Kash Patel Used FBI as Uber for His Girlfriend’s Drunk Friend | A new report reveals how Kash Patel and his 27-year-old girlfriend are using the FBI for their own personal errands.
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Score: 14366 |
Comments: 415
A new report alleges FBI Director Kash Patel misused bureau resources by ordering the FBI security detail protecting his girlfriend to also escort her intoxicated friend home, treating the agents like a personal chauffeur service. This is part of a pattern of alleged misconduct, including using FBI aircraft for personal travel and demanding special gear at a crime scene. The report states these actions have drawn criticism from former agents and reportedly strained his relationship with the Trump administration.
Key Points:
Kash Patel allegedly ordered FBI agents on his girlfriend's security detail to drive her drunk friend home on at least two occasions.
Patel reportedly yelled at the head of the detail when agents initially objected to the order.
Providing a full-time FBI SWAT team detail for a director's girlfriend is itself an unprecedented and questionable use of resources.
Former FBI agents called the actions 'outrageous' and demonstrative of a 'complete lack of judgment and integrity.'
This incident adds to existing controversies, including misuse of FBI aircraft and demands for an 'FBI raid jacket' at a crime scene.
""Not only is the assignment of FBI SWAT personnel to a security detail to protect his girlfriend inappropriate, directing these highly trained professionals to babysit his girlfriend’s friend is outrageous, and demonstrative of Kash Patel’s complete lack of judgment and integrity," former FBI agent Christopher O’Leary said."
Trump, 79, Is Absolutely Furious About Intense Scrutiny on His Mental Decline
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Score: 13799 |
Comments: 1033
Former President Donald Trump, 79, is reportedly furious over increasing media scrutiny of his apparent cognitive and physical decline. The coverage, which compares him to 'Sleepy Joe' Biden, has led him to fixate on the reports for days, with insiders noting it angers him more than almost any other issue.
Key Points:
Trump is enraged by media reports highlighting signs of his cognitive and physical decline.
The coverage often compares him to Joe Biden, whom he famously mocked as 'Sleepy Joe'.
Insiders say this issue angers him more than almost any other, aside from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Specific signs cited include dozing off in meetings, memory slips, and unexplained bruising.
The White House has defended his health, pointing to a medical report and blaming the media for 'fake narratives'.
"Sources close to the elderly president, both inside and outside the administration, told Zeteo the negative press coverage of his health angers him more than almost any issue other than the Jeffrey Epstein scandal."
Trump showing signs he’s battling major medical crisis, Democrat claims
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Score: 7888 |
Comments: 812
A California Democratic representative, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, suggested that President Donald Trump's tiredness, recent MRI, and hand bruise could be signs he is taking the Alzheimer's drug Leqembi. The article notes there is no evidence for this claim, and the White House has provided alternative explanations for the bruising and MRI, calling them preventative and normal.
Key Points:
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) speculated on social media that Trump's symptoms align with side effects of the Alzheimer's drug Leqembi.
The White House has stated Trump's MRI was 'preventative' with 'perfectly normal' results and that hand bruising was from frequent handshaking and aspirin use.
A New York Times report and social media videos have highlighted instances where Trump appeared to doze off during public events.
Trump has disputed reports of fatigue, pointing to his electoral and economic successes.
The article presents the Democrat's claim but emphasizes there is no evidence Trump is taking Leqembi or has a related diagnosis.
"“The Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi:- Is administered through an infusion (for example, through the hand)- Can cause swelling, bleeding, or fluid leakage in the brain, requiring regular MRIs- Can cause tiredness,” Kamlager-Dove tweeted along with a picture of Trump’s hand bruise. “Curious.”"
US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows
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Score: 5992 |
Comments: 554
A video shown to U.S. senators reveals that two survivors of a U.S. airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat clung to wreckage for an hour before being killed in a second attack. The incident is part of a controversial military campaign that has killed at least 87 people, raising legal and ethical concerns, including allegations of potential war crimes.
Key Points:
Two unarmed, shirtless survivors of an initial airstrike were killed in a second attack after clinging to wreckage for about an hour.
The video was shown to senators amid growing concern that officials who ordered the attack may have committed a war crime.
The Pentagon has carried out 22 such strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, killing at least 87 suspected drug smugglers.
The legal basis for the campaign is under scrutiny, with debate over an alleged order to 'kill them all' in the first strike.
A congressman who saw the video described it as 'one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service'.
"The men were shirtless, unarmed and carried no visible radio or other communications equipment. They also appeared to have no idea what had just hit them, or that the US military was weighing whether to finish them off."
Trump admin removes MLK Day, Juneteenth from National Parks fee-free days
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Score: 3939 |
Comments: 293
The Trump administration has removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of fee-free days at National Parks for 2026. In their place, it has added days like Flag Day—which coincides with President Trump's birthday—and other patriotic observances, aligning with its 'America-first' policies.
