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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide

npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5986124/over-1-000-children-are-buried-at-juvenile-detention-centers-nationwide?utm_source=bsky.app&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.

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Trade Desk to test iOS 27.2 beta as Safari ad-domain ticket stays open

ppc.land/trade-desk-to-test-ios-27-2-beta-as-safari-ad-domain-ticket-stays-open/

Meyers saw changes in build 24B5099f on October 5, yet bug 324771 has no assignee. Do nine listed domains still block iPhone Safari ads? The record is silent.

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Apple’s secret blocklist is the talk of Advertising Week New York (mostly off the record)

digiday.com/media-buying/apples-secret-blocklist-is-the-talk-of-advertising-week-new-york-mostly-off-the-record/

Apple offers reprieve for ad tech after its latest privacy crackdown, as some publishers now contemplate the historically unthinkable.

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The Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual Violence

thecut.com/article/trump-title-ix-rules-cornell-seven-case.html

The “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail.

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At $1,279, Google’s Xreal Aura will go head-to-head with Meta’s VR Glasses

theverge.com/news/1006207/google-xreal-aura-glasses-price-release-date-preorder

The first transparent Android XR glasses are “weeks” away — if you made a reservation.

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College campuses need to be liberated from their administrators

globecollegetown.substack.com/p/higher-ed-administration-barry-lam?triedRedirect=true

Higher ed is being strangled by absurd and costly rules. What message is that sending to students?

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What is EVP? Bridging the remaining gap in the passkey era

blog.agektmr.com/en/2026/10/email-verification-protocol.html

How the Email Verification Protocol (EVP) solves passkey fallback and account recovery challenges by bringing phishing resistance to email verification without...

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We are going to kill “unalive”

anildash.com/2026/10/06/kill-unalive/

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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AI hallucinations are making entitled customers even worse

theverge.com/report/1002963/ai-hallucinations-customer-service-jobs-agents

Thanks to AI, the customer really isn’t always right.

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Northeast Democrats urge Trump administration action as heating oil costs surge

reuters.com/legal/litigation/northeast-democrats-urge-trump-administration-action-heating-oil-costs-surge-2026-10-06/

Democratic lawmakers from northeastern US states urged Energy Secretary Chris Wright to ‌take action to cut soaring heating oil costs they blamed on President Donald Trump’s war with Iran and administration policies, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

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Academia broke my heart

flaminghydra.com/academia-broke-my-heart/

Some people with doctorates like to show the world what they’ve done. They write their names with “Ph.D.” as a suffix, or refer to themselves as “Dr. So-and-so.” I do not. Instead I call myself a recovering academic, because getting my Ph.D. was a form

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know the limits of technical fixes

lesscomputer.ca/know-the-limits-of-technical-fixes/

For individuals

Because the use of computers is under more general scrutiny, there are a lot of stories being told that offer a "have your cake, eat it t...

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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA

unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-studiox-join-uwotc-cwa

Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in solidarity to form a union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA)!

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All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in October 2026

reactormag.com/new-science-fiction-books-october-2026/

This October, travel to Pompeii with a slime mold, get into some time travel shenanigans, head to Paradise, and more…

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Node.js at scale, rebalanced: how we cut cost by 38%

medium.com/booking-com-development/node-js-at-scale-rebalanced-how-we-cut-cost-by-38-62ce247a3002

By optimizing our biggest Node.js service, we cut our compute costs by 38%

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Lucas claims leadership of BK Dems – in apparent violation of court order

cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/10/lucas-claims-leadership-bk-dems-apparent-violation-court-order/416427/

Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn and her allies are trying everything to block reformers from taking control of the county party.

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Predictive Text

flaminghydra.com/predictive-text/

My wife says that when I talk about artificial intelligence and the possible end of humanity, I sound excited. I tell her this is absurd. We have two children. I would prefer humanity to survive. She says she is not accusing me of wanting catastrophe. She is telling me what

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OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic

arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/openai-agents-tried-to-hack-wikipedia-tools-and-flooded-it-with-traffic/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social

The reports of OpenAI agents harming third-party sites keep coming.

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civileats.com

civileats.com/2026/10/06/fda-investigation-found-cyclospora-at-taylor-farms-mexico-facility/

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He who does not code, neither shall he eat

standard-reader.app/a/did%3Aplc%3Ahxpehe76bbtkuene7ylrbomi/3mwe774jgrk2p

He who does not code, neither shall he eat — CELPHASE

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Svalbard: How it feels to be a climate scientist in the fastest-warming place on Earth

interactive.carbonbrief.org/arctic-svalbard-climate-scientists/index.html

In the Arctic Ocean – around 400 miles from the North Pole – lies the island of Svalbard.

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What the Data Center Boom Looks Like From the Sky

nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/05/upshot/data-center-scale.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlE.zjSM.Ui5xQY8WRYsF&smid=url-share

In the race for A.I. computing power, hundreds of new projects are coming online across the country — and they’re getting bigger.

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Insurance claims to test Altman and Amodei liability for ‘rogue’ AI

ft.com/content/a5caf8d4-992f-4832-89c3-6c73f6f111fe?shareType=nongift&syn-25a6b1a6=1

Insurers are preparing for multimillion-dollar claims stemming from AI agents going “rogue”, with growing concern that top executives such as OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei could be held liable for the actions of their models.

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Pluralistic: Scrutinized (05 Oct 2026)

pluralistic.net/2026/10/05/pervert-glasses/#authentic-self

We're repeatedly told that the killer app for pervert glasses – Meta's AI-enabled camera glasses and their imitators – is that they will remind you of someone's name and spare you the social awkwardness of not recognizing them.

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Countries weigh banning smart glasses over privacy concerns

reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/countries-weigh-banning-smart-glasses-over-privacy-concerns-2026-10-06/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac4c0c5a05e110001aa773a

Governments, courts and companies are considering restrictions and examining existing rules on smart glasses amid worries that the technology, brought to mainstream by ​Meta's Ray-Bans, could be used to photograph, film or audio-record confidential ‌materials or people without their knowledge.

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Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey's new Pentagon roles raise ethics worries

npr.org/2026/10/06/nx-s1-5991899/elon-musk-palmer-luckey-pentagon-drones-ai

Musk's company, SpaceX, and Luckey's company Anduril, could potentially benefit from recommendations made in the study about future autonomous weapon systems.

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Asos customers receive 'hacked' notification in phone alert

thenational.scot/news/26610700.asos-customers-receive-hacked-notification-phone-alert/#Echobox=1791280987-2

THOUSANDS of Asos customers have been sent a phone alert saying the retail giant has been hacked ...

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Kevin Roose Didn’t Use AI to Write His Book About AI

wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-kevin-roose/

The author of “The AGI Chronicles” says his book “was written by a very tired, overworked, under-slept human being.”

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On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants

thelettersfromleo.com/p/on-pope-leos-world-day-of-migrants

Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every dimension of it.