Flutterby™! (short)

Multiple posts suggest that Binance and Polymarket have been hit, to the tune of several billion dollars.

So, anyway, cryptocurrency, amiright?

Edit: PC Mag: Binance Investigates Reports of Hack as Billions In Crypto Get Moved:

However, the hack appears to only affect Binance.com, not Binance.us, which was created for the US market. "We are a separate, independent platform, and customer funds and services are secure and operating normally. Rest assured, all user funds are safe," Binance.us tweeted.

Trump’s Secret Stake in Cheesecake Factory Revealed

Financial disclosures reviewed by the Daily Beast show Trump made numerous trades in the restaurant franchise as his White House renovations went into overdrive.

Via.

Schadenfreudometer: pegged. Conservative influencers Cam Higby and James O'Keefe face identity theft charges over Minnesota primary

Fifty years of Emacs. If the only thing to come out of this AI bubble is the equivalent of what came out of that era's AI bubble, maybe it's not all for naught?

https://www.technologyreview.c...26/10/20/1145399/emacs-turns-50/

via https://bsky.app/profile/elfst...g.bsky.social/post/3myxf7vtyrk2c

Cornell to Offer Free ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini Access for Students, Staff.

This seems like Penn State offering free tequila.

Anthropic IPO warns its AI could blackmail people, become sentient, end humanity.

Who will be eaten first? was supposed to be parody.

I have never wanted to stand up and cheer for John Hanania, but his closing statement... nicely dropped that knife in and twisted.

I'm still hell yeah for Kevin McDonnell, but appreciate that John pointed out those things.

I am amazed at the candidates talking about hard communication with council. I say "hi" to most of the council members regularly, I run across them all the time. Where are the people who are having trouble feeling heard hanging out?

Alan LaPierre isn't smart enough to know that he's calling for more traffic even as he's saying he's for less of it.

Yay for Brent Newell for calling bullshit on the 11 stories thing. "We deserve better discourse".

Go Janice: "I really encourage all candidates to read the general plan."

Hope some calls bullshit on the PHA...

Shelina Moreda coming out strong for increasing homelessness. Yay for Karen Nau calling bullshit (kindly) on her.

Yay for Eric Vasquez taking it to the next level.

At the Petaluma Women's Club for the candidates forum. There are definitely varying levels of preparation on display here.

This is reinforcing my previous opinions.

We found the criminal immigrants. Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro and family will get US visas after election loss, State Department says.