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Four takeaways from Trump's speech at first Republican midterms conventionhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7kjlzlev1o

He covered many of the subjects he has returned to time and again - with a few surprises thrown in.

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Show HN: Oz – a Vim-style terminal editor written in Zighttps://github.com/niT-Tin/oz

Article URL: https://github.com/niT-Tin/oz Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49638024 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: They chose your competitor. Find out whyhttps://drop.space

See what people love, hate, and wish was better. Then give them a reason to choose you. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49637555 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Tourist tax plans for England set to be outlinedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wjnv3z8nxo

Mayors will be given powers to introduce local levies on overnight stays under devolution plans.

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Show HN: NYC rideshare market analysis (2019 – 2026)https://github.com/omarirfa/rideshare_market

Article URL: https://github.com/omarirfa/rideshare_market Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49637542 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Find your next client on Xhttps://tiny.opencreators.ai

Your next customer is talking on X. Tiny finds the right posts. You start the conversation. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49637541 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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August was joint hottest month on record, says European climate agencyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93vde0n2l4o

Climate change and the rising influence of El NiΓ±o saw August reach the record for warmest month.

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GitHub availability report: August 2026https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-availability-report-august-2026

In August, we experienced five incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. The post GitHub availability report: August 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

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Training a 3.8B LLM to 0.384 CORE for $998 – Hugo Vergneshttps://hugovergnes.github.io/little-lm-3-8b

Article URL: https://hugovergnes.github.io/little-lm-3-8b/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49637435 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

A Stupid Idea for AI Alignment We Came with by Looking at Specification Gaminghttps://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/08/05/a-stupid-idea-for-ai-alignment-we-came-up-with-by-looking-at-the-list-of-specification-gaming-behaviours

Article URL: https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2026/08/05/a-stupid-idea-for-ai-alignment-we-came-up-with-by-looking-at-the-list-of-specification-gaming-behaviours/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49637395 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?https://rivendell.dmitrybrant.com/relativity

I've always wanted to make a visualization where the speed of light was scaled down to human speeds, so that we could intuit relativistic effects with everyday objects. And here is the first version of it! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49637385 Points: 12 # Comments: 7

Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?https://rivendell.dmitrybrant.com/relativity

I've always wanted to make a visualization where the speed of light was scaled down to human speeds, so that we could intuit relativistic effects with everyday objects. And here is the first version of it! Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49637385 Points: 4 # Comments: 3

Show HN: A terminal Tetris game I made as my first Rust projecthttps://github.com/orangishcat/cursed-tetris

Article URL: https://github.com/orangishcat/cursed-tetris Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49637100 Points: 2 # Comments: 1

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Fetterman, already at odds with his party, makes surprise video for GOP conventionhttps://www.npr.org/2026/09/09/nx-s1-5963916/john-fetterman-gop-midterm-convention-trump

The Pennsylvania Democrat has already had a strained relationship with many inside his party. In the video, he spoke about working with Trump but did not outright praise him.

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I'm sorry, you're not going to die from an AI-engineered supervirushttps://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/im-sorry-youre-not-going-to-die-from

Article URL: https://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/im-sorry-youre-not-going-to-die-from Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636906 Points: 11 # Comments: 0

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UK needs new laws for AI in healthcare, says watchdoghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wjn3pl63xo

The technology will soon be routinely used within the NHS, MHRA chief Lawrence Tallon tells the BBC.

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UK needs new laws for AI in healthcare, says watchdoghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wjn3pl63xo

The technology will soon be routinely used within the NHS, MHRA chief Lawrence Tallon tells the BBC.

