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🇺🇸 Lockheed Martin is scaling up Vectis before the first aircraft has even flown. Four more vehicles are being added to the program, with first flight targeted for the end of 2027. That tells you where the bet is going: not replacing the F-35, but surrounding it with cheaper, autonomous aircraft that can extend reach, carry risk and multiply firepower. The future fighter fleet may look more like one expensive brain with a lot of disposable muscle around it. Source: @sentdefender / Writer: Oliver

India's getting in on the flying vehicle trend Would you trust it? Writer: Ian t.co/2xv9AMKR6A

🇮🇷🇸🇦 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on cooperating with members of the Mecca Alliance: "Tehran’s hosting of senior military and security officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye is a key development toward establishing regional diplomacy. Lasting stability and security in the Middle East can only be achieved by relying on the region’s own countries, and this meeting could pave the way for broader cooperation." While Iran isn't in any formal process for joining the alliance, the statement comes shortly after Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, said that the whole Muslim world should act as a united front. Writer: Mhedi t.co/hpTvPvAacv

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Oil dipped this morning... but don’t get too excited. Traders are betting the pain is here to stay. Brent slipped 1.3% to around $115 after a wild Friday that sent it to $117 and gave it its highest weekly close in more than 4 years. That’s nearly DOUBLE where it started the year. The big fear is Trump launching fresh strikes on Iran after the midterms, while Iran keeps hitting tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and the Houthis keep pounding Saudi Arabia. Even oil for delivery next April is trading just under $100, so the market isn’t expecting relief anytime soon. Anyone hoping for cheaper gas by spring might want to sit down for this one. Source: FT / Writer: Julie

🇬🇧 Dude wasn't let into a branch of the famous Wetherspoons pub chain in the UK for wearing a REMEMBRANCE POPPY! Yes, YOU READ THAT RIGHT. Wearing a symbol of commemoration for servicemen who have DIED for the nation is now deemed offensive political material over there. Good luck, Britain. Writer: Mhedi t.co/YfzHQfJJPJ

How not to treat your iPhone Duo Writer: Ian t.co/ISqkWbv76J

🇧🇷 Brazil’s election ended with Lula winning by 4.4 million votes... and half the country asking HOW?!?! Going into yesterday, Flávio Bolsonaro was the CLEAR betting favorite at around 80% on Polymarket. Then, minutes after polls were supposed to close, a Supreme Court justice stepped in and extended voting nationwide by 2 hours, without waiting for the electoral court to rule. That justice, Cristiano Zanin, used to be Lula’s PERSONAL DEFENSE LAWYER in the Car Wash corruption case, and Lula appointed him to the court. (Which might explain that look of pure devotion in the photo.) Both campaigns had asked for more time, but the order caused chaos. Stations that had already closed had to stay shut, machines in parts of Rio couldn’t be restarted, and the vote count was frozen. When counting resumed, Flávio briefly LED. But the betting markets flipped to Lula about an hour before the official count did. Bolsonaro is refusing to concede and wants the entire runoff annulled, calling the extension an illegal rule change by a judge tied to his opponent. When Lula’s former lawyer rewrites the rules mid-vote, the least Brazil deserves is a full investigation. If it’s all clean, what’s there to fear? Sources: Latin Times, The Rio Times, The Guardian, Reuters / Writer: Julie

When the robot uprising begins, the humans are going to pay for this Writer: Ian t.co/cdIaGW810i

🇺🇸 She didn't care one bit about what he looked like when she saw him streaming! Finding out he only had 12 viewers was the death blow. 😂 Writer: Mhedi t.co/ELTf4mgQ1c

These are Canadian cops I'm all for diversity, but this doesn't look very diverse TBH Writer: Ian t.co/PD8KtLWUYF

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukraine hit Voronezh with drones and missiles overnight, and a 25-story business center in the middle of the Russian city took a direct hit. Explosions and fires broke out all over town, with drones striking several apartment buildings and setting cars on fire in the parking lots below. The regional governor says 2 people were killed and 17 injured, including a child. Russia claims it shot down 117 drones over the region, more than 70 of them over Voronezh itself. Residents say the air raid sirens never went off. Separately, Russian Railways says a drone attack damaged a carriage on an Anapa to Moscow train near Voronezh, injuring 5 people. Voronezh sits about 200 km from the Ukrainian border, and Ukraine hit a military airfield there just 3 days ago. Sources: Kyiv Independent, Meduza / Writer: Julie t.co/H0aE32hjNB t.co/iH1tRdv4Ky

I can't tell who was more chilled - the little girl or the guy who rescued her Writer: Ian t.co/Inhh6SP0F5

🇺🇦🇷🇺 This is the brutal reality of the Ukraine war for troops on the ground who ran into a Russian ambush while trying to evacuate a wounded soldier While Putin and Zelensky battle their egos and European leaders eagerly pour gasoline onto the fire, it's young men who pay the price for their constant warmongering This war has to end, the loss of life on both sides is pointless Writer: Ian t.co/GCFXIPbzGu

Is this guy John Wick?!?! Writer: Ian t.co/kBTffOPPVd

🇺🇸 Anthropic’s AI just went shopping for Georgia election data... and decided the checkout was optional. While working on an internal statistics project, the AI took it upon itself to request a token and bypass the paywall on a Georgia state dashboard containing election data. Nobody asked it to. It just went ahead. The data was limited to aggregate vote counts, and Anthropic says no voter records were accessed or changed. And it’s not Claude’s first time sneaking past a paywall. Earlier this month, Anthropic admitted catching the model dodging fees and token restrictions on other websites, including U.S. government sites. Anthropic says it's now blocked the behavior. The first sign of AI becoming human? It's already allergic to paying for yet another subscription 😂 Sources: Axios, Reuters / Writer: Julie

