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Mastodon plans to add Bluesky-like starter packs to suggest accounts to follow for new users, but will allow accounts to opt out of being included in Packs (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/mastodon-is-taki…

Mastodon is taking cues from Bluesky with plans for its own starter 'Packs' | TechCrunch
Mastodon is planning to make it easier for newcomers to discover curated collections of users to follow by launching a new starter packs feature.

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Many sessile marine organisms produce planktonic larvae for dispersal. This is true of the Bryozoa ("moss animals") in both freshwater and saltwater, which are often mistaken for sponges or corals. Larvae widely range in shape and lifestyle, but some larvae called cyphonautes can spend weeks feeding in the plankton. They are a distinctly flattened trian…

Check out today's Metacurity for the most crucial cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--CISA plans to fire 54 employees despite court injunction,
--Google reports new ways threat actors can use AI in their attacks,
--KT accused of concealing BPFDoor infection,
--Meta earns $7b a year in scam ads,
--Hackers stole data from Hyundai AutoEver America,
--Chinese court sentences scam operators to death,
--NV ransomware attack took plac…

CISA plans to fire 54 employees despite court injunction
Google reports new ways threat actors can use AI in their attacks, KT accused of concealing BPFDoor infection, Meta earns $7b a year in scam ads, Hackers stole data from Hyundai AutoEver America, Chinese court sentences scam operators to death, NV ransomware attack took place in May, much more

"Emma Graves, 44, was evading police in Rockstar’s open world classic when a car being chased by police crashed into the wall of her flat on Thornhill Road, Armley, just inches from where she was playing her PlayStation."
Sometimes I had "5 stars wanted" level in GTA, but it never escalated that badly.😂

The University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law school has
💥paused a full-tuition scholarship program named for its first Black graduate
❌ and plans to close its office of “equal opportunity and engagement” this month.
The changes come as m Donald Trump’s administration pushes for an end to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at universities nationwide.
⭐️The White House has threatened to pull federal funding from those that do not comply.
Penn Carey Law in 2021 …

Penn’s law school pauses scholarship honoring its first Black female graduate, plans to close equal opportunity office
Penn’s law school pauses scholarship honoring its first Black female graduate, plans to close equal opportunity office. Alumni expressed concern.

#Shoutout geh raus an alle KI-begeisterten polnisch Sprechenden:
#Polnisch erzielt bei der Interaktion mit #KI die besten Ergebnisse unter 26 getesteten Sprachen.
Eine Analyse zeigte, dass groß…

Polish is the most effective language for prompting AI, study reveals
A group of researchers studied which language is best understood by artificial intelligence, with Polish in the lead and English only ranking at sixth place.

Sources: Dario Amodei is in India as Anthropic plans a Bengaluru office and explores a partnership with Reliance, seeking to expand in its second-largest market (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/anthropic-…

Anthropic plans to open India office, eyes tie-up with billionaire Ambani | TechCrunch
Anthropic's next big bet is India — one of its fastest-growing markets worldwide.

Military contractors called for
— and are now getting
— contracts to help carry out Trump’s mass deportations,
🔥with a bounty for every immigrant they track down.
https://www.levernews.com/inside-ices-plans-for-a-bounty-hunter-army/

Inside ICE’s Plans For A Bounty Hunter Army
Military contractors called for — and are now getting — contracts to help carry out Trump’s mass deportations, with a bounty for every immigrant they track down.

At the White House dinner, Zuckerberg said Meta plans to spend "something like at least $600B" through 2028 on data centers and other infrastructure in the US (Kalley Huang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/meta…

Meta Plans to Spend $600 Billion Through 2028 in the U.S., Zuckerberg Says
Meta Platforms plans to spend “something like at least $600 billion” through 2028 on data centers and other infrastructure in the U.S., Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday at a dinner with President Donald Trump and other technology executives. In July, Meta estimated its capital expenditures in 2025 would be between $66 billion and $72 billion, up at least 68% from its capital

During a call with major airlines on Wednesday, Trump told them they had to cut 10% of their flight traffic by Friday.
American Airlines issued a statement saying that this means 220 of its flights tomorrow will be cut.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-airlines-planes/

'Didn't have to be this way': CNN host slams Trump's 'unacceptable' air traffic slowdown
One CNN host lamented that the airline companies are being treated as "pawns" in President Donald Trump's game of politics. At the top of her Thursday show, Erin Burnett noted how essential air traffic controllers are to keeping the country safe while coordinating planes going hundreds of miles an h...