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1. LinkedIn CringeBot 3000

   291 points • 115 comments • aug 12, 2026

2. llama.cpp

   273 points • 121 comments • aug 12, 2026

3. Company Offering '100% Human-Written, Never AI' Medical Research Is 100% AI

   184 points • 39 comments • aug 12, 2026

4. New Bedford police officer accused of using Flock cameras to track ex-partner

   180 points • 84 comments • aug 12, 2026

5. Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content

   172 points • 96 comments • aug 12, 2026

6. CFTC declares market emergency, orders Kalshi to continue to operate in New York

   151 points • 129 comments • aug 12, 2026

7. The Human Is the Loop

   131 points • 65 comments • aug 12, 2026

8. Beef and dairy drive 41% of biodiversity damage linked to global farmland

   99 points • 144 comments • aug 12, 2026

9. What sort of maths are LLMs good at?

   98 points • 29 comments • aug 12, 2026

10. The lifesaving secret hidden inside a horseshoe crab's blue blood

    90 points • 26 comments • aug 12, 2026