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The Statistician to the Stars rolls in with a pertinent post. (Keep restacking him.)
https://wmbriggs.substack.com/p/top-10-reasons-ai-will-never-become
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Top 10 Reasons AI Will Never Become Superintelligence
It Won't Destroy Nor Save Us
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Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old employee at the anti-plague institute in the city of Irkutsk, became ill at work. She died two days later on the night of 2 October at a regional hospital in the nearby town of Shelekhov.
It remains unclear how she became unwell. Unconfirmed reports in Russian media have suggested Shipilova may have been infected after a mishap at the laboratory. Officials have not publicly confirmed that account.
Local media have reported that the institute has subsequently been locked down, with staff forced to sleep on the floor and on chairs. โTheyโve been isolating everybody since Friday โ more than 60 people,โ one relative, Roman, told the news portal Siberia.Realities.
He said family members were allowed to drop off food at a checkpoint while tests were carried out inside the building. Similar quarantine restrictions have been placed on several other hospitals in and around the city.
Rubio, citing what โRussians have released about the death, said it seemed a worker in the lab became โinfected and there was concern the disease may have spread internally.
Senior Russian officials have added to public disquiet by sending conflicting messages. Alexey Tsydenov, the head of the Buryatia region, which neighbours Irkutsk, initially wrote that Shipilova had died of plague, before editing his post to say she had โpossiblyโ died of the disease.
Rospotrebnadzor, Russiaโs health watchdog, said Shipilova died from โpneumonia of unknown aetiologyโ. It insisted that tests found no micro-organisms linked to her professional work and described the โsanitary and epidemiologicalโ situation in the area as stable.
Authorities in the nearby city of Baikalsk briefly urged residents to avoid travelling to Shelekhov and surrounding settlements after what they said was unofficial information about a possible plague infection. They later deleted the post from social media.
US politicians have raised concerns about the incident, which follows longstanding and unfounded allegations by the Kremlin that Ukraine has secretly carried out biological weapons research with the support of Washington.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/russia-lab-worker-possibly-dies-of-plague-siberia-quarantine-measures-irkutsk
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US closely monitoring case of lab worker who โpossiblyโ died of plague in Siberia, says Rubio
Quarantine measures in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia amid uncertainty over death of Darya Shipilova
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Possible Plague Crisis in Siberia: Five Hospitals Placed Under Quarantine After Lab Tech Dies Following Test Tube Accident Containing Plague Bacteria
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/possible-plague-crisis-siberia-five-hospitals-placed-under/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/possible-plague-crisis-siberia-five-hospitals-placed-under/
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Possible Plague Crisis in Siberia: Five Hospitals Placed Under Quarantine After Lab Tech Dies Following Test Tube Accident Containingโฆ
A 28-year-old technician at Russiaโs Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute is dead, nearly 200 people are under medical observation, and five hospitals in the region hโฆ
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BREAKING: Secretary of State Marco Rubio says US monitoring reports of plague infection at Russian lab
READ: https://insiderpaper.com/us-monitoring-reports-of-plague-infection-at-russian-lab-rubio/
READ: https://insiderpaper.com/us-monitoring-reports-of-plague-infection-at-russian-lab-rubio/
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๐ธ๐ฆ๐พ๐ช Today's Saudi offensiveโan attempt to retake the Yemeni Red Sea coastโended in total collapse
The operation involved 100 Saudi fighter jets, thousands of fighters, and hundreds of military vehicles.
Initially, Saudi-backed forces, supported by the 100 fighter jets, managed to capture Marib and the Dhubab airport.
However, Iranian drones and missiles proved far more effective than the 100 fighter jets; the offensive was quickly halted, and Saudi forces withdrew completely.
Saudi mediaโincluding major outlets like Al Jazeera and Al Arabiyaโhad begun spreading widespread fake news claiming the capture of the strategic city of Mokha, only for the entire story to be immediately exposed as a massive lie.
In addition to that disaster for Saudi forces, the third-largest city, Taizโalong with thousands of their fightersโfell under a complete siege by the Houthis.
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The operation involved 100 Saudi fighter jets, thousands of fighters, and hundreds of military vehicles.
Initially, Saudi-backed forces, supported by the 100 fighter jets, managed to capture Marib and the Dhubab airport.
However, Iranian drones and missiles proved far more effective than the 100 fighter jets; the offensive was quickly halted, and Saudi forces withdrew completely.
Saudi mediaโincluding major outlets like Al Jazeera and Al Arabiyaโhad begun spreading widespread fake news claiming the capture of the strategic city of Mokha, only for the entire story to be immediately exposed as a massive lie.
