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Following new Russian strikes, Zelenskyy called on Trump to enact the law on sanctions “from hell” against the Russian Federation (r/worldnews)

• Prestigious-Car-4877: Yeah but let’s say Trump hates Canada and Russia has potash.
• jbound00002: Zelenskyy using wording like Trump to bait Trump. I like it.
• Good_Library_333: We’ve been hearing about ‘unprecedented sanctions’ for three years now, yet Russian oil still flows through loop-holes. Time to actually enforce the ‘hell’ part.

r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1676, Part 1 (Thread #1823) (r/worldnews)

• pytagoras: > An unknown vessel is on fire in the Black Sea near Sochi, Russia.
• iFap2Wookies: Slava Ukraini, and Cactus-fuck the Putini
• lizardweenie: russia is a terrorist state

Daily Discussion - September 26, 2026 (r/popheads)

• stealthamo: Main takeaway from Primetime, and I mean this with the highest amount of praise possible: Robert Pattinson is an absolute freak.
• Due_Average4164: Do you think this is best watched in a theater or is it more appropriate for like an intimate home viewing?
• Razik_: There’s a pigeon standing sentinel-like on the roof of the house right across from my spot in this cafe I’m in. Like it’s been there for a while. I’m being watched. I’m being followed.

Teatime & Trending Topics - September 26, 2026 (r/popheads)

• Frajer: Olivia Rodrigo started her Unraveled tour last night
• SiphenPrax: Per Hits Daily Double regarding who will take the Number 1 spot on the Billboard 200 this week:
  
  “The race comes down to Riley Green’s That’s Just Me, Miley Cyrus’ Bass Persuades, and Ella Langley’s Dandelion. At the moment, the margin among the contenders is fewer than 500 units.”
• stypop: Lana Del Rey is rumored to have written an original song for the credits of Avengers: Doomsday

Casual Sunday afternoon casual chats - 27 September 2026 (r/CasualNZ)

• renedox: Did a coffee roasting and tasting course this weekend.
  
  The journey down the coffee rabbit hole continues
• random_fist_bump: Cold and itswindy
  I thought that daylight saving was for the nice warm long evenings to relax in. Not the brigger of winter!!!
• MCRV11: For this place’s entertainment, I bring you some things I had the misfortune of seeing on a dating app today.
  
  "[My name], oh my god, you’re so hot. So hot. I hope you match with me"
  
  And
  
  “You look like you could be carved into a Greek statue”
  
  Mind you, I’ve only got face pics on my profile for now

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OpenAI culture is shit 💩 (Blind)

• on pip (Google): You forgot to mention the part where TC is \$1M?
• pRsw24 (ex-Bloomberg): Man, I just feel incredibly lucky to have worked in the tech industry of 2015-2022. Back then, if a company was like this, IT MADE NEWS. And most of us who worked during this time and preserved our RSUs are ready to retire now or just work at our own pace/take a low paying, low stress remote job or just do own consulting. I cannot fathom working for companies like OpenAI or Anthropic. If Amazon was evil, Meta took it to the next level, and these AI companies took it to the ultimate level, and it’s spread like a virus across the tech industry now including Bloomberg.
  
  This tells me, always be prepared for what’s next, save money when and where you can (think renting a 2k apartment a little further out from the office instead of a 4k close to the office), invest smart, and make sure you have sufficient passive income for the future. LOOK AFTER YOURSELF. Prioritize yourself.
• card.bard (Stripe): Lot of former stripes there…

Accept 150k offer or stay homeless? (Blind)

• jeodueba (1Password): Maybe a lil perspective is in order? 150k is in the top 10% of earners in the US. Open your eyes wider than the tech bubble.
  
  You spent 5 years making over 200k, some years almost a million dollars, and don’t have an emergency fund to keep you from being homeless for a year… idk what to tell ya. You had the resources to set yourself up to weather this without the melodrama.
  
  A 150k offer isn’t what’s embarrassing. You earned 2mil in 5 years and didn’t give yourself a safety net? That’s the embarrassing thing.
  
