Digest — 2025-05-05:

Vikings on the Silk Roads

How to study ‘talking’ dogs

What comes next?

Rest ≠ entertainment

Fuck Digital Minimalism and Every Sanctimonious Blog Post That Comes With It

With Every Choice We Die a Million Deaths

If You Can’t Be Bothered To Write It, I Can’t Be Bothered To Read It

📌 i got married!

JWST’s most ambitious view is now available to everyone

CEO masterclass: 3 ways to burst the “positivity delusion”

The world’s longest train journey is epic — but nobody’s ever taken it

Sidenotes, Footnotes, Inlinenotes

Does the Chief Marketing Officer Role Need an Update?

Winning the Right Customers Isn’t Just a Sales Issue

What to Share, What to Hold Back

How Do I Get Out of Constant Crisis Mode?

Jia Tolentino: My Brain Finally Broke. “The phone eats time; it makes...

People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies. “He started telling...

“At the heart of [Trumpist] policies is soft eugenics thinking – the...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail Turns 50. Watch It Free on YouTube.

The Courts Must Stop Presuming Donald Trump is a Regular President. “Much...

Tim Friede has been bitten by 200 poisonous snakes and his antibodies...

How Soderbergh Elevates an Ordinary Scene in Black Bag

For decades, US companies have “cast aside the goal of addressing a...

Early 20th Century Advertisements for the Queen City Printing Ink Company

Mr. Beast Saying Increasingly Large Amounts of Money. “The work is intended...

New Language for Slavery and the Civil War

Mohsen Mahdawi: I Was Detained for My Beliefs. Who Will Be Next?...

Tabindex, programmatic focus, and outline styles

Overview: AI Safety Outreach Grassroots Orgs

Notes on the Long Tasks METR paper, from a HCAST task contributor

Tsinghua paper: Does RL Really Incentivize Reasoning Capacity in LLMs Beyond the Base Model?

The Sweet Lesson: AI Safety Should Scale With Compute

Bridging the Gap Between Keyword and Semantic Search with SPLADE - Arcturus Labs

Fuzzing with Grammars

V8 JavaScript engine gets eager compilation hints, but will devs use sparingly as advised?

iBeacons

Augmentation / Replacement

Benchmarking Crimes Meet Formal Verification

Smaller, faster serialization for Ruby apps and beyond

What are you doing this week?

Overengineering PR create with jj

modern-latex: A short guide to LaTeX that avoids legacy cruft

The future of web development is AI. Get on or get left behind

Doors Closing

When the World Connected on Skype

David Attenborough at 99: ‘I Will Not See How the Story Ends’

My Visit with My Dead Father’s Brain

Ghost Forests Are Growing

The Stress Etched in Rose Petals

From the Debris of Halley’s Comet

How Obama’s BlackBerry got secured (2013)

Mathematical Problem Solving

Phoenician culture spread mainly through cultural exchange

Show HN: Ductape – Build back end integrations once, reuse them anywhere

Show HN: Bracket – selfhosted tournament system

AWS Built a Security Tool. It Introduced a Security Risk

You can't git clone a team

A Tektronix TDS 684B Oscilloscope Uses CCD Analog Memory

History of "Adventure" for the Atari 2600

Instant (YC S22) Is Hiring a Founding TypeScript Engineer

Geometrically understanding calculus of inverse functions (2023)

The Death of Daydreaming

Show HN: Klavis AI – Open-source MCP integration for AI applications

Show HN: Tkintergalactic - Declarative Tcl/Tk UI Library for Python

As an experienced LLM user, I don't use generative LLMs often

Dimension 126 Contains Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove

The vocal effects of Daft Punk

Show HN: TextQuery – Query CSV, JSON, XLSX Files with SQL

How are cyber criminals rolling in 2025?

Show HN: VectorVFS, your filesystem as a vector database

Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B

Possibly a Serious Possibility

Show HN: Real-time AI Voice Chat at ~500ms Latency

Analyzing Modern Nvidia GPU Cores

Evolving OpenAI's Structure

Show HN: My AI Native Resume

Why do beautiful people also seem smart and likeable?

