Digest — 2025-04-30:

The cosmic distance ladder with Terence Tao: part one

I have endometriosis and I'm scared

Goodbye Mastodon

This 1938 pro-science manifesto defended democracy against fascism

Michael Watkins: You can’t afford to be a dinosaur

Aliens, everywhere: Why scientists once assumed every planet was inhabited

Can you really love the art without loving the artist?

Business with Tariffs; Business as Usual

Empathy Is a Non-Negotiable Leadership Skill. Here’s How to Practice It.

How to Bring Out the Best in Your Team

Introducing a New Era of HBR IdeaCast

The 6 Forces of Failure—and How to Protect Your Company from Them

The Tide Is Turning. “After 100 days of chaos, I think we...

Two weeks ago, ICE detained Mohsen Mahdawi when he showed up for...

They fucked up the kerning on Pope Francis’s tomb. FR A NCISC...

100 days in, the Trump regime is failing. “We should thank [our]...

How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America. “The images changed how...

Our Freedom is Fragile: Lessons From the Jewish Children Who Fled Nazi...

Smallpox: Defeating a Virus That Killed Half a Billion People

From Kirkus, a list of the Best Books of the 21st Century...

“This Is What a University Looks Like”

This is cool: Maria Popova & indie bookstore chain McNally Jackson are...

What are the best standardised, repeatable bets?

Interpreting the METR Time Horizons Post

Early Chinese Language Media Coverage of the AI 2027 Report: A Qualitative Analysis

Can we safely automate alignment research?

Linux in Excel

Simplest backpropagation explainer without chain rule

Giving V8 a Heads-Up: Faster JavaScript Startup with Explicit Compile Hints

Firefox Git Migration, the unofficial guide

checking the wifi

Polishing your typography with line height units

Windows RDP lets you log-in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is ok with that

AirBorne: Wormable Zero-Click RCE in Apple AirPlay

[vimrc] Bracket and quote matching and automatic shifting

verb: Emacs org-mode alternative to postman

Problem with React Update Model

Pyrefly: A faster Python type checker written in Rust

The Rise & Fall of Erlang at Ericsson AB (2023)

Pwning the Ladybird browser

New tag: vibecoding

Co-dfns versus BQN's implementation

Future of OSL in jeopardy

Swarm Testing Data Structures

Elixir is not owned by Big Tech

The world of compiler backends

go-away release v0.6.0

BBC 1 1985 - A Computer Originated World (1999)

I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server

The Nurse in the NYC Subway

The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia

Borstal Boys

I’d Like to Report a Murder

Losing My Dad in Installments

Inside the Big Bet on Consciousness

Manta Rays at Play

Reclaiming Samples of Ourselves

A New Story for Malta

Print Edition 61: The Animal Issue

In kids, EEG monitoring of consciousness safely reduces anesthetic use

Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers' Story

Legendary Bose Magic Carpet Suspension Is Finally Going Global

Metagenomics test saves woman's sight after mystery infection

Creating beautiful charts with JRuby and JFreeChart

Building Private Processing for AI Tools on WhatsApp

Offline-First with CouchDB and PouchDB in 2025

LLMs for Engineering: Teaching Models to Design High Powered Rockets

The Leaderboard Illusion

Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last year

You Wouldn't Download a Hacker News

Show HN: ART – a new open-source RL framework for training agents

DeepSeek-Prover-V2

The best – but not good – way to limit string length

Sycophancy in GPT-4o

I Found Malware in a BeamNG Mod

Someone at YouTube needs glasses

Future of OSU Open Source Lab in Jeopardy

I created Perfect Wiki and reached $250k in annual revenue without investors

Show HN: Create your own finetuned AI model using Google Sheets

NotebookLM Audio Overviews are now available in over 50 languages

Reversible computing with mechanical links and pivots

Xiaomi MiMo Reasoning Model

Espressif's ESP32-C5 Is Now in Mass Production

Zhaoxin's KX-7000

Linux Kernel Exploitation: Attack of the Vsock

Mercury, the first commercial-scale diffusion language model

The federal minimum wage is officially a poverty wage in 2025

Not a Zombie

I've largely replaced Google with ChatGPT for looking things up

To resist dogma and accept uncertainty, think like a pragmatist

To resist dogma and accept uncertainty, think like a pragmatist

Why Language Models Are So Hard To Understand

Mathematical Beauty, Truth and Proof in the Age of AI

What Happens When AI Starts To Ask the Questions?

