2026-10-01 22:00:03
The average CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere at Mauna Loa in October was ~426.7 ppm (estimate from daily values). That's ~1.7-1.8 ppm higher than last year; a modest increase compared with the ~2.5 ppm/year average growth over the past decade. El Niño still to kick in, though. The average CO₂ concentration in the atmosphere at Mauna Loa in October was ~426.7 ppm (estimate from daily values). That's ~1.7-1.8 ppm higher than last year; a modest increase compared with the ~2.5 ppm/ye…
🚀 Chronivaro 0.2.0 has been released!
Chronivaro is an open-source working time, absence tracking, and monthly period closing system.
📦 Release notes & downloads:
https://github.com/eitch/Chronivaro/releases/tag/v0.2.0
Genealogy Updates for September 2026
A list of updates to my family tree on for September 2026.
http://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/genealogy-updates-for-september-2026/
Ein ganz herzliches "Fuck you!🖕" nach Brüssel
https://www.heise.de/news/Importpakete-2-Euro-zusaetzliche-Gebuehr-pro-Warenposition-11507130.html
Engage!
#RIP
When you not only have a mascot, but he also loves art. We're kicking off Beat Week 2026 today, a one-week giving campaign pitting the University of Georgia against the University of Mississippi to see which can snag more donations. Wouldn’t hate it if Mastodon folks threw us a few bucks.
Make your gift at https://
Wordle 1,960 4/6 for 31 October, 2026 #LeftWordle
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🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 0
1. 5th perfect. (83 answers remain after guess.)
2. 1st & 3rd perfect. 4th wrong. (2 answers remain after guess.)
3. 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th perfect. (1 answer remains after guess.)
4. Won! (0 answers remain after guess.)
Translink Liveries (Part 2)
I was a bit surprised that people were still reading my blog - especially since the first part of this one dates to April 28, 2017. This post aims to bring the information up to the present day - October 30, 2026 This is an articulated bus bought in 2021 (note the first two digits under the driver's windscreen) on route 25 at UBC.
Kid2's candy haul: 2.5kg.
I'm sure Kid1, who's off with friends so we don't have any data, got more.
On a ride today, I saw one of those "Trump - Low prices / Kamala - High prices" signs that were everywhere during the last election season... yeah that one sure didn't age well.
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Importpakete: 2 Euro zusätzliche Gebühr pro Warenposition
Cowboys Activate Defensive Reinforcement Off IR Among 2 Roster Moves Before Week 8 Game https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/cowboys-activate-defensive-reinforcement-ir-roster-moves-week-8
SiriusXM reports Q3 revenue of $2.153B, down from $2.16B in Q3 2025, net income up 7% YoY to $317M, and net gain of 5K paid subscribers for a total of 33M (Etan Vlessing/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busine…
Raiders Rule Out 2 Veterans vs. Jets Due to Injury https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/injury-report-patrick-johnson-jack-bech/
CeeDee Lamb believes 2-4 Cowboys can still win NFC East: 'Why not us?' https://www.nfl.com/news/ceedee-lamb-believes-2-4-cowboys-can-still-win-nfc-east-why-not-us
Birthday Week
My birthday is coming. Plus football and Star Trek.
http://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/birthday-week/
Le trafic est ralenti entre Dourdan et Brétigny dans les 2 sens.
Pour plus d'informations sur cette perturbation, consultez le fil X du RER C.
Motif : altercation entre voyageurs (en gare de La Norville).
