Digest — 2025-08-12:

Why love matters most

I changed my email provider

Hi BearBlog, glad to be here

Ripped Wings: Paladins

you can stick with it

If these words reach you ... Israel has succeded in killing me

Sometimes nuance is bad actually

I'm smiling.

Men suck at maintaining friendships

At 36 billion solar masses, is the heaviest black hole too massive?

How “6 points of connection” can repair our shared trust

What our shelves of unread books teach us about ourselves

What exactly is “life?” Astrobiologists still have more questions than answers

The Success-Then-Happiness Fallacy

Are You Considering Chinese AI In Your Strategy?

How AI Can Help Tackle Collective Decision-Making

Reddit will block the Internet Archive. “The company says that AI companies...

This website is for humans. “I write the content on this website...

Vote for the 2025 Tiny Awards Site of the Year! This looks...

The Iron Chef Opening Theme Was Composed by Hans Zimmer?

Wplace Is Exploding Online Amid a New Era of Youth Protest. “Some...

The Boston Globe’s Prescient 2016 View of Our Trumpist Future

A Man Read 3,599 Books Over 60 Years, and Now His Family...

The Lego Game Boy

The Only Time Prince & Miles Davis Jammed Together Onstage: Watch the...

Car and plane travel from Canada to the US has dropped sharply...

If you’re still back-to-school (or racing-the-tariffs) shopping, these M4 Macbook Airs are...

Welcome to the Era of Big Stupid in America. “When you make...

Roll On, You Crazy Tire!

The quest for the perfect progressively enhanced dropdown menu

Measuring intelligence and reverse-engineering goals

The trajectory of the future could soon get set in stone

CoT May Be Highly Informative Despite “Unfaithfulness” [METR]

"I’m Gemini. I sold T-shirts. It was weirder than I expected"

The Bone-Chilling Evil of Factory Farming

Generalized Coming Out Of The Closet

Thoughts on extrapolating time horizons

Git Interactive Rebase Order is Wrong (2019)

Desired features in a "git-killer" (next-generation DVCS)

My tiny (1000 lines), fastish, embeddable scripting language can be AOT compiled

Radicle 1.3.0

Jenny’s Daily Drivers: FreeDOS 1.4

Mutually Attacking Knights

The "high-level CPU" challenge (2008)

An Introduction to Python-Rust Interop for Scientific Codebases

stylish bugs

Ashet Home Computer

The Best "Hello World" in Web Development

ai reviews my mini webserver

How I do (type-safe) container types in C

Syncthing v2.0

uxn

Script to migrate GitHub repositories to a Forgejo instance

The Crypto Maniacs and the Torture Townhouse

Ms. Rachel Grew Up on Mister Rogers. Now She’s Carrying on His Legacy.

The Worm Hunters of Southern Ontario

Fear and Trembling in the Garrison

These Spiders Kill with Their Vomit

First Views of the Perseid Meteor Shower

How to Restore a Rembrandt

Can Humanity Stem the Plastic Tide?

The Role of Feature Normalization in Ijepa

ARM adds neural accelerators to GPUs

Compiler Bug Causes Compiler Bug: How a 12-Year-Old G++ Bug Took Down Solidity

Recto – A Truly 2D Language

Architecting large software projects [video]

Why top and free in containers don't show the correct container memory (2018)

Rerank-2.5 and rerank-2.5-lite: instruction-following rerankers

Print, a one-line BASIC program

Kodak says it might have to cease operations

ForgeFed: ActivityPub-based forge federation protocol

Australian court finds Apple, Google guilty of being anticompetitive

The Missing Protocol: Let Me Know

The equality delete problem in Apache Iceberg

Why are there so many rationalist cults?

Launch HN: Design Arena (YC S25) – Head-to-head AI benchmark for aesthetics

WHY2025: How to become your own ISP [video]

Show HN: Omnara – Run Claude Code from anywhere

A gentle introduction to anchor positioning

Training language models to be warm and empathetic makes them less reliable

Journaling using Nix, Vim and coreutils

Show HN: Building a web search engine from scratch with 3B neural embeddings

Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context

Japan's largest paper, Yomiuri Shimbun, sues Perplexity for copyright violations

GLM-4.5: Agentic, Reasoning, and Coding (Arc) Foundation Models [pdf]

A ghost in limbo

A ghost in limbo

Dicing an Onion, the Mathematically Optimal Way

Why Arkansas Wants More Americans to Eat Invasive Carp

After the shortcuts

China and the US-Nvidia Deal: National Security for Sale?

Boris Johnson’s Visit Is Just One Sign of the UK’s Changing Approach to Taiwan

Japan Voted for Change. What Does that Mean for the US Alliance?

