10 Unsettling Ghost Stories to Tell This Halloween
In 2024, a global survey revealed that about 41% of Americans believe in ghosts and 64% believe in some form of paranormal entity. Percentages vary slightly worldwide, but most major countries hover just above the 40% mark. It’s no wonder that so many hauntings are reported across the globe. People often see or experience something […]
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next-20251030: linux-next
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Electrochemical system converts plant compound into two valuable products at once
A research team has created a new kind of electrochemical “two-in-one” system that turns plant-based molecules into two useful products at once. Using a finely tuned single-atom ruthenium catalyst, the process combines two chemical reactions, oxidation and hydrogenation, inside a single electrolytic cell, much like cooking two dishes in the same pot without mixing up the flavors. Details of the research were p … ⌘ Read more
DietPi October 2025 Update Adds Support for NanoPi R3S, R76S, and Reworked Dashboard
The October 18th release of DietPi v9.18 introduces support for new FriendlyELEC single-board computers, a redesigned DietPi-Dashboard with improved security, and the addition of the LazyLibrarian eBook and audiobook manager. The update also includes bug fixes, filesystem improvements, and expanded compatibility for virtual devices DietPi: DietPi is a lightweight, Debian-base … ⌘ Read more
Were Neanderthals capable of making art?
The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing that modern humans from the Upper Paleolithic (between 45,000 and 12,000 years ago) were capable of artistic flair. ⌘ Read more
Belehradský knižný veľtrh v znamení novej kapitoly i napätí v kultúrnej sfére
V sobotu 25. októbra 2025 sa slávnostne otvoril 68. Medzinárodný belehradský knižný veľtrh. Pod heslom „Tvoj nový príbeh” sa počas deviatich dní, až do nedele 2. novembra, v halách Belehradského veľtrhu stretáva viac ako štyristo domácich i zahraničných vydavateľov, spisovateľov a milovníkov knihy. Tradične tu nechýba ani slovenská tvorba – pôvodná i prekladov … ⌘ Read more
Genome-wide analysis of gene expression in sorghum furthers efforts to improve stem biomass
Sorghum bicolor is a deep-rooted, heat- and drought-tolerant crop that thrives on marginal lands and is increasingly valued for its applications in biofuel, bioenergy, and biopolymer production. ⌘ Read more
Petit message à caractère commercial
Chers lecteurs, chères lectrices, chers hashtablonautes, Mon éditeur (qui s’occupe des dossiers mensuels du 10ème Homme) propose une nouvelle formule pour certains dossiers, disponibles au numéro. Je vous propose donc de la découvrir dès à présent et avec gourmandise (si si) à cette adresse où vous pourrez ou bien vous inscrire pour l’abonnement, ou bien […] ⌘ Read more
The end of the rip-off economy: consumers use LLMs against information asymmetry
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EU in race against time to agree climate emissions target
European diplomats are scrambling to agree on a 10-year target to cut EU carbon emissions this week, with time running out ahead of the United Nations COP30 climate summit. ⌘ Read more
5.4.301: longterm
Version:5.4.301 (longterm)Released:2025-10-29Source:linux-5.4.301.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-5.4.301.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-5.4.301 ⌘ Read more
Eyes above the trees: LiDAR technology improves forest assessment with laser beams
Forests have been benefiting humanity since long before the health benefits of forest bathing were discovered. They are major carbon sinks that provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including timber and non-timber forest products, recreation, and climate regulation. ⌘ Read more
Trump’s Unprecedented Actions Deepen Asymmetric Divides
Research Staff, - PRRI
_Stephan: I have been describing for you, for two decades, what I have called the Great Schism Trend (see SR archive) that is making the United States two cultures in a single nation. Two cultures that are increasingly divergent and hostile. This schism is one of the main dynamics making it possible for the Trump, Republican Party, oligarch, fascist coup to dismantle democracy in Ameri … ⌘ Read more
Not so proud to be American — ‘fed up’ expats renounce citizenship
Steve Hendrix, - msn
_Stephan: Today, I got the third email I have received since August from an SR reader living overseas telling me they are giving up their American citizenship. I have known many Americans living overseas, but until recently, I couldn’t remember any of them telling me they were giving up their American citizenship. However, as this article describes, renouncing American c … ⌘ Read more
Trump administration won’t tap emergency funds to pay food aid
Grace Yarrow and Meredith Lee Hill, Staff Writers - Politico
Stephan: The sheer nastiness of Trump and the Republican Party is beyond my comprehension. What kind of person doesn’t care that fellow Americans won’t get enough to eat? Yet that is what is going to happen Saturday unless something changes.
