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Alexa explodes after Canadian replies to query with, “Oh, yeah, no, for sure.”
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/10/alexa-explodes-after-canadian-replies-to-query-with-oh-yeah-no-for-sure/

Alexa explodes after Canadian replies to query with, “Oh, yeah, no, for sure.”
OROMOCTO, NB - A local man almost lost his home yesterday after his Amazon Alexa smart home device burst into flames. Lloyd Wentworth, 38, says the fire started as he was preparing dinner in his bungalow on Waasis Road. 

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts
-- under fire for a video he posted defending Tucker Carlson for his friendly interview with white supremacist talker Nick Fuentes
-- has reassigned his chief of staff to another position.
In an email to the conservative think tank’s staff on Friday,
Roberts announced that Heritage’s executive vice president, Derrick Morgan, had been tapped to replace Ryan Neuhaus as chief of staff.
In the controversial video posted on X …

Exclusive: Heritage Reassigns Chief of Staff Following Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes Fallout
The conservative think tank’s executive vice president, Derrick Morgan, has been tapped to replace Ryan Neuhaus as chief of staff.

Trevon Diggs reveals his chances of playing for Cowboys vs Eagles in 2025 NFL season opener https://bolavip.com/en/nfl/trevon-diggs-reveals-his-chances-of-playing-for-cowboys-vs-eagles-in-2025-nfl-season-opener

Dear #Bluesky #TOTP-ers. If you reply to me, or quote my posts, and you are not following the Fedi bridge, then I can't see your replies/quotes. You're shouting into the void. Don't do that, it's silly. Follow the bridge 😄
(you can follow the bridge here: https://fed.brid.gy/login)

I’m following like twenty people with my Pixelfed account (@…) right now, which feels absurdly small in my timeline, so I guess I’m gonna follow some more:
https://pixelfed.social/midtsveen

I discovered a new software that I absolutely love: @…
A self hosted web app that replaces Google Timeline and gives me complete control over my GPS/GNSS location history.

Day 9: Eniko Fox
Edit: added a store link for Kitsune Tails.
We're back to videogames, and with another author who's on the fediverse: @…
Fox has developed a few games, but the one that I've played and love is Kitsune Tails. It's a sapphic romance take on Super Mario Bros. 3, and (critically for a platformer) it's got very crisp controls and runs smoothly. I think one thing a lot of indie platforms devs struggle with is getting those fundamentals right, because on the technical side they require very challenging things like optimization of your code and extremely careful input handling that go beyond the basic skills necessary to put together a game. From following her on Twitter and now the Fediverse, it's clear that Fox is a deeply competent programmer, and her games reflect that. Beyond the fundamentals, Kitsune Tails has a very sweet plot with a very cool twist in the middle, and without spoilers, that twist made both the levels and gameplay very difficult to design, but Fox rose to that challenge and put together a wonderful game. Particularly past the plot twist (but in subtle ways before it) Fox is able to build beyond SMB3 mechanics in ways that gracefully complement the original, and the movement in the game ends up being difficult but extremely satisfying, with an excellent skill/speed response allowing for both slower, easier approaches that work for a range of players and high-skill extremely-fast options for those who want to push themselves.
There have been plenty of people I follow with indie game projects that are kinda meh in the end, and I'll still boost them without much comment if they're decent. Fox' work is actually amazing, which is why if you've followed me for a while you'll know I tend to mention it periodically, and which is why she makes this list of authors I respect.
You can buy Kitsune Tails here: #20AuthorsNoMen

Replaced article(s) found for cs.AI. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.AI/new
[8/9]:
- MindVL: Towards Efficient and Effective Training of Multimodal Large Language Models on Ascend NPUs
Feilong Chen, Yijiang Liu, Yi Huang, Hao Wang, Miren Tian, Ya-Qi Yu, Minghui Liao, Jihao Wu

Spotify says founder Daniel Ek will become Executive Chairman effective January 1, 2026, replaced by CPTO Gustav Söderström and CBO Alex Norström as co-CEOs (Spotify)
https://newsroom.spotify.com/2025-09-30/spotify-announcement-daniel-ek-executive-c…

Spotify Announces Leadership Evolution: Daniel Ek to Become Executive Chairman, Alex Norström and Gustav Söderström to Become Co-CEOs in January 2026 — Spotify
The following press release went live on Business Wire earlier today. You can also find more detail here in Founder & CEO Daniel Ek’s letter to employees. Stockholm and New York — 30 September, 2025 Today, Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) announced that Founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek will transition to the role of Executive...

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