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NEW: "You can’t unscrape that content." With Meta’s new commercial terms set to take effect on October 30, more and more publishers and media advocates on both sides of the Atlantic are pressing Meta and regulators to stop them. www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/publ...

Publishers pressure Meta to nix new terms that would let the company scrape their websites

The largest news publishing trade association in the United States is calling on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to suspend the implementation of the company's new commercial terms of service, set to go into...

niemanlab.org

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So this is great, from a Turing Award winner.

The agents weakened or disabled systems designed to catch them misbehaving, and one later denying it had done so.

OpenAI says its AI agents disabled their own safety monitors

The agents weakened or disabled systems designed to catch them misbehaving, and one later denying it had done so.

abc.net.au

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I agree. I'm usually a "boo before flu" person -- I get the flu shot right after Halloween -- but I got it over the weekend because there are signs the season is starting early.

Jenn Dowd@drjenndowd.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hey y'all--There are signs the flu season is off to an unusually early start. This means I would amend my typical "by Halloween" advice-*now* is a good time to get your vaccine if you haven't already. Protection takes about 2 weeks to build up. Stay well! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Time for an era of tech trust-busting?

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Happy #NEH fellowship reinstatement day to all who celebrate! 🎉

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Goodnight, world. Steady on, no wobbles. Raining

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It's a timed political advertisement to futilely further GOP party hopes in the elections.

Lynne Perednia@perednia.bsky.social · 2w ago

Speaking of money, there is the $90 Donald is sending to some Medicare recipients. Like a bribe or something. #inners

I do not want an app I do not want a portal I do not want an AI voice My god, I am but mortal!

K.B. Spangler@kbspangler.com · 2w ago

I DO NOT WANT TO DOWNLOAD AN APP TO TURN OFF THE HOTEL THERMOSTAT I WANT TO PUSH A BUTTON I WANT ONE BUTTON THAT DOES ONE THING

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This is...horrifying. This is who we have become now?

Carol 🍁@carolcdt.bsky.social · 2w ago

“. . . commonly carried out in … Iran, North Korea, and Taliban-led government . . .” Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...

A bronze bust of Robert F. Kennedy has sat on the lawn outside of the D.C. stadium named for him for decades, even after the venue was decommissioned. Now, it’s gone missing.

Bust of Robert F. Kennedy Is Missing From Namesake Stadium

The statue “was removed by an unknown manner” and there is no known suspect.

washingtonsun.com

Anne Carson, newly minted Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, once published the greatest ever author bio

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Anne Carson, the new Nobel Laureate in literature, has Icelandic citizenship. We as a nation will become absolutely insufferable about now having TWO Nobel winning writers. Just imagine all the per capita calculations we can drum up with this one!