Trump postpones the Iran strike at the last hour, oil inventories
shrink to weeks, and Putin flies to Beijing as China positions itself at
the center of everything.
Trump
Delays Planned Iran Strike After Gulf States Intervene and Tehran Makes
New Proposal
Trump announced he has postponed a military strike on Iran planned
for Tuesday, citing ongoing “serious negotiations.” He acted at the
request of Gulf state leaders; Iran confirmed it had submitted a new
proposal to end the war. Iran’s leaders are publicly “projecting
defiance” even as the diplomatic track intensifies, and Trump warned the
“clock is ticking.” The last-minute pause raises questions about US
leverage and the sustainability of maximum-pressure tactics —
particularly as the IEA warns global oil inventories have depleted to
just weeks of supply, Kenya is convulsed by deadly fuel protests over a
23.5% price hike, and UK unemployment has jumped to 5% as the war snuffs
out economic recovery. (Economic fallout also in World)
Putin
Arrives in Beijing as Xi Privately Told Trump He May ‘Regret’ the
Invasion
Vladimir Putin is visiting China with a delegation of 5 deputy prime
ministers, 8 ministers, and Central Bank Governor Nabiullina — arriving
four days after Trump left Beijing. The central agenda is pricing for
the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, where Russia has made an offer but
China has shown limited enthusiasm. The FT separately reported that Xi
told Trump during recent talks that Putin may ultimately “regret” his
invasion — a notable hedge suggesting Beijing is not fully aligned with
Moscow’s war aims. Chinese state media declared Beijing a “focal point
of global diplomacy,” while Putin described Russia-China ties as a
“stabilising force.” On the same day, Belarus and Russia began joint
exercises practicing nuclear weapons delivery and combat use.
WHO
Declares International Emergency as Ebola Kills 131 in DR Congo
WHO har erklært ebolautbruddet i Ituri-provinsen i DR Kongo som en
internasjonal helsekrise — det høyeste alarmnivået. Minst 131 er døde av
en sjelden ebolavariant det ikke finnes vaksine mot. Utbruddet skjer i
et konfliktherjet område, noe som vanskeliggjør inneslutning. Det høye
dødstallet tyder på at viruset spredte seg uoppdaget i uker.
Helsemyndigheter jobber for å hindre spredning til Uganda. Eksperter
advarer om at verden er stadig dårligere rustet mot smittsomme
sykdommer.
| Indicator |
Value |
Change |
| S&P 500 (f) |
7,420.5 |
-0.07% |
| Dow 30 (f) |
49,743 |
-0.05% |
| Nasdaq (f) |
29,063 |
-0.11% |
| Russell 2000 (f) |
2,778.2 |
-0.16% |
| VIX |
18.03 |
+1.18% |
| Gold |
4,547.5 |
-0.23% |
| BTC |
$77,142 |
+0.16% |
| EUR/USD |
1.1632 |
-0.20% |
| USD/NOK |
9.2505 |
-0.10% |
- VIX edging up, gold softening — markets may be pricing in the
Iran strike delay as de-escalation
- IEA warns oil inventories down to weeks; Kenya paralyzed by fuel
protests; UK unemployment jumps to 5%
World
Cuba
Warns of ‘Bloodbath’ as US-Cuba Tensions Escalate With Drone Reports and
New Sanctions
Cuban President Díaz-Canel warned that any US military action against
Cuba would trigger a “bloodbath with incalculable consequences” after
reports emerged of more than 300 drones near the country. The US imposed
additional sanctions amid the escalating standoff, while a humanitarian
aid ship from Mexico and Uruguay docked in Havana as the US-imposed fuel
crisis deepens.
Taiwan’s government has been alarmed by Trump’s suggestion that arms
sales to Taiwan are a “negotiating chip” with China — comments quickly
amplified by Chinese state media. Trump separately told Taiwan not to
“go independent.” Philippine President Marcos responded by warning his
country would inevitably be involved in any Taiwan conflict, signaling
regional anxiety over the durability of US deterrence.
