Digest — 2025-09-12:

Katie’s story

Mixed feelings about charlie kirk's death

I'm so tired of being lonely

Become stronger: Jumpstart your anti-fragile systems

Cosmism: The 19th-century movement to reach space and immortality

Ask Ethan: Where does cosmic dust come from?

Teams That Prioritize Either Learning or Performance Perform Better

When CMOs and CFOs Align Their KPIs, They Deliver More Value

What Companies with Successful AI Pilots Do Differently

Which Weak Signals Should You Pay Attention To?

Enjoyed these thoughts from food critics about what they’d like to see...

This YouTube channel has a bunch of 40-60 minute DJ mixes of...

A collection of newspaper front pages from around the world. (See also...

The Hive Architect: Saving Britain’s Wild Bees

David Friedman on how he created a fun little game called Doomscroll....

How Albert Einstein Used His Fame to Denounce American Racism. “As a...

How to Navigate a City Without Street Addresses

Radical Neighbouring. “The food from this place has been offered as a...

On craft and compromise

The Case for Mixed Deployment

The Eldritch in the 21st century

Trends in Economic Inputs to AI

Optical rectennas are not a promising clean energy technology

Why I'm not trying to freeze and revive a mouse

My talk on AI risks at the National Conservatism conference last week

Emacs Wants You to Extend It: Sorting My Reading List

What are you doing this weekend?

meow: Yet another modal editing on Emacs

open-edison: An MCP Gateway to block Simon Willison's Lethal Trifecta

Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers

A positive lambda: '+[]{}'

Logging in Go with Slog: A Practitioner's Guide

Grimoire CSS - flexible utility class tool

From 19k to 4.2M events/sec: story of a SQLite query optimisation

Improving state machine code generation

Phishing campaign targeting crates.io users

FatNums: An Alternate Representation for School Arithmetic (2020)

UTF-8 is a Brilliant Design

Tips for installing Windows 98 in QEMU/UTM

Classic GTK1 GUI Library for Windows, Linux and MacOS

oq: Terminal OpenAPI Spec viewer

Debian 13, Postgres, and the US/* time zones

What Happens After I'm Gone? The Future of the Online Me

Fun Friday Question: What Easter Eggs have you Found or Made?

Lobsters Interview with Susam

Architecture by Fashion, Not Fundamentals

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

Gobsmacked! Supernatural Sightings After a Flood

Does Musical Taste Narrow with Age?

Can I Give You Some Advice?

Removing newlines in FASTA file increases ZSTD compression ratio by 10x

When Your Father Is a Magician, What Do You Believe?

Debian Upgrade Marathon: 3.1 Sarge

People Who Hunt Down Old TVs

I wish my web server were in the corner of my room (2022)

The Rising Sea: Foundations of Algebraic Geometry Notes

Which colours dominate movie posters and why?

VaultGemma: The most capable differentially private LLM

Proton Mail suspended journalist accounts at request of cybersecurity agency

Corporations are trying to hide job openings from US citizens

Show HN: Aris – a free AI-powered answer engine for kids

OpenAI Grove

Rust: A quest for performant, reliable software [video]

How FOSS Projects Handle Legal Takedown Requests

Discovery of a new satellite or ring arc around Quaoar

3D modeling with paper

EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy

The treasury is expanding the Patriot Act to attack Bitcoin self custody

FFglitch, FFmpeg fork for glitch arch

QGIS is a free, open-source, cross platform geographical information system

Toddlerbot: Open-Source Humanoid Robot

Float Exposed

Backprompting: Leveraging synthetic production data for health advice guardrails

We traded blogs for black boxes, now we're paying for it

How to start growing your own food

Minus plus multiply

A Single, ‘Naked’ Black Hole Rewrites the History of the Universe

One City’s Race to ‘Solarize Everything We Possibly Can’

No time?

How Many People Live in Afghanistan?

Muslim Conservatives Oppose Urdu Academy Event Invitation to Poet Javed Akhtar

Victim or Criminal? The Cameroonian Migrants Caught Up in Transnational Job Scams

South Korea in the Indo-Pacific: a ‘Force Multiplier’ in the Making?

Bangladesh and Nepal: Why Some Protests Topple Leaders (and Others Don’t)

The ‘Demon Slayer’ Phenomenon and Japan’s Evolving Anime Industry

From Foundry to Forum: Taiwan’s Repositioning in the New Semiconductor Order

How China Is Transforming Space Power

If the US Retreats to the Western Hemisphere, What Happens to Asia?