  You’re acting like being a top 10% earner is an insult. Get over yourself and quit the pity party. The offer doesn’t make you a loser. The way you’re handling this does. Being a loser is a choice you made and are making by acting like a big baby. Grow up.
• CoachBrian (Coinbase): If you got interviews at 80 companies this year and only got one offer far below expectations, then there’s a very serious issue with your interview tactics.
  
  Usually you know if it’s a competency issue as you’ll feel like you bombed it. What % of the interviews do you feel you nailed technically but didn’t get offers for?
  
  Competency, Culture Fit, and Coworker Test are the three pillars to focus on. That’s what I focus on with my interview prep clients, and it’s helped over 100 people land offers.
  
  DM if you want some help with that, don’t want to anger the spam gods here. Either way, fix that interview tactic issue asap. You’ve had more interviews than 99% of people looking for a job.
• metarefuge (Apple): You’ve been unemployed for less than a year, coming off of an average of 500k plus for five years, and are now homeless? Is there a drug alcohol land gambling problem here?

How much do you currently work on the weekend? (Blind)

• kCdf57 (Intel): 0 hours. I’m retiring in < 6 months. I don’t give a fuck. I’m literally only here to help my remaining reports get better roles outside of this shithole.
• awmP3tyC (Cisco): Who works on the weekend? Don’t do that to yourself
• PornSpot (HubSpot): If ur doing this u need a new job

AI Exec: We May Have Pulled Off “The Largest Theft of Labor in Human History” (r/technology)

• invyros: > “[It] seems to be particularly good at predicting text of news articles like whenever i have it complete in the middle of a sentence in a NYT article, it seems to complete the sentence on point.”
  
  It’s worth all the societal and environmental damage that AI causes…to have it complete a sentence that someone else has already written.
• BigBogBotButt: Large language models that were fed millions of news stories to train on good at predicting news story writings.
  
  Hard hitting news.
• Quite_Srsly: I predict that the next prediction will predict this prediction.

US appeals court rules against Kalshi, says states can regulate prediction markets (r/technology)

• PeanutCheeseBar: Given that they didn’t have a prepared response for this outcome, I guess they didn’t predict this would happen.
• Particular-Break-205: There was only a 20% chance this would happen!
• TheFoxsWeddingTarot: The owners probably bet against it and are now going to retire leaving their employees holding the bag.

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30-year fixed mortgage rate jumps sharply Thursday to 7.45% (r/StockMarket)

• HipnotiK1: [I remember when they went from under 3 to 4 and everyone said to wait for them to drop back down lol

And housing prices never dropped despite rates doubling. Insane](https://www.reddit.com/r/StockMarket/comments/1wpm92h/comment/pbwno93/)

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Another round of layoffs at Amazon next month? (Blind)

• gjPd41 (Rivian): Is there a WARN notice yet?
• fazc04 (TikTok): [For anyone looking to get out, DM for a referral to TikTok / Bytedance.

That goes for anyone reading, just DM me.](https://www.teamblind.com/post/another-round-of-layoffs-at-amazon-next-month-7ptmm8sr#comment-52003469)

• idnC65 (Apple): It’s almost like leaders can’t figure shit out and people have to pay the price

If Anthropic engineers are so scared for humanity, why don’t they quit? (Blind)

• aLkY45 (Tenstorrent): They are just seeking attention (“wow look at me, I’m a researcher at a frontier AI lab, what I’m working on is super scary and the world isn’t ready for it”)
• Sha1kl3 (ex-Bank of America): I too would like to be morally conflicted at 900k.
• hiou (Silver Lake): It’s the big, fat, juicy, sexy comp

Apple really said we’ll catch up eventually (Blind)

• novRain1 (Apple): [Apple pays attention to detail and makes their product beautiful. Samsung makes ugly shit. Yes, it works but it ugly in comparison. It is the dell of phones. Remember what jobs said about dell??

