The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World
Stephen Witt, Contributing Writer - The New York Times
Stephan: As I have watched the AI technology develop what has concerned me is whether this technology is going to be advanced to foster wellbeing for humanity, or just to ,make more money for a small group of oligarchs. If the motivating impulse is the later I think humans are in real trouble. Stephen Witt, author of The Thinking Machine seems to agree.
_Stephan: One of the tragedies that now defines the United States, as it is seen by the rest of the world, is that Trump has created a military combat uniformed and armed for war Gestapo that is now wandering the streets of major American cities, just as the world has seen happen in other fascist control … ⌘ Read more
DNA repair mechanisms help explain why naked mole-rats live a long life
Naked mole-rats are one of nature’s most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ten times longer than relatives of a similar size. But what is the secret to their extreme longevity? How are they able to delay the decay and decline that befalls other rodents? The answer, at least in part, is due to a switch in a common protein that boosts DNA repair, according to new research published i … ⌘ Read more
Private Equity Tightens Its Grip on Outpatient Surgery
Jennifer Henderson, Enterprise and Investigative Writer - MedPage Today
_Stephan: Depending on which poll you look at, between 25% to 40% of the emergency rooms in hospitals are not actually part of the hospital. Instead, they are owned by private equity investment firms, and the physicians and nurses are employees of those firms. Private equity firms also own approximately 8.5% to 9% of all private hospitals in … ⌘ Read more
Immigrants nationwide placed in solitary confinement for weeks, report says
Steph Solis , Staff Writer - msn | Axios
_Stephan: The United States is now running concentration camps. They don’t call them that, but as accurate information about their living conditions comes out, it is clear that is what they are. This is all part of the fascist coup, engineered by Trump, his vassals, the Republican Party, and the Supreme Court they have created toge … ⌘ Read more
Republican Candidate in Virginia Caught in Tumblr Nazi Porn Scandal
Robert McCoy, Staff Writer - The New Republic
_Stephan: What stands out about what has happened to democracy in the United States is the almost universal scum of the Republican Party. It’s not just that the party controls all the branches of government and yet is doing nothing to foster wellbeing for the people of America. Instead, we have the Bondis, the Patels, the Homans, and this cre … ⌘ Read more
Questions loom over Albania’s forests after devastating fires
As Albania recovers from a summer of devastating wildfires, locals and experts are eyeing a long road back to save its shrinking forests from intensifying disasters. ⌘ Read more
Beyond the AI Hype: Guido van Rossum on Python’s Philosophy, Simplicity, and the Future of Programming
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Cumquat may, these farmers are enjoying ‘anti-retirement’
When Roslyn and Pat McCarthy readied themselves to leave their careers, they were uninspired by spending their “twilight” years on golf courses or bowling greens. Instead, they put their faith in cumquats. ⌘ Read more
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 Co-Located Event Deep Dive: Data on Kubernetes Day
Data on Kubernetes Day (DoK Day) began as a virtual event in 2021 and became an official co-located event for KubeCon + Cloud Native Con in 2023. Since then, it has been a staple at both… ⌘ Read more
Warum erfahre ich erst im Jahr 2025 von Server-sent events (SSE) 🤔?
Das Zeug scheint für die webbasierte Server-Client-Kommunikation in JavaScript ideal zu sein und ist sehr einfach umzusetzen.
„Signal für Anliegen der Demokratie“
Die venezolanische Oppositionspolitikerin Maria Corina Machado erhält den Friedensnobelpreis 2025. Die Entscheidung sei überraschend, aber verdient, so der Tenor der internationalen Reaktionen. Experten sehen auch in der Begründung ein starkes „Signal für das Anliegen der Demokratie“ und einen Beweis der Unabhängigkeit des norwegischen Nobelkomitees. Kritik kam aus dem Weißen Haus. Machado widmete den Preis unterdessen auch US-Präsidenten Donald Trump. ⌘ Read more
I noticed Google put out this article: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/09/lets-talk-security-answering-your-top.html it’s very current day Google, but the comments under the YouTube video are pretty on point and I saw a few familiar faces there. There is also, unexpectedly, ways to contact Google.
First a form for “teachers, students, and hobbyists”, that I filled politely, as someone who falls under their hobbyist category. It can be filled both anonymously, or with an e-mail attached, to be contacted by them (I chose the second option).