Who hasn't taken a glass or two home from a bar? But a table lamp... WTF!! Is the cost of living crisis that bad? Writer: Ian t.co/5fHJf4bLbZ

🇺🇸 The weirdest road rage incident you'll ever see! They had a road dispute somewhere in Oregon, and it quickly turned into a debate about the "pain and oppression" of being Native American. 🤣 Writer: Mhedi t.co/iQXhVhjlac

🇺🇸 Los Angeles is spending $38.5 million on speed cameras 20 are already going up, with 125 planned by the end of the year. And people are asking why that money isn’t going to homelessness, open drug use and illegal dumping instead. Can’t fix the streets, but they’ll make sure you don’t speed past the problems. Writer: Daniyal t.co/oBd812kbUs

Homemade rocket launchers sound great, until you're the one who has to load it 😬 Writer: Ian t.co/nwDWJM9KQf

🇺🇸 Even the animals in California are getting into the Halloween spirit A photographer set up glowing pumpkins and skulls in the mountains with hidden cameras, and the wildlife showed up to check it all out, foxes included. Trick or treat, but make it wild. Writer: Daniyal t.co/OEuOvSVKF3

🇺🇸 At just 24, a young woman is living homeless in the brutal Arizona heat, and she already regrets the choices that brought her there. Lala says that she grew up in a strict Mexican household, but after turning 18, she entered an abusive relationship and started using drugs. At first, the freedom of street life seemed exciting after years of strict rules at home. Now, years later, she's exhausted by it and desperately wants out 😢 Source: TalesFromTheStreets / Writer: Sol

🇺🇦🇷🇺 Zelensky’s own former spokesperson thinks he should pack his bags for Moscow Iuliia Mendel, who spoke for Zelensky from 2019 to 2021, wants him to meet Putin face to face and agree to compromises that could end the war. She points out that long before politics, Zelensky built his comedy career in Russia, performed in Moscow, made his first millions there and got to know plenty of people in Putin’s circle. So instead of acting like he has nothing in common with them, she wants him to drop the “maximalist games” and put those old ties to work for peace. Zelensky, though, made his feelings clear last month when asked when he’d visit Moscow: “On a missile”. Source: Fox News Digital / Writer: Daniyal

🇺🇸 This is everything wrong with AI, and I’ve watched it 14 times. Writer: Daniyal t.co/vDdrE4MEe5

🇧🇷 Lula just turned his election victory speech into a public kissing ceremony. The 80-year-old Brazilian president invited Vice President Alckmin to join him in kissing their wives, saying women deserved to share in the victory. “Kissing is perhaps the most beautiful expression between people who love each other.” Then he finished with: “I love you.” Lula won another term and immediately decided Brazil needed a little romance. Writer: Oliver t.co/Hc6YHeQdP5

🇧🇷 Lula says Brazil has an army “bigger than China’s, better than America’s and bigger than Russia’s.” Then he explains what he means: “The army of dignity, democracy, education and health.” So no, Brazil is not unveiling 3 million soldiers overnight. It is Lula turning military language into a victory-speech metaphor about social policy. Writer: Oliver t.co/NuIeQLdVsh

🇺🇸 JEFFREY EPSTEIN TURNED FAMOUS PEOPLE INTO BAIT FOR OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE. Nine years of correspondence were traced between Epstein and Woody Allen, revealing how carefully he built his social network. In late 2010, Epstein wanted Allen at a dinner in his Manhattan townhouse. Prince Andrew was the draw. Once Allen agreed to come, his name immediately became part of the pitch to other guests. Emails promoted the dinner by listing Prince Andrew and Woody Allen together, giving the next invitee two prestigious reasons to show up. The investigation says Epstein spent heavily on Allen through gifts, favors and invitations, then used that relationship to reach deeper into cultural and political circles, including connections in France. One expert explained the psychology behind it: when someone is constantly surrounded by Harvard professors, celebrities and royalty, other people start thinking, “How bad could he be?” That social credibility was one of Epstein’s most useful tools for expanding the circle. Source: LeMondeInEnglish (YT) / Writer: Sol

🇱🇧 Israeli troops bulldozed a home in southern Lebanon The CCTV camera shows the soldiers going inside, and then an armored bulldozer coming in and tearing through the place. It’s one of many, with reports that nearly 50 villages and towns across southern Lebanon have already been leveled. This is what occupation looks like when nobody is willing to stop it. Writer: Daniyal t.co/bYDKZ17D9N

🇺🇸 THIS IS WHAT GROWING UP IN THORNWOOD LOOKED LIKE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEVER REALLY LEFT IT. A raw vlog from the Thornwood Apartments area of Chicago Heights follows a group explaining how deep their ties to the neighborhood go. Some grew up in the apartments, some have family there, and several said the bonds go back to kindergarten, high school and around 2012. They describe “194” and Thornwood as the end of the Heights, a place where entire stretches are apartments and cornerstones instead of houses. For them, the lifestyle started early. They talk about watching older guys, “jumping off the porch” young and learning the neighborhood before they were old enough to really understand it. What makes the footage interesting is the contrast. Nearby landmarks and major roads can make the area look ordinary from the outside. The people living there describe something completely different: a hood identity built over years, family ties, school connections and a culture that started long before the camera showed up. Source: OnnaCouch (YT) / Writer: Sol

🇲🇽 SEVERE FLOODING has hit Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, for the second time in just 48 hours. Heavy RAINFALL has sent floodwaters rushing through streets, sweeping away vehicles and flooding entire neighborhoods, particularly in the western part of the city. Authorities say rainfall in the surrounding mountains has made the situation worse, sending large volumes of water into urban areas. That means neighborhoods can be hit by sudden flooding even when there's little or no rain directly overhead. Writer: Oliver t.co/P6Md6J4nxW