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Elon Musk just posted this:
“As of the past few weeks, debt markets have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn’t have substantial revenue independent of AI data centers.”
“That means the 200+ neoclouds are going to see guppy-level death and consolidation. Some will make it through, but not many.”
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‼️ Tailscale SSH Flaws Could Let Hackers Gain Root Access Across Servers
Details: cybersecuritynews.com/tailsc…
A new security report warns that Tailscale SSH has flaws that could let a hacker move from one compromised device to root access on other servers. Tailscale SSH lets approved devices log in to each other over a private network. The report lists 11 findings in five groups.
They cover Tailscale’s SSH server, its serve and app connector features, the DERP relay client, and headscale, an open-source server that manages Tailscale networks.
The researcher tested Tailscale 1.104.2 and headscale 0.29.5 between October 22 and October 24, 2026. The most serious group involves Tailscale SSH. Its SSH server runs inside tailscaled, a background program with full root privileges on the machine.
#cybersecuritynews
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The flaws require an already-approved device in the Tailscale network with SSH rules permitting access/forwarding; they enable post-compromise lateral movement and escalation inside the tailnet, not unauthenticated remote access from outside.
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tailscale.com/security-bulle…
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A Pamphlet Urges Understanding Between Muslims and Latter-day Saints
“As we undertook this effort with Muslim colleagues, we noticed how much there is in common between the two faiths,” says Elder David A. Bednar.
He identifies shared beliefs and values, including:
•Faith in God and prophets
•Scriptures and holy places
•Family and chastity
•Helping those in need
•Prayer, fasting and physical health
The Church's pamphlet, Muslims and Latter-day Saints: Beliefs, Values, and Lifestyles, explores these similarities and is available for just 58 cents in print through the Church's own official online store!
Official Church Store:
store.churchofjesuschrist.or…
Read the complete pamphlet FREE online:
churchofjesuschrist.org/stud…
Scroll through the FREE online pamphlet and let me know:
Which shared belief or value stands out most to you?
LDS TEMPLES AND MOSQUES IN UTAH — WHO IS FUNDING WHAT?
•15 LDS temples dedicated in Utah between 2000 and 2026.
•13 mosques and Islamic prayer centers listed in Utah in 2026.
Is the LDS Church helping finance mosques in Utah?
According to a February 2025 Taylorsville Journal report about the restoration of the Al-Rasool Islamic Center, a former LDS meetinghouse now used as a mosque:
“They’ve asked me not to reveal the specific amounts, but we’ve received substantial donations from the Semnani Family Foundation (semnanifamilyfoundation.org) and the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation (gsecclesfoundation.org),” Mietchen said. “The (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) has also made a significant donation.”
How much did the LDS Church contribute? Which funds were used? And has the Church helped finance other mosque projects in Utah?
Should Church members have access to that information?
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NVIDIA sold millions of 3090s with 50% of the tensor speed switched off. Not missing. Switched off.
1 kernel module flips it to full, and my BF16 tensor pipe went from 82 to 155 TFLOPS. Nothing else changed on the cards, and the outputs match the stock run byte for byte.
All so the gaming card wouldnt eat into workstation sales. Every 3090 owner ran at 50% for 6 years, so a pro card could look worth the price. Fine, its their business model.
And LLMs are the least interesting place for this. Decode waits on memory, and my engine runs its experts in int8. Still +10% on prefill.
The models that live on BF16 tensor math are everything else. Qwen Image 2.1 and FLUX 3 Klein, where every diffusion step is big matmuls. MiniMax H3, which takes 4 to 7 minutes on my cards. Music and speech models. And training, every LoRA anyone ever trained on a 3090 went through exactly the path that was cut.
Thats what I measure next. This is only the start.
My 3090s just got 1.9x FASTER at BF16 tensor math!!! Same cards, same driver, same 300W, one Linux kernel module.
bf16 tensor pipe: 82 -> 155 TFLOPS
cuBLAS BF16 GEMM 8192: 64 -> 99 TFLOPS
TF32: 41 -> 79 TFLOPS
NVIDIA ships every 3090 with fp32-accumulate tensor math at half speed. The driver even reports it: FMLA32 = 1/2. gpu-unlock by Zagitta sets it to full before the NVIDIA driver loads. After a cold boot all 4 of my cards say FMLA32 = full.
Real inference got less than I predicted. Strata, Qwen3.8 Flash-Next on 2 cards, prefill:
4K: +12%
10K: +12%
90K: 3205 -> 3536 tok/s, +10%
Before installing I said +14 to 19% at 90K, so I was wrong. The GEMM phases got 23% shorter, but they are only about 40% of Strata prefill, and the int8 experts, copies and CUDA core kernels didnt get any faster.
Outputs did not change. With the same expert cache size, my log-prob dump over 1996 teacher-forced positions is the same file byte for byte as the stock run before the module.
Next is Strata itself, now its everything around the GEMMs that makes prefill slow. How I set it up is in the replies.
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as bad as things have gotten in the past 4 days, they are going to get a lot worse before they get better. security leaders, never let a crisis go to waste: please go to your boards and ask for help right now. not for ai, for the basics. (we need to hold on for ~18 months.)
