Leftovers

• Science

  • New York Times ☛ China Wants Foreign Scientists. The Public Says No, Thanks.

    Since Beijing announced a new visa to attract young science and technology graduates, a backlash has erupted online, forcing the government to respond.

  • Science Alert ☛ Vast Anomaly in Earth's Magnetic Field Keeps Growing, Satellites Reveal

    Here's what we know.

  • Science Alert ☛ Ice That Freezes at Room Temperature Discovered in X-Ray Laser Experiment

    Meet ice XXI.

  • Science Alert ☛ Rapa Nui's Famous Moai Statues Really May Have 'Walked' Into Place

    Right out of the quarry.

  • Science Alert ☛ The Human Mind Isn't Meant to Be Awake Past Midnight, Scientists Warn

    Dangerous things can happen.

  • Science Alert ☛ New Models Show How Solar 'Tornadoes' Could Wreak Havoc on Earth

    Space weather is wild.

• Hardware

  • Hackaday ☛ OpenSCAD In Living Color

    I modified a printer a few years ago to handle multiple filaments, but I will admit it was more or less a stunt. It worked, but it felt like you had to draw mystic symbols on the floor of the lab and dance around the printer, chanting incantations for it to go right. But I recently broke down and bought a color printer. No, probably not the one you think, but one that is pretty similar to the other color machines out there.

  • Hackaday ☛ Making The Tiny Air65 Quadcopter Even Smaller

    First person view (FPV) quadcopter drones have become increasingly more capable over the years, as well as much smaller. The popular 65 mm format, as measured from hub to hub, is often considered to be about the smallest you can make an FPV drone without making serious compromises. Which is exactly why [Hoarder Sam] decided to make a smaller version that can fit inside a Pringles can, based on the electronics used in the popular Air65 quadcopter from BetaFPV.

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ China retaliates in response to Dutch seizure of Nexperia, blocking chipmaker's exports following takeover — 861,000 square foot assembly site in Gaungdong affected as trade war spirals

    In retaliation against the Dutch government seizing control of the Dutch chip company, Nexperia, from its Chinese parent company, China has now blocked Nexperia from exporting products from the Asian-country, raising trade tensions amidst ongoing trade talks with the US.

  • Hackaday ☛ Standalone CNC Tube Cutter/Notcher Does It With Plasma

    Tubes! Not only is the internet a series of them, many projects in the physical world are, too. If you’re building anything from a bicycle to a race cart to and aeroplane, you might find yourself notching and welding metal tubes together. That notching part can be a real time-suck. [Jornt] from HOMEMADE MADNESS (it’s so mad you have to shout the channel name, apparently) thought so when he came up with this 3-axis CNC tube notcher.

  • Hackaday ☛ 2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Making A TTL Demultiplexer Sweat

    When we think of a motor controller it’s usual to imagine power electronics, and a consequent dent in the wallet when it’s time to order the parts. But that doesn’t always have to be the case, as it turns out that there are many ways to control a motor. [Bram] did it with a surprising part, a 74ACT139 dual 4-line demultiplexer.

  • Hackaday ☛ A Record Lathe For Analog Audio Perfection

    It’s no secret that here at Hackaday we’ve at times been tempted to poke fun at the world of audiophiles, a place where engineering sometimes takes second place to outright silliness. But when a high quality audio project comes along that brings some serious engineering to the table we’re all there for it, so when we saw [Slyka] had published the files for their open source record lathe, we knew it had to be time to bring it to you.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • JURIST ☛ US: California governor signs law requiring social control media to put health warning labels

    California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law Monday that requires social control media companies to display a warning to users under 18 years old about the health risks of social control media.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Exclusive: NGO PETA urges Ocean Park to remove fish from its restaurant menus

    PETA has urged Hong Kong’s Ocean Park to remove fish and shellfish from its restaurants – a move that the animal rights NGO said could align the marine-themed amusement park with its conservation values.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Summer flu season expected to continue into November, overlapping with winter season, Hong Kong health official says

