Demand for UK Food Bank Up 15% Year on Year
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/23/food-banks-demand-prices-frontline-cost-of-living-crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/23/food-banks-demand-prices-frontline-cost-of-living-crisis
the Guardian
Budget 2025: how inflation and the two-child benefit cap have increased poverty
A visit to Kent reveals more people struggling with rising food bills and turning to food banks already suffering higher demand and fewer donations
UK minister ducks cost questions on nationwide digital ID scheme
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/21/uk_digital_id_costs_uncertain/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/21/uk_digital_id_costs_uncertain/
The Register
UK minister ducks cost questions on nationwide digital ID scheme
: Committee hears departments may have to stump up cash before savings materialize
Top MAGA Influencers on X/Twitter Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-influencers-accidentally-unmasked-as-foreign-actors/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-influencers-accidentally-unmasked-as-foreign-actors/
The Daily Beast
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
Inmates at a Mississippi jail were ordered to do the guards' bidding
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/us/mississippi-jail-inmates-rankin-county.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/us/mississippi-jail-inmates-rankin-county.html
Nytimes
In a Brutal Mississippi Jail, Inmates Say They Were Enlisted as Enforcers
High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top.
Ask HN: Good resources to learn financial systems engineering?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46024753
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46024753
HumanLayer (YC F24) Is Hiring Founding Engineers
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/humanlayer/jobs/oBCZzc7-founding-product-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/humanlayer/jobs/oBCZzc7-founding-product-engineer
Y Combinator
Founding Product Engineer at HumanLayer | Y Combinator
At HumanLayer, we’re on a mission to change how teams build software with AI. If we had a motto it would be “no vibes
allowed” - we believe that AI agent-enabled coding is a deeply technical engineering craft, and we’re building CodeLayer
to unlock it at…
allowed” - we believe that AI agent-enabled coding is a deeply technical engineering craft, and we’re building CodeLayer
to unlock it at…
Are consumers just tech debt to Microsoft?
https://birchtree.me/blog/are-consumers-just-tech-debt-to-microsoft/
https://birchtree.me/blog/are-consumers-just-tech-debt-to-microsoft/
Birchtree
Are consumers just tech debt to Microsoft?
I’m not saying this will definitely happen, but I think we could be on the cusp of a significant shift in Windows market share for consumer computers. It is not going to drop to 2% in a year or anything, but I feel like a few pieces are coming
Fran Sans – font inspired by San Francisco light rail displays
https://emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-essay
https://emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-essay
Emilysneddon
Fran Sans Essay — Emily Sneddon
Archive
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/22/ai-workers-tell-family-stay-away
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/22/ai-workers-tell-family-stay-away
the Guardian
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/climate/iowa-city-free-buses.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/climate/iowa-city-free-buses.html
NY Times
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/xs-new-country-of-origin-feature-shakes-maga-and-democrat-circles-as-many-us-accounts-revealed-to-be-foreignrun-101763857104296.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/xs-new-country-of-origin-feature-shakes-maga-and-democrat-circles-as-many-us-accounts-revealed-to-be-foreignrun-101763857104296.html
Hindustan Times
X's new country-of-origin feature shakes MAGA and Democrat circles as many 'US' accounts revealed to be foreign-run
Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, has rolled out a feature where going to the ‘Joined’ tab on one's profile, displays the country of origin for that account.
ISPs more likely to throttle netizens who connect through CG-NAT: Cloudflare
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/cloudflare_cgnat_bias_research/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/cloudflare_cgnat_bias_research/
The Register
ISPs more likely to throttle netizens who connect through carrier-grade NAT: Cloudflare
: When operators see danger, innocent users are dragged down along with bad actors
'Invisible' microplastics spread in skies as global pollutant
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16137995
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16137995
The Asahi Shimbun
‘Invisible’ microplastics spread in skies as global pollutant | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch
Minuscule airborne plastic particles are spreading to all corners of the planet, penetrating deep into human bodies and sparking alarm among researchers of the relatively new subject matter.