Nashville Man Plotted Grid Terror

White Supremacist. Bryan Allen on X: BREAKING: Federal agents just took down Skyler Philippi, a Tennessee man caught plotting to dismantle Nashville’s energy infrastructure using a weapon of mass destruction. This isn’t some one-off; Philippi’s motivations are rooted in a white s … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 40 minutes ago

New OpenAI feature: Predicted Outputs

New OpenAI feature: Predicted Outputs Interesting new ability of the OpenAI API - the first time I've seen this from any vendor. If you know your prompt is mostly going to return the same content - you're requesting an edit to some existing code, for example - you can now send th … | Continue reading


@simonwillison.net | 1 hour ago

Tucker Carlson is Out of His Damn Mind. Apparently It’s Profitable.

Climate Denier profiteer Tucker Carlson recently announced he had been attacked by a Demon. An actual demon, that scratched him. He’s been pantomiming for Christian Nationalists for some time, but clearly his media grift by itself hasn’t been lighting the world up, he’s figured o … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 1 hour ago

Storm Rafael is a November Rarity

Above, Jeff Berardelli, Chief Meteorologist of WFLA Tampa. NBC News: A disturbance in the Caribbean strengthened into Tropical Storm Rafael on Monday afternoon. The storm is forecast to become a hurricane on Tuesday. Rafael, previously known as Potential Tropical Cyclone 18, form … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 2 hours ago

Some random YouTube videos I dug recently

I used to share some YouTube videos every week in my newsletter, but that turned into feeling like work, so I stopped. Buuuut, it is fun to share some joy with others, so here's a few videos I've watched in the last week or so that | Continue reading


@birchtree.me | 3 hours ago

India targets 2028 for Chandrayaan-4 sample-return mission to moon's south pole

India is eyeing a 2028 launch for its Chandrayaan-4 moon sample-return mission, followed by an uncrewed lunar lander and rover in collaboration with Japan. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 4 hours ago

Harry Hartog Book Of The Year 2024 shortlist

Australian indie bookseller Harry Hartog has entered the literary prize fray with their inaugural Book Of The Year award. A shortlist featuring three titles, in three categories respectively, fiction, non-fiction, and children’s and young adults, was published a few days ago. No … | Continue reading


@disassociated.com | 4 hours ago

Climate Is on the Ballot Everywhere

Elections inspire hyperbole. Every two years, we have “the most important election of our lifetime,” America’s future constantly “hangs in the balance,” and the stakes perennially “couldn’t be higher.” But this year, some breathlessness does seem appropriate. 2024 marks the first … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 4 hours ago

Thinking About Recipe Formats More Than Anyone Should

I've had a note in my todo list for quite a while to get my (admittedly small) collection of recipes on my website. The note mentioned to look into Cooklang which is a "recipe markup language" but I also wanted to see if anyone knew of any other standards I should be looking at b … | Continue reading


@rknight.me | 4 hours ago

Renewable Energy Has a Swing Voter Problem

In Texas, the Oak Run Solar Project would have been a slam dunk. Developers would install 800 megawatts of solar panels — enough to power 800,000 homes — across nine square miles of unused land. It would devote some of its acreage to new farming practices that incorporate solar p … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 hours ago

'Fireball' meteors possible over US tonight as South Taurid meteor shower peaks

The South Taurid and North Taurid meteor showers peak in early November. Here's everything you need to know about this month's doubleheader of shooting stars. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 5 hours ago

Claude 3.5 Haiku

Anthropic released Claude 3.5 Haiku today, a few days later than expected (they said it would be out by the end of October). I was expecting this to be a complete replacement for their existing Claude 3 Haiku model, in the same way that Claude 3.5 Sonnet eclipsed the existing Cla … | Continue reading


@simonwillison.net | 5 hours ago

3-D Printed Concrete Enlisted For Futuristic Subsea Energy Storage Demonstration

A new US energy storage project will adapt the power of pumped storage hydro to subsea locations near offshore wind farms and energy-hungry coastal cities, leveraging 3-D printing and the natural force of water pressure. The post 3-D Printed Concrete Enlisted For Futuristic Subse … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 5 hours ago

Job Screening Blog Post

Take a look at these two animated gifs. First: Second: Can you tell the difference between them? Do you care? If not, we might not be a good fit. #designEngineering Reply via: Email :: Mastodon :: Twitter Tagged in: #designEngineer | Continue reading


@blog.jim-nielsen.com | 6 hours ago

Auto-Texting STOP to unknown numbers

I didn't even realize iOS automations could do this # | Continue reading


@eieio.games | 6 hours ago

“I’ve never guided my life. I’ve just been whipped along by the waves I’m sitting in. I don’t make…

“I’ve never guided my life. I’ve just been whipped along by the waves I’m... | Continue reading


