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r721··on Musk reposts tweet calling Starlink service for Ukraine 'mistake'
>Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of major government contractor SpaceX and key ally of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the last two years, The Wall Street Journal reported.

>A person familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, confirmed to The Associated Press that Musk and Putin have had contact through calls. The person didn't provide additional details about the frequency of the calls, when they occurred or their content.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-to-know-about-elo... (2024)

r721··on Joe Rogan Experience #2576 – Dr. Peter McCullough [video]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_A._McCullough#COVID-19_m...
r721··on Insects don't swarm at LED lights
There's a Wikipedia entry for that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windshield_phenomenon
r721··on 'A historic beatdown': Americans take back their country in rebuke to Trump
There are several flagged discussions with comments still allowed (list here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50362829)
r721··on It is pathetic that there is no news about the midterms on the front page
There are some flagged posts (and one almost flagged):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50362418

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50362285

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50361936

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50361247

r721··on 'I can't sleep': Terror spreads after Trump insider's nuclear attack warning
*Tucker Carlson's nuclear attack warning
r721··on Trump could launch nuclear strike on Iran within days, commentator claims
*Tucker Carlson claims
r721··on Swedish grocery chain refrigerators and freezers hacked overnight
Related recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50055304
r721··on Proton Subreddit, Community-Moderated
There was a good post on /r/SubredditDrama/ today about this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/1xl48fx/do_...

r721··on Pesticide lobby touts MAHA report rollback as its biggest win of 2025
>usrtk.org

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Right_to_Know

r721··on Zinc creep in cable spelter sockets brought down the Arecibo telescope in 2020
In case you didn't see the video of collapse at the time (don't miss the drone footage which starts at 0:55):

>Watch the Arecibo Observatory's catastrophic collapse!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u34uwFOCM-4

r721··on Flock camera searches fell 95% after a dispatcher's misconduct was caught
I think that's how some US media outlets implement GDPR-related blocking for EU users.
r721··on Private plane carrying Bolsonaro detained in Argentina after runoff loss
Also [flagged] previous discussion:

>Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro headed to US, sources say

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50262942

r721··on If You're So Smart, Then Why Are You So Poor? Russia's 1990s Revisited
>ninabyzantina.com

>Nina Kouprianova aka Nina Koupriianova aka Nina Byzantina is a pro-Russia propagandist living in Montana.

https://keywiki.org/Nina_Kouprianova

r721··on [dead]
>Watts Up With That? (WUWT) is a blog promoting climate change denial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Up_With_That%3F

r721··on Ask HN: What's a good RSS feed reader?
I like Inoreader - lots of features, somewhat similar to defunct Google Reader.
r721··on Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, beat French mayor
Previously (both flagged):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50133274

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50134190

r721··on Everything We Know About Facebook's Mood Manipulation Experiment (2014)
Archived: https://archive.is/M1kQM
r721··on "I'm a Former British Diplomat. Why Did My Own Gov't Detain Me?"
>I had attended the International Valdai Discussion Club Conference in Moscow Region from September 27 to October 1, including attending President Vladimir Putin’s keynote address. I participated at the invitation of the Valdai Club, which provided my flight and accommodations, as is standard practice for foreign guest attendees at such international conferences.
r721··on Ukraine hits second major tech site, expanding range of targets inside Russia
News story from Oct 9, they hit 3rd since then:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50040547

r721··on Why is a crop that could feed millions only cultivated in one place?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensete_ventricosum
r721··on Bot traffic from Yandex
*Sudden drop in Cloudflare bot traffic from AS13238 YANDEX — Yandex LLC

UPD Definition of bot traffic from Cloudflare's glossary:

>Bot vs. human traffic

>The percentage of HTTP requests classified as bot versus human, based on bot scores. Requests with a bot score between 1 and 29 are classified as likely automated (bot), while requests with a score of 30 or above are classified as likely human. For more information, refer to Bot classes.

>By default, Radar shows bot vs. human traffic for requests to HTML content. This filter is meant to represent traditional web traffic by excluding API calls, asset requests (images, scripts, fonts), and other machine-to-machine requests.

https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/glossary/#bot-vs-hum...

https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-score/

r721··on 3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit
BBC story linked to this chart which is pretty interesting:

>Internet Connectivity for AS200350 (YandexCloud)

https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/asn/200350?from=1791331...

r721··on Terrence Tao does not understand cancer medicine
>In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Prasad used social media to promulgate misinformation and take a contrarian stance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinay_Prasad#COVID_response

r721··on Anthropic asks users to stop being mean to Claude
Previous discussions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50008565 (223 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50019860 (43 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038383 (103 comments)

r721··on Anthropic Bans Cruelty to Claude, Still Won't Say What It Protects
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50008565 (223 comments)
r721··on No One Lives Forever decompiled source code
Related discussion:

>The Sad Story Behind A Dead PC Game That Can’t Come Back

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10710973 (2015)

r721··on Yandex Takes a Second Data Center Hit in 48 Hours
One of the sources:

>Scottish independence accounts go dark after Iran internet blackout

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/12/scottish-ind...

r721··on Mathematics Is Not Real
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_universe_hypothes...
r721··on Mosquitoes Are a Choice
Active discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956290
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