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The California Values Act (SB 54) ensures that no state and local resources are used to assist federal immigration enforcement and that our schools, our hospitals, and our courthouses are safe spaces for everyone in our community.
SB 54 was signed into law on October 5, 2017 and went into effect January 1, 2018.
POLICE AND SHERIFFS:
Cannot ask about your immigration status.
Cannot arrest you only for having a deportation order or for most other immigration violations.

California Values Act (SB 54) - ACLU of Socal
The California Values Act (SB 54) ensures that no state and local resources are used to assist federal immigration enforcement and that our schools, our hospitals, and our courthouses are safe spaces for everyone in our community. SB 54 was signed into law on October 5, 2017 and went into effect January 1, 2018. POLICE […]

Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said Game Pass lost "millions" of subscribers in the months following a 50% price hike announced in October 2025 (Eddie Makuch/GameSpot)
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/is-xbox-fixable/

Is Xbox Fixable?
At Summer Game Fest today, Xbox’s new chief strategy officer Matthew Ball spoke about some of the company’s big moves recently, including its strategy on exclusives and what’s next for the company in the hardware space with Project Helix. He made these comments at The Game Business Live. “Reliable pipeline” of exclusives On the subject...

Interesting to compare the author Neal Stephenson's profiles on X/twitter vs. Bluesky.
He has 89,4 K followers on X, where he still posts, but just under 10 K on Bluesky, where he doesn't post at all.
He has many fans on the fediverse who discuss his books, but he is not here.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SundayFeature
Ali Farka Touré:
🎵 Kadi Kadi (London, October 1987)
#AliFarkaTouré
https://open.spotify.com/track/1u68ufgdtQj6LCAcXzOJVG

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
WITCH:
🎵 October Night
#WITCH
https://open.spotify.com/track/4jGqFia1YPQmmTGIUvibJl

You guys know what to do: report and block this genocide-complicit zionist hasbara account.
#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing

foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012)
Two bipartite networks of users and restaurant locations in New York City on Foursquare, from 24 October 2011 to 20 February 2012. In one network, an edge denotes a check-in event of a user at a restaurant. In the other, an edge exists if a user left a tip/comment on a restaurant. Metadata include comments.
This network has 6410 nodes and 10377 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

Thousands of people remain missing or unaccounted for following the Rapid Support Forces' capture of El Fasher, according to new findings published by the UN Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan.
Following the takeover in late October 2025,
the International Organization for Migration estimated that more than 127,000 people were displaced from the city and surrounding villages.
The mission noted that humanitarian organizations later described El Fasher as a "ghost town,&…

Thousands remain missing after El Fasher takeover in Sudan | News.az
The report states that before the city's fall, El Fasher had an estimated population of about 260,000 people, News.az reports, citing reports of the U...

Xbox exclusive. Sorry PS5. Coming October 6, 2026.
▶️ Gears of War: E-Day | Gameplay Demo Reveal | XBOX Games Showcase 2026
#xbox

Religion, Politics, and Cognitive Warfare: Information, Interpretation, Conspiracy, and the Struggle for Reality
https://ift.tt/1J0D8b7
H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable Review 15-16 on Levine, _Allies and Rivals_ H-Diplo | Robert…
via Input 4 RELCFP

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Track Star:
🎵 October-November
#TrackStar

New York City has adopted a new rule that bans companies from using deceptive subscriptions to trap customers into paying for gym memberships, streaming services and other recurring charges, the city’s consumer protection office said.
The new rule, which will start on 1 October, promises hefty fines and aggressive enforcement for violators.
Companies that do not provide a simple way to cancel could pay $525 per user subscription, back fees and additional fines.
The city is …

New York City seeks to implement ban on deceptive subscription practices
Rule from Mamdani administration would target streaming services, gym memberships and other recurring charges