🤖 31/10 20:56
CXMT reports Q3 revenue of ~$16.7B, up 613.2% YoY, and a net profit of ~$8.17B, swinging to profitability on the back of rising AI-driven memory chip prices (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/cxmt-turns-third-quart…
This little camera looks great! 70s spy crafts! #digital
https://www.theverge.com/tech/995399/fujifilm-instax-pal-2-digital-camera-wirel…
Idrottsvetenskap/träningsstudier är ett forskningsfält med studier som i genomsnitt är ganska dåliga. Evidens nr femtioelva https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-026-02451-2
After running Free Practice 2, Esteban Ocon is replaced at Haas (???) for their reserve driver
Not for illness, seems like his official good bye to the team
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/crwydk35zlnvo
Oh, I totally missed that #Emacs had its 50th anniversary on 20th of October: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/20/1145399/emacs-turns-50/ via
#Fedle #Fedle_fr #947 2/6
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https://fedle.fedilab.app/share/22012
I head the CAS Texten at ZHAW. Yesterday we awarded the certificates and celebrated. It’s not unusual, that some participants become friends or start doing business together somehow. It’s also not unusual that people have a different job in the end. But the last cohort was special:
2 out of 11 lost their job, 1 quit, another is thinking about quitting
#AcademicChatter
The Index Finger
Last night in Indianapolis, a man stood up and pointed at A'ja Wilson. It was late in Game 2 of a first-round playoff series at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, and Indiana was protecting a lead it would keep, 99-89....
https://bolesblogs.com/2026/09/30/the-index-finger/…
This is one of the dumbest court decisions I've read about in a long time. #shabbat #selfdefense
Boah ey, dieses bestimmte Konto ist echt ein Akt. 3 Schritte per Mail, dann per Snail-Mail, dann 2FA-Zwang, aber "Linux-Geräte unterstützen aktuell noch nicht den gerätebasierten Registrierungsprozess zur Zwei-Faktor-Authentifizierung (2FA). Daher erübrigt sich eine Vorbereitung des Geräts." (https://www.
Le trafic est interrompu entre Cergy le Haut et Maisons-Laffitte dans les 2 sens jusqu'Š 09h et perturbé entre Maisons-Laffitte et Paris Saint-Lazare dans les 2 sens.
Pour plus d'informations sur cette perturbation, consultez le fil X de la ligne L.
Motif : prolongation des travaux sur le réseau ferroviaire (effectués par le gestionnaire du réseau dans le secteur d'Achères).
🤖 29/10 07:15
Verstappen acting even more than his usual self-righteous prick:
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/not-very-smart-behaviour-verstappen-reacts-to-lawson-fp2-incident-ahead-of-m…
Le trafic est ralenti entre La Défense et La Verrière dans les 2 sens.
Pour plus d'informations sur cette perturbation, consultez le fil X de la ligne U.
Motif : panne d'un train en gare de La Verrière.
🤖 01/11 07:15
Tokyo’s TeamLab, creator of popular immersive art wonderlands, to open SoCal location
TeamLab,
the Japan-born, tech-heavy immersive art collective,
is plotting its first permanent U.S. exhibition in Anaheim.
The group, stylized as teamLab, is moving into a 110,000-square-foot space at OCVibe,
the 100-acre mixed-use entertainment district currently in development near the Honda Center.
Details are scant, as the TeamLab spot is not estimated to open until…
Cowboys lengthy history of problems with Cardinals stretches 2 decades https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/10/31/dallas-cowboys-have-an-arizona-cardinals-problem-…
I am at loss for words.
Sir Patrick Stewart will always have a place in my heart, even if his voice has gone quiet.
Watch Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 5, Episode 25, 'The Inner Light', and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2, Episode 9, 'The Measure of a man', and think of him. Look at the brilliance he brought to the series.
The dignity.
One of my absolute favourite actors of all time has left us, and the world is poorer for it.
R…
2 Raiders DBs giving up among highest passer ratings in NFL https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/10/31/two-raiders-dbs-among-leagues-worst-in-passer-ratings-allowed/92526220007…
🛡️ #Composer 2.11 is out. The headline feature is a cooldown dependency policy: newly published package versions are withheld for a configurable period before Composer installs them.
#PHP #supplychain
🚀 Chronivaro 0.3.0 has been released!
Chronivaro is an open-source working time, absence tracking, and monthly period closing system.
📦 Release notes & downloads:
https://github.com/eitch/Chronivaro/releases/tag/v0.3.0
RIVM update rioolwaarden en percentage positief Sars-Cov-2.
