100 years ago, a rogue Washington geologist faced ridicule for his 'catastrophic' theory. He was right.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/100-years-ago-rogue-washington-193700662.html

US families are behind on bills at rate not seen since Great Recession of 2008 | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money/debt-recession-consumers-bills-b3066651.html

'The amazement is kind of wearing off a little bit': Wharton survey reveals managers are learning what Gen Z already figured out | Fortune
https://fortune.com/2026/10/13/gen-z-ai-backlash-managers-agent-verification-wharton-gbk/

JPMorgan CEO Dimon warns customers of 'liability transfer' with AI | Banking Dive
https://www.bankingdive.com/news/jpmorgan-dimon-ai-agents-bank-customers-liability-transfer/832870/

Microsoft Patches More Than 1,400 Security Flaws – Krebs on Security
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/10/microsoft-patches-more-than-1400-security-flaws/

The developer who cloned Photoshop using AI has now created Word, Excel, and PowerPoint replicas with Claude | TechSpot
https://www.techspot.com/news/114179-developer-who-cloned-photoshop-using-ai-has-now.html

Google pulled the best Gemini models from free users; here's the cheapest fix
https://www.androidpolice.com/gemini-plan-worth-paying-for/

Popular men's health drug linked to unexpected muscle-boosting effects | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/health/popular-erectile-dysfunction-pill-may-deliver-additional-boost-aging-men

Deep-Sea Rocks Spontaneously Combusted After Scientists Brought Them to the Surface
https://gizmodo.com/deep-sea-rocks-spontaneously-combusted-after-scientists-brought-them-to-the-surface-2000825338

Tesla's 'Security Protocols' Stopped DHS From Installing a Tracking Device
https://www.404media.co/teslas-security-protocols-stopped-dhs-from-installing-a-tracking-device/

Tofu Outranked Chicken, Beef, and Eggs in a New Protein Analysis
https://www.foodandwine.com/tofu-tops-protein-source-ranking-cambridge-research-12149065

Ukrainian drones hit Russia's top data centre in attack on AI ambitions | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/ukrainian-drones-hit-russias-biggest-data-centre-2026-10-14/

The seven stages of American decline - Asia Times
https://asiatimes.com/2026/10/the-seven-stages-of-american-decline/

Zelenskyy interview: U.S. warns Ukraine it could cut intel sharing : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/13/nx-s1-6000051/ukraine-zelenskyy-npr-interview-russia-war

> US families are behind on bills at rate not seen since Great Recession of 2008 | The Independent
> https://www.independent.co.uk/us/money/debt-recession-consumers-bills-b3066651.html

"Around 35 percent of those earning more than $300,000 are living paycheck-to-paycheck - roughly the same rate as those earning $50,000 to $100,000, a recent Goldman Sachs report found."

WOW. That really speaks to many people living beyond their means, and many of those have means over 300k/year.

I think it also speaks to living in HCOL areas. $300k goes a long way where you & I live but not very far in SF or NYC.

It also speaks to people's definition of "paycheck to paycheck."

Remember, everyone in America whose net worth is in the 25th to 99.9th percentile is middle class (according to them).

> Russian data centers

QuoteWhen traffic from Yandex networks collapsed, speculation spread across the Internet that Russian influence operations and malicious botnets had suffered a crippling blow. Cloudflare data tells a different story: across Cloudflare's network, there was no evidence that the strikes knocked social media manipulation offline or otherwise disrupted malicious activity on the Internet. Instead, the data demonstrated...

Malicious automation migrated instead of stopping

https://blog.cloudflare.com/yandex-outage/