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsIndieForever
Everything Everything:
🎵 Pizza Boy
#EverythingEverything
https://backgroundhum.bandcamp.com/track/everything-everything-pizza-boy-background-hum-remix-october-2022
https://open.spotify.com/track/0tLimqiQcY0HZ76eQXcqLK

sp_primary_school: Primary school dynamic contacts (2009)
Two temporal networks of contacts among students and teachers at a primary school in Lyon, France, on consecutive days of in October 2009. Each network accumulates all contacts over the course of a single day; contacts were sampled at 20-second intervals.
This network has 242 nodes and 125773 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Temporal, Metadata

Packers without Parsons until at least mid-October... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48958480/packers-micah-parsons-return-least-mid-october

It always bugs me how Jack Ryan mansplains turbulence to the flight attendant.
https://clip.cafe/the-hunt-red-october-1990/if-do-try-get-some-sleep/

Bitcoin falls below $60K, its lowest level since October 2024, amid a record streak of bitcoin ETF outflows following Strategy's bitcoin sale (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/bitcoin-dismal-week-price-below-all-time-high-crypto-in…

Bitcoin cracks $60,000, sinking to lowest level since October 2024
The weeklong sell-off was exacerbated after a stronger-than-expected May jobs report Friday sent yields higher and pressured risk assets.

Tennessee authorities are investigating the 👉 second fatal shooting in four days by a member of the federal task force dedicated to confronting crime in Memphis.
The shootings are likely to further exacerbate tensions within the city, which has been torn over the presence of hundreds of federal agents since October and their aggressive approach to targeting crime.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that the shooting involved a Drug Enforcement Administration …

Second Person in a Week Killed by Federal Task Force in Memphis
Tennessee authorities are investigating both shootings involving agents working with the task force in Memphis.

Something to help cool your brain.
#RockyMountainNationalPark #naturephotography #elkOfMastodon

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
TAURO:
🎵 Early October
#TAURO
https://open.spotify.com/track/6LNXedB7YYQyfBWnuHurnj

Hackers leak the entire upcoming Avatar movie ahead of October release
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Hackers-leak-the-entire-upcoming-Avatar-movie-ahead-of-October-release.1272688.0.html

Hackers leak the entire upcoming Avatar movie ahead of October release
A major leak for Avatar Aang, The Last Airbender reveals a full recasting of the original characters and a big strategy shift from a theatrical release to a Paramount+ debut on October 9, 2026. Paramount has not yet commented on the matter.

Sigh. Just apply the regular parking provisions (paid parking or permits). 'Low occupancy' of public charging (meaning a relatively low amount of kWh compared to the theoretical maximum of 24/7 charging at full speed) is not a bad thing; it's the starting point for using EVs to support the grid.
https://ww…

Brussels to fine EV charging point blockers - electrive.com
From October 1, the Belgian capital will introduce a rotation fee for EVs that remain connected to public charging stations for too long. This aims to improve

Holy frijoles... Infinity Ward ain't playin' around: They're goin' straight at NORTH KOREA & the Korean DMZ! 😬
Buckle up, buttercups... coming October 23, 2026!
▶️ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 | DMZ First Look | XBOX Games Showcase 2026
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yl7TOzNE…

People are sad and lashing out saying RTD and Disney killed it with money and razzmatazz and glitz taking the focus away from the story.
But of course it wasn't cancelled on account of how it was too glitzy.
It was cancelled because the CEO of Disney changed and the new guy doesn't get it so he rug-pulled the production 2/3rds of the way through.
RTD did an emergency edit that tried to promise a xmas special show with Billie Piper, in the hope of cornering the BBC into commissioning more.
He had a few vague ideas about how to bridge to a new show, nothing concrete. Murray misremembers and says there's "multiple scripts" when RTD just said many ideas. So then RTD gets accused of lying and gas-lighting.
Anyway, the BBC and Bad Wolf failed to come to agreement for more shows. The script was never written because the show was never commissioned even though there were multiple different ideas and pitches.
Bad Wolf is just too expensive now since they're used to Disney money.
I guess Bad Wolf studios shuts down now? Maybe then can do a Blakes-7 remake or something.
So what killed the BBC-Wales/RTD/Bad-Wolf doctor who is becoming reliant upon Disney money and Disney CEO changing.
October 2027 is the earliest imaginable date for new shows now.
Xmas 2027 seems more likely.
More likely still is October 2028, by which time it'll have been over 3 years since new TV episodes and the show will be celebrating its 65th birthday.
Thanks for bringing it back RTD. It was fantastic. What a great two decade run.
Here's hoping someone else does at least as well.
#doctorWho

