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• VentureBeat2026-10-13✓ Read

  Agents need more than business process knowledge. They need to understand how your company actually works

  AI agents need more than process knowledge to execute work reliably. They need company-specific context, governed workflows and controls that travel across systems.

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• Jacobin2026-10-13✓ Read

  In Russia’s Election, Nothing Happened, but Things Got Worse

  Between September 18 and 20, Russians voted for a new State Duma, along with several regional parliaments and governors. According to the Central Election Commission, turnout reached 59.8 percent, up eight points since 2021. The result was the one everyone expected.

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• VentureBeat2026-10-13✓ Read

  The next-gen AI stack: Unifying data and knowledge without borders

  Agentic AI requires more than access to data. Learn how a borderless data foundation can provide the context, trust and processing needed for autonomous agents.

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• Main - Kottke.org2026-10-13✓ Read

  “I’m forced to admit that these AI-decompiled web browser

  “I’m forced to admit that these AI-decompiled web browser ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops, Halo: CE, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Skate 3, and The Simpsons: Hit and Run actually seem to run very well.”

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• Jacobin2026-10-13✓ Read

  All Aboard Eugene Debs’s Red Special

  In 1908, on one of his five presidential runs, legendary socialist organizer Eugene Debs embarked on a whirlwind tour across the country on his own train, the Red Special. His mission: spread the socialist gospel to any American who would hear him out.

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• Inverse2026-10-13✓ Read

  10 Years Later, An Underrated Horror Cult Classic Is Finally Getting A Huge Upgrade

  Director André Øvredal's hugely underrated 'The Autopsy of Jane Doe' is finally getting a 4K Blu-ray worth your time.

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• VVOX2026-10-13✓ Read

  How housing victories in San Diego, Austin, and Atlanta could spread nationwide

  As rents and homelessness climbed in San Diego over the last decade, leaders watched in frustration as affordable housing projects took months to get approved. The longer a project dragged on, the more expensive it became.

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• VVOX2026-10-13✓ Read

  To save democracy, you might want to go to church

  To the average observer concerned with the future of American democracy, it might be easy to conclude that religion has been part of the problem — particularly over the last few years. Right-wing religious leaders, including the leading Southern Baptist televangelist Robert Jeffress, have endorsed “Christian nationalism”; other evangelical pastors and conservative Catholic intellectuals have been openly pondering if America should become more of a theocracy; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who once called for an “

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• Main - Kottke.org2026-10-13✓ Read

  Improving Conversation on KDO

  I’ve been really pleased with how KDO comments are working lately — you folks have been lively, informative, fun, and pushing conversations beyond what I can individually manage. And the vibe of the threads are more closely matching the vibe of the community guidelines. All good! The one-size-fits-all-ness of social media has its advantages, but some are looking for quieter spaces and more orientation around community and shared sensibilities. Through the comments, KDO has been growing into one of those places.

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• Inverse2026-10-13✓ Read

  ‘VisionQuest’ Is Coming Even Sooner Than We Expected

  'VisionQuest' is hitting Disney+ a day earlier than expected.

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• Inverse2026-10-12✓ Read

  The Most Controversial Cyberpunk Video Game Of The Decade Is Becoming A Movie

  CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 is coming to theaters courtesy of a partnership between Paramount Pictures and its creators.

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• Inverse2026-10-12✓ Read

  New ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Poster May Have Accidentally Spoiled A Big Plot Twist

  Designing superhero costumes is an acquired skill, and not one that allows for many extraneous elements. As Edna Mode said in The Incredibles, “No capes!” For that reason, costumes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe may be cool to look at, but they’re usually skintight and don’t allow a lot of impractical style to shine through.

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• VentureBeat2026-10-12✓ Read

  Meta’s new Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full models achieve frontier performance, but only the weaker one is available via API

  The company has not announced a pay-as-you-go API price for its most powerful model. Instead, Full is currently available through two Muse Code subscription tiers:

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• Main - Kottke.org2026-10-12✓ Read

  Prompting as Self-Portrait. “We need the blank page and

  Prompting as Self-Portrait. “We need the blank page and the silence to go deeper into our thoughts and our understanding of ourselves and of the world.”

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• Cracked: All Posts2026-10-12✓ Read

  The ‘30 Rock’ 20th Anniversary Celebration Was “An Overly Ambitious Grab Bag of Nonsense”

  Conan O’Brien, Tom Hanks and Jon Hamm made surprise appearances at the chaotic benefit show

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• Inverse2026-10-12✓ Read

  ‘VisionQuest’ Review: Marvel’s Ambitious New Sci-Fi Sequel Is Missing The Magic Of Its Original

  'VisionQuest' will delight certain Marvel fans, while others may be longing for a certain witch or two.

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• Inverse2026-10-12✓ Read

  ‘True Detective’ Season 5 May Have Just Confirmed The Perfect Star

  One of the strengths of an anthology series is how everything can change from season to season. Every season of The White Lotus takes place in a different resort; every season of American Horror Story has a different focus and different characters; and every season of Fargo follows a different story.

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• Main - Kottke.org2026-10-12✓ Read

  Nearly 4M Records of Enslaved People in 20 Former British

  Nearly 4M Records of Enslaved People in 20 Former British Colonies Now Searchable Online. “The Former British Colonies Enslavement Registers contains about 300,000 pages recording enslaved people across former British colonial dependencies…”

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• Main - Kottke.org2026-10-12✓ Read

  Why I Did Not Leave Nazi Germany in Time. “Many of us

  Why I Did Not Leave Nazi Germany in Time. “Many of us feared the shock of being uprooted and tried to avoid it if at all possible. But to understand this reaction…I say that nobody could possibly have foreseen the ‘final solution.’”

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• Main - Kottke.org2026-10-12✓ Read

  The Worst Way To Get To Space. I’d never heard the story

  The Worst Way To Get To Space. I’d never heard the story of the manhole cover possibly propelled into orbit by a nuclear blast — it was estimated to be moving at ~42 miles/sec. “Some speculated it became the first manmade object to enter Earth’s orbit.”

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