In addition to that disaster for Saudi forces, the third-largest city, Taizโalong with thousands of their fightersโfell under a complete siege by the Houthis.
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TIL that parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, are actually within the Mississippi River Basin, meaning some water that falls in Canada eventually flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
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โIn my 30-plus years of doing high school football, Iโve never seen anything like this before,โ he added.
Two Somali nationals aged 17 and 18 who were known to cops were wounded in the shooting in the parking lot at the schoolโs Aerie Stadium, the Eden Prairie Police Department said in a statement Saturday afternoon.
Police believe the shooting was related to beef between local Somali immigrant gangs"
The two people shot suffered non-life-threatening injuries. No arrests have been made. The shooting happened during the homecoming game outside the stadium.
nypost.com/2026/10/04/us-news/somali-gangs-blamed-for-shooting-at-minneapolis-homecoming-game-that-left-2-teens-wounded/
Two Somali nationals aged 17 and 18 who were known to cops were wounded in the shooting in the parking lot at the schoolโs Aerie Stadium, the Eden Prairie Police Department said in a statement Saturday afternoon.
Police believe the shooting was related to beef between local Somali immigrant gangs"
The two people shot suffered non-life-threatening injuries. No arrests have been made. The shooting happened during the homecoming game outside the stadium.
nypost.com/2026/10/04/us-news/somali-gangs-blamed-for-shooting-at-minneapolis-homecoming-game-that-left-2-teens-wounded/
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Brian McDonald:
"If Russia were actually going to lock downs over the suspected case in Shelekhov, presumably it might start with Irkutsk Airport, 28 km away, rather than St Petersburg (over 3,000km to the west).
Irkutsk Airport is operating normally, as of now."
https://x.com/i/status/2107166329954271274
"Surely, if Russians had so little trust in their government that this episode revealed some profound weakness, theyโd be panicking about plague rather than largely ignoring it?
Iโm in Russia and literally nobody I know is talking about the plague because everyone knows that the disease circulates among wild rodents in parts of Siberia and the Altai, and such outbreaks are regularly reported in the news.
What makes this case unusual is the suspected human death (Russiaโs previous confirmed human case was in 2016) but Irkutsk is about as close to Moscow or St Petersburg as Greenland or Canada, and the local airport isnโt even closed (which surely it would be if there was major concern).
The epidemic panic seems largely confined to the more sensationalist elements of the British and American press."
https://x.com/i/status/2107174732256911428
"If Russia were actually going to lock downs over the suspected case in Shelekhov, presumably it might start with Irkutsk Airport, 28 km away, rather than St Petersburg (over 3,000km to the west).
Irkutsk Airport is operating normally, as of now."
https://x.com/i/status/2107166329954271274
"Surely, if Russians had so little trust in their government that this episode revealed some profound weakness, theyโd be panicking about plague rather than largely ignoring it?
Iโm in Russia and literally nobody I know is talking about the plague because everyone knows that the disease circulates among wild rodents in parts of Siberia and the Altai, and such outbreaks are regularly reported in the news.
What makes this case unusual is the suspected human death (Russiaโs previous confirmed human case was in 2016) but Irkutsk is about as close to Moscow or St Petersburg as Greenland or Canada, and the local airport isnโt even closed (which surely it would be if there was major concern).
The epidemic panic seems largely confined to the more sensationalist elements of the British and American press."
https://x.com/i/status/2107174732256911428
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The vote is a test for Prime Minister Mark Carney's message of national unity
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๐ฎ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have bounced back to nearly 80% of pre-war levels, despite Iran's blockade and ongoing threats to shipping, but its very costly, per Reuters
Saudi Arabia has resumed sending tankers through Hormuz after an attack on its East-West pipeline pushed exports back toward the Gulf, proving large volumes can still cross.
But the new system is costly: tanker rates top $1.2 million a day, and freight has jumped from around 3% to 27% of the delivered cost of oil, keeping Brent above $100 even as supply recovers.
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Saudi Arabia has resumed sending tankers through Hormuz after an attack on its East-West pipeline pushed exports back toward the Gulf, proving large volumes can still cross.
But the new system is costly: tanker rates top $1.2 million a day, and freight has jumped from around 3% to 27% of the delivered cost of oil, keeping Brent above $100 even as supply recovers.
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It drives a Conservative voter block right out of the state. https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2106514011630305506
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Ok so, as funny as this was, the ACTUAL situation is the following:
1. In parts of Russia, particularly the Siberian and Far Eastern steppes, plague is endemic in some local animal populations - rodents and the like, ground squirrels in particular. Sometimes people get infected, just like in other parts of the world with endemic plague (e.g. the western US, where people also sometimes catch plague from prairie dogs and such). Plague is not a dangerous epidemiological threat these days, it is easily treated with antibiotics.
