Thursday, October 1, 2026

• 31 — the Fear & Greed Index — Fear

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   US death row inmate survives execution attempt after two lethal injections — BBC

2. 2

   Who Is Captain Smit Machchhar, the Pilot Hailed as a Hero After FlyDubai Cockpit Stabbing? — The New York Times

3. 3

   Cornell student’s 2024 statement to police reveals new details about the night of her alleged rape — NBC News

4. 4

   CA couple accused of killing son-in-law at park charged with murder: New details on arrest revealed — ABC7 San Francisco

5. 5

   Trump’s AI chatbot turns on its master — The Guardian

6. 6

   Iran indicates it’s received an official US response to its latest offer on ending the war — New York Post

7. 7

   Republicans need Trump to turn out the base. Some candidates still don’t want him. — Politico

8. 8

   944 children abused by Catholic clergy, Mass. AG says — Axios

9. 9

   Live Updates: Iran celebrates U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, says it's considering U.S. response to peace proposal — cbsnews.com

10. 10

    Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’ — The Guardian

• House passes bill to fully fund DHS through May 22; top Democrat says 'dead on arrival' in Senate — ABC News
• This week: Senate takes final votes before elections — Roll Call
• The Senate just passed a historic bill to federally regulate college sports. What happens now? — The New York Times
• Senate Approves Federal College Sports Bill, but House Vote Is Weeks Away — theroanokestar.com
• Senate is set to vote on a stock-trading ban and data center bill before election recess — qz.com
• 2026-10-01 — MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate
• 2026-10-01 — MBA Mortgage Applications
• 2026-10-01 — MBA Purchase Index
• 2026-10-01 — Mortgage Market Index
• 2026-10-01 — Mortgage Refinance Index

r/pics

Hero Captain Smit Machchhar whose quick thinking this morning prevented an attempted hijacking

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BIG BLUE BACKERS; THE COPS IN AMERICA ARE THE BESTEST

r/Damnthatsinteresting

In Southeast Asia, thousands of ducks are deployed into rice fields to act as natural pest control and weeders

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FORTNITEMARES UPDATE!

r/SipsTea

Anything but lowering the prices classic corporate logic

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Storms move towards North Texas with potential for heavy rain, flooding

• Hero Captain Smit Machchhar whose quick thinking this morning prevented an attempted hijacking — r/pics
• In Southeast Asia, thousands of ducks are deployed into rice fields to act as natural pest control and weeders — r/Damnthatsinteresting
• Anything but lowering the prices classic corporate logic — r/SipsTea
• 4-day week worked, so they cancelled it — r/SipsTea
• of a volleyball player ( Anna Smrek) — r/AbsoluteUnits
• BIG BLUE BACKERS; THE COPS IN AMERICA ARE THE BESTEST — 1,798 views
• FORTNITEMARES UPDATE! — 4,531 views
• Storms move towards North Texas with potential for heavy rain, flooding — 528 views
• SpaceX Launches Crew-13 Dragon to the International Space Station — 3,627 views
• XLG vs. NS — VALORANT Champions Shanghai — Group Stage — 23,381 views
• By the numbers: Five stats from Zheng’s China Open first-round win — 1000+ searches
• Learner Tien vs Hubert Hurkacz ATP Beijing Tips, Prediction & Live Stream - Tien too consistent for Hurkacz at China Open — 200+ searches
• Circle of Hope Cancer Support Center October 2026 Calendar — 500+ searches
• Watch War on HBO — 500+ searches
• Rafa Jódar - Daniel Vallejo: horario y dónde ver hoy por TV el partido de Tokio — 200+ searches

• ‘East of Eden’ New York Premiere Photos: Florence Pugh, Chris Abbott, Mike Faist & More — Deadline
• Chad Lowe announces death of 13-year-old daughter Fiona: ‘Light of our lives’ — Los Angeles Times
• Ben Affleck Used AI “For Lots of Things” in His New Netflix Movie ‘Animals’ — The Hollywood Reporter
• Chris Hemsworth celebrates as daughter India, 14, wins all-boy bull-riding competition — Page Six
• Too $hort Says He'll Be at Diddy's First Party After Prison Release — TMZ