Myanmar Refugees in Mizoram Face Shrinking Aid and Political Conflict

China’s Newest Aircraft Carrier Is on the Move

Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: A Strategic Overview

US-Pakistan Relations: A Conversation with Ambassador Husain Haqqani

US-South Asia Relations Under Trump 2.0: An Interview with Michael Kugelman

Nepal’s Gen Z Movement Crowns Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as Interim Leader

Philippines Protests Proposed Chinese Nature Reserve at Scarborough Shoal

Former Philippine President Duterte Not Fit to Stand Trial, Lawyers Claim

Philippines Creates Independent Panel to Probe Infrastructure Corruption

India should take strides to develop its rare earth magnet ecosystem: SIAM

[Weekly funding roundup Sept 6-12] VC inflow continues to remain muted

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

How China’s Xiaomi Beat Apple, and Is Now Taking on Tesla

IFC to invest $137M to boost India’s e-bus fleet; partners with JBM Group, GreenCell Mobility

Why Everyone SEEMS To Have More Money Than You

From content to access: What Bharat really needs from its platforms

DevSparks Hyderabad 2025: AWS’ AI-Driven Development Lifecycle reimagines modern systems

100Unicorns portfolio VideoVerse acquired by Blackrock-funded Minutes Media

Why crypto payments will leapfrog traditional banking in emerging markets

Riding the GCC wave: How India’s thriving ecosystem is redefining workspaces

How Lowe’s India is designing frictionless home improvement journeys

Driving the future: Why India is at the heart of HARMAN Automotive’s global innovation strategy

Unico Housing Finance raises Rs 120 Cr from Anicut Capital, UC Impower to fuel expansion

With AINA, Infinity Learn pushes the boundaries of AI-led mentorship to drive real learning outcomes

RBI fines PhonePe Rs 21 lakh for prepaid wallet compliance lapse

Indian VCs stack up dry powder; The story of Bengaluru’s Empire restaurant

TechSparks 2025: Why you need to join the movement to lead India’s AI-powered decade

Solving India’s EV energy bottleneck: How EMO Energy is powering last-mile logistics

Deeptech, patents, and growth: The making of an agrologistics powerhouse

Why Prosus is betting on AI startups in India to broaden its portfolio

The Future of Software Creation with Replit CEO Amjad Masad

Storytelling with Stephen Wolfram: Stories From My Life Part 5

He Said NO To US Job And Now Earns CRORE in INDIA

Why He REJECTED A Job Offer In The US and stayed back in INDIA?

How Charlie Kirk made Gen Z conservatives feel at home

When he pulls that move😂😂 #vikkals #comedy

Blastoff! SpaceX launches Nusantara Lima telcom satellite, nails landing

Massive butterfly-shaped coronal hole seen on sun in spacecraft time-lapse

'CP Radhakrishnan’s experience will make significant contribution to India’s progress':Eknath Shinde

Mauritius PM Navinchandra Ramgoolam leaves Ayodhya after offering prayers at Ram Temple

'PM must first apologise,Manipur people are magnanimous enough to forgive':Congress MP Bimol Akoijam

'It’s good that PM Modi is visiting Manipur, but main issue in India is Vote Chori': Rahul Gandhi

'Manipur needs a political solution, SoO extension just a pain reliever', says Mizoram CM Lalduhoma

'I have prayed for peace & brotherhood. Hindus & Muslims should live in harmony': Farooq Abdullah

'Takes a lot of effort to drive Modi to hold hands with Xi, Putin', says Ex-CIA Chief William Burns

Supporters of Dharan mayor Harka Sampang & former NEA chief protest in Kathmandu, Nepal

Mid-day meals, free coaching- How Andhra Pradesh's govt junior colleges are transforming

How Namo Bharat RRTS corridor & Expressway catalysed Meerut's transformation

'We are working towards shared prosperity of India-EU': Union Minister Piyush Goyal

Trump picks youngest US Envoy to Delhi: Who's Soviet-born Sergio Gor, & what he thinks of India

PREPARATIONS FOR PM MODI'S VISIT TO MANIPUR

How Manipur's Churachandpur is preparing for PM Modi's visit

What Israel’s Qatar strike targeting Hamas leaders means for Middle East & how it puts US in a spot

The Most Insightful Apple Commentary | The Standup

Flooding Will Continue in Immediate and Maybe Long-Term Future, But I'm Still Hopeful Of Solutions

Understanding the corruption that lead to the Nepal Turmoil | Arfa Khanum Sherwani

GST reforms alone will not help | The Wire Wrap

The Leaderless Gen Z Uprising That Shook the System in Nepal | Arfa Khanum Sherwani

Why Call It a Genocide? Gabor Maté Responds | Gaza Stories

Are the delay and the problems forming an interim govt in Nepal a matter of concern?