I'd be very disappointed if the phone has anything of interest on it - it was fleet managed and would (should?) have been remotely wiped the moment it was reported stolen.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvp48x2d70o

Man arrested for selling Morgan McSweeney's stolen phone
McSweeney was the prime minister's chief of staff in October 2025 when his government phone was stolen in London.

RE: https://mastox.eu/@jeremycorbyn/116693363717331087
“The move follows Declassified’s investigation earlier this year which found more than 2,000 British citizens have served in the IDF since October 2023.
Yet the British government has failed to ke…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Amy Winehouse:
🎵 October Song
#AmyWinehouse
https://open.spotify.com/track/67wNhv0JobucCEtv1rrTUG

James Comey's seashells photo trial set for October (Ryan J. Reilly/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/james-comeys-seashells-photo-trial-set-october-rcna346924
http://www.memeorandum.com/260526/p64#a260526p64

Beeston Weir, Nottingham, October 2025
#documentaryphotography #documentingspace #banalphotography #Nottinghamshire

Microsoft quietly extends the Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10 consumers by a year, letting eligible users get updates through October 12, 2027 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
https://www.

Microsoft quietly extends Windows 10's extra security updates program for free: Users can now stay on Windows 10 until October 2027 securely
Windows 10's ESU program has been quietly extended by an extra year, now ending on October 12, 2027 instead of October 2026.

The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October Friday
as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market and a strong jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will be forced to hike interest rates at some point this year.
The S&P 500 sank 2.6%,
its biggest one-day drop since October 10, when the Trump administration threatened to impose a 100% tariff on imported goods from China.
The losses helped push the benchmark in…

Stocks slump as Big Tech sinks and a strong May jobs report boosts odds for higher interest rates — The Associated Press
The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Kissing Tigers:
🎵 October 17th, 1989
#KissingTigers

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Dekker:
🎵 Maybe October
#NowPlaying #Dekker
https://dekkermusic.bandcamp.com/track/maybe-october-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/6cMXzJAqj1EWhxSkeCIK7q

Versant invests in microdrama streaming app GammaTime's Series A to take a minority stake; GammaTime raised a $14M seed in October 2025 (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/versant-media-gammatime-microdramas-1236765109/

Versant Media Invests in Microdrama Distributor GammaTime
Versant Media Invests in Microdrama Distributor GammaTime

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
girl in red:
🎵 we fell in love in october
#girlinred
https://open.spotify.com/track/6IPwKM3fUUzlElbvKw2sKl

Nuclear AI Startup Fermi Promised Land and Ample Power. But It Couldn't Sign a Single Client

The pitch ticked so many boxes — artificial intelligence, nuclear energy, political connections — that some investors found it irresistible. Fermi went public in October worth more than $19 billion in market value, despite reporting no revenue or signed customers.
Now, the startup’s board has fired its top executive, Toby Neugebauer, after months of negotiations failed to s…

Nuclear AI Startup Fermi Promised Land and Ample Power. But It Couldn't Sign a Single Client
Now the ex-CEO is waging a battle for Fermi’s future and its vision of atomic-powered data centers in the Texas panhandle.

from my link log —
The financialization of the American elite.
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/08/the-financialization-of-the-american-elite/
saved 2019-08-21

The Financialization of the American Elite - American Affairs Journal
On October 1, 2018, the newly christened Klarman Hall opened to much acclaim on the campus of Harvard Business School. The stunning $120 million building houses a conference center as well as a gleaming auditorium built around a 32-million-pixel, 1,250-square-foot video wall and a state-of-the-art, modular design that seats up to a thousand attendees. To mark the opening, the school held a daylong series of speeches and lectures, headlined by the building’s namesake and one of the school’s …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
American School Of Warsaw:
🎵 One God Awful Day In October
#AmericanSchoolOfWarsaw
https://open.spotify.com/track/5NtaSwCZmlfB35IxKihe1y

