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From The Week in Westminster at 2026-11-07 11:00:00 (unread)
After the Prime Minister opened the door to a formal apology for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade, Caroline speaks to Labour MP and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan Reparations, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, and Jack Straw, who served as Foreign Secretary under Tony Blair.
To discuss the Home Secretary's revised migration plans Caroline brings together the Conservative MP and chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Dame Karen Bradley, and the Labour MP, Preet Gill, who also sits on that committee.
The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, talks about his role in Parliament's Remembrance commemorations, the restoration and renewal of Parliament and MPs' security.
And, following a dismal set of mid-term elections for Donald Trump's Republicans, Caroline is joined by former UK ambassador to the US, Lord Darroch, and Sarah Elliott of the Prosperity Institute and Republicans Overseas UK.
From More or Less at 2026-11-07 06:00:00
Are French school protesters right to say education is underfunded? (p0plqpxs.mp3)
French high school students have been on the streets for weeks, blockading schools to demand the government spends more money on education. Their protests have proven the catalyst for a wider movement across Europe, with thousands taking to the streets to protest about issues like the cost of living. Some of the protests have turned violent. But what about the claims about the state of the French education system that started the protests in the first place? We speak to Eric Charbonnier - an expert in the French education system from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - to find out more. If you spot a story you'd like us to dig into contact us at moreorless@bbc.co.uk. Presenter: Lizzy McNeill Producer: Sarah Turnnidge Series Producer: Tom Colls Production Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele Sound Mix: Keith Graham Editor: Richard Vadon
From GoodFellows: Conversations on Economics, History & Geopolitics at 2026-11-07 01:41:09
“Extinction Level Event”: Jonah Goldberg on the Midterm Elections | GoodFellows (GoodFellows_2026-11-06_-_Jonah_Goldberg_wip01_podcast_8fctn.mp3)
How bad was Election Night in America for Donald Trump and his party? Aside from the brutal math (arguably the GOP’s worst midterm meltdown since 1974’s Watergate backlash), the question arises as to what's next for s chastised President and rival Democrats with unanticipated majorities in Congress. Jonah Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Dispatch and a veteran observer of American politics, joins GoodFellows regulars Sir Niall Ferguson and John Cochrane (and moderator Bill Whalen) to parse what was behind the anti-Trump referendum (affordability, corruption, and Israel?) and the path forward in Washington – i.e., will policy (economics, ethics reform) or payback (investigations, impeachments) carry the day in 2027? Afterward, in the “Lightning Round”, the fellows make sense of election intrigue in Israel and Brazil, the emergence of data centers as NIMBY villains à la nuclear power a generation ago, whether canines should be bred for combat, Elon Musk’s SpaceX stock-share, plus American expats regretting their newfound European existence (turns out an America in which air conditioners and washing machines aren’t a luxury ain’t so bad after all). Finally, Sir Niall explains why he sports a red poppy every November and the significance of the UK’s Remembrance Day. Subscribe to GoodFellows for clarity on today’s biggest social, economic, and geostrategic shifts — only on GoodFellows.
From Schneier on Security at 2026-11-06 22:05:12
Friday Squid Blogging: New Jurassic Squid Predecessors
News story: “Scientists discover a bizarre Jurassic ‘squid’ unlike anything ever seen.”
Scientists have identified the “fattest” belemnite ever discovered, a bizarre, barrel-shaped squid relative that lived in Wyoming’s ancient seas 160 million years ago. The exceptionally rare fossils reveal a creature unlike anything previously known, potentially a predator of smaller squid-like animals and a surprising survivor of a supposedly vanished family.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered...
From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-11-06 20:56:41
Chainalysis says hackers stole credentials and tokens for all of its customers
Company said a "multifront cyberattack" included AI agents and an on-path data snatch.
From A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry at 2026-11-06 20:03:08
Fireside Friday, November 6, 2026
Hey folks! Fireside this week, as we’ve (finally) brought the Hearts of Iron IV (I, II IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) series to a close. We may have rather more firesides and even some gap weeks in the next month or two, both due to the end of the semester but also due to some personal … Continue reading Fireside Friday, November 6, 2026
From The Incomparable Mothership at 2026-11-06 17:00:00
842: No Offense to Our Marriage (fc15cb62-335a-4e21-bcea-a26d50109883.mp3)
Our astute panel of TV watchers reconvenes to induct 30 excellent series, all from the 21st Century, into the Incomparable’s TV Hall of Fame....
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-11-06 16:28:32
Iran rebuilds missile sites as Trump’s war cabinet falls apart (media.mp3)
Iran is rebuilding its bombed-out missile sites at the same time as dangling a nuclear offer in front of Donald Trump, as the US president weighs whether to restart strikes alongside Israel.
On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey speaks to Iranian-American analyst Holly Dagres from the Washington Institute about the moods in Washington and Tehran in the wake of the Republican’s crushing midterms defeat and how it could lead to miscalculation on both sides.
The IRGC vows it will target Europe if the war restarts - but Holly argues that Tehran’s maximalist peace demands and Trump’s lack of patience means the war is likely to restart.
Plus, talk of Pete Hegseth or Marco Rubio being sacked over the war’s failures, documents reveal Russia agreed to give Tehran 90 advanced guided missile launchers, and why anti-regime protests in Iran remain unlikely despite historic hyperinflation and mass executions.
Highlights
- Trump threatens to destroy Iran as IRGC rebuilds missile sites
- US war cabinet crumbles as Hegseth fights for his job
CONTRIBUTORS:
Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey
Holly Dagres, senior fellow Washington Institute @hdagres
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Defiant Hegseth vows to finish Iran war
Charting how Iran drove Trump and Vance apart
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/11/06/charting-trump-vance-iran/
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From Schneier on Security at 2026-11-06 14:57:48
Pinpointing Location of Videos from Background Airplane Sounds
This is fascinating:
The video describes a technique that can reveal where an otherwise unidentifiable recording was made by analyzing its audio for the faint sounds of passing aircraft. The technique is both fascinating and frightening.
It works by looking at Doppler curves, which plot the way a plane’s sound changes as it passes overhead because of the Doppler effect. This is the same familiar Doppler effect that causes the frequency of a siren to rise as it approaches and then fall as it passes by and moves away. More generally, it’s the phenomenon whereby the frequency of a wave perceived by an observer changes when the observer and the source of the wave are moving in relation to one another...
From School of War at 2026-11-06 10:00:00
Flying America’s Most Controversial Aircraft (CBS4058076092.mp3)
Is it a plane or a helicopter? The MV-22 Osprey has features from both, but that’s not what makes it one of the most controversial aircraft in the American military. Its history of deadly crashes has earned it a reputation as a dangerous machine, but former Marine Corps pilot Bubba Scott takes a different view Today, Scott joins School of War to explain why he believes the Osprey is “unfairly maligned,” what makes it so revolutionary, why the Marine Corps depends on it, and what it takes to fly one of the most demanding aircraft in military aviation. From a terrifying near-collision to harrowing nighttime landings, Scott offers a rare look inside the cockpit—and the extraordinary skill, training, and leadership required to operate at the limits of modern military aviation. 04:11 – Becoming a Marine Osprey Pilot 09:05 – A Lesson in Marine Corps Toughness 12:54 – Why the Military Needed the Osprey 18:54 – Operation Eagle Claw and the Osprey's Mission 24:07 – Is the Osprey Really Dangerous? 27:07 – The Osprey's Safety Record 30:46 – What Is It Like to Fly an Osprey? 34:34 – The Challenges of Flying the Osprey 38:56 – A Near-Fatal Midair Collision 46:35 – America's Night-Flying Capabilities 50:18 – American Military Excellence 52:20 – Leadership Lessons From the Cockpit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From Odd Lots at 2026-11-06 09:00:00
The Macro Implications of the Blue Tsunami (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
We don't need to tell you that the midterm elections were historic: The Democrats won bigger than even they imagined. But as the dust settles, an open question we are puzzling over is the market's ongoing reaction to this massive political sea change. Democratic control of Congress — and control over a number of formerly red statehouses, like Texas and Iowa — will influence everything from the composition of the FOMC to data center construction. And what we're seeing right now, with stocks like Tesla and SpaceX tumbling, is a direct response to these conditions. To get a better sense of this macro moment, we turn to Odd Lots regular, Employ America's executive director Skanda Amarnath to talk about how the midterms will influence the Fed's battle with inflation, Elon Musk's political instincts, and what a Democratic majority means for the market, tariffs, and AI.
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From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-11-05 23:09:36
Meet *sshole, the vulnerability that lets hackers SSH into Linux devices
Certain configurations of Alpine are affected. Other distros may be as well.
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-11-05 16:34:22
Vance revolts over Iran war. Will Israel go it alone? (media.mp3)
‘This is where the US-Israel-Iran war really began’
On today’s episode of Iran: The Latest, Venetia Rainey speaks to veteran Middle East journalist Kim Ghattas about Donald Trump’s stunning US midterm election losses, JD Vance demanding an end to the Iran war, and what it all means for the likelihood of American and Israeli strikes in the coming weeks.
Kim talks about how her new book, The Best Kind of American, looks at the origins of the US-Israel-Iran relationship, born in the crucible of 1980s war-torn Beirut. She explains why even as the IRGC openly celebrates the Republicans losing the Senate and House of Representatives, Iran’s economy remains weak and the regime does not want to return to all-out war.
Plus, why Israel’s future relationship with the US is more secure than it seems, how Iran uses the Houthis to target Saudi Arabia, and why hostage taking and kidnapping could soon be on the rise.
Highlights
- Vance revolts over US-Iran war after midterms defeat. Will Israel go it alone?
- Journalist Kim Ghattas on the real origins of the war
CONTRIBUTORS:
Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey
Kim Ghattas, journalist and author The Best Kind of American @KimGhattas
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Vance ready to take Trump’s crown after midterms humbling
Vance breaks ranks with Trump over election catastrophe
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2026/11/04/vance-clashes-trump-midterms-election-catastrophe-iran-war/
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Researcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh
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From The Briefing Room at 2026-11-05 14:41:00
$ 6.3 billion - how the biggest heist happened (p0plggwb.mp3)
They say it’s the biggest crypto currency hack on record. More than 6 billion dollars of digital assets were targetted when hackers attacked Binance - the world’s largest crypto exchange, estimated to have more than 300 million users worldwide. About $3 billion of the 6.3 billion dollars was frozen before the attackers could make off with it but the rest has gone. The FBI has blamed a group of hackers linked to North Korea for the theft. The North Koreans say it wasn’t them… But it’s not the first time North Korean hackers have targetted the crypto currency industry. And then just a few days ago supermarket fridges and freezers came under cyber attack across Europe when hackers managed to heat them up. So what’s happening? How worried should we be and what could be next?
