A couple were spotted enjoying a drink on a café terrace near the Arc de Triomphe on Saturday, close to where some of the main rioting took place in central Paris.

Earlier this month, French President Macron criticized American laws and traditions of free speech, stating “I know this when I walk down the street: my freedom cannot mean hitting you, insulting you or trashing the public space we all share.” 

There is a throwaway line in a WSJ story about the Seattle mayor’s failures about how reps from her admin traveled to SF to learn how Lurie was leading such a successful turnaround and were stunned by how it seemed to be connected to hiring competent people who know what they’re doing.

Roughly 65% of flights by the top 50 airlines between Asia and Australasia and Europe transit a keyhole of airspace over Azerbaijan, according to an analysis of @Flightradar24 data. That spikes to ~90% when excl. Chinese & Indian airlines — which have access to Russian airspace.

JUST IN: Chinese bride surprises her groom with a $12,000 Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU at their wedding, bringing him to tears.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) gives a speech on the House floor in a full burqa to demonstrate the repressive conditions women and girls face under Sharia Law in places like Afghanistan.

Last night was cool but now I want @Tesla to design a Roomba that uses the @SpaceX cold gas thruster system so that it can go airborne and land on a different floor and clean the entire house without needing manual positioning.

The Seahawks' three losses thus far are by: 2 points 3 points 3 points But in those 3 losses they have committed: 3 turnovers 4 turnovers 3 turnovers Seattle's offense is a problem.

Holy shit y’all are not ready for tonight’s Tesla Roadster demonstration. There is a massive ramp 😂

Never mind, I found it

Roses are red Violets are blue

Justin Trudeau, the 29-year-old son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, unexpectedly leaves his teaching job at the West Point Grey Academy, possibly as a result of controversially dressing in blackface at a school event earlier this year. His career path onward is not known.

We announced an agreement to acquire a nationwide low-band spectrum license portfolio that will pave the way for @Starlink to become a major mobile carrier in the US. With this new spectrum and our Gen2 constellation, Starlink Mobile can ensure Americans have access to high-speed mobile broadband no matter where they are → spacex.com/updates#starlink-…

Philadelphia held its first parallel parking championship over the weekend nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/pa…

The idea that a lab tech at a highly secure infectious disease institution with a history of bio weapons research would break a vial of plague and wouldn’t be decontaminated, quarantined, and given antibiotics as a prophylactic but instead went home, got sick, etc is absurd.

During a discussion during cruise today, my First Officer raised an insightful technical point regarding the Flydubai incident that I think got overlooked: the counterintuitive advantage of manual reversion. In simulator training, pilots dread dual hydraulic failure. Without hydraulic assistance, the Boeing 737 reverts to mechanical cables and tabs. Control forces become extremely heavy, and aerodynamic response is sluggish—much like driving a heavy vehicle without power steering. Yet, in this scenario, that sluggishness likely saved the airframe. With both engines cut and hydraulic pressure lost, pulling back on the yoke required massive physical effort to achieve even marginal control surface deflection. When the untrained plumber hauled back on the controls, the aerodynamic response was dampened enough to arrest the steep dive without generating catastrophic G-forces. Had hydraulic systems remained fully powered, an abrupt, panicked pull on the yoke could have easily overstressed the airframe, risking structural breakup. Paradoxically, the engine shutdown that threatened the flight also enforced the mechanical damping needed to survive the recovery. Food for thought 💭

Now we await the magical time of the pandemic season when everyone excitedly rushes to the store in great anticipation of hoarding TP.

Im shocked, SHOCKED, that they lied

The most important briefings of the day. Karl Deisseroth, professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, shares the news of his Nobel Prize with his kids.

What’s the evidence on rent control? I charted the findings from 112 studies: Great for rent-controlled tenants ✅ But: Pushes up rents for other people ❌ Pushes down new housing construction ❌ Pushes down building quality ❌