Met slecht nieuws vandaag: we zien een forse stijging.
Het niveau van vorige week (350) is inmiddels (door extra data) bijgewerkt tot ongeveer 400 en daar komt deze week een stijging naar ruim 480 bij.
Er zitten 7 nieuwe dagen in de data: 19 t/m 25 oktober. Helaas betreft alleen de eerste twee dagen hiervan meer dan 50% van de meetstations. Een correctie volgende week tot ruim boven de 500 is mogelijk dus.
Should I be Reviewer 2 for Halloween?
Christian McCaffrey vs. Bijan Robinson, Part 2: RB duel could steal the show in Atlanta https://www.nfl.com/news/christian-mccaffrey-vs-bijan-robinson-part-2-rb-duel-could-steal-the-show-in-atlanta
The @… people are hard at work and keep pushing updates. Great work!
https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/release-notes-finlayson-5-…
Cristo entre nuvens, foto da última sexta-feira, tirada de Botafogo.
#PHOTOMonday #fotografia #riodejaneiro #brasil
Sicherheit: Apple stopft wieder viele Löcher – auch für ältere Betriebssysteme
Mit iOS 27.2, macOS 27.2 und Co. kommen einmal mehr jede Menge gestopfte Löcher auf Apples Geräte. Nutzer sollten schnell aktualisieren.
…
Neue Filme und Serien bei Netflix, Disney und Amazon Prime im November 2026
Im November läuft bei Disney die 2. Staffel von „Scrubs“. Netflix zeigt „Blood & Sinners“ und bei Amazon Prime ist „Madden“ im Programm.
<…
A mass-exodus from Google Maps to Mapquest because Trump renamed Lake Ontario was not on my bingo card...
#googleMaps #mapQuest #lakeOntario
Pete Hegseth has always assumed that experts are idiots,
believed he’s the smartest guy around,
and as a result ignores them and ends up breaking stuff (and failing in the process).
The entire Trump administration’s motto mirrors Mark Zuckerberg’s adage to
“move fast, break things,”
in this case literally.
Hegseth’s aggression, recklessness and blatant disregard for expertise is nothing new.
When he served as a 1st Lieutenant in Iraq in 2005-2006, …
Raiders elevate 2 from practice squad for Week 8 vs Jets https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/10/31/raiders-elevate-tim-keenan-cian-sloan-practice-squad-week-8-jets/92536331…
Umstellung auf Touch ID beim iPhone Duo: Apple erwägt Face ID für Generation 2
Nutzer aktueller iPhones erwartet bei Apples Foldable eine große Umstellung. Die Integration von Face ID könnte Apple später gelingen.
<…
Filings: Nvidia, Anthropic, and OpenAI had their highest-spending lobbying quarter between July and September, spending $2.2M, $2.1M, and $1.5M, respectively (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/1016585/openai-anthropic-nvidia-lobbying-re…
NFL picks and expert predictions for Week 8: ATS bets and trends for every game https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7739667/2026/11/01/nfl-picks-predictions-ats-week-8-betting/
"The trial court denied his appeal, as did the Superior Court." #Mandatory #Pennsylvania
Wordle 1,952 3/6 for 23 October, 2026 #LeftWordle
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1. 3rd perfect. 4th wrong. (37 answers remain after guess.)
2. 1st & 2nd perfect. 3rd wrong. (2 answers remain after guess.)
3. Won! (0 answers remain after guess.)
#Wordle
"The trial court denied his appeal, as did the Superior Court." #Mandatory #Pennsylvania
Meet the "Jonestown Massacre" guy from the Trump Rally. Good interview.
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/tom-hoyle-jonestown-trump-rally-fox-news-viral-clip
Seahawks getting Zach Charbonnet, possibly Jadarian Price back for Monday vs. Bears https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7742247/2026/10/31/zach-charbonnet-jadarian-price-seahawks/
Wordle 1,959 3/6 for 30 October, 2026 #LeftWordle
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 106
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1. 5th wrong. (106 answers remain after guess.)
