Author: bookofjoe - Lobster Roll

Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops (techcrunch.com)

HN 1040 pts 662 comments by bookofjoe Jan 23, 2026 Security / Privacy thread

14-year-old Miles Wu folded origami pattern that holds 10k times its own weight (smithsonianmag.com)

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430k-year-old well-preserved wooden tools are the oldest ever found (nytimes.com)

HN 511 pts 261 comments by bookofjoe Jan 27, 2026 thread

<a href="https://archive.ph/mHlUT" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/mHlUT</a><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/oldest-wooden-tools-marathousa-1-6e07cfc79f6d8ba648138f805531b933" rel="nofollow">https://apnews.com/article/olde...

Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries (theguardian.com)

HN 415 pts 208 comments by bookofjoe Jan 26, 2026 AI / Machine Learning Health / Fitness / Lifestyle thread

Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 visa requests (theguardian.com)

HN 415 pts 324 comments by bookofjoe Jan 13, 2026 thread

A lot of population numbers are fake (davidoks.blog)

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Michelangelo's first painting, created when he was 12 or 13 (openculture.com)

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Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025 (arstechnica.com)

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OpenAI fires an employee for prediction market insider trading (wired.com)

HN 295 pts 153 comments by bookofjoe Feb 28, 2026 AI / Machine Learning thread

Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep (sciencealert.com)

HN 235 pts 252 comments by bookofjoe 4d ago Health / Fitness / Lifestyle thread

British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years (bbc.com)

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LED lighting undermines visual performance unless supplemented by wider spectra (nature.com)

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Ross Stevens Donates $100M to Pay Every US Olympian and Paralympian $200k (townandcountrymag.com)

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‘Viking’ was a job, not a matter of heredity: ancient DNA study (2020) (science.org)

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Found: Medieval Cargo Ship – Largest Vessel of Its Kind Ever (smithsonianmag.com)

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Announcement from museum: <a href="https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/news/archaeologists-reveal-a-medieval-super-ship-its-the-worlds-largest-cog" rel="nofollow">https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/news/archaeologists-rev...</a>

NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew (livescience.com)

HN 138 pts 135 comments by bookofjoe Jan 10, 2026 thread

Nepal's Mountainside Teahouses Elevate the Experience for Trekkers (smithsonianmag.com)

HN 136 pts 51 comments by bookofjoe Jan 15, 2026 thread

Coffee and Tea Intake, Dementia Risk, and Cognitive Function (jamanetwork.com)

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Medieval Monks Wrote over Ancient Star Catalog – Particle Accel Reveals Original (smithsonianmag.com)

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What Pressure Does to an Athlete's Body (theatlantic.com)

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NASA topples towers used to test Saturn rockets, space shuttle (arstechnica.com)

HN 55 pts 11 comments by bookofjoe Jan 13, 2026 thread

Switzerland to vote on capping population at 10M (nytimes.com)

HN 52 pts 162 comments by bookofjoe Feb 14, 2026 thread

Maggots, an efficient source of protein (smithsonianmag.com)

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Monitor the Situation (monitor-the-situation.com)

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The Mega-Rich Are Turning Their Mansions into Impenetrable Fortresses (wsj.com)

HN 39 pts 34 comments by bookofjoe Feb 15, 2026 thread

What Is a Tort? (harvardlawreview.org)

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Intrinsically stretchable 2D MoS2 transistors (nature.com)

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Researcher skeptical of 'Havana syndrome' tested secret weapon on himself (washingtonpost.com)

HN 27 pts 9 comments by bookofjoe Feb 14, 2026 thread

Dozens of Australians diagnosed with rare tattoo-related vision loss (abc.net.au)

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Seurat Most Famous for Paris Park Painting Yet Half His Paintings Were Seascapes (smithsonianmag.com)

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