Crisis Survivors in Australia Are Rebuilding Their Wardrobes in Style

Seeking yoyu 余裕

Pakistan Threatens to Suspend Participation in the Simla Agreement

In First, China Coast Guard Helicopter Enters Japan’s Airspace Near Disputed Islands, Escalating Tensions

Locating the India-Pakistan Crisis on Herman Kahn’s Escalation Ladder

Pandora’s Box? Bangladesh and the Rakhine Humanitarian Corridor

Singapore’s PAP Scores Decisive Victory in General Election

Empowering Parents to Protect Children Online in Asia

Vietnam’s PM Says US Tariffs Threaten Global Supply Chains, Growth

After Pahalgam, India Has a New Kashmir Strategy: Collective Punishment

Kim Moon-soo Elected as PPP’s Presidential Candidate

Could Taiwan Hold a New Round of Elections?

As Global Trade Tensions Rise, Ruto’s Visit to China Shows How Africa Can Stay Ahead

Bangladesh: Old Myths, New Country

Labor Routs the Coalition as Australia’s Voters Reject Dutton’s Undercooked Offering

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (May 5, 2025)

Google’s Gemini AI now accessible to kids under 13 via Family Link

Unicommerce records 70% YoY surge in revenue for Q4FY25

VC funding into Indian startups drops 16% in April as investors remain cautious

Swiggy temporarily shuts down Genie, cites operational issues

Oura gets initial win against Ultrahuman in patent infringement case

Uber ends talks to onboard BluSmart’s cabs: Report

Mumbai startup Kaatil is taking Indian chillies to the world, one sauce at a time

Titan Capital launches Indicorns 2025 list; fintech leads with 50 startups

Evera Cabs to acquire 1,000 BluSmart EVs to strengthen footprint

Steve Jobs’ 2-hour rule: Think deeper, lead smarter

50% of Airbnb's US customers interact with company's AI chatbot: Report

This One Formula Prices Billions in Crypto Every Day: The Black-Scholes Equation Explained

How MathWorks TECHMATE fuels startup growth with expert technical mentorship

Which Metal is More Precious Than Gold?

The Y2K Bug: The $600 Billion Glitch That Didn’t Crash the World

Generative AI and the developer evolution: Redefining the future of software engineering

Vedantu’s phoenix moment; Empowerment through adaptive clothing

Vedantu is charting a phoenix-like recovery, says CEO, but it’s not all smooth flying ahead

Dil Sambhal Ja Zara | Murder 2 | Zendria

베스트 감자요리 5가지 :: 갈릭감자링, 감자새우, 치즈꿀감자, 깍두기감자튀김, 뇨끼감자호떡 :: 감자요리 :: Best Potato Recipe

Why The Untouchables Still Looks Like a Billion Bucks

Your brain's role in your politics | The Gray Area

Intha thought oda than enkita pesuriya.... 😡😤 #vikkals #shorts

Spartan Bare Knuckle: The Real Life Fight Club (Full Documentary)

Meet Stormin' Norman the Doorman, former British bare knuckle champion

The Man Who Killed Millions And Saved Billions

Maruti Suzuki Fronx 1.2L AMT Real-World Mileage! #V3Certified

Overcoming Brain Damage to Work on My Compiler

'Your next 10 generation should also know how Pak army surrendered in 1971,' Sardar Akhtar Mengal

‘Pakistan experiences more oppression in comparison to India’: Imam of Lal Masjid

'I thank PM Modi for his decision': Ramsur Sharma, a local from J&K, on Chenab River closure

'Want to tell the acting Prime Minsiter to take care of border,' Mamata Banerjee on Pahalgam attack

‘Terrorism and its use by a rogue nation is the issue,’ says former Union Minister MJ Akbar

Hyderabad’s Annapurna Studios is India’s high-tech film hub. A 50-yr Nagarjuna family legacy

DDA carries out a demolition drive against illegal encroachment in Delhi's Taimoor Nagar area

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds a meeting with Southern Railway officials in Wandoor, Kerala

The village in Aravallis where illegal waste burning has continued unabated for more than 15 yrs

'Only sought possession of Bahadur Shah Zafar's house, be Lal Qila, Zafar Mahal or Fatehpur Sikri'

"Pakistan is behind Pahalgam attack & will have to pay the price for it": Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo

Army for an ideology: C Christine Fair on why Pakistan’s generals won’t let go of Lashkar

DRDO and Indian Navy successfully conducts validation trial of naval mine

DMK MP A. Raja narrowly escapes injury as stage lights collapse on his podium in Mayiladuthurai

