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Alstom’s Hydrogen Retreat Marks A Turning Point For European Rail - CleanTechnica
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/27/alstoms-hydrogen-retreat-marks-a-turning-point-for-european-rail/
> The future of hydrogen rail di…

Dak Prescott’s Week 17 performance earns high marks in Cowboys’ win https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dak-prescott-week-17-performance-earns-high-marks-dallas-cowboys-win

Boston's GBH launches a $225M fundraising campaign to sustain its operations over the next three years following the end of federal funding for public media (Dan Kennedy/Media Nation)
https://dankennedy.net/2025/10/01/gbh-anno…

GBH announces $225 million fundraising initiative to offset government cuts
Today marks the end of government funding for public media, and Boston’s GBH is announcing a major fundraising initiative to fill the gap. Susan Goldberg, the operation’s president and …

Tonight marks not only the end of the year but also the end of our Trust Us Ticket sale.
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Crimean Neanderthals made Stone Age crayons from ocher 50,000 years ago - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/crimean-neanderthals-made-stone-age-crayons-from-ocher-50000-years-ago/

Wear marks suggest Neanderthals made ocher crayons
Neanderthals were apparently no easier on their art supplies than modern kids.

from my link log —
Determination of the fifth Busy Beaver value.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12337
saved 2025-09-17 https://dotat.at/:/7EVGI.html…

Determination of the fifth Busy Beaver value
We prove that $S(5) = 47,176,870$ using the Coq proof assistant. The Busy Beaver value $S(n)$ is the maximum number of steps that an $n$-state 2-symbol Turing machine can perform from the all-zero tape before halting, and $S$ was historically introduced by Tibor Radó in 1962 as one of the simplest examples of an uncomputable function. The proof enumerates $181,385,789$ Turing machines with 5 states and, for each machine, decides whether it halts or not. Our result marks the first determination…

Jetzt wird es total Gaga: Nachdem schon Meta in den USA riesige Datacenter ohne Stromanschluss nur mit Dieselgeneratoren baut, passiert das jetzt auch in GB. Dort sollen zunächst 4 Anlagen gebaut werden, die angeblich CCS abscheiden. Das alles ist ein energiepolitischer und klima- und umwelttechnischer Wahnsinn.

New wave of UK data centres to run on gas engine and CCS microgrid
Deal marks collaboration between AVK, Landmark Power Holdings and Rolls Royce.

Tomorrow marks the final day of our Trust Us Ticket sale!
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Myles Garrett's forced fumble vs. Geno Smith marks Browns' 10th sack of game https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/video/myles-garrett-s-forced-fumble-vs-geno-smith-marks-browns-10th-sack-of-game

Well-Quasi-Ordering Eulerian Digraphs Embeddable in Surfaces by Strong Immersion
Dario Cavallaro, Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi, Stephan Kreutzer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26260 https…

Well-Quasi-Ordering Eulerian Digraphs Embeddable in Surfaces by Strong Immersion
We prove that for every surface $Σ$, the class of Eulerian directed graphs that are Eulerian embeddable into $Σ$ (in particular they have degree at most $4$) is well-quasi-ordered by strong immersion. This result marks one of the most versatile directed graph classes (besides tournaments) for which we are aware of a positive well-quasi-ordering result regarding a well-studied graph relation. Our result implies that the class of bipartite circle graphs is well-quasi-ordered under the pivot-m…

NFL Week 13 bold predictions: Patriots duo reaches new heights; 49ers shut down Myles Garrett https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-week-13-bold-predictions-patriots-duo-reaches-new-heights-49ers-shut-down-myles-garrett

Stochastic dynamics on evolving geometric graphs
Alexei Daletskii, Dmitri Finkelshtein
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25427 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.25427

Stochastic dynamics on evolving geometric graphs
We consider an infinite locally finite system (configuration) $γ$ of particles distributed over a Euclidean space $X$. Each particle located at $x\in X$ carries an internal parameter (mark, or ``spin'') $σ_{x}\in S=\mathbb{R}.$ Such collections of particles form the space of marked configurations $Γ(X,S)$. We construct the following stochastic dynamics in $Γ(X,S)$: while the configuration $γ$ of particle positions performs a random evolution, the corresponding marks interact with each othe…

2025 marks the year of the lord where the last cash holdout in Berlin fell: Xmas markets 🧑‍🎄🍷🔥💳

RE: https://mastodon.online/@oliver_schafeld/115802036332258907
Full marks, no notes.
We may need this one as instruction-based image generation matures.
"This is slop": someone lazily prompted and uploaded whatever came out.…

Global construction carbon footprint set to double by 2050 #environment

Global construction carbon footprint set to double by 2050
As the world marks UN World Cities Day on 31 October—a call to make cities more sustainable—a new international study published in Communications Earth & Environment warns that the global construction sector's carbon footprint is on track to double by 2050, threatening to derail efforts to meet the Paris Agreement climate targets.

