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2026-05-11 Social General Briefing Summary

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Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes (r/news)

6 people found dead inside cargo train boxcar in Texas (r/news)

Fugitive former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro is now in the United States courtesy of a visa from President Donald Trump after fleeing Hungary (r/worldnews)

Vatican recognises the ‘pain’ experienced by LGBTQ+ Catholics in landmark report (r/worldnews)

TIL that the oldest active organization affiliated with New Orleans Mardi Gras hasn’t marched in the parade since 1991 because it refuses to let non-white people join. (r/todayilearned)

What’s a “rich people thing” you experienced once and immediately understood why rich people love it? (r/AskReddit)

2026-05-11 Social Tech Briefing Summary

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Is Java a looked down upon language, if you code in Java you a disgrace? (Blind)

Is Microsoft still a decent place to work for? (Blind)

Get out while you have the chance (Blind)

AI data centers face increasing complaints about inaudible but ‘felt’ infrasound — citizens complain high- and low-frequency sounds do not register on decibel meters but cause adverse health effects (r/technology)

Louis Rossmann tells 3D printer maker Bambu Lab to “Go (Bleep) yourself” over its threatened lawsuit against enthusiast — Right to Repair advocate offers to pay the legal fees for a threatened OrcaSlicer developer (r/technology)

How much will you miss traditional programming? (r/cscareerquestions)

2026-05-10 Social General Briefing Summary

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FEMA Caught Blocking Grants to States That Didn’t Vote for Trump (r/politics)

Moscow’s Victory Day Parade Lasted Just 45 Minutes, Shortest in Modern Russian History (r/worldnews)

More than 100 sickened in norovirus outbreak aboard Caribbean Princess cruise (r/news)

TIL : Cold temperatures weaken nasal immunity, making us more vulnerable to viruses. A mere 5°C drop in nasal tissue temperature reduces immune response by nearly half. (r/todayilearned)

California will give new parents hundreds of free diapers for all newborns born in the state (r/UpliftingNews)

TIL of the “spirit effect”, whereby spirit airlines entering a new route would cause other carriers to drop prices, making prices more affordable for regular Americans (r/todayilearned)

2026-05-10 Social Tech Briefing Summary

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Got a rejection from OpenAI today (Blind)

Cloudflare laid off 20% of workforce, what a joke (Blind)

Claude vs ChatGPT (Blind)

Mark Zuckerberg Just Told 8,000 Employees Their Layoffs Are a Line Item in His \$145 Billion AI Bill (r/technology)

Wife works in big tech. They are going from 1 PM : 7 engineers to 1 PM : 1 engineer with a big round of layoffs hitting next week. (r/cscareerquestions)

Kevin O’Leary’s proposed 9GW “hyperscale” AI data center in Utah will consume double the state’s entire electricity usage and generate the waste heat of 23 atom bombs a day. (r/technology)

2026-05-09 Social General Briefing Summary

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Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ redistricting plan, dimming party’s midterm hopes (r/news)

Babies are bleeding to death as parents reject a vitamin shot given at birth (r/news)

Ukraine reportedly launches dozens of drones at Moscow ahead of Victory Day Parade (r/worldnews)

TIL that Maria Antonia of Austria had the highest inbreeding coefficient (0.3053) of the House of Habsburg - higher than the child of brother and sister or the child of a parent and their own offspring (r/todayilearned)

USPS proposal would allow handguns to be sent through the mail for the first time since 1927 (r/nottheonion)

What is the biggest scam people still willingly participate? (r/AskReddit)

2026-05-09 Social Tech Briefing Summary

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Gen Z report driving me insane (Blind)

Just saw the dumbest take on software of this century on X (Blind)

Cursor vs Anthropic vs Quant dev (Blind)

Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web (r/technology)

EU calls VPNs “a loophole that needs closing” in age verification push (r/technology)

From your exp. do you work less, more or evenly after using AI? (r/webdev)

2026-05-08 Social General Briefing Summary

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US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support (r/news)

Christian missionary hailed as ‘holiest man alive’ pleads guilty to abusing boys in Texas (r/news)

US military strikes Iran’s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas (r/worldnews)

Massive anti-pedophile operation in Poland, 123 detained (r/worldnews)

What’s a ‘silent luxury’ that rich people have that most normal people would never even notice? (r/AskReddit)

TIL hikers in the Alps discovered Otzi in 1991, a 5,300-year-old man naturally preserved in ice. Scientists identified his last meal as ibex meat and grains, found over 60 soot tattoos around his joints and spine, and recovered his copper axe, flint knife, a fire-starting kit and grass cloak. (r/todayilearned)

Spirit Airlines passenger with dementia found dead after staff ‘abandoned’ him at airport, lawsuit says (r/nottheonion)

2026-05-08 Social Tech Briefing Summary

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Is Alex wang from Scale AI legit (Blind)

  • sfvq47 (Amazon): i mean he was MOP and on us physics team so he is fs genius
  • hugMePls (Microsoft): He was the tech lead of quora at 16, someone also mentioned an international Olympiad as well. Joma tech actually has a video where he talks about being interviewed by him at 19. Dude’s cracked, unbelievably so.
  • vristotle (Microsoft): Being good at high school math competitions isn’t the same as being a good leader. There are many posts on here talking about how inexperienced he is with real AI work and how inept of a leader he is. Not surprised, he seems very immature and grew up with a silver spoon

Amazon INTENSIONALLY leaks layoffs (Blind)

  • nthin2lose (SentinelOne): Amazon knows how to keep everything toxic.
  • Jefry (Salesforce): They also stack rank by spelling performance.
  • liberat3d (ZenBusiness PBC): It’ll be ironic if they cut someone tomorrow who fixes their outage issues today.

Mass Layoffs Have Consequences (Blind)

  • RowdySWE (Block): Elon basically gave CEOs permission to start doing this when he ripped apart twitter and it was still functioning.
  • crazzak (Microsoft): Employees don’t feel invested in companies that throw them away like trash the second it saves them a buck; this leads to less innovation and decline in quality.
  • JNSx07 (Manhattan Associates): But no one really cares… CEO only cares about quarterly results and share value.

Cloudflare lays off 1,100 people (r/technology)

PSA: Instagram Encrypted Messaging Ends on Friday, May 8 (r/technology)

Apple is putting cameras in AirPods. What could possibly go wrong? (r/technology)

I’ve been working with a Vibe Coder and this has been my experience (r/webdev)

Looking for feedback on AI content in r/programming and the April no-AI trial (r/programming)

2026-05-07 Social General Briefing Summary

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CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87 (r/news)

South Korean judge who hiked ex-first lady’s jail sentence found dead just 8 days after sentencing (r/worldnews)

Alleged suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein unsealed by federal judge (r/news)

What scientific discovery sounds fake but is 100% real and still freaks you out? (r/AskReddit)

TIL Krakatoa’s eruption was estimated to be at 310 dB, the loudest sound ever. Well above the typical max sound limit of 194 dB (r/todayilearned)

Pope Leo called his bank’s customer service line. They hung up on him (r/nottheonion)

2026-05-07 Social Tech Briefing Summary

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What’s the best company to have on your resume as tech hiring is being reshaped? (Blind)

Why does Leetcode still exist (Blind)

How to deal with AI slop essay colleagues (Blind)

A Michigan farm town voted down plans for a giant OpenAI-Oracle data center. Weeks later, construction began (r/technology)

xAI will be dissolved as a separate entity. (r/singularity)

TikTok’s algorithm favored Republican content in 2024 US elections, study finds (r/technology)

I’m curious if “I’m curious” is the new em dash AI tell (r/webdev)