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121.
 [flagged] Humans Will Never Leave the Solar System (erscream.com)
17 points by andsoitis 6 days ago | 27 comments
122.
Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, thousands of miners sick (npr.org)
19 points by Jimmc414 6 days ago | 4 comments
123.
Data shows just how hard Tesla's Cybertruck has flopped (msn.com)
17 points by petethomas 6 days ago | 13 comments
124.
Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes" for old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)
16 points by arto 6 days ago | discuss
125.
L;Dv (Too Lazy; Didn't Validate): 181,874 Meetings Left Wide Open (bobdahacker.com)
16 points by kalimatas 6 days ago | discuss
126.
After fierce backlash, Georgia freezes new data center projects through year (yahoo.com)
14 points by mapping365 6 days ago | 3 comments
127.
You can't have 24hour sunlight AND low altitude, low-latency orbits (mastodon.social)
13 points by SiempreViernes 6 days ago | 3 comments
128.
Smalltalk Report from 1991 to 1996 (github.com/ducasse)
13 points by matt_d 6 days ago | discuss
129.
I Didn't Realize How Addicted I Was to My Phone–Until I Went to Prison (wsj.com)
10 points by fortran77 6 days ago | 1 comment
130.
A Universal Theory of Brain Function [video] (youtube.com)
8 points by binyu 6 days ago | discuss
131.
AMD Acquires Taalas (amd.com)
9 points by ggcr 5 days ago | 1 comment
132.
The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved 220 years ago today (wikipedia.org)
13 points by theanonymousone 6 days ago | 8 comments
133.
Mars dust is toxic. How will future astronauts deal with it? (space.com)
23 points by speckx 6 days ago | 31 comments
134.
US and China race to be first to build Skynet. Either way we're F'ed
17 points by spottedmarley 6 days ago | 11 comments
135.
The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers (theverge.com)
15 points by mapping365 6 days ago | 5 comments
136.
Windows Tracks You with a Hidden ID. So We Built DeGDID to Block It (windscribe.com)
13 points by SanjayMehta 6 days ago | 3 comments
137.
The Danube River's water is dropping so low that World War II ships are emerging (pbs.org)
12 points by bookofjoe 6 days ago | 5 comments
138.
A Tax Strategy for the Rich Built the Largest Hedge Fund (bloomberg.com)
11 points by petethomas 6 days ago | discuss
139.
Fedora Approves a Smaller Grub (lwn.net)
11 points by pykello 6 days ago | discuss
140.
Offensive Internet Posture (bruceediger.com)
10 points by birdculture 6 days ago | 3 comments
141.
You won't believe the stupid shit the Pentagon puts in diplomats' system prompts (youtube.com)
10 points by logicallee 6 days ago | 3 comments
142.
The Aviation Herald was sued (avherald.com)
9 points by gilthelander 6 days ago | discuss
143.
The Era of (Good) Personal Software Has Arrived (hec.works)
7 points by dividedcomet 5 days ago | 4 comments
144.
Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content (abc.net.au)
16 points by hn_acker 6 days ago | 2 comments
145.
Elon Musk's attempt at an AI Wikipedia hasn't been updated in months (theverge.com)
11 points by ent101 6 days ago | 2 comments
146.
DeepSeek signals 'significant' price hike, testing its low-cost edge (scmp.com)
10 points by nh43215rgb 6 days ago | 3 comments
147.
Extinct toad from the Ice Age discovered at Los Angeles' La Brea Tar Pits (cnn.com)
9 points by 1659447091 6 days ago | discuss
148.
Grokipedia stopped updating three months ago (lawfaremedia.org)
11 points by BlueBerry2001 6 days ago | 1 comment
149.
Senate Panel Has Obtained Copy of Fauci's Cellphone (nytimes.com)
9 points by ianeff 6 days ago | 3 comments
150.
Germany Thwarts Russian Plot to Assassinate CEO of Drone Supplier to Ukraine (militarnyi.com)
9 points by throw0101d 6 days ago | 1 comment

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