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Audible debuts new features, including a character guide and AI-powered stories that let users interact with characters, built with creator involvement (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/audibles-new-fea…

Audible's new features let you explore book worlds — and use AI to talk to characters | TechCrunch
Audible is rolling out new features that help listeners keep track of characters, explore places and imagery mentioned in books, and even interact with characters using generative AI.

Das Ö1-Interview mit dem Klimaforscher Christian Griebler, geführt von Christine Thönicke-Frenkenberger, fand ich sehr hörenswert, auch sehr gut vorbereitet, chapeau.
https://sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/beitrag/3327580/im-journal-zu-gast-klimafo…

Im Journal zu Gast: Klimaforscher Christian Griebler

On Friday, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 3-0 ruling against
Kalshi,
a ruling that in theory gives states the power to regulate the "prediction market" platform.
However strong that sounds,
one can't fairly characterize the decision as authoritative.
While the San Francisco–based court's unanimous ruling represents the most significant curtailment of the
"don't-call-it-gambling"
gambling platform,

Kalshi Lawsuit Pits States Against Trump Family's Corruption Machine | Defector
On Friday, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 3-0 ruling against Kalshi, a ruling that in theory gives states the power to regulate the “prediction market” platform. However strong that sounds, one can’t fairly characterize the decision as authoritative. While the San Francisco–based court’s unanimous ruling represents the most significant curtailment of…

Sydney:
‘Where illegal ebikes go to die’: first bikes seized under new laws in NSW crushed | Ebikes | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/01/this-is-where-ebikes-go-to-die-first-…

‘Where illegal ebikes go to die’: first bikes seized under new laws in NSW crushed
Major Sydney hospital also warns recent injuries from ebikes include fractures, internal bleeding, as well as ‘perforation of certain organs’

Cowboys DC Christian Parker Takes Blame For Last-Second Blunder Vs. Ravens https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/cowboys-christian-parker-blame-last-second-blunder-ravens

marvel_partnerships: Marvel character partnerships (2018)
A network of partnerships among characters in the Marvel comic book universe. Nodes are either heroes or villains, and edges represent partnerships between such characters. The partnership network was extracted from Wikipedia pages of these characters, which indicate partnership relations with other such pages.
This network has 350 nodes and 346 edges.
Tags: Social, Fictional, Unweighted

Judges nix Trump’s mandatory immigrant detention policy,
teeing up Supreme Court fight
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dealt another blow to the Trump administration’s mass deportation project Thursday,
ruling alongside the 7th Circuit that most immigrants cannot be held without bond while fighting to remain in the U.S.
The rulings will apply to jurisdictions that stretch across much of the southern border,
affecting states where large numbers of immigran…

Judges nix Trump's mandatory immigrant detention policy
The 9th Circuit was one of two appellate courts to issue rulings this week against the Trump administration, finding that immigrants who are detained away from the border are entitled to a bond hearing to decide whether they should be freed or remain in detention while their case proceeds

Axel Springer invests in The Circuit, an Abu Dhabi-based publication founded by Max Neuberger focusing on tech and business in the Middle East (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/30/2026/axel-springer-invests-in-abu-dha…

Axel Springer invests in Abu Dhabi-based outlet The Circuit
Axel Springer is latest Western publisher to take a greater editorial interest in the business story in the Middle East.

Cowboys’ Christian Parker Ripped by Super Bowl Coach for Being ‘Outclassed’ https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/christian-parker-coach-for-being-outclassed/

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s so-called
“major fraud announcement”
was just another lame attack on immigrants
and it won’t make roads any safer.
Speaking at a press conference Monday, the two officials declared the
emergency shutdown of 110 commercial driver’s license, or CDL, schools,
claiming they were responsible for 5,000 violations of federal safety standards
requiring licensees to demon…

Trump Team’s “Unprecedented Fraud Crackdown” Exposed as Total Bust
Trump’s transportation secretary and homeland security secretary teamed up to announce what was supposed to be a big crackdown on fraud. Instead, they’re just going after immigrant truck drivers.