Meta challenges Ofcom in UK High Court over the Online Safety Act, which calculates levies based on global, not UK, revenue, in a case scheduled for October (Sam Tobin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-challenges-uk-med…

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES/116673510816883061
"Given Israel’s track record of targeting its own citizens on October 7 and misleading the public about it, the Israeli state might be holding on to as much video as possible to ensure no fur…

Micah Parsons' injury news could set stage for primetime return vs Cowboys in Week 6 https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/06/03/cowboys-micah-parsons-injury-update-week-6-possible/90…

@… just took the time to listen to 2 (both?) of your SideSister albums just now. Wow, very creative, bouncy, quirky, unexpected, catchy, and even celebratory original songs, beautifully (obviously lovingly) performed, and very well recorded and produced! You two rock - full respect!
The link for others wanting to have a listen:

Looks like no McDonald’s for awhile . . . Small town drama.
#guthrie
Guthrie McDonald’s to close June 26 for complete remodel, reopening planned for October https://

Bruce Springsteen - Live In East Berlin 1988 - Full Concert (HD Remastered) - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mayNuht2f_o (122 min)
How Bruce Springsteen rocked the Berlin Wall - BBC 21 October 2014
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20130626-how-springsteen-rocked-the-wall

In celebration of Jürgen Moltmann's 100th birthday, the Yale Center for Faith & Culture at Yale Divinity School will host a three-day conference on Christ's significance for our world today. Conference runs October 8–10 at YDS.
Learn more here. https://faith.yale.edu/christ-today

Religion, Politics, and Cognitive Warfare: Information, Interpretation, Conspiracy, and the Struggle for Reality
https://ift.tt/TtiRdaL
Post-Migration Discussion Dear Suscribers,The listserv-to-Commons transition is complete,…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Gulf Fritillary butterfly. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #laarboretum #butterfly #insect

SoftBank's PayPay, Japan's dominant payments app, says it will take a 70.2% stake in T&D Financial Life Insurance for $840M, expected to close in October 2027 (Mayumi Negishi/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

If they're not doing the Xmas special then I wonder if anyone will address The Bad Wolf Doctor at all?
Could be that the Billie Piper Doctor never happens. Just completely ignore those final few seconds where her face appears after the regeneration?
Would have been better not to have those few seconds of film in the final show if they'd known it'd be a total reboot next up. Just end with the regeneration energy and no clues for next season's Doctor Who?
Probably wouldn't want to open the new rebooted show with a regeneration scene. Focus on new companion till she meets new Doctor.
I think it needs a special to join the edges really. Hopefully whoever wins the tender will want to do a short Bad Wolf Doctor episode as a prequel to the new seasons.
Hopefully in October 2027? A long wait indeed without that xmas episode. Already been more than a year.
I should cancel my BBC license and give the money to Big Finish until the new show is in place maybe.

Stuibenfall, Tyrol's largest waterfall (October 2025)
A major landslide on the opposite side of the main Ötztal valley around 7000 years ago created a new 300-400 meter tall hill on this side, acting as a dam and causing a large lake to form in the higher up side valley. The water from that lake then slowly carved its way through the rocks, draining the lake and forming this amazing waterfall. The boundary of that ancient lake is still visible on the satellite view...
7000…

RE: https://mastodon.social/@xogot/116601839789786661
This is what we have been up to since October.

Offensichtlich ist der Preis für fossile Kraftstoffe doch ein wirksames Mittel die Verschwendung einzudämmen:
Lufthansa streicht bis Oktober 20.000 Kurzstreckenflüge in ihrem gesamten Streckennetz, um „eine Einsparung von mehr als 40.000 Tonnen Kerosin“ zu erzielen. Auch andere Airlines ergreifen Maßnahmen.

