Articles by perihelions
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Peter Thiel comes to Paris to speak about the Antichrist (lemonde.fr)

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Gamers suspicious of AI content have forced developers to cancel titles (washingtonpost.com)

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Genetic Data from over 20k U.S. Children Misused for 'Race Science' (nytimes.com)

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Europe Prepares for a Nightmare Scenario: The U.S. Blocking Access to Tech (wsj.com)

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Hellenistic War-Elephants and the Use of Alcohol Before Battle (cambridge.org)

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Judge blocks government from searching data seized from Washington Post reporter (washingtonpost.com)

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Why neither Asia nor the US has produced a rival to ASML (ft.com)

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US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky had cocktail of drugs in system at death (nypost.com)

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Memory chip makers could face 100% tariffs unless increased US production (pcgamer.com)

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Tell HN: The current top story on R/news is LLM slop (reddit.com)

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The US is buying icebreakers from Finland (bbc.co.uk)

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Miami Beach resident posted online about the mayor. Police showed up (miamiherald.com)

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[dupe] High-speed train crash in southern Spain leaves at least 21 dead (theguardian.com)

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Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, +2 More (bundesregierung.de)

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EU and Mercosur countries sign landmark free trade deal (dw.com)

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[flagged] Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor (washingtonpost.com)

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Chinese Fishing Boats Form Sea Barriers (nytimes.com)

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New Evidence Reveals Renee Good Was Still Alive When ICE Blocked Medic (newrepublic.com)

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Tennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Supreme Court System (bloomberglaw.com)

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White House Insists Trump Is 'Joking' About Canceling Midterm Elections (time.com)

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Infant needs CPR after feds unleash flash-bangs on family van with 6 kids inside (rawstory.com)

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ICE Throws Flash Bang at Family Car, Sends Three Children to the Hospital (jalopnik.com)

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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide (washingtonpost.com)

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Greenland issue must not lead to end of NATO, former Finnish president says (yle.fi)

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Gov. Tim Walz encourages Minnesotans to film ICE agents for future prosecutions (minnesotareformer.com)

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Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act in Response to Minnesota Protests (wsj.com)

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Greenland: Macron warns of 'cascading consequences' if US seizes island (lemonde.fr)

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Trump Is Risking a Global Catastrophe (theatlantic.com)

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Can the American Oboe Sing Again? (nytimes.com)

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FBI Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents (nytimes.com)

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Xinjiang whistleblower faces deportation to China (dw.com)

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The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane (nytimes.com)

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We Stand Together as a People (siumut.gl)

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CES 2026 Worst in Show (theregister.com)

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USA TODAY mapped the potential consequences of a strike on US missile silos (usatoday.com)

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BCA statement regarding investigation of ICE fatal shooting in Minneapolis (mn.gov)

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[flagged] Minnesota officials say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting (pbs.org)

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Paris court finds 10 guilty of cyberbullying France's first lady Brigitte Macron (apnews.com)

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Greek aviation disrupted by radio communication issues (dw.com)

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Max Tegmark wants to halt development of artificial superintelligence (wsj.com)

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Trump says Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown out of Venezuela (ft.com)

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In China, A.I. Is Finding Deadly Tumors That Doctors Might Miss (nytimes.com)

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Poland races to build bomb shelters (ft.com)

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Get ready for the $5090 5090: GPU prices expected to soar next year (boingboing.net)

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Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate (nytimes.com)

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US drops plan to deport Chinese national who exposed Xinjiang abuses (apnews.com)

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Captive Scam Workers in Cambodia Couldn't Flee as Bombs Fell (wsj.com)

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China Delays Plans for Mass Production of Self-Driving Cars After Accident (nytimes.com)

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Intelligence agencies suspect Russia is developing anti-satellite weapon (pbs.org)

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Starlink Satellite 35956 is largely intact (twitter.com/michaelnicollsx)

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Evidence shows deadly Brown, MIT shootings may be linked, sources say (foxnews.com)

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Starlink 35956 suffered a failure with venting of the propulsion tank (bsky.app)