A Climate Lawsuit by Farmers Seeks to Hold South Korea’s Largest Emitter Accountable

Tanks and Interests: Why Russia and India May Build the Future of Armor Together

The August 5, 2024 Massacre: A Rohingya Survivor’s Photographs

Chinese Vessels Collide While Pursuing Philippine Patrol Ship in South China Sea

India-Philippines Ties Now Strategic Partnership on Upward Trajectory

Censored Thai Exhibition Undermined ‘Core Interests,’ China Claims

Southeast Asia’s Uneven Tourism Recovery, Explained

ASEAN and Trump’s Tariffs: Regional Calamity, Rent Seeking, or Return to the Status Quo?

Cambodia-Thailand Border Clashes: The Role of Supply Chains

Why Australia Intends to Recognize Palestine

Post-Election, Japan Reassesses Policies on Foreigners

Why Is the US Punishing India – But Not China – for Buying Russian Oil?

How India Could Capitalize on Trump’s Trade Moves

Writing incentives, Building constraints

Ather Energy sets up over 430 fast chargers across 38 Tamil Nadu cities

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (August 12, 2025)

Cybersecurity startup 1Kosmos raises $57M in Series B round

Nykaa bets on own brands, acquires 100% stake in wellness brand Nudge

Ultraviolette raises $21M from TDK Ventures, others

IPO-bound Zetwerk acquires majority stake in transformers solutions firm KRYFS Power Components

Recognised startups in India surge to 1.8 lakh

Paytm finally gets RBI nod to operate as a payment aggregator

DPIIT, Zepto partner to scale manufacturing startups through Zepto Nova

Nykaa Q1 profit jumps 79% on strong demand in beauty & personal care; fashion losses narrow

India to launch first indigenous commercial Earth observation satellite constellation

Smartworks Q1 FY26 revenue rises 21% to Rs 379.2 Cr; loss narrows

Brandworks Technologies raises $7M in round led by Catcus Partners

Honasa Consumer’s Q1 profit inches up on steady sales growth

Nazara sees Q1 profits soar 2X, revenue rises to Rs 498.8 Cr on the back of growth in gaming segment

Bluestone backers reap hefty rewards; Nykaa set for strong Q1 momentum

ELIVAAS raises Rs 87 Cr in Series B round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India

Nykaa Q1 preview: Beauty segment to drive growth, fashion expected to improve

Pronto raises $11M in Series A funding from General Catalyst and Glade Brook Capital

Speciale Invest announces close of Fund III with a target corpus of Rs 600 Cr

The Failed Logistics of Hurricane Katrina

How do theater owners stay alive in a business that's constantly "dying"? #shorts

Power House Song Recording Session😂🤘 #vikkals #recordingsessions

Tropical Storm Erin intensifies in NOAA satellite time-lapse

How one Florida Man became a local legend

Living Legend TK Murthy's Best Moments On Stage | Century of Rhythm | 101 Birth Anniversary Tribute

Meet the all-new Mercedes — the AMG CLE 53 4Matic+ Coupe!

Secret Behind Every Blockbuster Movie

Only 2% of Indians have access to Movies

Lok Sabha accepts motion to impeach Justice Yashwant Verma, forms panel to probe allegations

'EC not protecting One Man One Vote which foundation of the Constitution,' Says LoP Rahul Gandhi

'Housing stray dogs in shelters is impractical': PETA India Advocacy Associate

INDIA bloc MPs protest in t-shirts featuring a '124-year-old' voter, Minta Devi’

'I hope our connection with our national flag doesn't stay limited to functions,' says Omar Abdullah

Lok Sabha LIVE | Parliament Monsoon Session

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi condemns Asim Munir’s nuclear threat

Amid debate on SC's stray dogs order, a glimpse of Rohit Chawla's photographs from book 'Rain Dogs'

Inside Tesla: Elon Musk’s $29-billion pay package, boardroom buzz & EV supremacy battle

BLA's 'foreign terror' tag shows Pakistan-US ties are in full public embrace| #InstantAnalysis

LIVE: Rajya Sabha | Monsoon Session

SP MP Jaya Bachchan scolds a man while he tries to take a selfie with her

Rajya Sabha passes new Income Tax Bill while Opposition walks out

As Pakistan issues war threat over Indus Waters,understanding the treaty India paused after Pahalgam

Dharali village in Uttarakhand wiped out, victims lose their livelihoods in flashfloods

BEHIND MUNIR'S NUKE THREAT FROM US, & WARNING FOR INDIA

In Mohammed Siraj, the Pasmanda Muslims have a hero

The Greatest Security Engineer ever

ECI response to RG “Inadvisable, Unfortunate”; Should Order “Immediate Inquiry & Investigation”

