Kash Patel’s FBI Launches Dawn Raid on John Bolton’s House
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 18994 |
Comments: 1858
FBI agents conducted a court-authorized dawn raid on the home of former National Security Adviser John Bolton as part of a national security investigation into classified records. The raid, which occurred while Bolton's wife answered the door in her bathrobe, was publicly celebrated by Trump-appointed FBI officials on social media. Bolton, a frequent Trump critic since being fired, was not detained or charged during the operation.
Key Points:
FBI raided John Bolton's Maryland home in a court-authorized national security investigation for classified records
FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino publicly celebrated the raid on social media
Bolton's wife answered the door in her bathrobe during the early morning operation
Bolton has been a vocal Trump critic since being fired as National Security Adviser in 2018
This follows previous unsuccessful attempts by Trump's Justice Department to block Bolton's critical memoir
""Trump really cares only about retribution for himself, and it will consume much of a second term," he wrote."
Judge Releases Teens Charged in ‘Big Balls’ Assault in Blow to Trump
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 10067 |
Comments: 1135
A judge released two 15-year-olds charged in the assault of Edward 'Big Balls' Coristine from a youth detention facility, imposing strict conditions like electronic monitoring and a 24-hour curfew. The decision was a blow to former President Donald Trump, who had publicized the case as an example of out-of-control crime. The move sparked outrage among right-wing commentators who criticized the Biden-appointed judge.
Key Points:
Judge Kendra Briggs, appointed by President Biden, ordered the release of two 15-year-olds charged in an alleged carjacking assault.
The teens were released to their caretakers under strict conditions including electronic monitoring and a 24-hour curfew.
Former President Trump had publicized the assault victim's case as part of his narrative on cracking down on crime.
The judge's decision ignited significant criticism from right-wing pundits on social media.
Police data shows violent crime in Washington D.C. is at a three-decade low, contradicting Trump's claims of it being 'out of control'.
""The White House declared a 'crime emergency' in D.C. this month while Trump claimed that crime in the nation’s capital was 'out of control,' despite police data showing that violent crime in Washington dropped to a three-decade low last year.""
White House releases list of Smithsonian exhibits it objects to
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 6620 |
Comments: 715
The White House released a list of Smithsonian exhibits it objects to, characterizing them as 'woke' and divisive. This is part of President Trump's broader effort to align the country's cultural institutions with his vision, following an executive order to remove 'improper ideology' from federal museums.
Key Points:
The White House published a list objecting to Smithsonian exhibits on topics like race, slavery, immigration, and transgender identity.
This action is part of President Trump's wider review of the Smithsonian, accusing it of promoting a 'divisive, race-centered ideology.'
The list criticizes specific exhibits, including one on 'white culture' and another featuring LGBTQ+ and disabled Latino narratives.
President Trump has stated the Smithsonian is too focused on 'how bad Slavery was' and is the last remaining segment of 'WOKE.'
The Smithsonian has previously stated its work is grounded in scholarly excellence and the accurate presentation of history.
"Trump vowed again to make changes at the Smithsonian this week, saying in a Truth Social post that it was too focused on 'how bad Slavery was' and that museums were 'essentially, the last remaining segment of 'WOKE.''"
Donald Trump says people are in Epstein files who ‘don’t deserve to be’: ‘It’s a Democratic hoax’
Posted on r/politics |
Score: 6127 |
Comments: 633
Former President Donald Trump dismissed the Jeffrey Epstein files as a 'Democratic hoax' designed to undermine his administration's successes, claiming they implicate Democrats and harm innocent people. The article notes that Trump himself is named multiple times in the files, including on flight logs, though this does not imply any criminal activity.
Key Points:
Donald Trump called the Epstein files a 'Democratic hoax' meant to distract from his administration's achievements.
Trump claimed the files implicate Democrats, specifically mentioning Bill Clinton and Larry Summers.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was told by Attorney General Pam Bondi that his name appears multiple times in the files.
Trump is listed on Epstein's flight logs a total of seven times, including flights with his family and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The article clarifies that being named in the files is not proof a crime was committed.
""You’ve got a lot of people that could be mentioned in those files that don’t deserve to be," he added. "Because (Epstein) knew everybody in Palm Beach. I don’t know anything about that, but I have said to (Attorney General) Pam (Bondi) and everybody else, give them everything you can give them because it’s a Democrat hoax.""
Tsinghua University Breaks a 65-Year Limit: A Faster Alternative to Dijkstra’s Algorithm
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 600 |
Comments: 58
Researchers at Tsinghua University have developed a new algorithm that breaks the 65-year-old 'sorting barrier' of Dijkstra's algorithm for finding shortest paths in networks. Their method uses node clustering and partial ordering to achieve a theoretically faster runtime of O(m · log^(2/3) n) for very large graphs, winning the Best Paper Award at STOC 2025.
