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Anticipating winter, Russia attacks Ukraine's power grid with missiles, drones, and cyber attacks. / The Economist
NATO says its members are running out of ammunition to supply Ukraine. / CNN
Slovakia's recent election shows how vulnerable other democracies are to Moscow's "weapons of mass manipulation." / WIRED UK
Unrelated: The main opposition leader in Seychelles gets charged with witchcraft. / BBC News
In the United States, the House of Representatives votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker. / The Hill
An overview of cases before the Supreme Court in the new term. / Wake Up to Politics
A backer of the Texas vigilante abortion ban wants to see lists of people who have ever donated to or received support from an abortion fund. / The Austin Chronicle
Parents pay rentable mothers $10,000 a year to provide their student-age children with support services. / The New York Post
All cellphones in the US will broadcast an emergency test today at 2:20 p.m. Eastern. / The Verge
A London graduate student hacks rental e-bikes to enable unhoused people to charge their phones. / dezeen
For the third straight year, Taco Bell's drive-thru system is the fastest in the market—and looks to get much faster. / QSR
The State Department says passport processing wait times have decreased for the first time since February. / The Points Guy
A temporary newsletter for people who love Halloween, or decorative gourd season. (IYKYK.) / 31 Days of Halloween, McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Remembering the 1970s biweekly Gay Power, "New York's First Homosexual Newspaper." / Flashbak
A supercut of songs that finish on the word "stop." / YouTube
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