Israeli
Commandos Board Gaza-Bound Flotilla, Detain 319 Activists
Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying 319
activists aboard 38 ships approximately 250 nautical miles from Gaza’s
coast, boarding vessels and detaining participants. At least 11
Australians were among those detained — described as academics and civil
society figures — prompting Australia’s foreign affairs department to
urgently seek their status. The Israel-Lebanon conflict death toll has
meanwhile passed 3,000 despite the nominal ceasefire.
Iran
War’s Economic Shockwaves: Oil Running Out, Kenya Burning, UK Jobs
Shrinking
The Iran war’s economic fallout is accelerating across three fronts.
IEA chief Fatih Birol warned that commercial oil inventories are
depleting rapidly with only weeks of supply remaining. In Kenya, at
least four people were killed and thousands stranded as strikes and
protests paralyzed Nairobi over a 23.5% fuel price hike. In the UK,
unemployment jumped back to 5% with pay growth slowing to 3.4% — the
first official snapshot of the war’s damage on British households.
India, meanwhile, is defying US pressure by continuing to buy Russian
crude after the sanctions waiver expired. The EU faces a parallel threat
from surging Chinese component imports that trade analysts warn could
cause lasting de-industrialisation.
Greenland
Reaffirms It Is ‘Not for Sale’ but Talks With US Making Cautious
Progress
Greenland’s Prime Minister told a US envoy the island is “not for
sale” and that nothing has changed on its status after talks described
by both sides as “constructive.” A Greenlandic minister separately
objected to an unannounced visit by a US doctor, saying Greenlanders are
“not experimental subjects.”
Five
Killed in San Diego Mosque Shooting in Suspected Hate Crime
Minst fem personer ble drept i skyting ved San Diegos største moské
mandag. To gjerningsmenn — 17 og 18 år gamle — er døde. Den ene etterlot
seg et notat med «generalisert hatretorikk.» Politiet etterforsker saken
som hatkriminalitet. Angrepet er blant de dødeligste mot muslimer i
nyere amerikansk historie.
Also today
- Americas
-
Cuba warns ‘bloodbath’ if US attacks — escalation continues with new
sanctions and 300+ drones reported — see above
-
Bolivia gripped by political crisis as miners clash with police and
Morales bloc marches on La Paz — Al
Jazeera
-
Two former Sinaloa state officials from Mexico’s ruling party surrender
to US over alleged cartel ties — The
Guardian
-
Trump creates secretive $1.77bn fund for political allies while dropping
own $10bn IRS lawsuit — BBC · The
Guardian
-
US suspends WWII-era joint defense board with Canada, eroding
continental security ties — Al
Jazeera
-
US drops fraud charges against Adani after $10bn investment pledge — Al
Jazeera
- Middle East & Africa
-
Drone strikes kill at least 10 civilians at wedding in Mali — Al
Jazeera
-
Iran running ‘disposable’ hired operatives against Jewish targets in the
West, New York case reveals — The
Guardian
-
Indian court declares medieval mosque a Hindu temple in latest Hindu
nationalist legal action — Al
Jazeera
-
Afghan humanitarian catastrophe: three in four lack basic needs,
families forced to sell children — BBC
-
Bangladesh measles outbreak kills 459 children as vaccination failure
deepens crisis — Reddit
/ Daijiworld
-
Libyan militia commander to appear at ICC over murder, rape, and
enslavement of refugees — The
Guardian
- Europe
-
Belgium’s last living suspect in Patrice Lumumba assassination dies at
93 before trial — The
Guardian
Ukraine
Ukraine
Retakes Stepnohirsk; Russian Advance Broadly Stalled for Second
Consecutive Month
Ukraine’s GUR special unit ‘Artan’ retook Stepnohirsk northwest of
Orikhiv through systematic clearing operations, confirmed by geolocated
footage showing Ukrainian forces holding the M-18 highway junction.