Key Points:
Breaks the theoretical 'sorting barrier' that had limited shortest-path algorithms since 1956
Achieves O(m · log^(2/3) n) runtime compared to Dijkstra's O(m + n log n)
Uses node clustering and partial ordering instead of full sorting
Particularly effective for huge, sparse networks like large-scale maps and data centers
More complex to implement and has overhead on small graphs where Dijkstra remains practical
"This discovery doesn't just break a 65-year speed limit — it opens a new chapter in computer science. While Dijkstra remains the practical hero for many everyday problems, the future belongs to ideas that dare to go beyond established limits."
Endless Wiki - A useless self-hosted encyclopedia driven by LLM hallucinations
Posted on r/selfhosted |
Score: 479 |
Comments: 47
Endless Wiki is a self-hosted tool that generates an encyclopedia of entirely hallucinated articles using a local LLM. It is designed for entertainment, allowing users to surf through links between fictional concepts. The project is easy to deploy via a provided Docker Compose setup.
Key Points:
Generates fictional, Wikipedia-style articles for any input title using an LLM
Designed for entertainment by creating a network of hallucinated concepts
Works best with small models like Gemma3:1b for more creative outputs
Includes a complete Docker Compose setup for easy, self-hosted deployment
Aims to be a fun, non-factual alternative to traditional wikis
"If you like staying up late surfing through wikipedia links but find it just a little too... factual, look no further."
XSLT removal will break multiple government and regulatory sites across the world
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 191 |
Comments: 125
A GitHub issue warns that the proposed removal of XSLT from the HTML standard would break numerous government and regulatory websites worldwide. The author argues that Chrome's usage metrics underestimate the impact, as many critical government systems rely on client-side XSLT transformations for displaying XML data. Examples include the U.S. Congress, National Weather Service, and European Parliament sites.
Key Points:
XSLT removal would break government and regulatory sites globally
Chrome's usage metrics (0.1% threshold) may underestimate real-world impact
771 billion monthly page views means even 0.0001% breakage affects users every 3 seconds
Examples include U.S. Congress legislative texts, National Weather Service data, and European Parliament information
The issue challenges the proposal's failure to acknowledge existing critical use cases
"There are around 771 billion web pages viewed in Chrome every month (not counting other Chromium-based browsers). So seriously breaking even 0.0001% still results in someone being frustrated every 3 seconds, and so not to be taken lightly!"
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 176 |
Comments: 145
The article argues that JavaScript's string length behavior, where an emoji like '🤦🏼♂️'.length returns 7, is not a design flaw but a consequence of its UTF-16 encoding. It compares this to other languages, noting that Rust's UTF-8 encoding returns 17, Python 3 returns 5 (based on Unicode code points), and Swift's approach of counting user-perceived characters returns 1. The author concludes that no single approach is definitively best, but criticizes Python 3's handling of Unicode as particularly problematic.
Key Points:
String length results vary by language due to different internal encoding schemes (UTF-16 for JavaScript, UTF-8 for Rust, code points for Python).
The emoji '🤦🏼♂️' is a single graphical unit but is composed of 5 Unicode scalar values, explaining the divergent length outputs.
JavaScript's .length property counts UTF-16 code units, which is a valid design choice, not an error.
Swift provides a length of 1 by counting user-perceived characters (grapheme clusters), which is useful for display but not for storage.
Python 3's len() function returns 5 but is criticized for allowing invalid Unicode surrogates, making its design 'unambiguously the worst'.
"Python 3’s approach is unambiguously the worst one, though."
Updates to Jellify - a free music player for Jellyfin!
Posted on r/selfhosted |
Score: 158 |
Comments: 13
The developer of Jellify, a free and open-source music player for Jellyfin, has announced a delay of the app's 1.0 launch from its original date to late November or early December. The delay is to address optimization, battery consumption, and finalize Android Auto and CarPlay integrations. The article also details recent updates including a redesign, new player features, and quality-of-life improvements.
Key Points:
The 1.0 app launch is delayed to late Fall to improve optimization, battery life, and complete Android Auto/CarPlay support.
A major redesign is underway with a new color palette, typeface, and player screen that highlights music artwork.
New player features include shuffle and repeat functions for the queue and the ability to shuffle directly from album/artist pages.
Quality-of-life improvements include a redesigned context menu for easier queue and playlist management.
The app will be made available via Google Play's Early Access and F-Droid for Android users before the full launch.
"I remember starting my first iteration of this app a few years ago, thinking it would never amount to anything and would never see traction in the community. Fast forward to today, where we are sitting at almost 750 stars on GitHub and almost 1000 testers on TestFlight."
Stop Overcomplicating Claude Code - The Dead Simple Workflow That Actually Ships
Posted on r/ClaudeAI |
Score: 133 |
Comments: 37
The article presents a simple, effective workflow for using Claude AI to build software projects, arguing against overcomplicated setups. The method involves planning in chat, creating CLAUDE.md and TODO.md files, then executing small chunks of work with frequent commits. The author claims to have built a SaaS in 20 days using this approach.
