Day: October 20, 2025

Happy Halloween. Have a nice trip. See you next fall..

Halloween is here.. And the media is once again using the opportunity to scare parents about the season of the witch.. no spells. No ghosts.. no goblins.. Not even Michael Myers lurking behind a bush.

No, the UPI instead of using the seasonal topic of bad luck that may befall your child..

Trips. Toxic masks.. an visibility..

From their hard hitting piece on something to make your parental situation even more nervous:

Avoid tripping hazards. Costumes that are too long or baggy can easily cause falls. Hem hand-me-downs or homemade outfits so they don’t drag on the ground.

Stay visible. Add reflective tape to costumes, give kids flashlights or choose light-up treat buckets so drivers can easily see them.

And if you thought they would not bring up the candy situation> Think again!!

Lastly, after trick-or-treating, sort through candy before kiddos dig in. Watch for hard candies that pose choking risks for children under 3, and avoid homemade or unwrapped treats that could contain allergens or other hazards.

October 20, 2025
Season 5 soon: The Duffer Brothers spill some tea on Stranger Things final season.. The anti-spoiler about Eddie Munson already revealed

As the run up to the final season of Stranger Things begins in full swing, the advertising campaign is as well.. the latest PR information being revealed by the Duffer Brothers is not filled with spoilers but instead a steady stream of pro Linda Hamilton news..

“She’s hyper-intelligent and intimidating,” Matt Duffer told Empire of the character Dr. Kay, a government agent hunting down Millie Bobby Brown’s Eleven, in their new Stranger Things Season 5 issue.

And it looks like she’s probably going to be using those smarts to, quite frankly, kick some ass. “She’s a scientist but if she needs to, she can get into a fight and shoot a gun,” Matt added.

More..

And it looks like she’s probably going to be using those smarts to, quite frankly, kick some ass. “She’s a scientist but if she needs to, she can get into a fight and shoot a gun,” Matt added.

Capitalizing on the Stranger Things finale is Empire Online’s other conviction..

They are revealing 5 print covers–you can order yours from them directly since newstands don’t really carry news weeklies anymore..

There was some more sad information for true fans of the Eddie Munson character from the show..

Perhaps this is an example of an anti-spoiler..

The Duffer brothers on whether Eddie Munson will return for Stranger Things 5 “He’s dead, Joe is so busy anyway, that everyone should know he’s not coming back. He’s shot like five movies since! When the hell has he got time to come and shoot Stranger Things? No, sadly, RIP.”

So all those hyped of rumors that spread online were.. untrue? Unless the Duffers are pulling a fast one.. Munson fans will continue hoping for a triumphant return until the end..

October 20, 2025
White House down

Coming soon: The ball room.

Demolition crews on Monday began tearing down part of the White House to build President Donald Trump’s long-desired ballroom despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building.

Construction teams were demolishing a portion ofthe East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure, according to a photo shared with The Washington Post and two people who witnessed the activity and spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe it.

A cluster of people, including members of the Secret Service, stood on the steps of the Treasury Department to watch the construction unfold, said one of the people. Sounds of construction were also audible on the White House campus, although the project was not easily visible to the public given fencing on the grounds.

The White House said the demolition will not effect any structural integrity of the rest of the building..

The Administration said the project will be completed by 2029..

The East Wing of the White House will be modernized at the same time as the ballroom is constructed. BBC News described the proposed interior as being “lavish … including chandeliers and ornate columns”.

October 20, 2025
No Sleep Till Beijing

No Sleep Till Beijing

So, a funny thing happened at 3 o’clock in the morning last night.

I’ve been scrolling social media today and seeing a strange pattern — a lot of people say they suddenly woke up around that exact time. Some say their Alexa beeped weirdly or just stopped working. Others can’t explain why they woke up, only that something felt off.

Coincidence? Maybe. But that’s also right around the moment when the big internet outage began.

Across the globe, Amazon Web Services went dark — and when AWS goes down, so does a huge chunk of the modern world. Social apps, gaming platforms, even Roku and Fortnite were hit. Slowly but surely, things have come back online… but no one seems completely sure why it happened.

And then came a new twist.

China has accused the United States of launching a “major cyberattack” against its National Time Service Center, claiming it could have disrupted communications, financial systems, and even the power grid. In a statement posted on WeChat, China’s Ministry of State Security said it had “irrefutable evidence” that the NSA exploited a security flaw in a foreign phone brand’s messaging service to steal sensitive data.

Now, there’s speculation tonight that what we experienced here — this mysterious outage — might have been retaliation.

No official explanations. Just silence, glitches, and a lot of people wide awake at 3 a.m.

Maybe it’s nothing.
Maybe it’s something.
But for now… there’s no sleep till Beijing.

October 20, 2025
The internet gets a case of the Mondays

The internet seems to be crippled today

These days, when the internet goes down — it really goes down.

In the early hours of Monday morning, Amazon Web Services (AWS) — the backbone of much of the modern web — experienced a major outage, knocking out a long list of high-profile sites and services.

AWS reported what it called an “operational issue” impacting “multiple services,” and confirmed that engineers were “working on multiple parallel paths to accelerate recovery.” At one point, over 70 AWS services were affected — a reminder of just how deeply this single company is embedded in the infrastructure that keeps our world online.

By 3:35 a.m. PDT, AWS announced the issue had been “fully mitigated,” saying most systems were now running normally.

Still, it’s hard not to think about how fragile our digital lives have become.
When one company sneezes, half the internet catches a cold.

October 20, 2025
The Jersey drones phenomenon solved ?

It’s been about a year since the New Jersey drone phenomenon first lit up our skies — and our imaginations.

Remember how it dominated headlines? Those bright lights hovering silently above the Garden State and beyond had everyone speculating. Was it an alien invasion? A secret military test? A government conspiracy right above our heads?

But there was also another theory — that we were being gaslit. That the whole thing was a trick, a setup, a staged mystery designed to stir up confusion.

Well, now, you can decide for yourself whether we were fooled… or if we just witnessed a different kind of invasion — not from outer space, but from private contractors.

At the Army’s UAS and Launched Effects Summit at Fort Rucker this past August, a private company allegedly took credit for the chaos. According to a source who spoke to The New York Post, the company held a live demonstration of a manned aerial craft that stunned the audience with its strange design and otherworldly flight movements.

And then came the bombshell:

> “You remember that big UFO scare in New Jersey last year? Well, that was us,”
one of the contractor’s employees reportedly told a small group after the demo.

So was the New Jersey “UFO invasion” a real mystery from the skies — or just a marketing stunt that spiraled out of control?

October 20, 2025