Also a general feedback and questions form, that I was not as polite in and used to send them the following message:
I have already provided some feedback, in the teacher, student and hobbyists form/questionaire, as well as an open letter I’ve recently sent to the European Commission digital markets act team, as I do believe your proposal might not even be legal, given the fact it puts privacy-focused alternative app stores at risk (https://f-droid.org/cs/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html) and it was proposed this early, after Google lost in court to Epic Games, over similar monopoly concerns. Why should we trust Google to be the only authority for all developer signatures, right after the European courts labeled it a gatekeeper?
Assuming this gets passed, despite justified developer backlash and at best questionable legality, can you give us any guarantees, this will not be used to target legal malware-free mods, or user privacy enhancing patchers, like the ones used for applying the ReVanced patches? I have made a few mods myself, but I am in no way associated with the ReVanced team. I just share many peoples concerns, Google Chrome has been conveniently stripped of its manifest v2 support, that made many privacy protecting extensions possible and now you’re conveniently asking for the government IDs, of all the developers, who maintain these kinds of privacy protections (be it patches, or alternative open-source apps) on Android.
A blueprint for zero-trust AI on Kubernetes
LLMs and AI are everywhere these days. Everyone wants to build the next big thing, ship it fast, and maybe even cash out and chill for the rest of their lives. The problem? Most open source… ⌘ Read more
Best Apple Deals of the Week: AirPods 4 for $89, AirTag for $64.99, and More Prime Day Sales Still Available
This week was Prime Big Deal Days, and although the event is officially over, we’re still tracking great leftover discounts on Amazon. This includes ongoing low prices on AirPods 4, MacBook Air, iPads, and more.
Destined to melt: Study warns glaciers’ ability to cool surrounding air faces imminent decline
Glaciers are fighting back against climate change by cooling the air that touches their surfaces. But for how long? The Pellicciotti group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has compiled and re-analyzed an unprecedented dataset of on-glacier observations worldwide. Their findings, published today in Nature Climate Change, demonstrate that glaciers will likely reach the peak of their … ⌘ Read more
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado ⌘ Read more
Trump considers massive bailout of at least $10 billion for American farmers hurt by his trade war
Alayna Treene and Bryan Mena, Reporters - CNN
_Stephan: You and I are about to spend over 10 billion dollars of our tax dollars to bail out the farmers whose economies have been put in a tailspin by the stupidity of Trump’s tariff madness. It surprises me that millions of Americans still support this psychopath, but that is alw … ⌘ Read more
How Trump’s Supreme Court lackeys pushed us to the brink of one-man rule
Graham G. Dodds, Professor of Political Science, Concordia University - Raw Story | Commentary
Stephan: This is a good assessment of how the Republicans perverted the Supreme Court, creating its corrupt fascist majority.
_U.S. Supreme Court justices pose for their group port … ⌘ Read moreRFK Jr. Ties Autism to Circumcision and Tylenol in Bonkers Rant
Farrah Tomazin , Political Correspondent - Daily Beast
_Stephan: US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy, Jr, is now the man overseeing your healthcare and medical wellbeing in the Trump Republican coup. This is his latest insanity that circumcision results in autism. Never forget that Kennedy was a heroin addict in high school and college, and does not have 30 minutes of medica … ⌘ Read more
News organizations hold out on signing Pentagon media policies ‘designed to stifle a free press’
Jeremy Barr, Reporter - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: Part of the Trump Republican Party fascist strategy is to use the American military to take control of Democrat controlled cities. And one aspect of that strategy is to suppress a free press from covering the military. Here is a good description of what they are doing. It has nev … ⌘ Read more
Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize ⌘ Read more
LED light blasts cancer cells and spares healthy ones
A new cancer treatment combines LED light and tiny tin flakes to neutralize cancer cells while shielding healthy cells and avoiding the painful side effects associated with chemotherapy and other treatments. ⌘ Read more
Rare Jurassic ‘sword dragon’ prehistoric reptile discovered in the UK