Lufthansa axes 20,000 ‘unprofitable’ flights to save jet fuel
BRUSSELS — Lufthansa is ending 20,000 short-haul routes across its network through October to achieve “jet fuel savings of more than 40,000 metric tons,” the airline announced on Tuesday. Jet fuel …

Another #Palestinian journalist killed by #Israel. Will any of them get justice?
https://www.

‘Kind, principled’: Colleagues remember Gaza journalist killed by Israel
Ahmed Wishah is the 12th Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023.

France: "we're going to ban short-haul flights where alternative train routes exist, in order to curb carbon emissions"
Rest of EU: "we'll start a commission to create a panel which will lead to a discussion on.."
US (via #AccidentallyTheEcoPresident): "what if we started a war so disastrous and stupid that it kneecapped ALL sh…

Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights as Iran war causes jet fuel shortage
The German airline says 20,000 short-haul flights would be removed from its ⁠schedule between now and October.

looking forward to this never-heard october '66 zappa/mothers session! https://www.jambase.com/article/frank-zappa-vaulternative-records-returns-1966-live-recordings

Frank Zappa Vaulternative Archive Series Relaunches With Unreleased 1966 Recordings
Vaulternative Records, an archival series dedicated to releasing Frank Zappa's unexpected recordings from the vault, returns in 2026 after nearly a decade with 'Zappa ’66: Vol. 1 – Live At TTG Studios' out first.

foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012)
Two bipartite networks of users and restaurant locations in New York City on Foursquare, from 24 October 2011 to 20 February 2012. In one network, an edge denotes a check-in event of a user at a restaurant. In the other, an edge exists if a user left a tip/comment on a restaurant. Metadata include comments.
This network has 6410 nodes and 10377 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

YouTube launches the ad-free tier of Peacock on YouTube Primetime Channels, as part of a distribution agreement with NBCUniversal announced in October 2025 (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/06/peacock-launches-on-youtube-primetime-channel…

Peacock Ad-Free Tier Launches On YouTube Primetime Channels As Part Of 2025 Distribution Deal
YouTube has made good on a provision in a 2025 distribution agreement with NBCUniversal, launching the ad-free tier of Peacock on its channel store.

It’s ok, it’s not like we’re all going to die or anything (only billions, not everyone). @… https://slrpnk.net/post/39707961

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicArtistCollection
Beth Ditto, Kelly Appleton, Allie Alejandra, Ted Kwo & Jacob Hayden:
🎵 Oo La La (6 Music Session, 18 October 2017)
#BethDitto #KellyAppleton #AllieAlejandra #TedKwo #JacobHayden

#silentsunday #RockyMountainNationalPark
Bear Lake. October 2014

foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012)
Two bipartite networks of users and restaurant locations in New York City on Foursquare, from 24 October 2011 to 20 February 2012. In one network, an edge denotes a check-in event of a user at a restaurant. In the other, an edge exists if a user left a tip/comment on a restaurant. Metadata include comments.
This network has 6410 nodes and 10377 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

Supabase, which provides backend tools for building AI apps, raised a $500M Series F led by GIC at a $10B pre-money valuation, up from $5B in October 2025 (CJ Haddad/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/database-startup-supabase-r…

Vibe-coding phenomenon lifts AI startup Supabase to $10.5 billion valuation
Database startup Supabase announced a $500 million funding round that values the company at $10.5 billion, including the fresh capital.

Core inflation rate hit 3.4% in May, highest since October 2023, Fed's preferred gauge shows (Jeff Cox/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/25/pce-inflation-report-may-2026-.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260625/p38#a260625p38

They are almost burning leadership positions and shareholder value at the same rate as they are burning the planet.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/bp-removes-chairman-albert-manifold-2026-05-26/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Cardiacs:
🎵 As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea (BBC Session, 15 October 2005)
#Cardiacs
https://alphabet-business-concern.bandcamp.com/track/as-cold-as-can-be-in-an-english-sea
https://open.spotify.com/track/31RdYpPXqC61p5C8814XdW

Western honeybee, collecting pollen from Western sage flowers. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. October, 2025.. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #laarboretum #honeybee #flower

Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings agrees to acquire Bitbank, a top 10 Japanese crypto exchange by trading activity, for ~$289M, set to close in October (Jamie Crawley/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/06/

Japanese giant SBI Holdings to buy Bitbank for $289 million
SBI said the acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approval, is set to close in October.

