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Monday, September 21, 2026

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  1. 01

    apple maps “best route” tried to take me to subway through a RESTRICTED MILITARY ZONE and I only noticed because of a sign saying “your gps is wrong, turn around now”

    A viral routing error highlights the ongoing friction between automated navigation systems and restricted physical boundaries.

    255.1K10.4K1.7M
  2. 02

    The video from Jamui, Bihar is deeply disturbing. Two Class 10 students were stopped on a road. Harassed. Humiliated. Molested. A young girl, hands folded, begged to be let go while goons groped her and dragged her away. Who gave these men the right to behave like this? This is not "culture." It is patriarchy: the belief that any man can police a girl's body, her movement, her choices. When control is mistaken for culture, and such attitudes are normalised by Andhbhakts, mobs start believing they are the law. Every individual in that video must be identified and prosecuted under POCSO, and justice must be swift. And if the incident happened on September 19th, why are the culprits not behind bars yet? And the Bihar government must answer why a girl is not safe on a public road at 7 pm? बिहार के जमुई का एक वीडियो बहुत बेचैन करने वाला है। 10वीं क्लास के एक छात्र और छात्रा को रास्ते में जबरदस्ती रोक लिया गया। उन्हें प्रताड़ित किया गया, अपमानित किया गया और छात्रा के साथ उत्पीड़न किया गया। बच्ची हाथ जोड़कर उसे जाने देने की विनती करती रही, मगर गुंडे उसे गलत तरीके से छूते और खींचतान करते रहे। इन लोगों को ऐसी बदतमीज़ी करने का हक किसने दिया? यह "संस्कृति" नहीं है, यह patriarchy है: ये सोच कि किसी भी पुरुष का किसी लड़की के शरीर, उसके आने-जाने और उसकी पसंद-नापसंद पर नियंत्रण है। जब नियंत्रण को ही संस्कृति मान कर 'अंधभक्त' ऐसी सोच को सामान्य ठहराते हैं, तो भीड़ को लगने लगता है कि वही कानून है। उस वीडियो में दिख रहे हर व्यक्ति की पहचान होनी चाहिए और उन अपराधियों पर POCSO के तहत मुकदमा चलाकर उन्हें जल्द से जल्द सजा मिलनी चाहिए। और अगर ये घटना 19 सितंबर की है तो गुनहगार अब तक सलाखों के पीछे क्यों नहीं हैं? और बिहार सरकार जवाब दे कि शाम 7 बजे कोई लड़की राज्य की सड़कों पर सुरक्षित क्यों नहीं है?

    India's opposition leader is demanding strict prosecution after a viral video of public harassment sparked national outrage.

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  3. 03

    🚨 BREAKING: A group of "protestors" just attempted to RUSH THE POLICE LINE at the scene of the ICE-involved shootlng in Austin So Texas State Troopers doused them in pepper, forcing them to INSTANTLY RETREAT THAT'S how it's done. This ain't Minnesota! 🔥

    Footage of Texas state troopers using pepper spray to repel protesters at an active shooting scene is fueling debate over crowd control.

    28.2K4K854.3K
  4. 04

    FSD Supervised now approved in Czechia 🇨🇿 Rollout will begin soon

    Tesla has secured regulatory approval to roll out its supervised autonomous driving software to drivers in the Czech Republic.

    11.4K1.3K1.2M
  5. 05

    Canadian PM Mark Carney: There are only four countries at the forefront of AI: France, Canada, China and the United States. We must join forces to ensure an appropriate framework so that AI is safe and effective.

    A viral quote claiming that only four nations lead the artificial intelligence race is driving debate over global tech supremacy.

    1.4K875.7M
  6. 06

    This school receives $52,389 in funding per student. Yes, per student.

    A viral statistic about a public school receiving over fifty thousand dollars per student is sparking fierce debate over education funding.

    8.3K446461.1K
  7. 07

    The incident in Jamui is so horrifying that X is restricting posts containing visuals of the incident - including my own. But no amount of censorship can hide the reality. Our society is already deeply entrenched in patriarchy and misogyny. Combine that with a government whose commitment to women goes little beyond lip service, and the result is disastrous. Had Modi and Shah taken firm and exemplary action against perpetrators of violence against women, they could have established a clear standard of accountability and deterrence. Instead, their repeated political and institutional attempts to shield and reward such perpetrators create the opposite effect: A climate in which violence against women becomes a state-backed norm.

    Indian politicians are accusing social media platforms of censorship after videos of a severe harassment incident in Bihar were restricted.

    3.9K88774.8K
  8. 08

    Opus 5.5 Coming This Tuesday - Opus 5.5 is in stealth testing under the codename claude-wafer-eap. It was previously to be Opus 5.2, but now they have changed their plan to Opus 5.5. - I think they changed it because Opus 5.5 has significant changes compared with Opus 5.1. - Its around the level of Astra and Fable 5.1, and in some areas can perform even better. - Its quite good at 3D and frontend work, with better attention to small details and more polished outputs. - Pricing: $4 input / $20 output per 1M tokens, $0.20 cache read / $5 cache write. Context window: 872K down from 936K. - This makes it around 20% cheaper than Opus 5.1. And this time, Opus 5.5 > GPT-6 Sol. Anthropic gonna be back.

    Leaked specifications for Anthropic's unreleased Opus model suggest a major leap in frontend coding capabilities and visual generation.

    1.7K156331.3K
  9. 09

    Apple's upcoming HomePad smart home hub is set to be announced in October. The device will feature a square display and custom homeOS software, as well as a camera for FaceTime calls.

    Apple is reportedly preparing to launch a dedicated smart home hub with a custom operating system and built-in video calling this October.

    2.3K68140.9K
  10. 10

    I can't confirm any of this, but I'm at least hearing the rumors. 1) GPT-6-Sol will be another significant leap forward; its price-performance ratio compared to Astra will be surprisingly good. Most likely, it will be released on Tuesday. 2) Opus 5.5, in response to OpenAI's move, is also expected this week, today or tomorrow. A significant leap forward; OpenAI and Anthropic are currently neck and neck. Opus is a response to GPT-6-Sol. What's new to me is that "Bel" is internally referred to as AGI. Considering the graph, which still shows how quickly OpenAI's models continue to improve, this isn't surprising (graph below).

    Rumors of imminent frontier model releases from OpenAI and Anthropic are fueling industry speculation about the next leap in AI reasoning.

    1.9K78278.9K

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