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Show HN: PCalen – Generate free printable calendar in secondshttps://pcalen.com

Article URL: https://pcalen.com/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636741 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Rayrun – one MCP gateway for the whole companyhttps://ray.run

Hey HN, First time building SaaS. Don't be too harsh, but I would appreciate your feedback. I have a strong technical background, but never had an opportunity to design as much as a landing page or think about product positioning. If you see something that's an obvious gap, please take a second to leave a comment. Now, the product: I use MCPs. I've worked in teams that use MCPs. Regardless of whether you are 1 or many, these are the issues that you will run into: random API keys in .env files OAuth credentials that expire no visibility of which MCPs are used no controls over what data…

Lawmakers blast AI companies after researcher warns of human extinction by 2030https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/09/lawmakers-blast-ai-human-extinct-2030

Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon said AI will become β€˜superhuman systems’ that can cause human extinction by the end of the decade Just a day after three Anthropic researchers warned that artificial intelligence could kill off humanity within the decade, lawmakers have begun lashing out about the risks of the burgeoning technology. Ted Cruz, a republican senator from Texas, said in an interview on ABC’s The View, that AI poses a β€œcatastrophic risk” and that he β€œread that whole tweet thread that that developer put out. It was highly concerning. Continue reading...

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Show HN: Kin – A code repository built for AI and the people working with ithttps://github.com/firelock-ai/kin

Article URL: https://github.com/firelock-ai/kin Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636442 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Tax banks to give some households energy bill cut, unions tell Burnhamhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v4lq969llo

The TUC says a bank surcharge should be reversed - and estimates it would raise Β£9bn over four years.

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Migraines and acne among five more conditions pharmacists can treathttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8e7431nmno

Pharmacies in England will soon offer treatments for a total of 12 common conditions which save people going to their GP first.

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Muse, the band, lost its social media handles to Muse, Meta's new AI agenthttps://www.engadget.com/2254419/muse-the-band-lost-its-social-media-handles-to-muse-meta-s-new-ai-agent

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/2254419/muse-the-band-lost-its-social-media-handles-to-muse-meta-s-new-ai-agent/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636345 Points: 38 # Comments: 8

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Show HN: Herdr Agents Fleet on your phone with TermRoverhttps://termrover.sh/blog/herdr-agent-fleet-mobile

Article URL: https://termrover.sh/blog/herdr-agent-fleet-mobile/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636342 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: Botbin – Pastebin for AI agent artifactshttps://botbin.io

Article URL: https://botbin.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636340 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

'Farage faces Met inquiry' and 'Ready for departure?'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1e5j15en9wo

Thursday's front pages are dominated by a police investigation into Reform UK and UK airport chaos.

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Show HN: Text-to-SQL picks tables before RLS runs – demo in the browserhttps://ashishsinha1602.github.io/schemagate

Article URL: https://ashishsinha1602.github.io/schemagate/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636308 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absencehttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/automattics-board-forces-ceo-matt-mullenweg-into-leave-of-absence

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/automattics-board-forces-ceo-matt-mullenweg-into-leave-of-absence/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636283 Points: 18 # Comments: 96

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Iran war won't end until after US midterm elections, says Trumphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ydld0gykpo

The president also tells reporters he does not think oil prices will come down until after the crucial November vote.

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Show HN: ORC8R, one-click compute for devs, no ops required, demo availablehttps://orc8r.com/docs/quickstart

Article URL: https://orc8r.com/docs/quickstart Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636246 Points: 2 # Comments: 2

Show HN: Ambient Context v1.0.0 (Missing context for AI assistants)https://github.com/dragthelake/ambient-context/releases

The other week I posted a concept to use the macOS Accessibility API to capture the text on your screen into a markdown file. It seemed to be interesting with 150+ github stars. I've done a bunch of updates and packaged them into a signed macOS app. One of the biggest changes was moving away from 'one context file per day' to three markdown files for apps, website, and messages. I then run Andrej Karpathy's LLM Wiki process to turn into a simple knowledge base for the day. This is then used by a smarter model to synthesise into a daily overview. Let me know what you think Original: https://ne…

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Alonso 'takes responsibility' as Chelsea subs rescue cup hopeshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx2zx9n29glo

Chelsea get the better of Leeds in a cup thriller, but Blues boss Xabi Alonso has food for thought after needing rescue act from his star substitutes.

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Should you sync your workouts to your period?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyzj89k4wyo

Menstrual cycles are highly individual, making blanket advice found on social media difficult to apply, researchers say.

