 60k lines of code?

A new ChatGPT version just dropped and GeoGuesser is now a solved problem

I Analyzed Chord Progressions in 680k Songs

Potatoes in the Mail

Gemini 2.5 Flash

Sony Unveils the Smallest and Lightest Lidar Depth Sensor

Jellyfin as a Spotify alternative

Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the zoom.us domain

Psychedelics are philosophical tools for demolishing assumptions

Can Quantum Gravity Be Created in the Lab?

Deaf Nigerians Are Learning to Code Through Sign Language

The use (and design) of tools

The Latticework: Indo-Pacific Security Moves Beyond US Naval Primacy

The Evolution of the Baloch Liberation Army

The National Security Implications of Starlink’s Entry Into India

Will the PPP’s Attempt at an Anti-Lee Jae-myung Coalition Work?

The Emerging Exception: India Sees Itself as Transcending Middle Power

Beijing Cannot Be Trusted to Mediate on Iran’s Nuclear Program

The 4 Keys to Australia’s Democracy Edge

Unsung Heroes of World War I Bring Together Chinese and Europeans

2 Rohingya Refugees Die in Indonesia Amid Global Funding Crunch

Ending China’s De Minimis Exception Brings 3 Benefits for Americans

Are the Russians Eyeing West Papua for an Overseas Military Base?

[journal] Own Your Music

Top Entrepreneurs Tell You Why Simplicity Is the Ultimate Business Hack

OpenAI rolls out its latest reasoning models o3 and o4‑mini

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (April 17, 2025)

Study Shows Two Weeks Without the Internet Can Reverse 10 Years of Brain Aging

How Gabify is using AI for speech and neurodevelopmental care

Suspicious cross-border UPI payments trigger forensic audit at Karnataka Bank

Why we do what we do: 7 must-read psychology books

Reimagining healthcare from the ground up: Meet the 15 trailblazing startups of I‑HEAL @ ISB 3.0 cohort

4 must-read Youval Harari books to expand your thinking

TN cabinet approves Tamil Nadu Space Industrial Policy

Here are 12 Business founders to keep an eye on in 2025

Revfin targets Rs 750 Cr in disbursements for FY26

Medikabazaar faces Rs 279 Cr indemnity claim as investors allege financial misstatements

The future of logistics: From speed to intelligence

India’s role is central to our billion-dollar R&D plan: Toast CEO Aman Narang

New skill demands in an increasingly automated world

Gensol’s downfall: A timeline; Wipro's FY25 Q4 results

Live CEOing Ep 886: Design Review of LLMGraph

Live CEOing Ep 887: Design Review of Control and System Modeling

Why this Florida city is so damn sunny

Athu ennanga veetuku oru tesla nikuthu❤️🔥 #vikkals #shorts

Cinema Vs Reality - Mother Love😂😂 #vikkals #shorts

Possible 'hints' of life found on planet 124 light-years away in James Webb Space Telescope data

Signs of alien life? New study finds potential biosignatures on ocean world

'Trump’s tariffs raise risks of faster inflation, slow growth', warns US Fed Chief| Full remarks

'My book is not about Article 370. Someone has picked up a para & twisted it': AS Dulat

'People-to-people contact will ease political tension between India & Bangladesh’: Supradip Chakma

'Let the worms & skeletons be in public domain'- What V-P Dhankhar said on Justice Varma cash row

Beyond Iconic: The Volkswagen Tiguan R-Line drives through iconic India

Why China is seeking closer ties with Southeast Asia - It’s not just a response to Trump

Live: MEA Weekly Media Briefing by the Official Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal

'2013 Waqf Bill was biased, not this one', says JPC Chief as SC hears pleas against the Act

India hits back at Pakistan Army ChiefGeneral Asim Munir for his'Kashmir is our jugular vein' remark

India’s Rise, Europe’s Dilemma and the Global Flux: Navigating the power shifts

Pakistan making a colony out of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, say Pashtuns on new mining bill

What Centre promised SC on the Waqf Act & why there was no stay on its operation| #InstantAnalysis

US President Trump meets Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni at the White House

Islam, Imran & India: Peeling away layers of Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir’s latest speech

Singled out in 19 coal scam cases, ‘non-guilty’ IAS HC Gupta & why economic reforms get stalled

What is the Gurugram land deal case in which ED is questioning Robert Vadra

The AI Tradeoff

Waqf Amendment Act 2025 पर Supreme Court में जोरदार बहस

Supreme Court Upholds Urdu signage | उर्दू को दोस्त बनाए, सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने दिया संदेश | The Wire

Modi जी ! मुसलमान सिर्फ पंक्चर-वाला नहीं है !

