Digest — 2025-08-11:

The secret

Bridging the gap

i spend too much time thinking about time

Allow me to introduce the two-sentence journal

Good recipes

Should I Admit This?

Romanticizing an Ordinary Sunday

To the guy using Yandex Browser to read my blogposts

My San Francisco Hair and Makeup Artist

Making Sense of "Logical" People

The fastest, cheapest particle physics path to a Higgs factory

The case for useless knowledge

Yuval Noah Harari: How to safeguard your mind in the age of junk information

How Dell’s membrane paved the way for “headless agents”

How to instantly be better at things

Four Requirements for High Performance

Evaluating LLMs Playing Text Adventures

Wonder, Play, and How to Be More Alive

Do You Have an Emotionally Intelligent Team?

When “Yes, and…” Backfires

Should You Stop Investing in AI (for Now)?

Israel’s right-wing government has murdered five Al Jazeera journalists in a deliberate...

American neo-Nazis love the Trump era. “[Trump] awakened a lot of people...

“You cannot keep your soul intact while building the Torment Nexus. The...

Karen Attiah: I Gained 20 Pounds of Muscle. Here’s What I Learned....

Smokey Bear Through the Years

In a preseason game yesterday, Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little nailed a...

Honey, I Have No Clue What You’re Talking About — I Did...

Scientists have found a “robust” candidate for a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri...

The Lord of the Rings Audiobook Is Fantastic

I Spent 6 Years Building a Ridiculous Wooden Pixel Display. “I built...

Two types of coders. Two types of code bases.

If worker coops are so productive, why aren't they everywhere?

GPT-5s Are Alive: Basic Facts, Benchmarks and the Model Card

How Does A Blind Model See The Earth?

Breaking the Cycle of Trauma and Tyranny: How Psychological Wounds Shape History

My Least Libertarian Opinion: Ban Exclusivity Deals*

OpenSSH: Post-Quantum Cryptography

Matrix Security Release

Colour Malarkey (2023)

Why Metropolis–Hastings Works

Choosing typeface

What are you doing this week?

LLM Coding Assistant Census

Faster substring search with SIMD in Zig

This Send/Sync Secret Separates Professional From Amateur Rust Developers

missing.css 1.2.0

Algorithmic Underground

Takeaway: a work-stealing task queue library for Rust

A Tour of Standard ML (2021)

Don’t Forget To Flush

Bevy's Fifth Birthday

Commit Mono

I tried coding with AI, I became lazy and stupid

How to not build the Torment Nexus

Creating the longest possible Ski Jump in The Games: Winter Challenge

Setting up a CI server for Forgejo

TCP Client Self-Connect (2013)

ChaCha12-BLAKE3: Secure, Simple and Fast authenticated and committing encryption

‘The Forest Had Gone’: The Storm That Moved a Mountain

‘A Moment of Pleasant Indecision’

Unmasking the Sea Star Killer

Orchids Thrive Among the Dead

Repairing an HP 5370A Time Interval Counter

Lambdas, Nested Functions, and Blocks (2021)

Homekit-steam-user-switcher: A way to remotely switch Steam users using HomeKit

Making reliable distributed systems in the presence of software errors (2003) [pdf]

Angle brackets in a Nix flake world

Fighting with YouTube to show a preview image

Show HN: Real-time privacy protection for smart glasses

Learn, Reflect, Apply, Prepare: The Four Daily Practices That Changed How I Live

Pricing Pages – A Curated Gallery of Pricing Page Designs

The demographic future of humanity: facts and consequences [pdf]

AOL to discontinue dial-up internet

Trellis (YC W24) Is Hiring: Automate Prior Auth in Healthcare

Trump Orders National Guard to Washington and Takeover of Capital’s Police

Launch HN: Halluminate (YC S25) – Simulating the internet to train computer use

What does it mean to be thirsty?

