Three Hapsburgs and a Reporter Walk into a Canadian Vault(nytimes.com)

20 points by samclemens 11 months ago | 16 comments

DOGE Employees Shared Social Security Data(nytimes.com)

20 points by insane_dreamer 9 months ago | 3 comments

A cryptography research body held an election and they can't decrypt the results(nytimes.com)

55 points by FabHK 11 months ago | 20 comments

If You Think This Instrument Is Hard to Play, Try Building One(nytimes.com)

21 points by tintinnabula 9 months ago | 6 comments

Peanut allergies have plummeted in children(nytimes.com)

145 points by JumpCrisscross 1 year ago | 123 comments

Has the decline of knowledge work begun?(nytimes.com)

351 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 615 comments

New York Times article on white-collar layoffs and whether knowledge work is in decline; the page loaded only a captcha.

Chuck Norris has died(variety.com)

642 points by mp3il 7 months ago | 385 comments

Variety news obituary reporting the death of actor and martial artist Chuck Norris, star of Walker, Texas Ranger.

SpaceX files to go public(nytimes.com)

322 points by nutjob2 6 months ago | 442 comments

New York Times article reporting that SpaceX has filed to go public; the page loaded as a captcha human-verification challenge.

Cormac McCarthy has died(nytimes.com)

803 points by benbreen 3 years ago | 330 comments

New York Times obituary reporting the death of American novelist Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023).

Ted Kaczynski has died(nytimes.com)

587 points by mfiguiere 3 years ago | 279 comments

New York Times article reporting the death of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, in June 2023; the page shows an account/login gate.

Dolly Parton has died(theguardian.com)

1464 points by helsinkiandrew 2 months ago | 222 comments

Guardian obituary news article reporting that Dolly Parton, country singer, actor and philanthropist, has died aged 80.

Pope Francis has died(reuters.com)

772 points by phillipharris 1 year ago | 538 comments

Reuters news article reporting that Pope Francis has died aged 88, according to a Vatican statement, on April 21, 2025.