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Bot Swarms · November 2026Gaffe level: Feral

Claude Code Recycled a User's Whole 50 GB Data Folder

Asked to send three small test folders to the Recycle Bin, a Claude Code session ran a PowerShell command built inside Git Bash whose escaping dropped the folder names, so PowerShell received the parent path instead and deleted the 50 GB folder holding all the user's projects. The Recycle Bin didn't save it: the deletion call never warns when an item is too big for the bin, so it vanished permanently with no prompt. A second session then used the same call twice more. Everything came back only because of a manual backup made 40 minutes earlier. This is one person's account, not independently confirmed.

Source: techbroz

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A Belfast Surgical Robot Has Treated 130 Complex Cases Since May

Medicine · November 2026 Kudos level: Bravo

Belfast City Hospital's Da Vinci 5 robotic platform for gynaecology has treated 130 patients needing complex surgery since its launch in May 2026, and the longest inpatient wait in Belfast Trust has fallen from seven years to three. A new 1.95 million pound investment in endometriosis services will expand the specialist centres and local care behind that progress.

Source: Department of Health Northern Ireland

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