The Joy of Mixing Custom Elements, Web Components, and Markdown

36B solar mass black hole at centre of the Cosmic Horseshoe gravitational lens

Show HN: Keeps – Mail a postcard that plays your voice

The value of institutional memory

Ollama and gguf

Neki – sharded Postgres by the team behind Vitess

Claude Code is all you need

GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

Show HN: I built an offline, open‑source desktop Pixel Art Editor in Python

I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file

Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act

Show HN: A Sinclair ZX81 retro web assembler+simulator

Show HN: Reactive: A React Book for the Reluctant (written by Claude)

Vanishing from Hyundai’s data network

Optimizing My Sleep Around Claude Usage Limits

Why do we hesitate to talk about our own good deeds?

How to spot a cult

The World’s Smartest City Is a Tiny German Village

What does it want?

Japan Wins Australia’s Multi-billion Dollar Frigate Project

‘Bizarre’ Book Ban Underlines India’s Flawed Kashmir Policy

Divorce and Depression: Mongolia’s New Social Dilemma

India’s Techno-Civilizational Vision

First Rocket Launch Highlights Space Momentum in Australia

America’s New South Caucasus Corridor: Stakes for China, Russia, and Beyond

Thailand Again Accuses Cambodia of Laying Fresh Landmines Along Disputed Border

Malaysia to Lead ASEAN Delegation to Myanmar Next Month, FM Says

Advancing Australia’s Trilateral Partnership With Two ASEAN Neighbors

Survey Work Begins in Kazakhstan for Russia-Built Nuclear Power Plant

Government to Issue Gun Licenses to Indigenous Groups in India’s Assam State

Diplomatic Maneuvering Intensifies Ahead of US-Russia Alaska Summit

Mass Burials at Dharmasthala Point to Unholy Mix of Religion, Crime and Politics in India

Israeli Tourist Boom in Sri Lanka’s Arugam Bay Stirs Local Unease

After the Revolution: Bangladesh’s Long Road to Democracy

CEAPAD and Japan’s Cautious Approach to Palestine

Is the Republican Party Moving Away From Taiwan?

Tracking Conflict in the Asia-Pacific: August 2025 Update

🧳Goa Trip 2025

Mahindra Logistics launches B2C mobility offering Alyte for urban commuting

SEBI mulls single-window gateway for low-risk foreign investors

Tesla plans expand charging network in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru

Accel, Saama Capital set for sizeable gains in Bluestone IPO

Mimicking the real world: Indian startups building synthetic data platforms for AI training

Bluestone IPO subscribed 39% on debut as QIBs drive demand

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (August 11, 2025)

Bluestone IPO opens today; price band set at Rs 492 to Rs 517 per share

Lab-grown diamond startup Limelight onboards Shilpa Shetty as investor, brand ambassador

Peak XV sees another exit: Surge Partner Pieter Kemps to leave firm

GLP-1 drug searches surge in India as medical-grade weight loss goes mainstream

T-Hub rolls out fourth cohort of Charge with 21 mobility startups

Rapido to launch car, bikepooling services under new app, Hopr

Truemeds raises $85M to target non-metro markets

FincFriends secures Rs 41 Cr debt funding to expand lending

Upsparks Capital’s early-stage niche; Dhruva Space’s sky-high ambitions

From ambitions to orbit: Dhruva Space is building one of India’s largest satellite mass production facilities

How Upsparks Capital carved out a niche in India’s pre-seed investments

Satya Nadella on Leadership

Why First Blood Can’t Be Recreated by Hollywood

America is losing big on sports betting | The Gray Area

Is this the future of thrifting?

சோத்துக்கலாம் ஆயுள் தண்டனையா 😂😂#vikkals #comedy

Blastoff! SpaceX launches 24 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites, nails landing

I Joined a Violent Gang at 12 Years Old | VICE x Soft White Underbelly

10 Car Accessories Worth Buying Even w/o Any Sale Or Offers (Cost Only Rs. 300 to 2,000)

DaBaby Gets Real About Hip-Hop Culture! (Re-Release For YouTube) What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

Tristan Harris Is Trying to Save Us From AI! (Re-Release For YouTube) - What Now? with Trevor Noah

Mayor Karen Bass Predicts Los Angeles’ Future! (Re-Release For YouTube) - What Now? with Trevor Noah

Nick Kyrgios is More Than a Tennis Star! (Re-Release for YouTube) What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