Where Do Scientists Think This Is All Going?

Science, Promise and Peril in the Age of AI

What We’re Reading: A Spongier New Orleans

Uncomfortable ideas

China Has Long Been an Expert in Using Tariffs. Now It’s a Target.

The ‘Bullet Curtain’: China’s Answer to the Growing Drone Swarm Threat

Trump Is Undermining 3 Key US Advantages Over China

How Will South Korea’s Next President Deal With China’s Maritime Encroachment?

Is India Really Winning Its War on Poverty?

Beyond the Optics: Can the EU Deliver on Its Central Asia Promises?

France in the Indian Ocean: Navigating National Imperatives and Regional Ambitions

On Ishiba Visit, Japan and Philippines Pledge Further Security Cooperation

Vietnamese Navy Vessel Pays Visit to Cambodian Naval Base

Earthquake Presents ASEAN With An Opportunity to Reimagine Its Approach to Aid in Myanmar

Pahalgam Attack Tests West Asian Countries’ Neutrality

A Primer on The Resistance Front, the Group Behind the Pahalgam Attack

Why Australia Needs International Students

50 Years Later, Vietnam’s Environment Still Bears the Scars of War

The Fall of Saigon: The Day Domino Theory Died

China-US AI Technology Competition: Who’s Winning in Key Inputs?

Mapping Coal Phaseouts in Key Asian Markets

Vicky Davis on Remembering World War II in Central Asia

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (April 30, 2025)

Alibaba launches Qwen3 AI models with hybrid reasoning power

Agentic AI takes centre stage at Microsoft’s IDC Pinnacle Summit 2025

Meta rolls out new AI app to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT

OpenAI admits GPT-4o became ‘sycophantic’ after update

Netradyne to expand footprints to 15 countries by 2026

QNu Labs bags Rs 60 Cr in series A led by India's National Quantum Mission

5 key highlights from LlamaCon: Meta's first AI developer event

Tariff talks with India going great, think will have deal: Trump

Ather Energy IPO gets fully subscribed on day three as QIBs, NIIs rush in

WinZO reports 150% jump in FY24 profit buoyed by user base expansion

Perplexity AI launches on WhatsApp to make AI smarter and more accessible

Anveshan bags Rs 48 Cr in new round led by Wipro Consumer Care

Karnataka High Court allows bike taxi operations to continue till June 2025

3 Indian teens win Earth Prize 2025 for salt-powered fridge

Mobikwik subsidiary Zaakpay gets RBI nod to operate as payment aggregator

ISB DLabs’ I-HEAL empowers startups to deliver scalable healthcare for all

The Missing Middle: R&D, risk capital, and the Indian startup dream

By making charging accessible, this startup is solving a critical pain point in EV adoption

AI’s real role, according to DevRev co-founder; Powering India’s space ambitions

AI’s real disruption is integration: DevRev co-founder Dheeraj Pandey

Spike Jonze - One of the Most Versatile Artists of our time!

Irrfan💔

겉은 바사삭!! 속은 촉촉한!! 완벽한 초콜릿 도넛

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (April 30, 2025)

Live CEOing Ep 901: Design Review of Ctrl= with Local Parser

This Couple Invests ₹3+ Lakhs a Year in ULIPs - Financial Planner v/s Couple

Touchdown! China's Shenzhou 19 crew returns to Earth from Tiangong space station

Meeting Lovecraft at a legal Las Vegas brothel

The Country Where Weed Is Legal One Day A Year

Skoda Kylaq vs Tata Nexon | Sub Rs 14 Lakh Battle | Which Car Is More Value For Money?

Kolkata hotel fire: Fire tenders & forensic team arrive at the spot

How will India respond to Pahalgam terror? Lt Gen Hooda who planned 2016 surgical strikes explains

'Congress is a Pakistani party': Haryana Minister Anil Vij on 'Gayab' post targeting PM Modi

'BJP cannot decide whom to target - Congress, terrorists or Pakistan': Jairam Ramesh

Centre to include Caste in Census: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishanaw announces | LIVE

‘Govt must have been planning the action needed to be taken': Shikhar Dhawan on Pahalgam Attack

‘Caste enumeration to be part of next census’: Ashwini Vaishnaw

India calibrates response, hunt for Pahalgam attackers in Kashmir,& tech used by LeT in J&K

3 takeaways from Centre’s big Caste Census announcement | #InstantAnalysis

LIVE: LoP, Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi holds press conference

‘Canada will pay dearly for what they have decided for themselves this election’:Author Kushal Mehra

'We offer our support to govt in designing caste census': Rahul Gandhi

Vijayakanth’s son appointed as DMDK youth wing secretary. Can he take forward his father’s legacy?

