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BEST OF THE WEB: 141 people dead after colonial-era bridge collapses in India's Gujarat state
Signs of the Times - Best of the Web / 3h
Comment: Update 31 October 2022 The death toll has risen to 141 people. At least 81 people were killed when a pedestrian bridge over a river in the western Indian state of Gujarat collapsed, plunging hundreds of people into the water, officials have said. Authorities said that more than 150 people were on the suspension bridge over the Machchhu River in the city of Morbi at the time of the collaps
Third world Australian Met Bureau cuts back on weather balloons. Scientists say it’s “kind of horrific”.
JoNova: Science, carbon, climate and tax / 8h
Giles, Weather balloon By Jo Nova Things are far far worse at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology than even we realized. “If you think your public forecasts have gotten worse, that’s because they have,” one meteorologist says. While Australia is flooding and lives depend on forecasts, the management of our weather bureau is cutting back on meteorologists and on weather balloons, but they’re maki
Interview 1759 - James Corbett on Deep State Consciousness
The Corbett Report / 15h
via The Deep State Consciousness Podcast: James Corbett joins me to talk about his five hour documentary series, False Flags: The Secret History of Al Qaeda. In addition to asking James about the narrative of that history, I also inquire as to what he considers the big outstanding questions of the September 11th attacks to be, and whether the Truth movement is rising to the challenge of meeting t
BEST OF THE WEB: United Nations GA vote declares Israel must get rid of its nuclear weapons
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Signs of the Times - Best of the Web / 1d
Israel must dispose of all its nuclear weapons and place its nuclear sites under the International Atomic Energy Agency's purview, the United Nations General Assembly's First Committee stated in an initial 152-5 vote. The five nations that opposed Friday's resolution on the "risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East" were: Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Palau and the United States. Another 24

BLOGGER-FOLLOWING

Elon Musk suggests bringing back Vine, asks MrBeast for ideas
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500+Mashable / 17h
Elon Musk isn't wasting any time changing Twitter . Not only that, he's taken the role of customer service, he's making fun at the expense of the company's inner processes, and he's discussing grand ideas and massive changes with his Twitter followers. We knew Musk's era would be interesting times for Twitter, but judging by the Chief Twit's first three days of reign , it will also be intense. SE
Spoiler alert: Twitter does not want to pay Elon Musk $20 for verification
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100+Mashable / 12h
Elon Musk , the newly crowned Chief Twit, wants people to pony up for that blue check. It's been reported that Musk is considering making verification a Twitter Blue feature , while also ramping up the cost of the service to $20 per month. In effect, Twitter would essentially be charging its users for verification — and most of the internet is convinced they wouldn't pay up. Because who would pay
If Brazil Voters Can Depose Autocrats, So Can We: 'BradCast' 10/31/2022
The BRAD BLOG / 2h
We're just over one week from the most critical midterm elections in these United States since the Civil War. So, we've got a lot to discuss on today's BradCast . And the phones are finally fixed at KPFK, so we were actually able to hear from callers today as well! [ Audio link to full show is posted below this summary. ] Among the stories covered on today's program before listeners ring... Why i

NEWS

Cormac Roth, musician and son of Tim Roth, dies aged 25
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10KThe Guardian / 11h
The guitarist and composer was diagnosed with stage 3 germ cell cancer in November 2021 Cormac Roth, the musician and son of actor Tim Roth, has died at the age of 25. The guitarist and composer had been diagnosed with stage 3 germ cell cancer in November 2021. He died on 16 October 2022. Continue reading...
Elon Musk considers charging Twitter users $20 a month for verified accounts
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6KThe Guardian / 17h
World’s richest person plans revamp of social media platform, asking users if he should bring back Vine Elon Musk is considering charging Twitter users $20 (£17.30) a month or $240 a year for a blue tick on their account, as the world’s richest person prepares an overhaul of the social media platform. The Tesla chief executive is planning changes to Twitter’s Blue subscription service, according
Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty
4KThe Atlantic / 17h
In April 2020, with nothing else to do, my family took an enormous number of hikes. We all wore cloth masks that I had made myself. We had a family hand signal, which the person in the front would use if someone was approaching on the trail and we needed to put on our masks. Once, when another child got too close to my then-4-year-old son on a bridge, he yelled at her “SOCIAL DISTANCING!” These p