"We are watching a televised genocide unfold every day, yet we continue to let it happen."

After the Gen-Z Upheaval - What's The Future Of Nepal | Baat Bharat Ki

BJP-RSS में असली दंगल: मोदी के बाद कौन? अध्यक्ष से बड़ी लड़ाई उत्तराधिकारी की | Arfa Khanum Sherwani

नहीं रहे Electoral Reform के नायक Jagdeep S Chhokar

Gen Z Upheaval: Understanding Nepal's Social Media Ban | Baat Bharat Ki

Ed Sheeran is a ginger god 👨🏻‍🦰

S21 E01 - The Graham Norton Show | Full Episode | Sir Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Jack Whitehall

Is MI6 ready for the future?

Two Neglected Terriers Were Found Hiding In A Drain Pipe | The Dodo

Will This 2-in-1 Toy Survive My Dog? | The Pack

Cat Is So Relaxed Thinking His Bunny Bestie Is Also A Cat | The Dodo

Skateboarder Rescues Three Abandoned Kittens On The Roadside | The Dodo

Clingy Dog Won't Let His Mom Get A Workout In | The Dodo

French Bulldog Found In A Crate In A Parking Lot Heals From The Inside Out | The Dodo

Baby Bat Gets The Cutest Little Milk Mustache | The Dodo

Guy Spots A Dog Stuck On Roof And Goes Into Action | The Dodo

India Vs Pakistan Cricket Face-off | Why Traitors Are Winning The Real Match | Akash Banerjee

Michael Kosta on how Trump and four former U.S. presidents reacted to the shooting of Charlie Kirk

Rainn Wilson - “Code 3" & The Need for Soul Connection | The Daily Show

What Is the Cost of a Cow Fart? Grace Kuhlenschmidt on the Climate’s Fart Problem | The Daily Show

So the first mission of the newly named Department of War is to...invade U.S. cities? #dailyshow

Nancy Mace was NOT prepared to go toe-to-toe with a journalist over her Charlie Kirk comments

Michael Kosta addresses America's political violence problem following Charlie Kirk's assassination

Michael Grunwald - Fixing Agriculture’s Climate Impact in "We Are Eating the Earth” | The Daily Show

How AI Could Generate New Life-Forms | Eric Nguyen | TED

What Changes Stubborn Systems? An Entrepreneur + an Engineer Answer | TED Intersections

If you want to connect with others — don’t be afraid to be a little messy. #TEDTalks

Nature’s Optical Illusion

Thanks for helping us reach 5M!

Padlocked In a Doghouse On Heroin-Jeannine

Foreign

Recent Archaeological Discoveries You Should Know About

See you Monday! ✌🏽| #shorts

Hank Green Asks A Physicist Anything

A Photographer Captures Nature In Mind-Boggling Detail

David Gilmour on “Comfortably Numb” #davidgilmour #pinkfloyd #guitar #shorts

The Phase Kickback mechanism explained

Pomplamoose - À Cabo feat. Larry Goldings (Lyric Video)

நாய்களின் காவலனுக்கே இந்த நிலமையா? | Parithabangal #shorts

Origami Ghost Easy Tutorial For Halloween | How to Make Origami Ghost From Paper Step By Step

EASY ORIGAMI GHOST TUTORIAL FOR HALLOWEEN | DIY GHOST FROM PAPER ORIGAMI ART CRAFTING FOR HALLOWEEN

Gen Z के हिंसक प्रदर्शनों पर जानिये भारत में रहने वाले नेपाली छात्रों की चिंताएं

What is Happening with the Gen-Z Protest in Nepal? | TV Newsance Live

फुटपाथ पर कब्ज़े का खेल: Public Space या Private Property?

उमर खालिद की ज़मानत याचिका रद्द होने के पीछे क्या वजह है?