• S&P 500 fut 7,742.25 +0.35%
• Nasdaq fut 30,896.25 +0.64%
• Dow fut 51,391.00 +0.22%
• VIX 16.40 +0.37%
• 10-yr yield 5.29% +0.72%
• Dollar (DXY) 101.69 +0.23%

• 07:00 · United States — MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate → 7.30%
• 07:00 · United States — MBA Mortgage Applications → -6.0%
• 07:00 · United States — MBA Purchase Index → 148.2
• 07:00 · United States — Mortgage Market Index → 213.6
• 07:00 · United States — Mortgage Refinance Index → 557.8
• 08:15 · United States — ADP Nonfarm Employment Change → 90K vs 73K exp

• ACN Accenture plc — $118.2B, pre market, $3.19 exp
• NKE Nike, Inc. — $53.2B, after hours, $0.43 exp
• MKC McCormick & Company, Incorporated — $13.0B, pre market, $0.75 exp
• MKC.V McCormick & Company, Incorporated — $13.0B, pre market
• AYI Acuity Inc. — $9.2B, pre market, $5.27 exp
• VFS VinFast Auto Ltd. — $7.4B, not supplied
• HUBG Hub Group, Inc. — $1.8B, not supplied, $0.38 exp

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• OpenDLSS: A Vulkan Reimplementation of Nvidia's DLSS 5 Neural Rendering Network — 121 points
• GPT-Synopsys: Frontier Intelligence to Revolutionize Chip Design — 39 points
• Gemini 4 Argon — 1445 points
• Surprisingly complex waves reveal the brain's inner workings — 201 points

• D.A. Bragg & DOI Commissioner Shihata Announce Indictment In QR Code Parking Fraud Scheme — Manhattan District Attorney's Office
• Here’s how MN authorities say the latest $3M Medicaid fraud schemes worked — Pioneer Press
• The appearance of legitimacy: How fraud hides in plain sight — J.P. Morgan
• How Fraud-as-a-Service is reshaping financial crime — FinTech Global

• The Ohio State University and Google Partner to Accelerate Research and AI Fluency — Google Cloud Press Corner
• Will the breakthrough that helped Jimmy Carter be around for the next patient? - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• First-ever colossal squid captured on video | What scientists say it reveals — ABC30 Fresno
• NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 astronaut bringing 100-year-old heirloom on space station trip — ABC News

• 30-year fixed 7.03% (as of 2026-09-24)
• Why China Can’t Sort Out Its Property Market Mess — Bloomberg.com
• Exclusive | Once America’s hottest housing market, popular state is now the hardest place to sell a home — New York Post
• Housing market stronger in 2026; sharper slowdown expected in 2027 — ABN AMRO

• Cats Are a Strong Indicator of National Happiness, Study Finds — Haaretz
• Wealth and health aren’t the only indicators of national happiness — EurekAlert! Science News Releases
• Your dog's bark may reveal more than you realize — Newsweek

• Creatine helps build muscle and strength even without exercise, study shows — PhillyVoice
• BYU study links exercising together to stronger marriages - BYU-Idaho — BYU-Idaho
• Creatine may help build muscle even without exercise, researchers find — ScienceDaily

• All New Games Coming To Xbox In October 2026 — purexbox.com
• The Biggest New Game Releases Of October 2026 — gamespot.com
• 6 PS5 games releasing in October you cannot miss — Polygon.com

• I Lost Myself When I Lost Hong Kong

• 2024 — Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the fifth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.
• 2022 — One hundred and thirty-five are killed in a human crush following a football match at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia.
• 2021 — The 2020 World Expo in Dubai begins. Its opening was originally scheduled for 20 October 2020 but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• 2019 — Kuopio school stabbing: One dies and ten are injured when Joel Marin, armed with a sabre, attacks a school class at Savo Vocational College in Kuopio…

• Priah Ferguson, American actress (20)
• Fernando Mendoza, American football player (23)
• Livvy Dunne, American gymnast and social media personality (24)
• Luna Blaise, American actress and singer (25)

• Fainá — Argentina, Side

• I’m only familiar with 25 letters in the English language. I don’t know why.

What was the name of the hip hop group Kanye West was a member of in the late 90s?