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Inside the search for a universal signature of unconsciousness

“Pure awareness”: Inside the psychedelic that erases space, time, and self

Why AI gets stuck in infinite loops — but conscious minds don’t

What the stages of sleep reveal about consciousness

Mapped: The boundaries of human perception

6 questions about consciousness with Annaka Harris

Why you should always question your perceptions

Why the 21st century could bring a new “consciousness winter”

The Consciousness Issue: The Mystery of Being You

Can picture books change the world?

How to Run Smart Experiments When You Just Don’t Know

Rewilding the Human Spirit in the Age of Moral Colonialism: Brian Eno on Carnival as a Model for Saving Culture

AI Is Making the Workplace Empathy Crisis Worse

Make a Mid-Career Industry Change with Confidence

You Want to Quit Your Job—But Feel Stuck

How to Successfully Drive Change When Everything Is Uncertain

What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My...

The Covid Vaccine Situation for the Fall Is a Complete Mess

The newly launched Eclipse Atlas website contains “over 2,000 historic and modern...

Fun & simple little browser game: Dodge This. “Move to dodge the...

Getting Back to Yourself

Joe Caroff, Who Gave James Bond His Signature 007 Logo, Dies at...

I’m sorry, what? Platypus locate prey through electro receptors in their bills...

Refusing to Choose Is a Choice

“You do not need the strongest powers of observation to see that...

Notes from a Burner Phone 101 workshop. Participants learned about “phone-related risk...

The World Is Burning, But Want to Meet Up for Thirty-Four-Dollar Cocktails?...

Glue work in times of crisis

Monthly Roundup #33: August 2025

AI Companion Conditions

come work on dangerous capability mitigations at Anthropic

My AGI timeline updates from GPT-5 (and 2025 so far)

Epistemic advantages of working as a moderate

Building a Regex Engine

L2AW theorem

Privacy-Preserving Age Verification—and Its Limitations

Monad annoyance

Why is my device a touchpad and a mouse and a keyboard?

Monoid-augmented FIFOs, deamortised

NASA’s 10 Rules for Safety-Critical Code

Tag-based logging

Improvements to OCaml code editing: the basics of a refactor engine

The long season of langdev

Container-aware GOMAXPROCS

Const Trait Counterexamples

Default musl allocator considered harmful (to performance)

Zed for Windows: What's Taking So Long?

Let `jj absorb` help you keep a clean commit history

Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?

Zig 0.15.1 Release Notes

Code Review Can Be Better

Git RFC: Introduce jj-inspired git-history(1) command for easy history editing

Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying

Where the Dogs Run

Socrates Would Be Pleased

It’s a Plastic World, After All

Eye of Sauron Hints at Cosmic Mystery

This Mars Probe Went Missing

Claim: GPT-5-pro can prove new interesting mathematics

Burner Phone 101

Recreationally overengineering my location history

Physics of badminton's new killer spin serve

How can AI ID a cat?

Shader Academy: Learn computer graphics by solving challenges

Learning about GPUs through measuring memory bandwidth

Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (1986)

AWS in 2025: Stuff you think you know that's now wrong

Closer to the Metal: Leaving Playwright for CDP

Tidewave Web: in-browser coding agent for Rails and Phoenix

Vibe coding creates a bus factor of zero

Lean proof of Fermat's Last Theorem [pdf]

OPA maintainers and Styra employees hired by Apple

Pixel 10 Phones

Coris (YC S22) Is Hiring

Show HN: Luminal – Open-source, search-based GPU compiler

Sequoia backs Zed

An Update on Pytype

Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first

Introduction to AT Protocol

SimpleIDE

Launch HN: Channel3 (YC S25) – A database of every product on the internet

Show HN: PlutoPrint – Generate PDFs and PNGs from HTML with Python

Gemma 3 270M re-implemented in pure PyTorch for local tinkering

Show HN: I was curious about spherical helix, ended up making this visualization

Avi Loeb: Is 3I/Atlas Our Turing Test by a Superior Alien Intelligence?

