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China's Hang Seng Tech Index, which includes Chinese tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba, is down 28% since October 2025, shedding nearly $600B in market value (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-…

This is the photo that kicked off the Iran-Contra affair.
In October 1986, a Nicaraguan soldier shot down a cargo plane carrying military supplies to the rightwing rebel forces known as the Contras.
Pictured is the crash’s lone survivor, American ex-marine gunrunner Eugene Hasenfus.
His capture led to the revelation that the CIA was covertly supporting the Contras in their guerrilla war against Nicaragua’s socialist Sandinista government
– and Ronald Reagan’s governm…

#EECONF is coming to Toronto!
Two Days. One Community. Real-World Insight.
October 7-8, 2026
Secure your spot with an Extra Early Bird (EE-Bird) Ticket.
On sale now, and just like the best seats in the house, they won't last long.
!! Ya Toronto !!
htt…

EECONF 2026
Join us in Toronto this October 7-8, 2026 for EECONF — great sessions, great community, and Canada’s beautiful capital city 😉. Buy your tickets today!

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

Russell Wilson explains reaction to Sean Payton comments: 'Just don't disrespect me' https://www.nfl.com/news/russell-wilson-explains-reaction-to-sean-payton-comments-just-don-t-disrespect-me

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: Walmart-backed PhonePe targets an up to $10.5B valuation in its Indian IPO; PhonePe raised $600M from General Atlantic at a $14.5B valuation in October (Jaspreet Kalra/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/walmar

Shot ...and chaser (and it's only Tuesday): Two new 8x6" prints done over the weekend, from one of my fave repeat hikes in the Allgäuer Alps...
Alpsee and view into the Lechtal Alps (November 2021)
Himmeleck mountain pass with Großer Wilder (October 2023)
I find the aesthetics of the Kallitype process are so nicely complementing the timelessness of these places...
For some of the next prints I will be switching to Rochelle salt as developer for supposedly even…

62 people indicted by Taiwanese prosecutors over ties to cyber scam company Prince Group https://therecord.media/62-indicted-taiwan-prince-group-scams

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Tony Bontana:
🎵 October Fallacy
#TonyBontana
#newRelease 🆕 album
https://tonybontana.bandcamp.com/track/october-fallacy
https://open.spotify.com/track/0BPwMgKjZGnjmYfNgYF2dS

Elon Musk defends his social media posts in a Twitter shareholder trial accusing him of misleading statements about the deal before acquiring Twitter in 2022 (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-lawsuit-share…

Elon Musk takes stand in shareholder trial in San Francisco over Twitter stock
A defiant Elon Musk on Wednesday took the stand in a jury trial to defend himself against accusations that he engaged in a pattern of deceptive behavior that misled investors as he attempted to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter before he finally completed the takeover. The civil trial in San Francisco centers on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took control of Twitter in October 2022, six months after agreeing to buy the embattled company for $44 billion, or $54.20 pe…

RE: https://techhub.social/@ironicbadger/116326155409620757
alt: Github historic uptime showing 100% from August 2016 to November 2018, marked by Microsoft acquisition; from there uptime starts to drop, hitting 100% for the last time in October 2019 an…

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.

Students presented their work in my Canadian history grad seminar today: 2 papers on hockey (obviously) - QC and ON pro women's hockey in WWI and 1900-20s men's hockey in BC (refrigerated rinks); a venerable QC cookbook (La cuisine raisonnée); women in the RCAF and (un)sanctioned leisure in the 1950s; the RC Harris Water Treatment Plant (the best building in Toronto?); police repression post-October Crisis; currency in BC mining towns; and Heritage Minutes (burnt toast!). 3 hours of …

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.

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

2018 - 2026
Founded in 1918, Cusack’s Furniture is one of the longest-running continuous businesses in the Canberra region and has remained family-owned throughout its history. Closing end of October 2026.
#Canberra #History

One of Canberra's oldest businesses to close | Canberra Daily
After more than a century serving the Canberra community, Cusack’s Furniture has announced the business will close later this year.

Sources: Japanese news aggregation app operator SmartNews considers a Tokyo IPO listing as soon as October; its valuation may fall from $2B after a 2021 raise (Yasutaka Tamura/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Apropos of Denim Dan Lurie's tax break for rich real estate investors... The mayor's brother is a luxury real estate agent, and he told the Chronicle in October that the problem with SF housing was a "mansion shortage."
https://www.sfchronicle.com/reale…

Sources: Supabase is in talks to raise ~$500M at a ~$10B valuation, roughly doubling its October 2025 valuation; GIC is expected to lead the funding round (Katie Roof/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/database-startup…

Database Startup Supabase in Talks to Double Valuation to $10 Billion
Singapore’s GIC is in talks to lead an investment in database startup Supabase at a valuation of about $10 billion, double the level it raised at last fall, according to two people with direct knowledge of the discussions. Supabase is aiming to raise about $500 million in the fundraising round, ...