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Full details of a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the core engine of *all* PHP versions will be released tomorrow, October 21st. If your organization has internet facing PHP applications then you need to be ready to patch the minute the update is released or *strongly* consider taking the application offline until you can:
php.net/index.php#2026-10-20…
🚨 PHP warns of two critical vulnerabilities as emergency patches arrive tomorrow
The PHP security team will release updates on October 21 at 14:00 UTC for two vulnerabilities, each rated 9.2 under CVSS v4.0.
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Security researchers identified the flaws as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 and described them as remote code execution vulnerabilities reportedly affecting PHP versions 5 through 8.
PHP has not yet confirmed the affected versions, exploitation requirements or fixed releases.
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The vulnerabilities were reportedly leaked before their planned disclosure. Researchers said they have not observed active exploitation, while PHP warned it may release the patches early if technical details become public or exploitation is detected.
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Administrators should identify PHP installations now and prepare to apply the updates as soon as they become available.
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Wow. Been on meetings all day and didn’t have a chance to connect yet today. Hi everyone! I will be spinning the wheel for the countdown for cumulus at target in about two hours.
Get your name on the wheel!
Reshare or comment asap!
Good luck !!
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Omandroid has a new name: Omarchy Mobile 📱
It was never Android. It's native Omarchy (Arch Linux ARM, Hyprland, Omarchy's own packages) on a mainline Linux kernel, right on a Pixel 7 Pro. No Android underneath.
New repos (old links redirect):
github.com/derekross/omarchy…
github.com/derekross/linux-o…
Hardware: display at 120 Hz, GPU, touch, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth audio, battery, haptics, torch, sensors and auto-rotate, GPS, NFC (read/write tags) and fingerprint unlock (opt-in) all work. Speakers work but are still quiet. Ultrawide camera works; main and front are in progress. The modem now boots and talks to the phone; calls, SMS and data need a SIM, that's next. Sleep is in progress.
The last two days in software:
• swipeable home screens with ~50 built-in widgets, from @simonschubert's Omalauncher
• "Create with AI": describe a widget, Omarchy's default agent builds it
• editable quick settings
• one app per screen
• mirror the phone's screen to your laptop over USB
And an installer! I'm super happy to annonce this. It can all be done with a few commands. GUI/website later. Build the root image on your laptop, then tools/install-phone asks for your user name, password and Wi-Fi, checks the phone, and writes only slot B and userdata. Stock Android stays on slot A as your way back. First boot sets everything up, and tools/phone-provision pulls the phone-specific firmware from your own Pixel factory image (no Google files redistributed). The first clean install with it is happening on my phone as I write this. Steps are in the README.
Fair warning: this is EXPERIMENTAL! Unlocking the bootloader wipes the phone, expect rough edges, Pixel 7 Pro only for now. Pixel 6 and 8a ports are starting via contributors. Addtional contributors welcome 🤙
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Hi friends. Quick update on the cumulus machines. Tonight’s selections will be happening around 9:30 ET. Same method. Spin the wheel.
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If your Google account is banned or shutdown (for whatever reason), you not only lose access to your Gmail but any service you’ve signed in with is also lost instantly.
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U.S. GULF SHUTS DOWN 72% OF OIL PRODUCTION
The U.S. Gulf of Mexico has shut in 71.5% of daily oil production and 58.8% of natural gas output, according to the Marine Minerals Administration.
Personnel have been evacuated from 129 offshore production platforms, representing nearly 35% of manned facilities.
The widespread shutdowns highlight major disruptions to U.S. energy supply amid severe weather conditions.
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Effective November 12th, 2026, abusive behavior towards Claude will be a violation of Anthropic's Usage Policy.
Exclusive: Anthropic is updating its usage policy for the first time in over a year. The new rules prohibit sustained "abusive or cruel behavior" towards Claude & add new restrictions about propaganda campaigns, surveillance & weapon development. theverge.com/ai-artificial-i…
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Palmer Luckey reveals the startup he'd build today: oxytocin doping to end divorce
"I would try to end the tragedy of divorce with oxytocin doping for marriage counseling."
"We understand mammal pair bonding pretty well. There's a lot of people who want to stay together. Most of the people who don't want to stay together should stay together, especially for their kids."
"And we can, if people think SSRIs are fine, which they're not, but if they were, then oxytocin doping to stay together is definitely fine."
"It's the mammal pair bonding chemical. There's things you can do to increase the uptake, and it's very well understood. Also, totally unregulated, which is great. Unregulated spaces are a lot easier to do. You can go buy a kilogram of oxytocin on Sigma Aldrich Chemical Supply right now, and if you do that, maybe you won't die alone."
"It's pure biology. It's used for women who don't bond with their kids, and now for women who don't bond with their husbands. It's also used for kids with various neurological issues, some kids with autism who struggle with pair bonding."
"The cool thing is it's a self-reinforcing loop. We understand that very well. Unlike most drugs, it doesn't form a chemical dependency. It actually unburdens you from a chemical dependency."