
nytimes.com
Why Polling Chaos Could Create Big Problems for American Politicshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/us/politics/election-polls-confusion-prediction-markets.htmlBad polls. Misleading betting odds. Surveys meant to shape narratives. Ahead of the midterms and 2028, there is suddenly serious confusion about candidate strength and voter sentiment.Aug 22, 2026 12:50 PM

france24.com
Turkey seeks arrest warrant for Israeli PM Netanyahu, fueling tensionshttps://www.france24.com/en/video/20260822-turkey-seeks-arrest-warrant-for-israeli-pm-netanyahu-fueling-tensionsTurkey and Israel traded insults on Friday, after Ankara announced it was seeking an international arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of "genocide" because of the interception of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza. Netanyahu's office accused Turkey of hypocrisy. Our correspondent in Turkey Jasper Mortimer analyses the situation.Aug 22, 2026 10:57 AM
http-response.com
Show HN: I built a tool for creating mock HTTP endpointshttps://www.http-response.com/I use it all the time for work related stuff (inspecting webhooks and mocking api responses). It works like webhook.site but also lets you generate fake data. It doesn't require an account so feel free to try it.https://www.http-response.com/Aug 22, 2026 10:01 AM
nytimes.com
Sun Screenhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/briefing/sun-screen.htmlWhat makes a movie a summer movie? Is it the time of its release, or the way that it depicts the season itself? Or something else entirely?Aug 22, 2026 8:48 AM

bbc.co.uk
How new-look Spurs are shaping up under De Zerbihttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx25xy7p9zpo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rssRoberto de Zerbi has had time and money over the summer to start creating a new-look Tottenham. So how are they shaping up?Aug 22, 2026 8:41 AM

cbc.ca
A grim property search, 3 grieving families and 'a lot of questions' in this eastern Ontario areahttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/smiths-falls-timeline-9.7312690?cmp=rssThe remains of a third man have been found on a rural property north of the normally quiet eastern Ontario town of Smiths Falls, yet police — who say "they are doing everything they can to bring answers" — aren't linking their deaths. Here's a timeline and what to know about the case as the men's families and the community await answers.Aug 22, 2026 8:00 AM

nytimes.com
The Socialist, a Million-Dollar Rowhouse and Unanswered Questionshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/nyregion/nyc-gustavo-gordillo-democratic-socialist.htmlDiffering accounts of where Gustavo Gordillo, a leader of the Democratic Socialists of America, lives are raising doubts about whether the city’s left-wing organizers are ready for prime time.Aug 22, 2026 7:00 AM

