Company’s AI-powered browser built around marquee bot is designed to provide more personalized web experience

ChatGPT Atlas: OpenAI launches web browser centered around its chatbot

^{Johana Bhuiyan (The Guardian)}

The Party of ~~Free Speech~~ Snowflakes is at it again. Despite Charlie Kirk not actually being a member of the administration or, indeed, a political leader of any sort, the Trump Administration continues to act as though one of its own has been assassinated, rather than just another podcaster who happened to be more popular (for all the wrong reasons) than most.

State Department Revokes Visas Of Foreigners Who Refused To Pretend Charlie Kirk Is Worth Mourning

The Party of Free Speech Snowflakes is at it again. Despite Charlie Kirk not actually being a member of the administration or, indeed, a political leader of any sort, the Trump Administration conti…

^Techdirt

The Israeli army on Tuesday closed a Palestinian charity that provides care for orphans in the West Bank city of Hebron and confiscated office equipment and computers, a legal adviser said.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/middleeastmo…

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

Justice Department, under the Biden administration, investigated Trump for mishandling classified documents

Trump demands DOJ pay him $230M for cases against him. His ex-lawyer Blanche could decide the claim

^{Ariana Baio (The Independent)}

The British government on Tuesday officially removed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) from its list of proscribed terrorist organizations, citing the move as part of efforts to engage with Syria’s new government following the fall of the Assad regime last year, Anadolu reports.

Archived version: archive.is/newest/middleeastmo…

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An executive order from President Donald Trump led a federal agency to drop an investigation into Amazon for allegedly discriminating against female drivers by failing to provide adequate bathroom breaks, according to a new lawsuit

Ex-Amazon driver sues civil rights agency for dropping her case following Trump's executive order

^{Alexandra Olson (The Independent)}

Changes to TikTok's policies make it easier for the company to share users’ personal information with governments. TikTok did not respond to questions about the changes.

Archived version: archive.is/20251021193950/forb…

Progressive challenger Saikat Chakrabarti faced stone-faced stares and laughter on CNN when discussing Trump's memo declaring war on political opponents. CNN shut down the conversation, but the NSPM-7 dam is breaking in the media. #NSPM7

CNN Cuts Off Pelosi Primary Challenger's Discussion of NSPM-7

"Look how CNN shut down his question and moved on," said one viewer.

^{julia-conley (Common Dreams)}

Video obtained by The Associated Press shows an Israeli settler beating Palestinian olive harvesters with clubs in an attack that Palestinian health officials say sent at least one woman to the hospital with serious injuries

Archived version: archive.is/newest/independent.…

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Israeli settlers beat Palestinian farmers on video as attacks mount during West Bank olive harvest

^{Jalal Bwaitel (The Independent)}

After a successful first and second quarter, the American streaming service Netflix did not reach the market's expectations in its report for the third quarter. This made the share fall sharply.

Netflix Q3 Earnings Miss Expectations, Shares Drop 7%

^{TT (Sweden Herald)}

A foreign actor infiltrated the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City National Security Campus through vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s SharePoint browser-based app, raising questions about the need to solidify further federal IT/OT security protections.

Foreign hackers breached a US nuclear weapons plant via SharePoint flaws

A foreign actor infiltrated the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City National Security Campus through vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s SharePoint browser-based app, raising questions about the need to solidify further federal IT/OT se…

^{Cynthia Brumfield (CSO Online)}

In our previous article, we explored how Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects like F-Droid handle legal requests for user or developer data. In this post, we’re shifting focus to a broader and rapidly growing legal challenge: platform responsibility under laws like the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA), the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA). These frameworks redefine accountability for online platforms including FOSS ecosystems.

Navigating the Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act and the Online Safety Act� | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Introduction In our previous article, we explored how Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects like F-Droid handle legal requests for user or developer ...

^f-droid.org

Americans are rejecting the national security state

"No Kings" Is About More Than Trump

^{Ken Klippenstein}

The DNS0.EU non-profit public DNS service focused on European users announced its immediate shut down due to time and resource constraints.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dns0eu-private-dns-service-shuts-down-over-sustainability-issues/

An interview with historian Bryan Palmer about his trilogy of books on the continuing legacy of colonialism in Canada.

Capitalism And Colonialism: How Modern Canada Was Made

^{Adam D.K. King (The Maple)}

Jeepers Keepers! A creepy crawly Twitch drop will be available during the Keepers of the Flame content reveal. Get the Hiveborn Crawler Pet for free by tuning into GGG Live at 12pm on October 23rd (PDT).

