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Tests: chatbots rely on three obscure AI-built voter sites for US midterm answers; Copilot cited the error-prone Ballot Brief in 75% of tests and ChatGPT in 22% (Washington Post)

How an obscure website became a force in America’s election information machine
Experts are concerned the new crop of influential AI-created sites could quietly spread errors to millions of voters.

Bunch of undercover SFPD just swarmed these two guys who were clearly tourists in a rental BMW. They walked away with their belongings while SFPD took their car.
I guess this is the drones in action. There was also an officer in a bullet proof vest on an eScooter screaming down the sidewalk.

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-

5th Circuit rejects qualified immunity for cops who made a bogus traffic stop
Dashcam footage contradicted the officers' claim that the driver failed to signal before they questioned him about drugs and searched him.

Deterministic When Possible. Probabilistic When Necessary. Human When Cheaper. https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/09/30/deterministic-when-possible-probabilistic-when-necessary-human-when-cheaper/

Bats at the Hogsmill Bridge, Villiers Road, Kingston - Observations of bat activity at the bridge over many years #bat #Chiroptera #dataset -

Bats at the Hogsmill Bridge, Villiers Road, Kingston
Observations of bat activity at the bridge over many years #bat #Chiroptera #dataset

Shopware 6: A data protection officer asks for your deletion concept for abandoned guest accounts and old carts, and someone quotes "a day" to build it. Shopware already ships the command — but it has two sharp edges that can delete more than you meant to if you skip the fine print.

Discovery of the Distant, Ultra-faint Milky Way Satellite #AquariusIV with the Vera C. #Rubin Observatory Early Data Preview 2: #MilkyWay: https://news.yale.edu/2026/10/28/historic-new-observatory-reveals-two-hidden-companions-milky-way

1400 inappropriate searches over three years. Unconscionable. Just unbelievable. If they're found guilty, their police certifications must be revoked. #Indiana #deflock

Court docs: IMPD officer tracked women through Flock, arranged run-ins
Three of the women allegedly targeted by Schultz told investigators they'd never interacted with him.

Omar Muñoz was getting ready to have his morning coffee just after 5am on Monday when he heard a loud bang at the front door of his Los Angeles home.
“Open up or else we’ll break down the door, and it’ll be bad for you,” the man on the other side yelled, Muñoz, 72, recalled.
Outside, Muñoz saw officers in police vests and opened the door.
When they told him to put his hands up, he explained he was frail after six recent surgeries.
He said something to the effect of,

‘They wanted to make a scene’: the 72-year-old paraded in dramatic arrest for ‘voter fraud’
Omar Muñoz, one of 28 people charged in California, speaks out about being dragged from his home in front of cameras as DoJ accused of ‘disgusting’ PR campaign