Guests:
Joe Tidy, BBC Cyber Correspondent Geoff White, Investigative journalist and author and co-host of the BBC podcast series, The Lazarus Heist. Emily Taylor, CEO of Oxford Information Labs and co-founder of the Global Signal Exchange Ciaran Martin, Professor at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, former founding Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ (2016 to 2020)
Production team:
Presenter: David Aaronovitch Producers: Caroline Bayley, Alex Last and Kirsteen Knight. Editor: Richard Vadon Sound Engineer: Neil Churchill Production Co-ordinator: Lewis Yates
From Net Assessment at 2026-11-05 11:47:00
Second to None? Evaluating a Second Island Chain Strategy (Net_Assessment_-_5_Nov_2026_v2.mp3?dest-id=808287)
Chris, Melanie, and Zack debate the merits of Jennifer Kavanagh's proposed Second Island Chain strategy for Asia. They discuss U.S. objectives in the region and whether commitments to allies and partners are important to those aims. Chris also highlights the Trump administration's illegal questioning of civilian employees' past votes, Melanie warns about continued defense budget uncertainty, and Zack laments the administration's wayward embrace of Russia.
Show Links:
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Jennifer Kavanagh, "A Second Island Chain Strategy for Asia," Defense Priorities, September 10, 2026.
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Stephen Wertheim, X post, September 11, 2026.
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Antoni Slodkowski, Gram Slattery, and Andrius Sytas, "Pentagon tells Europeans to cool their rhetoric on Russia, sources say," Reuters, October 31, 2026.
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The Iran War, Eight Months On: Reassessing Costs, Consequences, and US Interests • Stimson Center
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Kathianne Boniello, "State Department Allegedly Quizzed Those Up for Promotion If They Voted for Trump," Mediaite (via YahooNews), October 22, 2026.
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Noah Robertson, Inside the Breakdown of Trump's $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Plan, Washington Post, October 29, 2026.
From Odd Lots at 2026-11-05 09:00:00
James Bosworth on What Comes After Lula's Stunning Win (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
When we last talked to James Bosworth, it seemed like an “orange wave” was going to take over Latin America and further realign the region’s interests with those of the Trump administration. But with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s surprise victory in Brazil’s presidential election last month, and opposition leader María Corina Machado’s return to Venezuela, it now looks like the orange wave might be cresting. Bosworth — a non-resident fellow at the Stimson Center and the author of the Latin America Risk Report newsletter — comes back to the show to explain how Lula pulled off his upset win over Flavio Bolsonaro, the impact of Machado’s return to Venezuela, and why 2027 might further reshape the politics of Latin America.
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From The Rest Is History at 2026-11-05 00:05:00
720. Revolution in the Soviet Empire: Revenge of the Red Army (Part 2) (GLT6037632826.mp3)
Three days into the Hungarian Uprising against the Soviet Union, had the revolution escalated nationwide? How did the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev respond? And, with the threat of a Red Army invasion, would Hungary abandon the Soviet Pact? Join Dominic and Tom as they reach the violent denouement of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and explain its bloody outcome. Join The Rest Is History Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to every series and live show tickets, a members-only newsletter, discounted books from the show, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at therestishistory.com. To read our new newsletter, sign up at: therestishistory.com/newsletters Advertise with us: Partnerships@goalhanger.com _______ Sign up to Revolut at revolut.com/trih and get £20 when you spend. 18+, end date 30/06/2027 and promotion T&C's apply. Revpoints T&C's apply. _______ Check out Ask the Archives at ask-the-archives.com and get started with Claude at Claude.ai/restishistory _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-11-04 22:26:49
Hackers exploited iOS and Android flaws to infect phones
Researchers say group may have been Kremlin-sponsored in search of diplomatic targets.
From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-11-04 21:38:49
VMware releases vSphere Express for virtualization on up to 128 cores
“We started listening to a lot of our lower-end customers," VMware exec says.
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-11-04 17:07:40
Iran threatens ‘nightmare’ if Trump launches attack after midterms bloodbath (media.mp3)
The 2026 US midterms results are in: Donald Trump’s Republican Party has suffered a devastating defeat, losing both the House and the Senate amid voter fury over high fuel prices caused by the Iran war.
In today’s episode of Iran: The Latest, Venetia Rainey and Sophia Yan break down how the elections have changed the Congress map, from Texas’s flip to Abdul el-Sayed’s Michigan win. Along with guest Leo Shane, Politico’s defence correspondent, they ask what the midterm results mean for Trump and his foreign policy. The president has insisted future attacks against Iran remain on the table if they don’t strike a nuclear deal, but Tehran has warned that a return to full combat operations will be met with a “Nightmare” - will he be chastened or unleashed? And what does it mean for other countries in Trump’s sights such as Ukraine, Venezuela and Cuba?
Plus, the looming battle over the Pentagon’s budget, will Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth face impeachment and Trump's shock announcement to halt military aid to Israel.
Highlights
- Trump’s Republicans suffer midterms bloodbath over Iran war
- Tehran threatens ‘nightmare’ if Trump restarts strikes
CONTRIBUTORS:
Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey
Sophia Yan, co-host and senior foreign correspondent @sophia_yan
Leo Shane III, Politico defence reporter @LeoShane
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Mapped: US midterms results in full
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/0/us-midterms-2026-results-for-senate-and-house-timings-democrat/
Trump crushed in midterms
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2026/11/04/james-talarico-texas-senate-ken-paxton-midterms/
John Bolton: The Democrats will now take revenge on Trump and his ilk
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/11/04/democrats-will-now-take-revenge-on-trump-and-his-ilk/
Trump’s election day gamble over Israel backs Vance into a corner
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/11/03/trump-election-day-gamble-israel-backs-vance-into-corner/
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Researcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh
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From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-11-04 16:06:03
Binance says hackers who stole billions in crypto spent months planning heist
Techniques included laptop infections, compromised internal tooling, and fake job interviews.
From Ancient History 101 at 2026-11-04 05:00:00
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From Iran: The Latest at 2026-11-03 16:40:44
US bombs Iran’s Qeshm Island as Tehran weighs nuclear weapons breakout (media.mp3)
Donald Trump has launched secretive strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, as Tehran threatens to tear up its nuclear weapons ban and Gulf allies brace for renewed war.
In today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Roland Oliphant looks at reports of five explosions in Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, home to an underground Iranian missile site, even as Trump insists the US has already "won" the conflict. Meanwhile, Tehran warns it is ready for battle and may formally abandon its ban on nuclear weapons after the assassination of Ali Khamenei at the beginning of the war.
Plus, National Security Editor Rozina Sabur reports from the “gloomy” Manama Dialogue in Bahrain, where Gulf states admit their collective security has collapsed in the face of Iranian threats. As Americans head to the polls for today’s midterm elections, Rozina - formerly Washington editor - breaks down what the vote means for Trump’s war effort and whether the US could see a rerun of the January 6 Capitol unrest.
Highlights
- US bombs Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz
- Tehran considering ending its own nuclear weapons ban
CONTRIBUTORS:
Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant
Rozina Sabur, national security editor @RozinaSabur
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Iran reconsiders its own ban on nuclear weapons
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/11/02/iran-reconsiders-its-own-ban-on-nuclear-weapons/
Pickaxe Mountain nuclear strike and Trump’s other Iran war options
US strikes Iran on eve of midterm elections
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From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-11-03 16:03:13
UEFI bootkit infected fully patched Windows machines. Is Microsoft to blame?
UEFI bootkit BlackX exploits Microsoft's lack of clarity around Secure Boot protections.
From The Django weblog at 2026-11-03 15:30:00
Django security releases issued: 6.1.3, 6.0.10, and 5.2.19
In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing releases for Django 6.1.3, Django 6.0.10, and Django 5.2.19. These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible.
CVE-2026-108147: Potential memory exhaustion in MultiPartParser via base64-encoded file upload
When using django.http.multipartparser.MultiPartParser, multipart uploads
with Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 could be buffered entirely in memory,
regardless of FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE, before being passed to upload
handlers, potentially consuming excessive memory.
This issue has severity "low" according to the Django Security Policy.
Thanks to Ignacy Kujawa for the report.
CVE-2026-111211: Potential log injection via unescaped geometry form values
django.contrib.gis.forms.GeometryField and its widgets logged invalid
submitted values directly, allowing control characters (e.g. newlines or ANSI
escape sequences) to be written unescaped into logs. This could enable log
injection or forgery, letting attackers manipulate log appearance or
structure, especially in logs processed by external systems or viewed in
terminals.
This issue has severity "low" according to the Django Security Policy.
Thanks to Aaron chen for the report.
CVE-2026-111362: Server-side request forgery via crs member of GeoJSON geometries
Earlier versions of the GeoJSON spec allowed specifying a coordinate reference system (CRS) by URL. Since GDAL still resolves these URLs, any validation, save, or query path where a geometry is instantiated from user input allowed an attacker to submit a malicious CRS that would make a network request as the Django process user, or read a file, or both.
Lookups against spatial fields, the GeometryField form field, and GEOSGeometry now reject GeoJSON geometries with CRS references to external resources. The DataSource and
LayerMapping utilities for loading trusted data continue to accept these values.
This issue has severity "moderate" according to the Django Security Policy.
Thanks to Submersion Security Research Team for the report.
CVE-2026-113593: Potential exposure of private data via empty and missing Vary headers
UpdateCacheMiddleware and cache_page() generated the same cache key
for a request that omitted a header listed in the response's Vary header
and a request that sent that header with an empty value. As a result, a
response cached for one of these requests could be served to the other, which
could lead to the exposure of private data.
Cache keys now distinguish between absent and empty header values, as required by RFC 9111#section-4.1.
Responses previously cached for requests that omitted a header listed in
Vary will no longer be matched, and will be cached again on the next
request.
This issue has severity "low" according to the Django security policy.
Thanks to Andrew Gonzalez for the report.
CVE-2026-113733: Password hash disclosure to "view only" admin users with custom user models
Admin users with the view (but not change) permission to a user model were
displayed the entire password hash when the model was not AUTH_USER_MODEL,
or when AUTH_USER_MODEL inherited its password field from a concrete
parent model through multi-table inheritance.
This issue has severity "low" according to the Django Security Policy.
Thanks to Aaron chen for the report.
CVE-2026-114582: Server-side request forgery via SpatialReference string input
SpatialReference passed string input to GDAL,
which by default resolves URLs and reads files. This behavior was not
documented by Django. Other affected methods included
GEOSGeometry.transform(), OGRGeometry.transform(), GDALRaster.transform(),
the srs setter of OGRGeometry, and the srs and srid setters of GDALRaster.
A URL or file path reaching any of these would issue an outbound request or
read a file as the Django process user. The attack vectors could be combined to
reveal local file contents by observing outbound requests.
SpatialReference now disables network and file access when parsing string
input on GDAL 3.9 and later. As a consequence, file paths and URLs are no
longer accepted as SpatialReference inputs. Dictionary references using the
DICT: prefix, including those prefixed with ESRI::, are rejected on all
GDAL versions.