@impossible.cool | 6 hours ago

Raspberry Pi Gives its Tiny Touch Display a Big Upgrade

Raspberry Pi has announced a new version of its 7-inch ‘Touch Display’ accessory. And given that the previous model was announced 9 years ago, some kind of update was arguably due for this device. The Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 runs at a higher-resolution display than its prede … | Continue reading


@omgubuntu.co.uk | 6 hours ago

Japanese double-decker cargo e-trike is getting remade for America

Of all the cargo e-trikes we've seen, the tall-framed, Japanese-designed Streek takes one of the most innovative approaches to carrying stuff. A new-and-improved version of the vehicle is now in development, aimed specifically at use in the North American market. Continue Reading … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 6 hours ago

Swedish Labor Unions Are Undaunted By Tesla Intrasigence

The strike against Tesla in Sweden is important to the union movement in most of Europe, where collective bargaining is the norm. The post Swedish Labor Unions Are Undaunted By Tesla Intrasigence appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 6 hours ago

Nous Hermes 3

Nous Hermes 3 The Nous Hermes family of fine-tuned models have a solid reputation. Their most recent release came out in August, based on Meta's Llama 3.1: Our training data aggressively encourages the model to follow the system and instruction prompts exactly and in an adaptive … | Continue reading


@simonwillison.net | 6 hours ago

Social skills

A conversation about the day's playground shenanigans with one of my kids had me asking him: "do you know what social skills are?". He replied "no, what's that?". After I explained, he was keen to tell me which skills he thinks he is good at (being kind and respectful, communicat … | Continue reading


@rachsmith.com | 7 hours ago

A guide to bookmarklets

I'm a frequent user of bookmarklets. As I'm sharing some of them on my blog, I wrote this post to explain what bookmarklets are and how to use them. In short, a bookmarklet is a browser bookmark containing JavaScript code. Clicking the bookmark executes the script in the context … | Continue reading


@darekkay.com | 7 hours ago

Don’t Worry—This Is Exactly How the Founding Fathers Intended You to Feel on Election Day

Well, another presidential election is here. Again. It feels like only yesterday that we were waiting in line for hours to cast our ballots, slowly rocking in front of the TV while the Big Map turned bruised colors and stress-eating leftover Halloween chocolate like a dog intent … | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 7 hours ago

” You’re Fired” Takes on a Whole New Meaning

Above, US fire potential in November. National Interagency Fire Center, Boise. You know those wildfires that you thought only happened in California or Siberia? Ahem. North Carolina Forest Service: The potential for increased wildfire activity, especially in WNC, is above normal … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 7 hours ago

These 3 neurons may underlie the drive to eat food

A brain circuit made up of three types of neurons may regulate appetite, a mouse study finds. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 7 hours ago

Mac Hacks: Everyday Tailscale Uses for People Who Aren’t Network Administrators

During our Club MacStories Fall Membership Drive, I published my Mac Hacks column, an exclusive perk of Club MacStories+ and Club Premier. Mac Hacks is about exploring new ways of using the Mac and integrating it with other devices and novel workflows. My latest column is all abo … | Continue reading


@macstories.net | 7 hours ago

Explore Hope and Loss in The Pulltops’ ‘Red Eye Open Sky’

The Pulltops present their electrifying single, “Red Eye Open Sky.” This captivating anthem explores themes of hope, loss, and the enduring love that awaits us on the horizon. Available now! ORDER “RED EYE OPEN SKY” ON BANDCAMP NOW! About the band: Hailing from Milwaukee, USA, th … | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 8 hours ago

Halloween night with Pretty Sick at Bowery Ballroom

Photos by Stacie Joy Sabrina Fuentes brought a Pretty Sick show to Bowery Ballroom on Halloween night. This was a one-off show for Pretty Sick, which Fuentes founded in 2013 at age 13. The band, which includes Ava Kaufman (drums) and Ben Arauz (guitar), released a new EP, the mor … | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 8 hours ago

iPod Fans Are Trying to Preserve Lost Click Wheel Games

I last wrote about iPod click wheel games here on MacStories in…2011, when Apple officially delisted them from the iTunes Store. Thirteen years later, some enterprising iPod fans are trying to preserve those games and find a way to let other old-school iPod fans play them today. … | Continue reading


@macstories.net | 8 hours ago

Earth from space: Watch Valencia disappear under a sea of mud during deadly Spanish floods

Satellite images show the true extent of the flash flooding in Valencia during a freak weather event that killed at least 214 people across Spain. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 8 hours ago

Psychology and user engagement: From curiosity to commitment

Capturing attention is one thing; keeping it is another. Beyond the binary of 'engaged' or 'not' lies a richer understanding of user motivation — I talk more about that in this blog. The post Psychology and user engagement: From curiosity to commitment appeared first on LogRocket … | Continue reading


@blog.logrocket.com | 8 hours ago

China reveals a new heavy lift rocket that is a clone of SpaceX’s Starship

The Long March 9 gets flaps and a reusable upper stage. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 hours ago

What will your life be like in three years?