A near-complete skeleton found on the UK’s Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new and rare species of ichthyosaur—a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the ancient oceans. ⌘ Read more
L’autorité et le ridicule
Récemment, Trump et son équipe on usé d’une technique redoutablement efficace pour désamorcer les critiques virulentes de leurs opposants Démocrates : le ridicule. Face aux piques acerbes du représentant Hakeem Jeffries, leader démocrate à la Chambre des représentants qui dénonçait les motifs de la fermeture gouvernementale actuelle comme une pure posture partisane, les trumpistes ont riposté […] ⌘ Read more
10 Surprising Things Found or Left on the Moon
The Moon’s surface is a desolate place, a landscape composed of dusty craters and barren mountains. But since 1959, its inventory of objects has been steadily expanding thanks to humanity—beginning with the Soviet probe Luna 2, the first human-made object to reach the lunar surface. While it’s well known that the Moon is now a […]
The post [10 Surprising Things Found or Left on the Moon](https://listverse.com/2025/10/10/10-surprising-thin … ⌘ Read more
She saw a car-sized object above a Texas farm and found a wayward hunk of NASA equipment
When Ann Walter looked outside her rural West Texas home, she didn’t know what to make of the bulky object slowly drifting across the sky. ⌘ Read more
Apple’s Health and Fitness Teams Report to Eddy Cue in Reshuffle
Apple is set to reorganize its health and fitness divisions under its Services group, according to a new report from Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurman. The move comes as longtime chief … ⌘ Read more
Lessons from Ascension Island’s shark troubles could help boost conservation
Understanding people’s attitudes to interactions with sharks could help halt the global decline of shark numbers, according to new research carried out on Ascension Island. ⌘ Read more
Deals: $200 Off M4 MacBook Air, AirPods from $89, & More
Amazon is cutting $200 off the price of all M4 MacBook Air models, starting at $799 for the 13″ Air, and $999 for the 15″ Air. 13″ M4 MacBook Air ($200 off) 13″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 256GB for $799 (MSRP: $999) 13″ M4 MacBook Air 16GB / 512GB for $999 (MSRP: $1,199) 13″ … Read More ⌘ Read more
Fire provides long-lasting benefits to bird populations in Sierra Nevada National Parks
Researchers have found that low to moderate-severity fires not only benefit many bird species in the Sierra Nevada, but these benefits may persist for decades. In addition to a handful of bird species already known to be “post-fire specialists,” a broad variety of other more generalist species, like Dark-eyed Juncos and Mountain Chickadees, clearly benefited from wildfire. ⌘ Read more
The good thing about having a tablet now and spending time with it instead of my laptop the last few days is that I finally brought down my reading list in Miniflux a lot. I also answered emails and checked a few other tasks off my (mental) to-do list. ⌘ Read more
[$] Gccrs after libcore
Despite its increasing popularity, the Rust programming language is still
supported by a single compiler, the LLVM-based rustc. At the 2025 GNU Tools\
Cauldron, Pierre-Emmanuel Patry said that a lot of people are waiting
for a GCC-based Rust compiler before jumping into the language. Patry, who
is working on just that compiler (known as “gccrs”), provided an update on
the status of that project and what is coming next. ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu 25.10 released
Ubuntu\
25.10, “Questing Quokka”, has been released. This release includes
Linux 6.17, GNOME 49, GCC 15, Python 3.13.7,
Rust 1.85, and more. This release also features Rust-based
implementations of sudo and coreutils; LWN covered the switch to the
Rust-based tools in March. The 25.10 version of Ubuntu flavors
Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu
Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubun … ⌘ Read more
Testing asynchronous workflows using OpenTelemetry and Istio
Learn how to test complex asynchronous workflows in cloud native applications using OpenTelemetry for context propagation and Istio for traffic routing. Explore cost-effective approaches to isolate test environments without duplicating infrastructure. Introduction Asynchronous architectures have become… ⌘ Read more
Apple Hosts Unusual Colorado Event to Showcase Latest Hardware
Apple has invited a group of social media influencers to Colorado this week for an unusual event involving group hiking, trail running, and other outdoor activities designed to showcase the company’s recently launched iPhone 17 Pro Max, AirPods Pro 3, and Apple Watch Ultra 3.
