Digest — 2025-08-06:

Should knowledge be free?

Taming the Feed: Cutting Back on YouTube and Late-Night Browsing

Blaugust...?

weeds in the garden

the horror of too many readers

Digital hygiene: Notifications

What a nuclear reactor on the Moon really means for NASA’s future

How to expand your influence, according to 2 experts

The true cost of always needing to win an argument

3 ways to find and invite more wonder

Software books I wish I could read

Use AI to Stress Test Your Supply Chain

Step Up from Middle Management to Senior Leadership

Identify Your Leadership Blindspots

It’s Time to Streamline How We Communicate at Work

“Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has canceled nearly $500 million of...

mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people. “Two vaccine...

Matt Webb on copyrighting your faults. “I think part of growing up...

“As a clinical psychologist, I was curious: Could ChatGPT function like a...

From restitution to confronting authoritarian regimes, here are five ways museums can...

The case for memes as a new form of comics. “Memes —...

I analyzed more than 100 extremist manifestos: Misogyny was the common thread....

“At a Wisconsin pond, a pair of cranes is raising an abandoned...

Classical Statues Dressed Up As Hipsters

The official online copy of the US Constitution is missing some critical...

Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have....

Jamelle Bouie on the Death of the Fourth American Republic

Sweating the details

Statistical suggestions for mech interp research and beyond

Inscrutability was always inevitable, right?

Re: recent Anthropic safety research

Childhood and Education #13: College

The perils of under- vs over-sculpting AGI desires

Why hx-boost is actually the most important feature of htmx

A Fast, Growable Array With Stable Pointers in C

We shouldn’t have needed lockfiles

The how and why of GitHub to Codeberg

Litestar is worth a look

cosmopolitan: build-once run-anywhere c library

Be Careful with Go Struct Embedding

The Agony and Ecstasy of being a Viral Trickshot Video Star

No Entry

Can this Sherpa Change Mountain Climbing Forever?

All Hail the Mighty Snail

The Magic of Herding

How to Count Butterflies

What a Massive Butterfly Count Reveals

ECScape: Understanding IAM Privilege Boundaries in Amazon ECS

Suzhou Imperial Kiln Ruins Park and Museum of Imperial Kiln Brick (2018)

Isle FPGA Computer: creating a simple, open, modern computer

Testing Bitchat at the music festival

Consistency over Availability: How rqlite Handles the CAP theorem

How I use Tailscale

A Simple CPU on the Game of Life (2021)

Who got arrested in the raid on the XSS crime forum?

Don't “let it crash”, let it heal

My DIY modular charging station

Fire hazard of WHY2025 badge due to 18650 Li-Ion cells

Claude Code IDE integration for Emacs

Science Titan sub firm used intimidation tactics and flawed safety practices

Meta eavesdropped on period-tracker app's users, SF jury rules

Kitten TTS: 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source Voice Model

Seeing all the parts of a tough situation

A cream and two plains

New Method Is the Fastest Way To Find the Best Routes

What We’re Reading: Copenhagen Is Becoming a ‘Sponge City’

The table of contents (and the index)

Philippines and India Announce Establishment of Strategic Partnership

China’s Diplomatic Campaign Following Trump’s Tariffs

Why Cambodia Is Losing the Information War With Thailand

India’s Russian Oil Dilemma

Philippine House Seeks Reversal of Supreme Court Ruling on VP’s Impeachment

The Landlocked Gather in Turkmenistan to Confront an Age-old Conundrum

How Prabowo is Rewriting Indonesia’s Diplomatic Playbook

Iranian President’s Visit to Pakistan Signals Islamabad’s Growing Role in Global Politics

The Strategic Ripples of China’s Mega-Dam for Bangladesh

As Trump Lifts Sanctions on Myanmar Elites, Is the US Eyeing Rare Earth Reserves?

How Trump’s Tariffs Upended BYD’s Mexico EV Gambit

Serbia and China Boost Security Ties With Special Forces Exercise

Can the SCO Survive Its Own Conflicts?

The ‘Three Pats’: Xi Jinping’s Enduring Governance Dilemma

Pakistan’s Mass Deportations of Afghan Refugees: A Humanitarian Emergency in the Making

India’s Strategic Bet on Battery Security: Can It Turn ‘Black Mass’ into ‘White Gold’?

Agentic AI startups pique VC interest; Affordable EVs for small-town India

Real-time fraud detection: How Drona Pay keeps digital banking safe

Deepfakes and fake news: The new cyber threats you can’t see coming

Why Israel Attacks Syria, Fears Iran’s Bomb & Faces Global Pressure : Israeli Ambassador Explains

IBP with Israel’s Top Diplomat

"Security Enhancement"

Good Enough Is Good Enough #animation #psychology #enough

Why We Need to Take It Slowly in Love

Cate Blanchett really is Lucy from Peanuts 🥜

The Graham Norton Show - Series 20 Episode 5 | Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne, Bryan Cranston

Little Land Bird Surprises Woman In The Middle Of The Ocean | The Dodo

Dog With Two Legs Can't Stop Smiling When She Runs | The Dodo

Pool-Obsessed Dog Spends His Whole Summer In The Water | The Dodo

Josh Johnson Gets Recognized in Public, Sort Of - After the Cut | The Daily Show

Hasan Piker discusses the manosphere and whether or not the Left can find a bridge into bro culture

MAGA is drumming up support to sic the military on Americans, and it's giving Jon Iraq War vibes

Josh Johnson is getting recognized more in public these days, but not the way you think #AfterTheCut

Turns out controlling AI is… complicated #TEDTalks

Prostitute interview-Vea

Mavis

Are You Burned Out?

The Cure to Burnout

The Mysterious Disease That Wiped Out The Tudors

Using A Quantum Computer For My PhD: A Conversation with Melvina | Quantum in the Field

Did a personal grudge almost end The American Revolution?

Haryana: हवा की गुणवत्ता पर नजर रखने वाला सिस्टम ठप, प्रदेश के सारे मॉनिटरिंग स्टेशन बंद

"पाकिस्तान एक मृत अर्थव्यवस्था है."

China Is Building the World's Largest Dam

Dr. Imran Rashid about the Negative Effects of #SocialMedia on Our Kids

Water - Too much and not enough | DW Documentary

தளபதி முதலமைச்சர் ஆனா எப்படி இருக்கும் | Thalapathy Vijay Political Movie

தளபதி முதலமைச்சர் ஆனா எப்படி இருக்கும் | Thalapathy Vijay Political Movie

தளபதி முதலமைச்சர் ஆனா எப்படி இருக்கும் | Thalapathy Vijay Political Movie

தளபதி முதலமைச்சர் ஆனா எப்படி இருக்கும் | Thalapathy Vijay Political Movie

💥 It crushed barbed wire. It crossed “no man’s land.” It changed warfare forever. #shorts #war

Why Does Platform Engineering So Often End In FAILURE?

GM Bibisara Assaubayeva's Explains Her CRAZY Time Scramble Vs. Fabiano Caruana

Stiff or Tight Shoulders? Try This!

How to expand your influence, according to 2 experts

Fujifilm: A Century of Innovation and Survival

"Shocked" Supreme Court orders Allahabad High Court to strip judge of criminal roster

Where does your interest come from?

என்னடா சட்டைய புடிச்சிட்டே #vikkals #comedy

Will my wife file more cases if I file one?

Drag Racing Turns Deadly! | Street Outlaws S5 E19 | Discovery Channel

From the Trail of Tears to Wounded Knee: Ep 11 of Crash Course Native American History

The next big talent from North East India | Aaradhya Das vs Aditri Baisya | Under-11 nationals