‘वाजपेयी को गुजरात दंगों की हर चीज का पता था’ | NL Interviews | Atal Bihari Vajpayee

एमएसपी समिति: 3 साल, 38 लाख से ज्यादा का खर्च लेकिन रिपोर्ट का इंतजार

Manu Joseph on limits of activism, class mobility, and writing as ‘second shot at life’ | TEASER

Inside Gustaf Westman’s Small Stockholm Apartment! #nevertoosmall #shorts

You'll never guess who Britain's stealthiest secret agents were in WWII 😤 #WhatTheHistory

The Origins of Maya Civilization (Full Episode) | Rise and Fall of the Maya | National Geographic

Can we teach our brains to ignore pain? Chris Hemsworth puts it to the test. 🌶️ #KoreanBBQ

Who was the John Doe dumped near an oil well? #NamingTheDead

Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades?

Squid Game RECAP: Season 3

Chicken Tikka 🤣 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar #anwarmaqsood #shorts

Oops! 🤣😭 #comedy #loosetalk #moinakhtar #anwarmaqsood #shorts

Escape to a Dream Tiny Home in the Remote Pyrenees Mountains

Life and death go together | Krishnamurti

Who is the maker of effort? | Krishnamurti

Khan Academy for Parents

Who should be the next brand on the Indian cricket jersey?

All Senior Leaders in Nepal Under Corruption Charges

Congress AI Video on Modi’s Mother Triggers BJP Backlash.

About 5 LAKH Nepalis Are Leaving Country Annually

Why Nepal’s Youth are Angry at Media?

Super Honest First Meeting

Piss Taker | Jack Whitehall

The Specialist | The Forgotten Swaminathan Triptych, with Manjari Sihare-Sutin

Tabla Solo Snippet By Ojas Adhiya #icmtabla #classical #music #shorts

Kathak Dance By Shairy Gairola #icmdance #classical #dance #icmtabla #shorts

Biggest car discounts after GST rate cut

Platform Engineering: A Deep Dive Conversation • Russ Miles & Kevlin Henney

The Cheapest Ways To Get Started On Zwift

The Lead Up To Dan's MEGA Ride 🫡

Inside the lab training AI to cure diseases | Sam Rodriques: Full Interview

Playing the Developer Job Search Game to Win in 2025 with Danny Thompson & Leon Noel [Podcast #188]

Rockets without trending audio 🚀✨

Stop Letting the News Ruin Your Peace

Norway's salmon crisis | DW Documentary

German colonial crimes in Tanzania - Families search for their ancestors' remains | DW Documentary

#publicbus vs #car registrations define #india #mobility #publictransport #sustainabletransport

Punjab Floods 2025: Relief Measures & Climate Change Impact

The Chinese Astronaut Who Heard the Unheard! | NASA’s Unexplained Files S4A E4 | Discovery Channel

Risky Hunt For Gold Nuggets! | Gold Rush: White Water S1, E1, E2, E3, E4 | Discovery Channel

The True Face of Gold Mining! | Gold Rush: White Water S2 E3 | Discovery Channel

Lost Gold Returns? | Gold Rush S8 E3 | Discovery Channel

Honeybees Fight Back Against Mites | #DeepLook #Shorts #bees

பெண் போலீஸ்க்கு கஷ்டமான யார்டா போறாது | வடிவேலு குஷ்பூ Movie

பெண் போலீஸ்க்கு கஷ்டமான யார்டா போறாது | வடிவேலு குஷ்பூ Movie

பெண் போலீஸ்க்கு கஷ்டமான யார்டா போறாது | வடிவேலு குஷ்பூ Movie

பெண் போலீஸ்க்கு கஷ்டமான யார்டா போறாது | வடிவேலு குஷ்பூ Movie

பெண் போலீஸ்க்கு கஷ்டமான யார்டா போறாது | வடிவேலு குஷ்பூ Movie

Sarasangi | Shashank Subramanyam & Purbayan Chatterjee | Music of India

Sarasangi | Purbayan Chatterjee & Shashank Subramanyam | Music of India

The Oligarchs’ Biggest Mistake: Choosing Putin #shorts #putin

Is Testing Still A Developer's Job In An AI World?