Waqf Law पर सुप्रीम कोर्ट का ऑर्डर: Waqf By User पर रोक, सरकार को झटका | SC on Waqf Board, Owaisi

Supreme Court Flags 3 Key Concerns in New Waqf Act | The Wire Live

Waiting For Gul | The Story of Gulfisha Fatima, lest we forget...

Caste Bias & Gender Gaps The India Justice Report 2025 on Legal System Failures

Michael B. Jordan Is A Knockout Star | Extended Interview | The Graham Norton Show

Trump’s fickle, Xi’s pickle: the dynamic driving US-China tensions

Senior Husky Needs More Breaks During Mountaintop Adventures With Mom Now | The Dodo

Rooster Sprints To His Mom Every Time She Comes Home | The Dodo

Senior Husky Takes Naps On Mountaintops During Adventures with Mom | The Dodo

Rooster Sprints To His Mom Every Time She Comes Home | The Dodo

Cat Can't Wait To Wake Up His Baby Sister Every Morning | The Dodo

Cat Can't Wait To Wake Up His Baby Sister Every Morning | The Dodo

Sen. Tammy Duckworth - Veterans Deserve Better than Trump, Hegseth, & DOGE | The Daily Show

Are Canadians Ready to Join Team USA? Pro & Anti-Trump Supporters Sound Off | The Daily Show

Something about Trump's physical exam isn't adding up...

At this rate, the trade war with China will make us all peasants

If China cuts off America's supply of rare earth minerals, where will we get that sweet gadolinium?

China Strikes Back at Tariffs by Roasting JD Vance & Selling Out Luxury Retailers | The Daily Show

No one really knows what a tree is - Max G. Levy

Does Size Really Matter? (In Physics)

Fentanyl Addicted Illegal Immigrant-Pedro

He always takes it too far… 🫣 | #shorts #funny

#AR-chives & Collectibles -2 | #ARRahman | Physical Media Collection | Watching #24 on a #Watch⌚️

This Is What Happens When Regular People Go To Space

How ‘Science Interpreters’ Make Hidden Science Visible

Did One Single Neutrino Just Prove Stephen Hawking Right?

Researchers find major clue to consciousness

Is This Musical Heresy?

Anthony Fantano On How Popular Music Has Changed #popmusic #taylorswift #anthonyfantano #shorts 

Quantum Computer at a College Campus?!

*Engineer shows you their new Side-Project*

What can I say? Words of affirmation are my 5th love language.

Why Didn’t Antimatter Destroy The Universe? | LHC Breakthrough

Did these ancient humans just miss each other?

என்ன Change-ன்னு கண்டுபுடிங்க பாக்கலாம் | Parithabangal #shorts

Aaj Ka AQI: Pollution’s impact on IIT-Delhi

Bias or reform? TDP MP on non-Muslims on Waqf boards

Flexible Living in Small Light-Filled Bangkok Apartment, 54sqm/581sqft

Amazing Expeditions with Liz Bonnin | Ultimate Galápagos Adventure | National Geographic

Octopus Social Life (Full Episode) | Secrets of the Octopus | National Geographic

Daredevil Born Again RECAP: Season 1

From Sweet Shop to Senate ft. Sindh Sarkar 🙏🏻 | Moin Akhtar | Anwar Maqsood | Loose Talk

Age is just a number..? 😭😂 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

Khoobsurat bridge 😂🌉 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

Quasi prenups in India

Trump & Tariffs #lastweektonight

Why Do We Itch? #shorts

What is morality? | Krishnamurti

What’s a credit score? Why does it matter? 💳

Restore Jungle Or Be Ready For Jail | SC On Hyderabad University Land Row | Jist

FSEX : The Free Speech Experiment | EPISODE 4 | ABHIGYAN JHA & SUMIT KAUL

Cat Whispering 101: How to be Prom King Popular!

Santoor Recital By Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma Ji 🙏✨ #classical #music #icmtabla #shorts

Odissi Dance By Sujatha Mohapatra & Her Daughter Preetisha Mohapatra ❣️✨#icmdance #odissi #icmtabla

Dark side of Quick Commerce! #shorts

How the US-China Trade War Impacts the Indian Stock Market and Your Investments ft. Ritesh Jain

Groww TV Live | How to Navigate Uncertainty & Prepare Long Term Portfolio?

TypeScript Cookbook • Stefan Baumgartner & Peter Kröner • GOTO 2025

Losing 6kg In 10 Hours Was Brutal. Learn From My Mistake

When You Find Out The Cafe Closes in 5 Minutes 👀💨

Learn Laravel by Building a Medium Clone – Tutorial

Two spacecraft. One shadow. Zero ground control. 😎

Ecuador at risk of becoming a narco-state | DW Documentary

WWII: Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto - Part 1 | DW Documentary

WWII: Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto - Part 2 | DW Documentary

Scientists Just Brought Back Dire Wolves. Or Did They?