US 'unchurching' marks the 'fastest religious shift in modern history' - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/axios-religious-affiliation-prri/

"S.F.’s Union Square comeback is taking shape — despite two major question marks"
Somehow neither of them is the complete lack of bike parking anywhere near the block-wide 7-story Macy's. Biking to and around Union Square sucks.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/…

ABC MD Hugh Marks criticizes attacks on the Australian broadcaster as "opportunistic" over claims its Four Corners program distorted Trump's January 6 speech (Krishani Dhanji/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.co…

From Translink
Sleigh through the holidays with TransLink’s Reindeer Bus and Santa Train
Toys for Tots marks 40 years of supporting Metro Vancouver families in need
https://link.etranslink.ca/v/443/61496305bc86358c9a870350b998cd04…

Is Woody Marks playing today? Injury update, fantasy advice for Texans RB in Week 16 https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/houston-texans/news/woody-marks-playing-today-injury-update-fantasy-advice…

Newsom Marks Hostage Deal by Mocking Trump, Netanyahu as 'Dumb and Dumber'; Deletes Post (Nick Gilbertson/Breitbart)
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2025/10/14/newsom-marks-hostage-deal-by-mocking-trump-netanyahu-as-dumb-and-dumber-deletes-post/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p7#a251015p7

The problem with Las Vegas is that visitors are now treated like marks rather than guests.
The $50 gotcha charge at Paris Las Vegas for unplugging a cord in the room to charge a laptop is a perfect example:
https://view…

“$50 Charge Because I Unplugged A Cord”: Paris Las Vegas Hotel’s Tiny Print Fee Sums Up Why Visitors Are Fleeing The City
A reader shares that the were billed "$50 to charge a laptop" at Paris Las Vegas, and they thought this was "an even more outrageous fee" than $26 for a bottle of water at Aria. Las Vegas executives can't seem to figure out why tourist visits are declining in the city.

I believe, my 5 year old daughter as a future in science:
Mom: "Your desk is completely stained, I can't remove those pencil marks! which pen did you use ?"
"I don't know mum, but I've an idea. I will get all my pens and draw over the desk again, so we can test which ones we can't remove! "

The SEC's decision to dismiss its lawsuit against SolarWinds and its CISO, Tim Brown, was met with immediate and widespread joy across the cybersecurity leadership community.
But experts say CISOs should start shoring up their internal defenses in case the policy or legal winds shift again.
Check out my latest CSO piece on what the decision means for CISOs. Many thanks to Joe Sullivan, Gadi Evron, Diana Kelley and Cara Peterman for their insights.
What CISOs should know…

What CISOs should know about the SolarWinds lawsuit dismissal
The SEC’s dismissal of its lawsuit against SolarWinds and its CISO brought widespread relief to cybersecurity leaders and potentially marks a turning point for how regulators, boards, and executives think about cybersecurity accountability.

#Mark #Zuckerberg’s decision to cut off funding to the pro‑immigration group FWD.us
marks a sharp turn away from the high-profile social advocacy that once defined his philanthropy...
even as #MacKenzie

Billionaire philanthropy’s growing divide: Mark Zuckerberg stops funding immigration reform as MacKenzie Scott doubles down on DEI
Two models for tech wealth are emerging, as notable billionaire donors reveal their priorities.

Anthropic announces Claude Life Sciences, a new offering for researchers that integrates Claude AI models with lab tools like Benchling to boost efficiency (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/20/anthropic-claude-life-sciences-research-ai.html

Anthropic launches Claude Life Sciences to give researchers an AI efficiency boost
The announcement marks Anthropic's first formal launch within the life sciences sector

«It is not just the jobs that have disappeared. The towns also bear the scars of mining and related activities. Heavy truck traffic has damaged roads, while drilling operations have pierced the salt flats, leaving visible marks on landscapes that once drew tourists.»
A lithium bust leaves Latin American towns in the dust
https://restofworld.org/2025/lithium-price-crash-latin-america-mining/

Spotify raises UK prices by £1 after previously raising them in April 2024; the Premium individual monthly plan will now cost £12.99 (Mandy Dalugdug/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spo

Spotify raises UK and Switzerland Premium prices again as analysts see US hike by early 2026
The 8.3% increase marks the second time in 18 months that the Swedish streaming giant has raised UK prices by £1.

