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Today my wife and I are going to take a one time trip (for about 11 blocks) in a Waymo. I hate the tech and prefer paying a real human if taking a ride (Taxi, Uber, etc.). Also feel it is something I want to experience one time. 🤪

The cats are doing spells. I'm sure it's fine.

A federal judge found that an immigration court bond hearing was so egregiously stacked against an ICE detainee that he may simply order the release of ICE detainees, rather than bond hearings, from now on. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Universities around the world are rapidly adopting energy-intensive fossil-fuelled genAI software, and basically none of them are disclosing the climate costs - my new piece for Crikey, here: www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/22/u...

"The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office announced a lawsuit Tuesday against an animal rescue operation for allegedly purchasing dogs from puppy mills and reselling them to adopters as 'rescued' animals."

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RFK Jr says Sam Altman told him it's "malpractice for a doctor to make a diagnosis or to make a prescription w/o at least checking AI.” RFK Jr says AI “can give you a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country." I asked OpenAI+Anthropic if they agree; never heard back

Could this all be a dream? 1 Lula's improbable comeback win 2 Flavio Bolsonaro flees to the US 3 Netanyahu....loses??? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

There's another way of putting this: "Markets prefer fascists" www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

Two down, two to go.

of course the government has fired all the molasses spill recovery experts it had

KC may wanna try covering JSN

This was a pass Pat would have zipped in there and been a highlight reel play his first 3-4 seasons. I think all the weird angle fastballs he used to throw did something and he has to play more traditional QB now.

Nice

A look at the damage from Saturday's tornado in Santa Fe. The tornado has been rated a high-end EF-1, with 110 mph winds. It traveled 1.4 miles, damaging 10 homes, power poles, and trees. This was Santa Fe's first documented tornado in 55 years. 📸 PNM, City of Santa Fe #NMwx

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Vacay! 🤡

Get their ass

Publishers report steep traffic losses from Google's AI Overviews, with click-through drops up to 89%, while Google insists the web is thriving

WE DID IT. I CANT FUCKING BELIEVED WE DEFEATED USA WE DEFEATED A COUP WE DEFEATED META WE DEFEATED EVERYONE WHO TRIED TO SILENCE BRAZILIA PEOPLE LULA WON GUYS. THE PEOPLE WON.

Oh so a country *can* choose not to make the same mistake twice

Lula Goes HARD

Hungarian PM Péter Magyar: "I have just spoken by phone with the leaders of the Students List, who won the elections in Serbia, to congratulate them... I assured them of Hungary’s support. I was delighted to hear how much strength our victory in April had given them during this difficult struggle."

Goodnight moon. 🌕

UK councils, MPs' offices and police report a surge in AI-written complaints, often inaccurate and padded with nonsensical legalese

Cooked companies

I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.

Dragging this into the light...in light of Brazil.

Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

Hungarians, Brazilians, and Serbians are giving me hope this year.

2 - KC and SF (SF gets a pass for today from me cuz half their team is injured)

All the Bolsonaro-friendly Mayors and officials who tried to suppress the vote are FUCKED

CONGRATS, LIONS! YOU WON THE CLOWNBALL GAME!

hahahaha Jair Bolsonaro you dumb bitch you're going to die in prison

You can get your hopes up now. A tremendous comeback by Lula to defeat fascism. He does it again. Best news in a very long time!

Jesus. "To Mayer, outsourcing some of the mental load to the machines isn’t a bad thing. (At one point, she mused enthusiastically about the potential efficiency gains of having her A.I. assistant talk directly to her husband’s A.I. assistant)." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/s...

6 states have counted at least 90% of precincts: —Distrito Federal: Bolsonaro +8.6% (R1: B+13) —Tocatins: Bolsonaro +3% (R1: B+7) —Paraíba: Lula +36% (R1: L+28) —Mato Grosso do Sul: Bolsonaro +19.6% (R1: B+24) —Espírito Santo: Bolsonaro +12.2% (R1: B+17) —Paraná: Bolsonaro +25.2% (R1: B+29)