Is this still "hacker" news?

All the following posts were shown on a single front-page today. I know the rules say that "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" is on-topic, but is HN now a platform for sharing news about meme dogs and wikipedia articles about farting?

  - Cheems – The shiba inu meme dog has died
  - Fart Proudly (c. 1781)
  - Mister Rogers had a point – routinely greeting six neighbors maximizes wellbeing
  - Windy.com: global weather website with live filters
  - Why old books smell so good
  - Speakers of different languages remember visual scenes differently 
  - The Lost Script of Rapa Nui
  - Joys and pains of insects
  - How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
  - Amsterdam to use “noise cameras” against too loud cars
  - Intact Giant Panda Skeleton Discovered in Chinese Emperor’s 2k-Year-Old Tomb