After more than a year on @… I haven't received any reminder to renew my financial contribution. Is this normal? Is renewal simply left to members' own initiative?
My question on #Loomio :

Question about the contribution renewal process
Hello,

On October 8, 2024, I made a contribution of £36.00 GBP to join the social.coop cooperative.

Time has passed and today (2026-02-28), I just thought about renewing my financial contribution, in the amount of £12.00 GBP.

I am surprised not to have received any message requesting a renewal of my financial contribution. I don't think I received an email, I saw nothing on the https://social.coop interface, and nothing on https://opencollective.com either.

I found…

Bergrücken
(From the same October morning as the previous image...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

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

Here’s the underlying data source:
https://www.challengergray.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Challenger-Report-October-2025.pdf
A bit thin on methodology, shall we say, so take it as you will.
2/

ICE detention facilities in FY 2026.
Colors are by type of contract, though many of the "jails" are themselves state facilities operated by private prison corporations, Bolded names indicate facilities opened or reactivated since October 1, 2024.
#ICE #immigrationdetention

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

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

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

Over two days in October 2025, up to 10,000 people are believed to have been massacred;
a further 40,000 civilians from the Sudanese city are still unaccounted for.
Heroism, horror and the ‘pits of hell’: inside the last days of El Fasher
This is the story of what happened

When Meta released its new AI-enhanced smart glasses last October, many minds travelled back to Google Glass, the search giant’s abortive venture into the same territory a decade previously. A lot has changed in 10 years.
https://www.computing.co.…

When AI goes hands-free: The rise of smart glasses and humanoid robots
In the fourth part of our coverage of IT trends in 2026, we look at the return of smart glasses and the rise of humanoid ...

Early morning in Ötztal
(A sleepy and peaceful Sunday morning in October 2025, the view south-west over Längenfeld towards Hoher Kogel, 3296m)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Photography

For the first time since October, the conditions were good enough that I was able to get 20 kilometers in on the bicycle after work.
#Milwaukee #Mequon #Bike

Sources: Reflection AI, which is developing open foundation models, seeks to raise $2B at a $20B valuation, after raising $2B at an $8B valuation in October (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/07073c8f-7176-471c-ac69-ef1458845fb2

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.

Flashback. I found a reminder of my July 2014 plan for a three-year transition away from Mac OS X.
From an October 2014 post:
― a screenshot of Apple bullshit in its revised Human Interface Guidelines.
＂… Safari … displays webpage titles in the URL bar …＂
#Apple #Safari

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 …

"More than 1,500 healthcare workers have been killed during #Israel’s genocidal war on #Gaza, including several since a so-called “ceasefire” came into effect in October."
#GazaGenocide

‘Substantial evidence’ of double-tap strike in killing of Gaza’s Hind Rajab
Avaaz analyses the timeline of events to conclude that violations show Israel systematically kills first responders.

#silentSunday #elkOfMastodon
Elderly bull elk relaxing. October 2014

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.

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

Apple TV will offer Season 8 of Netflix's Drive to Survive F1 docuseries in the US; in turn, Netflix will air Apple TV's Canadian Grand Prix coverage in the US (Madeline Coleman/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7072759/2026/02/26…

Season eight of Netflix’s ‘Drive to Survive’ to be shown on Apple TV in the U.S.
In October, Apple TV agreed a deal to become Formula One's exclusive U.S. broadcaster.

New Boots Bridge along the Beeston Canal, Nottingham, October 2025
#photography #documentaryphotography #documentingspace

I just got an invoice from a contractor for work done in October. Is there a statute of limitations on sending invoices? I’m in BC/Canada
They were horrible to deal with, and I’d rather not pay, lol.

I really don't understand why, with no negotiations since October, Mayor Lurie and Congesswoman Pelosi believe that NOW is the time to urge for a 72 hr delay in a strike action. Maybe they could have offered constructive engagement earlier? The strike vote was no surprise.
("Negotiations between the San Francisco Unified School District and the United Educators of San Francisco started in March, but reached an impasse by October. The two sides only returned to the bargaining…

San Francisco teachers strike: Here’s where both sides stand
The teachers union and the school district still remain far apart on wages, healthcare, and special education.

I really don't understand why, with no negotiations since October, Mayor Lurie and Congesswoman Pelosi believe that NOW is the time to urge for a 72 hr delay in a strike action. Maybe they could have offered constructive engagement earlier? The strike vote was no surprise.
("Negotiations between the San Francisco Unified School District and the United Educators of San Francisco started in March, but reached an impasse by October. The two sides only returned to the bargaining…

San Francisco teachers strike: Here’s where both sides stand
The teachers union and the school district still remain far apart on wages, healthcare, and special education.

