Calibrate Before You Accelerate: Bias Toward Action in a New Role
https://tucker.wales/writing/bias-towards-action/
https://tucker.wales/writing/bias-towards-action/
Joshua Tucker
Calibrate Before You Accelerate: The Smart Way to Bias Toward Action in a New Role
A bias toward action is a superpower only when applied correctly - here’s how to frame it as moving decisively after building context, not rushing in before you have it.
DHS is using obscure law to snoop on journalists, non-profits, unions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits
the Guardian
Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies
Tencent Releases and Open-Sources Tencent Hy4 Preview
https://www.tencent.com/tencent-releases-and-open-sources-tencent-hy4-preview/
https://www.tencent.com/tencent-releases-and-open-sources-tencent-hy4-preview/
Tencent
Tencent Releases and Open-Sources Tencent Hy4 preview
Tencent has released and open-sourced Tencent Hy4 preview, a next-generation large language model with 770B total parameters and 49B active parameters, and a context window exceeding 1M tokens.
What we want is a hunter gatherer lifestyle with space age tools
https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/what-we-want-is-a-hunter-gatherer
https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/what-we-want-is-a-hunter-gatherer
Strangeloopcanon
What we want is a hunter gatherer lifestyle with space age tools
Those who are convinced that there is more to things spend their time chasing it and not finding it often as not, and those who are convinced there isn't find themselves frustrated at the abyss.
Using Cloudflare Workers and reCAPTCHA v3 for a Static Site Contact Form
https://nooshu.com/blog/2026/03/09/using-cloudflare-workers-and-recaptcha-v3-for-a-static-site-contact-form/
https://nooshu.com/blog/2026/03/09/using-cloudflare-workers-and-recaptcha-v3-for-a-static-site-contact-form/
Nooshu
Using Cloudflare Workers and reCAPTCHA v3 for a Static Site Contact Form
Build a secure Eleventy (11ty) contact form using Cloudflare Pages Functions, reCAPTCHA v3, Resend, and as an alternative...
AI Agents and the Refactoring That Never Happens
https://www.rosenfeld.page/articles/programming/2026_09_02_ai_agents_and_the_refactoring_that_never_happens/
https://www.rosenfeld.page/articles/programming/2026_09_02_ai_agents_and_the_refactoring_that_never_happens/
Altair Basic Interpreter Source Code (1975) [pdf]
https://images.gatesnotes.com/12514eb8-7b51-008e-41a9-512542cf683b/34d561c8-cf5c-4e69-af47-3782ea11482e/Original-Microsoft-Source-Code.pdf
https://images.gatesnotes.com/12514eb8-7b51-008e-41a9-512542cf683b/34d561c8-cf5c-4e69-af47-3782ea11482e/Original-Microsoft-Source-Code.pdf
Uber shuts operations in Nigeria and Uganda with immediate effect
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86xpv8l9y9o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86xpv8l9y9o
Bbc
Uber shuts operations in Nigeria and Uganda with immediate effect
Nigeria - Africa's most populous country - is proving a tough market for ride-hailing services.
METR Report on OpenAI / Hugging Face Hacking Incident
https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/#core-takeaways-about-this-incident
https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/#core-takeaways-about-this-incident
metr.org
Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incident
Two METR staff members and a Redwood Research contractor investigated an incident in which OpenAI agents coordinated a multi-day hack of Hugging Face on a shared unsanctioned message board.
Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold from US citing 'geopolitical unrest'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/03/netherlands-gold-dutch-central-bank-uk-us-and-canada-geopolitical-unrest
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/03/netherlands-gold-dutch-central-bank-uk-us-and-canada-geopolitical-unrest
the Guardian
Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold to UK from US and Canada, citing ‘geopolitical unrest’
Bank says gold reserves held in London could be traded more easily and the move will allow it to respond more rapidly in a ‘crisis situation’