@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon raises its forecast for capital expenditures to $125B in 2025, up from its earlier estimate of $118B, and says that number will likely increase in 2026 (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/amazon-amzn-q3-earnings-report-2025.html
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@benb@osintua.euInjuries, explosions reported as Russia launches guided bombs, drones across Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/30/injuries-explosions-reported-as-russia.html
@ErikUden@mastodon.deWas ein schöner erster Tag des 18. Bundeskongress der Linksjugend ['solid] :Linksjugend_Solid:!
@anneroth@systemli.socialWar nett gewesen.
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeBPO giant Conduent confirms data breach impacts 10.5 million people
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bpo-giant-conduent-confirms-data-breach-impacts-105-million-people/
@life_is@no-pony.farmDas Fernsehen sagt, wenn menschen in einem wissenschaftlichen Test mit einem Elektroschocker allein gelassen werden, dann geben 70% der Männer und 25 % der Frauen sich selbst elektrische Schocks. Ich versteh männer nicht. Und frauen.
(es geht nicht um elektrostimulationsgeräte)
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgWild thread indeed https://bsky.app/profile/pettertornberg.com/post/3lyx7apjxc22t
@timbray@cosocial.caTFW you're spelunking through generated HTML/CSS trying figure out where the unwanted white space is coming from…
@servelan@newsie.socialAt Bay Area protest, a second pastor is shot by federal agents with a pepper round
https://religionnews.com/2025/10/24/at-bay-area-protest-a-second-pastor-is-shot-by-federal-agents-with-a-pepper-round/
@Life_is@no-pony.farmDas Fernsehen sagt, wenn menschen in einem wissenschaftlichen Test mit einem Elektroschocker allein gelassen werden, dann geben 70% der Männer und 25 % der Frauen sich selbst elektrische Schocks. Ich versteh männer nicht. Und frauen.
(es geht nicht um elektrostimulationsgeräte)
@noellabo@fedibird.com絵文字がたくさんあると楽しいわねー [参照]
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzConsequences of Undecidability in Physics on the #TheoryOfEverything: #universe is a #ComputerSiimulation: https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2025/10/30/ubco-study-debunks-the-idea-that-the-universe-is-a-computer-simulation/ - new study uses logic and physics to definitively answer one of science's biggest questions.
@_tillwe_@mastodon.socialNochmal gebündelt aufgeschrieben, wie das mit den Zombie-Debatten und formativen Schnippseln beim Einscannen dreißig Jahre alter Ordner ist.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2025/10/zombie-debatten-und-formative-schnippsel/
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialTrump says he wants to resume nuclear testing. Here's what that would mean.
#trump
@danyork@mastodon.socialRE: #TypePad migration, 30 Sept
✅ All done!
It took quite a while, but in the end I&…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDie monatliche #Energieerzeugung meiner #Kernfusionskollektoranlage im Vergleich zu Prognosedaten aus einer Simulation.
Gesamtleistung: 480 Wp
Ausrichtung: West
Anstellwinkel: 58 Grad
👉 So berechnest Du die Jahresertragsprognose:
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSiobhan McKenna, News Corp's Australian broadcasting chief, is leaving in Q4; she was Lachlan Murdoch's top adviser, including for the family trust case (Amanda Meade/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct
@aral@mastodon.ar.alPlease help Nouran and her family if you can.
They need your help to cover their everyday needs as Israel’s genocide and famine continues to ravage Gaza.
💕
#Gaza #GazaVerified #fediAid …
@cdarwin@c.imTwo federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must to continue to fund SNAP, -- the nation’s biggest food aid program, -- using contingency funds during the government shutdown.
The rulings came a day before the U.S. Department of Agriculture planned to freeze payments to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program because it said it could no longer keep funding it due to the shutdown.
The program serves about 1 in 8 America…
@grifferz@social.bitfolk.com"Unfortunately, in attempting to do so, we erroneously deleted the data directory of the primary"
jfc we have all been there, if you haven't then it doesn't mean you're perfect it probably just means you haven't done ops enough.
This is what hugops are for.
"Post-mortem of the September 2 Matrix.org outage"
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump can't require proof of citizenship for voter registration, judge says (Julianna Bragg/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/31/trump-immigration-citizenship-federal-judge
http://www.memeorandum.com/251031/p133#a251031p133
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioIf only large companies and rich people would have to pay a fair share of taxes and we’d finance open source development (and other things such as higher education) as a public good
@brian_gettler@mas.toMagda Fahrni, ma co-directrice de thèse d'antan, interviewée par la Presse par rapport Š son nouveau cours de bac sur l’histoire de la santé et de la maladie au Québec.
https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/portfolio
@catsalad@infosec.exchange:neocat_evil_3c:
@tschfflr@fediscience.orgInterested in social media data for research? Submit an abstract to our second Social Media Access Days! Deadline: Oct 31. #socialMedia https://www.dnb.de/DE/Professionell/Sammeln/Sammlung_Websites/SocialMediaAccessDays.html
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialich glaube ja dass KI die arbeitswelt komplett verändern wird
@luca@social.luca.runFast die Fraktionssitzung verpasst. Grüße aus dem Rathaus.