I believe we can plan the future and forecast the impact of our changes without committing to a prognosis how the future will look like. Any negative prediction would be fortune telling, and any positive prediction would be wishful thinking. So, given that I don’t want to predict … | Continue reading


@veselin.blog | 8 hours ago

'An offering to energize the fields': 76 child sacrifice victims, all with their chests cut open, unearthed at burial site in Peru

An analysis of previous sacrifices at the same site suggests the victims were conquered people brought to work on the land. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 8 hours ago

The complete guide to cooking oils and how they affect your health

From seed oils to olive oil, we now have an overwhelming choice of what to cook with. Here’s how they all stack up, according to the scientific evidence | Continue reading


@newscientist.com | 9 hours ago

Privatracker Tech Stack

Intro Respecting user privacy has always been important. And with GDPR, CCPR and other laws it became mandatory for all of us. While privacy is important it’s also a vital interest for online businesses to know how users are using their apps and websites. This allows businesses f … | Continue reading


@raphaelbauer.com | 9 hours ago

The crisis in physics is real: Science is failing

Science News, Physics, Science, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science | Continue reading


@backreaction.blogspot.com | 9 hours ago

What’s the deal with WebKit Font Smoothing?

Have you ever added this CSS? What’s the deal with that? I’ve always tried to avoid this CSS because a long time ago Dmitry Fadeyev asked us to Please Stop “Fixing” Font Smoothing. “The antialiasing mode is not a “fix” for subpixel rendering – in most cases it’s a handicap. […] | Continue reading


@dbushell.com | 9 hours ago

LTB strolls into dreamy romantic realms, reveals “Skyline”

LTB hails from Annapolis, US, where the singer-songwriter creates an own blend of pop and R&B enhanced by his emotive singing voice. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 9 hours ago

Perplexity will show live US election results despite AI accuracy warnings

AI search engine embraces 2024 US election with live tracker and chatbot info hub. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 hours ago

Artist and designer Es Devlin awarded Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT

Exploring biodiversity, linguistic diversity, and collective AI-generated poetry, her work will be honored with a $100K prize, artist residency, and public lecture at MIT in spring 2025. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 9 hours ago

MARCA BY BOLOGNAFIERE: RINNOVATA LA PARTNERSHIP CON ADM FINO AL 2031

L'articolo MARCA BY BOLOGNAFIERE: RINNOVATA LA PARTNERSHIP CON ADM FINO AL 2031 proviene da BolognaFiere Group. | Continue reading


@bolognafiere.it | 9 hours ago

Daunting Doubts

There's something going on with me right now. I'm feeling uncertain about blogging in English, I'm considering different platforms, and I've even thought about quitting blogging altogether. I can't quite put my finger on what it's due to. It's probably just temporary pondering ra … | Continue reading


@birming.com | 9 hours ago

CoverSutra Adds a Standalone Apple Music Client to Your Mac’s Menu Bar

CoverSutra by Sophiestication is a name that may sound familiar if you’re as ancient as Federico, who last reviewed the app on MacStories in January 2010. At the time, the app was a fully-featured iTunes controller. It could display your music in the menu bar as well on the Deskt … | Continue reading


@macstories.net | 9 hours ago

Red Skies Mourning crafts an universe of sound and texture on new album “Myosotis”

The landscape explored by Chris on the latest Red Skies Mourning album is an incredibly plural one, exploring several different ways of making pop music led by synthesizers - and they do it all with fervor and urgency. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 9 hours ago

Changing the World One Preschool at a Time

Polar bear cubs stay with their mothers until they're two and half years old. Dolphin calves need maternal care for 2-3 years. Orangutan infants continue nursing for six years, the longest period of dependence of any species other than humans. For us, this period during which our … | Continue reading


@teachertomsblog.blogspot.com | 9 hours ago

Exploring the James River to Richmond, VA (RVA) – Great Loop Cruising Side Trip

After a delightful stay in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, we had time for one last adventure this cruising season before winter arrives. We decided on a relatively rarely done side trip up the James River to check out Richmond, VA – or RVA as commonly called. The river is na … | Continue reading


@technomadia.com | 10 hours ago

Chopped-up open-top Toyota Land Cruiser lets in the great outdoors

A chopped roof, custom rear-end, and over 50% new fabrication. The Toyota LC ROX (Recreation Open eXperience), is an open-top adventurer prototype with a proper retro appeal. It is set to make its debut at the 2024 SEMA Show in Vegas. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transp … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 10 hours ago