Digest — 2025-06-30:

Walk in these

The cosmic distance ladder with Terence Tao: part two

You don't actually need to be good at anything to blog

Bye Spotify

5 ways our naked-eye views of the night sky deceive us

A philosopher’s guide to caring deeply

“Blue ocean strategy”: The red thread connecting Apple with Yellow Tail

Tycoon Succession

Various Hill Plots

Uncaging the Bird in the Mind: William Henry Hudson and the Gift of the Ruin of Your Best Laid Plans

Ask the Amys: Sabotaging Bosses, Irritating Employees, and More

The History of Electronic Music in 476 Tracks (1937–2001). “Spanning the years...

Ted Chiang writes about the earliest works of fiction about superintelligence. “The...

Project Hail Mary, Official Trailer

Retraction Watch: a blog that tracks corrected and retracted scientific papers....

Could Should Might Don’t. “This isn’t a book filled with predictions and...

The Music of Pixar’s Elio, Created by a Choir of Wooden Dolls

I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something...

Large Hadron Couture Collider

A decade-plus in the making and now on Kickstarter: a book of...

Great Art Explained: Jackson Pollock

Public and private CSS cascade layers in a design system

Paradigms for computation

life lessons from poker

Circuits in Superposition 2: Now with Less Wrong Math

If you want to be vegan but you worry about health effects of no meat, consider being vegan except for mussels/oysters

Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop?

What We Learned Trying to Diff Base and Chat Models (And Why It Matters)

Building Replication-Safe LSM Trees in Postgres

VibeTunnel - access terminal from the browser to command agents

How often is the query plan optimal?

Maestro now supports GCC

Google Developer Search Appliance – Proxmox Port

llvm: InstCombine: improve optimizations for ceiling division with no overflow—a PR by Alex Gaynor and Claude Code

What are you doing this week?

Making Rails delegated_type’s clearer

Zig Community Mirrors

The provenance memory model for C

Caching is an Abstraction, not an Optimization

History of UNIX Manpages

Tail Latency Might Matter More Than You Think

Critical correctness bug in Lix

The role of the University is to resist AI

An update on improving passkey support in Linux

Reverse Engineering Vercel's BotID

How I Write Type Safe Generic Data Structures in C

Doing My Day Job on Chimera Linux

That boolean should probably be something else

CVE-2025-32463 Vulnerability Advisory: Sudo chroot Elevation of Privilege

Use keyword-only arguments in Python dataclasses

Chasing Lost Languages

Laughing Apes Take Risks

Print Edition 62

Alice's Adventures in a Differentiable Wonderland

Show HN: I rewrote my notepad calculator as a local-first app with CRDT syncing

Manipulating trapped air bubbles in ice for message storage in cold regions

That XOR Trick (2020)

More Efficient Thermoelectric Cooling

Show HN: We're two coffee nerds who built an AI app to track beans and recipes

Ask HN: What's the 2025 stack for a self-hosted photo library with local AI?

Show HN: Local LLM Notepad – run a GPT-style model from a USB stick

Public Signal Backups Testing

A CarFax for Used PCs; Hewlett Packard wants to give old laptops new life

14.ai (YC W24) hiring founding engineers in SF to build a Zendesk alternative

Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4k per 5kg

Show HN: New Ensō – first public beta

Entropy of a Mixture

They don't make 'em like that any more: Sony DTC-700 audio DAT player/recorder

Show HN: TokenDagger – A tokenizer faster than OpenAI's Tiktoken

Jim Boddie codeveloped the first successful DSP at Bell Labs

GPEmu: A GPU emulator for rapid, low-cost deep learning prototyping [pdf]

The Original LZEXE (A.K.A. Kosinski) Compressor Source Code Has Been Released

End of an Era

Donkey Kong Country 2 and Open Bus

Melbourne man discovers extensive model train network underneath house

The hidden JTAG in a Qualcomm/Snapdragon device’s USB port

There are no new ideas in AI only new datasets

The new skill in AI is not prompting, it's context engineering

Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion

The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes

My home servers are not a homelab

How to reap the emotional benefits of cold water

Alison Gopnik: cognition, care and spirituality

Researchers Uncover Hidden Ingredients Behind AI Creativity

WebAssembly: Yes, but for What?

What Happens to Leftover Hotel Soap?