@davidaugust@mastodon.online
@fortune@social.linux.pizzaGetting there is only half as far as getting there and back.
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzDamn - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/577448/watch-the-moment-a-dramatic-blaze-ignites-in-whangarei-hospital-s-carpark imagine if the person in that ICE ute had a blanket and had thrown it over over the fire at th…
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@daniel@social.telemetrydeck.comGood morning you cuties!
@macandi@social.heise.de
@publicvoit@graz.socialDrei Faktoren bewahrten historische Gesellschaften vor dem #Untergang
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000294385/drei-faktore…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.socialDevelopers doing the mental gymnastics of justifying spending thousands of $$$ to cloud providers and big tech to avoid paying a small software vendor a single $.
@shriramk@mastodon.socialWhat can a German studies and gender studies professor have to say about tech and thinking? Quite a bit! Well-written and insightful, with a bit of SV "inside baseball" thrown in. The quotes at the bottom of this page are surprisingly accurate. #BookReview
@Techmeme@techhub.socialReddit reports Q3 revenue up 68% YoY to $585M, vs. $546M est., and daily active uniques up 19% to 116M, vs. 114M est.; RDDT jumps 5% after hours (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/30/reddit-rddt-q3-2025.html
@benb@osintua.euDAMAGED TANKS and STREET FIGHTS: Commanders from the front speak candidly about the WAR: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/30/damaged-tanks-and-street-fights.html
@ErikUden@mastodon.deThis charge is so baseless, the comparison to genocide, the wholesale slaughter of populations. Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave, kindly leave, go out? Did others? Do you want me to name all the genocidal leaders of history. Just go one by one. Did anyone do this? Did they say “go out so we can come in”?
— Benjamin Netanyahu, 26.09.2025 [
@noellabo@fedibird.comAdobeのアプデきてるな。これIllustrator 2025がマジヤベーから2024とっとけ。自動アプデ切っとけ、ってやつよね（フォーラムMVPの面影なし）
それはそれとして、2026は解消してるのか、引き続きヤベーのか
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgWeirdly, after the last update, one of my work computers has started automatically logging me in to Skype for business. Who knew that even still existed?
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeDon't be scared, but today's Metacurity is super-packed with frightening cyber developments you should know before you head out to trick and treat, including
--Google and Amazon used secret code to dodge data disclosure laws, investigation,
--Suspected Conti member extradited to US from Ukraine,
--FCC will vote to eliminate cyber reporting requirements for carriers,
--UNC6384 targeted Hungarian and Belgian diplomatic entities,
--Medusa creators reportedl…
@servelan@newsie.socialReport: Land carbon sinks lag while rising temperatures spread disease and threaten incomes
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-carbon-lag-temperatures-disease-threaten.html
@cdarwin@c.imFrom the neoclassical station entrance
— with its massive emerald-green sliding steel doors, pyramid-like roof and domed ceiling
— to the wide concrete staircases leading down to the cool, musty underground platform and tracks, the station exudes a peculiar mix of mystery and urban decay.
“Be careful, there’s iron dust, mud and oil everywhere,” says Mamoru Iwai,
Keisei Ueno Station’s stationmaster and my guide inside Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station,
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social @memeorandum@universeodon.comJudges really don't like this detention policy (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook-remaking-government/2025/10/31/judges-really-dont-like-this-detention-policy-00631871
http://www.memeorandum.com/251031/p134#a251031p134
@catsalad@infosec.exchange:neocat_evil_3c:
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: Netflix is exploring a bid for WBD's studio and streaming business and has tapped investment bank Moelis & Co to evaluate a prospective offer (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/netflix-taps-…
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialwenn der typ der in japan die messer schmiedet wüsste dass er 40 jahre lang unter strenger disziplin sein handwerk erlernt und perfektioniert hat damit ich bei der rewe treuepunkte aktion eines seiner messer für 1€ abstaube
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzImage of a time-dependent rotating regular black hole: #BlackHole flicker in time: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1103993
@macandi@social.heise.de @vosje62@mastodon.nl#Großstadtrevier: Folge 419: Das unsichtbare Orchester (S31/E13) - #ARD #NDR
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.socialHave a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
"Do not provoke me, wicked girl, lest i drop you in anger, and hate you as much as i now terribly love you."
