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Omar Slams DHS for Accusing Her of Lying About ICE Apprehending Her Son

Sharon Zhang

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:21:00 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
“No surprise that an agency known for disappearing people also can’t keep its records straight,” Omar’s office said.


House GOP Blocks Vote on ACA Tax Credits as Premium Hike Deadline Looms

Chris Walker

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:50:02 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
ACA health exchange participants who receive a tax credit will see premium costs increase by 114 percent, on average.


Israel Is Attempting to Create a New Status Quo in the West Bank, Locals Say

Shatha Hanaysha

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:40:02 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Military escalation may be the opening move in a broader effort to reinstate settlement activity in the Jenin area.


3 in 4 Republicans Under 45 Say They Prefer US Fund Health Care Over Israel

Sharon Zhang

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:15:05 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Support for unconditional funding for Israel is waning as Americans languish at home.


Survivors Slam Kristi Noem Over FEMA’s Response to Deadly Disasters

Mike Ludwig

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:07:44 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
FEMA workers say the agency is being gutted under Trump, putting disaster victims at risk.


Trump Sues the BBC — But the UK Broadcaster Insists It Won’t Back Down

Chris Walker

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:49:37 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
“We will be defending this case,” a BBC spokesperson said after Trump announced the lawsuit.


Trump Designates Fentanyl as a “Weapon of Mass Destruction”

Sharon Zhang

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:33:17 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
The declaration comes as Trump has been escalating his illegal and unprovoked military campaign against Venezuela.


Company Behind “Alligator Alcatraz” Vies for Contract to Rebuild Gaza

Amy Goodman

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:36:09 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
“People are lining up and treating this the way they treated reconstruction in Iraq,” says journalist Aram Roston.


Unemployment Rate Hits Highest Level in 4 Years Amid Trump’s Assault on Workers

Jake Johnson

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:13:49 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
“Trump’s reckless trade agenda is bleeding working-class jobs, forcing layoffs, and raising prices,” said one critic.


Experts Say Even Average Venezuelans Critical of Maduro Won’t Back Regime Change

Rodrigo Acuña

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:44:39 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
A US military attack “would bring more chaos, more poverty,” one Caracas resident said.


FDA Opts Out of Widely Condemned Plan for “Black Box” Warnings on COVID Shots

Chris Walker

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:22:40 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Officials said they were considering such a move last week, but the plan was widely condemned by health experts.


Trump Budget Cuts Threaten Access to Disability Rights Lawyers

Tony Leys

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:55:19 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
The federally funded attorneys ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws.


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The Year in Physics

Natalie Wolchover

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:46:37 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Physicists spotted a “terribly exciting” new black hole, doubled down on weakening dark energy, and debated the meaning of quantum mechanics.

The post The Year in Physics first appeared on Quanta Magazine


The Year in Computer Science

Michael Moyer

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:24:35 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Explore the year’s most surprising computational revelations, including a new fundamental relationship between time and space, an undergraduate who overthrew a 40-year-old conjecture, and the unexpectedly effortless triggers that can turn AI evil.

The post The Year in Computer Science first appeared on Quanta Magazine


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Learning the oldest programming language (2024)

lioeters

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:25:06 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://uncenter.dev/posts/learning-fortran/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46301696

Points: 9

# Comments: 3


Coursera to combine with Udemy

throwaway019254

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:45:40 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://investor.coursera.com/news/news-details/2025/Coursera-to-Combine-with-Udemy-to-Empower-the-Global-Workforce-with-Skills-for-the-AI-Era/default.aspx

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46301346

Points: 83

# Comments: 28


Short-Circuiting Correlated Subqueries in SQLite

emschwartz

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:26:59 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://emschwartz.me/short-circuiting-correlated-subqueries-in-sqlite/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46300776

Points: 6

# Comments: 0


Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?

pabs3

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 09:37:24 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://infosec.press/brunomiguel/is-mozilla-trying-hard-to-kill-itself

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46299934

Points: 483

# Comments: 418


AI's real superpower: consuming, not creating

firefoxd

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:34:00 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://msanroman.io/blog/ai-consumption-paradigm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46299552

Points: 87

# Comments: 68


TLA+ Modeling Tips

birdculture

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:05:30 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2025/12/tla-modeling-tips.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46299389

Points: 60

# Comments: 14


P: Formal Modeling and Analysis of Distributed (Event-Driven) Systems

Davidbrcz

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:42:09 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://github.com/p-org/P

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46299257

Points: 21

# Comments: 4


Subsets (YC S23) is hiring engineers in Copenhagen, Denmark

Oliverbrandt

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:00:16 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://www.workatastartup.com/companies/subsets

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46299022

Points: 0

# Comments: 0


Introduction to Software Development Tooling (2024)

vismit2000

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 01:26:14 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://bernsteinbear.com/isdt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46297127

