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Satellite Detects 166 Major Methane Leaks at New Mexico Oil and Gas Operations

capitalandmain.com/satellite-detects-166-major-methane-leaks-at-new-mexico-oil-and-gas-operations

Environmental groups’ report found that few of the leaks, recorded in the Permian Basin over 16 months, had been reported to the state as required.

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I was sexually abused as a kid. Vivek Ramaswamy thinks I'm weak | Column

kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article317696830.html

Jessica E. Miranda is the Hamilton County auditor, a former Ohio state representative and House Democratic whip, a small-business owner, and a longtime advocate for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and sexual violence.

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eMudhra Intermediate CA Compromise

emudhra.we-have-a-problem.com/

eMudhra Intermediate CA Compromise

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PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently

arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-themselves-for-critical-security-patches/

Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.

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Exclusive: Ramaswamy doubles down on explosive ad featuring rival's mother, despite backlash

axios.com/2026/10/21/ramaswamy-ad-acton-mother-ohio

Ramaswamy is gambling that the deeply personal attack by Amy Acton's mother will resonate with voters.

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Apple Cider Donuts = BS

flaminghydra.com/apple-cider-donuts-bs/

The time: 1,300 B.C. The setting: Ancient Egypt. By the banks of the Nile, the first apple trees in recorded history bloomed. Long before the reign of Jesus, ancient heathens had a bright idea: making some apple cider. 

Apple cider: as old as history itself. An ancient drink,

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Trump, 80, Wanders Off While Waving and Saluting to No One

newrepublic.com/post/216839/donald-trump-wanders-off-waving-saluting-no-one

Donald Trump was heading towards his helipad when he suddenly stopped to acknowledge a nonexistent crowd.

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'Fine, I'll do it': Kelowna elects candidate who went viral for self-deprecating signs

cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/brady-rogers-satire-kelowna-campaign-win-9.7387848

Despite his (satirical) misgivings, 33-year-old Brady Rogers is going to have to "do this" — "this" being serve on Kelowna city council. Rogers was the fourth-most popular candidate in the city's municipal election.

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The Whitewashing of Indie Sleaze

pigeonsandplanes.com/read/whitewashing-indie-sleaze

As "indie sleaze" has become inescapable online in recent years, a generation of boundary-pushing Black artists have been overlooked. Santigold, Spank Rock, and Kilo Kish remember a scene far more diverse and experimental than today’s nostalgia suggests.

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False pamphlets causing backlash and confusion, Texas transgender rights group says

texastribune.org/2026/10/20/texas-transgender-pamphlets-tent-student-union/

The mailers, sent by an organization formed last month in Wyoming, implicate a Texas transgender rights group that says it was not involved.

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Ukraine starlink elon musk trump dbc49193

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Why Did My Favorite Candy Bar Drop ‘Milk Chocolate’ From the Label?

nytimes.com/2025/10/30/climate/candy-chocolate-cocoa-prices-climate-change.html

As climate change has helped push cocoa prices higher, companies are changing candy recipes in subtle ways.

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Making A Great Fantasy Map Is An Art, And Ross Douthat Sucks At It

defector.com/making-a-great-fantasy-map-is-an-art-and-ross-douthat-sucks-at-it?giftLink=5733b3bb89326fe5019be1c53cac2d25&_bhlid=4939e7e2bf971fdae91afffd74716585b58be640

Ross Douthat has a fantasy novel for young adult readers: The Falcon’s Children, the first in what reportedly will be a trilogy from the respectability-conservatism peddler, who left his sinecure as a columnist at the New York Times earlier this year so that he could lower television’s aggregate charisma level by 944 percent as a…

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A Horny, Horse-Obsessed Artist Gives Free Rein to Her Anxiety

nytimes.com/2026/10/20/books/review/lisa-hanawalt-i-cant-stop-thinking-about-horses-and-sex.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KFE.g19E.Nk-svVsa1QSE&smid=nytcore-ios-share&_bhlid=afab7e37a8c959d202e5ffcd7b7e7a0bb9a29a16

Sometimes the best course of action is horsing around. “I wasn’t an appealing child,” Lisa Hanawalt writes in “I Can’t Stop Thinking About Horses and Sex,” her new, winningly messy cartoon memoir.

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Drone Strikes Didn’t Take Out a Russian Bot Farm, But We Were Primed to Believe It

motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/ukraine-drone-strike-yandex-russian-bot-farm-right-wing-maga-afd-reform-uk-conspiracy-theory-viral-rumor/?_bhlid=f7590d8e8e450aba0a2ca3b396c1e3ebb74c8cfe

A viral rumor illustrates people’s hunger to make sense of the division we see online. 