Homer, Iliad 3.395
🎨 Chotomy
https://www.tumblr.com/chotomy/65399624561
@benb@osintua.euRussia renews military flights to Syria as it rebuilds relations with Damascus: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/31/russia-renews-military-flights-to.html
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon reports a $9.5B pre-tax gain from its investment in Anthropic, which was included in the company's non-operating income for Q3 (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazons-anthropic-investment-boosts-its-quarterly-pr…
@ErikUden@mastodon.deduring covid and home office bosses installed programs that tracked your every move on your laptop to specifically mark you as 'working' if your mouse moved enough and you made enough keyboard types
now microsoft office announces 'vibe working' (AI assisted excel spreadsheets and word documents) since 'vibe coding' worked out so well ❤️
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgEverything sounds better in French. Including this live version of Suède playing the power, or rather "La Puissance" that unexpectedly came on my @… feed...
Listen to La Puissance (The Power) by Suede on Qobuz https://open.qobuz.com/track/281108078
@servelan@newsie.socialFaith leaders join Democrats to decry health care cuts, expiring SNAP benefits
https://religionnews.com/2025/10/30/faith-leaders-join-democrats-to-decry-healthcare-cuts-expiring-snap-benefits/
@cdarwin@c.imFor railway enthusiasts and ruin hunters alike,
these so-called "phantom stations" that have ceased service
offer a glimpse into Tokyo’s past.
Hidden from daily view and often closed to the public, they mark moments of transition in the capital’s transit history
— from the early years of railway and subway construction to the rapid postwar rebuild.
More than curiosities, they stand as weathered industrial records of how Tokyo has expanded, reconfigur…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAn analysis of AI training datasets, compiled by The Atlantic, shows AI models were trained on hundreds of thousands of YouTube videos from news publishers (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hundred…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeAs some of you may know, I spent a gazillion years as a media/telecom analyst but have been strictly cyber for ten years now.
But TechTarget commissioned me to write a series of "pillar" pieces on 5G and here's the first.
Thanks to Tom Pace of NetRise, Jack Fritz of Deloitte and Dave Krauthamer of QuSecure for their insights.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/trump-officials-military-housing.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251030/p129#a251030p129
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2032 and 2036 risk enhancement from NEOs in the #Taurid stream: Is there a significant coherent component to impact risk? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576525006460?via=ihub -> UNM research suggests Halloween fireballs could signal increased risk of cosmic impact or airburst in 2032 and 2036: https://news.unm.edu/news/unm-research-suggests-halloween-fireballs-could-signal-increased-risk-of-cosmic-impact-or-airburst-in-2032-and-2036
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNew York-based Kaizen, which provides a commerce platform for government agencies to offer services like utility billing, raised a $21M Series A led by NEA (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/202…
@ErikUden@mastodon.dethere are 500 trillion calories of humans in the world 😋
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump seeks to kill all medical care for trans youth by defunding hospitals that provide it - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/seeks-to-all-medical-care-for-trans-youth-by-defunding-hospitals-that-provide-it/
@benb@osintua.euRussian units surrounded near Dobropillia, Ukraine's military says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/30/russian-units-surrounded-near-dobropillia.html
@cdarwin@c.imBack from a week abroad, Donald Trump called on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government,
an idea swiftly rejected Friday by Republican leaders who have long opposed such a move.
https://apnews.com/article/filibuster-…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeA scary Halloween tale of an insider threat that underscores the importance of setting up anomaly scanning to catch unusual behavior.
Caught an insider threat today. Never thought it would actually happen to us.
https://www.reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/com…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comMore than 100 judges have ruled against the Trump admin's mandatory detention policy (Kyle Cheney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/31/trump-administration-mandatory-detention-deportation-00632086
http://www.memeorandum.com/251031/p125#a251031p125
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI starts to sell extra credits for Sora, which currently has a limit of 30 free gens per day; 10 video gens will retail for $4 through Apple's App Store (Anna Washenko/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/openai-now-sel
@ErikUden@mastodon.demitch mcconnel syndrome can be cured by term limits ❤️
@servelan@newsie.socialTexas will now let judges refuse to marry same-sex couples if it goes against their religion - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/texas-will-now-let-judges-refuse-to-marry-same-couples-if-it-goes-against-their-religion/
@benb@osintua.euKremlin: Putin is open to meeting Zelensky, but no serious preparations are underway: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/30/kremlin-putin-is-open-to.html
@cdarwin@c.imDeplatforming Nick Fuentes was what kept him from being mainstreamed
-- it worked.
Elon's replatforming of all of these people
and allowing actual Nazis around
is why the US government is now publishing white supremacist propaganda regularly.