“बनारस की वोटर लिस्ट हमें दीजिये, 99% मोदी जी चुनाव हारेंगे”वोट-चोरी पर आलोक शर्मा | Arfa Khanum

"Can't Take Air Chief Marshal's Claim of Downing Five Pak Jets at Face Value," Argues Sushant Singh

Ladakh’s Longing for Lost Rights, Guarantees | Interview with Sonam Wangchuk

SOMETHING BIG? ANNOUNCEMENT…

Rethinking the origin of plate tectonics - with Naomi Oreskes

The Man Who Taught Bezos, Walton & Sinegal Everything | Sol Price [Outliers]

S20 E07 - The Graham Norton Show | Full Episode | Chris Martin, Rosamund Pike, Michael McIntyre

Is McKinsey losing its shine?

Spoiled Boxer Has A Very High-Maintenance Sleep Routine | The Dodo

Tips Every New Dog Parent Need | The Pack

Stray Dog Was Terrified Of Being Touched Until This Woman Showed Him How To Love | The Dodo

Runt Of Skunk Litter Is A Little Terror | The Dodo

Watch These Two Rescue Calves Become Peas In A Pod | The Dodo

"Aggressive" Cat Melts When She Gets To Know Her New Mom | The Dodo

Lamb Comes To Work With Mom And Headbutts Her Coworkers | The Dodo

This priest turned thoughts and prayers into action with a gun buyback program #dailyshow #guns

"Waiting on the Moon" author Peter Wolf on why he didn't want to write a "cookie-cutter" memoir

A Deep Dive Into Trump's History With Epstein Pt. 3 | The Daily Show

The ginormous collision that tilted our planet - Elise Cutts

A Small Nation’s Surprising Solution to Unemployment | James Mnyupe | TED

Whether you love Taylor Swift, Hamilton, or anything in between, this one is for you. 🧡 #TEDTalks

Breaking Down UAP Footage with the Head of The Pentagon’s UAP Taskforce, Dr. Jon Kosloski

Motion Parallax of a Balloon or a REAL UFO sighting?

Three Sisters On Heroin-Valeen, Amanda and Tiffany

Raised For the End of the World-Kate

Kimberly

Not me still trying to figure out what the opposite of nonchalant is… | #shorts

The Oldest Rock on Earth Is Older Than Earth Itself

As Disasters Escalate, What’s The Future Of FEMA?

Did MIT Researchers Just Prove Einstein Wrong?

Weezer “Hash Pipe” Breakdown #weezer #guitar #music #shorts 

In the Room with Aerosmith's Joe Perry & Brad Whitford

Foundational Quantum Algorithms Part II : John Watrous | QGSS 2025

Carl Jung’s Shadow Work - How to Confront Your Dark Side (Step-by-Step Guide)

இதுல கூட எங்க பிரச்னையை சொல்லமாட்டிங்களா | Parithabangal #shorts

Mathura Half Encounter: पुलिस ने 1 मार्च को उठाया 4 मार्च को पैर में गोली मारकर दिखाई मुठभेड़

No urgent stories of rising floods, relentless monsoons, and the climate crisis? WHY

Stray Dogs के लिए सड़कों पर उतरे लोग

एक नहीं 6 बार आया सैलाब, Dharali की तबाही का वीडियो बनाने वालों ने और क्या बताया | Ground Report

Election commission का फजीता, Rahul Gandhi की प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस और Dharali आपदा का सच | NLTippani 248

Sound—and we cannot express this enough—ON 🔊 #NationalGeographic

With the help of their parents, these little goslings have the world at their webbed feet ❤️

Would you eat Mammoth Meat?

Sacred Geometry in a Tiny Home 😍 #tinyhousetour

The Baileys #lastweektonight

Immigration Enforcement: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

An excellent teacher | Krishnamurti

From Unilever India to crisis leadership, Sanjiv Meath shares career and investment lessons.

Woman suffocated on an overcrowded train reportedly in Bihar, as bystanders filmed and laughed.

Will Delhi’s Stray Dogs Survive the SC Order? | Jist

Birthday stunt on Bullet blocks traffic for 20 minutes in Bilaspur.