The global impact of the Trump regime. It took the world decades to get to this point. Now the Saudi / Russia / Trump alliance derails the introduction of a global carbon tax for shipping.
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-donald-trump…

Trump sinks global shipping climate tax
The decision to halt action for a year marks a stinging defeat for the EU and its climate change efforts.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Expansions
Si Begg:
🎵 Mark's Delusion
#SiBegg
https://sibegg.bandcamp.com/track/marks-delusion
https://open.spotify.com/track/3judMdi6UIDzgbo8h6uyxu

#tfw, as a preliterate, Neolithic age person, you think hey, what if I make some marks on this stone so I can come back later and remember what I was doing, and what if I let someone else know about it too, and they can remember it, and let others know it, and how to make their own marks. Nah, that’s a slippery slope right there. No knowing where that will go. And here we are.

Every now and then I assign something that sounds great but that just doesn't work. Sometimes this involves students just not getting it and submitting work that's wide of the mark. Sometimes, though, students produce fine work but, because I didn't do a great job designing it, the assignment is virtually impossible to grade. That's what happened this time. Everyone did the work and I can tell they learned something, but the results are all over the place. High marks for all,…

NFL 2025 records watch: Who's chasing history halfway through the season and which marks could actually fall?

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-2025-records-watch-p…

SOHO’s 30-year legacy of observing the Sun: #SOHO celebrates thirty years: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/SOHO/Sun-watcher_SOHO_celebrates_thirty_years and https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-esa-sun-observatory-marks-30-years/

There’s quotation marks around “Mindshift Conference” because it obviously wasn’t an actual conference, it was a private island getaway circle jerk tax deduction at best, and at worst it was, well, you know what.

There is nothing in our Constitution that prevents a future president from revoking this award (and also the other ones that El Cheeto granted to highly unworthy people.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-set-posthumously-aw…

Trump set to posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Tuesday marks what would have been Kirk's 32nd birthday.

Search is Dead.
Really, this should not have taken two hours across oodles of prompts using four different search engines, but every one of those prompts was deconstructed into syllables to match anything even remotely thesaurused, regardless of details provided, regardless quote marks, minus or plus signs. "Malcolm Strauss"? oh, you mean RICHARD! No, fuck you bot, and Diana Allen is neither Rita Hayworth or Woody Allen and 1923 is not 1945 and a 2006 is unlikely to be SILENT, and this shouldn't take two hours before, finally, only Google would find this mention with the key phrase "presumed lost".
Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List
https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/Salome1923.html

Woody Marks’ absence almost proved costly for Texans https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/houston-texans/news/woody-marks-absence-almost-proves-costly/bb628c2f9b7dcb13e1fcdfd8

This illustrates what i always thought, there is no copyright issue with regard to AI. It is just a matter of making financial deals...
#ai

The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora
Agreement marks a significant step in setting meaningful standards for responsible AI in entertainment.

"UK, Dutch agencies pull funding from Total’s controversial Mozambique LNG project"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Netherlands

UK, Dutch agencies pull funding from Total’s controversial Mozambique LNG project
U.K. and Dutch export credit agencies have withdrawn their financial commitments for French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies’ gas project in Mozambique, in an unprecedented move that marks the latest setback for the controversial project. UK Export Finance (UKEF), a government agency, and Netherlands-based Atradius, both of which provide companies with loans, guarantees and insurance […]

That’s almost certainly the better strategy for them, even if the cynical view is true and they really are an investment org and not an educational institution at heart. We know that caving to bullies just marks you as a target. We know that, as @… said, those who resist grow in stature, and those who capitulate emerge as shadows of themselves (https://www.theindex.media/p/donald-trump-can-t-make-cowards-of-us-all). If Harvard is a brand, well….
But investment is a fear-driven world, and there’s a lot of fear circulating.
5/

Weekend Reads
* Is this an AI bubble?
https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/memo/is-it-a-bubble
* Internet Protocol Journal

Is It a Bubble?
In his latest memo, Howard Marks explores if there is a bubble in AI, identifying uncertainty, parallels to past bubbles, AI's vast potential, and emphasizing the importance of prudence.