    Hong Kong’s summer flu season is expected to continue into November and reach a peak in the coming weeks, a top health official has warned after a 13-year-old girl died from a severe case of paediatric influenza. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) controller, Edwin Tsui, also said on Tuesday that the centre recorded about […]

  • Bridge Michigan ☛ Michigan’s bipartisan budget deal aims to ‘protect’ Medicaid. Here’s how

    Michigan is seeking to avoid steep losses in federal funding for Medicaid by changing an insurance provider tax. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says a new state budget will ‘protect access to health care for millions.’

  • NYPost ☛ Proteinsanity! The wildest foods with added protein — as experts warn they can actually sabotage your diet

    We know that protein is good for us — it increases fullness, reduces appetite and builds muscle — but does it need to be packed into every single thing we eat, including junk food?

  • Federal News Network ☛ Federal employees in mental health and disease control were among targets in weekend firings

    Mass cuts to HHS staff in mental health, public health and disaster response were marred by confusion as more than half of CDC layoff notices went out in error.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Serve cendol, not alcohol during flights, say Malaysian opposition MPs

    They say alcohol consumption is forbidden in most religions.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Around 6,000 students in Malaysia infected with influenza, prompting school closures

    The infections were detected in several areas across the country.

  • New York Times ☛ A Furious Debate Over Autism’s Causes Leaves Parents Grasping for Answers

    The Forrest Dump administration’s embrace of unproven or debunked theories about vaccines and Tylenol has left doctors fielding questions from worried parents.

  • NYPost ☛ Students identifying as nonbinary are on the decline, according to a new study

    A professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, Eric Kaufmann, pointed this out in a recent report.

  • Science Alert ☛ A Spider Was Caught Eating a Shrew, And You Can't Unsee This

    Click if you dare.

  • Science Alert ☛ Some Dogs Are So Ball-Obsessed, It Could Mirror Human Addiction

    Mine.

  • Science Alert ☛ The Company You Keep Could Have a Profound Effect on Your Future Health

    Broaden your circle.

  • Science Alert ☛ A 'Heartbeat Budget' Could Help Keep Track of Your Health, Study Suggests

    A time to save, a time to spend.

  • Science Alert ☛ Natural Sweetener Boosts a Common Treatment For Hair Loss, Study Reveals

    A sweet deal.

• Proprietary

  • Fastmail launches desktop apps for Mac, Windows, and Linux

    The independent and privacy-focused email service Fastmail now has desktop apps for accessing emails, calendars, contacts, and files.

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • Futurism ☛ ChatGPT Is Giving Men Such Bad Advice on Dating That It May Actually Be Trying to Keep Them Single

      No matter how awkward you think you are, it can always get worse.

    • Futurism ☛ Top US Army General Says He’s Letting Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Make Military Decisions

      Your decision to launch an invasion isn't just gutsy — it's downright kinetic.

    • Silicon Angle ☛ California introduces new child safety law aimed at Hey Hi (AI) chatbots

      California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a new bill that regulates artificial intelligence chatbots in an effort to protect children from harm, despite facing opposition from some technology industry and child protection groups.

    • Futurism ☛ OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages

      "Juries hear that and it’s a very powerful stick."

    • Futurism ☛ Over 50 Percent of the Internet Is Now Hey Hi (AI) Slop, New Data Finds

      Humans aren't finished... yet.

  • Social Control Media

    • New York Times ☛ Instagram Will Limit Content for Teenagers Based on PG-13 Ratings

      The restrictions also apply to conversations between teenage users and artificial intelligence chatbots.

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • Bruce Schneier ☛ The Forrest Dump Administration’s Increased Use of Social Media Surveillance

      This chilling paragraph is in a comprehensive Brookings report about the use of tech to deport people from the US:

      The administration has also adapted its methods of social control media surveillance. Though agencies like the State Department have gathered millions of handles and monitored political discussions online, the Convicted Felon administration has been more explicit in who it’s targeting.