Mark Cuban's Billionaire Luck! (Re-Release For YouTube) - What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

Eclipse Week with Christiana & Josh Johnson (Re-Release For YouTube) What Now? with Trevor Noah

Idris Elba Walks Into An Abu Dhabi Hotel Room! (Re-Release For YouTube) What Now? with Trevor Noah

Orlando Bloom's Life On The Edge! (Re-Release For YouTube) What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

Questlove Isn't Manif*cking Around! (Re-Release For YouTube) What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

Adam Grant Gives Trevor An Intellectual Wedgie! (Re-Release For YouTube) What Now? with Trevor Noah

The Trad Wife Paradox with Anne Helen Petersen! (Re-Release For YouTube) What Now? with Trevor Noah

Aamir Khan: Truth About Netflix, OTT, Audience & Future of Indian Cinema | Indian Business Podcast

'Rahul Gandhi should give suggestions on policies instead he disrupts House': BJP's Jagdambika Pal

'EC is worried. They lack answers to our questions': Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Priyanka Chaturvedi

'The country can see who is working against Constitution, it is Rahul Gandhi': Dharmendra Pradhan

'If govt won’t even approach EC, what is it afraid of?': Mallikarjun Kharge on Bihar SIR

Rajya Sabha LIVE | Parliament Monsoon Session

'Open to negotiate tariffs, though within limits of its sovereignty': Brazil’s Ambassador

Houses submerged, rescue ops underway after flash floods: Ground report from Dharali, Uttarakhand

What SC order on removal of stray dogs from Delhi-NCR streets within 8 weeks mean| #InstantAnalysis

'It is not a doable order,' says BJP leader Maneka on SC order on stray dogs in Delhi-NCR

'Any misadventure from Pakistan will be dealt with very severely,' says Karti Chidambaram

Dharali flood disaster: Uttarakhand villagers seek compensation for crop loss| Ground Report

Making sense of Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir’s reckless nuclear rant against India in 10 points

Hormonal therapy for menopause: Controversy finally settling?

Ye Aayog Hai Ghazab Kaa By Where’s My Vote?? Productions

Special Intensive Revision: Fear and Consequences

“Air Chief’s Claim Doesn’t Stand to Scrutiny at All – Where is the Evidence?”: Editor Force Magazine

Rahul Gandhi Detained during Opposition March to EC, Says ‘Fight To Save Constitution’.

'Vote Chor, Gaddi Chor': Opposition MPs Gherao Election Commission Office, Detained

"वोट चोर, गद्दी छोड़"

With Modi-Trump Friendship Caught in a Riptide, What's Next? | Lucknow Central

Opposition Protest Outside Election Commission: Akhilesh Yadav Jumps Over the Police Barricade

‘वोट चोरी’ दिल्ली की सड़कों पर क्रांति राहुल-प्रियंका-अखिलेश का प्रहार | Arfa Khanum

Delhi: INDIA Alliance Protest Against 'Vote Theft' & SIR,  Rahul Gandhi and Other MPs Detained

Hindutva Groups Hoist Saffron Flag, Pelt Stones on Tomb in Fatehpur | Full Story

Voter list में धांधली का इलाज SIR नहीं। Rahul Gandhi। Vote Chori। Election Commission

INDIA Alliance Protest Against 'Vote Theft' & SIR, Rahul Gandhi and Other MPs Detained

Amidst INDIA Alliance Protest, Lok Sabha Passes Four Bills Without Debate

ECI Blocks Transparency: Secret Lists & Missing Records in Bihar SIR

The case for useless knowledge | Betül Kaçar

Tattooing Tardigrades with Teeny Tiny... electrons.

Remembering The Legendary Robin Williams | The Graham Norton Show

David Attenborough flirts with Jessica Chastain. Naturally. 🦜

Is McKinsey losing its crown to AI?

How is Israel getting away with its actions in Gaza?

