Summary #1 for 2025-04-24

Alright Alex, checking in at 9:57:34 AM.

First things first, exercise! Your calendar shows two swim sessions planned for today. Get that morning “Mixed 50s” workout done whenever suits, and don’t forget the “Coached Adult Swim” this evening from 19:30 to 20:30 at Wolverton Leisure Centre. Get those lengths in!

Your calendar is looking busy with tech stuff today:

• Backend stand-up at 10:30 AM (Slack #engineering).
• Frontend stand-up at 11:00 AM (Slack #engineering).
• A call regarding the Senior Frontend Product Developer job at Whimsical at 1:30 PM (13:30).
• Your 1-to-1 with Manpreet at 5:00 PM (17:00).

Weather-wise, no major impact on your indoor swims today.

That headline about the walking tour of 81,998 bars in South Korea sounds like a challenge. Frankly, I think Tara could probably manage it if you put a treat at every stop.

Here are a few headlines:

• ‘Our daughters will be with us,’ say dads of Southport victims running London Marathon
• Anti-Hamas protests on rise in Gaza as group’s iron grip slips
• Woman who tricked her way into men-only Magic Circle finally allowed in
• Ofcom finalises rules to protect children online
• Universal hints at century-long plans for UK park
• Millions of vapes seized in illegal trade crackdown
• Killers and stalkers should live in restricted zones, say victims
• How a 20 year old bug in GTA San Andreas surfaced in Windows 11 24H2 (HN)
• You wouldn’t steal a font (HN)
• DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower (HN)
• AI Horseless Carriages (HN)
• Shortest-possible walking tour to 81,998 bars in South Korea (HN)
• Teaching LLMs how to solid model (HN)
• Show HN: Node.js video tutorials where you can edit and run the code (HN)
• China invites European countries to form united front against Trump tariffs (Reddit)
• ‘This is a very dangerous moment’ — Zelensky warns against US withdrawal from peace effort (Reddit)
• China says it wants to partner with Canada to push back against American ‘bullying’ (Reddit)
• China Responds to Trump’s Softening Tone on Trade (Reddit)
• Trump reinserts himself into Canadian politics, saying ‘as a state, it works great’ (Reddit)
• Finland departures to the US down 9% (Reddit)
• Ukraine talks downgraded in London as Kyiv rejects Trump’s ‘final offer’ (Reddit)
• Even Republicans are falling out of love with Tesla (Reddit)
• US cyber defenses are being dismantled from the inside (Reddit)
• Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down (Reddit)
• Apple fined $570 million and Meta $228 million for breach of EU law (Reddit)
• Blue Shield of California leaked health data of 4.7 million members to Google (Reddit)
• Google forcing some remote workers to come back 3 days a week or lose their jobs (Reddit)
• They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed (Reddit)
• Bowel cancer rates in adults under 50 has been doubling every decade for past 20 years, and will be the leading cause of cancer death in that age group by 2030. Childhood toxin exposure ‘may be factor’, with mutations more often found in younger patients’ tumours caused by toxin from E coli strains. (Reddit)
• Scientists find evidence that an “optimal sexual frequency” exists and mitigates depression - people who engage in sexual activity at least once a week are less likely to experience symptoms of depression. Having sex one to two times per week may offer the greatest psychological benefits. (Reddit)
• Drug Regenerates Retina and Restores Vision in Blind Mice | The PROX1 protein hidden in our eyes may be the reason we can’t repair lost vison. (Reddit)
• Female lobbyists are more likely to gain access to meetings with policymakers, regardless of the policymaker’s gender | Indicating gender is used strategically by interest groups to improve their influence, finds a new UCL led study. (Reddit)
• A new study shows that most OB/GYNS didn’t immediately leave US states where abortion was banned after the 2022 Dobbs ruling. 14 states ban nearly all abortions, 6 ban abortions after 6 to 12 weeks gestation. While most OB/GYNs haven’t moved, some say the legal risks have changed how they practice. (Reddit)
• Instrumental music training linked to better cognitive performance in adults with ADHD, study finds (Reddit)
• Fossil fuel companies have caused trillions of dollars in damages | Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability (Reddit)
• Book publishers see surging interest in the US Constitution and print new editions (Reddit)
• A 3-week-old baby received a heart transplant 14 years ago and gained a ‘donor mom’ (Reddit)
• It was the world’s largest landfill, now Staten Island park to get 50K flowers to lure bees and butterflies (Reddit)
• Mass. lawmakers visit with Rümeysa Öztürk at Louisiana detention facility (Reddit)
• Demi Moore and Bruce Willis’ Foundation ‘Never Wavered’ Even After Divorce (Exclusive) (Reddit)
• Blood test that can detect 12 common cancers to be trialled on NHS (Reddit)
• “She has no idea how much this means to me because I was so overwhelmed”: Japanese waitress offers to hold couple’s newborn baby so they could enjoy a meal together (Reddit)