Key Points:
MLK Day and Juneteenth, both federal holidays commemorating civil rights and emancipation, have been removed as fee-free National Park days for 2026.
New fee-free days for 2026 include Presidents' Day, Flag Day (Trump's birthday), and Theodore Roosevelt's birthday, among others.
The change follows the administration's earlier pause on certain days of remembrance as part of its ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
The Department of the Interior framed the update as modernizing park access and prioritizing affordability for American families.
New digital park passes featuring Trump's portrait and higher fees for foreign visitors were also announced.
"The removal of these days as fee-free National Park days follows the Trump administration's pause on certain days of remembrance, including MLK Day and Juneteenth, earlier this year, as part of the president's ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs."
Remember XKCD’s legendary dependency comic? I finally built the thing we all joked about.
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Score: 1454 |
Comments: 140
Inspired by an XKCD comic, the author built a tool to visualize software dependency graphs as physical stacked towers. This seemingly simple idea led to a deep dive into NP-hard ordering problems and graph visualization techniques like the Sugiyama Framework.
Key Points:
The project was inspired by XKCD #2347, which humorously depicts modern digital infrastructure as a precarious tower of blocks.
Visualizing dependencies as a literal tower, where blocks rest on what they depend on, taps into intuition rather than abstract conventions.
The core challenge is an NP-hard ordering problem: arranging blocks within layers to avoid edge crossings, which are intolerable in a physical tower.
The author explored existing solutions like the Sugiyama Framework, a multi-step pipeline for layered graph drawing.
The journey highlights the gap between a simple, intuitive idea and the complex computational reality required to implement it.
"The world needs more visualizations that tap into intuition rather than requiring you to decode abstract conventions."
Anthropic Study Finds Most Workers Use AI Daily, but 69 Percent Hide It at Work
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Score: 362 |
Comments: 66
An Anthropic study of 1,250 professionals reveals that while most workers use AI daily to save time and boost productivity, 69% hide its use due to social stigma at work. Workers feel pressured to use AI to keep up but fear that relying on it signals their tasks are automatable, creating widespread anxiety about job security as companies reallocate budgets toward AI.
Key Points:
86% of workers report AI saves them time, and 65% are satisfied with its role in their jobs.
69% of workers experience a social stigma around using AI at work, leading many to hide their usage from colleagues.
Over 55% of workers feel anxious about AI's impact on their future, fueled by real-world layoffs at major firms reallocating budgets to AI.
Workers primarily want AI to handle administrative tasks, freeing them for more meaningful, human-centric work.
While 65% of workers view their AI use as augmentative, the study notes a faster-growing trend toward automation by companies.
"Workers described a basic fear. If they do not use AI, they worry they will fall behind. If they lean on it too much, they worry they are showing their employers what tasks can be automated."
A user is reporting that Claude's service appears to be down, as they are encountering a 500 error when trying to create a new chat or access the website. They are asking the community if others are experiencing the same issue.
Key Points:
A user is experiencing a 500 error on Claude's platform.
The error occurs when attempting to create a new chat or visit the site.
The user is seeking confirmation from others about the outage.
The post is a status check for a potential service disruption.
"Is Claude’s server down? I’m getting a 500 error when creating a new chat or visiting the site."
I ran Claude Code in a self-learning loop until it successfully translated our entire Python repo to TypeScript
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Score: 80 |
Comments: 17
The author used an autonomous AI agent framework (ACE) connected to Claude Code to successfully translate an entire Python repository to TypeScript in a continuous self-learning loop. The process took about 4 hours, produced 119 commits, and resulted in a fully functional TypeScript repo with zero build errors and all tests passing. The system works by executing a task, analyzing the execution trace to learn from successes and failures, and then restarting the loop with those learned skills injected.
Key Points:
An AI agent (Claude Code) autonomously translated a Python repo to TypeScript in ~4 hours via a self-learning loop.
The process used the ACE framework to analyze execution traces and store learned skills for iterative improvement.
The final result had zero build errors, all tests passing, and required minimal human intervention after the initial prompt.
The total cost for API calls was approximately $1.5 using Claude Sonnet 4.5.
The author provides open-source starter templates for others to automate similar tasks.
"Each iteration builds on the previous work and lets Claude Code improve on what it already did. You can see it getting better each round: fewer errors, smarter decisions, less backtracking resulting in a perfect execution."
This is the 148th edition of the 'Self-Host Weekly' newsletter, providing a recap of recent activity in the self-hosted software community. The issue features commentary on MinIO's licensing change, software updates, a spotlight on the Poznote app, and other community guides.