How did reviving a community forest change the life of women in Manar? | Van Saheli | DTE Docs

Lights Out | Load Shedding in May June 2025 flagged as 'High Risk' | Peak demand to cross 270 GW

Island Vibes, Brutal Goodbyes | Naked and Afraid of Love | Discovery Channel

Red Planet’s Mysterious Findings! | Nasa’s Unexplained Files | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

Gold Hunt in the Mountains of Peru! | 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

Is virginity real?: Sex Ed #6

Crispy Sweet Pazhampori 🍌 The perfect snack with tea! #Pazhampori #EasySnacks

The IDEAL Way To Learn Programming (It's Not A Degree)

நான் என்னமோ இவன் கிட்ட வேலை கேட்டமாதிரி | Rajadhi Raja Movie Scenes | Rajini | #ytshorts

ChessNetwork Live Stream

Botvinnik's Maroczy Bind Breaks Bob

The venue tour of world's biggest chess tournament | 3000+ players at Grenke Open 2025

Humpy and Harika score first wins! | Round 3 Highlights of Pune FIDE WGP

GM Sandipan Chanda shows staunch defense against IM Harsh Suresh

2nd Namma Bengaluru GM 2025 Venue Tour - Koramangala Indoor Stadium

Harika's heroics against Salimova! | Harika Dronavalli vs Nurgyul Salimova | Pune FIDE WGP

How does a 2023-rated 14-year-old trick the Tricky? Soham vs GM Stany

The ultimate Indian showdown | Koneru Humpy vs Divya Deshmukh | Women's GP 2025

India no.1 for a reason 🥶💪 #chess #chessbaseindia #koneruhumpy

How did a GM blunder like that - Kshatriya Nitin Vekhande beats GM Tornike Sanikidze

Magnus Carlsen and Hans Neimann arrive in Germany for Grenke Freestyle Chess Open 2025

Fans just love Ian Nepomniachtchi

Hans Niemann is Back & Checkmates in 23 Moves😨 #chess #hansniemman

Grenke Open 2025 Freestyle Chess Round 1 | ft. Carlsen, Arjun, Fabi, Nepo, Aravindh

An insane game between Vidit Gujrathi and World Champion D. Gukesh | Paris Freestyle 2025

Vidit GETS MARRIED and This Lovely Couple is in Paris for the HONEYMOON

Normalize puzzle ratings being THE chess rating

Magnus, Ian and Fabiano are in the BIGGEST CHESS EVENT with 3000 CHESS PLAYERS!!!

Thinking About Chess...

Toddy Tapping - #podcast #toddytapping #keralatoddy#ranveerbrar

5 Exercises All Seniors Should Do Daily (UPDATED)

Fix your destructive mindset in 15 mins | Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Exiled Muslims: The Rohingyas | Why are they the most hated minority ?

Indonesians’ Daily Hell: Crumbling Rails and Ruined Roads | Deadliest Jouneys

WW2 Thunderbolt | Real fighter pilots caught on camera and this is not acting !

White House ordered to halt mass deportations | BBC News

Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet | BBC News

Aboard China’s ‘silver trains’ taking pensioners to tourist spots to offset tariffs | BBC News

Michelle Trachtenberg’s cause of death revealed by medical examiner. #GossipGirl #Buffy #BBCNews

US to hold talks on Ukraine with European allies | BBC News

Gaza aid system ‘facing total collapse’, charities warn | BBC News

TikToker behind viral Apple takes legal action against Roblox. #CharliXCX #BBCNews

No global recession despite US tariffs, says IMF | BBC News

Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples | BBC News

What's the impact of the UK Supreme Court gender ruling on the NHS? | BBC Newscast

Two dead and six others in hospital after Florida State University shooting. #US #BBCNews

Spanish Police uncover illegal underground shooting range. #Spain #BBCNews

Do eggs contain the secrets of the Universe? #bbcideas #egg #universe

Blind But Deadly: How Tiger Snakes Hunt Without Sight | BBC Earth

When you take your boyfriend SHOPPING

PREGNANCY DANCE moves with boyfriend

#1 Attack Like The Magician || Tal vs Tringov || Amsterdam Interzonal (1964)

#2 Attack Like The Magician || Tal vs Klaman || USSR Championship (1957)

How Long Can a 2227 Player Last Against Magnus?

Comedy is Difficult - Standup Comedy by Varun Grover