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Family members have identified the co-pilot of the Learjet 60 that crashed Sunday in Greenacres, Florida, as Nathalia Gadelha, 20, according to the New York Post. All nine people aboard were killed. The NTSB has not released the crew’s identities or qualifications, or confirmed who was at the controls. Gadelha grew up in Palm Beach County, and earned her private pilot license at just 17 in October 2023 as a senior at West Boca Raton High School, through the Palm Beach County school district’s Aviation Academy program, which paid for the license, according to local reports cited by the Post. Her dream was to become a commercial airline pilot, she said. She trained at American Flyers, which is based in Addison, Texas, and has a branch in Pompano Beach, Florida. Source: nypost.com/2026/11/02/us-new…

A dude in the know on USENET shared some chatter from IRC. Prepare now.

Hey @grok, if a nuclear war breaks out, where would the single most dangerous spot on planet Earth be, where humans would essentially have very little chance of survival?

I just talked to an even more inside insider. Prepare even more nowly.

Stunning admission by California during yesterday’s Ninth Circuit hearing. California admitted they do nothing to check the citizenship status of voters and will count the illegal ballots of noncitizens who vote. This is why we’re seeking an emergency order. We cannot allow California to dilute legal votes in the upcoming election. Judge: You agree that if a non-citizen votes and we don’t stop it now, that vote will be counted, correct? California: That’s absolutely correct.

X just announced long press on the like button will send someone $1 via X Money. Here's what you need to know. Elon Musk posted the news on Saturday, Oct 25, 2026, at 9:39 AM. He wrote: "We're adding long press on like to send someone $1 via X Money." The post passed 2M views, with about 45K likes. The idea is simple. Hold down the like button on a post and it becomes an instant tip. The $1 goes to the person who wrote the post, in one gesture, with no separate payment screen. X Money is X's digital wallet. It began rolling out in the US on Jul 29, 2026 to Premium and Premium+ subscribers, with pay-in and pay-out features. It is tied to Musk's plan to make X an "everything app". It includes a bank card with 3% cash back and instant payments. In September, X also moved US creator payouts from Stripe to X Money. Reaction has been mixed. Some say it makes tipping creators much easier. Others joke that you could lose $1 by holding the like button too long. Some users asked for the tip to be sent in $DOGE instead. Others asked X to fix existing US X Money issues and support backlogs first. Several users offered their accounts to test it. Key numbers: - Tip amount: $1 per long press - Announced: Oct 25, 2026 - Musk's post: 2M+ views, about 45K likes - X Money US rollout began: Jul 29, 2026 - Card cash back: 3% X has not yet given a rollout date for the feature.

New PFP 👀

Wow, wow, wow. I just left the National Press Club where Minister of Communications @AnikaWells spoke. She repeatedly and brazenly lied about the fake accounts, claiming they were only for enforcement, even though the legislation says in black and white that the eSafety Commissioner can use them in unlimited ways for "educational" and "promotional" purposes. One big moment came when a Politico reporter got up and said something about how mean people like @PaulineHansonOz were to eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant. Seriously. A supposed reporter was white-knighting for a government official during the official Q&A. The same reporter had come up to me before Wells' speech and asked if I had criticized Inman-Grant. Who needs government censors when you have Politico? After he asked his question, Wells showed the most emotion, describing online criticism of Inman-Grant as "abuse." She also talked about her own staff's supposed suffering. I kid you not. The mask dropped, and you could see what really upset her: people — including a sitting Senator — criticizing government officials. After gaslighting the audience about fake accounts, Wells repeatedly insisted the government wasn't trying to censor content. She said this after filling her speech with examples of content she claimed harmed people. You couldn't make it up. This legislation is the culmination of decades of progressives equating words with physical violence. Wells cynically compared her legislation to prevent psychological "harm" to various laws that protect people from physical harm, like seat belt laws. BTW, Wells never said what content it was that she thought caused eating disorders. Pictures of skinny women? Dietary advice? Who knows. Nobody asked. Another important moment came when Wells explicitly said Australia would be pursuing censorship alongside other nations, including the UK, France, and Spain—all countries where governments risk losing power to populists. I spoke with Julie Inman-Grant before the speech began and asked about the fake accounts. She insisted they were there just for enforcement, and when I asked why the law allowed them to be used for government propaganda, she said she might write an "enforcement memo," which, of course, would have no impact on the legislation. After her speech, I went up to Wells and asked if she was seriously saying the legislation didn't allow the government to use fake accounts for government propaganda. She refused to answer. A man who said he was from the National Press Club stepped in front of me and said I could interview her afterward. But that wasn't possible because they rushed her out the back to avoid any difficult questions. So there you have it. The pettiest people in Australia are seeking to silence citizens and their political opponents in the name of protecting children. These deeply intolerant and cynical people want to control what you can see and say online. And they're doing it with most of the media's support. Australia has reached a new low in its rapid descent into dogmatism, intolerance, and censorship.