System Card: Claude Mythos Preview [pdf] https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/53566bf5440a10affd749724787c8913a2ae0841.pdf
Veracrypt project update https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/general/thread/9620d7a4b3/
Git commands I run before reading any code https://piechowski.io/post/git-commands-before-reading-code/
piechowski.io
The Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any Code
Five git commands that tell you where a codebase hurts before you open a single file. Churn hotspots, bus factor, bug clusters, and crisis patterns.
They're made out of meat (1991) http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/
TERRY BISSON of the UNIVERSE - Science Fiction Writer
They’re Made Out of Meat - TERRY BISSON of the UNIVERSE
Copyright, Terry Bisson, 1991 Originally published in OMNI, 1991, and featured in HARPER’S and around the internet since. It has even made its way into several books on consciousness and brain science. I’m surprised, pleased, and proud. But please do not…
A new trick brings stability to quantum operations https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2026/04/a-new-trick-brings-stability-to-quantum-operations.html
ETH Zurich
A new trick brings stability to quantum operations
Researchers at ETH Zurich have realised particularly stable quantum logical operations with qubits made of neutral atoms. Since these operations, called quantum gates, are based on geometric phases they are extremely robust against experimental noise and…
FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/09/fbi-used-iphone-notification-data-to-retrieve-deleted-signal-messages/
9to5Mac
FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages - 9to5Mac
The FBI was able to recover deleted Signal messages from an iPhone by extracting data stored in the device’s notification database.
Penguin 'Toxicologists' Find PFAS Chemicals in Remote Patagonia https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/penguin-toxicologists-find-pfas-chemicals-remote-patagonia
UC Davis
Penguin ‘Toxicologists’ Find PFAS Chemicals in Remote Patagonia
Penguins can serve as living monitors of their environment by using small, chemical-detecting leg bands, according to a study from UC Davis and SUNY-Buffalo.
Mysteries of Dropbox: Testing of a Distributed Sync Service (2016) [pdf] https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/papers/mysteriesofdropbox.pdf
You can't trust macOS Privacy and Security settings https://eclecticlight.co/2026/04/10/why-you-cant-trust-privacy-security/
The Eclectic Light Company
Why you can’t trust Privacy & Security
How to gain access to the contents of privacy-protected folders even though Privacy & Security settings say that access is denied.
Helium is hard to replace https://www.construction-physics.com/p/helium-is-hard-to-replace
Construction-Physics
Helium Is Hard to Replace
The war in Iran, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has unfortunately made us all familiar with details of the petroleum supply chain that we could formerly happily ignore.
WireGuard makes new Windows release following Microsoft signing resolution https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2026-April/009561.html
Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice https://github.com/Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design
GitHub
GitHub - Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design: Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice. 100+ models with…
Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice. 100+ models with CAD assets in STEP, DXF, DWG, and PDF. Source-available, with commercial use allowed for original compatible accessories wi...
Bluesky April 2026 Outage Post-Mortem https://pckt.blog/b/jcalabro/april-2026-outage-post-mortem-219ebg2
Jim's Pckt
April 2026 Outage Post-Mortem - Jim's Pckt
Hey all! I'm Jim, and I do system-y things at Bluesky. I'm here to give you some details about what happened on Monday of this week that caused Bluesky to go...
A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it https://ericwbailey.website/published/a-compelling-title-that-is-cryptic-enough-to-get-you-to-take-action-on-it/
Eric Bailey
A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it
An enticing social media preview summary.
Clojure on Fennel Part One: Persistent Data Structures https://andreyor.st/posts/2026-04-07-clojure-on-fennel-part-one-persistent-data-structures/
andreyor.st
Clojure on Fennel part one: Persistent Data Structures
Somewhere in 2019 I started a project that aimed to bring some of Clojure features to Lua runtime - fennel-cljlib. It was a library for Fennel that implemented a basic subset of clojure.core namespace functions and macros. My goal was simple - I enjoy working…