Across the front, Russian forces launched 236 combat engagements but
made no confirmed territorial gains — ISW notes Russia has failed to
recapture positions lost in its Spring 2026 Ukrainian counterattacks.
The exception is Pokrovsk, where Ukrainian troops in northern positions
are described as “almost cut off” as Russian drones increasingly
dominate logistics routes.
Russia’s
546-Drone Barrage Answered by Ukraine’s Third Strike on Yaroslavl
Refinery This Month
Russia launched 546 drones and missiles overnight May 17–18 —
primarily Iskander ballistic missiles and Shaheds targeting
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — injuring 28 people in Dnipro and damaging energy
and residential infrastructure. Ukraine’s air defenses downed 503 drones
and 4 cruise missiles. Overnight May 18–19, Ukraine intercepted 180 of
209 incoming drones while simultaneously striking back: Ukrainian UAVs
hit the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl — Russia’s fourth-largest,
~15 million tonne annual capacity — for the third time this month,
forcing temporary closure of the Moscow motorway and flight restrictions
at six airports. Ukraine also struck a Grachonok-class boat near
Kaspiysk in its continuing Caspian Sea interdiction campaign — the
second Russian naval vessel hit there in 48 hours.
Ukraine’s
First Domestically Produced Guided Glide Bomb Enters Combat Service
Defense Minister Fedorov confirmed that Ukraine’s first domestically
designed guided aerial bomb — a 250kg KAB-type glide bomb developed over
17 months — has completed testing and an initial batch has been
procured. The weapon can strike targets tens of kilometers behind the
front line after release, mirroring Russia’s own glide bomb tactics. ISW
notes this will let Ukraine expand its battlefield air interdiction
campaign against Russian logistics and hardened targets — a capability
Ukraine has so far prosecuted mainly with lighter FPV drones.
Russian
Economy Deteriorating: Oil Output Collapsing, 11 Banks Facing
Liquidation, $80B Budget Deficit
Zelensky cited intelligence data showing Russia has shut down at
least 400 oil wells from a single company, reduced oil refining by at
least 10% in 2026, and struggles to restart wells — the compounding
effect of Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign against energy
infrastructure. Russia’s budget deficit has reached ~$80 billion in the
first five months of 2026; 11 financial institutions are preparing to
liquidate. Estonia’s spy chief told Reuters that Putin faces “very
difficult choices” as sanctions bite. The US extended its Russian oil
sanctions waiver for another 30 days. A Russian Shahed drone meanwhile
struck a Chinese-owned commercial vessel in Ukrainian waters — an
awkward friendly-fire incident just as Putin heads to Beijing.
Also today
- Ukraine reportedly deploying AI drones capable of locking onto faces
and heat signatures — if confirmed, a significant escalation in
autonomous weapons — Reddit
/ United24 Media
Norge
PST:
Kinesisk mann siktet for spionasje mot Bodø flystasjon
En 46 år gammel kinesisk statsborger ble pågrepet 15. mai og siktet
for forsøk på ulovlig etterretningsinnhenting mot statshemmeligheter.
PST mener han oppholdt seg i en bunker ved Bodø flystasjon — der NATO
har sitt regionale luftoperasjonssenter — og forsøkte å kartlegge
militær aktivitet. Han er varetektsfengslet i fire uker med brev- og
besøksforbud, to uker i isolasjon. Mannen nekter straffskyld;
forsvareren sier han var på turistbesøk.
Statkraft
dobler investeringsplanen: 80 milliarder i Norge over ti år
Statkraft planlegger å investere 80 milliarder kroner i norsk
kraftproduksjon frem mot 2035 — nesten dobbelt så mye som forrige anslag
på 44–67 milliarder. Over 70 milliarder går til vannkraft: halvparten
til vedlikehold av eldre anlegg (Nore fra 1928, Mår fra 1948, Aura fra
1953) og resten til oppgraderinger og ny produksjon. Selskapet vil også
mer enn doble vindkraftkapasiteten. Konserndirektør Pål Eitrheim kaller
det «ett av de største industriløftene i Norge på mange tiår». Parallelt
viser tall fra Digi.no at norsk kryptovalutautvinning bruker 183 MW —
tilsvarende hele Stavanger kommunes husstandsforbruk — en kontrast til
den massive satsingen.
