Weekly Best
541.
Google's $45M contract to spread Netanyahu's propaganda (jackpoulson.substack.com)
542.
Aaron Swartz (en.wikipedia.org)
543.
Maak: The infinitely extensible command runner and automation à la Make (codeberg.org)
544.
Implementing a safe garbage collector in Rust (coredumped.dev)
545.
XEmacs 21.5.36 "leeks" is released (xemacs.org)
546.
Israeli Strike Targets Hamas Leadership in Qatar, a Gaza War Mediator (nytimes.com)
547.
"The open web is already in rapid decline"–Misleading Quote [pdf] (storage.courtlistener.com)
548.
U of Oregon student who reported privacy lapse placed under investigation (oregonlive.com)
549.
Cyborgtest – the chill way to evolve your QA game from manual to automated (github.com)
550.
The Rust Innovation Lab (rustfoundation.org)
551.
Jakub and Szymon (blog.samaltman.com)
552.
RTX 5090 128 GB GPU Spotted At $13,200 Per Piece (wccftech.com)
553.
The Helix Text Editor (jonathan-frere.com)
554.
Subsea Cables Parted in Red Sea Again (kentik.com)
555.
Tech CEOs take turns praising Trump (wsj.com)
556.
Intel ousts CEO of products, establishes new custom-chip design unit (tomshardware.com)
557.
California AG to OpenAI: Harm to Children Will Not Be Tolerated (oag.ca.gov)
558.
US high school students lose ground in math and reading, continuing decline (cnn.com)
559.
Matmul on Blackwell: Part 2 – Using Hardware Features to Optimize Matmul (modular.com)
560.
Czech Police Arrest Driver of Mysterious Fake Ferrari F1 Car After 6 Years (roadandtrack.com)
561.
Byte Type: Supporting Raw Data Copies in the LLVM IR (blog.llvm.org)
562.
Microsoft confirms multiple subsea fiber cuts in the Red Sea (twitter.com)
563.
Postal traffic to U.S. fell 80% after gov stopped exemption on low-value parcels (cbsnews.com)
564.
Color NPM Package Compromised (fasterthanli.me)
565.
Ways to Donate to the FSF (fsf.org)
566.
A revolution is sweeping Europe's farms: can it save agriculture? (nature.com)
567.
Does anyone think the current AI approach will hit a dead end?
568.
How did Tether profit $13B in 2024 from USDT? (antongolub.substack.com)
569.
Children and young people's reading in 2025 (literacytrust.org.uk)
570.
Knowledge and Memory (robinsloan.com)