“Players attended from across Oceania, many cosplaying their game characters; one arrived in a costume of the series' cute cat-like Moogles, and several wore the green sprout headbands which indicate a new player.“
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-24/final-fantasy-xiv-australian-oceania-server/107301548?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web
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‘He is noted for having left a lasting impact on the music scene in Ireland and was once described by U2's Bono as the island's "answer to Quincy Jones".‘
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“Consumers broadly expect inflation to accelerate, and this year’s increases in inflation expectations are not limited to one part of the political spectrum,” Hsu wrote. “The fact that aggregate consumer spending has been relatively resilient despite negative views of the economy provides another reason for caution. If part of consumption currently reflects precautionary spending to avoid future price hikes, disinflation may be even more difficult to achieve.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/23/us-consumer-sentiment-hits-a-near-record-low-before-midterm-elections?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub -
Electricity emissions?
"Electricity emissions in Canada are, surprisingly, on the rise, as provinces turn to natural gas to feed rising energy needs."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-indigenous-power-9.7391343 -
Animal spirits. It's office hours in Ann Arbor. How do you do, fellow kids?
"Even apart from the instability due to speculation, there is the instability due to the characteristic of human nature that a large proportion of our positive activities depend on spontaneous optimism rather than on a mathematical expectation, whether moral or hedonistic or economic. Most, probably, of our decisions to do something positive, the full consequences of which will be drawn out over many days to come, can only be taken as a result of animal spirits—of a spontaneous urge to action rather than inaction, and not as the outcome of a weighted average of quantitative benefits multiplied by quantitative probabilities."
— John Maynard KeynesAn Economist Explains What's Really Behind America's Economic Gloom
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Good morning from Minneapolis, where it's another day of mid 70s.
Quite early Friday morning it's 59℉; mostly cloudy; a Fair barometer; visibility 10 miles at the airport.
'Warm temperatures today and tomorrow are the last hurrah of this late October "heatwave," as a cold front begins to sweep through the Upper Midwest. …
'Temperatures crash down to near-normal starting Sunday, and another low pressure travels northeast from the Central Plains. …
'Halloween is starting to get into the range of our forecast, and current guidance shows no major sign of a large system that weekend, which would keep things roughly around normal conditions for late October.'
— Area Forecast Discussion, National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
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‘“When humans work with AI systems, they can get so deep into it they give up thinking critically for themselves,” he explained. When AI pretends to be an expert on an unfamiliar topic, “you can’t call BS on that, because you don’t have the expertise.” And once you stop thinking critically, it can be hard to start again, especially in a stressful backcountry situation.’
https://www.hcn.org/articles/ai-gets-people-into-trouble-in-the-backcountry/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub -
A good article, and thorough.
‘Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec (PPAQ), the group that represents nearly 13,500 maple syrup producers in the province and oversees the reserve, said its stockpile will be "completely depleted" by the end of February.’
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/quebec-maple-syrup-reserve-explainer-9.7389758?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub -
'The actor’s lengthiest TV job was the CBS series “Picket Fences,” which aired from 1992 to 1996. Created by David E. Kelley, “Picket Fences” was set in the small Wisconsin town of Rome and starred Skerritt as Sheriff Jimmy Brock, who works to keep his community in order amid a series of strange and unsettling events.'
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-10-22/tom-skerritt-dead-alien-top-gun-picket-fences-emmy-winner -
Sayaka: I'm 23 and I Fix 40-Year-Old Computers (Here's Why)
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‘Furci said talking about flora and fauna without fungi is "obsolete," since they were recognized as a separate kingdom in 1969 — and they're key to the survival of many plants and animals.‘
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/cop17-fungi-9.7388560