Copilot broke audit logs, but Microsoft won't tell customers

AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents

You don’t need perfect features to be physically beautiful

Double portrait

The Pursuit of Life Where It Seems Unimaginable

Habit experiment №2: Self-directed study

All that torque

Taiwan Is Rewiring North America’s AI Hardware Chain

US Transnational Repression Targets Hope California Legislation Will Turn the Tide

Thailand Approves Plan to Hire Sri Lankan Migrant Workers Amid Cambodian Exodus

China Slowly Making Security Inroads in Southeast Asia, Report Says

How a Thai Influencer is Profiting From the Border Conflict With Cambodia

Why China’s Fear of Failure Will Keep It Behind in the AI Race

The CCP’S Subnational Strategy in the US

If China and India Mend Ties, Will South Asia Finally See More Stability?

The Asia-Pacific Must Confront the Human Trafficking Crisis in Cambodia’s Scam Compounds

Democracy Denied: Systematic Voter Exclusion Moves Eastward to Bengal

New Zealand Is Trailing Its Allies Over Palestinian Statehood

Your Brand in the Age of Generative Search: How to Show up and be Cited

Govt to ban money-based online gaming, bill likely in Parliament on Wednesday

SEPC, WinZO ink pact to promote export of Indian gaming tech, IP

Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (August 20, 2025)

The Truth About Passive Income: Unveiling the Reality Behind the Dream

Spiritual self-help: 7 books to find peace and purpose

Skill Impact Bond: Unlocking India's Skilling Landscape

Life-changing habits: 5 books that make success easier

Gaming bodies call for government intervention amidst blanket ban on real money games

BharatPe names finance and investments heads to bolster leadership

Karnataka HC challenges state’s ban on bike taxis

How to read a book in a day: 10 tips that actually work

Blanket ban on real-money gaming platforms casts a shadow over sports sponsorships

MSMEs in textiles, diamonds and chemicals to be most hit by US tariffs: CRISIL Intelligence

Borzo bets on AI to drive India growth, targets SMEs for expansion

9 perfectionist mistakes and how to easily overcome them

India outlaws real-money gaming with sweeping new bill

How Beyond Appliances is reinventing Indian kitchens with smart technology

How Indian robotics startups are applying automation to real-world problems

Veranda Learning is ready for its next act: Profitable growth via strategic unbundling of assets

Inside Veranda Learning’s playbook; Smart tech for Indian kitchens

Intellectual Fearlessness

Live CEOing Ep 916: Notebook Programming and XML Processing

Live CEOing Ep 917: Language Design in Wolfram Language [WithRandomSeeding, Snap(ped) and more]

History of Science and Technology Q&A (August 20, 2025)

Thalaivaruku Vantha Sothanai 😂 #vikkals #comedy

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts tackle emergency spacecraft escape drill at night

Sun unleashes 2 massive prominences in view rom NOAA satellite

Hurricane Erin from Space & Eye view #hurricane #hurricaneerin #iss #spacestation

Blastoff! Soyuz rocket launches 75 mice and more on Earth orbit mission

Citroen C3 & C3X Variants Explained | Live, Feel, Shine | Non Turbo & Turbo | The Ultimate Analysis

Advanced Linux Multi-Processing

Chase excellence, success will follow

Cinema was for everyone…not anymore

Edit that changed Taare Zameen Par

Why Aamir trusts test screenings?

Amit Shah moves key amendment bills; Joint Committee to review and report

Wang Yi’s Delhi visit shows India is shifting away from US, say Chinese analysts

'Don't teach us morality': Heated argument between Congress' KC Venugopal & Home Minister Amit Shah

Mother of Rajesh Khimki, who attacked Delhi CM Rekha Gupta leaves from police station

INDIA Bloc members hold discussion with the alliance's V-P candidate B Sudershan Reddy

LIVE: Rajya Sabha | Monsoon Session

All about CEREBO: Made-in-India handheld that can detect brain bleeds in 2 minutes

LIVE: Lok Sabha | Monsoon Session

'Going back to medieval times'- What Rahul Gandhi said on Centre's new bills on jailed ministers

'The aim of the leaders opposing this Bill is to bring anarchy in the country': Dharmendra Pradhan

Blanket ban on online money games to e-sports push, how new Bill proposes to alter gaming space

'A fire has started in Bihar, people are shouting vote chor,' says LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi

Officials rescue locals trapped after heavy rain in Dwarka, Gujarat

Lok Sabha passes the new Gaming Bill: Watch Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's full speech

Doval-Wang Yi meet: India-China rebuild ties with return to 2005 deal, de-escalation & early harvest

Gatekeeping online isn't real

AAP’s Land Pooling Policy Backfires in Punjab — Will It Dent Its ‘Badlav’ Image?