An Associated Press investigation found that at least 10 ICE detainees,
all men, have died by suicide since Donald Trump took office in January 2025
-- a pace that far exceeds the growth in the detainee population, according to a review of ICE data, autopsy reports, coroners’ rulings and police records.
Since October, seven deaths have been classified as suicides,
a number that is already the most for any fiscal year in the agency’s history.
ICE has usually rec…

ICE detainees dying by suicide at 'alarming' rate, AP investigation finds
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees are taking their own lives at a pace that’s unprecedented in the agency’s two-decade history, highlighting what experts call failures in care and oversight. An Associated Press investigation finds that at least 10 ICE detainees have died by suicide since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025 and ordered ICE to increase arrests and deportations. That includes seven deaths since October, already the most in one fiscal year with…

Sources: Crusoe is in active talks to raise ~$3B in a funding round expected to value the company in the ~$30B range, up from a ~$10B valuation in October (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-0…

anyone here on tumblr and would youb e kind enough to do a nerd a favor and grant a reblog?
https://www.tumblr.com/adjbx/821053884050046976/cfp-online-seminar-publication-opportunity?source=share

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💬 0  🔁 1  ❤️ 7 · CFP (ONLINE SEMINAR / PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY) Religion, Politics, and Cognitive Warfare · Details When: October 1-3, 2026 Where: Online Submission Deadline: July 15, 2026 Spon…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Model Rockets:
🎵 May Is October
#TheModelRockets
https://open.spotify.com/track/5i4VLoFrWojgYUcJuT65Jn

email_eu: Email network (EU research inst.)
An email network (anonymized) from a large European research institution, collected from October 2003 to May 2005 (18 months). Each node corresponds to an email address, and a directed edge exists between nodes i and j, if i sent at least one message to j.
This network has 265214 nodes and 420045 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Unwound:
🎵 October All Over
#Unwound
https://open.spotify.com/track/1gha0mk4Db2F6Er1PC9tsV

U.S. national debt officially hits
$39 trillion
—adding approximately $5 billion a day since October
https://fortune.com/2026/05/20/us-national-debt-officially-hits-39-trillion-milestone/

U.S. national debt officially hits $39 trillion—adding approximately $5 billion a day since October
According to Treasury data, updated retrospectively for May 18, the debt landed at $39,008,999,901,378.68.

Alphabet's stock climbed 10% on Thursday and 34% in April, its best month since 2004; Meta's stock plunged 8.5% on Thursday, its steepest drop since October (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/30/alphabet-meta-stock-ai-capex-spend.html

Meta tanks 9%, Alphabet climbs 7% as each company raises capex spend
Both Alphabet and Meta said they expect their capital expenditures to keep growing this year, but investors sent Alphabet's shares up, while Meta's stock slid.

foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012)
Two bipartite networks of users and restaurant locations in New York City on Foursquare, from 24 October 2011 to 20 February 2012. In one network, an edge denotes a check-in event of a user at a restaurant. In the other, an edge exists if a user left a tip/comment on a restaurant. Metadata include comments.
This network has 6410 nodes and 10377 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SundayFeature
Ali Farka Touré:
🎵 Kadi Kadi (London, October 1987)
#AliFarkaTouré
https://open.spotify.com/track/1u68ufgdtQj6LCAcXzOJVG

Footage of a French aid worker describing a mass grave holding
300 bodies in Gaza,
including small children allegedly killed with their hands tied,
has gone viral, reigniting international calls for accountability amid documented evidence of similar conditions at multiple Gaza hospital sites.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor,
a Geneva-based human rights organisation,
has been systematically documenting mass graves across Gaza since October 2023,
recordi…

Euro-Med Monitor: Children With Bound Hands in Gaza Mass Graves
The UN demands independent investigations as international pressure mounts for insight into mass graves found at Gaza hospitals.