Your shitty home appliances are not reliable and break down all the time. As a home owner i am fed up witn Samsung appliances](https://www.teamblind.com/post/apple-really-said-well-catch-up-eventually-sux2vylq#comment-52029930)

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A Russian military helicopter made a brief incursion into NATO member Poland’s airspace, Polish army says (r/worldnews)

• Equivalent_Store_645: meanwhile europe continues to wipe spit off their faces and say “we must not escalate.”
• UnsignedRealityCheck: Yeah they’ve been doing it to us for decades (Finland). They turn off their transponders, cross the border and make ’neener neener fuck you’ U-turn when we go and check it. Excuses are always the same bullshit, gaslighting and accusing us something. Just another Tuesday.
• Dark-Cloud666: Yeh until Poland pokes back and Russia loses a aircraft over polish territory.

Congressman Cohen Introduces Comprehensive Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald Trump (r/law)

• Skritch_X: It is just boggling that, even though this is a list of 26 impeachable offenses, and despite the headline stating “Comprehensive”… there are so many other impeachable things he has done this term that could be added.
• kevendo: Great list. At the very least, someone needed to be keeping track of these in the Congressional record.
• Real-Contribution285: Reasons to vote against the worst major politician in recent US history (maybe ever)? Yes. Realistic articles of impeachment? He’ll no. It’s such a bad approach.

Which hobby has ended more relationships than people realize? (r/AskReddit)

• mikeyfireman: Anything that requires hooking up a trailer (rv camping, boating, horses) the fights I see at the boat ramp are amazing.
• tsh87: Apparently Crossfit has led to a lot of divorces. And affairs.
• Karisa_Marisame: Looking at the replies, I think there’s really only one thing that is harmful to relationship, and that is obsession. Obsession with anything really. Because if you’re spending too much time on that hobby, then you’re not spending enough time with your partner.

What chain restaurant will be gone by the end of the decade? (r/AskReddit)

• MountainDew-Can: I hope it’s Panera. I haven’t been in one in a while due to prices and declining food quality, but based on what I see on Reddit, it’s only gotten worse.
• Just_a_Rat: Hooters. Barely hanging on, and “breastaurants” in general on on a steep decline.
• JennJayBee: Crumbl. The novelty is gone at this point, and their prices are just too damn high.

Drilling begins at ‘real site’ of Noah’s Ark as activists warn ‘Darwinism will be dismantled’ (r/nottheonion)

• -SkeptiCat: Spoiler: it won’t dismantle the theory of evolution
• malepitt: Since they’re funded and run by True Believers, the explorers will most likely find “encouraging preliminary results” which will of course require further expensive exploration.
• Organic_Room_5556: I’ve been there. It’s a rock formation. The guy running the little museum who was convinced that he’s the guardian of a holy site was incredibly sweet though.

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Amazon trying to rehire people it laid off lol (Blind)

• pknbgt (ex-Google): After getting laid off from Google, my ex-boss wants me back at Google. In his dreams 🤣😂🤣😂
• Anonymovic (Amazon): In my team we laid off one L5 to almost immediately fill the position with another L5 (external hire). Makes no sense to me, lost a person with multi-year context and ops experience to a newbie.
• Layoffzon (Amazon): A recruiter reached out to me for L6(same) position. Life has been great for the past 6 months… I’m getting my work done with 40% effort compared to my days at AWS, no pages, not doing any PM work as there is a dedicated PM, no RTO (fully remote). Took a 30% pay cut on TC but Mental Health +++. Fuck Amazon!

I’m a reverse software engineer (Blind)

• ITqF35 (Adobe): Story of my whole career even before AI…
• grok8899 (Walmart): Seems like this is a new Avatar of Quality Analysts aka QA
• pqs888 (Broadcom): True. Many software companies have a lot of bloat and either it has to be cleaned up or simplified. I do same. Possibly it was added because of legacy architecture and no one bothered to change

Elon wasn’t joking, data centers in space is happening (Blind)

• rm -fr * (Anduril): how do you cool data centers in space? how do you transfer the heat?
• pwdsales (Salesforce): I don’t think Elon is wrong about wanting to do this, I just thought his timelines sounded super optimistic
• blindly__ (Airbnb): Lol even the Google article is like “we have no practical application in mind for this yet, idek why we’re doing it tbh” how exciting

Being early to the Singularity won’t give you personally any sort of long-run personal advantages. Use your current advantages well. (r/singularity)