Norske
17-åringer livestreamet skyteoppdrag for Foxtrot-nettverket
To norske 17-åringer og en svensk mann i 20-årene er tiltalt for grov
kidnapping på Rælingen og skyting mot en boligblokk i Oslo i november
2025. Det svenske Foxtrot-nettverket — ledet av Rawa Majid — rekrutterte
ungdommene til å filme og sende liveopptak via Signal mens bakmennene ga
instruksjoner i sanntid: «Stå der! Skyt! Skyt! Skyt!» En av 17-åringene
filmet mens den andre skjøt med en Sten-maskinpistol fra andre
verdenskrig. Gruppen kommuniserte via en Signal-gruppe kalt «Operation
Oslo». En av de tiltalte har allerede erkjent skyld.
Rødgrønt
klimabråk: Sp sier nei til nullutslippskrav i bygg
Et alvorlig brudd i den rødgrønne koalisjonen over klimakuttene i
revidert nasjonalbudsjett. Regjeringen foreslo krav om
nullutslippsløsninger på offentlige bygge- og anleggsplasser for å veie
opp for et utslippsøk på 400 000 tonn — forårsaket av Sps vellykkede
kutt i drivstoffavgiftene. Sp-leder Vedum kaller kravet
«virkelighetsfjernt» og advarer om at det vil rasere byggebransjen. MDG
og SV støtter tiltaket. Reddit-kommentatorer peker på at Sp ikke bare er
passive, men aktivt ruller tilbake eksisterende klimatiltak i en tid med
stadig nye varmerekorder.
EU øker
presset på Norge for treg EØS-implementering
EU har gitt Norge og de andre EØS-landene klar beskjed om at treg
innføring av EU-regelverk ikke lenger vil bli tolerert. Etterslepet av
uimplementerte EU-direktiver er voksende, og «det kan bli stygt,» ifølge
Finansavisen. Oslo kommune varsler samtidig at den vil utrede
alternativer til amerikanske teknologiselskaper, særlig Microsoft — et
initiativ som kommer midt i den bredere europeiske debatten om
tech-avhengighet av USA.
Musk tapte søksmål mot
OpenAI — anker
En jury i Oakland avviste Elon Musks søksmål mot OpenAI med den
begrunnelse at det ble levert for sent. Musk mente han ble forrådt da
OpenAI gikk i en mer kommersiell retning etter stiftelsen. Han varsler
anke.
Alver
kommune brukte oppdiktede AI-kilder i rapport om skolenedleggelser
Kommunen Alver i Vestland brukte minst tre ikke-eksisterende
forskningsartikler som kilder i en rapport som tilrår å legge ned flere
skoler. Avisn Nordhordland avdekket at omtrent halvparten av 30 kilder
ikke kunne spores til faktiske forfattere. Kommunedirektøren erkjenner
feilen: «Vi brukte rett og slett KI feil, og vi var ikke grundige nok i
kvalitetssjekken.» En nær identisk feil har dukket opp i Tromsø, der en
skolestrukturrapport også inneholdt oppdiktede kilder og
høringsprosessen ble stanset. Norges nye KI-sjef Hans Christian Holte
advarer om at slike hendelser svekker tilliten til det offentlige.
