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Scorching heat caused deaths to double at busiest US-Mexico border route (www.theguardian.com)

More than 100 of 148 recorded deaths in El Paso sector were recorded between May and September when heat topped 100F

Special Rescue Event Preview (kayb.ee)

There's Special Rescue Event coming! It'll run from Oct. 10th until Oct. 23rd....

Biden calls allies amid concerns over support for Ukraine (www.politico.com)

Several world leaders joined the call Tuesday, according to the White House.

Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory (www.nature.com)

Cyberpunk 2077 Players Are Getting a Kick Out of Update 2.0's Haunted Police Car (www.ign.com)

How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet (www.wired.com)

More Filipinos dissatisfied with Marcos government's fight vs inflation – Pulse Asia (www.rappler.com)

Based of the results of the Pulse Asia survey held from September 10 to 14, 56% of Filipinos disapprove and 16% approve of the government’s efforts to control inflation, while 28% are undecided....

Spotify threatens Uruguay pullout over equitable remuneration plans (musically.com)

Man crashes car into police station while blasting Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" (consequence.net)

Sorry the website is kind of shitty, but that’s pretty damn funny.

In a remote, dry patch of California, a battle is raging over carrots (apnews.com)

Star Wars’ reluctance to recast Luke and Leia is holding the franchise back (www.gamesradar.com)

It’s time to talk about something Star Wars has been avoiding for some time: recasting its original trilogy characters. There have long been calls for the likes of Luke Skywalker to be portrayed by new actors (Sebastian Stan, anyone?) but it has, by and large, been something that the franchise hasn’t needed to properly...

Kevin McCarthy Ousted as House Speaker in Historic Vote (www.wsj.com)

310 Partisan Actions in 19 Months of Full-Scale War - Solidarity Zone (www.instagram.com)

Schadenfreude as Reddit becomes Self-Aware (kbin.social)

Why Some People Believe the ‘Black Knight’ Satellite Is an Alien Spacecraft (www.popularmechanics.com)

Some believe it’s an extraterrestrial spacecraft. NASA says it’s probably just space junk. Here are the facts.

Why don't favorites & boosts federate from Mastodon on microblogs? (kbin.social)

I've noticed that when I'm browsing microblogs on Kbin, I see very few favorites (upvotes) on posts even when there are tons when you look at them from Mastodon. For example, this post doesn't seem to have any favorites, but look at it from Mastodon, and you see over 120. In general, federation with Mastodon is really...

Meta Unveils Its New AI Dungeon Master, Snoop Dogg (themessenger.com)

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pulled a surprise out of his enchanted bag of holding for viewers of the company’s annual Meta Connect product summit on Wednesday: An artificial intelligence version of Snoop Dogg playing “The Dungeon Master.”

Live: EU's Borrell proposes new €5 billion envelope to Ukraine (www.france24.com)

OSIRIS-REx’s Overflowing Treasures: A Stellar Surprise From Asteroid Bennu (scitechdaily.com)

NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample collection from asteroid Bennu exceeded expectations in material quantity, slowing the curation process. Advanced analysis methods are underway, with a more detailed examination planned for the coming weeks. The initial curation process for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample of ast