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OpenAI announces API updates, including GPT-5 Pro, Sora 2 in preview, and gpt-realtime-mini, a voice model that is 70% cheaper than gpt-realtime (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/06/openai-ramps-up-developer-push…

OpenAI ramps up developer push with more powerful models in its API  | TechCrunch
The updates were part of a series of announcements geared towards wooing developers to OpenAI’s ecosystem, including the launch of an agent-building tool and the ability to build apps in ChatGPT. 

Billy Long removed as IRS commissioner, will serve as Iceland ambassador
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/08/trump-removes-billy-long-as-irs-commisioner-less-than-2-months-after-his-confirmation/

Stimmt das? Hat jemand etwas gehört?
“From now on, users will need an active internet connection and a #Microsoft Account to complete installation, with no option to create local accounts during setup.”

Windows 11 removes all bypass methods for Microsoft account setup, removing local accounts
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update removes all remaining methods to bypass Microsoft Account requirements during setup, enforcing online sign-in and blocking any possibility of creating local-only accounts during installation

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Fugazi:
🎵 Blueprint
#Fugazi
https://402soundne.bandcamp.com/track/fugazi-blueprint-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/2RmbZddyMnYPf9NegLeEYW

LIVE: Girls Talk, 'Boys Talk Podcast | 10-7-25 | Dallas Cowboys 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw9Om9bCwtk

Santa Cycle Rampage! December 6th, 2025 in Milwaukee and December 13th, 2025 in Madison.
"Santa Cycle Rampage is a fun way to raise critical funds that support youth and family based education and encouragement programs. These events provide critical financial support to our programs that help kids and families get riding safely and more often!"

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App:
‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials.
“I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move,” the developer said

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move,” the developer said.

This is a pretty cool, free Windows app that REMOVES content from a screen capture & stitches the image together.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tlp64mwkrohsj2pak3szt53w/post/3lyc3sfyeac2x

Trisected Rainbows and Braids
Rom\'an Aranda, Scott Carter, Julia Courtney, Puttipong Pongtanapaisan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04248 https://arxiv.org…

Trisected Rainbows and Braids
New explicit procedures for passing among triplane diagrams, braid movies, and braid charts for knotted surfaces in $\mathbb{R}^4$ are presented. To this end, rainbow diagrams, which lie between braid charts and triplanes, are introduced. Inequalities relating the braid index and the bridge index of 2-knots are obtained via these procedures. Another consequence is a 4-dimensional version of the classical result that ``the minimal number of Seifert circles equals the braid index of a link'' due …

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group,
Removes ICE-Spotting App
‘Red Dot’
The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials
and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
https://www.

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’
The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.