(Se også Norge — Bakkenivå)
Også i dag
- Forsvar & næring
-
Nammo økte omsetningen med 3,5 milliarder — til 14,4 milliarder — drevet
av europeisk forsvarsetterspørsel — TU.no
-
Sverige kjøper fire fregatter fra franske Naval Group — Aftenposten
-
Jordbruksavtalen i havn: 3,66 milliarder til bøndene — E24
- Internasjonalt
-
Norge og India underskriver grønt strategisk partnerskap — Modi møter
samtlige nordiske statsministre — NRK
· TU.no
- Krim & rettsvesen
-
Mann siktet for 13 overgrep mot kvinner i Oslo-området varetektsfengsles
— Aftenposten
-
To svenske kriminelle varig utvist etter under 24 timer i Norge — NRK
-
Gucci-butikk i Oslo sentrum ranet for store verdier — NRK
· Aftenposten
- Diverse
-
Annenhver nordmann frykter sabotasje mot mobilnettet — investeringene i
mobilnett falt 36,5% siden 2022 — Digi.no
-
Norges første 3D-printede bru bygges på NTNU-campus i Trondheim — kan
redusere materialbruk med 75% — NRK
-
Ny teori om Norges største vikingmyntfunn fra Østerdalen — NRK
-
Norsk mann druknet i Irland — jobbet i Sjøforsvaret — NRK
-
Dronning Sonja avlyste program på grunn av hjerteflimmer — NRK
-
Hotell- og restaurantstreiken rammer nå flyplassene — 4416 medlemmer i
331 bedrifter — NRK
· Aftenposten
-
Sommertemperaturer på vei i hele landet — NRK
-
Arsenal én seier unna Premier League-tittelen — Ødegaard tilbake — NRK
Sport
-
BitLocker-krypteringen i Windows brutt med minnepenn på sekunder — Digi.no
Norge — Bakkenivå
Største
endring for norsk arbeidsliv siden åttetimersdagen
Domstolsavgjørelser har slått fast at deltidsarbeidere i Norge har
rett til overtidsbetaling fra første time de jobber utover kontrakten —
en rett LO sier arbeidsgivere må handle på umiddelbart. Fafo estimerer
30 000–37 000 årsverk i slikt ubetalt merarbeid årlig, med en teoretisk
kostnad på opptil 10 milliarder kroner. Arbeidsgiverorganisasjonen
Spekter advarer om at det vil skade arbeidet for heltidskultur. En
tilsvarende dansk voldgiftsavgjørelse har allerede ført til at 40 000
arbeidstakere har meldt inn overtidskrav.
Russ delvis blind
etter laser på russetreff
En russ fra Sørlandet ble delvis blind etter å ha blitt lyst i øyet
med en uidentifisert høyeffekts laser under russetreff. Sørlandet
Sykehus gikk ut med offentlig advarsel — øyelegen som behandler
pasienten sier lasere brukt på slike arrangementer kan gi permanente
synskader, og at flere kan bli rammet. Politiet etterforsker saken. En
russ ble også angrepet av en ungdomsgjeng i Bergen klokken halv fire på
ettermiddagen 17. mai — begge hendelsene utløste bred debatt om trygghet
under nasjonaldagen.
Grassroots
- ChatGPT-bruker sier opp abonnement etter at modellen fabrikkerte
Google Books-lenker og holdt fast ved dem — tråden slo an hos folk med
lignende erfaringer — Reddit
- Gårdsbutikker i Rogaland trues av tyveri — ærlighetssystemet svikter
— NRK
Rogaland · Reddit
- Privatisert sykehjem Abildsøhjemmet i kaos etter overtagelse av
Norlandia — ansatte klare til å slutte — FriFagbevegelse
· Reddit
Tech
317
npm Packages Compromised in Sophisticated Supply Chain Attack Using
GitHub as C2
In a 22-minute window on May 19, a compromised npm account pushed 637
malicious versions across 317 packages — including
size-sensor (4.2M monthly downloads) and
echarts-for-react (3.8M). The 498KB obfuscated Bun payload
harvested 80+ credential types (AWS, Kubernetes, Vault, SSH keys,
database URLs) and used GitHub itself as the exfiltration channel,
creating Dune-themed public repositories under stolen accounts and
accepting RSA-signed remote commands via GitHub commit search. The
malware hijacks Claude Code and VS Code via SessionStart
hooks, injects CI/CD workflow secrets, and propagates laterally to other
Node.js projects on the same machine.