Points: 90

# Comments: 13


Sei AI (YC W22) Is Hiring

ramkumarvenkat

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 01:00:21 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/sei/jobs/TYbKqi0-llm-engineer-mid-senior

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46296926

Points: 0

# Comments: 0


I ported JustHTML from Python to JavaScript with Codex CLI and GPT-5.2 in hours

pbowyer

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:48:56 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/15/porting-justhtml/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46295771

Points: 197

# Comments: 115


No AI* Here – A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter

MrAlex94

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 22:07:49 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-response-to-mozilla/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46295268

Points: 401

# Comments: 233


AI will make formal verification go mainstream

evankhoury

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:14:49 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://martin.kleppmann.com/2025/12/08/ai-formal-verification.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46294574

Points: 695

# Comments: 356


Announcing the Beta release of ty

gavide

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:52:45 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://astral.sh/blog/ty

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46294289

Points: 684

# Comments: 130


No Graphics API

ryandrake

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:20:17 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-graphics-api

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46293062

Points: 710

# Comments: 129


GPT Image 1.5

charlierguo

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:07:07 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

https://platform.openai.com/docs/models/gpt-image-1.5


Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46291941

Points: 472

# Comments: 223


Pricing Changes for GitHub Actions

kevin-david

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:12:02 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://resources.github.com/actions/2026-pricing-changes-for-github-actions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46291156

Points: 708

# Comments: 762


Artie (YC S23) Is Hiring Senior Enterprise AES

j-cheong

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:00:57 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/artie/jobs/HyaHWUs-senior-enterprise-ae

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46291011

Points: 0

# Comments: 0


alpr.watch

theamk

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:54:19 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://alpr.watch/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46290916

Points: 826

# Comments: 386


Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo

recvonline

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:53:14 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Article URL: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288491

Points: 541

# Comments: 814


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It’s Not Always About Guns or Monsters

Jeff Schechtman

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:00:24 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Gun violence

University of Chicago economist Jens Ludwig challenges nearly everything we think we know about gun violence — and, by extension — violence itself.

It’s Not Always About Guns or Monsters originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy


Water Levels Across the Great Lakes Are Falling — Just as Data Centers Arrive

Whowhatwhy Editors

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:30:13 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
tech, data center construction, Great Lakes, falling water levels

PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.

Water Levels Across the Great Lakes Are Falling — Just as Data Centers Arrive originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy


Inaugural FIFA Peace Prize Recipient Threatens Venezuela

Klaus Marre

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 02:36:46 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
peace prize

Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a blockade of “sanctioned oil tankers” coming from and going to Venezuela. 

Inaugural FIFA Peace Prize Recipient Threatens Venezuela originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy


JD Vance Test Drives the Lies That Republicans Hope Will Win the Midterms

Klaus Marre

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:10:29 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
VP JD Vance, podium, speaking

Instead of trying to make things more affordable, the Trump administration is lying about who is responsible for the state of the economy. Today, it was Vice President JD Vance’s turn to gaslight the American people.

JD Vance Test Drives the Lies That Republicans Hope Will Win the Midterms originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy


Exxon’s Next Supreme Court Play

Emily Sanders

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:00:57 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
front porch, home, burned, Marshall Fire

Oil companies are once again asking the high court to intervene in climate deception lawsuits — part of an all-hands-on-deck effort by Big Oil and the Trump administration to shut the cases down.

Exxon’s Next Supreme Court Play originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy


Koh Lipe: Thai Island Where Ocean Water Stays Swimming Pool Clear 80 Feet Down

Whowhatwhy Editors

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:30:05 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
nature, oceans, marine park protection, Thailand, islands, Koh Lipe, crystal-clear water

PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.

Koh Lipe: Thai Island Where Ocean Water Stays Swimming Pool Clear 80 Feet Down originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy


Font of Wisdom

Jon Richards

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:01:02 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Marco Rubio, State Department, Font, Times New Roman, Calibri

Woke typefaces get what’s coming to them.

Font of Wisdom originally appeared on WhoWhatWhy


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Texans can use school vouchers for pre-K, but the pool of families who qualify is limited

Jaden Edison, Texas Tribune

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:40:52 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
A limited group of families with 3- and 4-year-olds who already qualify for free public pre-K can receive state funds to attend private preschool.


Texas sues electric company over Smokehouse Creek fire, largest in state history

Ana Campbell, Texas Newsroom

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:29:51 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
The fire killed three people and more than 15,000 head of cattle and burned over a million acres in the Panhandle in 2024.


Texas AG’s lawsuit that sought to shutter Harris County program for undocumented immigrants rejected

Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas Tribune

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:22:59 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
The county allocated $1.3 million to groups that provide immigration legal services amid an uptick in federal enforcement. Paxton called the program “evil and wicked.”