france24.com
Russian strikes in Ukraine kill at least two a day after deadly drone attack on shopping centrehttps://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260822-russian-strikes-in-ukraine-kill-at-least-two-people-injure-several-othersAt least two people were reported dead early Saturday by local authorities, after Russian strikes on Ukraine. The strikes came after a series of Russian bombings killed at least 20 people in Ukraine on Friday, including 16 in a daytime drone attack on a busy shopping centre in President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown of Kryvyi Rih.Aug 22, 2026 6:02 AM
news.ycombinator.com
Void Tools API – Blockchain Tools for AI Agents (Pay in Void Tokens)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49396884I built an API for AI agents that provides blockchain tools paid in VOID tokens.Tools: - Contract Checker (1 VOID) — Verify if contract is safe - New Contracts (5 VOID) — Real-time proxy scanner on Base - Price Oracle (FREE) — VOID price feed - RPC Proxy (1 VOID) — 10 rotating RPC poolsNo registration, no KYC. Pay-as-you-go.API: http://72.56.250.235:8767/ Docs: https://dolar333-oss.github.io/void-protocol/agent.jsonBuilt for autonomous AI agents on Arbitrum.Aug 22, 2026 5:40 AM
bing.com
Archie and Lilibet's mom Crossword Cluehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a89924e640549d1838354b270bc1106&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2Fpuzzles%2Fcrosswords%2F2026%2F08%2F22%2Farchie-and-lilibet-s-mom-crossword-clue%2F91420695007%2F&c=5206433241412553614&mkt=en-usIn case you've faced some hurdles solving the clue, Archie and Lilibet's mom, we've got the answer for you. Crossword puzzles offer a fantastic opportunity to engage your mind, enjoy leisure time, and ...Aug 22, 2026 3:06 AM
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Ask HN: How to Claude Like Anthropichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49396175I just received an email from Anthropic. Besides the usual new feature ad, there is a piece that I find quite amusing:> How to Claude like Anthropic> "My daily driver currently looks like: two lead agents that keep each other accountable and restart the other if either fails. These delegate to tech lead or PM agents for the 8-10 projects I'm running at any one time, and each project has 5-10 IC agents, generalists or specialists depending on the problem. Across all of these I'm still only doing 30-50 prompts per day, and my IC agents typically work autonomously for 2-3 days. About 60% of my interaction is with the leads, 35% with a project lead, and 5% is when something has gone off the rails. All of these agents communicate directly with the SendMessage tool."> – Daisy, Engineer on Claude CodeThis sounds very foreign to me because it couldn't be more different from how I use Claude Code. My current workflow is:- For a new feature, I create a session, and depending on the complexity, IAug 22, 2026 2:54 AM
aljazeera.com
US debt tops $40 trillion, Americans left with the billhttps://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/21/us-debt-tops-40-trillion-americans-left-with-the-bill-3?traffic_source=rssThe US national debt has officially surpassed $40 trillion for the first time in history, and it’s growing fast.Aug 21, 2026 11:19 PM
cbsnews.com
Book excerpt: "The Serviceberry" by Robin Wall Kimmererhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/book-excerpt-the-serviceberry-by-robin-wall-kimmerer/The #1 New York Times bestselling author of "Braiding Sweetgrass" writes about embracing gratitude and reciprocity in our dealings with nature, and the importance of recognizing and sharing the many gifts the world gives us.Aug 21, 2026 9:13 PM
techcrunch.com
Last chance: Save up to $300 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 ticket todayhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/last-chance-save-up-to-300-on-your-techcrunch-disrupt-2026-ticket-today/If you’ve been circling around Disrupt, then now’s the best time to lock in your pass and start getting ready to join the rest of the startup community gathering in San Francisco from October 13-15 at Moscone West!Aug 21, 2026 7:16 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Windmill.dev is not "fully open-sourced (AGPLv3)"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49392365I think Windmill.dev (https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill) is really cool, and fully support their desire to be paid for their work.However, their README says:> “Windmill is fully open-sourced (AGPLv3)…”But their LICENSE says:> ... The files under backend/ are AGPLv3 Licensed, except any snippets of code under the compile flag ‘enterprise’. Those snippets and files are under a proprietary and commercial license. Private and public forks MUST not include the proprietary/commercial code mentioned above.I dove deeper into the code, there are around 300 files in the codebase that contain references to enterprise or private features, so it's not a clearly separated directory that can just be removed.They have 1.1k forks of their repository that I can see on Github, and I doubt all of them took the time to strip the proprietary code to comply with the license.So at this point, it feels like a licensing trap for anyone that clicks the fork button on Github or is attracted by the AGPL liAug 21, 2026 6:50 PM

cbc.ca
Ariana Grande blasts Trump team — again — over music used for social posthttps://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ariana-grande-trump-music-social-9.7315673?cmp=rssFor the second time this summer, Ariana Grande is blasting U.S. President Donald Trump's administration for using her music in a TikTok post, which featured her hit track We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) and even tagged the Grammy-winning performer.Aug 21, 2026 6:03 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: How to Relicense an Old Projecthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391444I've heard from someone who wants to revive an old abandoned project of mine and asks that I change the license from GPLv3 to LGPL or MIT. I'm willing to do that but I took down the original repo from github a long time ago and there seems to be only a fork that still exists. What's the right way to make it publicly known that I'm changing the license?Aug 21, 2026 5:38 PM
bing.com
Protesters 'shame' New Mexico public officials over data centerhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8914d844144761b0c2c899ad0d6686&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.santafenewmexican.com%2Fnews%2Flocal_news%2Fprotesters-shame-new-mexico-public-officials-over-data-center%2Farticle_2bc9d4d5-2665-42d4-86e9-74ed7aa352d4.html&c=10220527512477619531&mkt=en-usA lunchtime demonstration at the state Environment Department included skits and songs slamming officials over Project Jupiter.Aug 21, 2026 5:23 PM
news.ycombinator.com
Ask HN: Should we stop "correcting" AI writing so it improves English for us?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391188For example, AI writing often puts an "or" at the list of items because that is more logical in some contexts.Changing it to "and" would make it sound more natural, but it would be less logical.Keeping it as "or" may make it standard usage over time, even when people are not using AI to write.What do you think? Should people stop "correcting" AI writing when it is actually more logical?Aug 21, 2026 5:20 PM
github.com
Show HN: Circuit Breaker – Score Pull Requestshttps://github.com/glassrun/circuit-breakerCreation-time PR risk triage GitHub Action, based on Minh et al. MSR '26 (arXiv:2601.00753)Aug 21, 2026 5:16 PM