ThePrintPod: IPL expansion will kill Test cricket. Players no longer care about playing for the coun

Pakistan's offer of neutral probe into Pahalgam attack is a tool to distract. Think 26/11, Pathankot

The Worst OS

Why Do Software Devs Keep Burning Out - Prime Reacts

FIR Against Youtubers: Govt’s Zero Tolerance on Questions on Pahalgam Security Lapse | Wire LIVE

Is a Truly Independent Media Possible in Today's India? | Hyderabad Round Table

भारत को पाकिस्तान प्लस चीन का मुकाबला करना होगा ! #indiapakistan

What Did the Then Gujarat CM Modi Say Outside Mumbai's Taj Hotel During the Ongoing 26/11 Attacks?

The Vanquished West: 50 Years After the End of Vietnam War, a Memoir of Resistance by Global South

Long Term Visa भी हुआ अवैध, वर्षों से रह रहे इन पाकिस्तानी नागरिकों की Atari Border से मजबूरन वापसी

How Does the Trump Administration View the Likelihood of Military Action Between India & Pakistan?

Who's Really in Charge? Key Players Behind Pakistan’s India Strategy

Kashmir's Muslims Fear Repurcussion After #pahalgamterrorattack

INDIA Alliance Hails Historic Decision on Caste Census | Rahul Gandhi's Press Conference

Rahul Gandhi Hits Out at Modi Over Pahalgam, Says PM 'Must Act Decisively And Not Hesitate or Delay'

The Dangerous Game of Nuclear Warfare | Former Pak NSA to Karan Thapar

The Indus Waters Treaty Has No Mechanism To Be Held in Abeyance | Former Pak NSA to Karan Thapar

'I Love You But I Don’t Think We Should Be Together'

James McAvoy's most evil prank ever 👻

Does your metabolism slow down with age?

Pittie Couldn't Wait To Meet His Baby Sister | The Dodo

Pittie Couldn't Wait To Meet His Baby Sister | The Dodo

Testing A New Dog Rain Coat | The Pack

Lizard Who Acts Like A Dog Love To Cuddle With His Sister | The Dodo

He Always Tries To Get Second Breakfast | The Pack

Lizard Who Acts Like A Dog Love To Cuddle With His Sister | The Dodo

Pittie Who Was Turning To 'Stone' Can't Stop Wagging His Tail | The Dodo

Pittie Who Was Turning To 'Stone' Can't Stop Wagging His Tail | The Dodo

This Foal is a Miracle | The Dodo

Katherine Maher - Why America Needs Public Media | The Daily Show

Meet the DOGE Layoff Victims That Elon Musk Deemed Wasteful | The Daily Show

Promises made, promises thrown the f**k out

It’s Trump’s 100th day! Or is it? America is so divided it can’t even agree on how counting works

Ten minutes with JD Vance and the pope said, "God? Check, please"

Canada’s got a new prime minister, thanks to a national surge in anti-Trump energy #DailyShow #Trump

Jon on Trump's First 100 Days: Destroying America's Reputation, Economy, & Leverage | The Daily Show

Trump Hits 100 Days & Canada Celebrates By Electing the Anti-Trump | The Daily Show

If You Like These Games, Watch These Films

How to Convert Mass into Energy at Home

We made you something special and unprecedented

TED Talks Watch Party: Brand New Talks from TED2025

What is the TRUE global impact of Trump’s first 100 days? Political scientist Ian Bremmer answers.

What's your relationship with tech? Watch 4 powerful new talks with TED’s Ikey Ajavon this Friday!

Is an incline treadmill just as hard to run on as a hill?

I made microscopic HERO shots!

Why Zizek’s Philosophy Beats Red Pill Thinking

The Lake Where Hundreds of People Died… Twice

A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies

Is It Really So Bad Katy Perry Took a Daisy to Space?