"Justice" (SCLA, October 29-31 2026, Austin TX)
https://ift.tt/07xOS4T
updated: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - 5:02pmfull name / name of organization: Society for…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Just pulled the @… card on #WikiGacha 🤣 #noxp

Since October, an intelligence battalion in the 82nd Airborne Division has been using home-grown AI tools that unit leaders say reduce staff work and make it easier to support the “All American” requirement of being able to deploy anywhere across the globe within 18 hours.
Officials told DefenseScoop in a recent interview that they’ve used the capabilities — created in Maven Smart System — to aggregate personnel, equipment and property management information across the unit,
red…

An 82nd Airborne unit built its own AI tools as the Army pushes a ‘safe playground’ for soldiers to experiment with the tech
The Army is inviting soldiers to its "safe playground" for AI experimentation. A unit in the 82nd Airborne Division created its own AI tools.

That's a beautiful aircraft.
Here's a picture from its first flight October 28, 2025, which was subsonic.
The idea is supersonic flight with no sonic booms.

In October, ice agents “smashed the car windows and detained all seven occupants” of a van that they thought suspicious because people in it were going to work together. Carpooling. Carpooling is foreign and unintelligible to the brilliant and diligent ice agent who testified as JB. The concept of carpooling is beyond JB’s comprehension. 🤦‍♂️
The intellect on JB could be studied (but might make anyone studying it dumber).

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

Flame Skimmer dragonfly hanging out on a branch. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #laarboretum #dragonfly #insect

The government of California is implementing a law that requires operating system providers to implement some form of age verification into their account setup procedures.
Assembly Bill No. 1043 was approved by California governor Gavin Newsom in October of last year, and becomes active on January 1, 2027 (via The Lunduke Journal).
The bill states, among other factors, that "An operating system provider shall do all of the following:"
"(1) Provide an accessib…

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup
It's basic, and by the looks of it, near unenforceable.

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…

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

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.

"Justice" (SCLA, October 29-31 2026, Austin TX)
https://ift.tt/07xOS4T
updated: Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - 5:02pmfull name / name of organization: Society for…
via Input 4 RELCFP

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SHERELLE
Tom VR:
🎵 October (Lone Remix)
#TomVR
https://open.spotify.com/track/2dIPvnkuefW14ZZ82Z5FHJ

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

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

Palestinian journalists describe being systematically tortured, abused, beaten, and starved in Israel's prisons between October 2023 and January 2026 (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2026/02/palestinian-journalists-reco…

Palestinian journalists recount abuse in Israeli prisons, CPJ report finds  - Committee to Protect Journalists
International community must pursue accountability for Palestinian journalists harmed in Israeli custody Amman, February 19, 2026 — Palestinian journalists describe being systematically abused, beaten and starved in Israel prisons, according to a new report published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).  The report, ‘We returned from hell’: Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons,...

In the corridors of Washington, D.C., whispers of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s potential retirement have grown into a roar.
At 75 years old and marking 20 years on the bench, Alito’s upcoming book release on October 6, 2026,
just one day after the start of the Court’s new term,
has fueled intense speculation that he may step down to ensure his conservative legacy endures under Trump’s second term.
With Republicans holding the Senate majority ahead of the 202…

Supreme Court Shake-Up? Alito Exit Could Hand Trump Critical 2A Appointment
In the corridors of Washington, D.C., whispers of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's potential retirement have grown into a roar.

Sources: US semiconductor companies face worsening rare earth shortages, as shipments still rarely make it to the US despite an October 2025 detente with China (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace

In The Garden Of Eden.
(From one of my favorite hikes last year, October 2025... a place of absolute solitude, harmony, peace and positive vibes, a feast for the eyes)
#FootpathFriday #LandscapePhotography

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

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.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV6Us8pMwpy/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Yuval Noah Harari on Instagram: "The past few decades have been the first time in human history that states have consistently spent more on their citizens’ health than on war. With the threats to Greenland and Taiwan, and the wars in Ukraine and Iran, are we entering a new imperial era where countries must again focus their resources on weapons? From Building Trust in the Age of Disinformation – What Future Awaits Us? With Prof. Marijana Grbeša in October 2025. Watch the whole thing via link in bio. #YuvalNoahHarari #NewWorldOrder #Iran #Israel #Ukraine"
13K likes, 272 comments - yuval_noah_harari on March 15, 2026: "The past few decades have been the first time in human history that states have consistently spent more on their citizens’ health than on war. With the threats to Greenland and Taiwan, and the wars in Ukraine and Iran, are we entering a new imperial era where countries must again focus their resources on weapons? From Building Trust in the Age of Disinformation – What Future Awaits Us? With Prof. Marijana Grbeša in October 20…