2. 1st & 2nd perfect. (1 answer remains after guess.)
3. Won! (0 answers remain after guess.)
#Wordle
Next step: charge both officers with perjury or falsifying an official document for claiming he failed to signal.
I know, it'll never happen. But a guy can dream, right?
https://reason.com/2026/09/28/the-5th-
The latest shudder for stocks in the AI industry pulled markets lower worldwide on Thursday,
while oil prices hit their highest levels since May on worries about the war with Iran.
The S&P 500 fell 1.2% for its worst day since July,
while the Nasdaq composite tumbled 2.6%.
The weakness for tech stocks was so overwhelming that it masked strength for the rest of the US market,
in which the majority of stocks actually rose.
The Dow JonesIndustrial Averag…
Revisiting Cardinals 2026 NFL Draft: Was drafting Jeremiyah Love the right choice for Arizona?
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/revisiting-cardinals-2026-nfl-draft-jeremiyah-lov…
We need more movements like this. #Kindness
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260922-kindness-trolls-the-internet-vigilantes-who-wea…
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Siri AI: Spekulationen um Support für HomePod 2
Auch Altware von Apple könnte künftig Zugriff auf das neue KI-System bekommen – per Update. Zumindest gibt es Indizien.
https://www.heise.de/news…
Patriots rule out AJ Brown with knee injury. WR to miss his fifth game https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7739278/2026/10/31/aj-brown-out-knee-injury-patriots/
NFL investigating Josh Jacobs for previously unreported abuse allegations https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7741755/2026/10/31/josh-jacobs-nfl-reviewing-unreported-allegations-abuse/
Athena apparently knows how to count. At least, she knows when I short her one treat.
Meanwhile, I upgraded my genealogy site and managed to break one of Dad’s old 8mm films during digitization. Fortunately, it broke at a splice, and I found a clever way to repair it.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.co…
Counting Dogs And Broken Films
Athena apparently knows exactly how many treats she’s supposed to get, while my dad’s old home movies proved a little less cooperative. Between updating my genealogy site and repairing a broken 8mm film, it was a surprisingly busy quiet week.
http://www.bobmuellerwriter…
Patriots rule out AJ Brown with knee injury. WR to miss his fifth game https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7739278/2026/10/31/patriots-rule-out-aj-brown-with-knee-injury-wr-to-miss-his-fifth-game/
Election fraud is real? Who knew? #StopTheSteal
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/maga-candidate-in-small-calif…
It only took him 15 years to speak out and admit he screwed up.
Still, better late than never. He needs to speak so much more loudly though.
https://roysreport.com/atlanta-pastor-i-ignored-allegations-of-sexual-abuse-and-my-f…
40 years. Unbelievable. Any case involving the use of bite-mark "evidence" should be thrown out. It was junk science then, and it's junk science now.
https://www.al.com/news/2026/09/alabama-ma
My great-grandfather’s brother Phillip immigrated to America at 15, crossed the West by wagon train, spent years wandering through mining towns and lumber camps, and returned to New York via Panama. I wish I’d been brave enough to pursue adventures like his. #Genealogy
New York By Way of China
My great-grandfather’s brother Phillip immigrated to America at 15, apprenticed as a fresco painter, joined a wagon train heading west, and spent years wandering through mining towns and lumber camps before returning to New York by way of Panama. I envy his wanderlust.
http://www.b…
I wish I'd been more adventurous when I was younger.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/cargo-ship-tourism-voyages
Flock's Gunfire Alerts Raise a New Fourth Amendment Question
https://reason.com/2026/09/22/flocks-gunfire-alerts-raise-a-new-fourth-amendment-question/ via @reason
Glad to see another cold case closed.
https://apnews.com/article/ted-bundy-serial-killer-utah-murder-35e9ec578158e9025c027e5a89023332
What the actual hell? Even corporate America shuts off IT access at termination. Police agencies can't figure this out? #FlockAbuse #Deflock