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Turnaround #guitar #rockmusic #thebeatles #ledzeppelin #shorts 

Are error suppression, error mitigation, and error correction all the same thing? #quantum #science

Quantum vs Classical: Deutsch & Deutsch-Jozsa Algorithms Explained

ஒரு Serial பாக்குறதுக்குள்ள எவ்ளோ கஷ்டப்பட வேண்டியதா இருக்கு😒 | Parithabangal #shorts

அதுக்குலாம் மாத்திரை கடல்-லயே இல்லையாம் | Parithabangal #shorts

3 आलू और घर में आसानी से मिलने वाली सामग्री से बनाएं यह मुंह में पानी लाने वाल स्वादिष्ट नाश्ताSnack

ORIGAMI PELICAN TUTORIAL STEP BY STEP | HOW TO MAKE PELICAN FROM PAPER ORIGAMI FOLDING | DIY PELICAN

EASY ORIGAMI PELICAN TUTORIAL | DIY PAPER PELICAN ORIGAMI WORLD CRAFT | HOW TO MAKE PAPER BIRDS

Pahalgam हमले से उठे जरूरी सवाल और दरबारी Arnab का Hindu-Muslim राग | NL Tippani 234

Indus Water Treaty का स्थगन कितना कारगर होगा Pakistan से निपटने में? | NL Saransh

'अगर 2013 में कांग्रेस Waqf Act में बदलाव नहीं करती तो BJP को कानून लाने की जरूरत नहीं पड़ती.'

When Walls Are Repainted, What Else Gets Erased?

On Akshay Kumar's #Kesari2 promotion at Jallianwala Bagh.

your app shouldn’t babysit servers — use MCP with Maksym, AI Engineer

MCP Servers Are Simpler Than You Think with Maksym, AI Engineer

MCP is what actually makes AI agents run on their own with Maksym, AI Engineer

MCP isn’t just another buzzword with Maksym, AI Engineer

MCP is basically USB-C for your AI stack with Maksym, AI Engineer

Our Editors Share Their Favourite Pieces To Make From Issue 2 Of Our Magazine ✨ #nevertoosmall

How Soderbergh Elevates A (Minor) Scene

Grizzly bear cubs learn essentials survival skills from mom #GrowingUpAnimal #ourHOME

Overwinter with James Cameron | Secrets of the Penguins | Nat Geo

David Blaine on enduring sub-zero temperatures. #DavidBlaineDoNotAttempt

How Qatar Built Seven World Cup Stadiums in Seven Years

PART 3 A MUSICAL MUSINGS OF MELLISAI MANNAR MSV - MSV FIRST SATISFIED AN ARTIST IN HIM

Pakistani Kesay aana hua? 🤔 | Moin Akhtar | Anwar Maqsood | Loose Talk

Ghutne dekh lo 😭 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

Pakistani kiyun aaye?😂 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

Tim Sweeney: Fortnite, Unreal Engine, and the Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #467

Can you sue your wife’s boyfriend? Supreme Court says yes.

Can I hit the police in self defence?

What does it mean to be aware? | Krishnamurti

Alka 2.0 – The Batman Variant | #HindiPoetry | #SlamPoetry by Sannidhi Alka Rao | #SpokenFest Mumbai

Alka 2.0 – The Batman Variant | #HindiPoetry | #SlamPoetry by Sannidhi Alka Rao | #SpokenFest Mumbai

Properties of acids and bases | Middle school chemistry | Khan Academy

The pH scale | Middle school chemistry | Khan Academy

219-திருச்சியும் கண்ணதாசனும் ஒரு விசித்திர பிணைப்பு

Remembering Adil Hussain - The Ponywallah Who Died A Hero In Pahalgam ft. Sonal | Jist

Will India Go to War with Pakistan After Pahalgam Attack? | Jist

Pt. Gokulotsav Maharaj Ji 🙏✨#icmvocal #icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

Bharatnatyam Dance By Siya Sairam ❣️✨#icmdance #bharatnatyam #classical #dance #shorts

The Frank Lloyd Wright Skyscraper That Sold for $10

List of government schemes for businesses

How do you know if your data got leaked?

