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Recalls This Week – ConsumerSun Recall Index, Oct 12–18, 2026
https://www.bespacific.com/recalls-this-week-consumersun-recall-index-oct-12-18-2026/
Published: October 23, 2026 02:25
Time sensitive recall information critical to public health has been scaled back by the CPSC, FDA and NHTSA due to federal employee cuts and curtailed consumer services. beSpacific will post a weekly consolidated update thanks to ConsumerSun. Please refer…
AI-attributed layoffs are a household money story
https://www.bespacific.com/ai-attributed-layoffs-are-a-household-money-story/
Published: October 23, 2026 02:19
Public Engagement @CAIS: Wage Loss Dashboard. Layoff totals describe how many jobs disappeared. Wage estimates begin to show what those cuts can mean for households and local economies. Experts predict that AI’s effect on the economy will be…
Russian military intelligence reportedly hacked Jared Kushner’s iPhone during Trump’s first term
https://www.bespacific.com/russian-military-intelligence-reportedly-hacked-jared-kushners-iphone/
Published: October 23, 2026 02:14
Vanity Fair – The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million in Transfers – An exclusive excerpt from Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the…
Unvetted AI agents are accessing U.S. bank accounts
https://www.bespacific.com/unvetted-ai-agents-are-accessing-us-bank-accounts/
Published: October 23, 2026 02:13
Axios: “Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources tell Axios. AI agents are becoming a…
Your Election Interference Fears Were 100% Justified
https://www.bespacific.com/your-election-interference-fears-were-100-justified/
Published: October 23, 2026 02:10
TMP – This Is Not a Drill … Repeat … NOT a Drill – Drilling Down Into the Details – More Threats From the Trump DOJ – “The Trump administration has launched a full-blown attack on the midterm elections in California. It’s the very thing that everyone has…
Railpass
https://www.bespacific.com/railpass/
Published: October 23, 2026 02:02
Railpass simulates a train ride in your browser window using real video footage. Choose from trains from around the world or add some weather to the mix. Sound on for the best ride. [Via Kottke]
We asked dozens of librarians about America’s libraries
https://www.bespacific.com/we-asked-dozens-of-librarians-about-americas-libraries/
Published: October 22, 2026 02:38
The New York Times gift article – ….and what they provide, what they need to survive. “This year, Americans are marking the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding. The nation’s librarians are celebrating a milestone too: the 150th birthday of the…
Is Wikipedia the ‘Last Best Place on the Internet’?
https://www.bespacific.com/is-wikipedia-the-last-best-place-on-the-internet/
Published: October 22, 2026 02:31
The New York Times, no paywall: “A jaunty new history recounts how the online encyclopedia turned the promise of collective creation into a global juggernaut. Remember when Wikipedia was seen as a lark, and maybe even a bit of a joke? An online…
The Chestnut Grove Caught in the Middle of A Years-Long Data Center Fight
Published: October 22, 2026 02:28
404 Media: “They want to put a data center in a grove of endangered trees, PHP faces a massive vulnerability, and a Republican candidate for Congress left his AI prompt exposed. Lots going on today, let’s get into it. Near the bank of the Ohio River, a…
New Data Show How Much Worse Scams Are Getting for Americans Over 60
https://www.bespacific.com/new-data-show-how-much-worse-scams-are-getting-for-americans-over-60/
Published: October 22, 2026 02:11
Gizmodo: “The Federal Trade Commission released a new report Monday on fraud targeting older Americans, defined as people 60 and older. And things just keep getting worse. The report, which is mandated by Congress under the Elder Abuse Prevention and…
The many barriers young adults must overcome to vote
https://www.bespacific.com/the-many-barriers-young-adults-must-overcome-to-vote/
Published: October 22, 2026 02:08
SciLine – A research based reporting guide: “This guide offers insights, tips, and story ideas to help journalists report on Generation Z’s voting habits. Nearly 50 million adults aged 18 to 29 will be eligible to vote in the 2026 midterm elections, making…
WSJ new AI tool, “Doppler,” forecasts issues that will shape midterm elections
Published: October 22, 2026 02:07
NiemnLab: “Ahead of Election Day, the tool has ingested 25 million TikTok videos and 500,000 podcasts to gain new insight into U.S. voters. More than 100 million voters are expected to cast ballots in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. In recent election…
A scammer could use what’s already exposed about you
https://www.bespacific.com/a-scammer-could-use-whats-already-exposed-about-you/
Published: October 22, 2026 02:04
OutThere: “Enter your email and we’ll look up what’s out there.Then we’ll show you the scam it could become.”