Sleeper Agents in Large Language Models - Computerphile

Maxime Outmaxes Maxim in a Benoni

How strong really is Divya Deshmukh? | Outclasses 2630 rated Velimir Ivic | FIDE Grand Swiss 2025

Hans Niemann crushes 14-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus in just 26 moves | Grand Swiss 2025

16 year old Turkish Prodigy beats Gukesh 🔥 #chess #gukesh

What’s your prediction? #shorts #chess

And he is BACK! | Praggnanandhaa vs Rodshtein | FIDE Grand Swiss 2025

Nihal Sarin crosses 2700 ELO again 🔥🔥 #chess #nihalsarin

Gukesh & Divya play for the First Time 😍🔥 #chess #gukesh #divyadeshmukh

Nihal Sarin vs Parham Maghsoodloo | Two fighters who went all in | FIDE Grand Swiss 2025

Gukesh faces Divya in Samarkand | Venue Tour FIDE Grand Swiss 2025

Gukesh & Divya meet again after 7 years 😍😍 #chess #gukesh #divyadeshmukh

This 16-year-old boy is way too strong | Ediz Gurel vs D Gukesh | FIDE Grand Swiss 2025

Divya Deshmukh holds Gukesh to a draw | Final Moments

Divya HOLDS the World Champion 🤩 #chess #gukesh #divyadeshmukh

FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 | Round 8 | ft, Nihal, Vaishali, Vidit, Pragg, Arjun, Gukesh, Divya

Hand & Brain Madness with Tania Sachdev and Shyam Sundar | Red Bull Armageddon

Nihal Sarin takes the lead 🚀 | Beats Parham Maghsoodloo | Full Post-game Analysis and Interview!

Magnus Carlsen Reacts To VIRAL Moments That Made Him Famous!

बिल्कुल non veg जैसा पनीर | रसेदार पनीर भुर्जी मसाला | Paneer Bhurji keema Masala | Chef Ranveer

Kya aapke साथ भी 'AISE' होता है? 🙄

कमेंट्स में अपनी राय ज़रूर दें 😎 #hindidiwas #millenialvsgenz #genzslang

A Courtyard Home in Hyderabad Where Bricks Are Made From Its Own Soil! (House Tour)

The Budget Massage Gun That Fits in Your Pocket

Become stronger: Jumpstart your anti-fragile systems | Tal Ben-Shahar: Full Interview

Why humanity is so significant | Brian Cox

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 1

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 3

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 5

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 6

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 7

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 9

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 10

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 8

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 11

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 14

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 15

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 16

9/11: The Complete Day | Episode 17

The Pope's Mysterious Army

LEGO: Crisis and Glory of the Toy Giant

What did Charlie Kirk stand for? #CharlieKirk #BBCNews

Suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting named as Tyler Robinson | BBC News

Tyler Robinson named as the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. #CharlieKirk #BBCNews

Ukrainians face life or death calculations as Russia inches closer in Donetsk | BBC News

Utah's governor said messages were found on bullet casings. #CharlieKirk #BBCNews

Israel's war in Gaza and proportionality | BBC News

A friend turned Tyler Robinson in, Utah's governor said. #CharlieKirk #BBCNews

Are Russian drones in Poland a warning to Nato? | BBC News

This is a 'watershed moment' for US, says Utah governor. #Utah #BBCNews

Is Charlie Kirk's killing a dangerous moment for America? | BBC Americast

Tyler Robinson is suspected of killing Charlie Kirk. #CharlieKirk #BBCNews

Is Keir Starmer under threat over Mandelson and Epstein saga? | BBC Newscast

Borderlands boss told game would fail during production. #Borderlands #Gaming #BBCNews

Borderlands 4: Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford on cost and criticism | BBC News

FBI releases images of 'person of interest' in Charlie Kirk shooting | BBC News

🔴 LIVE: Incredible Wildlife Scenes Narrated by David Attenborough | BBC Earth

Lioness vs Leopard | Big Cats 24/7 | BBC Earth

A leap of pure joy 🐬 🌈 #Shorts #Dolphin #Animals

She would leave for a HANDSOME GUY

Pawngrabbers Unite! | Arjun Erigaisi vs Matthias Bluebaum | Grand Swiss 2025

Divya Deshmukh Could Be The First Woman To Beat A Reigning World Champion In Classical Chess!

14-Year-Old Takes on The Armenian Lion! || Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş vs Levon Aronian || Grand Swiss 2025

It's Just a Simple Endgame || Vincent Keymer vs Vidit Gujrathi || Grand Swiss 2025

Why does an escalator handrail move faster than the stairs?

New Sign of Life On Mars (Really)