Using Serverless & ARM64 for Real-Time Observability • Liz Fong-Jones • GOTO 2024

ASK THE BIKE COMMUTER...What Do You HATE About Cycling? 🚴

iOS Interview Questions and Answers (with Sample Code)

The CMS experiment sees first beam splashes of 2025

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

Germany’s rivers are dying - Pollution, extinction and the fight for clean water | DW Documentary

#indus #waters #treaty in abeyance #waterconservation #indusriversystem #pahalgamattack #pakistan

Darkness at Noon: Spain & Portugal Hit by Massive Blackout

What is the #true #environmental #cost of #spacetourism #space #blueorigin #jeffbezos #katyperry

The Gold Machine That Could Break It All! | Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail | Full Episode | Discovery

Terrifying Human Apes in Cambodia? Expedition X Explores!| Discovery Channel

Trapped Beneath the Uinta Basin | Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch | Discovery Channel.

Just Say No to Arachnophobia | #DeepLook #Shorts

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

30 April 2025

Myth or Fact? Watch the full show for more interesting conversations with Gym Bro and Dr. Pal💪🏽

Escaping A MAJOR Platform Engineering PITFALL

இல்லம் விசயம் தேரினு எனக்கு Rajini Interesting Scene From | Rajadhi Raja Movie Scene #ytshorts

NEELAMBARI Episode - 1 | Tamil Serial | Family Drama | #cmm

Paul Morphy Crushes the King's Gambit in 23 Moves

SL Narayanan's Masterclass! Punishing a Positional Mistake| Game of Round 4 at Sardinia Chess 2025

Inspired by Arjun Erigaisi, Leon Mendonca traps 2548 rated GM! | Leon vs Sokolovsky | Sardinia 2025

Praggnanandhaa in hot pursuit of Fedoseev | Final Day of Superbet 2025 | Part II

The commentator couldn't control his emotions here! | Aravindh vs Pragg | Superbet Blitz 2025

Former world chess champion makes an Illegal move 😱♟️#chess #chessbaseindia #s8ul

"I am one of the most talented players" | Christopher Yoo takes down Leon Mendonca | Sardinia Chess

Gain Rating 4.6x Faster with Courses!

When Was Chess Invented?

Hey Look, a Free Bishop!

Pre-Chess Game Routine

The Joys of Playing En Passant

POGCHAMPS 6: Stephen vs. Filian, DrLupo vs. WolfeyVGC & Sapnap vs. Hungrybox | Let's Go Pogs!!

POGCHAMPS 6: Inoxtag vs Mongraal, Sambucha vs LydiaViolet & Eze vs Linzor | Let's Go Pogs!!

This 'Culture' has been used for ages! #foodfacts #ranveerbrar #indiancooking

The #1 Exercise at 60 (Most People Do It Wrong!) #SeniorHealth #seniorfitness #walking

Michael Watkins: You can’t afford to be a dinosaur | Big Think+

How the news is making you depressed and anxious

Iraq | British Soldiers free despite leaked video of beatings civilians

She Livestreamed Her Plastic Surgery... For Fame

What is the oldest living thing?

Until Dawn's producers say they didn't want to retell the game's story. #UntilDawn #BBCNews

Vietnam marks 50 years since end of war with celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City | BBC News

UN chief expresses 'deep concerns' over India and Pakistan tensions after Kashmir attack | BBC News

Donald Trump 100 days speech fact-checked by BBC Verify | BBC News

US economy shrinks as companies race to get ahead of Trump tariffs | BBC News

Life inside Iraq's 'Forbidden Zone' controlled by Turkey | BBC News

Trump praises tariffs in Cabinet meeting as US economy shrinks for first time since 2022 | BBC News

US President Donald Trump jokes that he'd like to be the next pope. #DonaldTrump #Pope #BBCNews

30 April 2025

Who Is Welcome in America, Now? | 100 Days of Trump

Are the US and Ukraine about to sign a minerals deal? | BBC Newscast

President Trump applauded Elon Musk’s and told him to “stay as long as you want.” #ElonMusk #BBCNews

US ready to sign Ukraine minerals deal, Trump administration says | BBC News

Creator Brandon B still lives at home with his mum. #BrandonB #YoutubeCreator #BBCNews

Looking for BEST STROLLERS for baby

LETTER challenge with boyfriends sister

DRAW? NOT TODAY! || Vladimir Fedoseev vs Aravindh Chitambaram || Poland (2025)

#5 Attack Like The Magician || "Pain for The Great Dane" || Tal vs Larsen || Portoroz (1958)

Why Stupid People are Destroying Society - The Laws of Human Stupidity

Testing your intuition for quantum computing

Atheist ICU Nurse - Sarihn

The Biggest Misconceptions About Modern Warfare