Cursor
Composer 2.5: Targeted RL with Textual Feedback, 25× Synthetic Training
Data
Cursor’s new coding agent model introduces three technical advances:
targeted RL that inserts contextual hints at the specific points in a
rollout where the model erred (addressing the credit-assignment
problem); 25× more synthetic training tasks grounded in real codebases
with test-based verification; and Sharded Muon + dual mesh HSDP for
training efficiency. The team explicitly tuned for behavioral dimensions
not captured by benchmarks — effort calibration, communication style,
following intricate instructions over sustained sessions.
Simon
Willison’s Six-Month LLM Recap: Coding Agents Reached Daily-Driver
Maturity
Simon Willison’s five-minute recap covers November 2025–May 2026: the
“best model” title changed hands five times between Anthropic, OpenAI,
and Google (Claude Opus 4.5 currently leading); coding agents crossed
from “often-work” to “mostly-work” thanks to RL on verifiable rewards; a
“personal AI assistant” phenomenon (OpenClaw/Claws) drove Mac Mini
shortages; and open-weight models caught up significantly — Qwen’s
20.9GB model running on a laptop now outperforms some frontier models on
creative tasks.
The 2023 UK ATC meltdown stemmed from two identically named waypoints
4000nm apart confusing reconciliation of ICAO and ADEXP flight plan
formats. This post documents verifying the fix in Lean by reformulating
the problem algebraically — flight plans as a category of paths with
composition — turning imperative index-juggling into clean
category-theoretic projections. The key insight: LLMs are bad at
specification drift (they silently change specs when implementations
disagree) but excel at grinding through mundane proofs once the
mathematical structure is clean enough to constrain them.
Bitwarden’s
Quiet Renovation: PE-Focused Leadership Silently Removes ‘Always Free’
Pledge
Since new CEO Michael Sullivan (a private equity acquisition
specialist) took over in February 2024, Bitwarden quietly removed
“Always free” from its personal plan page and rewrote its company values
— replacing “Inclusion” and “Transparency” with “Innovation” and “Trust”
— without any announcement. The concern for self-hosters: Vaultwarden
works because Bitwarden publishes clients under Apache 2.0; PE-driven
leadership has both motive and opportunity to restrict API compatibility
or close-source the clients.
The Software Freedom Conservancy has published a comprehensive
response to Bambu Lab’s persistent AGPL violations: Bambu ships
proprietary networking libraries inside their fork of the
AGPLv3-licensed Orca Slicer without releasing source. Rather than sue,
SFC is launching a reverse-engineering project to recreate the
proprietary libraries, maintaining a freedom-respecting Orca Slicer
fork, and forming a 3D printer software freedom committee — backed by a
$250K fundraiser.
CISA
Contractor Exposed AWS GovCloud Admin Keys in Public GitHub Repo for Six
Months
A Nightwing contractor working for CISA created a public GitHub
repository named “Private-CISA” in November 2025 as a sync tool between
work and personal computers, exposing AWS GovCloud administrative keys,
plaintext passwords, cloud tokens, and CISA’s internal deployment
documentation. Security researchers discovered it around May 15 — six
months later. The AWS keys remained valid for another 48 hours after
notification. CISA says there is no evidence of actual compromise.
Anthropic
Acquires Stainless, the SDK Generator Behind All Official Claude
Libraries
Anthropic has acquired Stainless, the company that has powered every
official Anthropic SDK — generating TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, and
Kotlin libraries from API specs. The rationale is agent connectivity: as
Claude agents need to reach more external systems, having SDK
infrastructure in-house becomes strategic. Stainless also generates SDKs
for hundreds of other companies.
