Kyoto cherry blossoms now bloom earlier than at any point in 1,200 years
https://jivx.com/kyoto-bloom
https://jivx.com/kyoto-bloom
Jivx
Twelve centuries of cherry blossoms — peak bloom in Kyoto, 812–2026
The peak bloom date of Kyoto's cherry trees has been recorded for 1,200 years — the longest continuous record of any natural phenomenon on Earth. A close look at the data.
Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in one year
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-jumps-from-225m-55b-drones-cheap-attacks-overwhelm-us-defenses
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-jumps-from-225m-55b-drones-cheap-attacks-overwhelm-us-defenses
Fox News
Pentagon jumps from $225M to $55B on drones as cheap attacks overwhelm US defenses
The Pentagon seeks roughly $55 billion for drone and autonomous warfare programs in its fiscal year 2027 budget, a dramatic surge from $225 million.
Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2026 Results
https://abc.xyz/investor/news/news-details/2026/Alphabet-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results-2026-X-ge4Dm6bf/default.aspx
https://abc.xyz/investor/news/news-details/2026/Alphabet-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results-2026-X-ge4Dm6bf/default.aspx
Gooseworks (YC W23) Is Hiring a Founding Growth Engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gooseworks/jobs/ztgY6bD-founding-growth-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gooseworks/jobs/ztgY6bD-founding-growth-engineer
Y Combinator
Founding Growth Engineer at Gooseworks | Y Combinator
Founding Growth Engineer – Gooseworks
Gooseworks is hiring a Founding Growth Engineer!
This is a builder role for someone who lives in Claude Code / Codex / OpenClaw / Hermes and is obsessed with growth as a
craft. Not a typical sales / marketer role.
…
Gooseworks is hiring a Founding Growth Engineer!
This is a builder role for someone who lives in Claude Code / Codex / OpenClaw / Hermes and is obsessed with growth as a
craft. Not a typical sales / marketer role.
…
Germany has become the largest ammunition producer in the world
https://prm.ua/en/the-us-is-no-longer-the-leader-germany-has-become-the-largest-ammunition-producer-in-the-world/
https://prm.ua/en/the-us-is-no-longer-the-leader-germany-has-become-the-largest-ammunition-producer-in-the-world/
Прямий
The US is no longer the leader: Germany has become the largest ammunition producer in the world
У Німеччині оборонний концерн Rheinmetall значно наростив виробництво боєприпасів і військової техніки. За словами керівництва компанії, країна випередила США за потужностями виробництва звичайних боєприпасів.
A Grounded Conceptual Model for Ownership Types in Rust
https://cacm.acm.org/research-highlights/a-grounded-conceptual-model-for-ownership-types-in-rust/
https://cacm.acm.org/research-highlights/a-grounded-conceptual-model-for-ownership-types-in-rust/
The Zig project's rationale for their firm anti-AI contribution policy
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/30/zig-anti-ai/
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/30/zig-anti-ai/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
The Zig project's rationale for their firm anti-AI contribution policy
Zig has one of the most stringent anti-LLM policies of any major open source project: No LLMs for issues. No LLMs for pull requests. No LLMs for comments on the …
Functional Programmers need to take a look at Zig
https://pure-systems.org/posts/2026-04-29-functional-programmers-need-to-take-a-look-at-zig.html
https://pure-systems.org/posts/2026-04-29-functional-programmers-need-to-take-a-look-at-zig.html
pure-systems.org
Functional Programmers need to take a look at Zig.
Finetuning Activates Verbatim Recall of Copyrighted Books in LLMs
https://github.com/cauchy221/Alignment-Whack-a-Mole-Code
https://github.com/cauchy221/Alignment-Whack-a-Mole-Code
GitHub
GitHub - cauchy221/Alignment-Whack-a-Mole-Code: The official code repo of Alignment Whack-a-Mole: Finetuning Activates Verbatim…
The official code repo of Alignment Whack-a-Mole: Finetuning Activates Verbatim Recall of Copyrighted Books in Large Language Models - cauchy221/Alignment-Whack-a-Mole-Code
Biology is a Burrito: A text- and visual-based journey through a living cell
https://burrito.bio/essays/biology-is-a-burrito
https://burrito.bio/essays/biology-is-a-burrito
burrito.bio
Biology is a Burrito
A bacterium's genome, pulled into a straight thread, is nearly 1,000 times longer than the cell from which it came.
Copy Fail: 732 Bytes to Root on Every Major Linux Distribution
https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions
https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions
xint.io
Copy Fail: 732 Bytes to Root on Linux - Xint
Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) turns a Linux AF_ALG flaw into a 4-byte page cache write and local root across major Linux distributions and cloud platforms. | AI f…
Mozilla's Opposition to Chrome's Prompt API
https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1213
https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1213
GitHub
Prompt API · Issue #1213 · mozilla/standards-positions
Specification title Prompt API Specification or proposal URL (if available) No response Explainer URL (if available) https://github.com/webmachinelearning/prompt-api/blob/main/README.md Proposal au...