SCIENCE

New cellular protective mechanism discovered
500+Phys.org / 14h
A vast number of biological reactions occur inside cells, generating various byproducts. Some of these can be highly reactive molecules, and if they build up inside cells they can cause stress and damage. One class of these molecules, reactive sulfur species (RSS), are known to play biological functions, but it was unknown how cells respond to an accumulation of RSS. Now, researchers have describe
How to befriend a crow
500+MIT Technology Review / 18h
The crows play hide-and-seek with Nicole Steinke after her older kids head to school. She feeds a family of the birds from her apartment balcony in Alexandria, Virginia, twice daily (usually peanuts, but walnuts and cashews are valued treats). Once there’s no food left, they’ll look for her as she walks around her neighborhood. When one crow finds her, it will call to the others, and they’ll surr
Could AI help you to write your next paper?
56Nature / 16h
Nature, Published online: 31 October 2022; doi:10.1038/d41586-022-03479-w Large language models can draft abstracts or suggest research directions, but these artificial-intelligence tools are a work in progress.

VETERANS TODAY

Advocating World War Three Is Just Mainstream Punditry Now
Veterans Today / 1d
When they’re not arguing that World War Three is coming and we must all prepare to fight it and win, they’re arguing that a global conflict is already upon us and we must begin acting like it, as in last month’s New Yorker piece “What if We’re Already Fighting the Third World War with Russia?”

YOUTUBE

Survival is an Ugly Beast (Full Episode) | Doomsday Preppers
400+National Geographic (uploads) on YouTube / 12h
Rob has most of his prepper boxes checked. But in order to protect his family from Doomsday marauders, he is devising the ultimate booby-trap system. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get more Nat Geo Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLivjPDlt6ApSiD2mk9Ngp-5dZ9CDDn72O ➡ Get more Nat Geo Wild Full Episodes: https://youtu.be/qAG2SkTPltw And check out more National Geograp
Best of Ellen Halloween Shows
The Ellen Show / 8h
Filled with scares and tricks, Halloween episodes of The Ellen Show are always a treat. Enjoy the costumes (audiences included!), incredible sets, and Ellen's unforgettable ensembles. Happy Halloween! SUBSCRIBE: https://ellen.tv/3D6Sewq #ellen #theellenshow #ellendegeneres FOLLOW ELLEN: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theellenshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellentv/ Twitter: https:/
Everything Went Dark (Full Episode) | Something Bit Me
1KNational Geographic (uploads) on YouTube / 2d
From the African wilderness to the American woods, animals wreak havoc when humans invade their territory. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get more Nat Geo Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLivjPDlt6ApSiD2mk9Ngp-5dZ9CDDn72O ➡ Get more Nat Geo Wild Full Episodes: https://youtu.be/qAG2SkTPltw And check out more National Geographic series and specials here: ➡ Disney Plus
Twitter is losing followers, and it's sort of obvious why? #shorts
300+The Verge on Youtube / 2d
Elon Musk has added Twitter to his business empire after months of legal skirmishes. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX The Vergecast Podcast: https://pod.link/430333725 Decoder with Nilay Patel: http://apple.co/3v29nDc More about our podcasts: https://www.theverge.co

UNCATEGORIZED

Social Engineering Kill–Chain: Predicting, Minimizing & Disrupting Attack Verticals
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45Ahead by Feedly / 5mo
It was a Friday afternoon when Bill was on his way back home from work when he received a call that made him take the next U-turn back to his office. It was one of these calls that he was dedicating all of his working hours to avoid. He was not given much detail through the phone, but it seems that Andre, someone working in the account payments department, had just fallen victim to a scam and had
Pottersville Digest: Halloween edition
Welcome Back to Pottersville / 5h
I never thought that Twitter could become even more of a right wing sewer than it was when I left it a year and a half ago. Then along came Elon who says, " Hold my champagne ." Oh, this is not going to end well. This is why they say, " Never meet your heroes ." It's called a metaphor , you meat bag.

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