BrowserPod:
A Full Linux-like Kernel Running in a Browser Tab
LeaningTech’s BrowserPod is a WebAssembly-native kernel that runs
unmodified Linux applications client-side in the browser — each process
becomes a Wasm module with real syscall semantics, an ext2-compatible
filesystem streaming blocks on-demand via HTTP byte-ranges, and
networking via “Portals” (random domains exposed through Cloudflare
Workers proxies). It’s capable enough to run Blender and Claude Code
in-browser. The deep dive explains the multi-worker concurrency model,
memory isolation, and the Cheerp compiler targeting
wasm32-browserpod-linux.
Peter Salus and Peter
Neumann Have Died
Two pillars of computing history died this week. Peter H. Salus,
author of A Quarter Century of UNIX and Casting the
Net, documented the social and technical history of UNIX and the
early internet — his books remain primary sources for that era. Peter G.
Neumann, moderator of the RISKS Digest for over four decades and a
principal figure in secure systems at SRI International, helped shape
how the field thinks about system trustworthiness. An era’s voices going
quiet.
Also today
- AI & code agents
-
cargo-crap: finding untested complexity in AI-generated Rust code — Minikin.me · Lobsters
-
Finding bugs with OpenCode, Llama.cpp and Qwen3 running locally —
end-to-end local AI tooling workflow from Linux kernel contributor Willy
Tarreau — Blog
· Lobsters
- PL theory & systems
-
Programming as Theory Building (Naur, 1985) — perennially relevant,
especially now that AI agents modify codebases without access to the
original theory — PDF · Lobsters
-
Hsrs: type-safe Haskell bindings generator for Rust — GitHub · HN
-
Spork:
posix_spawn semantics with fork
usability (USENIX ATC 2025) — PDF · Lobsters
-
Fil-C: memory-safe C with near-native performance via signature-encoded
calling convention — fil-c.org · Lobsters
- Culture & craft
-
Git Blame as a First-Class Code Comprehension Tool — matklad argues for
always-on blame as a reading layer — matklad.github.io
· Lobsters
-
Misconceptions About the UNIX Philosophy — correcting common misreadings
of ‘do one thing well’ — posixcafe.org · Lobsters
-
Hyperpolyglot Lisp: Common Lisp, Racket, Clojure, and Emacs Lisp side by
side — Hyperpolyglot · HN
-
De-Bloating JavaScript: a LispE perspective on JS complexity — GitHub
wiki · Lobsters
- Misc
-
Haiku OS now boots on M1 Macs — OSNews
· Lobsters
-
16 Bytes of x86 Code: Sierpinski Fractal with PC Speaker Audio — XOR on
VGA text buffer implements Rule 60 cellular automaton, toggling port 61h
drives the speaker cone directly — Hellmood
· Lobsters
Linux & Infrastructure
Hyprland
0.55 Moves to Lua: Home Manager Migration Guide
Hyprland 0.55 introduced Lua as the primary config format, requiring
a non-trivial migration for Home Manager users. The new approach uses
lib.generators.mkLuaInline to build a typed Lua DSL:
keybinds move from flat "$mod, 1, workspace, 1" strings to
structured hl.bind(key, hl.dsp.workspace(1)) calls, with
bind flags becoming explicit Lua options. An alternative pattern
(nixCats-style) passes Nix package store paths as Lua globals into a
separately-sourced .lua file. A community Python script hyprConfToLua
automates the basic conversion but doesn’t yet handle key binds,
animations, or layouts. The 5th ricing competition is now open with a
MOON/Lua theme — deadline June 5, prizes $100/$50/$25.
Nix
Ecosystem: nix-effects, Monadic Pipes, Eval-Time Secrets, and a Million
Commits
A rich week for Nix tooling. nix-effects brings
typed validation and verified effect boundaries to Nix — effectful
programs described as pure data structures with typed interfaces, making
side effects explicit and verifiable at evaluation time (Full
Time Nix episode). denful/pipe replaces
lib.pipe with a version supporting proper functional
composition via monadic-do. A Reddit thread explores eval-time
secrets using nix-plugins to decrypt
age-encrypted files transparently during nixos-rebuild.
limime wraps the Limine bootloader for NixOS with
trivially easy Secure Boot (secureBoot.enable = true) and a
tree-style boot menu showing generations as a proper hierarchy. And
nixpkgs master crossed 1 million
commits.