'30 Days in Jail, Out of Power': Are Amit Shah's New Bills Anti-Opposition? | Explained

क़ानून के नाम पर विपक्षी CM को जेल भेजने की तैयारी कर रही है मोदी सरकार? | Arfa Khanum

Amit Shah introduced the 130th Constitution Amendment Bill. | Opposition Hits Back

Mushaira | Urdu Hai Jiska Naam

The Cruel Truth: Why Your Ex Is Perfect for Someone Else

Why You Keep Having The Same Fight

Making sense - Colin Blakemore's 1982 Christmas Lectures 1/6

The sound of silence - Colin Blakemore's 1982 Christmas Lectures 2/6

The sixth sense - and the rest - Colin Blakemore's 1982 Christmas Lectures 3/6

Show me the way to go home - Colin Blakemore's 1982 Christmas Lectures 4/6

Vive la difference - Colin Blakemore's 1982 Christmas Lectures 5/6

Enchanted loom - Colin Blakemore's 1982 Christmas Lectures 6/6

Dame Judi Dench is a stoner 🌿

S20 E11 - The Graham Norton Show | Full Episode | Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Felicity Jones

Why this city is Xi Jinping’s pet project

Kitten Stuck On Tree 40 Feet Up Makes A Jump For It | The Dodo

My Neighbor's Dog Keps Sneaking Out | The Pack

Chicken Reacting To Music Is Proof They’re Smarter Than We Think | The Dodo

Shelter Pittie Melts Into Her Rescuer After Being Saved Just In Time | The Dodo

Wild Crow Never Misses A Coffee Date With His Rescuer | The Dodo

Terrified Dumped Puppy Learns How To Trust Humans | The Dodo

Chihuahua Thinks This Lizard Is Her Baby | The Dodo

Guy Runs Across Highway To Rescue A Tiny Kitten | The Dodo

"Abundance" author Ezra Klein on how Dems can beat the Right and gain back the trust of voters

Comedian Ramy Youssef compares the different vibes of the words "Islamophobia" and "antisemitism"

How to Love Your Complicated Family (W/ Ashley C. Ford) | How to Be a Better Human | TED

The Degeneracy of Drug Addiction-Skinny Vinny

Andrea and Joshua

the paradox of youth

the trap of nostalgia

Based on true events | #shorts #momlife #relatable

Do Animals Exercise?

Decoding Fireflies’ Smelly Signals And Blinking Butts

Singularities are Inevitable, Physicist Claims

Billy Strings On Songwriting #billystrings #guitar #bluegrass #shorts 

Simulating Nature on a Quantum Computer | Quantum Computing in Practice | Lesson 06

My Biggest Failure Became My Strength

“Valse d’antan” is on our album Photogénique, out now. Feat. Rob on the double-backwards guitar.

First Gym-க்கு போ அப்றம் Gym Bag வாங்கலாம் | Parithabangal #shorts

Health Paavangal | Parithabangal

discovering wonders

How have private schools benefitted from the school merger in UP?

On lack of infrastructure required to make dog shelters

Feeding stray dogs= BIG CSR CONSPIRACY?!??!

Paid content for @TravelTexas

Dolphins Up Close with Bertie Gregory | Official Trailer | National Geographic

Cleopatra’s Final Secret | Official Trailer | National Geographic

Some cases stay with you forever—this is one of them. #NamingTheDead

Incredible BIG Tiny House with Incredible Storage! 🤩 #tinyhousetour #smallhome

How husbands lose: lying on the affidavit backfires

MAHA & Calley Means #lastweektonight

MAHA & Casey Means #lastweektonight

Love and pleasure | Krishnamurti

Those Magic Words | Zaid Khan | Spoken Word Storytelling | Spoken Fest 2022

Khidki se cone jhaak raha hai...Shabd!

Those Magic Words | Zaid Khan | Spoken Word Storytelling | Spoken Fest 2022

Passenger confrontation with RPF constable on Delhi–Jodhpur train sparks outrage.

