NASA topples towers used to test Saturn rockets, space shuttle
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/nasa-topples-towers-used-to-test-saturn-rockets-space-shuttle/
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/nasa-topples-towers-used-to-test-saturn-rockets-space-shuttle/
Ars Technica
NASA topples towers used to test Saturn rockets, space shuttle
Two large structures that once were key to NASA's successes in orbit and at the moon have fallen back to "earth" at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.
Why have death rates from accidental falls tripled?
https://usafacts.org/articles/why-have-death-rates-from-accidental-falls-tripled/
https://usafacts.org/articles/why-have-death-rates-from-accidental-falls-tripled/
USAFacts
Why have death rates from accidental falls tripled? | USAFacts
Since 2000, death rates from heart disease and cancer have declined, whereas deaths from accidental falls have increased threefold.
Why Stoicism is one of the best mind hacks ever devised
https://aeon.co/essays/why-stoicism-is-one-of-the-best-mind-hacks-ever-devised
https://aeon.co/essays/why-stoicism-is-one-of-the-best-mind-hacks-ever-devised
aeon.co
Why Stoicism is one of the best mind-hacks ever devised | Aeon Essays
As legions of warriors and prisoners can attest, Stoicism is not grim resolve but a way to wrest happiness from adversity
Apple Creator Studio
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/introducing-apple-creator-studio-an-inspiring-collection-of-creative-apps/
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/introducing-apple-creator-studio-an-inspiring-collection-of-creative-apps/
Apple Newsroom
Introducing Apple Creator Studio, an inspiring collection of creative apps
Apple Creator Studio is a collection of powerful creative apps for making music, video editing, creative imaging, and visual productivity.
What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025
https://scotthelme.co.uk/what-a-year-of-solar-and-batteries-really-saved-us-in-2025/
https://scotthelme.co.uk/what-a-year-of-solar-and-batteries-really-saved-us-in-2025/
Scott Helme
What a Year of Solar and Batteries Really Saved Us in 2025
Throughout 2025, I spoke a few times about our home energy solution, including our grid usage, our solar array and our Tesla Powerwall batteries. Now that I have a full year of data, I wanted to take a look at exactly how everything is working out, and, in…
Legion Health (YC S21) Hiring Cracked Founding Eng for AI-Native Ops
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/legionhealth/ffdd2b52-eb21-489e-b124-3c0804231424
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/legionhealth/ffdd2b52-eb21-489e-b124-3c0804231424
Ashbyhq
Founding Engineer | AI-Native Ops Infrastructure (backed by Y Combinator, $3M+ ARR, $7M+ raised)
Founding Engineer (SF) at Legion Health (YC-backed): own Node/TS + Postgres backend and production LLM agents that run real psychiatric operations. High ownership, ship weekly.
The Case for Blogging in the Ruins
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
Westenberg.
The Case for Blogging in the Ruins
In 1751, Denis Diderot began publishing his Encyclopédie, a project that would eventually span 28 volumes and take more than two decades to complete. The French government banned it twice. The Catholic Church condemned it, Diderot's collaborators abandoned…
Signal leaders warn agentic AI is an insecure, unreliable surveillance risk
https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/signal-president-and-vp-warn-agentic-ai-is-insecure-unreliable-and-a-surveillance-nightmare/
https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/signal-president-and-vp-warn-agentic-ai-is-insecure-unreliable-and-a-surveillance-nightmare/
Coywolf
'Signal' President and VP warn agentic AI is insecure, unreliable, and a surveillance nightmare
With agentic AI embedded at the OS level, databases storing entire digital lives accessible to malware, tasks whose reliability quickly breaks down at each step, and being opted-in without consent, Signal leadership is sounding the alarm for the industry…
A university got itself banned from the Linux kernel (2021)
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22410164/linux-kernel-university-of-minnesota-banned-open-source
https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22410164/linux-kernel-university-of-minnesota-banned-open-source
The Verge
How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel
It all started with an email.
Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities with Sex Scandals
https://www.404media.co/instagram-ai-influencers-are-defaming-celebrities-with-sex-scandals/
https://www.404media.co/instagram-ai-influencers-are-defaming-celebrities-with-sex-scandals/
404 Media
Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities With Sex Scandals
Fake images of LeBron James, iShowSpeed, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and even Nicolás Maduro show them in bed with AI-generated influencers.
Games Workshop bans staff from using AI, management not excited about the tech
https://www.ign.com/articles/warhammer-maker-games-workshop-bans-its-staff-from-using-ai-in-its-content-or-designs-says-none-of-its-senior-managers-are-currently-excited-about-the-tech
https://www.ign.com/articles/warhammer-maker-games-workshop-bans-its-staff-from-using-ai-in-its-content-or-designs-says-none-of-its-senior-managers-are-currently-excited-about-the-tech
IGN
Warhammer Maker Games Workshop Bans Its Staff From Using AI in Its Content or Designs, Says None of Its Senior Managers Are Currently…
Warhammer maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology.
We can't have nice things because of AI scrapers
https://blog.metabrainz.org/2025/12/11/we-cant-have-nice-things-because-of-ai-scrapers/
https://blog.metabrainz.org/2025/12/11/we-cant-have-nice-things-because-of-ai-scrapers/
A 40-Line Fix Eliminated a 400x Performance Gap
https://questdb.com/blog/jvm-current-thread-user-time/
https://questdb.com/blog/jvm-current-thread-user-time/
QuestDB
How a 40-Line Fix Eliminated a 400x Performance Gap | QuestDB
A deep dive into an OpenJDK commit that replaced slow /proc file parsing with a single syscall, revealing obscure Linux kernel internals and a 20-year-old optimization opportunity.
ADHD. How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts and ideas?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46610156
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46610156