NEW: It’s been three years since the RCMP launched a criminal investigation into Premier Doug Ford’s Greenbelt land swap. A former Ontario attorney general says the Mounties should properly update the public on the status of the probe. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
‘I spat in Sean Connery’s face 16 times’: Ron Perlman on making The Name of the Rose | Film | The Guardian theguardian.com/culture/2026/o… > ‘When I couldn’t do the spitting scene, Sean took me aside and said: “Ron, if you don’t actually spit in my face, we’ll be here all day.” So I let one fly – and kept having to redo it’ #TheNameOfTheRose
Cancel VRC+ too, money speaks louder than words for these companies.
CDT joined a coalition led by the National Fair Housing Alliance to comment on NIST’s TEVV-Athlon Framework for Evaluating AI Systems, which offers guidance for testing, evaluating, verifying and validating AI systems. cdt.org/insights/cdt-joins-coa…
3,000-year-old bronze sword found at submerged Bronze Age settlement in Italy A Bronze Age sword dating to the 13th century BCE has been recovered from the submerged settlement of Lake Mezzano in central Italy... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/10/swor...
Linktober 6: Race Aonuma & Honda on how the Rito were inspired by the Watarara from the Ocarina manga, 2004. Source: Viz Media #Zelda, #Linktober #OcarinaofTimeMangaQuote, #TheWindWakerQuote #AonumaQuote, #HondaQuote hyruleinterviews.com/The-Legen…
Please foster this beautiful dog!
Great news, everyone! The tawny owl was rescued from the stove pipe by the heroic chimney sweep, and he's doing just fine. bbc.com/news/articles/cme8r9r0… #tawnyOwl #owls #ChimneySweeps #heroes #stovePipes #news #birds #animals
Ubisoft has confirmed The Crew Motorfest will hit 1080p and 30fps on Switch 2 in handheld and docked mode, among other new details: traxion.gg/the-crew-mot...
This can be an interesting case to watch. "Taiwan Travelogue" won the 2026 International Booker Prize for English translation of fiction. It was translated by Lin King 金翎 from the Mandarin Chinese novel "Táiwān Màn Yóu Lù" 《臺灣漫遊錄》 of Yáng Shuāng-zǐ 楊双子. It is a question about "relay translation" that in this case a third-language translation being published based on the English translation of Lin King without her consent. ~~~~~ "Statement on the copyright infringement of the English translation of Taiwan Travelogue" 《臺灣漫遊錄》英譯本著作權遭侵權聲明 instagram.com/p/DeJ12J8kZf_/
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De Duitse postmetalband The Ocean stelt op 26 januari 2027 in Trix het nieuwe album 'Solaris' voor. damusic.be/telex/the-ocean-vlo…
Report warns food production must be the next “positive tipping point” if the world is to avert biodiversity collapse. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No Bake Lemon Cream Dessert Bars Recipe No Bake Lemon Cream Dessert Bars Recipe brings sunshine to the table with glossy … Read more optimalrecipes.com/no-bake-lem… #DessertsampSweets #recipe #food #cooking #easyrecipes #foodie
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Brooks et al. describe an intelligent microscopy system for imaging rare events in live cells. New paper in JCS from Bretschneider, McAinsh and Burroughs groups. CelFDrive: Multimodal deep learning-assisted microscopy for automated detection of rare events doi.org/10.1242/jcs.265029 #microscopy #cellBiology
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the Apollo project who ultimately led the 100-person team that guided Armstrong and Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon, dies at 90. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...
In a first of its kind ever initiative, Utah’s Dept. of Corrections has converted a halfway house into a sort-of shelter for a small population of the state’s homeless who make up a disproportionate impact on health care and criminal justice systems: fox13now.com/news/politics/uta… #utpol #Utah
Early voting in #NorthCarolina starts in one week! Check your registration, make a plan and #vote!
W3C issues press release about developing Verifiable Credential Barcodes Recently the data theft of approximately 160 million drivers licenses from the US and Canada was reported and unfortunately, identity thieves will use this data to impersonate victims. Real-time revocation is needed to protect individuals against identity theft. W3C Verifiable Credential Barcodes are the solution to the future of physical document security. Read more at: w3.org/news/2026/w3c-issues-pr… #VerifiableCredentials
Bank of England reveals the four animals to feature on banknotes - the Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog will appear on the redesigned notes... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In the US, environmental regulatory and litigation landscape for data centers has shifted. In the past several weeks, states with significant existing or planned data center development have announced new requirements affecting environmental permitting, water use, backup generation, electricity demand, and local approvals. At the same time, environmental groups are increasing their litigation toolkits. environmentalhealthsafetybrief…
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France greenlit 35 military sales to Israel between May and September 2026, according to a joint investigation by the Palestinian Youth Movement and the French collective Urgence Palestine, with all shipments bound for subsidiaries of lead Israeli arms maker Elbit Systems. The report states that suppliers based in five French regions manufactured the equipment. thecradle.co/articles/france-c… 🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️ #Gaza #Palestine #Press #News
AI whistleblowers testify about the technology’s dangers. “Jacob Coxon, the former Anthropic researcher who sparked industry chaos by warning AI could kill all humans, doubled down on the threat of human extinction at a New York City Council hearing Monday." nypost.com/2026/10/05/b...
