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61.
America's Dangerous Movement Toward Oligarchy, Authoritarianism and Kleptocracy (counterpunch.org)
232 points by hkhn on Feb 6, 2025 | 48 comments
62.
Disney+ loses 700k subscribers following price increase (macrumors.com)
75 points by mgh2 on Feb 6, 2025 | 77 comments
63.
Show HN: I built a CLI to automate depth tracking on underwater videos (github.com/noppanut15)
32 points by noppanut15 on Feb 4, 2025 | 9 comments
64.
DOGE staffer resigns over racist posts (wsj.com)
145 points by contemporary343 on Feb 6, 2025 | 105 comments
65.
Google scraps diversity-based hiring targets (reuters.com)
63 points by indy on Feb 5, 2025 | 46 comments
66.
 [flagged] FDIC has released 175 internal documents on "Operation Chokepoint 2.0" (fdic.gov)
55 points by janandonly on Feb 6, 2025 | 63 comments
67.
Periodic Cooking of Eggs (nature.com)
66 points by Someone on Feb 6, 2025 | 37 comments
68.
The Sad Math of Ads (jamesdamore.com)
42 points by TaurenHunter on Feb 6, 2025 | 34 comments
69.
Show HN: Watch fascism unfold in realtime – an AI-powered tracker (realtimefascism.com)
99 points by visekr on Feb 6, 2025 | 52 comments
70.
Researchers created an open rival to OpenAI's o1 'reasoning' model for under $50 (techcrunch.com)
31 points by josefresco on Feb 6, 2025 | 5 comments
71.
Thailand cuts power and internet to areas of Myanmar to disrupt scam gangs (bitdefender.com)
24 points by speckx on Feb 6, 2025 | 5 comments
72.
 [flagged] Republican Congressman Introduces Bill Seeking Abolishment of OSHA (hipaajournal.com)
53 points by throw0101c on Feb 6, 2025 | 31 comments
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Scotland's first 'enclosed' salmon farm to open on Loch Long (bbc.com)
9 points by colinprince on Feb 3, 2025 | 13 comments
74.
 [flagged] Gumroad CEO is no longer hiring junior/mid-level software engineers due to AI (twitter.com/shl)
42 points by colesantiago on Feb 6, 2025 | 64 comments
75.
Zero-click WhatsApp spyware targeted 90 journalists, says Meta (9to5mac.com)
23 points by mikece on Feb 3, 2025 | 8 comments
76.
The world has probably passed "peak air pollution" (ourworldindata.org)
40 points by andsoitis on Feb 6, 2025 | 15 comments
77.
RustDesk – open-source alternative to TeamViewer (github.com/rustdesk)
24 points by Brajeshwar on Feb 6, 2025 | 18 comments
78.
Apple Robot Research (machinelearning.apple.com)
72 points by kiddz on Feb 6, 2025 | 19 comments
79.
"I'm a Barbie girl" but it's a three voice fugue (2022) [video] (youtube.com)
36 points by ciconia on Feb 6, 2025 | 5 comments
80.
H5N1 bird flu spills over again; Nevada cows hit with different, deadly strain (arstechnica.com)
32 points by ndsipa_pomu on Feb 6, 2025
81.
LLMs Were Backdoored Years Ago (remyhax.xyz)
21 points by opengears on Feb 6, 2025 | 13 comments
82.
Seeking Support After Equinix Metal Sunsets (alpinelinux.org)
16 points by ahamez on Feb 4, 2025 | 2 comments
83.
Probability of 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 is now 2.2% (esa.int)
30 points by marcodiego on Feb 6, 2025 | 7 comments
84.
Quick correlation of vulnerabilities from various sources (github.com/vulnerability-lookup)
8 points by cedricbonhomme on Feb 3, 2025
85.
Expert Wizard Amendment (wikipedia.org)
19 points by Anthony-G on Feb 6, 2025
86.
Show HN: Make your YC application stand out (Spring 2025 edition) (ycscore.com)
13 points by dshayan on Feb 6, 2025 | 12 comments
87.
Show HN: I built a tool to create polls on Bluesky (blueskypolls.xyz)
27 points by lakshikag on Feb 6, 2025 | 5 comments
88.
Elon Musk's DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts (washingtonpost.com)
41 points by hackernj on Feb 6, 2025 | 6 comments
89.
Elon Musk's secretive government IT takeover (vox.com)
24 points by svenfaw on Feb 6, 2025
90.
IRS Employees Who Took Trump 'Buyout' Ordered to Stay, Work Is Too 'Essential' (latintimes.com)
23 points by moonka on Feb 6, 2025 | 11 comments

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