2. A woman in Irkutsk, who worked at an institute for combating these endemic plague populations (this has been going on for many decades, but it's tricky to eradicate it completely) fell ill with pneumonia of unknown etiology. She died in the hospital.
3. The woman had been on a work trip to Buryatia to study one of those animal populations with endemic plague just before she fell ill. Because of this and the fact that her pneumonia was of unknown etiology, the hospital where she was treated and people she had contact with were put in quarantine as a precautionary measure.
4. A suspected pneumonic plague diagnosis was NOT confirmed during the autopsy of the woman who died.
5. There's a nasty flu going around right now, a bunch of my friends and my wife had it, so authorities are somewhat worried, but it appears to just be normal seasonal flu.
6. All the above combined gave enough material for domestic and foreign actors to spam the internet with fake news and panic slop. Most of the people the woman had been in contact with have been tested, some had flu or COVID. There are no heightened quarantine measures. No hospitals or cities are on lockdown. Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary is happening. When a person who studies dangerous illnesses falls ill, you take some common sense routine security measures, that's just the normal thing to do everywhere in the world.
We discussed the Irkutsk case (though this was recorded before it was confirmed that the woman did not die of plague) and other news on our most recent episode: https://rwasamizdat.substack.com/p/rwa-news-plague-bears-and-bridges
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1. In parts of Russia, particularly the Siberian and Far Eastern steppes, plague is endemic in some local animal populations - rodents and the like, ground squirrels in particular. Sometimes people get infected, just like in other parts of the world with endemic plague (e.g. the western US, where people also sometimes catch plague from prairie dogs and such). Plague is not a dangerous epidemiological threat these days, it is easily treated with antibiotics.
2. A woman in Irkutsk, who worked at an institute for combating these endemic plague populations (this has been going on for many decades, but it's tricky to eradicate it completely) fell ill with pneumonia of unknown etiology. She died in the hospital.
3. The woman had been on a work trip to Buryatia to study one of those animal populations with endemic plague just before she fell ill. Because of this and the fact that her pneumonia was of unknown etiology, the hospital where she was treated and people she had contact with were put in quarantine as a precautionary measure.
4. A suspected pneumonic plague diagnosis was NOT confirmed during the autopsy of the woman who died.
5. There's a nasty flu going around right now, a bunch of my friends and my wife had it, so authorities are somewhat worried, but it appears to just be normal seasonal flu.
6. All the above combined gave enough material for domestic and foreign actors to spam the internet with fake news and panic slop. Most of the people the woman had been in contact with have been tested, some had flu or COVID. There are no heightened quarantine measures. No hospitals or cities are on lockdown. Absolutely nothing out of the ordinary is happening. When a person who studies dangerous illnesses falls ill, you take some common sense routine security measures, that's just the normal thing to do everywhere in the world.
We discussed the Irkutsk case (though this was recorded before it was confirmed that the woman did not die of plague) and other news on our most recent episode: https://rwasamizdat.substack.com/p/rwa-news-plague-bears-and-bridges
Also available on Gumroad
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RWA NEWS: Plague, Bears and Bridges
Itโs begun.
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TIL redheads are linked to higher anesthesia tolerance
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U.S. State Dept. considers opening passport records to verify voter citizenship
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Ahead of midterm elections, the United States Department of State (DOS) is โassessingโ how to share passport information with state and local governments, as well as non-profit groups, in an effort to establish citizenship checks for voters.
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Ahead of midterm elections, the United States Department of State (DOS) is โassessingโ how to share passport information with state and local governments, as well as non-profit groups, in an effort to establish citizenship checks for voters.
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The Best Theyโve Got II
Yesterday, I posted the first part of my critical review of Jason Rosenhouseโs 2022 book Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, published by Cambridge University Press, in which I demonstrated how he badly misrepresented significant elements of the 1966 Wistar Symposium and how he falsely claimed that the biologists there had adequately answered the challenges posed to [โฆ]
https://voxday.net/2026/10/06/the-best-theyve-got-ii/
Yesterday, I posted the first part of my critical review of Jason Rosenhouseโs 2022 book Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, published by Cambridge University Press, in which I demonstrated how he badly misrepresented significant elements of the 1966 Wistar Symposium and how he falsely claimed that the biologists there had adequately answered the challenges posed to [โฆ]
https://voxday.net/2026/10/06/the-best-theyve-got-ii/
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Never forget what they did.
This bridge in Hamburg, Germany survived the bombings of WW2.
It didn't survive 'modernisation'
This bridge in Hamburg, Germany survived the bombings of WW2.
It didn't survive 'modernisation'
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