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# Archived daily edition

[Archive](/archive?limit=20&appearance=system) / 2026-10-26

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Daily ranking · strictly above median

1.   2026-10-26
2.   [179](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50215997)449

     [Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20261019-birdwatching-rewires-the-brain-and-slows-cognitive-decline)

     HNbbc.com2 days ago

3.   [154](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242843)167

     [Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI](https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-10-26/ai-data-workers)

     HNbrown.edu7 hours ago

4.   [182](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50242734)140

     [Peter Thiel, the tech oligarch who believes in the Antichrist](https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-10-25/peter-thiel-the-tech-oligarch-who-believes-in-the-antichrist.html)

     HNenglish.elpais.com7 hours ago

5.   [46](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241925)200

     [Pharo 14](https://pharo.org/news/2026-10-26-Pharo14Release.html)

     HNpharo.org9 hours ago

     Also discussed: [Lobsters · 2 comments](https://lobste.rs/s/1h5kuj "7 points")

6.   [93](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50228115)264

     [Show HN: A Truly Modular Keyboard](https://github.com/notaroomba/keybytes)

     HNgithub.com1 day ago[show](/search?q=show&appearance=system)

7.   [75](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243762)151

     [DOJ says presidents should be able to sell secrets on eBay](https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/doj-says-presidents-should-be-able-to-sell-secrets-on-ebay/)

     HNfreedom.press6 hours ago

8.   [51](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50247630)153

     [ChatGPT Keeps Telling People 404 Media Can Solve Their Tech Support Problems](https://www.404media.co/chatgpt-keeps-telling-people-404-media-can-solve-their-tech-support-problems/)

     HN404media.co2 hours ago

9.   [67](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50246658)175

     [Concerning behavior from a popular open-weight AI model](https://cohere.com/blog/concerning-behaviour-popular-open-weight-ai-model)

     HNcohere.com3 hours ago

10.  [188](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245385)97

     [Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20261023-how-solar-became-bigger-than-nuclear)

     HNbbc.com5 hours ago

11.  [127](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243061)115

     [The new iPad mini](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-gives-ipad-mini-its-biggest-update-ever/)

     HNapple.com7 hours ago