Rob Reiner,Legendary Director and Actor,and Wife Found Dead in Apparent Homicide
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/rob-reiner-ldead-obituary-1235483876/
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/rob-reiner-ldead-obituary-1235483876/
Rolling Stone
Rob Reiner, Legendary Director and Actor, and Wife Found Dead in Apparent Homicide
Rob Reiner, the director-actor who starred in All in the Family and directed This Is Spinal Tap, Stand by Me, and The Princess Bride, died at age 78.
Optery (YC W22) Hiring CISO, Release Manager, Tech Lead (Node), Full Stack Eng
https://www.optery.com/careers/
https://www.optery.com/careers/
Optery
Careers
Now is a great time to join Optery. Optery is profitable, and we 3x-ed sales last year. Our product was awarded “Editors’ Choice” by PCMag as the most outstanding in the personal data removal category for the 4th year in a row (2022 - 2025), Optery was ranked…
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me
https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt
https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt
Substack
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a deadly pesticide
https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/12/thousands-of-us-farmers-have-parkinsons-they-blame-a-deadly-pesticide.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/12/thousands-of-us-farmers-have-parkinsons-they-blame-a-deadly-pesticide.html
mlive
Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson’s. They blame a deadly pesticide.
Paraquat is banned in more than 70 countries, but still legal in the United States. Now, a growing number of U.S. farmers are blaming the toxic pesticide for their Parkinson's disease in a large lawsuit.
We Put Flock Under Surveillance: Go Make Them Behave Differently [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W420BOqga_s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W420BOqga_s
YouTube
We put Flock under surveillance: go make them behave differently 😈
https://alpr.watch/
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Common_Questions,_Arguments,_%26_Responses_when_discussing_Flock_Surveillance
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkVbIsAWN2luf9g9Ix9UVarHqQPp7T-kq
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Common_Questions,_Arguments,_%26_Responses_when_discussing_Flock_Surveillance
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkVbIsAWN2luf9g9Ix9UVarHqQPp7T-kq
Ask HN: Is building a calm, non-gamified learning app a mistake?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46276019
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46276019
$50 PlanetScale Metal Is GA for Postgres
https://planetscale.com/blog/50-dollar-planetscale-metal-is-ga-for-postgres
https://planetscale.com/blog/50-dollar-planetscale-metal-is-ga-for-postgres
Planetscale
$50 PlanetScale Metal is GA for Postgres — PlanetScale
We've lowered the entry price for using PlanetScale Metal to $50 and added more flexibility in storage-to-compute ratios.
Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp844kjj37vo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp844kjj37vo
Bbc
Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong tycoon found guilty in high-profile national security case
The 78-year-old UK citizen was convicted of lobbying foreign governments to impose sanctions on HK and China.
Show HN: 100 Million splats, a whole town, rendered in M2 MacBook Air
https://twitter.com/AKurian001/status/1986979144014701026
https://twitter.com/AKurian001/status/1986979144014701026
X (formerly Twitter)
Arun Kurian (@AKurian001) on X
100 Million splats , a whole town, rendered in real time without any preprocessing in M2 MacBook Air.
Scan by : @AndriiShramko.
Rendered by: AirVis engine.
Scan by : @AndriiShramko.
Rendered by: AirVis engine.
Australia's Social Media Ban Was Pushed by Gambling Ad Agency
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/15/australias-social-media-ban-was-pushed-by-ad-agency-focused-on-gambling-ads-it-didnt-want-banned/
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/15/australias-social-media-ban-was-pushed-by-ad-agency-focused-on-gambling-ads-it-didnt-want-banned/
Techdirt
Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole …
Google discontinuing their dark web report
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/16767242?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/16767242?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
Google
Learn about updates to dark web report - Android - Google Search Help
We are discontinuing the dark web report, which was meant to scan the dark web for your personal information. The key dates are: January 15, 2026: The scans for new dark web breaches stop. Febru
The appropriate amount of effort is zero
https://expandingawareness.org/blog/the-appropriate-amount-of-effort-is-zero/
https://expandingawareness.org/blog/the-appropriate-amount-of-effort-is-zero/
Expanding Awareness
The appropriate amount of effort is zero
Most people put too much effort into everything they do. Here’s a good example from Kristijan around tension in his hands when touching and holding things:
Something clicked about inhibition and non-doing (in Alexander Technique), and the strongest effect…
Something clicked about inhibition and non-doing (in Alexander Technique), and the strongest effect…
A kernel bug froze my machine: Debugging an async-profiler deadlock
https://questdb.com/blog/async-profiler-kernel-bug/
https://questdb.com/blog/async-profiler-kernel-bug/
QuestDB
How a Kernel Bug Froze My Machine: Debugging an Async-profiler Deadlock | QuestDB
How I investigated and worked around a kernel bug that caused async-profiler to freeze my machine whenever I tried to use a profiler.
Ford kills the All-Electric F-150
https://www.wired.com/story/ford-kills-electric-f-150-lightning-for-hybrid/
https://www.wired.com/story/ford-kills-electric-f-150-lightning-for-hybrid/
WIRED
Ford Kills the All-Electric F-150 as It Rethinks Its EV Ambitions
The move comes as a response to the Trump administration’s waning support for electrification and a weakening consumer market.
JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/jetblue-flight-averts-mid-air-collision-with-us-air-force-jet-2025-12-15/
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/jetblue-flight-averts-mid-air-collision-with-us-air-force-jet-2025-12-15/
Reuters
JetBlue flight averts mid-air collision with US Air Force jet
A JetBlue passenger jet bound for New York took evasive action on Friday to avoid a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force tanker plane near Venezuela, a pilot said in an air traffic control recording.