Red Alert in Mumbai! The Shocking Reality Behind water logging | Jist

Meet Doom and Gloom, who look anything but that! #cats #bonding

Gazal By Hariharan Ji And Musicians #icmvocal #gazal #icmtabla #shorts

Thavil Solo Snippet By Varshini Shankar #thavil #classical #music #icmtabla #shorts

Kathak Dance By Pooja Pant & Artists #icmdance #icmtabla #classical #dance #shorts

Don't lose lakhs because of this one mistake!

How Unforgiving Tools Help Your Programming Discipline with Michael Feathers

Dan Does A TIME TRIAL...AGAIN! 🚴

Building an AI-Powered E-commerce Chat Assistant with MongoDB – Tutorial

Abalone, sharks and survival | DW Documentary

The threat of #climatechange is real for #coastal #cities like #kochi #urbanchange #mobility

Severe Decline in Arctic Reindeer Could Shatter the Tundra Ecosystem

The Hoffman Crew’s Gold Rush Gamble! | Gold Rush S7 E3 | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

Gold Nuggets That Could Change Everything! | Gold Rush S7 E4 | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

Ultimate Survival Challenge: Fight to Live! | Dual Survival S3 E1 | Full Episode | Discovery Channel

The Reef’s Living Balloons 🎈🌊 #shorts #reef #ocean #sea #coralreefadventure

Indha Sambar made with Cookd’s lunch Sambar kit comes with cooked dal in a pack 🥰

Puli illama panra sambar masala is launching on August 25 in two flavors 😁

Why ‘You Build It, You Run It’ Works (Even If Developers Hate It) | PART 1

The Next Big SHA? SHA3 Sponge Function Explained - Computerphile

What If The Sun Disappeared?

Leela Slays KomodoDragon's Semi-Slav

This is why rook endgames are so tricky | Siddharth Jagadeesh vs Denis Lazavik | Abu Dhabi Masters

Gukesh’s COMEBACK after LOSING to Pragg! 💔🔥 #chess #gukesh

The fight for World no.3 | R. Praggnanandhaa vs Fabiano Caruana | Sinquefield Cup 2025

This Indian youngster is pure talent | IM Vignesh Vemula vs GM Wan Yunguo

Sinquefield Cup 2025 Round 3 | Praggnanandhaa vs Abdusattorov, Gukesh vs Sevian

Complete Domination | Praggnanandhaa vs Gukesh | Sinquefield Cup 2025

Which Move Would You Play?

WSCC 2025: World #1 Hou Yifan vs. Kateryna Lagno In An Epic Semifinals!!

Going to the MOON vs Going to a Chess Tournament!

Pro Chess Players' Favorite Movies!

Do this to increase shelf-life of Cutlets #vegcutlets #railwaycutlet #cookingtips #ranveerbrar

2 Moves for Seniors to Prevent Falls

The science of spirituality, and how it can change your brain

How big are galaxies?

Theodore J. Kaczynski: The Unabomber

Can you guess the HEAVIEST living organism?

Israel demands release of all Gaza hostages, casting doubt on ceasefire proposal | BBC News

‘Motor neurone disease left me without a voice but AI gave it back’ | BBC News

Competitors walk slackline 400m above a Chinese gorge. #BBCNews

More asylum hotels in England face legal challenge after court ruling | BBC News

Ukraine security guarantees to be discussed as Nato military chiefs hold meeting | BBC News

New Harry Potter TV series spotted filming in central London. #BBCNews

North Carolina braces for dangerous surf from Hurricane Erin | BBC News

What land does Russia occupy in Ukraine? #Russia #Ukraine #BBCNews

Watch the moment a fireball lights up the night sky in Japan. #BBCNews

Why Bitcoin is on the rise in Kenyan slums | BBC News

International Space Station captures striking view of Hurricane Erin. #US #BBCNews

Migrating Cranes Face Deadly Attacks Over the Himalayas | BBC Earth

80–90% judges are bureaucratic; nobody is dudh ka dhula: Justice BA Khan

Arnab vs. Navika: Delhi court orders police probe into defamation allegations

This is just Too Complicated! || Firouzja vs Duda || Sinquefield Cup2025

We’ve All Had This Bishop || Caruana vs Firouzja || Sinquefield Cup2025

The Drug That Works TOO Well?