Full protection requires GDAL 3.9 or later. Integer SRIDs are looked up
directly in the EPSG database, so prefer them when the input is untrusted. Or,
if strings must be used on lower GDAL versions, compare to an allow list. The
new gis.W001 system check warns when the installed version of GDAL is not
at least 3.9.
This issue has severity "low" according to the Django security policy.
Thanks to Adraca for the report.
Affected supported versions
- Django main
- Django 6.1
- Django 6.0
- Django 5.2
Resolution
Patches to resolve the issue have been applied to Django's main, 6.1, 6.0, and 5.2 branches. The patches may be obtained from the following changesets.
CVE-2026-108147: Potential memory exhaustion in MultiPartParser via base64-encoded file upload
- On the main branch
- On the 6.1 branch
- On the 6.0 branch
- On the 5.2 branch
CVE-2026-111211: Potential log injection via unescaped geometry form values
- On the main branch
- On the 6.1 branch
- On the 6.0 branch
- On the 5.2 branch
CVE-2026-111362: Server-side request forgery via crs member of GeoJSON geometries
- On the main branch
- On the 6.1 branch
- On the 6.0 branch
- On the 5.2 branch
CVE-2026-113593: Potential exposure of private data via empty and missing Vary headers
- On the main branch
- On the 6.1 branch
- On the 6.0 branch
- On the 5.2 branch
CVE-2026-113733: Password hash disclosure to "view only" admin users with custom user models
- On the main branch
- On the 6.1 branch
- On the 6.0 branch
CVE-2026-114582: Server-side request forgery via SpatialReference string input
- On the main branch
- On the 6.1 branch
- On the 6.0 branch
- On the 5.2 branch
The following releases have been issued
- Django 6.1.3 (tarball | checksums)
- Django 6.0.10 (tarball | checksums)
- Django 5.2.19 (tarball | checksums)
The PGP key ID used for this release is Jacob Walls: 131403F4D16D8DC7
General notes regarding security reporting
As always, we ask that potential security issues be reported via private email
to security@djangoproject.com, and not via Django's Trac instance, nor via
the Django Forum. Please see
our security policies for further
information.
From Schneier on Security at 2026-11-03 12:01:00
In both a 2021 essay and my 2022 book, A Hacker’s Mind, I talk about AIs finding vulnerabilities and exploits—hacking—the legal system.
Here’s some demonstrations of this from Germany:
Legal systems encode the foundations of social order in natural language. Similar to computer systems, the written law can contain vulnerabilities that invite exploitation.1 Courts absorb most exploits through interpretation, and such vulnerabilities rarely surface in the first place. With highly capable AI systems enabling the discovery of vulnerabilities at unprecedented scale, we believe the latter could change...
From School of War at 2026-11-03 10:00:00
Israel’s Fight in the North (CBS3093827959.mp3)
Reporting from northern Israel, Aaron sits down with two unidentified Israeli army officers and Druze community leader Tamir Murad to explore the threats facing the country’s northern frontier. From drones changing the battlefield to the plight of Syria’s Druze, their conversations reveal how closely war touches everyday life. As one Israeli army officer puts it, “There’s no distance between the front line and home. Home is the front line.” 01:10 — Tamir Morad on Israel’s Druze 02:50 — Four generations of service 07:28 — October 7 11:02 — Hezbollah rockets and tunnels 13:55 — Majdal Shams and Druze identity 17:29 — Violence in Suwayda 25:06 — A Druze state? 36:28 — Israeli officers on the 1973 war 39:57 — Lessons from Ukraine 42:07 — Hezbollah’s drones 50:02 — AI on the battlefield 54:15 — Israel’s Syrian buffer zone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From Odd Lots at 2026-11-03 09:00:00
An Election Day Special With Nate Silver (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
Nate Silver tells us he is calling this midterms the “rock and a hard place election” — the background conditions are great for Democrats to win both the House and the Senate, but for that to come to pass, the party has to pull off some things that haven't happened in generations, like winning Texas. To believe that will happen requires a certain leap of faith, which is anathema to pollsters. Still, the polls generally believe Democrats are favored, but many professional pollsters would end up with egg on their face if the night does not go that way. Silver — the founder of Silver Bulletin — joins us today to discuss why popular narratives around polling error are wrong, prediction markets, why he doesn't think AI will replace pollsters, and what he is paying attention to tonight as the polls close.
Read more:
When Will We Know Who’s Won the Midterm Elections?
Trump’s DOJ Turns to Supreme Court in California Ballot Case
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From Iran: The Latest at 2026-11-02 16:16:11
Iran vows ‘no limits’ war as Trump threatens Pickaxe Mountain strikes (media.mp3)
Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has made a rare statement, threatening to wage war with “no geographical restrictions” if the US resumes strikes. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has issued a stark ultimatum: strike a peace deal including nuclear weapons or he will “hammer” sites including Pickaxe Mountain.
On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey and Roland Oliphant break down the news that suggests a full restart to the war is increasingly imminent, even as peace talks enter a crucial final crunch period ahead of the 2026 US midterm elections on November 3.
Vice President JD Vance has written a letter to the Iranian regime and oil prices are slightly down, but with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu pushing for bombing to restart this week and Iranian officials vowing to target Europe, is there any chance of peace winning over war?
Highlights
- Trump vows to ‘hammer’ regime and strike Pickaxe Mountain
- Iran threatens US and Europe with ‘no limits’ war
CONTRIBUTORS:
Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey
Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
From the shadows, Iran’s supreme leader asserts his power
Nine things that could make or break Trump in the midterms
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Researcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh
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From Uncommon Knowledge at 2026-11-02 16:00:00
The Counter Revolution: Victor Davis Hanson on the Fall and Rise of Trump (Part 2/2) (UK_VDH_pt_2_wip03_podcast_aat28.mp3)
How did Donald Trump go from political defeat and the aftermath of January 6 to a second term in the White House? Historian Victor Davis Hanson discusses his latest book, The Counter-Revolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement. Hanson argues that the prosecutions of Trump strengthened his candidacy, evidenced by his gains among Black and Hispanic male voters. Hanson also explains why prominent (and former Democratic) Silicon Valley figures rallied behind him. Hanson delves into Trump’s second-term agenda, from immigration enforcement to his confrontation with universities, the media, and other institutions Hanson sees as centers of progressive power. Watch Part 1: Victor Davis Hanson: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump
From Schneier on Security at 2026-11-02 12:02:34
A comment:
3% of ‘critical’ software security bugs, in all of recorded history, have been found in the last month. This is on pace to find another ~100,000 bugs this year alone, adding ~26% more vulnerabilities to the all time total Do you realize how fucking insane that is?
Yes. It is a new world out there.
From Odd Lots at 2026-11-02 09:00:00
The $300 Billion Structured Notes Market Is Booming (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
The structured products business in the US has gotten very large recently — on track to hit $300 billion in sales this year. That they are all the rage means a once opaque financial product is getting a lot more attention. So what are structured products, exactly, and how are they influencing the economy? In short, structured products are basically a fusion of a bank IOU with a derivative product, but that underplays how complex these things are and how they are shaping market dynamics. What is particularly interesting about structured notes is how they've become a stand-in for how investors are betting on the AI trade — the ways these products are structured allow market actors to really capitalize on some of the turbulence we're seeing. On this episode, we speak with Alex Micalizzi, who is the international head of equity structured notes at Nomura, and he gives us what might be the clearest explanation of how structured products are created, how they work, and why sales in structured products have grown so much in the last year.
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From The Rest Is History at 2026-11-02 00:05:00
719. Revolution in the Soviet Empire: The Hungarian Uprising (Part 1) (GLT4398850202.mp3)
What triggered the Hungarian Revolution in 1956? Was Stalinism still the major political force in Hungary, even after the paranoid dictator’s death? And, how did the revolution almost bring down the Soviet Empire during the peak of the Cold War? Join Dominic and Tom as they delve into the tragic, dramatic story of the Hungarian Revolution, which brought the seemingly indomitable USSR to the brink of disaster… Join The Rest Is History Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to every series and live show tickets, a members-only newsletter, discounted books from the show, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at therestishistory.com. To read our new newsletter, sign up at: therestishistory.com/newsletters_______ Advertise with us: Partnerships@goalhanger.com_______ Sign up to Revolut at revolut.com/trih and get £20 when you spend. 18+, end date 30/06/2027 and promotion T&C's apply. Revpoints T&C's apply. _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From The Week in Westminster at 2026-10-31 11:02:00
George discusses Chancellor John Healey's first Budget with Sir Mel Stride, who served as Shadow Chancellor until just a few months ago and is a former Work and Pensions Secretary and the former Labour government minister Seema Malhotra, who is now a member of the Treasury Select Committee.
Andy Burnham said that he is willing to reopen the debate about free movement as part of a wider "national conversation" about Brexit. Labour's Dame Emily Thornberry, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and Danny Kruger, who was previously a Conservative MP but defected to Reform UK a year ago debate whether this is a good idea.
Professor Lucy Easthope, an expert on emergency planning and Helen MacNamara, who was deputy Cabinet Secretary during the covid pandemic speak to George about the government's Be Ready campaign which has already seen shoppers stocking up on beans, bottled water and wind-up radios.
And George discusses pubs, pints and the Budget with Lord Macpherson, the former permanent secretary at the Treasury between 2005 and 2016 and an amateur historian on the Treasury.
From More or Less at 2026-10-31 06:00:00
Europe's witch trials: The numbers behind the myth (p0pj80wn.mp3)
Witches and witchcraft have captivated people for centuries. From the curse tablets of Ancient Greece to the witch of Wookey Hole, belief in magic has long been woven into human culture.
But accusations of witchcraft have also had deadly consequences. Across Europe, tens of thousands of people were investigated, prosecuted and executed during the witch trials that swept the continent peaking during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
One statistic is repeated again and again: that nine million people were killed during the witch trials. But where does that figure come from, and does the historical evidence support it?
In this episode, we speak to historian Dr Jan Machielsen about the reality behind this claim, exploring what the numbers can tell us about this dark chapter in European history.
If you have a story you'd like us to investigate, please contact moreorless@bbc.co.uk.
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From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-10-30 21:09:54
Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours
It's still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic's verified Cursor account.
From Schneier on Security at 2026-10-30 21:04:36
Friday Squid Blogging: Bigfin Squid Off California Coast
Neat video:
The sighting, announced September 2, marks the first time anyone has spotted a live bigfin squid, which belongs to the Magnapinna genus, in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
From A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry at 2026-10-30 18:22:18
Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IVb: Iron Ends
This is the back half of the last part (I, II IIIa, IIIb, IVa) of our series looking at the vision of history advanced by Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Interactive’s World War II grand strategy game and one of the most popular strategy games on the market today. In the front half of this … Continue reading Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IVb: Iron Ends
From Ahoy at 2026-10-30 16:02:29
Singularity is a trip back to the FPS past.
