Author: xqcgrek2 - Lobster Roll

NSF has suspended Terry Tao's grant (bsky.app)

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House to investigate Wikipedia over allegations of organized bias (thehill.com)

HN 183 pts 168 comments by xqcgrek2 Aug 27, 2025 Internet / Digital Culture thread

US destroying its reputation as a scientific leader – European science diplomat (sciencebusiness.net)

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Gov workers say their shutdown out-of-office replies were forcibly changed (wired.com)

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Iron nitride permanent magnets made with DIY ball mill [video] (youtube.com)

HN 109 pts 32 comments by xqcgrek2 Jun 15, 2025 Maker / DIY / Hardware thread

Oregon gave homeless youth $1k/month with no strings (oregonlive.com)

HN 77 pts 101 comments by xqcgrek2 Feb 1, 2026 thread

Yanis Varoufakis on the future of capitalism [video] (youtube.com)

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US science is being wrecked (arstechnica.com)

HN 59 pts 39 comments by xqcgrek2 Jun 5, 2025 thread

X begins rolling out 'About this account' location feature to users' profiles (techcrunch.com)

HN 57 pts 27 comments by xqcgrek2 Nov 23, 2025 thread

NASA loses another senior official as tension about the agency's future grows (nbcnews.com)

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The next time Wikipedia asks for a donation, ignore it (2022) (unherd.com)

HN 49 pts 19 comments by xqcgrek2 Dec 16, 2024 Internet / Digital Culture thread

Top US researchers rush to relocate to Europe (politico.eu)

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Cat-Eared Robots Are Waiting Tables in Japan's Restaurants (bloomberg.com)

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New Bill Would Allow Rubio to Strip US Citizens' Passports over Political Speech (commondreams.org)

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Xiaomi Car with Driver Assistance Crashes, Three Reported Dead (bloomberg.com)

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Publishers trial paying peer reviewers – what did they find? (nature.com)

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A Lawless Nation – Friends don't let friends visit America (paulkrugman.substack.com)

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Microsoft Asked FBI for Help Tracking Protests (bloomberg.com)

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The Presidential budget proposal is a death sentence for NASA (badastronomy.beehiiv.com)

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Plan to Kill Dozens of NASA Missions Threatens US Space Supremacy (bloomberg.com)

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US Nuclear Weapons Agency Breached in Microsoft SharePoint Hack (bloomberg.com)

HN 18 pts 1 comments by xqcgrek2 Jul 23, 2025 thread

Fossils in Greece Suggest Human Ancestors Evolved in Europe, Not Africa (greekreporter.com)

HN 17 pts 2 comments by xqcgrek2 Nov 20, 2024 thread

US Interest Burden Hits 28-Year High (bloomberg.com)

HN 17 pts 8 comments by xqcgrek2 Oct 20, 2024 thread

Gerrymandering by Both Parties Is Deepening America's Divide (wsj.com)

HN 16 pts 5 comments by xqcgrek2 Aug 9, 2025 thread

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt accused of rape, surveillance by ex-mistress (news.com.au)

HN 15 pts 3 comments by xqcgrek2 Jan 8, 2026 Security / Privacy thread

Bluesky Has a Death Threat Problem (thefp.com)

HN 15 pts 12 comments by xqcgrek2 Dec 19, 2024 thread

'We're basically pushers': Staff at Meta compared their platforms to drugs (politico.com)

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The Planetary Society condemns deep, damaging 24% cut to NASA's budget (planetary.org)

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