I've been a plane aficionado for as long as I can remember. I'm not exactly a plane "nut," but I think I might know a bit more than the average person who isn't a pilot. Yet somehow, I'd never heard of this story until I stumbled across it at random.

World Record: Longest non-stop flight is WAY longer than you think

"You can either go to Vegas, or you can go to The Hacienda," is what got this world-record-setting idea off the ground and into the air for a couple of months. Yep, I said months.

^{Joe Salas (New Atlas)}

States are cracking down on hidden AI, but the tech industry is pushing back

https://www.techspot.com/news/110091-utah-california-starting-require-businesses-tell-you-when.html

Aviation employees faced their first empty paycheck earlier this week.

Keep America Flying: Senate Pushes Bill To Pay Aviation Workers During Shutdown

^{Luke Bodell (Simple Flying)}

We're Democrats in the House and Senate. We love DEI, transgender for everyone, healthcare for illegals and shutting down the government! We couldn't care less if our military gets paid or Americans' safety.

mysafespace – The White House

We're Democrats in the House and Senate. We love DEI, transgender for everyone, giving healthcare to illegals and shutting down the government!

^{The White House}

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/02/poll-american-dream-polarization-00632538

Con questo capitolo subito dopo un'altra grande battaglia, non succede assolutamente niente, se non che si scopre che il gattino che accompagna...

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Georgia Republican lawmaker also claims she didn’t know Rothschild family, of her ‘space laser’ theory, was Jewish

Republican US House member Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she believes in demons, surmising that they might be aliens who fell from heaven, and claims to have been unaware that key figures in the antisemitic space lasers conspiracy she floated were Jewish.

She made those bizarre remarks as a guest on Friday on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher after winning some fans among Democrats who once loathed her – yet had come to appreciate how the far-right Georgia representative had recently broken with Republicans on various issues. Those include healthcare, Gaza, the federal government shutdown that began on 1 October and the handling of documents pertaining to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was friends with Donald Trump before the latter man won two presidencies.

Greene’s appearance on Maher’s show perhaps made evident the ideological distance between the congresswoman – who has conspicuously avoided directly criticizing Trump himself – and some of her newer, cross-aisle admirers.

Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Bill Maher she believes extraterrestrials are demons

^{Ramon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)}

Trump’s off-the-cuff disclosure that he underwent an MRI scan is raising fresh questions about the secrecy surrounding Trump’s health and the need for presidents to be more transparent.

Trump is the oldest person to be elected president, and his aides and allies have long projected him as the picture of strength and vitality.

Outside physicians initially raised questions after Trump visited Walter Reed Military Medical Center earlier this month for what the White House described as a routine follow-up visit, though it was his second visit in six months.

Trump’s MRI scan raises specter of secrecy in presidential health

President Trump’s off-the-cuff disclosure that he underwent an MRI scan is raising fresh questions about the secrecy surrounding Trump’s health and the need for presidents to be more transparent.

^{Nathaniel Weixel (The Hill)}

The Memphis Grizzlies suspended star point guard Ja Morant for one game due to conduct detrimental to the team, it was announced Saturday.

The suspension by the Grizzlies comes one day after a frustrated Morant told reporters to "go ask the coaching staff"' about his struggles during Memphis' 117-112 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.

Grizzlies suspend Ja Morant for 1 game for detrimental conduct - ESPN

The Grizzlies suspended star point guard Ja Morant for one game because of conduct detrimental to the team.

^ESPN

Ti presentiamo la nuovissima Affinity, un'app di progettazione professionale completamente ripensata che combina strumenti di fotoritocco, progettazione vettoriale e impaginazione in un'unica piattaforma veloce e reattiva, ora completamente gratuita per tutti.

Quando Affinity è entrata a far parte della famiglia Canva lo scorso anno, abbiamo promesso di preservarne la potenza ampliandone al contempo le possibilità. Oggi quella visione diventa realtà con la nuovissima Affinity: un'app creativa di livello professionale che riunisce strumenti vettoriali, fotografici e di layout in un'unica piattaforma ad alte prestazioni. Completa di tutte le funzionalità. Veloce come un fulmine. E completamente gratuita.

Per troppo tempo, i designer professionisti non hanno avuto quasi nessuna scelta sugli strumenti da utilizzare, da software pesanti che li rallentavano, ad abbonamenti che si accumulavano e flussi di lavoro che interrompevano la creatività. In tutta la comunità creativa abbiamo sentito le stesse frustrazioni: una richiesta di velocità, potenza e libertà. I designer hanno chiesto gli strumenti che amano, quindi li abbiamo ascoltati e abbiamo creato qualcosa di meglio.

https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/all-new-affinity/

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/52221052

Steam on Linux use has hit an all-time high! With the Steam Survey results for October 2025 coming out this evening, Steam on Linux has finally cracked the 3% threshold! A few months back Steam on Linux was close to 3% before stumbling a bit but now it's above that elusive threshold. The only time Steam on Linux use was close to the 3% mark was when Steam on Linux initially debuted a decade ago and at that time the overall Steam user-base was much smaller than it is today. Long story short, thanks to the ongoing success of Valve's Steam Deck and other handhelds plus Steam Play (Proton) working out so well, these October numbers are the best yet.