Elise Explains IPcast
Provides simple, expert guidance on trade marks, design registrations, copyright, brand strategy, and intellectual property law in Australia...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/elise-explains-ipcast/

Environmental storytelling 💋
#Caturday

⚡ Spied: This Is BMW’s First Electric M Car
#bmw

Spied: This Is BMW’s First Electric M Car
The Neue Klasse iX3 marks a much-needed fresh start for BMW, and this M variant signals what's to come from its high-performance division.

A Vertically Orientated Dark Matter Halo Marks a Flip of the Galactic Disk
Ling Zhu, Runsheng Cai, Xi Kang, Xiang-Xiang Xue, Chengqun Yang, Lan Zhang, Shude Mao, Chao Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08684

A Vertically Orientated Dark Matter Halo Marks a Flip of the Galactic Disk
Unveiling the 3D shape of the Milky Way's dark-matter halo is critical to understanding its formation history. We created an innovative dynamical model with minimal assumptions on the internal dynamical structures and accommodates a highly flexible triaxial DM halo. By applying the method to 6D phase-space data of K-giant stars from LAMOST + Gaia, we robustly determine the 3D dark-matter distribution of the Milky Way out to approximately 50 kpc. We discover a triaxial, nearly oblate dark-matter…

Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks
Thursday marks a first deadline,
set this month in a memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi,
for all federal law enforcement agencies to “coordinate delivery”
to the FBI of their intelligence files
on “Antifa” and “Antifa-related” activities.
Bondi has tasked the FBI with using those files to draw up lists of Americans and foreigners to investigate
as part of a campaign directed by …

Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks
The Justice Department’s program to root out violent “Antifa” extremism is raising First Amendment concerns.

https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/12/trump-formally-taps-joshua-rudd-lead-nsa-cyber-command/410266/
“Rudd, the current deputy director for Indo-Pacific Command, appears to not have previously held a military cybersecurity po…

Trump formally taps Joshua Rudd to lead NSA, Cyber Command
The nomination marks a turning point for the electronic surveillance and hacking teams that have been without a permanent leader for eight months.

Today marks exactly 14 years since I experienced my first #EV charging session through international roaming. Unfortunately, it didn't work as it should have.
Rien n'a changé?

Well, today marks a new low in my professional experience with AI. For the first time in my life, AFAIK, I’ve been quoted in a technical article using a quote that was hallucinated by ChatGPT. Author has been contacted, fix has been made, and stern advice given. It’s truly depressing that people who are perfectly capable of writing their own work are outsourcing to tools that are known to make 💩 up. #AIslop

As is now traditional, the #GBBO final marks the starting time for advertisers to showcase their Christmas adverts.

NFL Week 8 schedule rankings: Top 5 Sunday games to celebrate National Tight Ends Day https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6740976/2025/10/24/nfl-week-8-national-tight-ends-day-how-to-watch/

this is psychotic and now I desperately want pot noodle
https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/115352194671389501

Sources: Nintendo has asked manufacturers to produce as many as 25M Switch 2 units by the end of March 2026, surpassing analysts' estimates of 17.6M (Bloomberg)

Nintendo Switch 2 Production Plan: 25 Million Units by March 2026
Nintendo Co. has asked suppliers to produce as many as 25 million units of the Switch 2 by the end of March 2026, setting the company up for record first-year sales of a console that’s already reached high-water marks for the global gaming sector.

Learning Latent Energy-Based Models via Interacting Particle Langevin Dynamics
Joanna Marks, Tim Y. J. Wang, O. Deniz Akyildiz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12311 https://

Learning Latent Energy-Based Models via Interacting Particle Langevin Dynamics
We develop interacting particle algorithms for learning latent variable models with energy-based priors. To do so, we leverage recent developments in particle-based methods for solving maximum marginal likelihood estimation (MMLE) problems. Specifically, we provide a continuous-time framework for learning latent energy-based models, by defining stochastic differential equations (SDEs) that provably solve the MMLE problem. We obtain a practical algorithm as a discretisation of these SDEs and pro…

Trump and Vance give the economy high marks -- the numbers say otherwise (Philip Bump/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-jobs-employment-jd-vance-a-plus-economy
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p82#a251217p82

The surge in watermark removers within days of Sora 2’s release reminds us that most AI detection is just security theater at this point.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_sora-aiethics-aivideo-activity-738203300507213004…

YouTube says it paid out $8B to the music industry in the 12 months to June 2025, up from $6B in 2022 and $4B in 2021 (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/23/youtube-paid-out-8b-to-the-music-industry-in-12-months/

YouTube paid out $8B to the music industry in 12 months | TechCrunch
The milestone marks a new record for the platform, as YouTube’s annual music industry payout increased by $2 billion since 2022.

