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The new emojis are out - at least the ones Apple includes in the next iOS update:
Distorted Face, Fight Cloud, Hairy Creature, Ballet Dancer, Orca, Landslide, Trombone, Treasure Chest
Another emoji originally was on the list for Unicode 17, then postponed to 18, and in October 25, it was removed from the draft. Probably because a certain company in the consortium took offense to it.
U 1FADD

The Senate confirms Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead the NSA and US Cyber Command, filling a vacancy created when Gen. Timothy Haugh was fired in April 2025 (Martin Matishak/The Record)
https://therecord.media/rudd-confirmed-nsa-cyber-command-chief

Rudd confirmed to head NSA, Cyber Command after near year-long vacancy
Rudd, who was confirmed 71-29 to serve as the “dual-hat” leader of the organizations, takes the reins as the U.S. faces mounting aggression in cyberspace from foreign adversaries at the same time the Trump administration has sought to shrink the size of the federal government.

One of my VR Lighthouses died last month. These things are gyroscopically spinning 24 hours a day for, what, a decade now? Nearly.
No wonder. Mostly the industry seems to be settling on using head-mounted cameras rather than sweeping infra-red beams and receptors on the head anyway.
It is true that lighthouses give accurate positioning, but means I can't easily take the headset next door, say. Or to a party.
So inside-out, as they call it, is fine for the headset now and mostly okay for the hand-controllers.
But it offers no solution at all for the foot-trackers and hip-tracker that I need for puppetting the characters in the #vr #slimeVR #trackers

I just realized that they are basically flying two eggs.
#ArtemisII #Artemis2

For those following at home, the iMac Pro saga continues—I've pulled the trigger on a replacement SSD kit [basically from another iMac Pro that was gutted for parts] for it and will replace it myself.
(It's the most likely culprit and I if it doesn't work I can return the kit.)

SEC filing: Byron Allen buys a 10.7% stake in Starz for $25M from investment fund Liberty 77, led by former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busines…

Byron Allen Buys Major Stake in Starz from Steve Mnuchin
Allen's family office acquired the 10.7 percent stake from Mnuchin's Liberty 77 Fund.

Ukrainian women fleeing war exploited in multimillion-dollar gambling fraud scheme https://therecord.media/Ukraine-women-Spanish-gambling-ring

UDFA Tracker: Cowboys continuing to add to roster following 2026 NFL draft https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/udfa-tracker-cowboys-continuing-to-add-to-roster-following-2026-nfl-draft

UDFA Tracker: Cowboys continuing to add to roster following 2026 NFL draft https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/udfa-tracker-cowboys-continuing-to-add-to-roster-following-2026-nfl-draft

Medical device firm UFP says backup data systems deployed following cyberattack https://therecord.media/ufp-technologies-medical-devices-sec-filing-cyberattack