Daydream fatigue

Not Just Shock Absorbers: How ASEAN Is Shaping the China Trade Balance

Russia’s Expanding Relations with Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan

Trump Touches a Raw Nerve in Delhi

No Safe Return: The Case Against Deporting Afghan Refugees

What the Go-Bag Craze Reveals About Taiwan’s War Readiness

Michael Kugelman Revisits the India-Pakistan Crisis

Anatomy of an Insurgency: Balochistan’s Crisis and Pakistan’s Failures

The Transnational Origins of Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry

Russian Without Russians: The Politics of Language in Uzbekistan

Japan’s Democratic Party for the People Mixes Momentum and Backlash

After No-Confidence Vote, Tasmania Headed to the Polls July 19

South Korean President Nominates Prime Minister and Ministers

Mongolia’s Strategic Turn Toward Central Asia

Propaganda, Pay, and Prison: The Kazakhs Fighting in Ukraine

Retreating Is Not Safety: How Cambodia Drives Women Out of Civic Spaces

1 in 3 Tuvaluans Applies for a New ‘Climate Visa’ to Australia

UN Rapporteur Highlights Continuing Restrictions of Civic Space in the Philippines

Thai Nationalists Hold Large Demonstration Calling for PM’s Resignation

Anwar, Prabowo Call for Middle East Peace, Pledge Joint Development of Disputed Maritime Area

Timor-Leste Joins ASEAN

Sri Lanka’s Shifting Stance on Foreign Research Vessels Risks Its Blue Economy Future

China’s Bet on Iran: What Now?

Magenta Mobility partners with logistics tech platform MOVER to deploy over 250 EVs

Eggoz raises $20M in Series C round to strengthen branded eggs business

Floww: Powering Bharat’s MSMEs with Simple, Smart Software

MobiKwik appoints Saurabh Dwivedi as CTO to spearhead AI plans

The AI Revolution: Why tomorrow's workforce needs more than technical skills

Redinent: Bengaluru Deep-Tech Startup Securing Global IoT Systems

Infra.Market raises $50M from MARS Growth Capital in debt funding

5 Non-fiction books to change your thinking under 200 pages

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

RodBez: Rural Taxi Startup Disrupting Bihar's Mobility Sector

'We're enabling millions of gig workers': Bounce's Vivekananda Hallekere

How to choose the best life insurance policy in your 30s and 40s

4 Books to instantly make you the smartest in the room

Jumbotail turns unicorn after raising $120M in Series D round; completes acquisition of Solv

Peak XV sees likely windfall gains from IPOs

Peak XV’s likely windfall from IPOs; Making buildings safer with AI

How Timbuckdo is empowering college students to earn, save, and grow

Resilience AI shows how risk-prone your city’s buildings are and suggests ways to fix them

AI for Scientific Discovery

How Platoon Improved Every War Movie That Followed

How American Cars Got So Bad

If AI can do your classwork, why go to college? | The Gray Area

இனிமேல் காசு கேட்டா செருப்பால அடி😂😂 #vikkals #shorts

Talking Lunar Outpost rovers on 'This Week in Space"

Retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts running for US Senate -- Exclusive Space.com interview

In Between Magic and Reality: The Jon Miner Story | Let It Kill You

BREAKING: Toyota Innova Hycross scores 5 stars safety rating in the latest Bharat NCAP crash test.

..warna bigad jaoge | Why Kia Carens Clavis Is The Best MPV Under Rs 25 Lakh | Branded Content

NASA's Innovation First Rule

MrBeast's Viral Thumbnail Secret!

How China built its first nuclear bomb & how the story holds the key to understanding Iran

Coffee doesn’t just wake you up, could also slow your ageing

PM Modi to inaugurate Mizoram’s Bairabi-Sairang railway line connecting Aizawl

‘Indian Muslims are hiding their dowry practice in a Sharia loophole’

‘They want Namazwad, not Samajwad’: BJP’s Sudhanshu Trivedi targets INDIA bloc on Waqf Bill protest

‘It is in the hands of high command’: Kharge on Karnataka leadership change speculations

Hindi imposition row: What Maharashtra govt's move to revoke orders on 3-language policy means

How does Iran view US, Israel,Russia, Pakistan,China & India, and can the Ayatollah regime survive?

Modi-Shah will have to amend BJP’s constitution first if he listens to Dhankhar, Hosabale & Himanta

Prada-Kolhapuri chappal row: GI tag isn’t enough, it’s high time we tell our stories

How **WE** Use AI In Software Development

THEY ALL SUCK!

