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A Soviet Animation of Stephen King’s Short Story “Battleground” (1986)

Stephen King has that rare, and spectacularly profitable, skill to suck you into his world and compel you to flip to the next page. And when you’re hooked, his words have the uncanny ability to simply unfold like a movie in your head. So it isn’t surprising that his books have been widely adapted to […]

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Old Woman, 1923 #dix #expressionism

Letters from an American
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October 26, 2026

October 26, 2026

Trump’s increasingly erratic and corrupt behavior condemns Republican leaders who continue to support him.

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Camille Pissarro, Wood Clearing, 1862 #camillepissarro

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Siege Engine

They initially thought the containment structure alone would be sufficient, but for good measure they decided to include the Elephant's Foot inside.

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🦍 Mitchellaneous #196: Memes and other found media

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Noah and the Rainbow, 1963 #marcchagall #surrealism

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Are transgender sports bans really about protecting women? Survey data tells a different story

theconversation.com/are-transgender-sports-bans-really-about-protecting-women-survey-data-tells-a-different-story-293927

In a recent national survey, Americans with the most negative views of women were the biggest proponents of transgender sports bans.

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Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees as AI leads to efficiency push

cnbc.com/2026/10/26/microsoft-msft-voluntary-buyouts.html

Microsoft is trying to balance a rapid AI infrastructure build-out with capital efficiency.

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Gamers, developers praise BioWare's envelope-pushing games following 'heartbreaking' closure

cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bioware-closure-reaction-electronic-arts-9.7395544

Gamers, developers and critics lamented the closure of revered studio BioWare, with many crediting its works for kickstarting their own careers in the games industry.

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ChatGPT Keeps Telling People 404 Media Can Solve Their Tech Support Problems

404media.co/chatgpt-keeps-telling-people-404-media-can-solve-their-tech-support-problems/

Because big tech doesn't do customer service, we are being inundated with AI-generated emails begging us for help.

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Big Tech’s thirst for water is sparking a global resistance

restofworld.org/2026/ai-datacenters-water-resistance-global/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky

In his new book “Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires,” writer Paris Marx examines how local communities are resisting the growing demand for water to cool data centers.

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Web Advertising Workshop - Final Report

samsunginternet.github.io/webads26/report.html

The workshop brought together industry leaders, researchers, and innovators to explore cutting-edge advancements in web advertising and browser technology.

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CSS-Tricks has a new owner!

css-tricks.com/css-tricks-has-a-new-owner/

Yes, I've got the keys to the castle, so to speak. And, even after 12 years of working on the site, I'll admit I'm a little overwhelmed and nervous about that.

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FEMA Soon Won’t Help States With Disaster Relief. For NY, That Means a Loss of Billions.

thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/26/fema-disaster-funds-trump-weather-storms/

The federal agency has sent critical funding to the state after Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Ida and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Lula’s Upset Is a Win for the Rule of Law and a Blow to Trump

newrepublic.com/article/217122/lula-upset-win-blow-trump

The leftist leader’s surprising victory over the favored far-right candidate should be celebrated—and perhaps emulated—by supporters of democracy worldwide.

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Silicon Valley courted Trump. Now it’s bracing for a Democratic Congress. - The Washington Post

washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/10/26/silicon-valley-courted-trump-now-its-bracing-democratic-congress/

Firms that aligned with the president are preparing for a political pendulum swing — and a potential barrage of investigations.

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Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0)

w3.org/TR/SMIL3/

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document.

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Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI

brown.edu/news/2026-10-26/ai-data-workers

Cunyan Ma’s interactive tool exposes the power structure that extracts low-wage labor from data workers in the Global South to make everyday AI algorithms function.

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Vanity Fair's Kushner Conundrum

status.news/p/jared-kushner-vanity-fair-book-matthew-cole

Simon & Schuster quietly released Matthew Cole’s book two days early, Status has learned, as an excerpt in Vanity Fair prompts threats from Kushner’s legal team.