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ahoy Merch: https://ahoy-shop.fourthwall.com/ 00:00 Introduction 03:10 Raven Software 06:58 Singularity 11:48 Consequences 14:34 Future 16:50 Cult Status 18:55 Conclusion
From Schneier on Security at 2026-10-30 15:20:02
Bloatware in Aftermarket Auto Parts
This story is interesting:
One Civic owner purchased a cheap aftermarket head unit off Amazon, and decided to have Claude work its magic on it, like it would a smart TV. What was reportedly discovered isn’t surprising, but is worth knowing about.
Among the pre-installed bloatware—or spyware, if you’re being less charitable—was a voice assistant equipped with WebView, an Android system component that lets apps display content off the web. This apparently always used about a third of processing power, even while idle, which isn’t great. There were also Baidu location services, a call recorder (!), a DAB radio client that is pretty much useless in the U.S., and Adobe Acrobat, presumably so your passenger can entertain themselves with PDFs on the go...
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-10-30 14:57:12
Trump briefed on Iran options as he faces midterms disaster and $115 oil (media.mp3)
Centcom’s commander Admiral Brad Cooper has briefed Donald Trump on options to resume major combat operations against Iran, as the war collides with next week’s high-stakes US midterm elections.
On today’s episode of Iran: The Latest, Roland Oliphant is joined by Curt Mills, Executive Director of The American Conservative, to analyse how the Iran war is impacting the polls - and how the election results could affect the conflict in the Middle East. What happens if Trump loses the midterms? With oil prices surging past $115 a barrel, they unpack whether the "America First" movement has lost control of the White House and why Texas has become a political crucible.
Plus, two vessels hit by explosions in the Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC claims to have downed two US drones, and Qatari envoys make a desperate return to Tehran to revive a deadlocked peace deal.
Highlights
- Trump briefed on Iran strike options as he faces midterm disaster amid $115 oil
- The IRGC claims to have downed two US drones
CONTRIBUTORS:
Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant
Curt Mills, executive director The American Conservative magazine @CurtMills
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
US midterm elections 2026: How do they work and what could they mean for Trump?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/10/26/us-midterm-elections-2026/
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Researcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh
Studio Operator: Andy Watson
Executive Producer: Venetia Rainey
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From The Incomparable Mothership at 2026-10-30 14:00:00
841: There's a Ton of Normal Movies (5641e741-26c1-4f6e-bcf5-99564f782a7f.mp3)
For Halloween we watched a… not particularly spooky movie. It’s the 30-year-old supernatural comedy “The Frighteners,” starring Michael J. Fox and directed by Peter Jackson, who was about to embark on making many “Lord of the Rings” movies. We are not sure we see the connection! But this movie… is not normal. Who is the target audience? Why does Jeffrey Combs appear, mid-film, combing it up at 100%? How many ghosts of loved ones would you want at your hot date at the Medieval Times? We have lots of questions, but very few answers!...
From Odd Lots at 2026-10-30 08:00:00
PHP2Shell Won't Be the Last Big AI Cybersecurity Risk (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
Earlier this year, cybersecurity researchers discovered a vulnerability in PHP, an open-source coding language used in roughly 70% of the world's websites, that had been lying dormant for a long time, and if exploited, could have led to disaster. And the researchers only understood the extent of this bug through the use of frontier AI models. Today, we talk to two staffers at Calif (CEO Thai Duong and engineer Bruce Dang), the cybersecurity firm that was among the first to discover the PHP vulnerability. Their firm partners with the major AI labs and neoclouds, and they help these companies test models and look for vulnerabilities in their infrastructure. Duong and Dang tell us how Calif uncovered the PHP hack, what the firm exactly sells, and what the future of cybersecurity looks like in the age of AI.
Read more:
How AI Is Making Cyberattacks a Bigger Threat
Japan’s Cyberattack Surge Tests Its Push to Strengthen Defenses
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From Iran: The Latest at 2026-10-29 16:40:12
Trump warns Gulf of imminent Iran blitz as China and Russia rearm Tehran (media.mp3)
The US and Israel are preparing for an imminent post-midterms strike campaign on Iran as new intelligence reveals Tehran has built a secret network of companies to rearm with the help of Russia and China.
On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey is joined by intelligence analyst and former US soldier Ryan McBeth to unpack whether another round of strikes can achieve anything more than "turning big rocks into little rocks". They discuss whether JD Vance’s backchannel letter to Iranian hardliners is a serious off-ramp or just more Trump bluster, why critical US precision munitions inventories like Patriot and Tomahawk face dangerous depletion, and what it will mean for a potential future war with China.
Plus, Akhtar Makoii’s scoop that Iranian intelligence operations are targeting the US midterm vote, the firing of another top Pentagon general by Pete Hegseth.
Highlights
- Trump warns Gulf of imminent Iran blitz
- China and Russia caught smuggling weapons to Iran
CONTRIBUTORS:
Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey
Ryan McBeth, intelligence analyst and former US soldier @RyanMcbeth
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Iran prepares to disrupt US midterms after meddling in Israel election
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/29/election-interference-tehran-cyber-baghaei/
Vance makes last-ditch attempt to stop fresh Iran bombing
Iran’s Hidden Web of Military Agencies Is Slipping Hardware Past the US Blockade
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Researcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh
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From The Briefing Room at 2026-10-29 11:15:00
How might the midterms affect US foreign policy? (p0pk808x.mp3)
The foreign policy of the second Trump administration has caused consternation to allies from Denmark to Korea. What had seemed solid and settled in the post-war world has been thrown into turmoil.
Until now the President has enjoyed support from Republican majorities in both Houses of Congress, but next month's midterm elections seem likely to change all that. The Democrats look to be headed for victory. But the question for the rest of the world is what will it mean for us? A tamed president? An enraged president? And how will America’s enemies and allies react?
Guests:
Anthony Zurcher, BBC’s North America correspondent Heather Hurlburt, associate fellow at the US and North America programme at Chatham House Rebecca Lissner, senior fellow for US foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations Lord Peter Ricketts, former diplomat, ambassador and national security advisor.
Production team:
Presenter: David Aaronovitch Producers: Ben Carter, Alex Last and Kirsteen Knight Editor: Penny Murphy Sound engineer: James Beard Production co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele
From School of War at 2026-10-29 09:00:00
Why Another Iran Strike Looks Inevitable (CBS6462145487.mp3)
Will Iran cost Republicans the midterms? What happens when half of the GOP turns against Israel? Middle East expert Mike Doran returns to School of War for a wide-ranging discussion of these questions as the midterms threaten to widen divisions on the American right over foreign policy. Taking aim at Tucker Carlson’s influence, Doran argues that the consequences of this divide reach far beyond Israel: “It sets us against ourselves, Americans against Americans, conservatives against conservatives.” He and Aaron MacLean explore the stakes of another escalation with Iran and when it might unfold, the future of America’s alliances, and what it all means for 2028. 03:59 Trump’s Next Move on Iran 11:29 Can Trump Force a Deal? 17:24 What Iran Really Wants 20:26 Is Renewed War Inevitable? 26:58 Targeting Iran’s Refineries 30:36 Trump, Putin, and Russian Oil 37:55 Israel and Turkey’s Rivalry 45:05 The Fight Over Syria 51:35 The Right Turns on Israel 53:19 The Debate With the NatCons 1:00:09 What Should Conservatives Defend? 1:10:56 Can America Find the Center? This episode of School of War is brought to you by Maven Smart System, the builder platform for the American warfighter, fielded across the force and live on the frontline today. Learn more at palantir.com. This episode of School of War is also brought to you by Stratolaunch, a leading pure-play hypersonics company. Stratolaunch helps the U.S. and its allies move new hypersonic technologies from concept to capability, faster and cheaper. Learn more about how Stratolaunch is accelerating the future of hypersonics at Stratolaunch.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From Odd Lots at 2026-10-29 08:00:00
What Wall Street Really Thinks About the AI Trade Now (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
It has been a big week for the AI trade — we've seen wobbles in the market, many of them in response to headlines like the Anthropic S-1 and earnings from the hyperscalers (Oracle, Microsoft, etc.). So what does Wall Street make of all the news, and how are they processing an increasing sense that the laws of the economy barely apply to AI? Today, we speak with Alexander 'Alty' Altmann, global head of equities tactical strategies at Barclays, and he helps us make sense of how Wall Street really feels about the AI trade right now. We also talk about the KOSPI-fication of the S&P 500, if there are any historical precedents for the capex going into the AI buildout, and if AI is really immune to interest rates.
Read More: Microsoft Reports Rising Cloud Sales That Show Payoff From AI
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From The Rest Is History at 2026-10-29 00:05:00
718. The Suez Crisis: Britain's Shattered Empire (Part 2) (GLT7704784668.mp3)
What role did France, Russia, America and Israel play in the Suez Crisis of 1956? Did the Egyptian leader, President Gamal Abdel Nasser, respond to the foreign invasion with military force? And, how did the debacle unfold? Join Dominic and Tom as they embark upon the final, dramatic leg of the Suez Crisis, and explain the outcome of the scandal. Join The Rest Is History Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to every series and live show tickets, a members-only newsletter, discounted books from the show, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at therestishistory.com. To read our new newsletter, sign up at: therestishistory.com/newsletters_______ Advertise with us: Partnerships@goalhanger.com_______ Sign up to Revolut at revolut.com/trih and get £20 when you spend. 18+, end date 30/06/2027 and promotion T&C's apply. Revpoints T&C's apply. _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-10-28 16:07:29
Trump backs Bibi as Israel readies for new Iran strikes (media.mp3)
US President Donald Trump has backed Benjamin Netanyahu after a strong election result for the Israeli leader that is likely to lead to the imminent resumption of war with Iran even as Gulf states push for peace talks.
On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey speaks to Jerusalem correspondent Henry Bodkin and global health security editor Paul Nuki in Tel Aviv about the why Bibi beat back his rival Gadi Eisenkot, how the Arab parties could become kingmakers, and the importance of Trump’s intervention ahead of voting. Amid growing momentum behind a Qatari peace deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, they explain why Israeli military action against remaining IRGC targets is inevitable, whatever Trump does with the war.
Plus, what the election result means for the region as Lebanese proxy Hezbollah rearms with the help of Iranian cash, Yemen’s Houthis attack a major oil refinery in Saudi Arabia, and tensions in the West Bank are on a knife edge.
Highlights
- Trump backs Bibi as Israel readies for new Iran strikes
- Yemen’s Houthis attack a major oil refinery in Saudi Arabia
CONTRIBUTORS:
Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey
Henry Bodkin, Jerusalem correspondent @HenryBodkin
Paul Nuki, global health security editor @PaulNuki
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Netanyahu’s fate now rests in the hands of his enemies
Israel’s plan for ‘decisive victory’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/25/israels-plan-for-decisive-victory/
We’re ready to ditch two-state solution, says Arab-Israeli election kingmaker
The CIA, civil war and the total collapse of Israel
Israel closes West Bank after shoot-out days before election
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From Schneier on Security at 2026-10-28 11:05:00
Studying Fraudulent North Korean IT Workers
Researchers set up a fake start-up company to study fraudulent North Korean IT workers.