Sources: Meta drew about $96B of orders from investors for a $25B bond sale it launched on Thursday; Meta sold $30B of corporate bonds in October 2025 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-30/meta-kicks-off…

topology: Internet AS graph (2004)
An integrated snapshot of the structure of the Internet at the level of Autonomous Systems (ASs), reconstructed from multiple sources, including the RouteViews and RIPE BGP trace collectors, route servers, looking glasses, and the Internet Routing Registry databases. This snapshot was created around October 2004.
This network has 34761 nodes and 171403 edges.
Tags: Technological, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph, Timestamps

"Another Wasted Life.”
That’s the name of a remarkable new song by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Grammy-winning artist
Rhiannon Giddens.
She released a video of the song on October 2 to mark International Wrongful Conviction Day.
The song was inspired by
Kalief Browder,
a Bronx resident who died by suicide in 2015 at the age of 22
after being detained at Rikers Island jail for nearly three years,
after being falsely accused at the age of …

“Another Wasted Life”: Rhiannon Giddens on How Death of Kalief Browder Inspired Her Song
“Another Wasted Life.” That’s the name of a remarkable new song by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens. She released a video of the song on October 2 to mark International Wrongful Conviction Day. The song was inspired by Kalief Browder, a Bronx resident who died by suicide in 2015 at the age of 22 after being detained at Rikers Island jail for nearly three years, after being falsely accused at the age of 16 of stealing a backpack. He was held in solitary co…

email_eu: Email network (EU research inst.)
An email network (anonymized) from a large European research institution, collected from October 2003 to May 2005 (18 months). Each node corresponds to an email address, and a directed edge exists between nodes i and j, if i sent at least one message to j.
This network has 265214 nodes and 420045 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted

Bengaluru-based Snabbit, an on-demand home services startup, raised a $56M Series D, a source says at a ~$350M valuation, up from $180M in October 2025 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/27/indi

India's Snabbit closes $56M round as investor interest in on-demand home services heats up | TechCrunch
Snabbit now processes over 40,000 daily jobs and has cut costs sharply as it expands across cities and services.

Over the past year or two, companies have started using so-called artificial intelligence agents as bona fide “employees,”
even including them in their organizational charts.
Emma Wiles, a Boston University professor who studies how A.I. affects workers, stumbled onto this phenomenon in October,
at a conference where two human resources executives said that treating A.I. agents like real employees was a way to increase productivity and to put their companies on the cutting …

A.I. ‘Employees’ Might Disrupt Work in Unexpected Ways
Scholars say the “unknown unknowns” of using artificial intelligence in the workplace may be undermining the technology’s advertised benefits.

sp_primary_school: Primary school dynamic contacts (2009)
Two temporal networks of contacts among students and teachers at a primary school in Lyon, France, on consecutive days of in October 2009. Each network accumulates all contacts over the course of a single day; contacts were sampled at 20-second intervals.
This network has 242 nodes and 125773 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Temporal, Metadata

Have I Been Pwned: ShinyHunters' breach of ADT exposed the personal data of 5.5M people; ADT previously disclosed data breaches in August 2024 and October 2024 (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

Sources: Airwallex raised new funding led by Lee Fixel's Addition at a ~$12B valuation, up from $8B late last year, and hit $1.5B in ARR, up from $1B in October (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2026/05/28/airwallex-addition-valuation

Scoop: Airwallex is now valued at $12 billion
The payments firm also hit $1.5 billion in ARR, per a source.

