Summary #1 for 2025-04-26

Alright Alex, clocking in at 9:52:10 AM! Hope Lanza Camp is treating you well this morning.

First things first, exercise! You’ve got a RUN Easy scheduled for 07:30 - 08:30 which should be done by now. Hope it went well! Conditions were ideal – light, no rain, and a light breeze.

Up next, the calendar shows a GROUP RIDE Famara/Jonny Bakes Inc Lunch? from 10:00 - 12:45. Perfect timing, it’s fully light out and the forecast is clear with no rain, so you’re good to hit the road and earn that potential lunch!

Your other plans today include:

• Bike Brief (09:00 - 10:00) - Looks like this is happening right before the ride!
• DINNER (19:00 - 20:00)

Speaking of things that go on for a long time, did you hear about Valerie the dachshund who was found safe and well after 529 days on the run? Sounds like she was just trying to avoid the scales after a holiday, much like Tara after discovering the biscuit tin isn’t just for looking at.

Here’s a quick look at some headlines:

• A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen (HN)
• Writing “/etc/hosts” breaks the Substack editor (HN)
• Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney (HN)
• A Love Letter to People Who Believe in People (HN)
• Lossless LLM compression for efficient GPU inference via dynamic-length float (HN)
• Eurorack Knob Idea (HN)
• GCC 15.1 (HN)
• Trump says he’s talked with Xi about tariffs. China has denied talks are taking place (Reddit)
• Xi announces plan for Chinese economy to counter impact of US trade war (Reddit)
• Republican senator arrives in Kharkiv, says US military support “essential” for Ukraine’s future (Reddit)
• Trump no longer has deadline for Russia-Ukraine peace deal (Reddit)
• MyPillow CEO’s Lawyers Accused of Using AI to Help Write Legal Brief After Citing Cases That Don’t Exist (Reddit)
• “You wouldn’t steal a car” anti-piracy ads may have used a stolen font | The anti-piracy campaign that failed its own background check (Reddit)
• Intel CEO announces layoffs, restructuring, $1.5 billion in cost reductions, expanded return to office mandate (Reddit)
• Old Nest thermostats are about to become dumb: What you need to know (Reddit)
• Apple TV+ is ‘worst marketer in the universe,’ says producer (Reddit)
• New study shows that people are more open-minded than we assume. When individuals are given high-quality, balanced facts, they don’t simply cling to old beliefs—they revise them. Factual knowledge, when properly delivered, can be a powerful antidote to polarization across contentious issues. (Reddit)
• Better oral health linked to lower risk of depression and anxiety in older adults. Those who brushed teeth at least twice a day had 28% lower odds of developing anxiety. Those who had received dental surgery had 42% lower odds of developing depression than those with missing or unrepaired teeth. (Reddit)
• New research finds procrastination can stem from perceptions of societal mobility, not poor time management. Students feeling stuck in social hierarchies are more prone to passive procrastination. This may be a silent rebellion against the perception that society’s ladder is rigged. (Reddit)
• People with high self-control prefer meaning over pleasure, study finds (Reddit)
• Earthquakes could be hiding secret nuclear tests, say seismologists (Reddit)
• Unhealthy lifestyle can affect our physical and mental health by age 36 | Bad habits such as smoking, heavy drinking and lack of exercise must be tackled as early as possible to boost the odds of a happy and healthy old age. (Reddit)
• New study reveals connection between body fat and depression. Adults with higher percentages of body fat, especially in the legs, gynoid region, and head, tend to report more symptoms of depression. This connection was most evident among men and those classified as underweight or overweight. (Reddit)
• Bakery chain turns its 400 workers into owners (Reddit)
• ‘Who wept for these people?’ Francis’s papacy was defined by compassion for refugees | Pope Francis (Reddit)
• Valerie the dachshund is found safe and well after 529 days on the run on South Australian island (Reddit)
• Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area (Reddit)
• Massachusetts Electric Grid Saw Record Low Demand Last Weekend (Reddit)
• Who is there? (BBC)
• A chance for ‘brush-by’ diplomacy (BBC)
• Russia and Ukraine ‘very close to a deal’, says Trump (BBC)
• Equality watchdog issues interim guidance on single-sex spaces (BBC)
• Spring’s hot weather to be treat for nature lovers (BBC)

Enjoy the rest of your camp day and that group ride!