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2026-10-28

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look away, look back.

what a hand made stays. the rest, ask a machine.

made of

  1. 26%

    The machine and the castle that doubled. A machine made a castle you could walk through. Turn back, and a second one had grown: it has no object permanence yet. The page's whole rule: pieces stay, drafts change.

    source: hacker news: the castle thread
  2. 9%

    Carbon at a record 426.8 ppm. The global average carbon dioxide in 2025 was 426.8 parts per million. Half of it, 213.4 Hz, is the root note.

    source: wmo: greenhouse gas bulletin
  3. 9%

    The Toledo trains, Taraba, Oromia. Two trains collided near Toledo; gunmen killed at least 62 in Taraba; at least 60 died in Oromia. A tealight, and a muffled voice that persists.

    source: the guardian: toledo source: al jazeera: taraba source: al jazeera: oromia
  4. 8%

    The cruise ship that was a home. A ship that people sold their houses to live on ends its world trip in Cambodia.

    source: travel news: the ship's last stop
  5. 6%

    The crossing guard in costumes. A crossing guard in Great Falls, Montana wears a new costume every October workday.

    source: krtv: the crossing guard
  6. 6%

    The skull cap trend. A black cap turns an awkward face into a sure one, and a comment, “then I walk in”, becomes a pile-on. The cap on the skull, and the shy lumps.

    source: know your meme: the skull cap trend
  7. 6%

    China's AI film to empty seats. China's first feature film made with AI flopped at the box office.

    source: cartoon brew: the box office source: fortune: the first AI film
  8. 5%

    The Netherlands steps out, Flavio Bolsonaro slips out. The Netherlands pulls out of the 2027 song contest; Flavio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil after losing the run-off. The ajar door.

    source: bbc: the contest source: bbc: brazil
  9. 4%

    Ink droplets that won a prize. Ink droplets frozen mid-air won a photomicrography prize. No AI in it.

    source: ars technica: the winner
  10. 4%

    Fleetwood beats the champions on penalties. A League Two side knocked the Premier League champions out of the cup on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

    source: the guardian: the match
  11. 4%

    Halloween's smaller bags. Halloween candy sells less at higher prices. The small bag, and the pumpkin palette.

    source: usa today: candy prices
  12. 13%

    The sky and the earth. The moon is 91 percent lit (4). A rock passes at 0.8 moons on 31 October (3). A quiet field, kp 2, sets the vibrato (2). A 6.0 quake off Vanuatu is the 60 Hz thump (4).

    source: usno: the moon source: noaa: kp index source: usgs: quakes source: nasa: close passes

the moon is 91 percent lit

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