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Show HN: Model meets Reality: Model and test your understandinghttps://modelmeetsreality.xyz

Article URL: https://modelmeetsreality.xyz/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49635956 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Automattic’s board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absencehttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/automattics-board-forces-ceo-matt-mullenweg-into-leave-of-absence

Matt Mullenweg, the founder and CEO of Automattic, best known as the parent company of WordPress.com, has been put on a leave of absence by his board against his will, according to a Slack message seen by TechCrunch. Earlier Wednesday, Mullenweg posted in a Slack channel visible to all employees that the company’s Chief Financial […]

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Liverpool will reward Mac Allister if he lets his football do talkinghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/crl6zyr1gw5o

After saying he was "very sad" at the lack of a contract offer from Liverpool, Alexis Mac Allister proved his worth against Atletico Madrid.

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The one thing you need to do to succeed - according to top bosseshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5dew594n6o

What makes someone stand out in a crowded workplace? Six business leaders tell us what they look for.

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Prince William, Kane and Shearer in campaign to use sport to prevent suicidehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2r1x35rgro

The prince's new project aims to use the reach of sport to raise awareness about suicide and to show people the help available in a crisis.

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There aren’t AirPods with cameras yet and I hope it stays that wayhttps://www.theverge.com/tech/993064/no-airpods-with-cameras-apple-event

September Apple events are always a swirl of information and new, exciting products, and today's was no different. Apple announced its first foldable, the iPhone Duo, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max; active noise cancellation (ANC) is now on the cheapest AirPods model, the AirPods 5; and a Siri Recap feature comes to […]

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Apple Wallet is not the same as Apple Pay: Here's how they differhttps://www.engadget.com/2251353/apple-pay-vs-wallet-how-different

Apple Wallet and Apple Pay serve different functions, but you need them both to make online payments and store your cards.

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Muse, the band, lost its social media handles to Muse, Meta's new AI agenthttps://www.engadget.com/2254419/muse-the-band-lost-its-social-media-handles-to-muse-meta-s-new-ai-agent

The exact circumstances surrounding the changes aren't clear, but Meta execs have accidentally tagged the band instead of their AI agent.

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The black iPhone Pro returnshttps://www.theverge.com/tech/993048/iphone-18-pro-black-color

Apple has seen reason: It has a black model in the iPhone Pro lineup again. Last year, Apple went bold with its colors for the iPhone 17 Pro, offering a flashy orange, a shiny silver, and a dark blue. Don't get me wrong, they looked nice. But there was no black (or dark gray) for […]

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Arsenal are passing every test - and Odegaard is in form of his lifehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce8737p0977o

Another Arsenal win, another Martin Odegaard goal - the Gunners captain looks back to his best, writes Phil McNulty.

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Show HN: Jobrake: Fetch Jobs from LinkedIn and Indeedhttps://github.com/eyayaw/jobrake

Article URL: https://github.com/eyayaw/jobrake Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49635539 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Show HN: An open-weight LLM whose answer/stop decision can be flipped internallyhttps://github.com/theonlypal/PCCG-Qwen3-4B-continuation-control

Article URL: https://github.com/theonlypal/PCCG-Qwen3-4B-continuation-control Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49635501 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Inside Thailand's school shooter drills following recent attackshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c07lpp4e993o

Police say they hope the drill will help prepare students, as concern grows over the increase in school shootings in South East Asia.

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Australians love sport - but can the NFL win them over in debut Melbourne match?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crerv93pv9yo

The LA Rams will face the San Francisco 49ers in the first regular season American football game to be played Down Under.

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OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directorshttps://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/openai-adds-a-prominent-ai-doomer-to-its-board-of-directors

Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on alignment, is joining the OpenAI Foundation as a member of its board.

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The incomplete history of Duo deviceshttps://www.theverge.com/tech/992755/apple-iphone-duo-history-of-devices

Apple announced the company's first device with a folding screen today, the iPhone Duo, but that's where the firsts end. The Duo is not only far from the first foldable on the market thanks to the efforts of Samsung and Google, but it's also not the first product to be called the Duo. Former Apple […]

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Blizzard Workers Win Historic Union Contracthttps://www.gamespot.com/articles/blizzard-workers-win-historic-union-contract-that-could-set-a-new-standard-for-game-developers

Article URL: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/blizzard-workers-win-historic-union-contract-that-could-set-a-new-standard-for-game-developers Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49635384 Points: 22 # Comments: 0

Land in limbo: BBC visits West Bank village in area earmarked by Israel for settlementhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cy5zpze3qe3o

BBC's Middle East Correspondent Lucy Williamson visits the Palestinian community of Khan al Ahmar in the so-called E1 area, and the neighbouring Israeli settlement of Maale Admumim.