Some who take GLP-1s are suffering serious side effects, but it's unclear how often #news #health #medicine #healthcare npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-58502…
Look people, we have a choice. We can ignore the people of Palestine and pretend that genocide is fine, or we can get our acts together and ACT NOW! I know a lot of of you do what you can, we need to round up more of those who can afford to give a lot! Give it some thought.
Village Athletics Advisory Board may vote to recommend seeking new youth soccer vendor The Village Athletics Advisory Board may vote Wednesday evening to recommend seeking bids for a new youth soccer vendor as contention on how to restructure the youth soccer program continues.... kbindependent.org/2026/10/07/v…
ITV Studios Unveils Mipcom Drama Slate Led by Lunar Thriller ‘First Woman,’ and a Further Four New Titles, Including Steven Moffat’s ‘Number 10’ (EXCLUSIVE) ITV Studios has unveiled its drama slate for Mipcom, led by lunar thriller “First Woman,” and a further four new titles, in… #itv #media #news
Social Security ends flexible work schedules, teeing up clash with union govexec.com/workforce/2026/10/…
Save Quinn🙏🙏🙏🙏
This week marks 114 years since the Qing dynasty fell. In 1912, military mutinies and years of reform agitation finally toppled China's last emperors, ending nearly three centuries of Qing rule and nearly three millennia of imperial governance. Sun Yat-sen's Republic rose in its place. A revolution that reshaped an entire civilization. recap.at/1912/qing-dynasty-fall #Histodons #History #Revolution
Second Annual Milwaukee Vegan Restaurant Week Expands To 35 Businesses
Return to the womb: John Valley’s Christmas psychodrama AMERICAN DOLLHOUSE (2026) "plays with the horrors of homecoming and the damage of cyclical trauma". Screens in the Welcome Marathon at SITGES from 11.45pm tonight. projectedfigures.com/2026/03/1…
We've had nearly 700 people sign in just the past 24 hours! Please sign and share with your networks so we can reach 10,000 and put this petition in front of the Prime Minister!
"South Korean president Lee Jae Myung has told the nation’s cabinet that it’s time to develop AI-powered defensive tools to combat AI-wielding attackers." theregister.com/public-sector/… #artificialIntelligence #cyberSecurity #cyberattack #cyberwar
On October 8th, 1970, Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. He worried that, if he went to Sweden to accept the Nobel Prize, the Soviet Union would not allow him to return to his home. #WriterSky #BookSky #Exile #History #OTD
Unity have just announced a brand new game engine - Unity Spark. Along with the launch of Google Playground, Spark aims to make #gamedev as accessible as possible... and it's sure to be a polarizing product! gamefromscratch.com/unity-anno… #Unity3d
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov Please figure out a way to get these animals adopted and/or transferred to a non-kill shelter! NYCACC is putting down entirely too many of them!!!
An adult Komodo dragon on the move, Rinca Island, Komodo National Park. Komodo Dragons have brought both fame and fortune to this remote corner of Indonesia, but increased tourist numbers also bring environmental pressures to the national park. Read the story at: thelacandongringo.com/komodo-d…
TIL that Hindemith wrote an opera called The Long Christmas Dinner with a libretto by Thornton Wilder.
The rise of book bannings in the U.S. has forced librarians and advocates to defend intellectual freedom. Although most Americans oppose book banning, the vocal minority continues to challenge literature. Read on to learn more... buff.ly/6ydXkpq #library #libraries #read #reading #book #books #librarianship #lit
If you can vote in person, please do so. They will do everything to stop the vote. If you live in IL and want to early vote, there are a lot of places open already. If you need a ride, I’ll come and pick you up and take you! newrepublic.com/post/216331/...
Green Day released the Revolution Radio album on October 7, 2016. Happy 10th anniversary to Revolution Radio! #Music, #GreenDay, #2010s, #2010sMusic
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct LGBTQnation Ninth Circuit rules against the AZ legislature’s attempt to force trans people to get surgery before they can correct gender markers on birth certificates, upholding a federal court ruling from last year. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/cour...
Researchers have combined AI and electrical sensing to distinguish mirror-image forms of amino acids, potentially helping future missions search for signs of life. Promising laboratory work, though detecting such chemical patterns would not by itself establish an alien origin. independent.co.uk/space/alien-…
We built healthcare as an extraction machine. www.facebook.com/share/r/1EuW... Join the movement return healthcare to patient care at www.utahcares.health where you can learn more AND DONATE!
The BC election call paused proposed controversial changes to Agricultural Land Reserve food processing rules. Story includes recent comments from David Eby and Lorne Doerkson, plus perspectives of ALC, BC Agriculture Council and more #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/10/07/ALR…
#HOLOctober #ioarts Oct 8, Sleepwear.
As cars become increasingly autonomous, #cybersecurity becomes a safety issue. TUM researchers, including Sebastian Steinhorst, are exploring sensor and camera vulnerabilities to help protect #mobility systems from #cyberattacks: go.tum.de/317938 🚗 📷A.Heddergott