Steam On Linux Gaming Finally Cracks 3% For October 2025

Steam on Linux use has hit an all-time high! With the Steam Survey results for October 2025 coming out this evening, Steam on Linux has finally cracked the 3% threshold! A few months back Steam on Linux was close to 3% before stumbling a bit but now …

^{www.phoronix.com}

The plan could involve an ‘incentive based pricing structure’ for contractors, according to the report

Kristi Noem mulls using private bounty hunters to track down immigrants, report says

^{Katie Hawkinson (The Independent)}

Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, have signed a key defense agreement that will allow their forces to hold joint battle-readiness drills.

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What drives unhealthy social media use? A new study suggests it's more than a bad habit, linking it to our deepest anxieties about relationships, loneliness, and even our own mortality.

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Problematic social media use linked to loneliness and death anxiety

^{Vladimir Hedrih (PsyPost Psychology News)}

A BFG blast of a tweet.

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/doom-designer-sandy-petersen-alleges-former-xbox-boss-don-mattrick-killed-ensemble-studios-and-its-halo-mmo-to-protect-his-personal-stock-bonus-don-started-as-an-ea-hatchet-man-so-what-would-you-expect/

The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November.

https://apnews.com/article/las-vegas-tesla-cybertruck-police-metro-f8294c00635009a78fa8a86741eec2ca

Growing numbers are finding work in the business of death.

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Death becomes a growing business in ageing, lonely South Korea

Growing numbers are finding work in the business of death. Read more at straitstimes.com.

^ST

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, King Charles III's younger brother, is facing banishment from royal premises.

https://apnews.com/article/britain-andrew-sandringham-king-charles-3ce1576fd3156112c0734755a0d5d854

Forty Labour and independent MPs call on Steve Reed to take ‘important step’ of defining anti-Muslim hatred

MPs urge minister to adopt definition of Islamophobia amid rise in hate crime

^{Geneva Abdul (The Guardian)}

The long read: How did an obscure district in a neglected state become India’s byword for digital deceit?

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‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages

^{Snigdha Poonam (The Guardian)}

Georgia Republican lawmaker also claims she didn’t know Rothschild family, of her ‘space laser’ theory, was Jewish

Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Bill Maher she believes extraterrestrials are demons

^{Ramon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)}

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said deeper cooperation would benefit both countries.

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Pentagon chief urges close ties with Vietnam amid prolonged arms supply talks

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said deeper cooperation would benefit both countries. Read more at straitstimes.com.

^ST

Ukraine's military reportedly struck a loading pier of an oil terminal in Russia's Krasnodar Krai late on Nov. 1, Russian Telegram media channels reported.

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Russian oil tanker on fire after strike by Ukrainian drones in Krasnodar Krai

^{Dmytro Basmat (The Kyiv Independent)}

Israeli forces launched attacks on Gaza and carried out home demolitions on Sunday despite the ongoing ceasefire agreement.

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Israel launches attacks and home demolitions in Gaza, violating ceasefire

^{Middle East Eye}

He said the country does not seek a nuclear weapon.

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Iran’s president says Tehran will rebuild its nuclear facilities

He said the country does not seek a nuclear weapon.  Read more at straitstimes.com.

^ST

After Resigning Last Week Over the Sde Teiman Affair Leak, the IDF Legal Chief, Senior Sources Told Haaretz, Used 'Various Pretexts to Avoid Opening or Advancing Investigations 'Into Numerous IDF Abuses in Gaza, Including the Army's March 2025 Killing of 15 Medical Personnel and a 2024 Airstrike That Killed Seven World Central Kitchen Volunteers

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IDF legal chief avoided probes into Gaza war crimes, citing right-wing backlash, sources say amid resignation

After resigning last week over the Sde Teiman affair leak, the IDF legal chief, senior sources told Haaretz, used 'various pretexts to avoid opening or advancing investigations 'into numerous IDF abuses in Gaza, including the army's March 2025 killin…

^{Yaniv Kubovich (Haaretz)}

Israel has warned that its military will step up attacks in southern Lebanon, a day after four people were killed in an Israeli air strike.

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Israel warns it will step up attacks on southern Lebanon, a day after four killed

^{Middle East Eye}

Carlos Manzo, mayor of Uruapan in the state of Michoacán, has been shot dead during a public event in the city's downtown area, local authorities announced.

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Mayor killed at event in Mexico

^{TT (Sweden Herald)}

A new "clean design" with all extraneous menus and buttons removed!

(Yes, this concept of "control everything through an AI" is just a command line, but worse. But that's not how the investors see it!)