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Quotation of the Day: In Command: The Few, the Proud, the White
Unable to Decide
Saudi King Fires 2 Royals in Defense Corruption Inquiry
New top story on Hacker News: Modernizing the OpenBSD Console
New top story on Hacker News: Amazon wins FAA approval for Prime Air drone delivery fleet
New top story on Hacker News: The database I wish I had
New top story on Hacker News: When is it okay for a lawyer to lie? (2018)
Elecciones 2020: el Partido Republicano postula a Trump y el demócrata Biden aún lleva la ventaja
Biden Condemned Violence. Why Won’t Trump?
Trump Defends Kyle Rittenhouse
A Long History of Language That Incites and Demonizes
New top story on Hacker News: An Update About Changes to Facebook’s Services in Australia
New top story on Hacker News: A History of U.S. Foreign Policy from Z to Shining Z
New top story on Hacker News: Python setuptools v50 breaks pip installation on Debian/Ubuntu
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Captcha Alternatives?
New top story on Hacker News: Hapax Legomenon
‘We Germans,’ Alexander Starritt by the Author: An Excerpt
Unwitting Progressives for Trump
Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia
Frustrated by Election Boycott, Venezuela’s Leader Pardons 100 Opponents
A Teacher and Congresswoman Confronts School Reopenings
Trump Fans Strife as Unrest Roils the U.S.
A series of primaries in Massachusetts could be a bellwether for the Democratic Party.
Meet Germany’s Bizarre Anti-Lockdown Protesters
New top story on Hacker News: Sum Types in Julia and Rust
New top story on Hacker News: Self-driving cars learn to read the body language of people on the street
New top story on Hacker News: High-tech tracking reveals ‘secret world of birds’
As Japan’s Abe Leaves, ‘Abenomics’ Will Remain, for Good or Ill
The Runway Lights Failed, So Villagers Used Their Headlights to Aid an Airlift
New top story on Hacker News: Physics Is Cool
New top story on Hacker News: Why are there 5280 feet in a mile?
New top story on Hacker News: K-Stash: A search engine for your useful links – for devs and researchers
Your Monday Briefing
New top story on Hacker News: An overview of the science on function length
No Corrections: Aug. 31, 2020
Quotation of the Day: As China Flexes, Taiwan Revamps Its Military
How to Help Someone Who Lost Their Job
Think You’re Making Good Climate Choices? Take This Mini-Quiz
I’m Still Reading Andrew Sullivan. But I Can’t Defend Him.
New top story on Hacker News: Last Week on My Mac: Is macOS Becoming Unmaintainable?
Portland Shooting Amplifies Tensions in Presidential Race
Trump, Vicar of Fear and Violence
Jon Rahm Sinks a Big Putt to Win Playoff at the BMW Championship
New top story on Hacker News: Drug cartel assassinates its enemies with bomb-toting drones
New top story on Hacker News: Banks create money out of thin air, but it's less impressive than it sounds
Stories of 2020: Five Lives Caught in a Year of Upheaval and Pain
New top story on Hacker News: Releasing Pleroma 2.1.0
New top story on Hacker News: Nagara Rimba Nusa: A Take on Indonesia's New Capital City
With a Wary Eye on China, Taiwan Moves to Revamp Its Military
New top story on Hacker News: So you want to roll your own crypto?
New top story on Hacker News: Griffon: a desktop application development platform for the JVM
Quotation of the Day: District by District, a Plan for In-Person Schooling Falls Apart
Virus Update
Amid Tennis’s Swirling Storms, a Stubborn Djokovic Claims a Title
New top story on Hacker News: Longevity FAQ: A beginner's guide to longevity research
New top story on Hacker News: New 50-metre deep crater opens up in Arctic tundra
New top story on Hacker News: TiDB: A Raft-based HTAP Database [pdf]
New top story on Hacker News: Lord of the Manor: a medieval city builder game
New top story on Hacker News: A Command Line vs. GUI Meeting
New top story on Hacker News: Open Source Thinkpad T420 Battery Design
How to Build a Catapult From Newspaper
Phoenix Settles With Black Family After Police Drew Guns Over Reported Doll Theft
New top story on Hacker News: How to Pick a Quack: Data
New top story on Hacker News: Tower Defense with a twist: all towers must be positioned with CSS Flexbox
New top story on Hacker News: Engineer admits he wiped 456 Cisco WebEx VMs from AWS after leaving
New top story on Hacker News: Apple doesn't let you disclose their 30% IAP fee to your customers
‘It Was Challenging’: Bucks Return, Balancing Basketball and Activism
Coronavirus Around the World
‘Enough Is Enough’: New Racial Justice Leaders Rise in Kenosha
New top story on Hacker News: Flexport is hiring employees all over the world
New top story on Hacker News: American Academy of Sleep Medicine: Eliminate daylight saving time
New top story on Hacker News: Hazel: A live functional programming environment featuring typed holes
COVID 19 Update
Generic Rivalry
Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay Tough It Out, Sharing BMW Lead
Hurricane Laura Was Powerful, but Louisiana Was Prepared
Sarah Palin’s Suit Against New York Times Will Go to Trial, Judge Rules
Stephen Miller’s Dystopian America
Corrections: Aug. 29, 2020
Quotation of the Day: ‘Panting for Air’ Under Smoky Western Skies
Workers will have to pay any deferred payroll taxes by April.
Rival Themes Emerge as Race Enters Final Weeks: Covid vs. Law and Order
New top story on Hacker News: Scientists build army of a million microrobots that fit inside hypodermic needle
Fox News Breaking News Alert
Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore After Oil Spill Off Mauritius
Returning to the campaign trail, Trump unloads baseless attacks on Biden.
Jacob Blake Was Shackled in Hospital Bed After Police Shooting
Lute Olson, Who Put Arizona on College Basketball Map, Dies at 85