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George Pearkes@peark.es

$DASH in talks to purchase $CART, shares -8%

wsj.comExclusive | DoorDash Is in Advanced Talks to Acquire Delivery Rival InstacartThe deal could be completed as soon as this week, people familiar with the matter said.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social

Scientists deploy a 24-armed secret weapon to save California’s kelp forests

theguardian.comScientists deploy a 24-armed secret weapon to save California’s kelp forestsTeam works to restore the sunflower sea star as 95% of these key underwater ecosystems have been decimated along the Pacific

Knapp Arcade@knapparcade.bsky.social

A rare 1987 CIC Play Galaxy Play 2 pinball machine, a product of Spain 🇪🇸. Nothing is known about production numbers, the designer or artist. This is the only one that I’ve ever seen in person. As seen at The Pinball Capital in Stone Park, Illinois. #pinball #arcade #madeinspain #1980s #chicago

Zero Tackle@zerotackle.bsky.social

The club’s latest off-field recruitment could be the key. READ 👉 https://ebx.sh/fibTT4 #NRL #RugbyLeague

SFGATE@sfgate.com

San Francisco's latest walking tour takes people past cats in windows, and apparently, the demand is enormous. Nearly 100 people gathered Saturday for a neighborhood “catwalk,” a free afternoon stroll past the homes of local cats, all volunteered by their owners for a moment in the spotlight.

Prof. Eliot Jacobson@climatecasino.net

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! It takes 2 weeks to confirm ocean sea surface temperatures and the long wait is finally over. The first day in recorded history with Nino 3.4 SST at or above 30.0°C is now officially on the record. October 7, 2026: 30.000°C. climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_dai...

Pinball Flyers@pinballflyers.bsky.social

Starship Troopers (Sega, 1997)

The Register@theregister.com

Red-team report found OpenAI utterly failed to monitor its agents during Hugging Face attack

theregister.comRed-team report found OpenAI utterly failed to monitor its agents during Hugging Face attackMonitoring was only partial and was easily bypassed

LGR@lgr-yt.bsky.social

this is a QUARTER CENTURY old now youtu.be/GAv1EwoRnec Back to 2001 on LGR today for a retrospective on Windows XP! Reminiscing on its release, unboxing and setting it up, new features, games, screensavers, and a bunch of nifty early 2000s things. Still a truly enjoyable eXPerience decades later!

youtu.beWindows XP 25 Years Later! An LGR RetrospectiveYouTube video by LGR

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com

Enormous news. A melanoma vaccine, one of the most deadly cancers out there. Science is good and helpful and there should be more of it. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

washingtonpost.comBreakthrough vaccine for the deadliest skin cancer cut risk by almost halfThe skin cancer vaccine is based on mRNA technology that helped end the coronavirus pandemic.

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au

Cave divers and rangers search for rare ghost bats after flooding

abc.net.auCave divers search for rare ghost bats after floodingCave divers abseil into the abyss searching for signs of Australia's largest carnivorous bat, to save it from going locally extinct in outback Queensland.

Internet Archive@archive.org

An update from Brewster Kahle on today's outage.

Ina Hallström@killedbyproxy.bsky.social

Systematic review relevant to the discourse on diagnoses and meds. "ADHD was associated with increased all-cause mortality, suicide mortality, unintentional or intentional injury mortality, and natural-cause mortality, whereas ADHD medication use was associated with reduced all-cause mortality."

jamanetwork.comMortality Among People With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderThis systematic review and meta-analysis examines the association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and all-cause and cause-specific mortality and medication use.

OzBargain@ozbargain-com-au.bsky.social

OXO Good Grips Lockable Stainless Steel Tongs, 30cm/12-Inch $9.59 + Delivery ($0 Prime/ $59 Spend) @ Amazon AU (Excl. NT)

dlvr.itOXO Good Grips Lockable Stainless Steel Tongs, 30cm/12-Inch $9.59 + Delivery ($0 Prime/ $59 Spend) @ Amazon AU (Excl. NT)Cheaper than usual sale prices with the extra $2.40 discount applied at checkout Features: Great for turning and lifting vegetables Versatile for cooking, tossing and transferring food …