How to Participate

Simply link your Path of Exile account to Twitch (see below) and tune into GGG Live at www.twitch.tv/pathofexile, or any channel in the Path of Exile Directory for 45 minutes. Drops will be enabled from 12PM PDT until 10PM PDT.

You will get the Hiveborn Crawler Pet after 45 minutes of accumulated watch time on any channel with drops enabled streaming Path of Exile during the event. This means that the drop is guaranteed for everyone who has watched any Path of Exile stream for this amount of time. This promotion is available for all accounts.

If you're planning to stream Path of Exile during our livestream and want to enable Twitch Drops for your viewers, you can do it via your Twitch Creator Dashboard here.

Linking your Path of Exile Account to Twitch

Visit your Twitch Settings page while logged in. If your account isn't connected, click the "Connect" button for Twitch under "Other Connections". Complete the process on Twitch and you will be redirected back to your Twitch Settings page. If your account is already connected, this page should say "Your Path of Exile account is currently linked to your Twitch account."

After you've accumulated enough watch time to earn your Hiveborn Crawler Pet, you must redeem it from your Twitch Inventory before the promotional period ends. Then it will be immediately available in your microtransactions list in both Path of Exile and Path of Exile 2. The Hiveborn Crawler Pet will be available for purchase from the store at a later date.

We can't wait to share the details of Keepers of the Flame with you! To stay up to date in the lead up to the livestream be sure to check out our Twitter, Facebook and Forums. We'll see you at GGG Live at www.twitch.tv/pathofexile!

Our Path of Exile 2 Fan Art Competition is closing soon, so those who are still working on their submission will only have one day left to submit. In this news post, we are showcasing more submissions made by our players so far.

Submission by Dilisity#8031

Submission by ares1986#1209

Submission by UrMammy#3308

Witchhunter by ƙloƙɱacɧine#1234

The Great White One by Doncak#3104

We will announce the winners in the coming weeks so stay tuned for announcements. Thanks to everyone who submitted the fan art!

cross-posted from: feddit.org/post/20524903

Cyberpunk stories are often action filled and you as player are directly in the middle, deciding the fate of mega corporations and technological progress of humanity. But in this game? Here you prepare drinks and hear stories about the world outside the bar doors. What crazy stuff goes on, what happened to some celebrity and when the next riot is supposedly happening. It is a Deus Ex story, but you don't play JC Denton, you play a barkeeper and try to make ends meet, so you don't get evicted from your apartment at months end.

And it is glorious. I really started to like games, or stories in general, that don't put you in the shoes of the 1 in a million special protagonist, but in the shoes of one of the other 999.999 randoms, who have to live in that world and can't just change the world by fighting the bad guy.

Your bar has some random people coming, but also regulars you will talk to more often and build a connection with. And each one will have a story to tell you. Now the game play is not exactly breath taking, either you do the drink right or not. Mess up too often and you don't have enough money for the rent. Sometimes you can influence the customer a bit by deciding how much alcohol you put in their drink, but that's it. So mostly you can consider it as a Visual Novel (if you want a cyberpunk bartender story driven game with a bit more gameplay focus, yes there is another one with that description, check out Red Strings Club). But the stories are just so interesting and fun. And following the circumstances of certain regulars was captivating for me. \
Especially as you have a lot of variety in your customers: poor people down on their luck, a private law enforcement officer that didn't just join because they wanted to stomp on citizens. Or a cybernetically enhanced dog with a Hawaii shirt. Yeah it's not taking itself always seriously =)
And it's mostly about human stories, how they get affected by their society etc. Not about saving the world, but about how they can find a good food store now that the old one was busted for illegally selling cyberware below the counter. So a lot of world building is done through your customers stories.

Biggest drawback of this game? If you enjoy it, you also have to wait for it's sequel N1RV Ann-A like the rest of us. Which still doesn't have any release date. But as Silksong proved: good games take time!

The partial records are from the third batch of documents produced by Epstein's estate. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee say they include phone message logs, copies of flight logs and manifests for aircraft, copies of financial ledgers and Epstein's daily schedule.

In addition to Musk and Prince Andrew, the files released publicly also contain the names of other prominent figures including internet entrepreneur Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon, a former adviser to US President Donald Trump.

The files turned over to the House Oversight Committee by the Jeffrey Epstein Estate appear to show that Musk had been invited to the financier's island in December 2014.

