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from a fun article on cowichan sweaters https://www.yammagazine.com/the-story-of-the-cowichan-sweaters/

oldie but one of my favs

I feel dejected they didn’t go with Aaron or Abdul.

Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas and the Republican candidate for the US Senate, is aligning himself with the Make America Healthy Again (Maha) movement by investigating pediatricians for giving vaccines – actions that could further restrict access to vaccines as deadly outbreaks unfold.

At first glance, the Zero is about as clunky and unattractive a power bank as you’ll ever find these days. There’s a good reason for that, though: you can take it apart without tools, swap out weak cells for fresh ones when the time comes, and keep using it for way longer than any other power bank will last.

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Biden administration officials like Antony Blinken and Brett McGurk have embarked on media tours trying to whitewash their records over Israel’s destruction of Gaza. Their excuses for enabling genocide are as flimsy and threadbare as their ethical codes.

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Nikita Hand had a compelling reason to not pursue a civil rape case against Conor McGregor. She was, in her own view, an imperfect victim.

Starting today, Guild Wars 2 Living World seasons 1 to 4 are bundled with various expansions for the game, free to anyone who owns them.

Source: https://www.gocomics.com/nancy-classics/2026/10/14

New Delhi wants Moscow and Kyiv to ensure safe commercial shipping in the Black Sea amid attacks that put Indian seafarers at risk.

I must admit - I am thoroughly shocked that not only are they doing it, but they’re actually going all the way to get their main game of Fortnite with upgraded Easy Anti-Cheat running on Linux too. Although, they’re going all-in with AI, and even mentioned the new app has been “vibe coded”.

A women’s sports titan is making headlines, as UEFA reportedly approached multi-team owner Michele Kang about running against current FIFA president Giannai Infantino in the March 2027 election.

Yet one conservative mayoral candidate, Brad Bradford — and the conservative think tank backing him — want to turn Toronto Water into a separate corporation.

The woman, identified in court documents as A.P., is a UW sorority member, according to her attorneys. Her lawsuit against the university and Wyatt Ohara was filed in King County Superior Court last year.

Bestselling Irish author Sally Rooney has announced that her books can no longer be sold in the UK due to the British government’s ban on Palestine Action.

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Again, since cowichan sweaters are popular here, this is where to go to get one custom made. Good for people with unusual sizes or who don’t like used clothes

Bill C-22, the lawful access bill, was a focal point of debate in the Senate last week. While companies continue to warn they may exit Canada if the bill passes in its current form, the debate’s biggest revelation was that it may take years for the government to pass the regulations needed to fully implement the law. The delay is notable for several reasons, including the government’s insistence in the spring that passing the bill was urgent (to the point that it shut down committee clause-by-clause review) and the regulatory uncertainty that it creates. Indeed, the Senate is effectively being asked to approve a surveillance and data retention framework without knowing who will be covered, what they will be required to build, what data about Canadians will be retained, or what any of it will cost. If this sounds familiar, it is because it has seemingly become the government’s go-to approach on many of its digital bills, from privacy to social media regulation, where key decisions are left to regulations and regulatory processes that take years to complete.

During and immediately following CANSEC 2026 in late May, Airbus demonstrated the ability of the H145M and H175M for all three phases on nTACS, including for the special operations forces. Leonardo, too, would likely propose one or both of its AW249 and AW149 platforms if an open competition were held.

In the ongoing saga of “Can it Run Doom” but never ask “Should it Run Doom”.

After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife’s operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.

Last October’s Game Catalog lineup was built around the Silent Hill 2 remake, while this year’s headliners are Mafia: The Old Country, Horizon Forbidden West, and Mycopunk, which arrives as a day one release. Sony announced the lineup today with most of it going live on October 20 for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium members,…

So, my life partner neglected his court-ordered treatment and was taken to a psychiatric inpatient unit involuntarily. I miss him, I wish I stayed with him longer when I visited but I was anxious about taking the bus in an unknown part of town after dark.

Great game and I encourage you all to check it out. I love how the combat mechanics intertwine with the mental health of the pilot.

So just to give you a little background new to AI new to programming within the last couple of months. In my use and my research, I found it frustrating how much of a chat gets lost in drift, I know it’s the nature of an LLM and it’s really hard to put rails on this chat. UI is my attempt to do that there are two different modes, classic in real world Classic treats you as the user like the LLM does you’re basically Superman everything you say it’s funny. everything goes your way. Real world is a completely different experience the LLM treats you like just another character in the story, so basically it does not want to be your friend. It does not want to be your mirror. Characters are overlaid onto an archetype, these archetypes are loosely based on Jung’s 12. I just started this yesterday and would love some feedback.

Thundercade is a shooting game released by SETA in 1987.

Le parquet de Paris a annoncé vendredi la fermeture de Reacher et Stryx, deux sites qui agrégeaient des données issues de fuites. Trois mineurs soupçonnés d’en être les administrateurs seront jugés en janvier

A mano a mano, Banca Intesa Sanpaolo mostra il suo modo di fare bancaL'articolo è pubblicato da #Formichecc @cultureformiche.net/2026/10/banca-intVicinanza al territorio e alle persone. Questo è il messaggio della nuova campagna istituzionale di Banca Intesa Sanpaolo che vuole raccontare proprio il legame dell’istituto con i cittadini. E lo fa attraverso una

Just seven weeks into the fall semester, the university’s Dean of Students Office was investigating multiple misconduct reports involving nearly half the school’s Interfraternity Council chapters, Dean Chrissy Lieberman said Monday in a letter to the school’s fraternities and sororities announcing the suspension.

LOS ANGELES — Public Counsel, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), and co-counsel Willkie Farr & Gallagher filed a motion on Wednesday, October 7, asking a federal court to enforce its July 16 preliminary injunction requiring the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to fix dangerous conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center. The motion presents evidence that the government has failed to comply with the order’s most basic requirements. It asks the Court to enforce the order, require the government to show cause regarding its compliance, hold the government in civil contempt, and impose daily sanctions until it complies.

Part 1 of the Gran Turismo 7 Spec IV update goes live tonight, October 14, at 11:00 PM Pacific (October 15 at 2:00 AM Eastern), and it’s free for everyone who owns the game. Polyphony Digital first detailed Spec IV during the September State of Play as a two-part update tied to the series turning…

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