Key Points:
Commentary on MinIO's decision to put its community edition into maintenance mode
Highlights of recent software updates and new launches
Spotlight on Poznote, a lightweight self-hosted note-taking application
Collection of other guides, videos, and content from the community
"Commentary on MinIO's recent decision to put its community edition into maintenance mode"
My self-hosted notes app works flawlessly… but I still find notes on the fridge
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Score: 67 |
Comments: 124
The author built a sophisticated, self-hosted notes and tasks system for their family to share grocery lists, complete with mobile shortcuts. Despite its technical reliability, family members continue to use handwritten notes on the fridge, highlighting the gap between creating a functional tool and achieving user adoption.
Key Points:
The author successfully created a technically sound, self-hosted syncing system for family notes and tasks.
Despite the system's functionality, non-technical family members did not adopt it, preferring traditional methods like fridge notes.
The situation underscores a common challenge where technical solutions fail due to user preference or habit, not functionality.
The author questions how to encourage adoption or if low uptake is an inherent issue with self-hosted tools for non-technical users.
The irony is emphasized by the author monitoring the unused system's uptime with detailed dashboards.
"They still stick handwritten notes on the fridge. Meanwhile, I have Grafana dashboards monitoring uptime for a system nobody uses."
Why ID Format Matters More Than ID Generation (Lessons from Production)
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Score: 29 |
Comments: 28
The article argues that choosing a format for distributed IDs is a long-term architectural commitment, not just a technical decision about data types. It explains that while auto-increment IDs are fine for simple systems, scaling through sharding, multi-region deployment, or microservices forces a shift to distributed ID generation, where the chosen format embeds itself into URLs, logs, and external systems, making changes extremely costly.
Key Points:
Auto-increment IDs are simple but become a constraint during database splits, sharding, or moving to microservices, as they require a central counter.
Once deployed, an ID format becomes deeply embedded in architecture (URLs, logs, APIs), making it a commitment that is painful to change later.
Common distributed ID solutions like UUIDv4, ULID, and UUIDv7 have trade-offs between uniqueness, ordering, and index locality.
The need for distributed ID generation arises from specific inflection points like sharding, multi-region setups, offline-first systems, and event-driven architectures.
The author built OrderlyID to address the specific challenges of high-concurrency and multi-region ID generation while maintaining useful properties like time ordering.
"ID formats aren’t just formats. They’re commitments. Once you deploy one, it becomes part of your architecture."
The article is a Mastodon post by Susam sharing a link to a blog post that demonstrates how to solve the classic programming problem 'Fizz Buzz' using only four lines of CSS. The post itself is not accessible in the provided content, which only shows the social media announcement and a prompt to enable JavaScript.
Key Points:
The core topic is an unconventional solution to the Fizz Buzz programming challenge.
The solution is implemented in CSS, a language typically used for styling, not logic.
The implementation is remarkably concise, claimed to be only four lines long.
The primary content is hosted on the author's personal blog, linked from the Mastodon post.
The provided article text is just a social media snippet, not the full technical content.
"Susam: "Fizz Buzz in 4 lines of CSS: https://susam.net/cs…""
The only simple geometric constraint solver on the internet
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Score: 16 |
Comments: 1
This article describes a GitHub repository for a simple geometric constraint solver written in Go. The project is designed as an educational tool to demonstrate how CAD programs work by solving geometric constraints as nonlinear equations using Newton's method, with no external dependencies.
Key Points:
The solver represents geometric constraints as a system of nonlinear equations solved via multidimensional Newton's method
It includes a simple symbolic algebra system that calculates derivatives by traversing syntax trees
The implementation is intentionally minimal (about 2000 lines) using only Go's standard library for educational clarity
It assumes system convergence to keep the codebase simple and includes a math summary
Inspired by SolveSpace but built independently from the ground up
"Geometric constraints are represented as a system of nonlinear equations and solved by multidimensional Newton's method. I built a simple symbolic algebra system that calculates derivatives by traversing the syntax tree."
The Halting Problem of Docker Archaeology: Why You Can't Know What Your Image Was
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Score: 12 |
Comments: 3
Docker Time Machine (DTM) is a tool that analyzes Docker image evolution by building images at different git commits and tracking metrics like size and layer composition. It helps developers identify bloat, optimize builds, and understand how their Docker images change over time through various reports and visualizations.
Key Points:
Analyzes Docker image history by building images at each git commit
Tracks key metrics including image size, layer count, layer sizes, and build time
Leverages Docker's layer caching for fast analysis across multiple commits
Generates multiple output formats including interactive HTML charts
Helps identify optimization opportunities and pinpoint bloated commits
"DTM walks through your git history, builds the Docker image at each commit, and records key metrics: Image size — Total size in MB Layer count — Number of layers in the image Layer sizes — Individual layer sizes for detailed analysis Build time — How long each build took (indicative only)"