The new LEGO sets are so realistic and aspirational. Let your kids know they can do anything when they grow up.

Bah, the latest news, the latest news is not the last.

Meta is revamping its monetization program as it abandons fact-checking. avclub.com/meta-monetizing-p…

ProPublica identified 95 Facebook pages that regularly post made-up headlines designed to draw engagement — and, often, stoke political divisions. The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers. propublica.org/article/faceb…

I spent the last 2 years on the trail of the Zizians, a group of technically gifted young people who set out to save the world. Their ideas led them down a path littered with violence and death. Along the way 6 people have been killed, 6 are jail, others have gone underground.

"A Dolly for Sue"'s problem was a mild and easily treatable-through-therapy anxiety disorder, and she went on to find a lovely family in 1967.

Yukon Cornelius doesn't care about international treaties for mineral rights.

"Tell your Lord that I have saw what appears to be a UFO or an impossibly-fast drone from a nation state actor flying over my home in New Jersey.” "The Anjin says he saw a Boeing 737 plane for United Airlines depart from Newark Airport.”

ChatGPT refuses to say the name “David Mayer,” and no one knows why. If you try to get it to write the name, the chat immediately ends. People have attempted all sorts of things - ciphers, riddles, tricks - and nothing works.

I'll explain what these are and why they're great. 🧵

Estragon: I can't go on like this. Vladimir: That's what you think.

The expression that there is nothing to express, nothing with which to express, nothing from which to express, no power to express, no desire to express, together with the obligation to express.

Listen, we know it's election day and stress is high but, we arrested a dinosaur. spdblotter.seattle.gov/2024/…

Here’s when the Associated Press called the presidential election in years past: 2020: 11:26 a.m. on Saturday 2016: 2:29 a.m. on Wednesday 2012: 11:38 p.m. on Tuesday 2008: 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday 2004: 11:19 a.m. on Wednesday

last week of the election

He Runs Fox News’ Decision Desk. Here’s How He Sees Election Night Coming. politi.co/4082NNp via @politico

Inside Hurricane Milton, @saildrone reported wave height of 28.12 feet and wind gusts as strong as 75.95 mph while 40 nautical miles from the center of the storm. This research represents a collaborative endeavor to better understand the role of the ocean in hurricanes.

8PM EDT: This is nothing short of astronomical. I am at a loss for words to meteorologically describe you the storms small eye and intensity. 897mb pressure with 180 MPH max sustained winds and gusts 200 MPH. This is now the 4th strongest hurricane ever recorded by pressure on this side of the world. The eye is TINY at nearly 3.8 miles wide. This hurricane is nearing the mathematical limit of what Earth's atmosphere over this ocean water can produce.