• Defence/Aggression

  • The Straits Times ☛ North Korea’s nuclear arsenal upgrade a serious threat, even if untested

    Pyongyang unveils its latest weapons at a military parade, including long-range missiles capable of hitting the US.

  • The Straits Times ☛ N. Korea’s nuclear arsenal upgrade a serious threat, even if untested

    Pyongyang unveils its latest weapons at a military parade, including long-range missiles capable of hitting the US.

  • The Straits Times ☛ North Korean refugees long for family behind impenetrable border

    Most first-generation refugees have died, but a deep sorrow remains for the handful still alive.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man ‘looking forward’ to Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire deal at Asean summit, Malaysia says

    The accord may be signed during the Asean leaders' meeting in Kuala Lumpur from Oct 26 to 28.

  • The Straits Times ☛ PM Anwar says Malaysia not invited to Gaza summit over conditional support for Convicted Felon’s peace plan

    Mr Anwar Ibrahim said only countries that gave full support to the plan attended the summit.

  • New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Two Minds on China Sow a Chaotic Few Days

    The president’s bellicose vow of steep new tariffs, followed quickly by a more conciliatory message, pointed to an internal tug of war over his approach.

  • New York Times ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Trade War With China Catches the World in Its Crossfire

    Tariffs and other restrictions between the United States and China are reverberating in unpredictable ways.

  • The Straits Times ☛ US, China roll out tit-for-tat port fees, threatening more turmoil at sea

    The US is scheduled to also begin collecting fees on Oct 14.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China says will ‘fight to the end’ in trade war with US

    China said Tuesday it was ready to “fight to the end” in a trade war with the United States after President The Insurrectionist said he would slap additional 100 percent tariffs on goods from the country.

  • The Straits Times ☛ China says it is ready to ‘fight to the end’ in trade war with US

    This comes after US Hell Toupée said he would impose an additional 100 per cent tariff on China.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China sanctions five US units of South Korean ship giant Hanwha

    China imposed sanctions on five American subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean on Tuesday, accusing them of supporting a US government investigation into the shipping industry, as tit-for-tat port fees took effect.

  • The Straits Times ☛ US backs Philippine ally after China warns over vessel clash

    Washington emphasised its mutual defence treaty with Manila.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Japanese child sex tourists contributing to lost generation of girls in Laos

    Multiple establishments were identified in Vientiane serving clients from China, South Korea and Japan.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Latvia ☛ Rosļikovs had Latvian security service's permission to visit Estonia

      Rīga City Council member Aleksejs Rosļikovs ("For Stability!") had permission from the Latvian State Security Service (VDD) to visit Estonia this week, it emerged on Tuesday – despite which his visit ended with him promptly being sent back to Latvia by the Estonian police.

• Environment

  • France24 ☛ Torrential rains and floods devastate central and eastern Mexico

    At least 65 people were killed, and 60 more are missing, after torrential rains and floods devastated central and eastern #Mexico.

    Rescue efforts continue as 80 communities are inaccessible by road.

  • Energy/Transportation

    • Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico is now the leading exporter of electric vehicles to the US, surpassing Japan and So. Korea

      Mexico exported some 145,000 electric vehicles to the U.S. last year, mainly models by General Motors, Ford, Stellantis and Toyota, tripling the number of U.S.-bound exports from the previous year.

    • H2 View ☛ How many OEMs will survive China’s electrolyser shakeout?

      Iceberg Energy’s Yuki Yu suggested after a wave of consolidation, around 30 Chinese electrolyser OEMs could drive new momentum in green hydrogen.

    • Hackaday ☛ Ben Eater Explains How Aircraft Systems Communicate With The ARINC 429 Protocol

      Over on his YouTube channel the inimitable [Ben Eater] takes a look at an electronic altimeter which replaces an old mechanical altimeter in an airplane.