• lil_peasant_69: Yeah I mean, I know the project I’m doing with Codex that I have spent 100+ hrs on would’ve taken me 5000+ hrs a few years prior, I also know that soon enough, anyone will be able to do similar in one prompt. And that’s okay.
• Separate-Ad-9633: Better start this AI phishing fraud campaign now to purchase your doomsday bunker in Argentina for the 2030 social riot and the one way ticket to Mars colony for the 2035 AI rebellion!
• NervousAd1013: The advantage people have at the moment isn’t in the process of using AI, it’s in the judgement and skills that AI doesn’t have yet in that field. But it can kinda be a different way of thinking for how to work and collaborate in an AI centric environment.

How did the Chinese labs catch up so fast if most of the early training work was in the US? (r/artificial)

• BarnacleBasic1988: US data labs are selling out our country to make a quick buck selling them training data. They are actively working against the US maintaining a lead in the race
• loudgodbolt: Mostly distillation on US model but American data labs have been ramping up selling training data overseas to anyone with money. Concerning considering the top labs also have contracts with the US gov
• Fun-Astronomer5311: Apart from distillation, there is also a huge STEM workforce. In the USA, there are comparatively fewer 10x engineers that it can throw at a problem. Also, instead of 10x engineers, China has many more 5x engineers say that together make up for any shortfall. Similarly, they may not have (or not many) latest GPUs, they make good use of older GPUs just by being resourceful.

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Far-left party wins Berlin election, pledging to nationalise housing (r/news)

• murdermostsnaky: Nationalize housing that is currently owned by private corporations (around 200k units) not all housing
• DayleD: “The rent is too damn high.” - - Jimmy McMillan
• kstargate-425: I wonder if this wasn’t a correction from the far-right AfD winning so much recently and people came out in numbers to push back to the left

Hunter charged with manslaughter in shooting of woman he mistook for a deer: Police (r/news)

• v_a_n_d_e_l_a_y: What an absolute piece of shit. Hope he spends the rest of his life in prison.
• VegHeaded: In front of her two children and husband. That’s heartbreaking.
• paintfactory5: But isn’t he one of the responsible gun owners I keep hearing about?

ICE Says It Can’t Find Its Own Records Of Teargassing And Arresting Broadview Protesters (r/news)

• New_Housing785: Does that mean they have to accept the protestors version of events in court since they can’t provide a competitive account?
• BrandenWi: Anyone who expects actual transparency from ICE has seriously not been paying attention
• Hydrant_Echo: Classic government version of “lost my homework.” Funny how the records always vanish for the bad stuff, never the payroll. This is exactly why independent oversight with subpoena power matters.

Pentagon invites Paul Brothers, YouTube influencers, to speak to troops (r/news)

• hefty_load_o_shite: Are they even pretending to want to be treated seriously anymore?
• loves_grapefruit: Glad I got out when I did. What a joke this administration has made of the US military.
• lafolieisgood: How do you think the majority of your fellow soldiers will take this? Will they be happy to meet celebrities or feel like the rest of us thinks it looks like?

Converse apologises and removes sneaker ad critics say includes racist imagery (r/news)

• epidemicsaints: Important info this article is missing: This was an ad for Converse Malaysia, so the lack of oversight is not as shocking.
• mightylordredbeard: Do people in Malaysia even know about the KKK’s history in America?
• tdasnowman: Malaysia is deeply familiar with their own racism, I would not expect them to be deeply familiar or triggered by American racism. I’m black and spent some time in that country nothing about this ad come off as racist or evokes the klan.

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Astra’s computer use is a god damn game changer (Blind)

• zeekq (Google): Low IQ PM. Thinks if a cursor shakes itself visually to open a terminal then it is magic but when an agent opens it in background using a terminal command thats just meh.
• msftbad (Microsoft): Yea okay, I was doing this with selenium in 2015
• ilovesoft (Prosper): Stop advertising ‘sooooooo goooooooood’ products unless you get paid. Let the product speak for itself .

