Weather
🌡 Temp Max 25.9°C
🌡 Temp Min 14.0°C
☔ Precip Chance 0%
🌅 Sunrise 02:42
🌇 Sunset 19:31
Quote of the Day
"It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts."
Word of the Day
optimistic
/ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/
adjective
Expecting the best in all possible ways.
Example: in an optimistic mood
Met Museum
Coin
684–685 CE/65 A.H.
MoMA Highlight
The Starry Night
1889
Vincent van Gogh
Oil on canvas
The Guardian
- ‘The best thing I’ve seen in my life’ – your top TV of 2025 so far TelevisionCultureTelevision & radio
- When Starmer speaks, the world listens – or so Labour imagines | John Crace UK newsPoliticsKeir StarmerKemi BadenochLBC
- ‘Oh no! It’s a Gruffalo!’ Julia Donaldson’s 15 best books – ranked! BooksCultureJulia DonaldsonAxel SchefflerIllustrationChildren and teenagersArt and design
- MI6 has appointed its first female leader. What took it so long? | Zoe Williams WomenMI6UK security and counter-terrorismUK newsWomen in politicsGenderPoliticsWomenLife and styleWomen in the boardroomSocietyBusiness
- ‘This is the looting of America’: Trump and Co’s extraordinary conflicts of interest in his second term Trump administrationDonald TrumpEthicsCryptocurrenciesQatarUnited Arab EmiratesElon MuskJeff BezosSpaceXOil and gas companiesAmazonInternetUS politicsUS news
Hacker News - Top 10
- ZX Spectrum graphics magic | 1 Comments | Link
- What happens when clergy take psilocybin | 96 Comments | Link
- Generative AI coding tools and agents do not work for me | 103 Comments | Link
- Show HN: Chawan TUI web browser | 25 Comments | Link
- Show HN: Canine – A Heroku alternative built on Kubernetes | 82 Comments | Link
- Benzene at 200 | 95 Comments | Link
- WhatsApp introduces ads in its app | 361 Comments | Link
- Battle to eradicate invasive pythons in Florida achieves milestone | 27 Comments | Link
- Show HN: Nexus.js - Fabric.js for 3D | 18 Comments | Link
- Snorting the AGI with Claude Code | 144 Comments | Link
On This Day
- 2017 Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people. June 2017 Portugal wildfires
- 2015 A white supremacist committed a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people during a prayer service. White supremacyCharleston church shootingEmanuel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchCharleston, South Carolina
- 1963 Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh CityJoint Communiqué (Vietnam)Buddhist crisisSouth Vietnam
- 1952 Guatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres (0.91 km2) in area to local peasants. Guatemalan RevolutionCongress of the Republic of GuatemalaDecree 900
- 1940 Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster. World War IIRMS LancastriaSaint-Nazaire
- 1919 Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, leading to the death of a British police officer. Epsom riot
- 1913 In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action. DetroitStudebaker1913 Studebaker strike
- 1900 Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle. Boxer RebellionEight-Nation AllianceBattle of the Taku Forts (1900)Taku FortsQing dynasty
- 1861 American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movements of troops by train. American Civil WarBattle of Vienna, Virginia
- 1795 French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal Navy squadron commanded by William Cornwallis (pictured) fended off a numerically superior French Navy fleet. French Revolutionary WarsBrittanyRoyal NavyWilliam CornwallisCornwallis's RetreatFrench Navy
- 1775 American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts. American Revolutionary WarBattle of Bunker HillBoston
- 1631 Mumtaz Mahal (pictured), wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. Mumtaz MahalList of emperors of the Mughal EmpireShah JahanOrigins and architecture of the Taj MahalTaj Mahal
- 1579 Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England. Francis DrakeCaliforniaNew Albion
- 1462 Hungarian–Ottoman Wars: Wallachian forces led by Vlad Dracula attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Sultan Mehmed II. Hungarian–Ottoman WarsWallachiaVlad the ImpalerNight attack at TârgovișteOttoman EmpireMehmed II
- 1397 The kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Eric of Pomerania. Kalmar UnionPersonal unionErik of Pomerania
- 653 Pope Martin I was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople. Pope Martin ILateran PalaceConstantinople