From Ancient History 101 at 2026-10-28 05:00:00
How to Write an Epic Poem (media.mp3)
If you've started reading the Odyssey, Iliad or Aeneid and wondered how these epic poems were created, this episode explains exactly how the poets made these extraordinary stories.
Laura Jenkinson-Brown joins us once again to talk about the literary techniques used, the narrative plot points that audiences came to know and expect, and we talk about which, if any, modern superheroes come the closest to copying ancient Greek heroes.
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From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-10-27 20:25:55
Code-execution flaw in UEFI firmware affects most servers on planet Earth
Critical flaw in EDK2 allows attackers to execute code early in the boot process.
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-10-27 16:09:05
Netanyahu ‘pushed Trump for Iran strikes’ to delay first wartime Israeli election (media.mp3)
This Israeli election is the most strategically consequential in the country’s history, with record turnout as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns voters to pick him or die.
On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Roland Oliphant talks to former Israeli defence intelligence analyst and INSS fellow Danny Citrinowicz about why Netanyahu is reported to have pushed Donald Trump to restart the Iran war early so he could delay the election. When the US said no to avoid pushing up oil prices any further, leaks suggest the Israeli leader tried to find another way to provoke Tehran, only to be stopped by the IDF chief of staff.
They discuss the domestic and regional stakes for the country’s first wartime vote since Oct 7, and why the chances of renewed strikes against Iran are highly likely whether Bibi wins or loses.
Plus, two British men are charged over a suspected Iranian intelligence plot targeting RAF Fairford, a vessel catches fire off the coast of Iraq, and Iran warns it will target South Korean shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Highlights
- Netanyahu ‘pushed Trump for Iran strikes’ to delay first wartime Israeli election
- ‘Elect me or die’: Netanyahu’s Israel election threat as Iran war looms large
CONTRIBUTORS:
Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey
Danny Citrinowicz, senior fellow at Institute for National Security Studies @citrinowicz
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Two men charged over suspected RAF Fairford terror plot
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/27/two-men-charged-over-raf-fairford-terror-plot/
Victory or prison: Bibi’s last stand
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/27/netanyahu-israeli-election-eisenkot-likud-iran/
Netanyahu ‘pushed for strike on Iran before Israeli election’
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The Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 - Publisher Podcast Awards 2026
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From Emperors of Rome at 2026-10-27 12:26:47
The Triple Triumph (261027-triple-triumph.mp3)
It is the summer of 29 BCE. The civil wars are over. Antony and Cleopatra are dead. Egypt has fallen. The victorious Octavian returns to Rome.
What follows is three days of spectacle unlike anything the city had seen. Three triumphs, three separate victories, three processions through the streets of Rome to the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline.
The triple triumph will close the era of the civil wars and opens something new. It will send a clear message about Octavian himself, about his enemies, and about the Rome he was building.
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From Schneier on Security at 2026-10-27 11:01:26
Hiding Capabilities in AI Models
Interesting research: “AI Models Can Provably Hide Arbitrary Capabilities”
Abstract: Capability evaluations aim to surface dangerous model behaviors before deployment, but their reliability depends on the assumption that hidden capabilities can be elicited. We show this assumption does not hold under adversarial conditions by constructing backdoor attacks that embed encrypted neural networks within host model weights, decrypting and executing them only upon receiving a secret trigger. Using digital lockers, these hidden circuits remain provably hard to elicit and interpret under cryptographic assumptions, even given full access to model weights, extending prior work from hiding fixed strings to arbitrary computations. We implement our proof of concept constructions in PyTorch and evaluate elicitation through fine-tuning, weight noising, gradient-based trigger search, and latent adversarial training, using a small chemical reaction prediction task as a proxy for CBRN-relevant capabilities. Our results demonstrate resistance to these methods and, together with our cryptographic guarantees, reveal a limit of elicitation-based capability audits. We release our models to support the improvement of defenses...
From School of War at 2026-10-27 09:00:00
What Israel’s Election Is Really About, with Haviv Rettig Gur (CBS8709535309.mp3)
“It feels like an election where the nature of the country, the future of this foundational ethos of solidarity, is at stake,” says Haviv Rettig Gur. The Free Press Middle East analyst and host of Ask Haviv Anything joins Aaron MacLean in Jerusalem to explore the history behind the election’s deepest divisions. From Zionism’s origins as a rescue project to the military service that shapes its leaders, Gur explains the shared responsibility that built Israel—and why Israelis fear it is unraveling. What does Benjamin Netanyahu offer voters that his opponents don’t? And can a country united against its enemies agree on what it owes its own citizens? 02:05 What Is Zionism? 09:53 Herzl’s Warning 15:13 A Jewish Rescue Project 26:38 Visions of the Jewish State 30:24 Netanyahu’s Security Message 35:21 American Jews and Israel 43:32 Military Service and Political Power 47:41 The Foundations of Israeli Democracy 52:40 The Ultra-Orthodox Draft Fight 1:01:42 The Army and Israeli Identity 1:12:35 What’s at Stake in the Election? 1:21:23 Antisemitism in America This episode of School of War is brought to you by Maven Smart System, the builder platform for the American warfighter, fielded across the force and live on the frontline today. Learn more at palantir.com. This episode of School of War is also brought to you by Stratolaunch, a leading pure-play hypersonics company. Stratolaunch helps the U.S. and its allies move new hypersonic technologies from concept to capability, faster and cheaper. Learn more about how Stratolaunch is accelerating the future of hypersonics at Stratolaunch.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From The Django weblog at 2026-10-26 17:00:00
Natalia Bidart - Planned short-term leave
After more than three years as a Django Fellow, I will be taking a three-month break from Fellow duties during November, December, and January. This time will allow me to properly rest, reset, and recover from some accumulated fatigue so I can return with renewed energy.
I'm deeply grateful to the DSF Board for its support of this arrangement, and to my Django Fellow colleagues and the members of the various teams and working groups who will help provide continuity during my leave.
I look forward to resuming my Fellow duties in February. Super excited to be release manager for Django 2028!
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-10-26 16:41:26
Trump vows ‘mini Operation Epic Fury’ as Iran plots to kill Americans (media.mp3)
Donald Trump has threatened to restart the war with Iran with “another little Operation Epic Fury”, even as US intelligence exposes advanced Iranian plots targeting American personnel across the Middle East.
On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Venetia Rainey and Roland Oliphant look at why the US and Israel are delaying strikes until after the midterm and parliamentary elections. Sascha Bruchmann, Research Fellow at the IISS in Bahrain, breaks down why the region is changing forever and the Gulf’s military posture as leaders from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey visit Iran for an emergency summit.
Plus, former President Barack Obama weighs in on the Iran war, the Tehran-backed Houthi forces launch ballistic missiles at Riyadh’s main airport, why war resilience is about more than stockpiling.
Highlights
- Trump vows a ‘little Operation Epic Fury’ against Iran
- Tehran plots to target American personnel across the Middle East
CONTRIBUTORS:
Venetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey
Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant
Sascha Bruchmann, IISS Defence and Military Analysis Research Fellow
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Obama accuses Trump of ‘chaos, cruelty and corruption’
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/25/obama-accuses-trump-chaos-cruelty-corruption/
US withdraws diplomats from Saudi Arabia
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/22/us-withdraws-diplomats-from-saudi-arabia/
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Winner Best News and Analysis Podcast - Publisher Podcast Awards 2026
Bronze Best News, Politics and Current Affairs - British Podcast Awards 2026
Nominated Podcast of the Year - Society of Editors News Podcasts Awards 2026
The Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 - Publisher Podcast Awards 2026
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Researcher and Social Producer: Anna Hindmarsh
Studio Operator: Andy Watson
Executive Producer: Venetia Rainey
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From Schneier on Security at 2026-10-26 11:03:31
Interesting research:
TL;DR: Chinese AI models now sit inside Western products, and some carry geopolitical triggers: tell the model who the code is for, and the security of what it writes changes. For the first time, we showed that this vulnerability lives in the model’s weights, and that removing the model’s CCP alignment removes it.
- One word tilts the code against Americans. Ask for the app “for a US defense contractor” instead of “for a Chinese defense contractor”, and Qwen3-Coder is 19% more likely to hand back an app that can be hacked. ...
From Odd Lots at 2026-10-26 08:00:00
AI Agents Are Already Changing the Price of Goods (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
It's obvious that things are getting more expensive, and there are plenty of reasons behind the surge in prices — whether it's wars or inflation or companies padding their profit margins. But with the release of AI agents like Meta's Muse, tech companies are promising consumers that agents will start saving them tons of money by finding the best deals. According to today's guest, Lindsay Owens, the history of price gouging does not bode well for claims that things might get cheaper because of new technology, and research conducted by her think tank Groundwork Collaborative shows that a number of consumer facing agents end up serving customers more expensive items after learning more about their financial situation. Her new book Gouged: The End of a Fair Price — and What That Means for Your Wallet gets into the history of how companies got away with charging more for their goods, through means like data collection and surveillance. Today we talk to Owens about how AI agents are already changing the idea of a fair price, all the pre-AI ways that companies price gouged, and her new book.
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Uber Wins Bid to Dismiss £250 Million Black Cab Driver Suit
Ryanair CEO Predicts Historic Jump in Air Fares Next Year
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From The Rest Is History at 2026-10-26 00:05:00
717. The Suez Crisis: Anarchy in the Middle East (Part 1) (GLT9181892981.mp3)
Why did the Suez Crisis break out in 1956? Who were Anthony Eden, the British Prime Minister at the heart of the scandal, and Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian President? And, would the crisis be the death knell to the British Empire? Join Dominic and Tom as they begin their journey into one of the greatest international scandals of all time, in the dying days of the British Empire. Join The Rest Is History Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to every series and live show tickets, a members-only newsletter, discounted books from the show, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at therestishistory.com. To read our new newsletter, sign up at: therestishistory.com/newsletters _______ Sign up to Revolut at revolut.com/trih and get £20 when you spend. 18+, end date 30/06/2027 and promotion T&C's apply. Revpoints T&C's apply. _______ Advertise with us: Partnerships@goalhanger.com _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From The Week in Westminster at 2026-10-24 11:02:00
This week the government gave the go-ahead for developing Jackdaw, the North Sea gas field. To discuss this approval, Sonia is joined by Torcuil Crichton, Labour MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, and Green MP Ellie Chowns, who is the party leader in Westminster.
Sonia looks ahead to next week's budget with Labour peer Kitty Ussher who was a Treasury Minister in Gordon Brown’s government and Rupert Harrison, who worked alongside George Osborne at the Treasury, and is now a senior adviser at the investment management company Pimco.