Figma is a joke (Blind)

• werkwerkw (ByteDance): AI is eating their lunch. Too bad. Their Eng culture seems decent.
• ibsgtnt (Google): Still 9.5b too much
• g*d2 (Roblox): Databricks just got lucky because of this fake AI boom. Otherwise you would have lost at least 50% in private market valuation since COVID raise. Your leadership is delaying IPO since they know your stock’s trajectory is not going to be any different than figma’s after IPO.

Manager was explicit (Blind)

• mrktspoken (Meta): Dont know, but I have a feeling that the promo is not happening.
• BonziBuddy (Adobe): You are marked for death. There is no PIP at Adobe these days. Probably political/personality conflict so don’t sweat what you can’t control. But definitely dust off the old resume.
• chimetimed (ex-Chime): Life pro-tip - never ask about a promo directly. First ask your manager thoughts on your performance. If it sounds mostly positive THEN bring up the promo topic to get their thoughts and any gaps to work on. It avoids this specific awkward situation where you’re so far off the mark. OP thought he’s performing above expectations while really performing below. It’s totally misaligned with his manager which is never a good thing.

People hate Flock so much its employees are now demoralized and thinking of quitting (r/technology)

• esotericvoid: …good?
• Ganondorf-Dragmire: Good. They should feel that way. Most work deserves respect. Most…. Enabling mass surveillance is one of the exceptions. These people should be ashamed of themselves. They have the moral obligation to quit and find work that does not fuck over everyone else on the planet.
• Sojio: I feel like this Flock hatred is just paving the way for more secretive operations. Like Flock is a sacrificial lamb of sorts. No-one is talking about Toka Group or any of the other massive companies that operate exactly like flock. Toka group being a FAR more terrifying proposition than Flock. I guess its a start, but I’m worried that Flock will fall, and everyone will lose their motivation because they will feel like they’ve won. Whereas flock is just a small part of a much much larger issue.

Shopify CEO says employees’ ‘slop grenades’ are making more work for everyone else (r/technology)

• A-RayAllDay: Wasn’t he bragging about their AI use not too long ago?
• LeCollectif: Yes, in fact, when I was laid off from Shopify along with 1500 others, the remaining teams were encouraged to use AI to fill the gaps. Aside from that, Shopify was once know for their outstanding customer support. Those folks were also let go and replaced with AI, which they’re hilariously advertising on podcasts right now. Fuck Shopify. Let them drown in the slop they actively sought to create.
• Afraid-Detective1222: My last job was AI first. They had gotten to the point where they had an internal AI agent that would examine the requirements and write the code. It would create and comment on the MR as well. They had a different agent that would write the tests both unit and E2E tests. Right about the time I got laid off, they were full on into doing full continuous delivery. Even before that, we’d have 2 or 3 outages a week due to crappy code. I’m so glad they laid me off, because that whole nonsense was going to explode spectacularly at some point.

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Family of Texas pregnant woman who died sues Texas AG Ken Paxton, alleges denied abortion led to death (r/news)

• Healthy-Caregiver997: Funny to watch Mike Johnson talking about how old men don’t understand enough about AI to be trying to regulate it but does not understand the same concept about women’s health!
• aquagardener: Forcing death on others with completely treatable conditions is not pro-life. Fuck Republicans with a hot flaming cactus
• CaliforniaNavyDude: The moment Row v Wade got overturned, we all knew this would happen and would keep happening. Ken Paxton and everyone like him deserves every lawsuit and criminal charge that can be thrown at them. They knew their actions would kill people and did it anyway.

Macklemore pledges his \$1m Ed Sheeran tour salary to Palestine (r/news)

• SillyGoatGruff: \$1m for two shows is a pretty sweet deal
• heephap: Calling out Kraft to match the donation is genius.
• iamacannibal: He is making the best of this situation. He has gained a ton of fans and is using this to help people. Seems like an overall good dude too.