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

Western Gull preening its feathers. Moonstone Beach, Cambria, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 40-150mm F4. #moonstonebeach #seagull #bird

More than 3,100 anti-authoritarian protests are scheduled across the US and at least 15 other countries on Saturday.
All these events will take place under a single banner: No Kings.
Formally launched in June to fight back against Trump administrationpolicies, the No Kings movement has grown with astonishing speed
– its second and most recent mass protest in October drew an estimated 7 million participants.
Organizers expect Saturday’s events to be the biggest prote…

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

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

⛔️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…

Tithonia flower. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #laarboretum #flower #tithonia

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

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.

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

Juvenile male elephant seal demanding attention — and being ignored. San Simeon Elephant Seal Viewpoint, San Simeon, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #sansimeon #elephantseals

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.

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 […]

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
https://networks.skewed.de/net/email_eu
Ridiculogram:

Sources: Amazon shut down Blue Jay, a multi-armed robotic system launched in October 2025 for same-day delivery warehouses, to focus on small modular warehouses (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-pulls-plug-blue-jay-warehous…

Amazon pulls the plug on 'Blue Jay' warehouse robot after only a few months
Amazon shutters Blue Jay robot as it transitions to Orbital, a new modular warehouse system enhancing same-day delivery capabilities.

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

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 ...

Democratic Representative Dan Goldman revealed an unredacted file from the government’s Jeffrey Epstein files on the House floor Wednesday,
saying that it directly contradicts Donald Trump’s account of his relationship with the billionaire sex offender.
The document is an October 2009 email containing information about a conversation between one of Epstein’s attorneys, Jack Goldberger, and an attorney for Trump, Alan Garten.
The email was initially released to the public in…

Democrat Reveals Epstein File That Blows Huge Hole in Trump’s Story
Democratic Representative Dan Goldman shared a previously redacted email that contradicts Trump’s story on how he stopped being friends with the sexual predator.

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has ordered a combat readiness inspection of the country's armed forces,
the Belarusian Defense Ministry announced on October 11.
The move comes amid growing concern in Europe over suspected Russian sabotage operations
and repeated violations of NATO airspace by unidentified drones.
The Belarusian military is implementing a "set of measures" to bring select units to their "highest level of combat readiness&qu…

Belarus launches military readiness check as security concerns grow
The Belarusian military is implementing a "set of measures" to bring select units to their "highest level of combat readiness" under Alexander Lukashenko's direct orders.

Sources: AI legal software startup Legora is in talks to raise $400M at a $5B valuation, after raising $150M in October 2025 at a $1.8B valuation (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/17/legal-…

Legal AI Startup Legora Eyes $400 Million Raise At $5 Billion-Plus Valuation
As investors double down on the promise of automating legal work, the company is in talks to raise $400 million following two rounds in late 2025.

Temporal, which builds open-source software to ensure "durable execution" of code, raised a $300M Series D at a $5B valuation, up from $2.5B in October 2025 (Krystal Hu/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

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 4936 nodes and 27149 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted, Metadata

Anthropic opens a Bengaluru office, its second in Asia, says its India run rate revenue doubled since October, and curates training data for 10 Indic languages (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/bengaluru-office-partnerships-across-india

Anthropic opens Bengaluru office and announces new partnerships across India
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Source: Fal, a GenAI model hosting service, is in talks to raise $300M to $350M at an $8B valuation; annualized revenue has hit $400M, up from $200M in October (Katie Roof/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/video-hosti…

Video Hosting Startup Fal in Funding Talks at $8 Billion Valuation
Fal, a fast-growing cloud service for accessing and storing AI models that generate images, video, and audio, is in talks to raise $300 million to $350 million, according to a person with direct knowledge of the fundraise. The deal, which would nearly double the company’s paper valuation to ...

Sources: Kraken has paused its IPO plans, amid the downturn in crypto markets since October, and may revisit a listing when market conditions improve (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/03/

Payward, parent of crypto exchange Kraken, has put its IPO plans on hold
Kraken's parent company filed a draft S-1 registration statement with the SEC in November regarding the proposed initial public offering of its common stock.

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

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

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

The FCC grants Netgear a conditional approval to import its future consumer routers, cable modems, and cable gateways into the US through October 1, 2027 (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/911888/netgear-router-ban-conditional-approval

The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason
Netgear is the first consumer router manufacturer granted conditional approval to avoid the US foreign router ban, though it has not committed to US manufacturing.