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Stories by robtherobber

Ok Billionaire: Why Do the Opinions of 600 Americans Get So Much Airtime? (2019) (lithub.com)
HN 66 pts 59 comments by robtherobber Nov 13, 2025 thread
Clockss: Digital preservation services run by academic publishers and libraries (clockss.org)
HN 66 pts 8 comments by robtherobber Oct 8, 2025 thread
Number of UK workers on zero-hours contracts hits record high ahead of crackdown (bbc.co.uk)
HN 65 pts 120 comments by robtherobber Feb 26, 2026 thread
Martin Luther King was talking about a universal basic income before it was cool (businessinsider.com)
HN 56 pts 23 comments by robtherobber Jan 20, 2026 thread
Jack Ma's family shifted wealth to UK after years-long 'disappearance' (source-material.org)
HN 53 pts 61 comments by robtherobber Nov 22, 2025 thread
Franz Kafka – the workers' friend (2018) (marywcraig.com)
HN 53 pts 4 comments by robtherobber Feb 5, 2025 thread
Total surface area required to fuel the world with solar (2009) (landartgenerator.org)
HN 52 pts 112 comments by robtherobber Feb 3, 2026 thread
Week After Week, the US Is Dismantling Knowledge Infrastructure (techpolicy.press)
HN 52 pts 15 comments by robtherobber Nov 11, 2025 Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Iceland approved 4-day workweek in 2019; six years later, predictions came true (farmingdale-observer.com)
HN 50 pts 35 comments by robtherobber May 13, 2025 thread
YouTube ads are about to get even longer and they'll be unskippable (dexerto.com)
HN 47 pts 57 comments by robtherobber 1d ago thread
Microsoft Teams will tell your boss when you're out of the office (mashable.com)
HN 47 pts 5 comments by robtherobber Dec 1, 2025 thread
Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal (bleepingcomputer.com)
HN 37 pts 12 comments by robtherobber Aug 19, 2025 thread
The Tech Billionaires Behind Trump's Greenland Push (znetwork.org)
HN 34 pts 0 comments by robtherobber Jan 20, 2026 thread
FTSE100 bosses' pay overtakes typical worker's annual salary in less than 3 days (news.sky.com)
HN 32 pts 15 comments by robtherobber Jan 6, 2026 Productivity / Career / Business thread
Linux Mint Debian Edition7 "Gigi" Released (blog.linuxmint.com)
HN 29 pts 3 comments by robtherobber Oct 16, 2025 Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Four-day week at a south London school (theguardian.com)
HN 29 pts 22 comments by robtherobber Jan 8, 2025 thread
Ancient Europeans resisted inequality for 5000 years (science.org)
HN 25 pts 1 comments by robtherobber Aug 12, 2025 thread
America's Coming Brain Drain: Trump's War on Universities Could Kill Innovation (foreignaffairs.com)
HN 25 pts 4 comments by robtherobber May 12, 2025 thread
Zack Polanski to hand in NHS contract termination notice to Palantir (thecanary.co)
HN 24 pts 12 comments by robtherobber Jan 22, 2026 thread
Richest People Gained Record $2.2T in 2025, Fueling Calls for Wealth Tax (commondreams.org)
HN 24 pts 13 comments by robtherobber Jan 2, 2026 thread
Musk's DOGE Failed to Slash Government Spending, It Led to a 6% Increase (offthefrontpage.com)
HN 24 pts 4 comments by robtherobber Dec 29, 2025 thread
General strike against 13-hour work day brings Greece to a halt (theguardian.com)
HN 24 pts 20 comments by robtherobber Oct 2, 2025 thread
Lead in archived hair documents a decline in lead exposure to humans after EPA (pnas.org)
HN 22 pts 2 comments by robtherobber Feb 3, 2026 thread
The Worst Thing About Elon Musk Is That He Got Away with All of It (newrepublic.com)
HN 22 pts 18 comments by robtherobber Dec 29, 2025 thread
US Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online (theintercept.com)
HN 20 pts 1 comments by robtherobber 6d ago thread
Android devices have started installing hidden app that scans your images (mastodon.sdf.org)
HN 19 pts 3 comments by robtherobber Feb 9, 2025 thread
EU rejects 'nonsense' censorship charge from Trump allies (lemonde.fr)
HN 18 pts 7 comments by robtherobber Feb 4, 2026 thread
"Bitcoin Jesus" Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the "Friends of Trump" (propublica.org)
HN 17 pts 0 comments by robtherobber Jan 26, 2026 Crypto / Blockchain thread
Trump security strategy reportedly calls for "pulling Poland away from EU" (notesfrompoland.com)
HN 17 pts 7 comments by robtherobber Dec 11, 2025 Security / Privacy thread
Gen X may be the first to need a UBI after late-career job loss (thehill.com)
HN 17 pts 5 comments by robtherobber Nov 11, 2025 thread