An invitation was [shared on X (Twitter)](https://x.com/JHawkShoots/statu … ⌘ Read more
Toxoplasmosis: How the pathogen exploits its own cell envelope
According to estimates, about a third of the world’s population is infected with the single-celled parasite Toxoplasma gondii, the pathogen of toxoplasmosis. Although harmless for most people, the infection can be dangerous for unborn children and people with weakened immune systems. In these cases, the pathogen can propagate rapidly and destroy infected tissue. It obtains the energy it needs for propagation by tapping the ho … ⌘ Read more
Where fish feed ingredients come from key for sustainability, new study finds
A new study led by researchers from the University of Tasmania, in collaboration with international partners including The University of Manchester, has found that the environmental footprint of aquaculture feeds is influenced more by where ingredients are sourced than by the types of ingredients used. ⌘ Read more
Head coach Wellens departs St Helens
St Helens announce head coach Paul Wellens is to depart the club following the recent conclusion of their 2025 season. ⌘ Read more
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How I Solved TryHackMe Madness CTF: Step-by-Step Beginner-Friendly Walkthrough for 2025
How I Solved “Madness”: An Easy TryHackMe CTF Walkthrough
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Rural US town outraged as only hospital forced to shut: ‘I would have died without it’
Dani Anguiano, West Coast Breaking News Reporter - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: As I have been telling you repeatedly, what Trump and the Republicans are doing to healthcare is not only blatantly nasty, consider the coming outrageous monthly premium increases, it is also harmful to the wellbeing of millions of Americans. Rural healthcare is becoming do … ⌘ Read more
GOP busted using South American riot pics to justify Oregon troops: ‘We’re bad memers’
Adam Nichols, Editor-in-Chief - Raw Story
_Stephan: I keep telling you that it is getting harder and harder to get accurate information for SR because of the vast Trump MAGAT Republican disinformation campaign, and here is a classical example of what I mean. If it is hard for me, I can easily understand why typical MAGAT Republican voters – overwhelming … ⌘ Read more
Trump’s Threat to Jail Elected Officials Is a Constitutional Alarm the Media Can’t Ignore
Colby Hall, Mediaite Founding Editor - MEDIAite
_Stephan: There is no historical precedent for the President of the United States calling for the jailing of a state’s governor, and the mayor of the third largest city in the country, but that is what we are in the Trump Republican coup. It is another step in the dismantling of American democracy. … ⌘ Read more
US Senate blocks debate on ending military action against Venezuelan vessels
Richard Cowan, Reporter - Reuters
_Stephan: Trump’s vindictiveness and uncontrollable quest for revenge against anyone who opposes him looks like it is trying to get us into a war in South America. Why isn’t the Republican controlled Senate stopping this? What geopolitical rationale could justify this? There is nothing, and the Republican senators are once again submiss … ⌘ Read more
How nature can make urban dwellers healthier
A study by Rutgers ecologist Myla Aronson and colleagues has found “overwhelming” evidence that increasing biodiversity in cities—establishing parks, installing native plants and encouraging sustainable landscaping—can significantly improve human health. ⌘ Read more
10 Unique Ancient Peoples Whose Cultural Footprints Still Shape the World
History has a funny way of remembering the loudest voices—the emperors, conquerors, and generals whose names echo through textbooks and tourist guides. But for every Caesar or Alexander, countless quieter civilizations shaped the world we live in today. Their contributions hide in plain sight, etched into our laws, our languages, our festivals, and even the […]
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Linux Sucks 2025 is coming.
“Linux Sucks: Windows 10 End of Life Edition” will be live streamed on October 14th, 2025. ⌘ Read more
AI Browser Dia Launches Publicly on Mac
The Browser Company’s Dia app is now open to anyone on Mac. It’s the first time the AI-powered browser has been widely available since its beta launch in June.
Following on from Opera’s Neon, which arrived last month, Dia is another AI-first browsing experience that’s centere … ⌘ Read more
Top nature group to unveil new ‘red list’ of threatened species
The world’s top conservation body is holding its world congress starting Thursday in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi and will unveil its updated “red list” of threatened species. ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 9, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Kernel Rust features; systemd v258, part 2; Cauldron kernel hackers; BPF for GNU tools; 6.18 merge window, part 1; Lifetime-end pointer zapping; Robot Operating System.
