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New top story on Hacker News: How a cable modem works (c. 2002)

McKinney Fire Becomes California’s Largest of 2022, Burning 51,000 Acres

New top story on Hacker News: The worst dam idea in the world: evaporating the Mediterranean to power Europe

The Red Cross says it still doesn’t have access to the prison camp where dozens of Ukrainians died.

McKinney Fire Becomes California’s Largest of 2022, Burning 51,000 Acres

Bill Russell, Who Transformed Pro Basketball, Dies at 88

Review: ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ Knows Its Good Angles

Protesters Breach Iraqi Parliament for Second Time in a Week

New top story on Hacker News: Do hair transplants debunk the scalp tension-hair loss hypothesis? (2021)

America Has a Problem and Beyoncé Ain’t It

New top story on Hacker News: Tor is fighting and beating Russian censorship

The U.S. charges a Russian man with spreading propaganda through American political groups.

The $1.28 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot and You

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Chunk – Code sandbox for back-end devs

Pressure Grows in the U.S. for the U.A.E. to Free an American Lawyer

New top story on Hacker News: Corrupting memory without memory corruption

Blinken Speaks to Russia’s Foreign Minister, Seeking Release of Griner and Whelan.

‘It’s Scary’: Gay Men Confront a Health Crisis With Echoes of the Past

New top story on Hacker News: Aztec Diamond

Seven Key Provisions in the Climate Deal

Unbeatable Heat July 2022

Russian Arms Dealer in Proposed Swap for Brittney Griner Has Notorious History

‘Not Okay’ Review: Posting Through It

Biden and Xi Conduct Marathon Call During Time of Rising Tensions

Why Brandon Perea’s ‘Nope’ Audition Made Jordan Peele Cry

New top story on Hacker News: Fleur – A bloom filter implementation in C

mexico drought

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Peerdiem — Discover and discuss one painting a day

Senior European Parliament Member Targeted as Spyware Abuse Spreads

Russia says it will pull out of the International Space Station.

New top story on Hacker News: CircleCI Announces Support for Gitlab

New top story on Hacker News: Retrofitting GDPR Compliance onto Legacy Databases [pdf]

New top story on Hacker News: Shipping Multi-Tenant SaaS Using Postgres Row-Level Security

New top story on Hacker News: Understanding modern Linux routing (and wg-quick)

New top story on Hacker News: Specifying Spring '83

‘Kind of Wild/Creative’: Emails Shed Light on Trump Fake Electors Plan

New top story on Hacker News: Data-Parallel Actors: A Programming Model for Scalable Query Serving Systems

In Robert Lowell’s ‘Memoirs,’ Mental Illness, Creative Friends and a Takedown of Dad

Why Euro 2022 Is One-Stop Shopping for Europe’s Biggest Clubs

Lizzo Earns Her Second No. 1 Song: ‘About Damn Time’

Justice Department sues poultry processors over unlawful labor practices.

Prosecutor Is Barred From Pursuing Criminal Case Against Trump Ally

‘I humbly beg forgiveness,’ Francis tells Canada’s Indigenous people.

‘We Survived Another Night’: In Ruined Suburb, Solace in a Small Community

New top story on Hacker News: Stigler's Law of Eponymy

New top story on Hacker News: Former juvenile lifers talk about the meaning of second chances

In a Memphis restaurant, no relief from the heat.

New top story on Hacker News: People Who Apply for Jobs by Showing Up

Edward Feiner, 75, Dies; Revolutionized the Look of Federal Buildings

Austrian Conductor Dies After Collapsing Onstage in Munich

Utah University Admits ‘Shortcomings’ in Handling Domestic Abuse Case

New top story on Hacker News: An informal review of CTF abuse

New top story on Hacker News: Why Writing Your Own Search Engine Is Hard (2004)

New top story on Hacker News: Stop saying “They shouldn't have invested more than they could afford to lose”

New top story on Hacker News: Imaginary Numbers Are Real

On the Docket: Atlanta v. Trumpworld

In Jan. 6 Hearings, Gender Divide Has Been Strong Undercurrent

Rapidly Spreading California Wildfire Destroys 10 Structures

New top story on Hacker News: Hardcoded password in Confluence app has been leaked on Twitter

New top story on Hacker News: Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13

New top story on Hacker News: SpatiaLite: Extends SQLite core to support Spatial SQL capabilities

New top story on Hacker News: Formal CHERI: design-time proof of architecture security properties

A ‘wild day’ in the bond market reflects rising recession fears.

Newly Published, From Maori Myths to Europe’s Eastern Borderlands

U.S. Coasts Will Share the Dangerous Heat This Weekend

New top story on Hacker News: Behind Closed Doors review – entertaining study of London private members’ clubs

The risk from the coronavirus is rising in much of the United States.

YouTube will take down ‘unsafe’ abortion how-to videos.

New top story on Hacker News: Antibiotics Affect Male and Female (Lab Rats) Gut Microbiomes Differently

BBC Apologizes to Royal Nanny Swept Up in Diana Reporting Furor

Tired of Waiting for Their Dream Workplace, These Writers Made Their Own

New top story on Hacker News: What’s the Biggest Bird in the World?

Delay as the New Denial: The Latest Republican Tactic to Block Climate Action

Classical Music Has a Hazy Future in Lincoln Center’s Summers

Giuliani Ordered to Testify in Georgia Criminal Investigation

Endemic Covid-19 Looks Pretty Brutal

Sean Kelly, Early National Lampoon Troublemaker, Dies at 81

Trying to Salvage His Climate Agenda, Biden Weighs a National Emergency