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • The Straits Times ☛ Former S. Korean president Yoon, wife ordered special treatment for their dog on 2023 France trip

      Mr Yoon and his wife visited France for a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron.

    • Mexico News Daily ☛ Gulf of California whales sue for their right to a livable habitat

      The lawsuit is based on constitutional and treaty obligations protecting wildlife, but it also foresees a philosophical sea change by assigning "rights" to animals.

  • Overpopulation

    • The Straits Times ☛ More South Koreans giving birth at age 35 or older

      WHO notes that pregnancy at age 35 and older raises the risk of health issues for both mothers and babies.

• Finance

  • France24 ☛ French PM Lecornu pledges to suspend 2023 pension reform

    In the face of an unprecedented political crisis, France's re-appointed prime minister Sébastien Lecornu proposed suspending President Emmanuel Macron's signature pension reform enacted in 2023.  Speaking before parliament, Lecornu warned however of the estimated cost of such a move as he pressed lawmakers to agree on next year's budget.  Also in the segment, the US and China have started collecting new tit-for-tat port fees imposed on each other's maritime transport and shipping industry.

  • France24 ☛ Second time a charm? French PM Lecornu offers concessions to hostile parliament

    Was it enough for France’s minority government to pass the first hurdle of a trigger-happy hostile parliament that can pass a vote of no-confidence at any time? Reappointed prime minister Sébastien Lecornu offering a suspension of Emmanuel Macron's flagship reform, the raising of the retirement age. We'll review the general policy speech of a Lecornu who this time at least made it to the National Assembly. Last week, his initial coalition government imploded spectacularly after a mere 14 hours.

  • France24 ☛ Biggest challenge for Lecornu govt: 'Show that democracy is still a winning formula'

    Amid political and economic turbulence, few issues have illuminated the fault lines of French governance quite like the highly unpopular pension reform. And the clash goes far beyond policy, it inflamed an already angry and volatile electorate and parliament the moment Macron forced it through with article 49.3. So now why is Macron’s reformist agenda now regarded as the sacrificial lamb to save the autumn of his presidency? To answer that question, Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Renaud Foucart, Economist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Lancaster University Management School. What does its suspension signal, not only for France’s public finances, but for democracy, trust, and the moral contract that binds the state and the citizen? Will France’s fiscal trajectory be cast into limbo: will debt burdens accelerate, will any future reform agendas even be taken seriously? Whoever governs in 2027 will inherit an escalating budget crisis without any political capital or room to manoeuvre. Mr. Foucart warns that postponing action today compounds risk tomorrow.

  • Futurism ☛ Western Executives Shaken After Visiting China

    "There are no people — everything is robotic."

  • Tom's Hardware ☛ Chinese victims of convicted 'Bitcoin Queen' may have trouble getting their $7.3 billion back from UK government — lawyers predict a lengthy cross-border ordeal for 130,000 investment scheme victims

    "Bitcoin Queen" Qian Zhimin's $7.3 billion stash of cryptocurrency, amassed through the laundering of the stolen funds of 130,000 Chinese victims, has been seized by the UK police. But the victims back in China will face difficulties recovering the money.

  • Silicon Angle ☛ Justice Department targets Cambodia pig butchering syndicate in $15B bitcoin seizure and sanctions sweep

    The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has seized about $15 billion in bitcoin from a man who oversaw a so-called pig butchering operation in Cambodia, the largest bitcoin seizure by the department in its history.

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • Federal News Network ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man and budget chief Vought are making this a government shutdown unlike any other

    President The Insurrectionist is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen. The White House's budget office headed by Russ Vought is deciding who gets paid or fired in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce. As the shutdown enters its third week, Convicted Felon said some of the programs favored by Democrats are “never going to come back.” The president calls budget chief Vought the “grim reaper,” and Vought has seized on the opportunity to fund Convicted Felon’s priorities, paying the military while slashing jobs in health, education, the sciences and other areas. The actions have been criticized as illegal and are facing court challenges.