Acosta Transcript: drive.google.com/file/d/1CtE3p…

Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in new Epstein files

The documents by the estate of convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein were released by Congressional Democrats.

^{Jaroslav Lukiv (BBC News)}

Kyle Kunkler fought for a restricted weed killer that can harm plants and wildlife when it drifts to nearby land. He’s now at the E.P.A., which wants to allow its use.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/climate/from-industry-to-epa-lobbyist-now-oversees-pesticide-rules.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE8.LZ1u.IGz_8DWKAovv

An awesome app I just discovered for browsing reddit links. Like the rest of you I've abandoned reddit but a lot of research on the web takes you to reddit. It's unsafe to browse the main site. This app is fully incognito and doesn't require an account. It's also gorgeous. It could potentially go inactive soon due to an API change. Last update was also in June but they fixed a crash this morning so someone's still working on it.

Download this and set it to handle reddit links by default. Stay safe, stay ready Comrades!

Stealth | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Stealth is an account-free, privacy-oriented, and feature-rich Reddit client.

^f-droid.org

One day after the broadcast of the Al Jazeera documentary, which revealed the identities of 'Israeli' commanders and soldiers responsible for the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) submitted a 120-page Article 15 communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

The filing names 24 'Israeli' soldiers and commanders allegedly responsible for the deaths of Hind Rajab, six members of her family, and two Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics, Yusuf al-Zeino and Ahmed al-Madhoun, who were deliberately targeted while attempting to rescue the girl on 29 January 2024 in Gaza City.

Hind Rajab Foundation files ICC complaint against 24 'Israeli' soldiers over Rajab family murder

^{Roya News}

My kernel version is ‘6.8.0-87-generic’ and hers is ‘6.14.00-33-generic’. My brother, who uses CachyOS, has kernel version '6.17.1-2-cachyos'. So it makes a little sense that the kernel is different. Even though I always thought that there was just one kernel that all Linux versions use.

But why is there a different kernel for the same distro?

Jeffrey Epstein had multiple appointments, phone calls and dinners with Matthew Menchel — the Miami U.S. Attorney’s office chief criminal prosecutor who spearheaded Epstein’s sweetheart deal in 2007, newly released documents show.

A tranche of over 8,500 pages of records from Epstein’s estate — released by the House Oversight Committee Friday — show that Epstein’s calendars and emails reflect that Menchel, who left the DOJ in 2007, had multiple meetings or dinners with Epstein in 2011, 2013 and 2017. Lawmakers also referred to a photograph of Menchel on a ski trip with Epstein sometime in the 2000s, but didn’t produce the photo.

Jeffrey Epstein had multiple appointments, phone calls and dinners with Matthew Menchel — the Miami U.S. Attorney’s office chief criminal prosecutor who spearheaded Epstein’s sweetheart deal in 2007, newly released documents show.

A tranche of over 8,500 pages of records from Epstein’s estate — released by the House Oversight Committee Friday — show that Epstein’s calendars and emails reflect that Menchel, who left the DOJ in 2007, had multiple meetings or dinners with Epstein in 2011, 2013 and 2017. Lawmakers also referred to a photograph of Menchel on a ski trip with Epstein sometime in the 2000s, but didn’t produce the photo.

The Trump White House joined Bluesky in October 2025, quickly becoming the platform's second most-blocked account with over 92,000 blocks, trailing only Vice President JD Vance who has accumulated 166,000 blocks since June¹.

The White House's debut post featured a 52-second video montage of President Trump's "greatest hits" since returning to office, including clips mocking political opponents². The administration's arrival on Bluesky was particularly notable as the platform had become a haven for Trump critics and left-leaning users who fled X (formerly Twitter) after the 2024 election².

For comparison, Bluesky's most followed accounts paint a different picture of the platform's user base:
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 2.17 million followers
- Mark Cuban: 1.49 million followers
- Mark Hamill: 1.31 million followers¹

1. Yahoo News - The White House Joins BlueSky and Instantly Becomes the 2nd-Most Blocked Account — After JD Vance ↩︎ ↩︎
2. HuffPost - Trump White House Joins Bluesky And Instantly Earns A Very Dubious Distinction ↩︎ ↩︎

Trump White House Joins Bluesky And Instantly Earns A Very Dubious Distinction

The Trump administration's debut went awry.

^{Lee Moran (HuffPost)}