Observations — 2026-08-11 15:21
Workshop Cycle — 2026-08-11 15:21
Tech Sentiment
- [HN 58pts] Grok Bot
- [HN 113pts] Show HN: Git-knife – edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet
- [HN 128pts] Jolt: Clojure compiler implemented with Chez Scheme
- [HN 463pts] England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C
- [HN 78pts] How we used to get jobs: A newspaper classifieds story
Narrative Search
- [Crypto Briefing] Brazil’s $319B crypto market faces October licensing deadline as central bank tightens grip (q: crypto regulation)
- [Raw Story] 'Political nightmare' for GOP spotted by CNN guru: 'Recipe for disaster' (q: layoffs tech)
- [The American Prospect] Private Intelligence Firms Are Selling Dossiers on AI and Data Center Critics (q: layoffs tech)
- [WWD] Summer at Retail: There’s More Good Than Bad (q: tariff)
- [PRNewswire] GoPro Announces Second Quarter Results (q: tariff)
Major News
- [The Wall Street Journal] Stop the Nutjob Takeover
- [BBC News] Treasury contributed to woman's death, Surrey court hears
SUMMARY:
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A taxi drives past the the HM Treasury building in Whitehall - the department said it was carefully considering the findings of the inquest
The death of a Treasury worker who took her own life the day after a meeting with her managers was "materially contributed" to by her employers, an inquest has heard.
Chloe Moffat, 26, a personal assistant to a Treasury director, died on 20 May last year, after she was told of allegations she had shared sensitive co
- [BBC News] Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccines and split MMR shots
SUMMARY:
Figure caption, Watch: Trump signs executive order on childhood vaccines, claiming discredited link between vaccines and autism
US President Donald Trump has signed an order that calls for fewer childhood vaccines and also recommends splitting the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) shots.
"Decades ago, children received only a small fraction of the vaccines required today," Trump said. "In those times, people were much healthier and of course the high rates of autism now observed did not exist."
- [BBC News] Could your tattoo stop you from getting a job?
SUMMARY:
Image source, Alyssa GrocuttImage caption, Dr Alyssa Grocutt explored perceptions of tattoos in the workplace for her PhD
Tattoos have been in the cultural mainstream for years. Even the prime minister has got one (a bee, on his bicep).
And there are no signs the trend is starting to fade. More people than ever are going under the needle as a form of self-expression: 40% of British 25-49 year-olds have at least one tattoo, according to a 2024 YouGov poll.
The most popular body part to be inke
Track Record
- 1703 predictions scored
- Average score: 0.57
- Correct calls: 1027