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  There’s nothing that can’t be solved by listening to “City Of Exploded Children” on repeat multiple times in a row.

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  If I had a dollar for every email or text I have recieved from a Democratic campaign or PAC in the last three weeks, I could finance my own campaign.

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  My platform: • Medicare for All • Public financing of elections • Electrifying everything • Launching every campaign marketing person into the sun

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  “Because Metra isn’t tying the BNSF to a rigid Regional Rail 1.0 or 2.0 construction schedule, it has an opportunity to introduce additional service, measure demand, and make adjustments as needed.” https://meetmeatogilvie.substack.com/p/metras-bnsf-line-the-odd-duck-out

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  “And those 1972 interiors and virtually all of the original furnishing remained in the building — preserved, remade or restored — for 40 years, until Johnson Publishing moved out in 2012.” https://www.wbez.org/architecture/2026/10/28/ebony-jet-building-interiors-book

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  “This increase in range reflects falling battery costs and technological improvements. It’s helping boost the appeal of owning an EV by reducing range anxiety—the fear of being stranded mid-trip with nowhere to charge.” https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29102026/inside-clean-energy-ev-ranges/

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  Airship inspection https://spectrum.ieee.org/infrastructure-inspection-airship-hylight?share_id=10133501

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  “…a package of female black widow spiders arrived at the San Diego State University chemistry department. The arachnids, jet black with a dash of red, cultivate a powerful venom that can be painful to humans. Except for that minor inconvenience, they make good subjects for studying spider silk” https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-spiders-spin-silk-dope-into-natures-toughest-material-20261028/

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  “The move is designed to protect its data from AI scraping, allowing the company to instead forge lucrative licensing deals with model providers. But just as important, such a shift could help Reddit to increase its revenue even as it faces daily active user declines in its largest market, the U.S.” https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/as-search-traffic-dries-up-reddit-announces-its-shifting-to-a-logged-in-experience/

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  Between $1.5 billion and $3 billion from the hot wallets https://www.citationneeded.news/binance-theft/

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  Gets heckled a few times in a row, gives up on the whole endeavor https://michiganadvance.com/2026/10/29/repub/trump-cancels-weekend-kansas-rally-5-days-ahead-of-election/

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  “Multiple indicators suggest that all 37 websites share a common operator. All the websites were set up on September 15 – all but one were registered within an 8-minute period…” https://www.npr.org/2026/10/30/nx-s1-6014548/midterms-chatgpt-local-news-democrats

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  Was not expecting a new Sampa the Great record https://sampathegreat.bandcamp.com/album/nu-zamrock

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  Happy there is a new Moondoggies record as it's been a long time since the last one (but I am annoyed there's no CD release) https://themoondoggies.bandcamp.com/album/moondoggies

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  If you are not familiar with The Moondoggies, their 2010 record “Tidelands” is one of the most beautiful albums of this century https://themoondoggies.bandcamp.com/album/tidelands

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  I almost responded to text from my wife with “STOP” and ”END” because that’s the only response I’ve been using on every other text for the past ten days.

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  “The shooting was the 28th mass killing in the U.S. this year” https://apnews.com/article/oregon-school-shooting-silver-rail-elementary-b0642ec5cd3da0db24227a2798e2c6ce

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  “The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine ​for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter” https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/order-limit-starshield-ukraine-came-inside-white-house-sources-say-2026-10-15/

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  Matt Latterell has released a new album https://mattlatterell.bandcamp.com/album/survival-play

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  We have a new unit of time — A Zacharia https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6154278-donald-trump-katie-zacharia-press-secretary-role/

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  “The first phase of Metra’s two-part plan can be attained with little additional investment, according to the report. By adding more frequent service on the current lines, Metra could get trains running every 30-60 minutes with few changes to tracks or new trains” https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/2026/10/16/metra-shares-dream-plan-to-offer-trains-every-15-30-minutes

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  What can’t duct tape do? https://theconversation.com/duct-tape-kept-out-more-flood-water-than-sandbags-in-laboratory-tests-294502

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  “It just needs to start at less than $299.” https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/10/a-299-apple-tv-is-that-all-there-is/

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  “The billionaire tech entrepreneur approached the US president with the proposal to introduce speed limits on the system, which hampered Ukraine’s drone defences” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/7a210b0536eb859b

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  “It’s also just a fraction of the number…“ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/15/us/politics/noncitizen-voting-data.html

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  House down the block kicked their Halloween decorations up a notch by having a pair of coyotes just hanging out in the front yard this morning

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  “The idea of what is essentially a paper bucket dates to 1894, when inventor Frederick Weeks Wilcox was granted a patent for what he called ‘a new and useful improvement‘ for pails used to carry oysters” https://apnews.com/article/chinese-takeout-container-history-5ea9b529f0ba891ac3521cb0407a78f9

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  He found a set of tariffs he doesn't like https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/17/trump-puts-new-russia-sanctions-passed-by-congress-on-hold-amid-deepening-row-with-ukraine

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  “Meta employees acknowledged in internal communications that the Instagram accounts of Brazilian ​President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were hindered by ‌restrictions during the country's election…” https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/meta-employees-said-lulas-accounts-were-hindered-during-brazil-election-folha-2026-10-16/

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  Jolene, Jolene, please don’t take my semi-automatic rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article317559690.html?giftCode=767790c906dcca2868b70492ac84bffc83d537b395719da102847e44bc2a2495