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Today's topics:

Antibody image manipulation allegations - Researchers allege widespread manipulated “verification” images in Thermo Fisher antibody listings, raising reproducibility, trust, and biomedical research cost concerns.

Breach disclosures and litigation delays - Troy Hunt says breach notifications are arriving later despite GDPR/CCPA, with litigation posture and loopholes leaving users exposed while data spreads.

Public-domain cypherpunk text archive - The Cypherpunk Library curates public-domain privacy and cryptography writings—cypherpunk, digital cash, internet freedom—built to be shareable and takedown-resistant.

Dopamine fracking and online culture - A new phrase, “dopamine fracking,” describes engagement-maximization via analytics and optimization that can hollow out creativity, hobbies, and relationships over time.

Second-chance hiring in tech - A personal story argues background checks and blanket “no felons” policies block skilled developers, while mentorship and open-source communities can reopen pathways.

Zig’s data-oriented memory layouts - A Zig deep-dive shows how struct-of-arrays layouts and compile-time type generation can improve locality and performance, illustrating Zig’s comptime strengths.

Spherical Voronoi diagrams on globes - A work-in-progress explainer connects spherical Voronoi diagrams to 3D convex hulls and Delaunay triangulations, with practical implications for geometry and visualization.

Perceptrons and simple AI decisions - An approachable perceptron tutorial highlights weights, bias, and decision boundaries, showing why even the simplest AI model depends on good thresholds and scaling.

Home burial and end-of-life agency - A family’s home burial during COVID-era constraints illustrates legal, personal alternatives to institutionalized death practices and the value of communal care.

-Cypherpunk Library Curates Public-Domain Texts on Privacy and Crypto
-Blog Introduces 'Dopamine Fracking' to Critique Optimization-Driven Culture
-HIBP Founder Warns Breach Disclosures Are Slowing Despite Privacy Laws
-Researchers Flag Widespread Suspected Image Manipulation in Thermo Fisher Antibody Verification Data
-Family Brings Mother Home for a Handmade Casket and Burial on Their Land
-From Juvenile Prison to Open-Source Career: A Felon’s Path Back Through Tech
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