Don’t be fooled. The AI that was supposed to save us time is doing just the opposite
https://www.bespacific.com/ai-that-was-supposed-to-save-us-time-is-doing-just-the-opposite/
Published: October 21, 2026 02:21
The Guardian: “The government says it can transform the state with AI, but it is no match for the resulting stream of machine-generated slop. And we all pay the cost. Another morning, another avalanche of emails. Even after a guilty cull, my inbox is…
Justice Kagan – Supreme Court has damaged democracy with recent rulings
https://www.bespacific.com/justice-kagan-supreme-court-has-damaged-democracy-with-recent-rulings/
Published: October 21, 2026 02:16
Washington Post – no paywall: “With pivotal midterm elections two weeks away, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said Tuesday the high court’s recent decisions on voting and campaign finance have damaged the nation’s democracy. The liberal justice sharply…
Your Boss May Soon Want to Scan Your Eyes Before Your Next Zoom Call
https://www.bespacific.com/your-boss-may-soon-want-to-scan-your-eyes-before-your-next-zoom-call/
Published: October 21, 2026 02:13
Gizmodo: “World, the iris-scanning identity project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, now offers a way for people on Zoom calls to prove they are humans rather than deepfakes. To sign workers up, World is offering to place its Orbs inside client…
Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity Has Ever Made
https://www.bespacific.com/computer-chips-are-the-most-magnificent-things-humanity-has-ever-made/
Published: October 21, 2026 02:13
Gideon Lewis-Kraus in The New Yorker [no paywall]: Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity Has Ever Made. “They power our phones, cars, dishwashers—and the A.I. systems that prop up the economy. They’re also at the heart of fierce…
Fall Foliage in Washington, DC
https://www.bespacific.com/fall-foliage-in-washington-dc/
Published: October 21, 2026 02:12
Casey Trees: This map displays fall foliage inventoried by our park inventory program and trees planted by Casey Trees or the DDOT Urban Forestry Division. Get ready for leaf-peeping season with our Fall Colors Map! This interactive map compiles data on…
1 in 5 Americans regularly get news on TikTok
https://www.bespacific.com/1-in-5-americans-regularly-get-news-on-tiktok/
Published: October 21, 2026 02:05
Pew Research Center: “Many Americans use social media to connect with one another, engage with news content, share information and entertain themselves. Explore the patterns and trends shaping the social media landscape. YouTube and Facebook are the most…
In today’s Congress, three seats can decide everything.
https://www.bespacific.com/in-todays-congress-three-seats-can-decide-everything/
Published: October 20, 2026 02:27
USAFacts: “Unlike the large majorities of the past, today’s congressional control often hinges on only a few seats changing hands. In 2025, when the Senate convened, Republicans held a majority of seats. Counting only party affiliation, it would have taken…
Saviour or Scoundrel? Cornell’s Report on the Future of the American University, a Response
Published: October 20, 2026 02:14
Saviour or Scoundrel? Cornell’s Report on the Future of the American University, a Response. Jeff Edmunds. 16 October 2026 “Si mon hypothèse est exacte, il faut admettre que la fonction primaire de la communication écrite est de faciliter…
English ↔ Claudish
https://www.bespacific.com/english-%e2%86%94-claudish/
Published: October 20, 2026 02:09
PAW. Define functions in English. Compile them into neural programs. Run them locally.
KidsTrends
https://www.bespacific.com/kidstrends/
Published: October 20, 2026 02:05
Kids Trends – “Kids shape culture, and their drawings show what captures their attention. I scraped over 100 million drawings and paintings from Artsonia, an online student art gallery, to explore almost 20 years of favorite characters, passing obsessions,…
CRS – Federal Election Results: Frequently Asked Questions
https://www.bespacific.com/crs-federal-election-results-frequently-asked-questions/
Published: October 20, 2026 02:05
CRS Report No. R46565. Federal Election Results: Frequently Asked Questions, October 19, 2026, version 8. CRS Author(s): Sarah J. Eckman, Analyst in American National Government; R. Sam Garrett, Specialist in American National Government; Karen L. Shanton,…
The Chocolate Conspiracy
https://www.bespacific.com/the-chocolate-conspiracy/
Published: October 20, 2026 02:05
New York Magazine: no paywall – “The Chocolate Conspiracy. Everyone in my life agreed: It tastes different now. I ventured into the molten belly of our crumbling world to find out why. Rachel Handler, a features writer at Vulture and New YorkOn a recent…
Find the citations that need a second look before you file.