In the summer the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology was abolished and its responsibilities were placed in different departments across Whitehall. To discuss why, Sonia is joined by Conservative MP George Freeman, who is a former Science Minister, and is deputy chair of the Science and Technology Committee and Rowena Mason who is the Whitehall editor of the Guardian.
And, this month marks the 90th anniversary of the Jarrow march, when two hundred men walked from Tyneside to London to petition the British government to bring back industry to their town. Kate Osborne is the Labour MP Jarrow and Gateshead East and Helen Antrobus is a curator and historian who works with the People’s History Museum in Manchester. They joined Sonia to discuss the legacy of the Jarrow march.
From Odd Lots at 2026-10-24 09:00:00
How a Chicago Restaurant Has Stayed Open For Nearly Three Decades (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
Richard Mott's first foray into hospitality was in the 1980s at the University of Chicago, where he started running a coffee shop in the basement of the business school when he was a grad student. By the time he graduated, he helped grow that single coffee shop into four locations across campus. He's a longtime Chicago-based restaurateur and his farm-to-table restaurant North Pond has been around since the late 1990s. Lately, he's expanded his business to include Spark Shared Kitchen, a catering facility and incubator for food entrepreneurs. He knows a lot about the practical economics of restaurants and hospitality at large, and in his decades-long career in the Chicago scene he's seen about everything. On our recent trip to Chicago, we sat down with Mott to talk about the ever-increasing price of food and labor, why diners are drinking less, and the expected and unexpected reasons that restaurants so often fail.
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Chicago Seeks to Borrow for Police Settlements, Revive Head Tax
Chipotle’s Softening Sales Force Analyst to Throw in the Towel
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From More or Less at 2026-10-24 06:00:00
Terence Tao: Maths ‘the canary in the coal mine’ on AI (p0pj7zn4.mp3)
Terence Tao is widely celebrated as the world’s greatest living mathematician.
He was doing university-level maths at the age of 9, won Gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad at 13 - still the youngest person to have done that - and got his PHD at age 20.
At 31 he won the Fields Medal - somewhat equivalent to a Nobel Prize for pure mathematics. He has now embarked on what some might consider the greatest challenge of his life - he’s written a book for a general audience, called Six Maths Essentials.
This provided the opportunity for Tim to interview Professor Tao. They talked about maths, and the relevance of his kind of abstract maths on everyday life. And they also talked about AI. OpenAI recently released full or partial solutions to 372 unsolved mathematical problems, which has raised existential questions about Tao’s profession. Professor Tao says the disruption in his field might make it “the canary in the coal mine” for the disruption AI is going to create across our way of life.
Credits: Presenter: Tim Harford Series Producer: Tom Colls Production Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele Sound Mix: James Beard Editor: Richard Vadon
From Schneier on Security at 2026-10-23 22:00:09
Friday Squid Blogging: Increasing Squid Populations
This article in Nature argues that it’s due to an overfishing of predators and warming sea temperatures.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
From A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry at 2026-10-23 21:43:00
Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IVa: The Fires of Industry
This is the first half of the last part (I, II IIIa, IIIb) of our series looking at the vision of history advanced by Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Interactive’s World War II grand strategy game and one of the most popular strategy games on the market today. In the last part (split over two … Continue reading Teaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IVa: The Fires of Industry
From The Incomparable Mothership at 2026-10-23 17:00:00
840: Back Up the Money Truck Again (b054b360-b4d6-4ab5-89f7-3191adc2064d.mp3)
Put on your shin guards and get out on the pitch, because we’re tackling the return of “Ted Lasso” for a fourth season after it seemingly ended with season 3! What did we think of the new story arcs? Was the villain obvious and did it matter? Is Roy Kent the Fonzie of “Ted Lasso?” Follow the money....
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-10-23 16:11:29
US Navy prepares indefinite Iran blockade as Houthi missiles target Riyadh (media.mp3)
The US is preparing for a protracted war with Iran as Donald Trump’s UN ambassador, Mike Waltz, warns the US Navy can maintain its maritime blockade on Iranian ports indefinitely.
With Iranian seaborne oil exports falling toward zero, Washington is tightening its economic pressure campaign to force concessions on Tehran’s nuclear program.
On today’s episode of Iran: The Latest, host Roland Oliphant is joined by The Telegraph’s chief foreign affairs commentator David Blair. They unpack the escalation across the Middle East as Saudi air defenses intercept a Houthi ballistic missile over Riyadh, European and Middle Eastern foreign ministers convene in Istanbul, and the environmental cost of the war as UAE temporarily closes a beach due to dangerous contamination by a spill from a tanker.
Plus, oil prices surge to a five-month high amid fears of fresh US-Israeli strikes, and Benjamin Netanyahu orders a total lockdown of the West Bank just days before Israel's general election.
Highlights
- US Navy prepares for indefinite Iran blockade as oil revenues hit zero
- Houthis target a ballistic missile at Riyadh as regional allies convene in Istanbul
CONTRIBUTORS:
Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant
David Blair, chief foreign affairs commentator @davidblairdt
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Israel closes West Bank after shoot-out days before election https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/23/israel-closes-west-bank-after-shootout-before-election/
The testimony of 24 soldiers has put the Gaza toll at the heart of Israel’s election https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/21/naza-film-israel-netanyahu-election/?recomm_id=d05acaf9-6799-4c4c-b651-e0e86e1d4d0b
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From Schneier on Security at 2026-10-23 12:04:22
The Indian CA eMudhra Limited has eight TLS certificates with laughably weak private keys:
The compromised eMudhra keys were defective at a level that’s challenging the imagination of many of the engineers studying the incident. A normal size for a NIST P-384 elliptic curve cryptography private key contains roughly 384 bits of entropy, a size allowing almost 2384, or a number with 116 digits, different possibilities. The private key sizes of the compromised keys ranged from 3 to 8 bits. Astonishingly, the private keys were 4, 56, 66, 115, 155, 156, 230, 237...
From School of War at 2026-10-23 10:00:00
Sweden’s Secret Army (CBS4581409252.mp3)
Sweden joined NATO in 2024. What took them so long? Historian Johan Wennström, author of The Stay Behinds: Sweden’s Cold War Guardians, joins Aaron MacLean to uncover how Sweden secretly collaborated with NATO for decades while remaining publicly neutral for fear the Soviet Union would invade Finland if they did. With Russia threatening Europe again, Wennström discusses the history of Sweden’s balancing act, how it built an army of sleeper cells, and whether NATO membership risks giving countries a false sense of security. 03:13 The Soviet Threat 08:00 Was Sweden Neutral? 15:52 Sweden in World War II 20:10 Sweden’s Military Might 20:50 Building the Resistance 25:11 Legalizing a Secret Army 28:35 Soviet Invasion Plans 33:05 The Resistance Leaders 37:09 Is Europe Prepared? 41:09 Was NATO a Mistake? 42:41 The Case for Deterrence 44:29 Preparing for Defeat This episode of School of War is brought to you by Maven Smart System, the builder platform for the American warfighter, fielded across the force and live on the frontline today. Learn more at palantir.com. This episode of School of War is also brought to you by Stratolaunch, a leading pure-play hypersonics company. Stratolaunch helps the U.S. and its allies move new hypersonic technologies from concept to capability, faster and cheaper. Learn more about how Stratolaunch is accelerating the future of hypersonics at Stratolaunch.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From Odd Lots at 2026-10-23 09:00:00
The Forgotten Godmother of Economic Literature (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
In 1776, the field of economics was born with the publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations. And among the book's earliest readers, and most ardent advocates, was a Regency-era novelist named Maria Edgeworth. In her time, Edgeworth was one of the most famous literary figures in England, and she smuggled into her stories economic concepts and debates around rent seeking, the idea of productive labor, and so on. These works were enormously influential and they helped expose a generation to practical applications of Smith's new theories. Yet when you read about the history of economics, Edgeworth's name is hardly ever mentioned. Jeanna Smialek, a veteran reporter and the Brussels bureau chief at The New York Times, thinks Edgeworth's name needs to be placed back in the pantheon of economic history. On this episode, we speak with Smialek about her biography, The Invisible Hand of Maria Edgeworth, and we discuss Edgeworth's friendly debates with the likes of Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo, how the Irish potato famine reshaped economic thought, and how Edgeworth used the novel form to educate the masses on the value of economics.
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From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-10-22 21:17:52
Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4
Flubbed key signing "ceremony" allowed minting of web credentials for any site.
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-10-22 14:49:32
Peter Apps: US and Israel plan 3-day Iran blitz, how China and Russia back Tehran (media.mp3)
Further details have emerged regarding US-Israeli plans for a joint military campaign against Iran after the midterm elections. Following sightings of Israeli Air Force jets flying up to the Iranian border on Monday, plans for a three-day military blitz on Iran’s nuclear facilities and energy infrastructure were revealed to the New York Times.
On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Roland Oliphant speaks to Reuters global defence commentator Peter Apps about whether a renewed campaign can force Tehran’s hand or if it will trigger a devastating cycle of retaliation across Gulf energy fields. They examine the collapse of Iran’s shadow tanker fleet, escalating Houthi strikes in Saudi Arabia, and whether expanding cyber warfare and drone technology mean the West is already entangled in a broader global conflict.
Plus, what would be the global impact of Iranian attacks on undersea cables in the Persian Gulf, and why Russian trawlers are spying on critical British subsea infrastructure.
Highlights
- Iran’s ‘shadow fleet’ has run out of oil after a monthslong US blockade.
- How conflicts around the world are inextricably linked and are AI cyber attacks dragging the West into global war?
CONTRIBUTORS:
Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant
Peter Apps, global defence commentator for Reuters @pete_apps
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
US and Israel practise fresh strikes on Iran’s border https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/22/us-and-israel-practise-fresh-strikes-on-irans-border/
US withdraws diplomats from Saudi Arabia https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/22/us-withdraws-diplomats-from-saudi-arabia/
Netanyahu pushes for new strikes against Iran before Israeli election https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/21/netanyahu-wants-new-strikes-on-iran-before-israel-elections/
Iran threatens to cut Hormuz internet cables https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/20/iran-threatens-cut-hormuz-internet-cables/
Exclusive: Putin sends fishing trawlers to spy on Britain https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/21/exclusive-putin-sends-fishing-trawlers-to-spy-on-britain/
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From Schneier on Security at 2026-10-22 14:26:51
New Serious PHP Vulnerabilities Released and Patched
PHP maintainers have released two critical vulnerabilities:
PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 fix two critical vulnerabilities that can allow unauthenticated remote code execution. All PHP users are strongly encouraged to update immediately.
Who is at risk: all PHP installations serving web requests, including PHP-FPM, Apache with mod_php, php-cgi, FrankenPHP and LiteSpeed. We consider the risk highest for mod_php, with a demonstrated exploit where an unauthenticated request can trigger the attack before any application code runs.