"DOE floats new cuts to hundreds of #energy grants" - "including the five remaining federally funded hydrogen hubs..., according to a list obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News ...The compendium marks more than 600 grants totaling more than $20 billion as “terminate.” "
This includes cuts at University of

DOE floats new cuts to hundreds of clean energy grants
The Department of Energy is proposing major new cuts to hydrogen and air capture hubs.

WUGNECTIVES: Novel Entity Inferences of Language Models from Discourse Connectives
Daniel Brubaker, William Sheffield, Junyi Jessy Li, Kanishka Misra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09556

WUGNECTIVES: Novel Entity Inferences of Language Models from Discourse Connectives
The role of world knowledge has been particularly crucial to predict the discourse connective that marks the discourse relation between two arguments, with language models (LMs) being generally successful at this task. We flip this premise in our work, and instead study the inverse problem of understanding whether discourse connectives can inform LMs about the world. To this end, we present WUGNECTIVES, a dataset of 8,880 stimuli that evaluates LMs' inferences about novel entities in contexts w…

Dak set to become Cowboys' career passing leader https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47051314/dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott-passing-leader

Trump’s call for congressman Thomas Massie’s ouster underscores growing divisions within the Republican Party as it heads into the 2026 midterms,
with the MAGA Mob Boss continuing to test his grip on congressional Republicans and the broader conservative movement.
https://www…

Donald Trump Says Republican Must Be Thrown Out of Congress ‘ASAP’
The attack marks Trump’s latest move to punish Republican lawmakers who have opposed his agenda.

Game Preview: Raiders gear up for road tilt against the Los Angeles Chargers https://www.raiders.com/news/game-preview-las-vegas-raiders-vs-los-angeles-chargers-nfl-week-13-113025

Global treaty to end subsidies for destructive fishing takes effect https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/global-treaty-to-end-subsidies-for-destructive-fishing-takes-effect/

Global treaty to end subsidies for destructive fishing takes effect
A landmark global treaty to curb billions of dollars in government subsidies for overfishing took effect on Sept. 15, Mongabay contributor Elizabeth Fitt reported. The agreement marks the first time the World Trade Organization (WTO) has approved an environmental sustainability agreement in its 30-year history. The deal came into effect after Brazil, Kenya, Tonga and […]

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/16/somalia-confirms-major-data-breach-in-electronic-visa-system
The admission on Sunday marks the first official acknowledgement by Somali authorities after the United States and United …

Somalia confirms major data breach in electronic visa system
Officials launch probe days after breach emerged amid widespread concern and speculation over leaked data.

What I've Learnt
A podcast from journalist Deborah Blashki-Marks, a unique platform for International and national talent to delve deep into their own challenges, successes, failures, and life lessons...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/what-i

Game Preview: Raiders gear up for road tilt against the Los Angeles Chargers https://www.raiders.com/news/game-preview-las-vegas-raiders-vs-los-angeles-chargers-nfl-week-13-113025

From Translink
From Expo 86 to Everyday Essential: SkyTrain Marks 40 Years
For four decades, Metro Vancouver’s driverless trains have helped shape where people live, how they move, and how the region grows
https://link.etranslink.ca/v/443/61496

"World’s First Ever Large-Scale Carbon Storage Site Successfully Injects CO2 Below Seabed"
#CarbonDioxide #Climate #ClimateChange

World's First Ever Large-Scale Carbon Storage Site Successfully Injects CO2 Below Seabed | Happy Eco News
Norway’s Northern Lights project achieved the world’s first large-scale carbon storage injection beneath the seabed. By capturing and permanently storing CO₂ from industrial facilities, the initiative marks a major milestone for climate mitigation. The project demonstrates how international collaboration and technology can scale carbon capture to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Apple removes two of the most popular gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, from its App Store in China, citing orders from the country's Cyberspace Administration (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-removes-gay-dating-apps-china-app-store/

Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.

