January 2026 Archive
2791.
It is 85 seconds to midnight (thebulletin.org)
2792.
LLM poetry and the "greatness" question: Experiments by Gwern and Mercor (hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com)
2793.
A 2026 look at three bio-ML opinions I had in 2024 (owlposting.com)
2794.
Wood-derived safer alternative for thermal receipt paper coatings (phys.org)
2795.
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces (gothamist.com)
2796.
America's Throwaway Spies: How the CIA Failed Iranian Informants in Tehran (2022) (reuters.com)
2797.
Earth from Space: The Fate of a Giant (esa.int)
2798.
Trump's 'Free Speech' Presidency Has Racked Up 200 Censorship Attempts (techdirt.com)
2799.
We are experiencing an issue with Gmail beginning on Saturday, 2026-01-24 13:02 (google.com)
2800.
Refinement Without Specification (buttondown.com)
2801.
Ukraine says more than 80% of enemy targets now destroyed by drones (defensenews.com)
2802.
Troublemaker: The fierce, unruly life of Jessica Mitford (lrb.co.uk)
2803.
HTTP Dogs (http.dog)
2804.
Citizen says ICE took him at gunpoint in underwear despite cold and no warrant (apnews.com)
2805.
Intrinsically stretchable 2D MoS2 transistors (nature.com)
2806.
2807.
Trump sues IRS, Treasury Department for $10B over tax return leak (reuters.com)
2808.
Show HN: Dotenv Mask Editor: No more embarrassing screen leaks of your .env (marketplace.visualstudio.com)
2809.
LLMs Are Currently Not Helpful at All for Math Research: Hamkins (officechai.com)
2810.
Why Does Destroying Resources via TF Suck? (newsletter.masterpoint.io)
2811.
Top engineers at Anthropic, OpenAI say AI now writes 100% of their code (fortune.com)
2812.
Ask HN: Expository/Succinct Books on Modern Physics
2813.
Which is "Bouba", and which is "Kiki"? [video] (youtube.com)
2814.
Ask HN: Have we confused efficiency with "100% utilization"?
2815.
The truth Elon left out (openai.com)
2816.
Ask HN: Has anyone else been struggling with search lately?
2817.
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is how they start (theguardian.com)
2818.
The Dildo Distribution Delegation (closertotheedge.net)
2819.
Maine's black market for baby eels (pressherald.com)
2820.
Clawdbot Bought Me a Car (aaronstuyvenberg.com)