गरीबी का सच। Poverty। Modi Government | Explainers By Ajay Kumar

Palestinian Death Toll Nears 100,000 Says Israeli Reporter Who Exposed IDF War Crimes at Aid Centres

“ईरान अब जब चाहे अमेरिका के सैनिक ठिकानों पर हमला कर सकता है” #israelvsiran

अमेरिकी हमले में ईरान को जायेगा नुक़सान नहीं हुआ | #arfakhanumsherwani

ईरान अब न्यूक्लियर बम बनायेगा ?

Naga Community initiative convinced a British museum to return artefacts stolen during Colonial era

Operation Sindoor क्यों गिरे विमान ? सरकार ने बाँधे सेना के हाथ ? | Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Will the Modi government’s policies and beliefs thwart India’s international ambitions?

A philosopher’s guide to caring deeply | Meghan Sullivan

Charlize Theron is the GOAT 🐐

Clingy Cat Begs His Dad For Cuddles 24/7 | The Dodo

"Designer" Bully Who Couldn't Walk Up Stairs Learns How To "Dog" | The Dodo

Clingy Cat Begs His Dad For Cuddles 24/7 | The Dodo

Anna Camp Goes On A Dodo Dream Date | The Dodo

Toys for Your Cat's Personality | The Pack

"Designer" Bully Who Couldn't Walk Up Stairs Learns How To "Dog" | The Dodo

BELOW ZERO? - Is That The Value Of Life In India? | My Norway Experience | Akash Banerjee

Trump's Tariff Saga Begins: What Could Go Wrong? | The Daily Show

What happened to all that respect your trade war was going to get us, Trump? #dailyshow

Grace Kuhlenschmidt shares some birthday wisdom to close out #Pride Month #dailyshow

How Music Helped Me Live Through Long COVID | Joshua Roman | TED

A new POV is more powerful than you think. #TEDTalks

Drug Addicted Couple-Reina and Rigo

The 10 Most Notorious Cannibals of all time

Found my new favorite accessory! 📞👜💎 | #shorts #amazonfinds

Josh Freese on playing with Guns N’ Roses #drums #gunsnroses #axlrose #shorts

Can the Right and Left Agree on This?

Thank GOODNESS we ended on the A. “Julie” is officially out! Listenable in all the places! Go seeee!

இது ஒரு வேலை-ன்னு Supermarket-க்கு வரதா | Parithabangal #shorts

Why is Keeladi shaking up India’s history and politics? | Let Me Explain

June 30, 2025: Do smog towers and air purifiers help? Find out on Aaj Ka AQI

Welcome to your N8N Automation Playground with Maksym, Fullstack AI Engineer

How your Agent Knows What to do (and What not to Touch) by Maksym, Fullstack AI Engineer

He Painted Bugs Like Jewels — And Changed Science Forever

Diving into the wonders of the sea in Ocean with David Attenborough

A Gong Sound Bath - Reggie Hubbard - Live at Kripalu, May 22nd 2025

MELLISAIMANNAR PRAISES COMPOSES TRIBUTE SONG ON STAGE DURING FELICITATION TO ISAI ARASI P SUSHILA

BHARAT KI NARAZGI! 😁 | Moin Akhtar | Anwar Maqsood | Loose Talk

Jung ❌ Paan ✅ #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar #anwarmaqsood

Mental resilience in matrimonial disputes

Three ways to get FIR copy

Cross Examination last minute preparation

Anticipatory bail You need to hide from the polic

Gifting property to parent so wife cannot claim

Taking signatures of client on blank papers

Is it legal to record calls of wife

S12 E17: NYC Elections & Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: 6/29/25: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Meet the Moon Mammoths #lastweektonight

NYC Elections #lastweektonight

A battle between two images | Krishnamurti

Another kind of learning | Krishnamurti

Solving division word problems: How many in each group?

Solving division word problems: How many groups?

Creating volume expressions

Subtracting a mixed number from a whole number

Subtracting a fraction from a whole number

Dividing 4 digit by 2 digit numbers using partial quotients

Multiplying 3 digit by 2 digit: comparing standard algorithm to partial products

Multiplying 3-digit by 2-digit with partial products

Multiplying 3 digit by 2 digit with area models

Multiplying unit fractions: expression to area model

Multiplying unit fractions: area model to expression

Drawing an area model for the product of two unit fractions

Locating large numbers on a number line

Measuring the sides of a rectangle to find area

Multiplying a unit fraction and a whole number with fraction models

infinite microcosmos 🔬 lofi microbes to relax/study to

Should Shreyas be the next ODI captain for India?