The Supreme Court term that began in October was once again dominated by Felon-President Trump’s boundary-pushing policies.
Over the next several days, the justices will decide major tests of presidential power in cases involving the administration that could have generational consequences.
In contrast to the temporary orders the Supreme Court issued on an emergency basis early in Trump’s term,
the decisions the court announces this spring and summer will be more lasting. …

Tracking Major Supreme Court Cases and Rulings in 2026
The Supreme Court is deciding a series of cases central to President Trump’s second-term agenda.

email_eu: Email network (EU research inst.)
An email network (anonymized) from a large European research institution, collected from October 2003 to May 2005 (18 months). Each node corresponds to an email address, and a directed edge exists between nodes i and j, if i sent at least one message to j.
This network has 265214 nodes and 420045 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted

Sources: Fireworks AI, which helps companies run AI models, is in talks to raise funding at a $15B valuation after being valued at $4B in October 2025 (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-27/…

foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012)
Two bipartite networks of users and restaurant locations in New York City on Foursquare, from 24 October 2011 to 20 February 2012. In one network, an edge denotes a check-in event of a user at a restaurant. In the other, an edge exists if a user left a tip/comment on a restaurant. Metadata include comments.
This network has 6410 nodes and 10377 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

⛔️Are fuel-related flight cancellations happening at the last minute?
In most cases, no.
At least for now, fuel-related cuts are often being made days or weeks in advance.
Lufthansa Group, for example, said this week it is cutting 20,000 short-haul flights across its network through October.
That gives you more time to adjust plans than you’d typically get with weather-related disruptions, which tend to trigger last-minute cancellations.
🆘 My flight was canceled.…

Flight canceled amid jet fuel shock? What travelers should know
Airlines around the world are canceling flights as the war in the Middle East squeezes global jet fuel supplies and pushes up prices. But experts say the real challenge for travelers goes beyond the disruptions. Passenger rights vary widely depending on where you fly. The European Union and United Kingdom have some of the strongest protections for air travelers. The U.S. and Canada have consumer protection rules in place, but they tend to be more limited. Across the Asia-Pacific region, protect…

sp_primary_school: Primary school dynamic contacts (2009)
Two temporal networks of contacts among students and teachers at a primary school in Lyon, France, on consecutive days of in October 2009. Each network accumulates all contacts over the course of a single day; contacts were sampled at 20-second intervals.
This network has 242 nodes and 125773 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Temporal, Metadata

Intel stock closes up 23.6%, its best performance since October 1987, as Intel shows signs of renewed growth amid the AI boom; the stock is up 124% YTD (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/intel-stock-soars-more-than-20perce…

Intel's stock soars more than 20% as chipmaker shows signs of a turnaround
Shares of Intel have more than doubled this year on optimism that backing from the government will help the company's position in AI.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Broken Bells:
🎵 October
#BrokenBells
https://daleofshadows.bandcamp.com/track/heritage-verdant-kingdom-broken-bells-of-a-forgotten-shrine
https://open.spotify.com/track/09zDgbs5NQH1kKFXHppYhr

Nvidia stock jumps 4.3% to close at a record for the first time since Oct., pushing Nvidia's market cap past $5T, as a rally in Intel pushed chipmakers higher (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/nvidia-stock-closes-at-…

Nvidia stock closes at record, pushing market cap past $5 trillion
Nvidia's stock closed at its first record since October, as a rally in Intel pushed chipmakers higher.

foursquare: Foursquare NYC restaurants (2012)
Two bipartite networks of users and restaurant locations in New York City on Foursquare, from 24 October 2011 to 20 February 2012. In one network, an edge denotes a check-in event of a user at a restaurant. In the other, an edge exists if a user left a tip/comment on a restaurant. Metadata include comments.
This network has 6410 nodes and 10377 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

FOIA lawsuit documents show hackers who breached SolarWinds potentially had access to all "treasury.gov" email addresses from July 6, 2020 to October 12, 2020 (Jordan Robertson/Bloomberg)

Sources: Polymarket is in talks to raise $400M at a ~$15B post-money valuation, up from $9B in October 2025, but below Kalshi's $22B valuation from March 2026 (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/polymarket-talks-raise-money-…

Polymarket in Talks to Raise Money at About $15 Billion Valuation
The predictions site Polymarket is talking to investors about raising $400 million in funding at a valuation of about $15 billion including the new money, according to two people familiar with the talks. The financing would add to the $600 million already invested in the funding round by ...

Sources: the US has held off adding DeepSeek, CXMT, and 100 other flagged companies to its Entity List, last updated in October, the longest gap in 10 years (Karen Freifeld/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-hol