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Have We Confused Having Good Taste With Being Creative?

From 713 Magazine on Instagram: In a world where cultural knowledge has become its own form of social currency, knowing the right designers, listening to the right music, and recognizing the right references can make someone appear just as creative as the people actually...

Ars Technica
27 Oct 22:51 • Samuel Axon

Apple refreshes the iMac, entry-level MacBook Pro with the M6 chip

Additionally, the N1 chip brings Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.

Ars Technica
27 Oct 22:36 • Beth Mole

South Carolina's measles outbreak jumped to Washington state 5 times in 2 weeks

International travel used to be the main risk of measles cases in the US—not anymore.

Electrek
27 Oct 22:33 • Michelle Lewis

Renewables to reach 40% of total generating capacity, beat gas within a year – EIA

Over the coming year, renewables’ share of total generating capacity will grow from 37.7% to 40.4%, surpassing that of natural gas and outstripping nuclear capacity fivefold, according to new data released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign.

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TPM – Talking Points Memo
27 Oct 22:18 • Josh Marshall

An Israel Election Nugget on Prediction Markets

As you know, I take a pretty dim view of prediction markets, especially for capturing anything more than conventional wisdom...

Ars Technica
27 Oct 22:12 • Stephen Clark

China's top-secret spaceplane can't hide in low-Earth orbit

The DIA's threat assessment suggests China may soon place directed energy weapons in space.

Latest articles from Crooks and Liars
27 Oct 22:06 • Conover Kennard

Trump Unwittingly Admits He Sucks, Says The World Is 'Falling Apart' Under His Watch

We're sure the least self-aware person in the world, Donald J. Trump, didn't think this through before opening his anus-shaped mouth to a crowd of supporters in Mississippi. Trump acknowledged that the world is in turmoil, then declared that America is doing better than eve...

The San Francisco Standard
27 Oct 22:03 • Emily Shugerman

Iron Man, butterflies, awkward art: Inside the Swalwell-linked LA mansion raided by FBI

Federal agents raided billionaire Stephen Cloobeck’s Beverly Hills mansion in connection to an investigation into disgraced former congressman Eric Swalwell.

@art.feediverse.org - Great art on Bluesky
27 Oct 22:03

Vasily Kandinsky, Über das Geistige in der Kunst: Insbesondere in der Malerei (Concerning the Spiritual in Art: Especially in Painting), 1911 #museumofmodernart #vasilykandinsky

The Editorial Board
27 Oct 21:57 • John Stoehr

How many times does Trump have to be accused of rape for it to matter in this country?

A new report by the House Judiciary Democrats is one step toward change.

Ars Technica
27 Oct 21:54 • Jon Brodkin

"No human at the helm": Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses

Owners of AI-run firms would evade liability for "reckless" AI, US Rep. Comer says.

@altnps.bsky.social - Alt National Park Service
27 Oct 21:54

A win! A federal judge in Washington issued a longer-term injunction, blocking the Trump administration from removing or damaging any more trees on the grounds of East Potomac Golf Links.

TPM – Talking Points Memo
27 Oct 21:51 • Josh Marshall

Israel Election Update

I have a lengthy post which will be up momentarily about the role of the two predominantly Arab parties in...

TPM – Talking Points Memo
27 Oct 21:51 • Josh Marshall

The Kingmakers. Maybe.

Earlier today I discussed how the initial exit polls show an inconclusive result of today’s Israeli election. Roughly 52 seats...

TPM – Talking Points Memo
27 Oct 21:51 • Nicole LaFond

Trump’s ‘Honest’ Elections Line Gets More Sinister

President Trump was asked this afternoon at Joint Base Andrews if he will respect next week’s midterms results, “whatever happens.”...

Letters from an American
27 Oct 21:45 • Heather Cox Richardson

Erratic and Corrupt

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Electrek
27 Oct 21:39 • Peter Johnson

BYD’s $10,000 EV blows a tire at nearly 90 mph — Watch what happens

BYD updated its lowest-priced electric car, the Seagull, which starts at around $10,000 in China, with a few extras, including a high-speed tire blowout system that stabilizes the vehicle at nearly 90 mph.

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EV Grieve
27 Oct 21:39 • Unknown

It's close to midnight somewhere: A 'Thriller' rehearsal in Tompkins Square Park

Photos by Stacie Joy The 53rd annual Village Halloween Parade takes place this Saturday. Ahead of the festivities, we spotted a group of dancers in Tompkins Square Park on Sunday rehearsing the choreography from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" to prepare for the parade... They had the moves down, though the version of "Thriller" playing during their rehearsal wasn't actually Michael Jackson's recording... Halloween parade Thriller practice at Tompkins Square Park to non-Michael Jackson music https://t.co/2I79uOiC70— Stacie Joy (@Joy_of_photos) October 26, 2026 Different version, same killer moves...

The New Stack | DevOps, Open Source, and Cloud Native News
27 Oct 21:36 • Amanda Caswell

Replit’s CEO says an idea from 1937 could make the org chart obsolete

Replit CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad has spent the past year watching AI agents absorb the routine execution inside his

The post Replit’s CEO says an idea from 1937 could make the org chart obsolete appeared first on The New Stack.

History Facts
27 Oct 21:36 • Tony Dunnell

The Most Consequential Battles in History

A single afternoon of chaos, casualties, and fateful decisions has, more than once, rewritten the course of human history. Empires have collapsed, religions have spread or stalled, and entire continents have shifted their political center of gravity, all because of what happ...