DUSU Election me Itna Paisa kaha se aata hai?

How to Ask for a Raise

Is your cat suddenly yowling? Don’t ignore it, yowling is their way of saying something’s not right.

Pt Rajan Sajan Mishra Ji 🙏✨#icmvocal #icmtabla

Kaushiki Chakraborty, Shantanu Moitra & Musicians ❣️✨ #icmvocal #icmtabla #classic #music #shorts

Kathak Dance By Shairy Gairola ❣️✨#icmdance #icmtabla #kathak #dance #shorts

Why the US’ 2nd-Busiest Passenger Railway Is Doomed

Guess the largest caffeine producer in India

@souldzin: Being polite doesn't mean being inefficient

The Beginning! UNBOUND 200!

2025: The end of our world as we know it | Peter Leyden

Our new asteroid hunter opens its eye to the sky! ☄️

பய புடிச்சிட்டான்...எல்லாம் Technologia...⁉️🤪 Tamil Troll

Softball team stands up against sexism in Mexico | DW Documentary

Decarbonization of Coal and Thermal Power Plants in India | Sunita Narain

Will the Newcomer Sink or Strike Gold? | Bering Sea Gold S11 E13 | Discovery Channel

The Strongest Return for One Last War | Man Vs Bear S1 E8 | Discovery Channel

Patience is a Virtue When Filming Insects | #DeepLook #Shorts

ரீமா உனக்கு வேற வேலை இல்லையா Psychological Thriller | Gayatri Rema, Prasanth Srinivasan | DD Movies

ரீமா உனக்கு வேற வேலை இல்லையா Psychological Thriller | Gayatri Rema, Prasanth Srinivasan | DD Movies

ரீமா உனக்கு வேற வேலை இல்லையா Psychological Thriller | Gayatri Rema, Prasanth Srinivasan | DD Movies

ரீமா உனக்கு வேற வேலை இல்லையா Psychological Thriller | Gayatri Rema, Prasanth Srinivasan | DD Movies

ரீமா உனக்கு வேற வேலை இல்லையா Psychological Thriller | Gayatri Rema, Prasanth Srinivasan | DD Movies

Madhuwanti | Arshad Khan | Music of India

The Asteroid Threat You’re Not Watching For #shorts #asteroid #asteroidday

Muttai + Paruppu = Muttai Paruppu 😋

Watch the full episode with English subtitles 😁 | Cookd Vlogs 🤩

Software Engineering Is About Evolution, NOT Production

Carlsen’s Rat 🐀 Is Exterminated by Naroditsky

When Praggnanandhaa played the Scandinavian | Praggnanandhaa vs Sindarov | UZChess Cup 2025

Vishy Anand TROLLS Anish Giri 😂♥️🫂#chess #anishgiri #vishyanand

Vokhidov on beating Nepo | Theodorou and Saparmyrat best in Challengers and Futures

Hikaru Nakamura takes on 1993 world championship challenger Nigel Short | World Blitz Teams 2025

A Text from the Black King???

My Last Pawn

Top 10 Chess YouTubers? Ft. Julien Song

The Solitary | Official Promo #buildofy #architecture #home #tour #reels #shorts #punjab #luxury

How to Sleep Soundly (Ranked Worst to Best)

Ice Hip Pain

The saturation point in conflict

De las favelas al estadio: las chicas de Venezuela persiguen el Mundial

Blood Money: The infected blood scandal 'on another level' of injustice | BBC News

Spain records 46C as Europe heatwave continues | BBC News

Residents of Ukraine's Mariupol deny Russian claims occupied city returning to normal | BBC News

US must rule out more strikes before new talks, Iranian minister says | BBC News

Hundreds of families displaced by wave of Israeli air strikes on Gaza, witnesses say | BBC News

Freed Belarus opposition figure speaks out after five years in prison | BBC News

Why isn't Glastonbury Festival happening in 2026? #GlastonburyFestival #BBCNews

What you need to know about the Land Back movement in New Zealand | BBC News

Staged protest against US President Donald Trump at Paris Fashion Week. #BBCNews

Two firefighters have been shot dead in a “total ambush” in Idaho, US, police said. #BBCNews

Humanoid robots competed at a robot football tournament in Beijing, China. #China #Football #BBCNews

Immigration: How British politics failed | BBC News

Vasyl, Where is Your Rook?!