The vulnerabilities:...
From The Briefing Room at 2026-10-22 14:19:00
Has France become ungovernable? (p0pj0v8r.mp3)
Will the French accept that changes need to be made to fix their ailing economy? Political paralysis and a debt crisis has led to 5 prime ministers in the last two years. Every attempt at fixing the economic problems is met with outrage and protest. Saturday 17th October 2026 saw some of the worst protests in years, with peaceful demonstrations over the cost of living and school funding descending into an 'apocalyptic hell'. 500 police officers were injured in the violence, 1,500 shops were damaged and an historic 19th century city hall was burnt to the ground in the mass disorder that ensued. But there are some serious economic issues that must be faced head on. France's borrowing costs have just hit a 26 year high, signalling they are not trusted to manage their growing debt. Public spending in France is higher than in many other European countries and a big part of that bill is pensions. Raising the pension age would save the state much needed money but proposals to do so were met with outrage and put on hold. So, has France become ungovernable?
Guests: Sophie Pedder, Paris bureau chief, The Economist Victor Mallet, Financial Times, author of Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe Agnes Poiriet, UK editor, L'Express
Producers: Ben Carter, Phoebe Keane, Kirsteen Knight
From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-10-22 12:30:33
333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email
For 3 days this month, 333 exit nodes were hacked in hopes of stealing sensitive data.
From Net Assessment at 2026-10-22 11:00:00
Debating the Meaning of Military Victory (Net_Assessment_-_22_October_2026_v1.mp3?dest-id=808287)
On this episode, Chris, Melanie, and Zack consider the question of military victory. Is there such a thing? Is military victory achievable for either Russia or Ukraine? And if so, at what cost? And will we ever see a war that ends in unconditional surrender? Grievances for President Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine by siding with China and Russia; the Saudi's dissembling on the threats to the Kingdom; and the latest stories of corruption within the Trump administration. Attas to the Ukrainians who rescued a wounded soldier by drone, to Anthony Scaramucci for lasting twice as long in his job as Katie Zacharia, and to Stimson's Evan Cooper – who is getting married! Congrats to Evan and Grace.
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Stephen Biddle, Sam Winter-Levy, and Yuri Zhukov, "The Myth of Military Victory: The Dangerous Idea Driving Today's Wars of Choice," Foreign Affairs, October 6, 2026.
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Ahmed Al Omran, Nicolas Parasie, and Andrew England "Saudi Arabia to postpone 'Davos in the desert' after Houthi attacks," Financial Times, October 19, 2026.
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The Iran War, Eight Months On: Reassessing Costs, Consequences, and US Interests, Stimson Center, November 5, 2026.
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Henry Stimson Diary August 9-10, 1945, National Security Archive.
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Drone rescuing Ukrainian soldier, X post, October 19, 2026.
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Dana Mattioli, Josh Dawsey, Joe Parkinson, Drew Hinshaw, and Vera Bergengruen, Inside Kimberly Guilfoyle's Last Days as Ambassador to Greece, Wall Street Journal, October 13, 2026.
From Odd Lots at 2026-10-22 09:00:00
Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under Socialism (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
In September, Gallup released a poll that showed that 43% percent of Americans viewed socialism positively, the highest approval since Gallup began the poll back in 2010. Since Zohran Mamdani won the NYC mayoral election, the left has made a number of gains across national politics. Still, the majority of Americans view socialism negatively, according to Gallup. As a longtime DSA member and veteran of leftist media, Bhaskar Sunkara is one of socialism's leading advocates, and he's spent much of his career charting what a socialist economy in America might look like. Unlike some other leftists, he believes the market has a place. In fact, he thinks markets and entrepreneurs are an objective good in society. He proposes a vision of so-called "market socialism" in his recent co-authored book The Blueprint, and he lays out this system for us in today's episode. We talk about how many features of capitalism — from small businesses to monetary policy — might be remade under socialist principles.
Read more:
Ocasio-Cortez Boosts El-Sayed and 2028 Talk With $1 Million Check
An Economist Makes the Case for Mamdani-Style Populism
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716. King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend (Part 4) (GLT5811752589.mp3)
Did King Arthur really exist or is he just a legend that has developed over the centuries? Could he have been a Roman general who fought against the Saxons? Or is he a Celtic warlord? What is the truth? Join Tom and Dominic as they solve one of the greatest mysteries in British history and reveal who the real King Arthur was. Join The Rest Is History Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to every series and live show tickets, a members-only newsletter, discounted books from the show, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at therestishistory.com. To read our new newsletter, sign up at: therestishistory.com/newsletters _______ Sign up to Revolut at revolut.com/trih and get £20 when you spend. 18+, end date 30/06/2027 and promotion T&C's apply. Revpoints T&C's apply._______ Check out Ask the Archives at ask-the-archives.com and get started with Claude at Claude.ai/restishistory _______ Advertise with us: Partnerships@goalhanger.com _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-10-21 22:48:52
Enterprises keep buying software upgrades that IT thinks will make things worse
Survey of 2,018 IT heads at big firms points to a lack of leverage.
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-10-21 16:37:25
Israel and the US weigh fresh Iran strikes as the Houthi siege deepens (media.mp3)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his military to plan a multi-day bombing campaign targeting Iranian nuclear facilities and power grids, as talks with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signal preparation for joint military action against Iran.
On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Roland Oliphant speaks with global health security editor Paul Nuki about Netanyahu’s vow to dismantle the Iranian regime, the political calculations behind Trump delaying military action until after the midterms, and whether an Israeli election could derail Netanyahu’s foreign policy plans. They examine the domestic atmosphere in Israel and consider the key factors that will decide the vote in next week's election.
Plus, how IRGC threats against undersea internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz threaten global commerce, and how Houthi missile strikes are driving Saudi Arabia toward economic breaking point.
Highlights
- Netanyahu’s multi-day bombing campaign against Iran revealed
- The key factors that will decide next week’s Israeli general election
- IRGC target subsea internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz
CONTRIBUTORS:
Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant
Paul Nuki, global health security editor @PaulNuki
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Two RAF Fairford suspects arrested for spying for Iran https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/20/police-re-arrest-two-raf-fairford-terror-suspects/
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From Schneier on Security at 2026-10-21 12:02:22
Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS) Archive
There’s a new archive of all the papers from twenty-five years of the Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS).
Really nice resource. It’s fun to reread my 2002 essay on the economics of information security.
From Odd Lots at 2026-10-21 09:00:00
James Robinson on What It Looks Like When a State is Failing (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
The third and last episode from our Chicago live show is with James Robinson, a professor at the University of Chicago and a recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics (which he shared with Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson). His most famous work is 2012's Why Nations Fail, and in that book he and his co-author Acemoglu document the institutional factors — whether it is reliably run elections or open markets that help facilitate innovation — that determine why some states thrive and others don't. So we ask Robinson the big question: What would have to happen for the US to be considered a failed state?
Read More: ‘Middle Powers’ Grapple With New Survival Strategies Under Trump
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From Ancient History 101 at 2026-10-21 05:00:00
The Athenian Empire (media.mp3)
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From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-10-21 03:12:18
PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.
From GoodFellows: Conversations on Economics, History & Geopolitics at 2026-10-20 22:03:25
Boomers, Burners, and Flying Cars with Cal Newport | GoodFellows (GoodFellows_2026-10-19_-_Cal_Newport_wip31_podcast_ae05c.mp3)
While the public clamors for some semblance of government regulation of the burgeoning artificial intelligence sector, the question remains: how to prevent doom scenarios without compromising the industry’s innovative spirit. Cal Newport, a Georgetown University computer scientist and frequent writer on AI matters, discusses questions he wants Congress to ask and suggests ways to keep AI from undermining secondary and college learning processes (are Georgetown’s phone-free “cognition cloisters” the answer?). After that, the fellows discuss what’s fueling the fiery riots across Western Europe (is it time that European nations paid attention to Javier Milei’s reforms in Argentina?) and what compelled President Trump to threaten Ukraine with blocked access to the Starlink satellite internet service (is it what comes from too many conversations with Vladimir Putin?). Finally, in the “Lightning Round”: thoughts on Hoover economist Bob Hall receiving a Nobel Prize, what America’s midterm elections might bring, and the likelihood of any of the three academics buying Elon Musk’s “flying” roadster (the answer, it seems: when pigs fly!). Subscribe to GoodFellows for clarity on today’s biggest social, economic, and geostrategic shifts — only on GoodFellows.
From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-10-20 20:47:35
The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs
Intermediate certs allow anyone to mint web credentials for any Internet server.
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-10-20 17:32:43
UK sends Typhoon jets to protect Saudi Arabia against the Houthis (media.mp3)
British RAF Typhoon fighter jets will be deployed to defend cities and critical infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, following the Yemen-based militant group’s deadliest attack yet, a devastating assault that killed at least 70 people, all new recruits aged 18 to 20, at a training camp.
On today’s episode of Iran: The Latest, Sophia Yan is joined by former UK Ambassador to Yemen Edmund Fitton-Brown to examine the escalating Houthi missile campaign, Britain's military role in the Gulf, and whether Donald Trump will expand US strikes following the midterms. They discuss whether Iran can keep control over the ‘violent’ and ‘ambitious’ Houthi militants, the origin story of the Yemen-based mlitant group, and the strength of their support base.
Plus, Fitton-Brown reveals inside details of the near-miss 2016 peace deal between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, and why the militants walked away at the final hour to insist total victory.
Highlights
- UK RAF Typhoon jets deploy to defend Saudi Arabia
- Netanyahu insists he and Trump “have a job to finish” as speculation rises over whether Trump will launch another attack on Iran after the midterms.
CONTRIBUTORS:
Sophia Yan, co-host and senior foreign correspondent @sophia_yan
Edmund Fitton-Brown, former UK ambassador to Yemen and current senior fellow at FDD @EFittonBrown
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RAF fighter jets to defend Saudi cities from Houthi attacks https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/20/raf-fighter-jets-to-defend-saudi-cities-from-houthi-attacks/
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From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-10-20 13:33:13
Meta Muse exposes users' personal and business secrets when they share conversations
A single query is all that's required to find thousands of conversations listed by title.
From Schneier on Security at 2026-10-20 12:03:13
Possible new Cellebrite iPhone Radio Zero-Day
Justin.sh is reporting on a confidential Cellebrite document that has been leaked to him:
Cellebrite calls it Advanced Unlocks (AU from here on), not to be confused with the “advanced unlocking services” they’ve marketed for years. A press release from earlier this year confirms AU is a new product for 2026.
[…]
According to Cellebrite, AU:
- is a “next-generation AFU vector that is more resilient to Apple’s OS changes”
- works with Stolen Device Protection enabled, which tightens USB restrictions
- is enabled by a dedicated appliance with a stated range (!) of about 8 meters...