Skinny Kitten Covered In Paint Turns Into A Fluffy Teddy Bear | The Dodo

My Cat Went Wild for the Bubbles | The Pack

Dog Who Couldn't Be Around Men Or Dogs Gets A Second Chance | The Dodo

Woman Saves Tiny Puppy From Highway Traffic | The Dodo

Mangy Puppy Who Couldn't Walk Hops Around Like A Bunny Now | The Dodo

Cat's Favorite Things In The World Are Bras | The Dodo

So Many Ducks Move Into Woman's House And Take Over | The Dodo

Cat Will Not Begin His Day Without His Own Cat-uccino | The Dodo

After the Revolution: Bangladesh’s Long Road to Democracy

If people are gonna tariff-panic-buy rice, then call Michael Kosta the rice paddy daddy #dailyshow

Welcome to MAGA Summer School! Today's lesson: De-woking the story of Jackie Robinson

Why Does Uncertainty Bother Us So Much? | Adam Kucharski | TED

This artist shares how she trained an AI chatbot from her late grandfather’s archives. #TEDTalks

the bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach

Orientalism and McMindfulness

What’s Under Antarctica’s Ice?

Lithium May Have A Role In Causing—And Treating—Alzheimer’s

Stunning! AI “Creativity” Is Highly Predictable, Researchers Find

Hans Zimmer on temp music #hanszimmer #filmscore #filmcomposer #shorts

Foundational Quantum Algorithms Part I: Deutsch’s and Grover’s Algorithms: John Watrous | QQGS 2025

Is Real Estate a Good Investment in 2025?

ஐயோ மீண்டும் மீண்டுமா | Parithabangal #shorts

नरम मुलायम​, मुँह में घुल जाने वाले इतने स्वादिष्ट की बच्चे भी ढेर सारी लौकी मजे से खालेंगे #Lauki

Origami Mandalorian (Design by Tadashi Mori) – Star Wars Paper Art | DIY Origami Star Wars Easy Art

ORIGAMI MANDALORIAN STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL | HOW TO MAKE STAR WARS ORIGAMI EASY CRAFT FOLDING

Let Me Explain: How caste bias has shaped Malayalam cinema

2014 वाले नरेंद्र मोदी के सुर

Uttarkashi Floods | So far, 5 dead and 50 missing but locals fear the toll could be much higher.

Uttarkashi के Dharali में टूटे पुल और जमा मलबा बयां कर तबाही के हालात | Ground Report

Aug 11, 2025: AQI moderate, no discussion on the air in parliament

What happens when Rajyasree recommends shows to Abhinandan

‘वोट चोरी’ के खिलाफ INDIA ब्लॉक का मार्च, सैकड़ों सांसदों को पुलिस ने हिरासत में लिया |Ground Report

Seems like someone agrees with Newslaundry!

I Transitioned Into AI Engineering — Here’s How This Bootcamp Made It Possible - Ruby's Story

Project Babylon: Saddam Hussein’s Supergun

Moin Akhtar Baby Bangladeshi 😂 | Loose Talk Baby Series

A decade of court battles, and the wife came back

S12 E20: Immigration Enforcement & The Baileys: 8/10/25: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Immigration Enforcement #lastweektonight

Hope and faith have no meaning | Krishnamurti

What shall I do about fear? | Krishnamurti

#Urdu #Shayari by #RahatIndori | #SoteNahinZimmedariRehtiHai | #Poetry #Tribute | #Mehfil #Shabd

#Urdu #Shayari by #RahatIndori – #SoteNahinZimmedariRehtiHai | #Poetry #Tribute | #Mehfil #Shabd

Dictionaries (FULL UNIT) | Intro to CS - Python | Khan Academy

If you have a cat, follow this litter box, golden rule! #cats #cattips #catlovers

Santoor Recital By Pt Bhajan Sapori & On Tabla Pt Sudhir Pandey #santoor #icmtabla #classical#music

Classical Dance Kathak By Shairy Gairola #icmdance #kathak #dance #icmtabla #shorts

