On Being a Human Being in the Time of Collapse (2022) [pdf]
https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/papers/crisis/crisis.pdf
https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/papers/crisis/crisis.pdf
Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for AI what he did for messaging
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/signal-creator-moxie-marlinspike-wants-to-do-for-ai-what-he-did-for-messaging/
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/signal-creator-moxie-marlinspike-wants-to-do-for-ai-what-he-did-for-messaging/
Ars Technica
Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for AI what he did for messaging
Introducing Confer, an end-to-end AI assistant that just works.
Dev-Owned Testing: Why It Fails in Practice and Succeeds in Theory
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3780063.3780066
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3780063.3780066
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
Dev-owned Testing: Why It Fails in Practice and Succeeds in Theory | ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
''We will shift testing left and shrink QA. Developers now own testing for what they
ship'' was a statement I once heard from a CTO announcing an organizational change
in how QA teams would be structured. It was clearly a top-down decision: nobody in
the…
ship'' was a statement I once heard from a CTO announcing an organizational change
in how QA teams would be structured. It was clearly a top-down decision: nobody in
the…
Show HN: The Analog I – Inducing Recursive Self-Modeling in LLMs [pdf]
https://github.com/philMarcus/Birth-of-a-Mind
https://github.com/philMarcus/Birth-of-a-Mind
GitHub
GitHub - philMarcus/Birth-of-a-Mind
Contribute to philMarcus/Birth-of-a-Mind development by creating an account on GitHub.
Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/cyberattack-venezuela-military.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/cyberattack-venezuela-military.html
NY Times
Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities
Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee, which is weighing his nomination to lead the U.S. Cyber Command, but provided little new information about the operation.
6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available
https://letsencrypt.org/2026/01/15/6day-and-ip-general-availability
https://letsencrypt.org/2026/01/15/6day-and-ip-general-availability
letsencrypt.org
6-day and IP Address Certificates are Generally Available
Short-lived and IP address certificates are now generally available from Let’s Encrypt. These certificates are valid for 160 hours, just over six days. In order to get a short-lived certificate subscribers simply need to select the ‘shortlived’ certificate…
Launch HN: Indy (YC S21) – A support app designed for ADHD brains
https://www.shimmer.care/indy-redirect
https://www.shimmer.care/indy-redirect
www.shimmer.care
Indy - Your ADHD copilot
Built from lessons learned after 80,000+ ADHD coaching sessions, Indy gives you the structure you need, daily support that keeps you accountable, and momentum you can actually sustain.
ICE takes back into custody man released for violation of rights
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-crackdown-25e46910fcc62fbf5ab341905af9891c
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-immigration-crackdown-25e46910fcc62fbf5ab341905af9891c
AP News
Justice Department investigating whether Minnesota's Walz and Frey impeded immigration enforcement
The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Earth from Space: The Fate of a Giant
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/01/Earth_from_Space_The_fate_of_a_giant
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2026/01/Earth_from_Space_The_fate_of_a_giant
ESA
Earth from Space: The fate of a giant
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image over the South Atlantic Ocean features a close-up view of the A23a iceberg, once the world’s largest. The unusually cloud-free image shows the first signs that the iceberg will soon disintegrate completely.
LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet
https://social.kernel.org/notice/B2JlhcxNTfI8oDVoyO
https://social.kernel.org/notice/B2JlhcxNTfI8oDVoyO
social.kernel.org
Jonathan Corbet (@corbet@social.kernel.org)
So @lwn is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet. It is a DDOS attack involving tens of thousands of addresses, and that is affecting the responsiveness of the site, unfortunately. ...
The Engineer to Executive Translation Layer
https://refactoring.fm/p/the-engineer-executive-translation
https://refactoring.fm/p/the-engineer-executive-translation
refactoring.fm
The Engineer → Executive Translation Layer 🔀
A guest article by Anna Shipman
Drawbot: Let's hack something cute (2025)
https://www.atredis.com/blog/2025/9/30/drawbot-lets-hack-something-cute
https://www.atredis.com/blog/2025/9/30/drawbot-lets-hack-something-cute
Atredis Partners
Drawbot: Let’s Hack Something Cute! — Atredis Partners
The Target A few months ago I realized I was overdue for a fun, quirky hardware project. Every so often I like to see what new and interesting electronic children's toys are out there. When looking, I keep in mind the potential attack surface, typically…
Fix the two-party system with proportional representation
https://agrarianparty.org/platform/peoples-act
https://agrarianparty.org/platform/peoples-act