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The Right’s Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections
David Sirota, Jared Jacang Maher, - rsn | Rolling Stone
_Stephan: Trump and the Republican fascists, aided by the Supreme Court fascist majority, are doing everything in their power to rig the outcome of the 2026 election. The only thing that is going to stop this is an overwhelming majority of American voters voting only for Democrats. If that doesn’t happen, you can kiss American democracy goodbye. B … ⌘ Read more
Politique de la ville : on a voulu acheter la paix, on a financé la guerre
C’était il y a 20 ans, le 27 octobre 2005, deux mineurs manifestement mal isolés choisissaient de devenir des symboles de résistances à 100 kΩ : en pénétrant dans un transformateur afin d’échapper à un contrôle d’identité, l’électrocution de Zyed et Bouna allaient déclencher trois semaines de bordel homérique en France. Et en 20 ans, il […] ⌘ Read more
10 Truly Evil People Who Used Halloween as the Perfect Cover
Halloween uniquely complicates the concept of safety because the night is defined by intentional fear, masking genuine threat within theatrical play. This widespread acceptance of costumes and chaotic activity gives real criminals an immediate advantage, allowing them to commit malicious acts with a much lower risk of immediate detection. The psychological impact of a Halloween […]
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Cubans flee the coast as Hurricane Melissa looms
Under sheets of rain and laden with possessions, residents of southeast Cuba fled inland Tuesday—escaping the peril of the coast before Hurricane Melissa’s arrival. ⌘ Read more
Melissa is a beast among a string of monster Atlantic storms. Scientists explain
Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica with record-tying 185 mph winds Tuesday, was a beast that stood out as extreme even in a record number of monster storms spawned over the last decade in a superheated Atlantic Ocean. ⌘ Read more
next-20251029: linux-next
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Researchers develop highly fluorescent helical quinolizinium salts via rhodium-catalyzed synthesis
A research team has successfully synthesized a new class of helical quinolizinium salts exhibiting exceptionally strong fluorescence in the orange-to-red light region (606–682 nm). ⌘ Read more
Release Candidate for iOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, iPadOS 26.1 Available for Testing
Release Candidate builds of iOS 26.1, macOS Tahoe 26.1, and iPadOS 26.1, are now available for users participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. Release Candidate (RC) builds are typically the final version in a beta period, absent any major bugs, and the release of an RC build indicates the final versions … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/202 … ⌘ Read more
OpenIndiana 2025.10 released
OpenIndiana, the Illumos distribution for general use, has released its latest snapshot release, and there’s some really interesting things in there. To refresh your memory: Illumos is a fork of the final OpenSolaris release, based on Solaris 11, before Oracle closed Solaris back up. It’s been in development ever since that fateful day back in 2010, and several Illumos distributions with unique identities have sprung up around the project. OpenIndiana is one of them, and fu … ⌘ Read more
Prezentácia knihy „Kulpín – dejiny, matrika, rodokmene”
Udalosť, ktorá zanechala stopu
V stredu 15. októbra 2025 sa v priestoroch Mestskej knižnice v Bratislave – Galéria Artotéka uskutočnilo podujatie, pod záštitou Združenia dolnozemských Spolkov – Podvečery, ktoré výrazne obohatilo genealogickú a historickú komunitu na Slovensku. Združenie Spolkov dolnozemských Slovákov pripravilo prezentáciu knihy „KULPÍN – dejiny, matrika, rodokmene”, ktorá je výsledkom dlhoro … ⌘ Read more
XMPP Interop Testing: Putting NTA 7532 to the Test (Literally)
You might have seen the XMPP Standards Foundation’s open letter to NEN about NTA 7532, the Dutch effort to standardise secure healthcare chat. It’s a good read, and, as it happens, right up our street.
If you’re building a chat system that has to actually talk to someone else’s chat system (and keep doctors happy while doing it), you’ll kno … ⌘ Read more
Plantation forests are key for koalas’ survival: Researchers say urgent rethink on logging is needed
A new study has shown areas of state forest in Northern New South Wales, currently zoned as hardwood eucalypt plantation and slated for logging in 2025–2026, are in fact vital koala habitat. ⌘ Read more
Python Software Foundation has bigger spine than big tech
Back in January 2025, the Python Software Foundation applied for a $1.5 million grant from the US government’s National Science Foundation, under the Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open Source Ecosystems program, to address structural vulnerabilities in Python and PyPI. After a lot of paperwork, their application was approved, but upon receiving the contractual agreement, the Python Software Foundation decided to b … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: 🚀 ejabberd 25.10
Release Highlights:
If you are upgrading from a previous version, there are no mandatory changes in SQL schemas, configuration, API commands or hooks.
Other contents:
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@lyse it hasn't happened yet. It is this coming Saturday.
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@bender@twtxt.net Hm, are we talking about different dates or are there different timezone offsets for this timezone abbreviation? With EDT being UTC-4, 2025-11-02T12:00:00Z is Sunday at 8:00 in the morning local time for you. Or were did I mess up here? :-?
@prologic@twtxt.net You want me to submit a reply with “I probably won’t show up”?