My wife says that these are annual-type 𝑅𝑢𝑑𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑎 which makes sense because I found them in an annual bed a few weeks ago
#photo #photography #flowers

Trump announced on Wednesday that he is repealing the Biden-era federal fuel economy standards,
significantly weakening fuel efficiency requirements for tens of millions of new gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.
It marks the US president’s latest effort to dismantle pollution regulations and federal support for cleaner-running vehicles and renewable energy.
Burning gasoline is a significant contributor to global heating and transportation is the largest source of greenho…

Two offensive stars could make NFL history for Cowboys vs Jets on Sunday https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/10/02/dak-prescott-jake-ferguson-near-historic-nfl-marks-vs-jets/8647…

Woody Marks among Week 15's top 30 predicted anytime touchdown scorers https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/47279189/nfl-week-15-touchdown-odds-predictions

DarkSky International is proud to announce the certification of its 250th International #DarkSky Place with the recent designation of Lapalala Wilderness Nature Reserve in South Africa: https://darksky.org/news/250-international-dark-sky-places-2/ - while Lapalala marks this incredible milestone, the celebration is shared by all 250 locations worldwide that have joined DarkSky’s most recognized and beloved program; together, these places form a growing global network where pristine dark skies can be experienced and are actively protected.

The New Yorker has digitized its full archive covering 100 years, including covers and adding upgraded search capabilities; subscribers get unlimited access (Nicholas Henriquez/New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/press-room/the-entire-new…

The Entire New Yorker Archive Is Now Fully Digitized
Subscribers now have easier, unlimited access to every article, cover, and issue published in the magazine, as it marks its hundredth anniversary in print.

The first of at least seven straight days of rain begins Friday in the Bay Area
as an atmospheric river is set to soak the region with a stream of subtropical moisture from Hawaii.
The phenomenon, known as a Pineapple Express, generally brings heavy rain and mountain snow to the West Coast.
“When it reaches the west coast, the Pineapple Express can dump as much as 5 inches of rain on California in one day.”
Friday marks the first of what could be three different round…

Sources: Morgan Stanley told its financial advisors it will broaden access to crypto investments to all clients and allow such investments in any account type (Hugh Son/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/10/morgan-stanley-drops-crypto-fun…

Morgan Stanley drops restrictions on which wealth clients can own crypto funds
Morgan Stanley's move marks the latest expansion of access to crypto at the world's largest wealth management firm.

This might qualify as a "sophisticated" cyberattack, no?
North Korean state-sponsored hackers hijacked Google accounts to remotely control and wipe smartphones and tablets held by individuals in South Korea, then exploited their KakaoTalk messenger as a channel to spread malware to their contacts

North Korean hackers hijack Google, KakaoTalk accounts to control South Korean phones: Report
The attack marks the first confirmed case of a North Korean state-sponsored hacking group compromising Google accounts. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ADL split marks FBI shift away from targeting right-wing violence, scholars say (Jason Lalljee/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/04/trump-fbi-kash-patel-adl
http://www.memeorandum.com/251004/p58#a251004p58

⏰ The new engine of voting: Out-party hostility outpaces in-party loyalty across established democracies
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-voting-party-hostility-outpaces-loyalty.html

The new engine of voting: Out-party hostility outpaces in-party loyalty across established democracies
A new study led by Professor Diego Garzia of the University of Lausanne, published in Public Opinion Quarterly, reveals a major shift in electoral motivation. In many Western democracies, voters are now more driven by opposition to their political adversaries than by support for their own side. This phenomenon marks a move away from ideological disagreement toward an emotionally charged dynamic rooted in rejection and hostility, an evolution that may ultimately weaken the very foundations of de…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX
has taken money directly from Chinese investors,
according to previously sealed testimony,
raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of the United States’ most important military contractors.
The recent testimony,
coming from a SpaceX insider during a court case,
marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the privately held company has been disclosed.
While there is no prohibition on Chinese ownership i…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors.

Netflix's WBD bid marks a striking strategy shift for a company long known for pivots, especially after years of avoiding full commitment to theatrical releases (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/business/media/ne…

Netflix Changes Course Again With Warner Bros. Deal
The streaming giant has changed its strategy many times over the years. But the decision to get deeply into theatrical releases may be the most startling yet.

An interview with Country Life EIC Mark Hedges on 1K print issues under his tenure, expanding the magazine's online presence, subscriptions vs. ads, and more (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/

Country Life editor Mark Hedges crosses 1,000 issues: We're 'the great print triumph'
Interview with Country Life editor-in-chief Mark Hedges as he marks 1,000th issue at the helm with David Beckham guest edit.