Giani Zail Singh who cried bitterly at Akal Takht day after Op Bluestar & shook Rajiv Gandhi in 1987

'Please visit Manipur once, we will be very happy; Make us feel like we are Indian': Kajal's message

2000-3000 लोग उठाए गए, घरों को ब्लास्ट किया गया ! #pahalgam #indiapakistan

We Need Immediate Accountability for All the Lapses in Pahalgam; It is Our Right: Dushyant Dave

Centre Backs Down on Waqf in SC: Scraps Non-Muslim Appointments and Waqf Denotification | Wire Live

"Most Indians Can't Afford Even the Cheapest Cars, Shocking Revelations on Bonded Labour"

“UT Status Betrayed Ladakh”: BJP Leaders Speak Out Against LG, Demand Rights

How Aadhar Keeps India in Tears, in Queues, and Searching for Kagaz

From moldy bread, to life saving medicine

Tom Cruise: defying death since he was 8 years old 😎

Army Vet Adopts Both Of His Bomb Sniffing Dogs | The Dodo

This Tool Is The Biggest Helper With Dog Hair | The Pack

Adopting Senior Dogs 🤍 | The Pack

Ball Python Just Wants To Be With His Human Sister | The Dodo

Army Vet Adopts Both Of His Bomb Sniffing Dogs | The Dodo

Ball Python Just Wants To Be With His Human Sister | The Dodo

Tiny Dog Demands Ultimate Pampering From 88-Year-Old Dad | The Dodo

Tiny Dog Demands Ultimate Pampering From 88-Year-Old Dad | The Dodo

Cat Loves Skiing So Much, He Has His Own Ski Pass | The Dodo

The media can’t agree on whether Trump’s first 100 days were “f**king sick” or “F**KING SICK! 🤘”

Stephen A. Smith asked a question about Harvard, but something about him made Trump think of Harlem

You’re a mean one, Mr. Trump #DailyShow #Trump #Economy

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

The Power of Gaming Together in a Lonely World | Laura Miele | TED

Pimp interview-Johnny Cash

You won’t believe what happened next! #shorts #funny #karatekid #fail

How Do Eggs Know When to Hatch?

Are There Things That We Know We Can’t Know?

AI is too nice -- but it has a bigger problem

The Sitar in Rock music #guitar #thebeatles #steelydan #shorts

He Played On Steely Dan's Hits, Then VANISHED: The Denny Dias Interview

What is this mystery liquid?

எல்லாம் Sales Strategy-ஆ | Parithabangal #shorts

ORIGAMI DOLPHIN EASY ORIGAMI WORLD TUTORIAL | HOW TO MAKE ORIGAMI DOLPHIN FROM PAPER

EASY ORIGAMI DOLPHIN TUTORIAL | DIY DOLPHIN ORIGAMI FROM PAPER STEP BY STEP | SEA WORLD PAPERCRAFTS

i asked philosophy professors to define PSEUDO-INTELLECTUALISM

What are India’s options after the Pahalgam attack? | Let Me Explain

May 5, 2025: After rain, cleaner air at Jantar Mantar

Ocean with David Attenborough | Official Trailer | National Geographic

This trip to Borneo isn't just about the food #NoTasteLikeHomewithAntoniPorowski

Paid content for @nevadatourism

One secret of the penguins? They can plan the perfect heist. #SecretsOfThePenguins #ourHOME

Aik to Nurse Ooper se Pyaari 😂😁 | Moin Akhtar | Anwar Maqsood | Loose Talk

Ye waja thi ? 😭 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

Bara Ghulam Ali Khan 🤫 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar

Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions | Lex Fridman Podcast #468

How to help your friends facing divorce by wife

S12 E10: Trump and Deportations & MiLB Teams: 5/4/25: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The movement from cause to effect is time | Krishnamurti

Is there anything new? | Krishnamurti

Whatever I do, I am still a monkey | Krishnamurti

Cramping the KID | Climbing the Rating Ladder vs. 1887

Kashmir is the crown of India — locals urge the nation to see their love, not just a few headlines.