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The New TikTok Aesthetic Is ‘Ball Hog’

thecut.com/article/out-hypebeasts-in-ball-hogs.html

The “coastal grandma” of menswear is here.

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MrBeast Joins Shark Tank, Invests Quarter Million In AI-Powered ‘Ball 2’

kotaku.com/mrbeast-joins-shark-tank-invests-quarter-million-in-ai-powered-ball-2-2000747308?_bhlid=662657b833f94851c675f2bd705af5a768ac9740

Mr. Wonderful inversely appeared uninterested in the foam orb, not seeing how it could distinguish itself among other, more popular balls

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The Chocolate Conspiracy

grubstreet.com/article/chocolate-hersheys-reeses-conspiracy.html?_bhlid=15b3a612a188654d8f1884c83efcac5686deef56

Everyone in my life agreed: It tastes different now. I ventured into the molten belly of our crumbling world to find out why.

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Team Dynamics Weaken When Employees Turn to AI Instead of Colleagues

hbr.org/2026/10/team-dynamics-weaken-when-employees-turn-to-ai-instead-of-colleagues

Part of what makes a great team work is that people know and trust who has which skills or knowledge, and they know whom to go to for what. A new study shows how AI is changing this dynamic on teams: While AI use increased the sense that teammates had specialized and unique k...

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Some lessons learned from Foursquare

linkedin.com/pulse/some-lessons-learned-from-foursquare-steven-rosenblatt-zixwc/

Last week it was announced that Infillion acquired Foursquare. I knew Infillion, which started out as Gimbal, a small competitor on the business side to Foursquare in the early days, and was disappointed but not surprised to see this acquisition.

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Some final words on Foursquare.

teendrama.substack.com/p/some-final-words-on-foursquare?utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv4&just_subscribed=true

After 17 years, Foursquare’s ending is written. Writing this to share my opinions & frustrations with the final years of the company, and to honor the team who helped build & maintain FSQ’s legacy.

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Opinion | The Paramount-Warner Merger May Be a Problem for Democracy

mississippifreepress.org/opinion-the-paramount-warner-merger-may-be-a-problem-for-democracy/?utm_content=buffer808a7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=bufferbsky

Seth Ashley writes about why the consolidation of media companies can put greater pressure on independent media and diverse voices.

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Amy Acton’s mother defended husband accused of raping her daughter at 12. Now she’s in a pro-Ramaswamy attack ad.

tiffinohio.net/posts/acton-brother-condemns-ramaswamy-video-featuring-estranged-mother/

Acton’s brother is speaking out after their estranged mother appeared in a political attack accusing his sister of lying about her childhood. He says their mother remained married to the man who sexually abused Acton even after both children were removed from their custody.

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Michigan heckler the son of Republican adviser paid for ‘influencer marketing’ against El-Sayed

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/20/abdul-el-sayed-heckler?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Timmy Teepell’s firm paid $250,000 by America Next, which has been trying to gin up ‘organic’ opposition to El-Sayed

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Apple Domain Blocking and the Cost to Publishers

linkedin.com/pulse/apple-domain-blocking-cost-publishers-anthony-katsur-n5e8e/

Apple’s latest domain-blocking controversy has drawn attention to the advertising technology companies affected. The bigger story is the pressure it puts on publishers worldwide.

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Apple breaks its silence on the privacy crackdown that’s roiled the online ad industry

businessinsider.com/apple-explains-new-safari-ad-tracking-privacy-restrictions-2026-10

Apple's latest privacy crackdown is rattling the online ad industry. And it isn't backing down.

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Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill, study finds

nbcnews.com/science/environment/marine-life-declined-gulf-mexico-bp-oil-spill-deepwater-horizon-study-rcna604457

After the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, the number of marine animals plummeted by about 60% in part of the Gulf, a new study found. Those populations haven’t recovered.

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The Director Caught in the AI-Slop Crosshairs

vulture.com/article/romain-gavras-yung-lean-storm-ai-copies.html

Romain Gavras’s “Storm” was the kind of music video AI couldn’t fake. Then came an editing tool seemingly custom-made to replicate it into infinity.

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How Trump’s FBI Purge Saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn From a Bribery Investigation

propublica.org/article/navatek-lindsey-graham-jim-clyburn-fbi-anti-corruption-bribery

An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, the investigation went dark.

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The Lucrative World of Literary Scams

thedial.world/articles/news/ai-book-scams

Why writers are the perfect target.