Browns QB Shedeur Sanders on 'rough' NFL debut: 'I don't think I played good at all' https://www.nfl.com/news/browns-qb-shedeur-sanders-on-rough-nfl-debut-i-don-t-think-i-played-good-at-all

Australian culture brand Broadsheet launches a London edition, including a website, newsletters, and a free quarterly print magazine, to compete with Time Out (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/broadsheet-london-launch/

Culture brand Broadsheet marks London launch with first print edition
Australian culture brand Broadsheet has officially gone live in London after eight weeks under soft launch.

Crunchyroll announces it is shutting down its free ad-supported streaming option on December 31; Crunchyroll subscriptions start at $7.99/month or $79.99/year (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)
https://cordcuttersnews.com/crunchyroll-is-shutting-down-its-free…

Crunchyroll is Shutting Down Its Free Ad-Supported Plan | Cord Cutters News
Crunchyroll will eliminate its ad-supported free tier on December 31, 2025, ending the last remaining way to legally watch anime on the platform without paying a subscription fee. The change, delivered unceremoniously through an in-player message that replaced a scheduled advertisement, marks the quiet conclusion of an option that had persisted, in increasingly limited form, […]

Trade grade roundup: Cowboys earn wildly inconsistent marks for Williams, Wilson deals https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/11/05/cowboys-trade-grades-roundup-quinnen-williams-log…

Park Service orders changes to staff ratings, a move experts call illegal
A top National Park Service official has instructed park superintendents to limit the number of staff who get top marks in performance reviews
-- a move that experts say violates federal code and could make it easier to lay off staff.

Parks leadership generally evaluate individual employees annually on a five-point scale,
with a three rating given to those who are successful in achieving their go…

Park Service orders changes to staff ratings, a move experts call illegal
Lower performance ratings could be used as a factor in layoff decisions and will demoralize staff, advocates say.

Week 11 NFL anytime touchdown scorer odds, picks: Rashee Rice among best bets for anytime TD scorer bets

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/week-11

A rarely seen seven-arm octopus was captured on camera 2,300 feet below the surface in remarkable deep-sea footage.
The species
— formally known as the seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus)
— was recorded by the remotely operated vehicle Ventana, operated by the team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).
According to MBARI, the encounter occurred during a recent expedition in Monterey Bay and marks only the fourth time the organisation has observed…

Rarely-Seen Seven-Arm 'Blob' Octopus Filmed by Underwater Camera
These researchers have only filmed the species four times in 40 years.

CNN partners with Kalshi to use the company's real-time prediction data in its reporting, for on-air data tickers, fact-checking, and more (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/02/cnn-kalshi-prediction-market-data

Exclusive: CNN strikes prediction data partnership with Kalshi
The collaboration marks the first major news partnership for Kalshi.

Netflix's WBD bid marks a striking strategy shift for a company long known for pivots, especially after years of avoiding full commitment to theatrical releases (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/business/media/ne…

Netflix Changes Course Again With Warner Bros. Deal
The streaming giant has changed its strategy many times over the years. But the decision to get deeply into theatrical releases may be the most startling yet.

'There's an energy and a competitive spirit to Stef': Why Diggs has boosted Patriots https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46886093/new-england-patriots-stefon-diggs-leadership

Crunchyroll announces it is shutting down its free ad-supported streaming option on December 31; Crunchyroll subscriptions start at $7.99/month or $79.99/year (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)
https://cordcuttersnews.com/crunchyroll-is-shutting-down-its-free…

Crunchyroll is Shutting Down Its Free Ad-Supported Plan | Cord Cutters News
Crunchyroll will eliminate its ad-supported free tier on December 31, 2025, ending the last remaining way to legally watch anime on the platform without paying a subscription fee. The change, delivered unceremoniously through an in-player message that replaced a scheduled advertisement, marks the quiet conclusion of an option that had persisted, in increasingly limited form, […]

Water pounded Santa Barbara’s coastline on November 6 for the first king tides of the year — flooding beaches and parking lots and jumping the walls of usually dry lookouts at places like Butterfly Beach and Campus Point. 
This weekend marks round two of these extraordinarily high tides,
which occur when the sun, moon, and Earth align, pulling the surf to extreme highs and lows.
They are typically at least one foot above the average high tide, according to the California Co…