  • The Straits Times ☛ From menacing to ‘cool’: How views on China have shifted in Vietnam

    Social media appears to be playing a crucial role in the changing mood in Vietnam.

  • New York Times ☛ As Convicted Felon Hurls Fresh Threats and Insults, Hochul Has Mamdani’s Back

    Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, appeared with Gov. Kathy Hochul for the first time since she endorsed him last month.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Press Gazette ☛ How Far Out grew from student blog to 30 full-time staff

    Founder of culture title said it averages 20 million page views per month.

  • Press Gazette ☛ Slow digital growth sees Reach revenue fall in third quarter

    Page views to Reach newsbrands down 1% in year so far.

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • MIT Technology Review ☛ Can we repair the internet?

    From addictive algorithms to exploitative apps, data mining to misinformation, the internet today can be a hazardous place. Books by three influential figures—the intellect behind “net neutrality,” a former Meta executive, and the web’s own inventor—propose radical approaches to fixing it.

Monopolies/Monopsonies

• Trademarks

  • TTAB Blog ☛ TTABlog Test: Is "1849 BOURBON" for Distilled Spirits Confusable With "1849" for Wine?

    The USPTO refused to register the mark 1849 BOURBON for “distilled spirits" [BOURBON disclaimed], finding confusion likely with the registered mark 1849 for "alcoholic beverages, namely, wine and sparkling wine." Applicant Trinity River Distillery pointed to statements made by the registrant during prosecution of the application that yielded the cited registration: that marks incorporating 1849 can co-exist for "different forms of adult beverages," and that confusion was unlikely with 1849 for "beer." How do you think this appeal came out? In re Trinity River Distillery, LLC, Serial No. 98170756 (October 10, 2025) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Wendy B. Cohen).

  • Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Once Upon a Time, Consumers Had Standing

    Professor Rebecca Curtin has filed her petition for writ of certiorari  seeking rights to challenge United Trademark Holdings' application to register RAPUNZEL for dolls and toy figures.  Curtin has a great case that the mark is generic. The problem with Curtin's case is procedural.  Curtin is a consumer, not a competing doll maker, and the Federal Circuit ruled that consumers do not have standing to oppose trademarks based upon their genericness, descriptiveness, or failure to function as a trademark. Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings, Inc., 137 F.4th 1359 (Fed. Cir. 2025).

• Copyrights

  • Digital Music News ☛ Rod Wave Claps Back with Counterclaim in $27 Million Touring Lawsuit

    Rod Wave fires back at a lawsuit alleging he owes $27 million in advances from the tour he cancelled over scheduling and production issues.

  • Digital Music News ☛ Busta Rhymes Launches Defamation Counterclaim Against Ex-Assistant

    Busta Rhymes files a countersuit against his former assistant for defamation after they accused the rapper earlier this summer of workplace assault.

• Gemini* and Gopher

  • Personal/Opinions

    • Sara Kadefors’ Silver

      Yay, a novel written in the first person! Yeah, yeah, present tense which isn’t wholly my jam but compared to the limited third person that’s been every single book for the past hundred years this is a every welcome breath of fresh air. I’ve read a couple of Kadefors’ earlier books and I love them. This is her most recent (that I know of) and I recommend it as a good starting point as sort of a greatest hits of a lot of her earlier tropes.

      Her specialty is people whose values lead them astray or who can’t live up to their own ideals and often with main PoV chars that are clearly messed up and there’s no risk of conflating them with being spokespeople for the author. They’re just so starkly self-important running 10000 mph into their own walls and fences. But it’s not a “laughing at them” style of writing, either. We feel for them and with them.

    • healing and bdsm

      As my interest is growing with shibari, other similar subject are popping up on my youtube feed.

      BDSM which is closely related, started to come up, but the subject that retained my attention was "soft Dom".

      In BDSM you have this relation of Dom and Sub, and a dominator is often seen as a mean abusive character and a sub, or submissive, could be portrayed as a human with low self esteem.