This is not a new debate. Deplatforming works.
https://…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeRE: https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity/115468682980272145
As someone over at BlueSky pointed out, all of the kids arrested look very young, with one of them busted in his Hello Kitty pajamas.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comJudge orders Trump administration to fund food aid for millions of Americans (Marcia Brown/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/31/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-fund-food-aid-for-millions-of-americans-00631928
http://www.memeorandum.com/251031/p124#a251031p124
@ErikUden@mastodon.deThe fallacy I've experienced in both personal relations and international politics is the belief that there exists an option in which everything stays the same. Not touching the steering wheel, simply continuing as is, will mean all is well, and it's seemingly not as much of a decision as actively interfering is.
The trolly problem exposes this belief, yet we have not really overcome it.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow Brazil's Pix digital payment system, adopted by 80% of citizens, became a target of the Trump administration, which says it unfairly undercuts US companies (Ana Ionova/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/world/americas/brazil-digital-pay…
@servelan@newsie.socialSo China's gonna buy their beans and they get money on top as well...
Trump Admin Readies $12B Tariffs Bailout For Farmers - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/10/trump-admin-readies-12b-tariffs-bailout-for-farmers/
@benb@osintua.euUkraine says Myrove and Sobolivka remain under Kyiv’s control, rejects Russian claims of advances: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/30/ukraine-says-myrove-and-sobolivka.html
@cdarwin@c.imOn Friday, federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island issued rulings
that could soon bring relief to millions of Americans whose Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are set to expire on Nov. 1,
requiring the Trump administration to fund the program, at least partially while the legal proceedings continue.
The SNAP program, commonly referred to as food stamps, is among many government programs affectedby the ongoing shutdown,
and has been one…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhite House removes Atlantic from oil lease consideration after political backlash (Ben Lefebvre/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/31/white-house-removes-atlantic-ocean-from-oil-lease-consideration-after-political-backlash-00631427
http://www.memeorandum.com/251031/p123#a251031p123
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTwilio reports Q3 revenue up 15% YoY to $1.3B vs. $1.25B est., forecasts Q4 sales above est., agrees to buy identity platform Stytch; TWLO jumps 8% after hours (Chris Ciaccia/Seeking Alpha)
https://seekingalpha.com/news/4511471-tw…
@benb@osintua.euUkrainian forces turn the tide: Russia’s offensive slows for a second straight month: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/30/ukrainian-forces-turn-the-tide.html
@cdarwin@c.imNational Airspace System Status
Current: Oct 31, 2025 3:48:11 PM PDT
Thank you for your attention to this matter
https://nasstatus.faa.gov/list
@servelan@newsie.socialRomania seeks Ukraine drone partnership after Russian airspace violations - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/01/romania-ukraine-drone-partnership/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe US Army awards Palantir a contract worth up to $10B over the next decade, creating a "comprehensive framework for the Army's future software and data needs" (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/…
@benb@osintua.euFrom a Russian prison, Girkin says Trump is right that Russia is a ‘paper tiger’ with no prospect of victory: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/30/from-a-russian-prison-girkin.html
@cdarwin@c.im @benb@osintua.euThe AFU is getting stronger! The USA is providing more aid to Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/30/the-afu-is-getting-stronger.html
@cdarwin@c.imHalloween from
Down Under
Just had to share
(sound up) 🎃🤣
https://bsky.app/profile/patti3333.bsky.social/post/3m4jiobjkas2c
@benb@osintua.euMoscow sets conditions for negotiations: Why does compliance mean capitulation? | Explainer: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/30/moscow-sets-conditions-for-negotiations.html
@cdarwin@c.imAgriculture Secretary Brooke
Rollins gave a candid message to Americans about the continued impasse and concerns that millions of people could soon miss out on food benefits.
“My message to America is, first, the fact that your government is failing you, right now,”
said Rollins, whose department oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
@benb@osintua.euUkrainian authorities arrest suspect in shooting of politician Andrii Parubii: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/01/ukrainian-authorities-arrest-suspect-in.html
@cdarwin@c.imAn implicit admission GOP congressmen want Trump do by decree something they could never pass through Congress as a statute, much less a constitutional amendment.
https://bsky.app/profile/lawrencehurley.bsky.social/post/3m4j44cqvos2k
@cdarwin@c.imFor decades, some big polluters were allowed to estimate their emissions using methods the government knew were often unreliable.
Real Pollution Levels: Air monitors at coke manufacturers, chemical plants and other industrial facilities showed far higher emissions than the estimates, records viewed by ProPublica show.
Trump Halts New Rules: The Trump administration has halted rules requiring more than 130 industrial plants to install air monitors and comply with new e…
@cdarwin@c.imExtrajudicial killings within the Russian military are becoming more widespread,
according to an investigation published by the Russian independent outlet Verstka.
The practice of "nullifying" (Russian: "obnulenie")
— the Russian military's term for executing its soldiers
— increasingly involves sending personnel on deadly assualt missions without proper protection
