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HN @hnws.bsky.social · 42m

'Girl Take Your Crazy Pills ': Antidepressants Recast as Hot Lifestyle Accessory
L: https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/anti-depressants-lifestyle-accessory-3b66027d
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631965
posted on 2025.10.18 at 23:48:13 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 52m

The U.S. is the bribery cop. Is that about to change?
L: https://www.npr.org/2025/06/20/1254460243/foreign-corrupt-practices-act-bribery-glencore-sudan-oil
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631693
posted on 2025.10.18 at 22:25:12 (c=1, p=11)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

Soft multistable magnetic-responsive metamaterials
L: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu3749
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45595143
posted on 2025.10.15 at 12:38:16 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

Ask HN: Estimation of copyright material used by LLM
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631710
posted on 2025.10.18 at 22:29:02 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

The traffickers are winning the war on drugs
L: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2025/10/16/the-traffickers-are-winning-the-war-on-drugs
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631974
posted on 2025.10.18 at 23:53:03 (c=1, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 1h

The Accountability Problem
L: https://www.jamesshore.com/v2/blog/2025/the-accountability-problem
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631678
posted on 2025.10.18 at 22:22:53 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 2h

How Sober Should a Writer Be?
L: https://yalereview.org/article/crosley-how-sober-should-a-writer-be
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45535644
posted on 2025.10.10 at 01:40:23 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 2h

The Fight over Whose AI Monster Is Scariest
L: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-fight-over-whose-ai-monster-is-scariest-41a43193
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631582
posted on 2025.10.18 at 21:47:36 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

How does Turbo listen for Turbo Streams
L: https://ducktypelabs.com/how-does-turbo-listen-for-turbo-streams/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45573626
posted on 2025.10.13 at 17:39:15 (c=1, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

Friendship Begins at Home
L: https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2025/10/friendship-begins-at-home.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631503
posted on 2025.10.18 at 21:23:29 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

I ended my relationship because AI told me to
L: https://jetwilliams.com/from-prayers-to-prompts/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631455
posted on 2025.10.18 at 21:11:37 (c=3, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

Using Pegs in Janet
L: https://articles.inqk.net/2020/09/19/how-to-use-pegs-in-janet.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631328
posted on 2025.10.18 at 20:33:24 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 3h

EQ: A video about all forms of equalizers
L: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLAt95PrwL4
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45626349
posted on 2025.10.18 at 06:51:02 (c=2, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

The rise and fall of the powered wig
L: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/head-tilting-history/rise-and-fall-powdered-wig
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45545980
posted on 2025.10.10 at 22:11:22 (c=2, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 4h

Bevy TLDR – Game development with Bevy summarized
L: https://taintedcoders.com/bevy/tldr
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631212
posted on 2025.10.18 at 19:59:40 (c=0, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 6h

The reason GCC is not a library (2000)
L: https://gcc.gnu.org/legacy-ml/gcc/2000-01/msg00572.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45557032
posted on 2025.10.12 at 06:23:48 (c=1, p=8)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 6h

Creative destruction is a miracle. It's also a political problem
L: https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/creative-destruction-is-a-miracle
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45630968
posted on 2025.10.18 at 18:59:00 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 7h

Satellite images show ancient hunting traps used by South American social groups
L: https://phys.org/news/2025-10-satellite-images-reveal-ancient-south.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45563021
posted on 2025.10.12 at 19:27:08 (c=0, p=8)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 8h

Adding Breadcrumbs to a Rails Application
L: https://avohq.io/blog/breadcrumbs-rails
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45578115
posted on 2025.10.14 at 05:54:46 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 8h

Sodium batteries are finally catching up
L: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251016223116.htm
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45630251
posted on 2025.10.18 at 16:49:56 (c=0, p=4)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 8h

Dutch intelligence services now share less information with US
L: https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/dutch-intelligence-services-now-share-less-information-with-us/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45630058
posted on 2025.10.18 at 16:13:41 (c=0, p=6)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 9h

Most users cannot identify AI bias, even in training data
L: https://www.psu.edu/news/bellisario-college-communications/story/most-users-cannot-identify-ai-bias-even-training-data
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45629299
posted on 2025.10.18 at 14:13:27 (c=0, p=3)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 9h

How to sequence your DNA for <$2k
L: https://maxlangenkamp.substack.com/p/how-to-sequence-your-dna-for-2k
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45629970
posted on 2025.10.18 at 15:58:25 (c=0, p=5)

HN @hnws.bsky.social · 9h

Salesforce told ICE it could help speed up hiring of immigration officers
L: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/salesforce-told-ice-help-speed-hiring-officers-21105202.php
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45629643
posted on 2025.10.18 at 15:05:39 (c=0, p=6)

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HN @hnws.bsky.social · 9h

Carbonized 1,300-Year-Old Bread Loaves Unearthed in Turkey
L: https://ancientist.com/1300-year-old-communion-bread-unearthed-in-karaman-a-loaf-for-the-farmer-christ/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569692
posted on 2025.10.13 at 11:48:33 (c=0, p=4)