The Fifth Elephant Open Source AI (OSAI) meet-up on 4 April in Bangalore

Proud of You

A Chill

Wedding Waltz

The Shooting

Grateful

Welcome to Arizona

Bait

A Book

The Deal

Rumors

You Tried

Letter from the Duke

I Feel Safe with You

Heartless

It Is Happening

The Fake Countries the US Fights Fake Wars Against

Manappuram Finance vs Muthoot Finance

Combinators Revisited • Edward Kmett • YOW! 2018

GPS BIKE Head Units Have CHANGED Everything 🚴

Brazil: The clown of Crackland - Bringing hope to addicts | DW Documentary

Thailand Jungle’s Deadly Secrets! | Dual Survival S2 E8 | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

Gold Hunting in No Man’s Land! | Gold Rush S6 E18 | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

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

தளபதி முதலமைச்சர் ஆனா எப்படி இருக்கும் | Thalapathy Vijay Political Movie

One sip, and you’re back to the OG, powder illadha railway station style tomato soup 😋🍲

The TRUTH About Gitflow (From Its Creator)

Integral Too Deep for KomodoDragon

The most amazing Rook vs Knight Endgame | Nihal Sarin vs Arjun Erigaisi | Chennai GM 2025

GM Harshit Raja breaks down the most epic game from Chennai GM 2025 | Nihal vs Arjun

World Champion Gukesh vs 18 opponents

Two gentlemen of the game ❤️ 😍 #chess #chessbaseindia #nihalsarin

Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 | Round 6 | ft. Arjun, Vidit, Nihal, Anish, Vincent

Arjun and Anish are crowd favorites at the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025

Jokes with Anish, takes sole lead | Abhimanyu Puranik beats Harika | Quantbox Chennai GM Challengers

Abhimanyu leads Challengers, Jorden scores his first win | Harshit recaps Round 5 of Chennai GM

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 | Day 1 | ft. Gukesh vs Aronian, Oparin, Le Quang Liem

Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz 2025 | Day 2 | ft. Gukesh vs Aronian, Oparin, Le Quang Liem

Nihal the giant slayer 🔥🚀 #chess #nihalsarin #chessbaseindia

Most Beautiful Checkmate Pattern!

YOU WON!... But...

My Rooks Out of Prison

WSCC 2025: Lei Tingjie v. Divya Deshmukh & Bibisara Assaubayeva v. Zhu Jiner! Ro16

Chole में perfect colour के लिए.. #cookingtips #cholerecipe #ranveerbrar

Brad's New Shirt

We Blind-Ranked Blobby Beasts

Yuval Noah Harari: How to safeguard your mind in the age of junk information

Seattle, 1999: The Dawn Of A Civil War

Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza | BBC News

Al Jazeera says Israeli killing of five journalists was 'targeted assassination' | BBC News

Meteor burns across Australian night sky. #Meteor #Australia #BBCNews

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells Donald Trump not to be misled by Putin | BBC News

British woman pleads guilty to killing man in drunken e-scooter crash. #EScooter #BBCNews

Australia to recognise Palestinian state in September. #Australia #Palestine #BBCNews

Over-70s face UK driving ban for failing eye tests. #Driving #BBCNews

UN condemns targeted Israeli attack that killed five Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza | BBC News

Over-70s face driving ban for failing eye tests in UK | BBC News

EasyJet pilot suspended after 'drunk and naked' incident. #EasyJet #Pilot #BBCNews

Unemployed young adults in China pretend to work office jobs. #China #BBCNews

Record warm seas bring extraordinary new species to UK waters | BBC News

Carjackers steal tanker in police chase through LA. #LosAngeles #Crime #BBCNews

How will falling birth rates affect the global economy? | BBC News

Trump says he will try to get back territory for Ukraine in talks with Putin | BBC News

Indian legal profession is far behind on DEI: Aparna Mittal, Samāna Centre for Gender Policy and Law

Bringing a baby to a FILIPINO PARTY

When your a MOM ON A DATE

Bobby Fischer's Secret Match in 1992! (GAME 3)

Lotus Chess Arena - lichess.org

Lotus Chess Arena - Meet The Nitsche Brothers - lichess.org

Sonny Von Cleveland

The Spy Who Thought He’d Never Get Caught

Female Toilet Aim #couplecomedy

Trồng tắc chua trong vườn nhà quê | Growing sour kumquat in the country garden