Nylon:
Self-Hosted WireGuard + Babel Mesh VPN Replacing Tailscale
Nylon combines WireGuard with the Babel distance-vector routing
protocol into a fully self-hosted mesh VPN with no external coordination
servers. Unlike Tailscale, it works on restrictive networks where NAT
traversal fails by routing through intermediate nodes. Mobile clients
use a “passive hold” mechanism to maintain routing tables without
draining battery. Throughput is ~12 Gbps via batch packet
processing.
lsmon monitors multiple Linux hosts side-by-side
without agents — reads /proc remotely via SFTP, so targets
only need SSH access (GitHub). jf
is a printf-style JSON template tool for safe CLI JSON
construction — simpler than nested jo for complex
structures (GitHub).
cottage manages secrets in git repos using age
encryption with SSH keys — offline-first, no vendor lock-in (GitHub).
Epiq is a distributed git-based issue tracker TUI —
issues stored as git objects, offline-first, multi-user via standard git
sync (site).
bigfiles walks directories in parallel with
categorization and duplicate detection (GitHub). And a
creative homelab setup uses a 30EUR thermal receipt printer to produce a
physical daily health report at 6AM — ZFS pool health, Docker status,
disk usage, backup age.
Also today
- Hyprland
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Modus workspace navigation: cross-shaped 5-workspace layout, every
workspace 1–2 directional moves from home — GitHub
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HyprRun: minimal fzf-based terminal app launcher with NixOS Home Manager
module — GitHub
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Quickshell NixOS config: preview of advanced shell capabilities — GitHub
-
Hyprland 0.55 HDR brightness regression: override
sdr_max_luminance and sdr_min_luminance with
actual EDID values — r/hyprland
- Selfhosted
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Profilarr v2: multi-database arr quality profile sync, now public — GitHub · r/selfhosted
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Mend v0.8.3: zsh typo-correction and history assistant adds Git TUI
wizard — GitHub
-
SSL for internal services: community patterns — Let’s Encrypt DNS-01
challenge via Traefik/Caddy is the most popular path — r/selfhosted
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Determinate Nix evaluation speed without the proprietary daemon — r/NixOS
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Steam Controller 2026 on NixOS: disable firmware update checks to stop
constant failures — r/NixOS
Putin traveling to Beijing for
talks with Xi Jinping. Photo: Ukrainska Pravda
Hospital staff checking a visitor’s temperature at CBCA Virunga Hospital
in Goma, May 17, 2026. Photo: BBC
Armed Israeli commandos boarding a sailboat from a raiding craft in the
Mediterranean, west of Cyprus, 18 May 2026. Photo: BBC
Petrol pump attendant filling a vehicle in New Delhi, May 16, 2026 — oil
markets under strain as the Iran war disrupts Gulf supplies. Photo:
BBC
Ukrainian military forces during
operations in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Photo: RBC-Ukraine
Aftermath of Ukrainian drone strike
on industrial facility in Yaroslavl. Photo: Ukrainska Pravda
Ukraine’s first domestically
produced guided aerial bomb — 250kg KAB-type glide bomb. Photo:
Ukrainian MoD
Ansatte i Statkraft besøker byggeplassen for nye Svean kraftverk i
Trondheim. Foto: E24
Targeted RL with textual feedback —
contextual hints inserted at specific error points in a long rollout.
Image: Cursor
BrowserPod architecture: processes,
workers, filesystem, and networking. Image: LeaningTech Labs
Velvet Noir — dynamic dark-glass
Hyprland rice with Matugen-driven theme switching. Screenshot:
programmersd21
Daily homelab health receipt on
thermal paper: ZFS, Docker, Jellyfin, Immich, backup age. Photo:
r/selfhosted