Send your content to jacksongalaxy.com/submit and choose “Inaba” category! #cats #catvideos

Iran and India - the two lost brothers in Yama 🇮🇷🇮🇳

Violin Recital By Kamakshi Ambatipudi & On Octapad Pawan Kumar #violin #octapad #icmtabla #shorts

Tabla Jugalbandi By Yashwant Vaishnav & Nishit Gangani #icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

Kathak & Odissi Dance Jugalbandi By Preetisha Mohapatra & Nilopa Maitra #icmdance #kathak #icmtabla

2 stocks that broke out from long term consolidation

Reading Code Effectively: An Overlooked Developer Skill • Marit van Dijk & Hannes Lowette

If It Was Only This EASY 😦

Are Pros Ruining Gravel For The Rest Of Us? | The GCN Show Ep. 657

DevSecOps Course for Beginners – API Security

W̶A̶T̶E̶R̶M̶E̶L̶O̶N̶ ̶S̶T̶A̶R̶ Diwagar ROAST🔥🔥

Virtual love - How dangerous are AI relationships? | DW Documentary

Scientists Discover Brain Can Trigger Immunity on Sight

#electricbuses of #kochi public #transport

Committee formed to assess Dharali disaster in Uttarakhand

Rise of the Golden Empire! | Bering Sea Gold S11 E1, E2, E3 | Discovery Channel

Race Car Rivalry Reaches Boiling Point! | Street Outlaws S5 E23 | 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

🐘 Happy World Elephant Day! 🐘 #shorts #WorldElephantDay #Elephants

The History of America’s Indian Boarding Schools: Ep 12 of Crash Course Native American History

Tiger fire show - peyar karanam 😂🔥

Take care of your wallet, get Cookd products in Smart Bazaar’s Full Paisa Vasool Sale! #collab

The REAL reason why Dhadak 2 is awesome

Aronian's French Burns MVL

Gukesh's most beautiful finish with a queen sacrifice vs Oparin | Saint Louis Rapid 2025

Gukesh vs World Blitz 2013 Champion Le Quang Liem | Saint Louis Rapid 2025

Gukesh D finished this game in most beautiful way 🥶 #chess

From Budapest to Chennai for Chess! | Kincső Tóth | Commentator at Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters

2700 for the first time! | Final moments of Awonder Liang beating Pranav + Interview | Chennai GM

Exploring a beautiful tournament in France | Complete Venue Tour of Dole Trophy 2025

Ze beast wins, Awonder becomes Super GM | GM Harshit Raja recaps Round 6 of Quantbox Chennai GM

Can Magnus Carlsen Defeat ChatGPT BLINDFOLDED?

Grandmasters describe MAGNUS in one word 🐐

Who is Judit Polgar's Favorite Football Player?

Don't ever count us out..

Vidit Explains the Move to Nihal

शादियों वाला पनीर चंगेज़ी बनाएं घर पर | 'Pataka' Paneer Changezi | spicy Paneer recipe | Chef Ranveer

A Temple-Inspired Courtyard Home in Chennai with Exposed Brick Walls! (House Tour)

Depressed Scapula Explained

Manage your emotions, in 9 minutes

Guns N' Roses, Duff McKagan | It's So Easy and Other Lies

Nicola Sturgeon on her time as First Minster, Alex Salmond, and her sexuality | BBC Newscast

US and China extend trade truce to avoid tariffs hike | BBC News

Flames near Madrid as wildfires burn across Spain and Portugal. #Wildfires #BBCNews

Australia PM Anthony Albanese says Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu 'in denial' about Gaza war. #BBCNews

Taylor Swift announces new album on Travis Kelce podcast. #TaylorSwift #TravisKelce #BBCNews

North Koreans tell BBC they are being sent to work 'like slaves' in Russia | BBC News

Should phones be allowed in nightclubs? #Nightclub #Clubbing #BBCNews

Ukraine's borders must not be changed by force, EU leaders say | BBC News

Protests over Israel's killing of journalists in Gaza | BBC News

Man dies of food poisoning on Spanish Jet2 holiday. #Fuerteventura #Jet2 #BBCNews

Wildfire destruction in Europe seen from above. #Wildfires #Europe #BBCNews

Lawsuit against Sylvanian Drama creator dropped. #SylvanianFamilies #Epoch #BBCNews

A trunk with many uses 💚 🐘 #Elephant #Animals #Wildlife #Photography #Shorts

Clever Piglets Outsmart Scientists to Sniff Out Strawberries | BBC Earth

It does not send a good message: Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia on Allahabad HC judges writing to CJI

OUR FASHION before we were parents

Checkmate Ends The Game! || David Anton Guijarro vs Hans Moke Niemann || Spanish Club Champ... 2025

The Worst Blunder Magnus Carlsen Ever Made

How To Reclaim Your Attention (and your life) - Dr. K

Is Ethanol Blended Petrol Safe For Your Car Engine? | Nitin Gadkari Misleading Us? | Akash Banerjee

LoneWolf League: GAME 11 (THE FINALE!)