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QAnon Memes, F-Bombs, and Tribunals: As Biden Faltered, Trump Amped Up the Crazy (www.rollingstone.com)

France's 'Excalibur' sword vanishes from the stone after 1,300 years (local12.com)

According to The New York Post, citing a report by The Telegraph, n sword that is regarded as France’s “Excalibur” has vanished from its stone. Per the publication, locals in the French town of Rocamadour believed the sword, Durandal, had been lodged in rock for around 1,300 years. A main attraction for the town, the sword...

Iranian in UK flees to Israel after pulling off headscarves (www.middleeastmonitor.com)

An Iranian monarchist who filmed herself pulling the headscarves off Iranians in London fled to Israel after UK police announced they were investigating her....

NATO leaders will vow to pour weapons into Ukraine for another year, but membership is off the table (apnews.com)

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO leaders plan to pledge next week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that they will not walk away....

ASRock preps AMD GPUs for AI inference and multi-GPU systems — Creator series GPUs with dual-slot, blower-type design and 16-pin power connectors (www.tomshardware.com)

Police pulled over a Waymo car for driving in the oncoming lane (www.theverge.com)

South Carolina Man Dies After Firework Explodes On His Head (www.wccbcharlotte.com)

Allen Ray McGrew, 41, was found laying in the road. He put a firework on his head, and it exploded while on his head, causing massive head injuries, officials said....

Papal arch enemy Archbishop Vigano found guilty of schism and excommunicated (www.reuters.com)

Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a fierce ultra-conservative critic of Pope Francis, has been found guilty of schism and excommunicated, the Vatican’s doctrinal office said on Friday. Vigano, the papal envoy in Washington from 2011-2016, went into hiding in 2018 after alleging that the pope knew for years about sexual...

Recycled Carbon Fiber Tested on Boeing MAX 9 Sidewalls (aviationweek.com)

How much is 25 lbs. of fuel savings worth to you? How much is it worth to Boeing?

France asks two Chinese spies to leave the country after attempt to forcibly repatriate exiled Chinese dissident (www.lemonde.fr)

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Disney heiress, wealthy Democratic donors say they won't finance the party until Joe Biden drops out (www.cnbc.com)

Abigail Disney, the granddaughter to Roy O. Disney, who cofounded The Walt Disney Company, told CNBC on Thursday that she plans to withhold donations to the party she has funded for years until Biden drops out. The president has said he has no plans to withdraw from the race, despite calls for him to do so....

Google is bringing Fuchsia OS to Android devices, but not in the way you'd think (www.androidauthority.com)

A Lego game about building with Legos, not a world with Legos in it? Yes please (www.gog.com)

There’s been tons of fun games about Lego, no doubt about it. But every game has always been the theme of Lego overlaid on another. Such as Lego Racing; you build a car to race with. Also, the actual environment/background is not made of Lego. The purpose is to race a car, and the building of the car is a facet of the game....

Google Contacts is getting a new 'Use without an account' option (www.androidpolice.com)

Swing state's [PA] Capitol building reportedly evacuated over bomb threat mentioning Biden (www.rawstory.com)

Factorio Friday Facts #418 - Space Age release date (www.factorio.com)

21st of October, let’s go!...

Cannabis legalisation hampered by most German of substances: red tape (www.theguardian.com)

Labour wins majority in UK General Elections as Tories lose two-thirds of seats (www.theguardian.com)

The Labour party has won over 400 seats (out of 650) in the 2024 UK General Elections, and Keir Starmer is expected to replace Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister. The Conservatives, in power for the last fourteen years, have suffered a rout, losing over two-thirds of their seats. The SNP has collapsed in Scotland, mostly to Labour,...

A scrap of cloth found in Goodwill turns out to be part of American history (whyy.org)

JPMorgan Chase warns 86 million customers they might have to start paying for their bank accounts (finance.yahoo.com)

The potential charges, says Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan, are a result of new regulatory rules that cap overdraft and late fees. Lake says Chase will be passing along those increased expenses to customers, which would put an end to now-free services such as checking accounts and wealth...