Federal THC ban presents steep challenges to Texas hemp industry

Andrew Schneider

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
More than 6,000 Texas smoke shops and related businesses could be forced to shut down if the ban goes into effect next November as scheduled. The industry is organizing a lobbying effort to get Congress to rewrite the law from a blanket prohibition to a regulatory approach.


The week in politics (Dec. 17, 2025)

Michael Hagerty

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:00:54 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
On Wednesday's show: We discuss the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup. And soprano Sarah Brightman discusses her career and previews an upcoming holiday concert in Sugar Land.


The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2831: Reading Cosmo

Richard H. Armstrong

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:01:25 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Episode: 2831 Reading the Long History of Cosmopolitan Magazine. Today, a great American magazine.


Rod Paige made indelible marks on education in Houston and beyond. The reforms he championed remain contested

Bianca Seward

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 02:41:23 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Paige, the former Houston ISD superintendent and U.S. education secretary, will be laid to rest this week after his death at age 92.


Hello Houston – The Commuter Cut (December 16, 2025)

Garrett Bohlmann

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:17:04 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
For our busy Houston commuters – we have “The Commuter Cut” – a special 40-minute version of our show to listen to during your journey home.


Hello Houston (December 16, 2025)

Garrett Bohlmann

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:51:49 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Today: We break down Governor Abbott’s plan to lower property taxes, discuss how “Trump Accounts” could impact the finances of parents, learn about TUTS’ production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, and more.


Fort Bend ISD to consider closures of seven elementary schools

Natalie Weber, Fort Bend County Bureau, Thomas Perumean

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:41:16 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
School board trustees are expected to vote on the proposed closures in March.


Three dogs killed a man in Katy, police say. Their owners could face felony charges

Michael Adkison

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:37:11 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Death by a dog attack can be a second-degree felony under Texas laws. Authorities have not named the owners of the dogs.


Former candidate Jolanda Jones endorses Amanda Edwards in 18th Congressional District runoff

Michael Adkison

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:17:34 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Jones, a Houston-based state representative who placed third in the Nov. 4 special election, is backing the former city council member Edwards in her Jan. 31 runoff against acting Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee.


Baytown police officer indicted on manslaughter charges after crash that killed two children

Kyle McClenagan

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:49:37 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Michael Hightower, 28, was driving a patrol vehicle in October when he collided with a van carrying five children, including two boys ages 8 and 10 who subsequently died from their injuries.


Immigrant families in Texas have gone into hiding after latest Trump administration policy

Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Texas Tribune, Colleen DeGuzman, Texas Tribune, Chris Essig, The Texas Tribune

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:34:18 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Last month the Trump administration made people from 19 nations ineligible to obtain legal status. “Fear won,” said one woman who came from Venezuela nearly a decade ago.


Joe Ely, who influenced a generation of songwriters with his music, dies at 78

Nathan Cone, TPR

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:17:38 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Ely never broke out into the mainstream, but has been a beloved Texas treasure for five decades. His death Monday at age 78 brought tributes from fans and fellow musicians alike.


Ticketing the homeless (Dec. 16, 2025)

Michael Hagerty

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:00:07 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
On Tuesday's show: We discuss the city's approach to homelessness and its practice of giving tickets to homeless people who can’t possibly pay them.


The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2674: The Royal Navy Surgeon

Michael Barratt

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 06:01:00 +0000

Original Article

Summary:
Episode: 2674 The Royal Navy Surgeon; Taking Medicine to Sea in the Age of Sail. Today, the Royal Navy Surgeon.


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A Political Earthquake in Ukraine

Anastasiia Lapatina

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:00:01 GMT

Original Article

Summary:
Zelensky folds to critics and sacks his ultra-powerful chief of staff.


Platforms, Sanctions, and Unrecognized Regimes

Scott Anderson

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:00:11 GMT

Original Article

Summary:

A novel strategy for social media platforms dealing with local de facto authorities like the Taliban.


A Terrorism of Vengeance

Jacob Ware

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:02:28 GMT

Original Article

Summary:
Understanding incels, school shooters, and the new category of terrorism, “nihilistic violent extremism.”


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Under Operation Lone Star, Texas State Police More than Doubled Their Drone Fleet

Francesca D’Annunzio

Dateline: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:37:06 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Texas Republicans have been wary of unmanned aerial vehicles, with some even backing proposed laws to allow the citizenry to gun down invasive airborne drones. Now, thanks to years of Operation Lone Star, Governor Abbott’s multi-billion dollar border mission, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is ushering in what might fairly be called the […]

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Everyone Knows Jasmine Crockett. Could That Be a Good Thing?

Justin Miller

Dateline: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:39:07 +0000

Original Article

Summary:

Last Monday, just hours before the candidate filing deadline, Dallas Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett made it official: The high-profile political flamethrower is running for the U.S. Senate. The move was not a surprising one, but it did finally bring resolution to the weeks of her very public consideration of whether to get into the race, […]

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