https://www.bespacific.com/find-the-citations-that-need-a-second-look-before-you-file/
Published: October 20, 2026 02:02
CiteProof checks every citation in your brief against public court records — including AI-fabricated citations — and quoted passages in paid checks. You get a report that shows what verified, what needs your attention, and what we could not check. Verify a…
AI Personalizations for Lawyers: Teach Your AI How You Work
https://www.bespacific.com/ai-personalizations-for-lawyers-teach-your-ai-how-you-work/
Published: October 20, 2026 02:02
Attorney At Work: Every time you start a new conversation with an AI tool, do you find yourself repeating the same instructions? Keep it concise. Use plain English. Don’t invent facts. Ask questions when the assignment is unclear. Write for a client rather…
Between Google Scholar and ChatGPT: How Students Conduct Research in 2026
https://www.bespacific.com/between-google-scholar-and-chatgpt-how-students-conduct-research-in-2026/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:52
ZBW Blog about Open Science, Information Infrastructures, Innovations. “Google Scholar remains a mainstay, ChatGPT has become an established research tool, and specialist academic databases continue to play a secondary role for many students. A new ZBW…
MapQuest will now show you where Flock cameras are in your neighborhood
https://www.bespacific.com/mapquest-will-now-show-you-where-flock-cameras-are-in-your-neighborhood/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:20
engadget – “MapQuest has been on quite the unexpected tear over the last couple of months. The mapping service’s app surged in popularity after it refused to refer to Lake Ontario as Lake America (unlike Google Maps and Apple Maps). MapQuest also added…
Everything is spying on you and there’s no opting out
https://www.bespacific.com/everything-is-spying-on-you-and-theres-no-opting-out/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:17
The Verge – no paywall: “A new wave of AI-enhanced consumer creep-tech disregards the privacy of everyone but the wearer. The people have had enough. We have the ability to continuously listen to every spoken word they detect and create summaries of…
AI Came for Math. Now It’s Chasing the Rest of Science
https://www.bespacific.com/ai-came-for-math-now-its-chasing-the-rest-of-science-2/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:13
Wired: [no paywall] “I attended a talk at MIT by Neil Thompson, who studies progress in computing and artificial intelligence. Over the course of just half an hour, Thompson made a convincing case that several scientific fields are about to be upended by…
Iran war is costing American households $2,000 each
https://www.bespacific.com/iran-war-is-costing-american-households-2000-each/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:10
CNN – The deeply unpopular war in the Middle East continues to deliver economic shockwaves through Main Street America. From $4 gas and 7% mortgage rates to surging airfares, the Iran war is significantly raising the cost of living for inflation-weary…
The (Currently) Uneven Intelligence of AI in Comparative Constitutional Law
Published: October 19, 2026 02:09
hilton, Adam, Langlois, Arthur, Dittmer, Jan-Ulrich; Versteeg, Mila: The (Currently) Uneven Intelligence of AI in Comparative Constitutional Law: From Years of Research to a Single Prompt?, VerfBlog, 2026/10/14,…
CA told to “hold” Ballots. DOJ Says They Can’t Investigate: The Suit Over Tens of Thousands of Votes
https://www.bespacific.com/ca-told-to-hold-ballots-doj-says-they-cant-investigate/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:07
Mark Ramm: The Justice Department wants California to hold back mail ballots from people it calls likely noncitizens. “Its own complaint says it cannot investigate them before the election ends. In one of the Paragraph 60 of the complaint the Justice…
The FBI Purge Complaint in Detail: Fired for the work
https://www.bespacific.com/the-fbi-purge-complaint-in-detail-fired-for-the-work/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:04
Follow up to 9 FBI Agents Sued Blanche, Patel, FBI, DOJ Over Being Fired for Working on Trump Documents Case – See Also Via Mark Ramm – 7 Groups of Employees Were Fired, 0 Rulings on Whether Any Filigs Will Lawful. The FBI Purge Complaint in Detail: Fired…
Anthropic quietly pitches its own AI safety bill to lawmakers
https://www.bespacific.com/anthropic-quietly-pitches-its-own-ai-safety-bill-to-lawmakers/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:04
Politico: “Representatives for the artificial intelligence giant Anthropic have quietly pitched Capitol Hill lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security, according to three people with knowledge of the efforts who were granted…
Parliamentary Reference Sources: House of Representatives
https://www.bespacific.com/parliamentary-reference-sources-house-of-representatives/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:02
Parliamentary Reference Sources: House of Representatives. Updated April 29, 2026 (RL30787). House procedures are based not only on the rules the chamber adopts at the start of each Congress but also on constitutional mandates, published precedents,…
CBP and ICE Should Improve Body-Worn Camera Program Management
https://www.bespacific.com/cbp-and-ice-should-improve-body-worn-camera-program-management/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:00
Federal Law Enforcement:CBP and ICE Should Improve Body-Worn Camera Program Management. GAO-26-108157. What GAO Found Body-worn cameras provide law enforcement personnel with the capability to record interactions with the public. When initiating their…
New dataset: ICE 287(g) agreements and jurisdictions
https://www.bespacific.com/new-dataset-ice-287g-agreements-and-jurisdictions/
Published: October 19, 2026 02:00
New dataset: ICE 287(g) agreements and jurisdictions. Authors Affiliations – Hayley Labia. Student data fellow, Deportation Data Project; Graeme Blair, Professor of Political Science, UCLA; Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral…