top 20 hacker news stories for today

Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

https://github.com/arnegiacomo/fugleramme

12 hours ago

★ 1.4k Python MIT2 changes
1283 upvotes – 179 comments

I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea

https://notnottalmud.substack.com/p/why-i-cant-stop-thinking-about-papua

18 hours ago

1017 upvotes – 426 comments

25 years of mass surveillance is enough

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/25-years-of-mass-surveillance-is-enough.html

13 hours ago

1 change
793 upvotes – 286 comments

Introducing System One Models and Jev

https://typesafe.ai/blog/introducing-system-one-models-and-jev

5 hours ago

1 change
722 upvotes – 243 comments

US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck790xg41ygro

21 hours ago

439 upvotes – 309 comments

Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8ly49w9g1edo

14 hours ago

428 upvotes – 392 comments

An Update on Wayback Machine Access

https://blog.archive.org/2026/09/15/an-update-on-wayback-machine-access/

7 hours ago

371 upvotes – 206 comments

Linux from Scratch

https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

20 hours ago

355 upvotes – 109 comments

Java 27

https://mail.openjdk.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/ORGGLMN75HFEWP7YL3ZLGHLYHVIBJDYT/

11 hours ago

1 change
316 upvotes – 282 comments

Let's make quality the norm again

https://www.forbrukerradet.no/short-life/

15 hours ago

301 upvotes – 308 comments

Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/gemini-3-8-live-gemini-3-8-live-extended-thinking/

7 hours ago

286 upvotes – 186 comments

Show HN: Capsule – Single-file web apps that save their data into SQLite

https://withcapsule.app/

11 hours ago

279 upvotes – 118 comments

America's Driver's License Breach Is a National Security Disaster

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/america%27s-drivers-licence-breach-is-a-national-security-disaster

9 hours ago

261 upvotes – 157 comments

Israeli Minister Threatens Filmmakers' Citizenship over Gaza Documentary

https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/israeli-minister-threatens-filmmakers-citizenship-over-gaza-documentary/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX09XQ1ZNQzQ0NjcxMC1WSURFTw

10 hours ago

255 upvotes – 66 comments

CSS-Tricks in Limbo

https://vale.rocks/micros/20260915-0135

17 hours ago

245 upvotes – 102 comments

Alternatives to MinIO for single-node local S3

https://rmoff.net/2026/01/14/alternatives-to-minio-for-single-node-local-s3/

16 hours ago

237 upvotes – 96 comments

Ex-FTC boss Khan: break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/14/ex-ftc-boss-khan-urges-uncle-sam-to-break-out-the-handcuffs-for-ai-ceos-citing-1934-precedent/5296325

1 day ago

220 upvotes – 134 comments

We got admin access to Baseten's production GitHub in 25 minutes

https://www.strix.ai/blog/baseten-harbor-github-pat-takeover

7 hours ago

209 upvotes – 111 comments

There's a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Ruining the Internet

https://www.404media.co/theres-a-100-chance-ai-agents-are-already-ruining-the-internet/

8 hours ago

209 upvotes – 148 comments

Show HN: Hacking a $20 4G wireless hotspot into a texting device

https://bkovac.github.io/modem-thing/

11 hours ago

173 upvotes – 31 comments
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