Key Points:
Plan naturally in Claude chat to define the idea, stack, and a ruthless MVP
Create two key files: CLAUDE.md for project context and TODO_MVP.md for the implementation plan
Execute by having Claude Code work on only 3-5 small steps at a time
Reset the context frequently (before it drops below 20%) to maintain performance
Commit often and update CLAUDE.md with lessons learned to keep the AI on track
"The bottom line: Stop trying to be clever. This simple workflow has shipped more products than any complex setup I've tried. The magic isn't in the process - it's in actually starting."
Vulnerability : For all using Vaultwarden with Bitwarden-Extension
Posted on r/selfhosted |
Score: 97 |
Comments: 34
A DOM-based clickjacking vulnerability has been identified in the Bitwarden browser extension, which could allow a malicious website to trick a user into having the extension auto-fill their credentials. The issue is not related to Vaultwarden itself but to the extension's client-side behavior. A temporary mitigation is to disable the 'Enable Auto-fill on Page Load' setting and rely solely on keyboard shortcuts for filling.
Key Points:
The vulnerability is a DOM-based clickjacking attack targeting the Bitwarden browser extension.
A malicious site can trick the extension into auto-filling credentials without explicit user consent.
The issue affects multiple browsers, including Chrome and Firefox.
Fixed versions of the extension (2024.5.0 and above) have been released to patch the vulnerability.
A temporary workaround is to disable the 'manual autofill' feature and use keyboard shortcuts instead.
"The vulnerability allows a malicious website to trick the user into having the Bitwarden extension auto-fill credentials without their explicit consent, by leveraging a DOM-based clickjacking technique."
Vibe Debugging: Enterprises' Up and Coming Nightmare
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 65 |
Comments: 27
The article warns about 'vibe debugging,' a growing enterprise nightmare where AI-generated code creates complex, hard-to-understand systems that are difficult to fix. While AI coding tools dramatically increase productivity and code volume, they also exponentially multiply potential bugs and security flaws. Enterprises are forced to double down on traditional quality safeguards while developing new observability tools to manage this accelerated code production.
Key Points:
AI-assisted coding leads to 'vibe debugging' where developers struggle to understand and fix AI-generated code that becomes complex and messy
Enterprise adoption of AI coding tools is creating an explosion in code volume, which directly correlates with increased defect density and security flaws
Traditional quality practices like code reviews, testing, and CI/CD pipelines become even more critical but must evolve to handle AI-generated code
Robust monitoring and observability tools are becoming non-negotiable for debugging AI-generated code in production environments
The pressure to adopt AI coding tools creates a tension between rapid development and maintaining code quality and security standards
"Now, consider that with AI, each developer effectively commands a team of tireless virtual programmers. The 'number of developers' in that equation isn't just growing; it's multiplying exponentially, and the potential for bugs is multiplying with it."
Property taxes are actually the least bad tax — except for one
Posted on r/georgism |
Score: 21 |
Comments: 2
The article argues against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's proposal to abolish property taxes, contending they are one of the least economically harmful forms of taxation. It posits that while property taxes are good, a land value tax—which taxes only the land value, not improvements—would be even better as it encourages development and discourages speculative investment.
Key Points:
Property taxes are a reliable revenue source that limit economic growth less than income or corporate taxes.
A land value tax is superior to a standard property tax because it does not discourage property improvements.
Abolishing property taxes would freeze younger and lower-income people out of the housing market by increasing home prices.
Land value taxes discourage speculative investments that turn homeownership into an 'inflation-evading game of musical chairs.'
The author cites Milton Friedman's view that the land value tax is the 'least bad tax.'
"Milton Friedman called the land value tax the “least bad tax” for good reason. Transitioning to a land value tax would encourage home development for more families."
Weaponizing image scaling against production AI systems - AI prompt injection via images
Posted on r/programming |
Score: 16 |
Comments: 2
Researchers weaponized image scaling to perform multi-modal prompt injection attacks on production AI systems like Google Gemini CLI and Vertex AI Studio. By crafting images that reveal hidden prompts when downscaled, they achieved data exfiltration without user detection. The article introduces Anamorpher, an open-source tool for generating these malicious images, and discusses mitigation strategies.
Key Points:
Attackers exploit image downscaling to hide prompt injections that become visible only when images are resized by AI systems
Successful data exfiltration demonstrated on multiple production systems including Gemini CLI, Vertex AI, and Google Assistant
Different downscaling algorithms (nearest neighbor, bilinear, bicubic) require different attack approaches across various libraries
The vulnerability stems from a mismatch between what users see (high-res) and what models process (scaled-down)
Researchers developed fingerprinting techniques to identify specific scaling algorithms and created Anamorpher tool to generate attack images
"This attack works because AI systems often scale down large images before sending them to the model: when scaled, these images can reveal prompt injections that are not visible at full resolution."