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Trump media group agrees $6B merger with Google-backed fusion energy company (ft.com)

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Rockstar Insists GTA 6 Devs Were Fired for Leaks, Not Unionizing (gamespot.com)

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Grand Theft Auto game creator sacked us for trying to unionise (bbc.com)

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Crypto Entrepreneur Do Kwon Gets 15-Year Prison Sentence (wsj.com)

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Executive order to reclassify marijuana as soon as Monday (cnbc.com)

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The Race to Run AI from Space (wsj.com)

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Reddit Sues Australian Government to Block Social Media Ban (nytimes.com)

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China's AI Power Play: Cheap Electricity from Biggest Grid (wsj.com)

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Bezos and Musk Race to Bring Data Centers to Space (wsj.com)

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Chinese government circulated sexually explicit deepfakes of dissident Yao Zhang (cbc.ca)

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[flagged] Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz (forever-wars.com)

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U.S. Flips History by Casting Europe–Not Russia–As Villain in Security Policy (wsj.com)

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Detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz' facing 'harrowing human right violations' (theguardian.com)

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Sam Altman Has Explored Deal to Build Competitor to Elon Musk's SpaceX (wsj.com)

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'Chemtrails' Conspiracy Theory Dogging the Battle Against Drought (wsj.com)

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China's 1st reusable rocket explodes in fireball landing after reaching orbit (space.com)

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A Devastating Fire Has Fueled a National Security Crackdown in Hong Kong (nytimes.com)

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Zhuque-3 reaches orbit on test flight, first stage lost during landing attempt (spacenews.com)

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China's first reusable rocket Zhuque-3 makes maiden voyage but recovery fails (scmp.com)

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Google-backed fusion group moves to commercialise neutral-beam technology (ft.com)

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Zhuque-3: Stage 1 failure during the landing burn (twitter.com/dpoddolphinpro)

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LandSpace could become China's first company to land a reusable rocket (arstechnica.com)

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China's StarDetect raises Series A funding to expand on-orbit computing (spacenews.com)

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Chinese parts supplier takes stake in leading Russian drone maker (ft.com)

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The NaK Population: a 2019 Status [pdf] (nasa.gov)

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Chicago Data Center Overheated–and Shut Down Trade in Key Markets (wsj.com)

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Former Google chief accused of spying on employees through account 'backdoor' (latimes.com)

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Eric Schmidt's ex-mistress sues former Google CEO over alleged stalking, abuse (nypost.com)

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Germany's Plan for War with Russia (wsj.com)

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Baikonur launch pad damaged after Russian Soyuz launch to Space Station (reuters.com)

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D.C. Shooting Suspect 'Could Not Tolerate' Violence of His CIA-Backed Unit (nytimes.com)

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Research in China: 1000 special drones could disconnect Taiwan from Starlink (heise.de)

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Chinese researchers simulate jamming Starlink in Taiwan conflict (taipeitimes.com)

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Skyscrapers engulfed in flames after fire spreads on bamboo scaffolding (metro.co.uk)

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Modder who put Thomas the Tank Engine into Skyrim flips the bird at lawyers (gamesradar.com)

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Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. To Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say (nytimes.com)

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Hayli Gubbi Volcano (planet.com)

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DragonFire laser to be fitted to Royal Navy ships after acing drone-zapping (theregister.com)

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Lecithin (wikipedia.org)

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Amazon's X-energy gets backing from Jane Street as investors bet big on nuclear (ft.com)

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Gordon Bell finalist team pushes scale of rocket simulation on El Capitan (llnl.gov)

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The Failed Crusade to Keep a Rare-Earths Mine Out of China's Hands (wsj.com)

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Newest Starship booster is significantly damaged during testing (arstechnica.com)

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A Tap-to-Pay Society Is Leaving New Yorkers Behind (nytimes.com)

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Researcher's Smuggling Arrest Casts Light on Dispute over Chinese Students (nytimes.com)

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Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks (theguardian.com)

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New rare earth crisis is brewing as yttrium shortages spread (reuters.com)

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Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity (theguardian.com)