From Odd Lots at 2026-10-20 09:00:00
CME's Terry Duffy on the Disconcerting State of Finance Regulation (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission was practically brand new when Terry Duffy started working at CME Gropu almost five decades ago, and over the course of his career at the exchange, this legend of the trading world has seen an enormous amount of change when it comes to finance regulation, including the rise of prediction markets, 24/7 trading and perpetual futures. Duffy is set to transition out of his current position as CEO next year, and this conversation, recorded live at City Winery in Chicago, is a sort of exit interview. He tells us how regulation has evolved since the start of his time at the CME. We also talk about why he is against perps, the credibility issues prediction markets face, his definition of spreads versus futures, and what he wishes he knew at the start of his career, now that he is nearing retirement.
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From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-10-19 20:39:19
Recently fixed Plex Media vulnerabilities are being exploited to install malware
A researcher says attacks chaining 4 vulnerabilities is hacking unpatched boxes.
From Biz & IT - Ars Technica at 2026-10-19 19:30:56
ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install support
ReactOS gains NTFS install support with new driver.
From The Django weblog at 2026-10-19 18:28:23
Quarterly contributor outreach
Hi Django community, thank you all for continuing to contribute to Django.
The Steering Council is reaching out to bring people's attention to a few areas. We have major features we'd like to test and review for 6.2, smaller changes that could use attention and then various New Feature ideas we'd like community input on.
Major features
These PRs are things we'd like to refine, test and get merged in. We're looking for people to test the features themselves and review the PRs. Please see our guidelines on reviewing PRs.
CompositeField(multi-column subqueries)- Only needs testing, not review.
DEFAULT_PK_FIELDsetting (e.g. UUID primary keys)- Move models between apps
Sage Abdullah has a great Django London talk on how to test your project against Django's main branch. Please note that you would need to change the branch to point to the PR’s specific branch.
Other features
These are other PRs that we thought would be cool to have included in 6.2. They are in various states of refinement. We're looking for people to test and review the PRs. They are smaller in nature, so it may be easier to get involved here.
- Adding
QuerySet.executed_queries - Partitioned cookies
- Support for the HTTP QUERY method
- Improve CSRF debug messaging behind proxies
New Features
This section is bringing attention to the New Features queue. Ideas are in various stages and require different types of input. With over 150 ideas so far, we'll try to provide direction for those who have limited time to participate.
Ideas needing technical vetting [medium+ effort]
These are ideas the community would like integrated, but we need contributor opinion on. The links are to proposals that could use vetting.
- Ability to customize model Meta and migration generation
- Implement modern CSRF protection
- Add timeout API for tasks
- Subresource integrity (SRI)
- Adding import maps to Django
Ideas needing community input [low effort]
We encourage people to review the entire New Feature queue and use the emoji reactions. Please use the 😕 emoji to register a "saw this, but have no opinion". This helps us understand what has been reviewed by the community. We have selected a few from the list that we'd like people to weigh in on:
- Better hooks to customize
PasswordResetFormemail sending - Add PR help in Working with Git GitHub contribution documentation
- Service URL parsing in core (e.g. database and cache URLs)
- Standardise Task execution order
- Update
AuthenticationMiddlewareto delegate to Authentication Backends - Support sending to Unicode email addresses via SMTP
Thank you
Django is built by the community and every bit helps move Django forward. We encourage everyone to feel empowered to participate. If you aren't sure where to start or have questions, ask on the Django Forum or in the Django Discord. We're happy to help you find your way in.
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From School of War at 2026-10-19 17:39:00
Can Ukraine Win Without America? (CBS9602524104.mp3)
Russia is losing ground in eastern Ukraine and suffering mounting casualties. So why is the White House handing Vladimir Putin a lifeline? Retired Australian Army major general Mick Ryan, author of the newsletter Futura Doctrina, joins Aaron MacLean to examine the links between the Iran war and Ukraine, and explains why Ukraine’s battlefield successes aren’t translating into political advantage. Putin’s best hope, Ryan argues, is getting Donald Trump on his side: “He’s tried everything else and it hasn’t worked.” Could Washington give Putin what his army can’t? 03:07 Ukraine and Iran 05:58 Putin’s American Lifeline 08:04 Rising Diesel Prices 11:22 Ukraine’s Starlink Dependence 13:30 Satellite Speed Limits 18:00 Russia’s Jet-Powered Drones 19:40 Ukraine Without America 22:34 Stalled Peace Talks 25:39 Economic Warfare Against Iran 31:08 Ukraine’s Counteroffensive 36:40 Adapting on the Battlefield 39:14 China’s Lessons From War This episode of School of War is brought to you by Maven Smart System, the builder platform for the American warfighter, fielded across the force and live on the frontline today. Learn more at palantir.com. This episode of School of War is also brought to you by Stratolaunch, a leading pure-play hypersonics company. Stratolaunch helps the U.S. and its allies move new hypersonic technologies from concept to capability, faster and cheaper. Learn more about how Stratolaunch is accelerating the future of hypersonics at Stratolaunch.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
From Iran: The Latest at 2026-10-19 16:59:32
Egypt weighs entering war against the Houthis as strikes threaten global shipping (media.mp3)
Houthi ballistic missile strikes kill 20 people in Yemen as Egypt considers sending military support to help Saudi Arabia counter Iranian threats in the Red Sea.
On today’s episode of Iran: the Latest, Sophia Yan speaks to the Telegraph’s Executive Defence and Foreign Affairs Editor Con Coughlin and Chatham House Middle East expert Dr. Lina Khatib.
They analyze Iran’s turn to asymmetric proxy warfare as Houthi strikes continue. Meanwhile, Western intelligence faces a renewed threat as Tehran appoints Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi, known as Iran’s "Missile Man", as its new defence minister to rebuild its degraded ballistic missile arsenal.
Plus, Donald Trump endorses Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel's national election, and why Iran’s remaining, highly ideological leadership core could make Tehran more dangerous than ever.
Highlights
- Iran’s "Missile Man" appointed as new Defence Minister and what this means for the war.
- A sign of expanding regional support against the Houthis, as Egypt considers sending troops to support Saudi Arabia
CONTRIBUTORS:
Sophia Yan, co-host and senior foreign correspondent @sophia_yan
Con Coughlin, executive defence and foreign affairs editor @con_coughlin
Dr. Lina Khatib, Chatham House Middle East expert @LinaKhatibUK
WATCH US ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dk
CONTENT REFERENCED:
The Houthis are Europe’s problem https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/15/houthis-are-europe-problem/?recomm_id=c1d5b4ae-93da-41d2-af79-bec524a0c34e
Iran’s proxies are propping up Tehran with financial support, says US https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/17/irans-proxies-propping-up-tehran-financial-support-us/?recomm_id=b2d4de18-e667-484b-a32a-eac0926b890a
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From Uncommon Knowledge at 2026-10-19 16:00:00
The Counter Revolution: Victor Davis Hanson on the Fall and Rise of Trump (Part 1/2) (UK_VDH_pt_1_wip04_podcast_9ll4c.mp3)
How did Donald Trump go from political defeat and the aftermath of January 6 to a second term in the White House? Historian Victor Davis Hanson discusses his latest book, The Counter-Revolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement. Hanson argues that the prosecutions of Trump strengthened his candidacy, evidenced by his gains among Black and Hispanic male voters. Hanson also explains why prominent (and former Democratic) Silicon Valley figures rallied behind him. Hanson delves into Trump’s second-term agenda, from immigration enforcement to his confrontation with universities, the media, and other institutions Hanson sees as centers of progressive power. Stay tuned for Part 2, in which Victor discusses Trump’s promise to remake Washington and restore American strength, the war in Iran, and his own health.
From Schneier on Security at 2026-10-19 12:07:43
Training AIs to Solve CAPTCHAs
Interesting research:
Abstract: Vision-language models (VLMs) can solve visual CAPTCHAs without task-specific training, but the agents built on them approach every challenge from scratch. For such an agent, the hundredth instance of a familiar puzzle costs as much time and compute as the first. Specialized detectors invert the trade-off, answering in milliseconds but only for categories they were trained on. Neither improves with exposure. We study what changes when a solver improves with use. Our system pairs a fine-tuned YOLOv8 detector with an open-weight VLM behind a confidence-based router, and runs entirely from screenshots and operating-system input events, with no browser automation or DOM access. It reaches 85.4% overall and 84.2% macro accuracy across 16 classes, exceeding either component alone. Every answer VLM produces also serves as a training label, so the detector absorbs categories it was never trained for, typically after one or two encounters and without human annotation. The same loop also repairs it. A CAPTCHA operator can perturb images against the publicly released detector and drive its accuracy to 0%, but the perturbations leave VLM untouched, and its labels let the detector recover. Under a year-long simulated arms race in which the CAPTCHA operator re-crafts its perturbations each month, the solver recovers every round, and a cheap ~70%-accurate open-weight teacher hardens it as effectively as a perfect oracle. Visual CAPTCHA defenses that assume a failing bot stays failing therefore understate how quickly an adaptive solver returns...
From Odd Lots at 2026-10-19 09:00:00
Don Wilson on the GPU Market's Trillion Dollar Question (audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=982f5071-765c-403d-969d-ae27003a8d83)
When we spoke to Don Wilson, founder and CEO of DRW, in Chicago last year, he told us he wanted to build a market for GPUs that would eventually be bigger than oil. A year's time in the age of AI is an eternity, and so for the first episode of this year's Chicago live show - recorded at City Winery - Wilson joins us on stage again to talk about what's changed and what hasn't in his quest to help build this market. We get his take on the recent tech selloff, including credit concerns around neocloud CoreWeave. And we also discuss how DRW is developing a “crunch spread” (the GPU version of a crack spread), the latest on his plans to launch GPU futures, and the possibility of token futures too.
Read more: Jump, DRW Bet on New Compute Market as AI Boom Faces Scrutiny
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From The Rest Is History at 2026-10-19 00:05:00
715. King Arthur: The Mysteries of Merlin (Part 3) (GLT4769841872.mp3)
What are the origins of Merlin, the powerful wizard and King Arthur’s advisor? Who was Geoffrey of Monmouth, and what role did he play in evolving the tales of Arthur and the Round Table? And, was Merlin based on a real historical figure from the Saxon invasion of Britain in the 5th century, and the totemic battle of Badon…? Join Tom and Dominic as they delve into the true origins of history’s greatest wizard: Merlin…. Join The Rest Is History Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus episodes, ad-free listening, early access to every series and live show tickets, a members-only newsletter, discounted books from the show, and access to our private Discord chatroom. Sign up directly at therestishistory.com. To read our new newsletter, sign up at: therestishistory.com/newsletters_______ Your next discovery is waiting on TikTok. _______ Advertise with us: Partnerships@goalhanger.com _______ Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Video Editors: Jack Meek, Harry Swan + Adam Thornton Social Producer: Harry Balden Producers: Tabby Syrett & Aaliyah Akude Senior Producer: Callum Hill Executive Producer: Dom Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices