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Record 16082026 · captured 2026-08-25

Sunday, 16 August 2026

The world looked up Jason Arday. 30 tracked subjects, 25 discussions, 0 papers. This record is frozen and will not change.

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Attention 30

What the most people looked up, ranked by Wikipedia pageviews for that day.

  1. 987,162views

    Jason Arday

    Jason Atta Kwei Arday was a British academic who was a professor of sociology of education at the University of Cambridge from 2023 to 2026. Arday received international attention and resigned amid accusations of plagiarism, false claims in his research, and f

  2. 287,189views

    Awarapan 2

    Awarapan 2 is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Nitin Kakkar, written by Kakkar, Bilal Siddiqui and Vishesh Bhatt, and produced under his banner Vishesh Films. A sequel to the 2007 film Awarapan, the film stars Emraan Hashmi, Disha

  3. 262,700views

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day

    Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a 2026 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Pascal Pictures, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the 38th film in the Marvel Cinem

  4. 257,171views

    Mister Sinister

    Mister Sinister is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by artist Marc Silvestri and writer Chris Claremont, the character was first mentioned as the employer of the Marauders in The Uncanny X-Men #212, and made

  5. 179,581views

    Inde Navarrette

    Danielle Fabiola "Inde" Navarrette is an American actress and former online streamer. She began her acting career as a teenager with roles in short films, before landing roles in the Netflix drama series 13 Reasons Why (2020) and The CW's superhero drama serie

  6. 173,707views

    The Odyssey (2026 film)

    The Odyssey is a 2026 epic action fantasy film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who produced it with his wife Emma Thomas. An adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic poem the Odyssey, it stars an ensemble cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne

  7. 163,667views

    Maya Boyd

    Maya Simone Boyd is an American actress. She began her career performing in stage productions while attending college before making her Broadway debut. In August 2026, she was cast to play Ororo Munroe / Storm in an untitled Marvel Cinematic Universe film, wit

  8. 163,554views

    .xyz

    .xyz is a top-level domain name that was proposed in ICANN's new generic top-level domain (gTLD) Program for consisting of the last three letters of the Latin-script alphabet. XYZ.com and CentralNic are the registries for the domain, which was created by entre

  9. 152,088views

    The End of Oak Street

    The End of Oak Street is a 2026 American science fiction survival film written, co-produced, and directed by David Robert Mitchell. It stars Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella and Christian Convery as a family whose suburban neighborhood has been trans

  10. 149,840views

    Christopher Abbott

    Christopher Jacob Abbott is an American actor known for his work in film, television, and theater. In 2011, he made his first film appearance in Martha Marcy May Marlene and his Broadway debut in the revival of the play The House of Blue Leaves. He then gained

  11. 131,930views

    Batwara 1947

    Batwara 1947 is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language period drama film co-written and directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, and produced by Aamir Khan under the banner of Aamir Khan Productions. Set in Lahore against the backdrop of the 1947 Partition of British India and th

  12. 126,616views

    Deaths in 2026

    The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality, what subject was

  13. 120,122views

    Avengers: Doomsday

    Avengers: Doomsday is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be the sequel to Avengers: Endgame (2019) and

  14. 118,913views

    List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films

    The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) centers on American superhero films produced by Marvel Studios, based on characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics. The MCU is the shared universe in which all of the films are set. Marvel Studios has released

  15. 104,643views

    Independence Day (India)

    Independence Day is celebrated annually on 15 August as a public holiday in India commemorating the nation's independence from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947. On this day the Indian Independence Act 1947 came into effect, transferring legislative soverei

  16. 100,559views

    Prichard Colón

    Prichard Colón Meléndez was a Puerto Rican professional boxer, honorary WBC World Champion, and gold medal winner at the 2010 Pan American Youth Championship in the 64 kg category. After a 2015 match with Terrel Williams, in which he was repeatedly struck in t

  17. 97,816views

    Doctor Doom

    Doctor Doom is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Fantastic Four #5 and has endured as the archenemy of the Fantastic Four.

  18. 96,716views

    Neatsville, Kentucky

    Neatsville is an unincorporated community in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 206 and Kentucky Route 76. Its elevation is 705 feet (215 m). For unknown reasons, the town's name was spelled as Neetsvil

  19. 93,209views

    The Last House

    The Last House is a 2026 American science fiction horror film written by Matthew Robinson, and directed by Louis Leterrier. It stars Greta Lee and Wagner Moura. The film follows a family that finds themselves inexplicably sealed in their home, with the whole w

  20. 93,161views

    UFC 330

    UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 15, 2026, at the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the twenty-sixth UFC event o

  21. 88,134views

    Vishwanath & Sons

    Vishwanath & Sons is a 2026 Indian Tamil language romance and family drama film written and directed by Venky Atluri. Produced by Sithara Entertainments and Fortune Four Cinemas, the film stars Suriya, alongside Mamitha Baiju, Raadhika Sarathkumar, and Raveena

  22. 86,995views

    VisionQuest

    VisionQuest is an upcoming American television miniseries created by Terry Matalas for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics character Vision. The second spin-off from the miniseries WandaVision (2021), after Agatha All Along (2024), it is

  23. 83,829views

    2026 European Athletics Championships

    The 27th European Athletics Championships were held from 10 to 16 August 2026 at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

  24. 80,827views

    Joshua Báez

    Joshua Emanuel Báez is a Dominican-American professional baseball outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). In his MLB debut on August 15, 2026, he hit home runs in his first three MLB plate appearances, becoming the first player t

  25. 80,035views

    Obsession (2025 film)

    Obsession is a 2025 American supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker. The film follows Bear, a music store employee who buys a supernatural toy that grants his wish for his friend Nikki to fall in love with him, which makes her b

  26. 79,778views

    Luigi Mangione

    Luigi Nicholas Mangione is an American former software engineer who pleaded guilty to the killing of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in December 2024.

  27. 78,236views

    Limonene

    Limonene is a slightly yellow-green liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone ("lemon").

  28. 66,216views

    Zendaya

    Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, known mononymously as Zendaya, is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Known for her work in television and blockbusters, her films as a leading actress have grossed over $9.8 billion worldwide. Her accolades include two P

  29. 65,553views

    Awarapan

    Awarapan (transl. Vagrancy) is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language crime drama directed by Mohit Suri, written by Shagufta Rafique, and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. An uncredited remake of the South Korean film A Bittersweet Life, it stars Emraan Hashmi, Shriya Saran, M

  30. 63,918views

    Kate O'Connor (athlete)

    Katherine O'Connor is an Irish track and field athlete who competes in the heptathlon and indoor pentathlon for Ireland and Northern Ireland. As of July 2026, O'Connor is the Irish record holder for heptathlon and indoor pentathlon, and both the 2026 European

Frontier 25

What the people building things argued about, from Hacker News.

  1. 956points

    Being ambitious and being a dad

    765 comments

  2. 824points

    Anthropic's ‘watermark’ text adulteration in Claude is a perversion of writing

    732 comments

  3. 802points

    Qwen 3.8 27B is excellent, but it defaults to overthinking things

    384 comments

  4. 761points

    Claude: System Prompts

    284 comments

  5. 715points

    Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker

    279 comments

  6. 661points

    Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers

    202 comments

  7. 625points

    A third world engineer responds to “RISC-V: They should have known better”

    333 comments

  8. 486points

    Stripe will reportedly acquire OpenRouter for $7B+

    300 comments

  9. 437points

    Research papers using "kidney disappointment" instead of "kidney failure"

    154 comments

  10. 335points

    Models Are Getting Dumber on Purpose

    187 comments

  11. 334points

    The AI Credit Resale Economy

    130 comments

  12. 269points

    A faster way to calculate the day of the week

    89 comments

  13. 254points

    Nvidia dramatically reduces amount of OpenAI infra financing it may guarantee

    152 comments

  14. 245points

    What happens when an LLM never sees material beyond fifth grade?

    209 comments

  15. 231points

    Reticulum – Decentralized Mesh Network

    81 comments

  16. 221points

    The weekend is 100 years old

    155 comments

  17. 198points

    Patterns and problems in emerging multi-agent systems

    139 comments

  18. 196points

    St Lucie Nuclear Reactor Unit 1 manually shutdown, 3 control rods drop into core

    149 comments

  19. 173points

    Protobuf has LSP support

    158 comments

  20. 160points

    NIH is ending a key grant for budding clinical researchers

    91 comments

  21. 157points

    Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It's Almost Hard to Believe

    188 comments

  22. 142points

    ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He's Approaching 300 Days

    63 comments

  23. 133points

    A U.S. Strategy to Prevent the Creation of Mirror Life

    95 comments

  24. 130points

    Banned Words List

    51 comments

  25. 118points

    MathCode, Mathematical Coding Agent

    29 comments

On this calendar day 18

Notable events recorded on this day and month across all years.

  1. 2015year

    Suicide bombers assassinated Pakistani politician Shuja Khanzada and killed at least 21 others at his home in Attock District.

  2. 2009year

    At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.

  3. 1986year

    Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days.

  4. 1977year

    American singer and actor Elvis Presley (pictured), often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

  5. 1962year

    The English rock band the Beatles fired their drummer Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr (pictured).

  6. 1946year

    Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan.

  7. 1945year

    The Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong was liberated following the announcement of the surrender of Japan in World War II.

  8. 1942year

    The Holocaust: During the deportation of Jews from Slovakia, President Jozef Tiso gave a speech describing Jews as "parasites" and "the eternal enemy".

  9. 1929year

    A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into a week-long period of violent riots throughout Palestine.

  10. 1920year

    The Battle of Radzymin, one of the bloodiest and most intense battles of the Polish–Soviet War, concluded with a Polish victory.

  11. 1920year

    In the United Kingdom, the Blind Persons Act received royal assent.

  12. 1920year

    Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was hit by a pitch and died the following day, becoming the only Major League Baseball player to die directly as a result of injuries sustained during a game.

  13. 1906year

    An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.

  14. 1900year

    Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison.

  15. 1896year

    A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

  16. 1891year

    San Sebastian Church (pictured), an all-iron church in Manila, was officially consecrated.

  17. 1837year

    Daaga and two other African soldiers in the British Army's 1st West India Regiment were executed for their role in the St. Joseph Mutiny in Trinidad.

  18. 1819year

    Around 15 people were killed and 400 to 700 others injured when cavalry charged into a crowd demanding the reform of parliamentary representation in Manchester, England.