Briefs: OpenSSH 10.1; Firefox profiles; Python 3.14; U-Boot v2025.10; FSF presidency; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security upda … ⌘ Read more
Hate the New Phone App on iOS 26 for iPhone? Get the Old Phone Layout Back Again
While the most significant visual change in iOS 26 is the Liquid Glass interface, you’ll also find some pretty notable design overhauls of commonly used iPhone apps. The Phone app is one such example, with the new Phone app design in iOS 26 being wildly different from the prior versions, featuring a new cluttered design … Read More ⌘ Read more
Client ID Metadata Document Adopted by the OAuth Working Group
The IETF OAuth Working Group has adopted the Client ID Metadata Document specification! ⌘ Read more
[$] Upcoming Rust language features for kernel development
The
Rust for Linux project has been good for Rust, Tyler Mandry, one of the
co-leads of Rust’s language-design team, said. He
gave a talk at
Kangrejos 2025 covering upcoming Rust language features and thanking
the Rust for Linux developers for helping drive them forward. Afterward, Benno Lossin and Xiangfei Ding
went into more detail about their work on the three most important language
features for kernel development: … ⌘ Read more
Großteil fühlt sich politisch nicht gehört
Vierteljährlich erhebt die Statistik Austria in der Befragung „So geht’s uns heute“ Veränderungen der sozialen Lage in Österreich. Im zweiten Quartal 2025 lag der Schwerpunkt auf der politischen Teilhabe. Die am Mittwoch veröffentlichten Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich rund ein Fünftel der Bevölkerung sehr stark für Politik interessiert und nahezu die Hälfte ein gewisses Interesse bekundete. Zugleich gab ein Großteil der Befragten an, sich politisch nicht repräsentiert zu fühlen und den Eindruck … ⌘ Read more
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces Knative’s Graduation
Graduation marks Knative’s readiness for widespread production use, with upcoming features aimed at bridging legacy systems and expanding AI and cloud native integrations Key Highlights: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – October 8, 2025 – The Cloud Native… ⌘ Read more
When Will Apple’s Macs Get M5 Chips? 2025-2026 Launch Timeline
We’re just about due for the next-generation Apple silicon chip, which will kick off a new wave of Mac refreshes. The M5 chip is expected to make an appearance in some new products before the end of the year, but most Mac refreshes will happen in 2026.
We’ve rounded up current rumors on when we might see updates for Apple’s notebook and desktop machines.
MacB … ⌘ Read moreA TPM-based combined remote attestation method for confidential computing
Problem statement Confidential computing technologies such as Intel TDX and AMD SNP rely on hardware-controlled Roots of Trust (RoT), inherently binding remote attestation to specific CPU vendors. While these solutions offer strong security guarantees, they also… ⌘ Read more
Many new purchases
I received so many packages yesterday! ⌘ Read more
Open source mega-constellations could solve overcrowding
Duplicating expensive resources is expensive and wasteful, and most people would agree it’s unnecessary. However, the planned increase in major satellite constellations is currently causing a massive duplication of resources as individual companies and even countries try to set up their own infrastructure in space. ⌘ Read more
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@klaxzy@klaxzy.net Why, because Germany is now listed as “opposed” on fightchatcontrol.eu? I’m not so sure. This is just one guy (Jens Spahn) saying “no we don’t want it”. That’s not an “official” stance, it’s very fragile and could change any minute. https://netzpolitik.org/2025/eu-ueberwachungsplaene-unionsfraktion-jetzt-gegen-chatkontrolle-innenministerium-will-sich-nicht-aeussern/
What to know about Trump’s national guard deployment, from rulings to protests
Guardian Staff, - The Guardian (U.K.)
Stephan: This is what the British press is reporting about dictator Trump’s military occupation of cities where voters have chosen Democrat governance. Under Trump and the MAGAT Republicans, the United States is now being described as what used to be called a Banana Republic.
[![A demonstrator argues with a law enforcement off … ⌘ Read more
It’s Time for Soft Secession
Clara Jeffery, Editor-in-Chief - Mother Jones
_Stephan: I have been telling you about the Great Schism Trend for years now, partly because I thought it was only a matter of time until Democrat governed states began to realize that for decades, they have underwritten the failure of states where Republicans govern, and that there is a fundamental flaw in the Constitution where, regardless of population, each state gets two senators. (This structure was a result of th … ⌘ Read more
‘Vertical Morality’ Might Describe Why MAGA Christians Seem So Unchristian
Caroline Bologna, - HuffPost
Stephan: Evangelical MAGAT Christianity is actually pseudo-Christianity, as I have been telling you for years. It has nothing to do with Jesus’ teachings. Here is a good explanation of what I mean, and why I mean it.
_Vertical morality has led … ⌘ Read moreTexas and Florida Have Become National Models for Using the Police State To Wage Culture War Battles
C.J. Ciaramella, Criminal Justice Reporter - reason
_Stephan: Since Trump was inaugurated in January, Florida and Texas have led the Great Schism Trend Red-Blue culture war. Here is a good description of what governors, Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott, and their legislatures are trying to do. We are two countries in a single … ⌘ Read more
As ocean temperatures warm, fish in Western Australia are heading south
Colorful tropical fish are heading south along the WA coast, including around Rottnest. This sounds spectacular, but it’s not. ⌘ Read more
Every third school in Vilnius lies in a high air pollution zone, Lithuanian study reveals
A study carried out by researchers at the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC) revealed that 37% of primary and secondary schools in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, are exposed to harmful air pollutants due to their proximity to major high-traffic roads. ⌘ Read more