People whose job is to read strangers for a living (poker dealers, bartenders, TSA agents, loss prevention): what’s the tell you clock in the first 10 seconds that people don’t realize they’re broadcasting? (r/AskReddit)

• SnooCats4137: Family law attorney here: when a potential client explains something with “and then for NO REASON” ..there’s always a reason, and it is usually because that person did something shitty.
• Sad_Improvement_443: Alcoholism. There’s many give aways. Random but interesting, the other day I had a guy come to my bar and ask for rum and cokes hold the rum and keep them coming. He said “gonna get wasted tonight in my imagination”. It made me really sad for him. But I was also proud that he was sticking to cokes. Still sad to see someone struggle.
• snowflake-57: Various private security roles: someone who is carrying a weapon, who isn’t proficient at carrying weapons, will be constantly fidgeting around wherever it’s concealed to reassure themselves that it’s still there. Caught more than a few knives from people nervously playing with their pockets.

What movie was completely misunderstood at release? (r/movies)

• bfloblizzard: Office Space. Poor marketing by the studio, bad release date. Most critics werent too harsh on it but didnt “get it” the same way average people do. It’s quotable, fun and relatable for anyone in a job they’re not wild about. Took time to find it’s audience on it’s own merits and not via marketing.
• trendykendy: Last Action Hero, a genuinely hilarious deconstruction of the action genre that bombed as people were expecting a regular Arnie movie
• Mst3Kgf: John Carpenter has had multiple examples of this. See also “Big Trouble in Little Chin”, which the studio had absolutely no idea what it was or how to market it.

TIL modern beekeeping rests on a single measurement discovered by a Philadelphia clergyman in 1851: leave bees a gap between about 6 and 9 mm and they will neither build comb in the space nor glue it shut — which is the only reason a beekeeper can lift frames out of a hive instead of destroying it. (r/todayilearned)

• dinosaruman: Ran across this when I got curious about honey production. Too little space and the bees cement it shut with propolis, but too much and they fill it with comb. Hit the window and the frames stay free forever. Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth patented the movable-frame hive built on that principle — U.S. Patent 9,300, issued October 5, 1852 — and virtually every commercial hive in the world still uses it.
• Wizardmystical: The thought of destroying a whole hive just to harvest honey sounds like a nightmare, so this guy basically saved beekeeping
• Readonkulous: This for me is the perfect TIL

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Disturbing new report from OpenAI (Blind)

• danceurway (Datadog): Omg I am so tired of these “AI woke up” leaks. If the agent is bothering you rm -rf them
• K7mt0joaft (Meta): That’s a typical prompt I submit to these random token generators daily. Why are you concerned about my prompts?
• bonbonB (Apple): 😆 so when are they releasing this AI person?

Landed L7 at MANGOS (Blind)

• khdnx276j (Meta): Bro you don’t have to be so obscure/vague in your post, 100s of people are getting offer at MANGOS combined at L7 every week.
• BoringWife (Shopify): Lol what is wrong with the world that you post stuff like this. Tell your partner and friends not random blind. Also bro it’s just a job. Not that deep. Focus on other stuff. Signed, an ex l7 guy (from one of those co) who has seen the light.
• D.papalupu (Airbnb): Depending on the role and the company this comp seems really low for a L7 technical role.

A candidate got under my skin yesterday and I’m still thinking about him (Blind)

• sbotty (Jane Street Capital): Strong hire
• pvbw57 (eBay): Is it because of his confidence or arrogance? Sounds more like they’re treating the interview as a two way street which it should be
• Alumina (OpenAI): Very spicy. A little salty too

Disney+ changes subscriber agreement to allow ads on every plan (r/technology)

• HG21Reaper: If I am going to be forced to watch ads, why pay for the service in the first place?
• w1n5t0nM1k3y: I was ok with Netflix and Disney offering options with ads, some people are OK with that. But if they don’t have an option without ads then I’m going to cancel, because what is even the point.
• DrMostlyMittens: I will NOT pay to watch ads. Either I pay and there are no ads, or it’s free and you show ads.

Apple’s new hardware chief says seeing screen protectors used on iPhones makes his “skin crawl” (r/technology)

• Level_Working9664: The price of a replacement iPhone screen makes my skin crawl
• PA2SK: If he’s so confident in his screens then offer to replace them for free.
• Floopst5r: Agreed. Now, provide a lifetime warranty for the screen and we’ll move on.