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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg reportedly placed on leavehttps://www.theverge.com/tech/993022/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-leave-of-absence

Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of WordPress.com owner Automattic, has been placed on a paid leave of absence, according to a report from 404 Media. In an internal announcement viewed by the outlet, Mullenweg claims Automattic chief financial officer Mark Davies "conspired" with board members to place him on leave. "They voted to put me on […]

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The AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic Says It’s β€˜Crunch Time for Humanity’https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-researcher-quits-jacob-coxon-ai-fears-humanity

Jacob Coxon talks to WIRED about the β€œmini Manhattan project” inside Anthropic, the problem with alignment, and why AI labs have just a few years left to make their systems safe.

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Show HN: Project Management for the Rest of Ushttps://actual-plan.com

Project and team management software that isn't squeezing every penny out of you because its not built by a massive bloated corp. If you want to use it, its most likely free for whatever your use case is. If you love it, let me know, if you hate it, well, dont let me know cos Im kinda sensitive. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49635077 Points: 2 # Comments: 1

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Show HN: CantonPay – registration-free Stellar payment linkshttps://cantonpay.online

I built CantonPay because I wanted a simple way to accept Stellar payments without creating a merchant account. You can create a payment link without registering, send it to someone, and receive the payment directly to your Stellar wallet. It also has an API and webhooks for integrating payments into an application. The current version is running on Stellar Testnet, so there’s no real money involved. I’d especially like feedback from developers who have built payment flows on Stellar. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49635070 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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South Park creators rename show 'South America'https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9340rg7k8o

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9340rg7k8o Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49634966 Points: 10 # Comments: 1

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It’s the year of smartphone price hikeshttps://www.theverge.com/gadgets/993005/smartphone-price-hikes-apple-iphone-18-pro

Paying more for a new phone seems almost unavoidable after Apple's event today. The new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max start at $1,199 and $1,299, respectively - a $100 price hike over their predecessors. You can't dodge the price hike by opting for an older iPhone, either, because Apple raised prices on those by […]

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We spent Β£23,000 on fertility treatment - now our embryos will be destroyedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5035eldr3o

Nat and Nik Fraser-Edwards want a change in the law so once an embryo has been made, a donor can't withdraw consent.

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Show HN: Hydra – Open-source agentic terminal with a PTY daemonhttps://github.com/hydraterm/hydra-local

Article URL: https://github.com/hydraterm/hydra-local Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49634934 Points: 6 # Comments: 1

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Suno releases its first AI music model made with record industry helphttps://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/991977/suno-releases-its-first-ai-music-model-made-with-record-industry-help

Suno's new v6 AI music model is its first made with support from the record industry. Suno's Jack Brody told The Verge that v6 was "trained from the ground up, with a new set of data that does not include the same data that our previous models were trained on." The data includes content licensed […]

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Motorola teases new compact foldable Razrhttps://www.engadget.com/2254380/motorola-teases-new-compact-foldable-razr

Right on cue, Motorola has teased a wide new foldable to compete with the Galaxy Fold 8 and iPhone Duo.

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Show HN: BiNeuron – AI code assistant that runs 100% locallyhttps://github.com/just-not-google/BiNeuron

Article URL: https://github.com/just-not-google/BiNeuron Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49634663 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Put on 'Leave of Absence'https://www.404media.co/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-put-on-leave-of-absence

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-put-on-leave-of-absence/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49634650 Points: 18 # Comments: 1

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Spanish intelligence warned of Ceuta mass crossing plans before surgehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced7vj2gv82o

Declassified documents show Spanish and Moroccan authorities were alerted to social media calls for a mass migrant crossing the day before tens of thousands entered Ceuta.

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