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India tells Canada to withdraw dozens of diplomatic staff (www.ft.com)

Full article: imgur.com/a/kgglqXV

My Review of Halloween II (1981) (letterboxd.com)

I’ve decided that I want to watch the entire Halloween franchise this October, so I went ahead and moved on to Halloween II (1981) tonight....

S Jaishankar Speaks In Favour Of Sikh Community Amid "Extremism" In Canada (www.ndtv.com)

Mohamed Muizzu wins Maldives election in victory for pro-China camp (www.aljazeera.com)

Mohamed Muizzu has won the presidential election in the Maldives after a second-round run-off against incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, which was seen as a test of the Indian Ocean archipelago’s nascent democracy as well as its ties with China and traditional benefactor India....

Explosion reported in Ankara, Turkey | Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.net)

Explosion reported in Ankara, Turkey Published October 1st, 2023...

Sega has cancelled Hyenas "and some unannounced games in development" (www.videogameschronicle.com)

Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 23.10 Performance On ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 (AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U) (www.phoronix.com)

Even Ubuntu - one of the slowest Linux distributions wipes the floor with windows. Even without huge optimizations that are present in the newest kernels and with the worst CPU governor. Wonder if slower GPU performance is due to mentioned governor?

Nothing's budget-friendly brand CMF debuts a $69 smartwatch and $49 earbuds (www.engadget.com)

The products will initially be available in the UK and India....

Vatican presses world leaders at UN to work on rules for lethal autonomous weapons (apnews.com)

Auckland Zoning Reforms: Lower Price Increases & Increased Density (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)

Meta’s AI chatbot plan includes a ‘sassy robot’ for younger users (www.theverge.com)

Meta is preparing to announce a generative AI chatbot, called “Gen AI Personas” internally, aimed at younger users, according to The Wall Street Journal. Reportedly set to launch during the company’s Meta Connect event that starts Wednesday, they would come in multiple “personas” geared towards engaging young users...

WGA continues bargaining talks with Hollywood studios (www.cnn.com)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/23/business/wga-bargaining-negotiations-saturday/index.html

Is there a to-doist alternative for Linux xfce? [MX Linux] [Must have reminders] (kbin.social)

Calcurse why didn't you guys tell me about calcurse!...

Correction to Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Blu-ray in the Works (blog.trekcore.com)

Scientists successfully maneuver robot through living lung tissue | Science Daily (www.sciencedaily.com)

My Review of Fortress (1992) (letterboxd.com)

Tonight I pulled down a DVD that I got from a garage sale and promptly forgot about for years, Fortress (1992)....

Poland stops sending weapons to Ukraine says PM (www.thefirstnews.com)

Poland is no longer sending weapons to Ukraine, the Polish prime minister said on Wednesday....

Wine Wayland Driver Updated With Basic Window Management Capabilities (www.phoronix.com)

Intel oneAPI Initiative Evolves Into The Unified Acceleration "UXL" Foundation (www.phoronix.com)

"The Unified Acceleration Foundation (UXL Foundation) is intended to be a cross-industry group to delivering an open standard programming model that simplifies the development of performant and cross-platform applications. This open standards for compute accelerators is bolstered by Intel’s oneAPI and intended to garner...

Varda Space puts off orbital factory reentry pending Air Force and FAA green light (techcrunch.com)

WGAW President Addresses “Distinction” in Criticism of Bill Maher Resuming Production During Strike: “There’s Definitely Some Anger” (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

"He's a Writers Guild member, and he's going back to work, so yes, a lot of people are saying that's scabbing," Meredith Stiehm told CNN's Jake Tapper during a recent episode of 'The Lead.'...