4. How the Pahalgam terror attack has shaken Kashmir’s peace, tourism, and daily life?

Do you use a laser pointer with your cats? #cats #laserpointer #playwithyourcat #catlife #catlovers

Kathak Dance By Ravi Prakash ❣️✨#icmdance #icmtabla #classical #dance #shorts

Hindustani Gayan By Bireshwar Gautam Ji & On Tabla Pt Arvind Azad Ji❣️✨#icmvocal #icmtabla

How to Save Money by Registering Your Car as a Vintage Vehicle #shorts

The Hidden DANGER of TRUMP's Tariff Announcement on Global Markets!

@ahuopjouwbuis about #IMEILogging in #AngryBirds

The Very Best Of GCN Vs The Pros [90 Min+ Compilation]

Clean Your Bottles! PLEASE! 🙏🏻

C++ Course: Build an Audio Plugin

#AskFermilab | What is the size range of black holes?

#AskFermilab| Do all black holes have jets?

My family and the Nazis - Remembrance after 80 years | DW Documentary

40 Days of Jungle Hell | Naked and Afraid XL | Discovery Channel

Who's That Spider in the Mirror? | #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

Pandit Ronu Majumdar Alaap | Artist Name | Music of India

Indian-style Marry Me Chicken! Easy, spicy & totally addictive! 🍗🔥

The Most UNDERVALUED Practice In Extreme Programming (XP)

What If You Just Keep Digging On Mars?

Goundamani Senthil Comedy Scene From Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu | Ramarajan Rupini

Police Missbehave To Heroin Scene From SATHURANGAM Episode - 2 | Tamil Serial #cmm

SATHURANGAM Episode - 2 | Tamil Serial | Family Drama | #cmm #tamilserial

Peter Leko's Brilliant Defeat of the Najdorf

Aravindh Chithambaram uses the Gandeevam Gambit to stun Duda | Superbet Rapid 2025

When Guki and ChessPa travelled to Italy! | ChessPa meets Guki Blitz at the Sardinia Chess 2025

Praggnanandhaa's Top Five Insane Moments | Grand Chess Tour, Poland

Most Wholesome Chess Friendships 🥺♥️ #chess #gukesh #praggnanandhaa

IM Ayush Sharma - very likely to be the first GM of Madhya Pradesh | Maharashtra GM 2025

Magnus REALIZES there is a CHECKMATE in 29 MOVES

Nepomniachtchi is CHOOSING the BEST ONLINE GAME; LOL or Dota or Counter-Strike?

Kahaan gaya? 🤔🤔 Can you spot it? 😜 #funnyvideos #ranveerbrar

Hacienda | Official Promo

Top 15 Ways to Heal Plantar Fasciitis!

Bob Trap Pain Explained #painrelief #shoulderpain #neckpain

The Weird Bee That Isn't Social Or Solitary

Plastic production has exploded

A terrifying glimpse into our driverless future | AI Take The Wheel !

King Chess | The World’s Greatest Grandmasters Brutal Clash

VE Day, VJ Day and D-Day: What's the difference? #VEDay #WorldWarTwo #Shorts #BBCNews

Israeli army calls up reservists for planned expansion to Gaza offensive | BBC News

London Blitz survivor remembers Victory in Europe celebrations in 1945. #VEDay #Shorts #WW2 #BBCNews

Trump says non-US movies to be hit with 100% tariffs | BBC News

Royals watch Red Arrows flypast for VE Day 80th anniversary. #RoyalFamily #RedArrows #BBCNews

Crowds watched the Red Arrows flypast on the 80th anniversary of VE Day. #BBCNews

US President Donald Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison | BBC News

Experience VE Day flypast from inside Red Arrows cockpit (360 video) | BBC News

Teyana Taylor and Emma Chamberlain first to arrive at Met Gala. #MetGala2025 #BBCNews

Zendaya arrives at Met Gala in all-white suit. #MetGala2025 #BBCNews

Video of burned cash prejudiced Justice Yashwant Varma: Justice (Retd) Siddharth Mridul

SCARY?! Boba Tea?

#7 Attack Like The Magician || Invasion Squares || Tal vs Bilek || Amsterdam Interzonal (1969)

#8 Attack Like The Magician || "The Illusion of Losing" || Tal vs Donner || Hoogovens (1973)

Summer of Math Exposition #4 | Teachers, I'd love to hear from you

PART 4 A MUSICAL MUSINGS OF MELLISAI MANNAR MSV by SRI ARUN PRAKASH SRI RAMESH VINAYAKAM JOINS