On this day, 20 years ago, ℃-ute released their 1st album Cutie Queen Vol.1
This is a perfomance of Massara Blue Jeans, which is the 1st song on the tracklist.
In November 1984, 17-year-old Lisa McVey was riding her bike home after a double shift at a donut shop in Tampa, Florida.
Out of nowhere, a man dragged her off the bike and forced her into his car.
He blindfolded Lisa, pressed a gun to her head and drove to his apartment. For the next 26 hours, he raped and tortured her.
The girl believed she was going to die. But she was determined that if she did, police would catch the man who killed her.
So she paid attention to everything. She peeked under her blindfold whenever she could, counted the steps up to his apartment and pressed her fingerprints onto every surface she could reach in his bathroom.
She also kept him talking and promised to be his girlfriend. She even made up a story that her father was seriously ill and depended on her.
Slowly, it worked. After 26 hours, he drove her back toward her grandmother's house and apologized. Then he told her “Tell your father he's the reason why I didn't kill you."
Every detail she had memorized, from his car to his apartment to the ATM he had stopped at, led police straight to him.
His name was Bobby Joe Long. That year, he killed at least 10 women in the Tampa area. He was arrested on November 16, 1984, and later sentenced to death.
Years later, Lisa joined the same sheriff's office that caught him and became a deputy who helps survivors of sexual violence.
In 2019, when Long was executed, she sat in the front row.
I'm a Board Certified anesthesiologist and have been in practice for 24 years. I just learned that the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where I trained has launched a program to increase flu vaccine uptake among children by vaccinating them while under anesthesia.
The program is called "Close your Eyes. We'll Immunize"
This is stunningly irresponsible. Here's why:
Anesthetists are extremely risk avoidant and endeavor to minimize patient exposure to anything which carries potential side effects. This is particularly true of pediatric patients who very often have never been exposed to anesthetic medications. We simply cannot know how an individual child will respond to these drugs for the first time.
Every single medication we administer during an operation can potentially trigger untoward or allergic responses. When this occurs our primary responsibility is to stabilize the patient. Our secondary responsibility is to identify the offending agent. There is absolutely no justification of introducing another agent, in this case a flu vaccine, which carries a risk of harm and contributes nothing to the success of the operation.
Some of the more common side effects of flu vaccines are fever (11-16%) and less commonly, a rash (1%). There is also an non-zero risk of severe allergic reactions and high-grade fevers which can develop over the course of minutes.
What if a child under anesthesia receives a vaccine and develops a rash and/or fever? Is it from the antibiotic that the surgeon requested? Is it from the narcotic? The anxiolytic? The barbiturate?
Anesthetic gases can also (rarely) trigger a life threatening response called Malignant Hyperthermia which commonly presents as a high fever. Without subsequent testing we cannot know which agent was responsible. Most commonly the testing is never done and the child’s record will forever reflect the possibility that some or all of the drugs which were used are responsible for their reaction. This makes future anesthetic care significantly more challenging and will require the use of alternatives which may not be necessary.
Advocating for a flu vaccine while a child is anesthetized reflects the pervasive yet inaccurate attitude among the medical establishment that vaccines are perfectly safe. I simply cannot believe that my mentors would have ever supported this initiative when I was a resident there. Close your eyes indeed.
The PHP security team is giving advance notice: Upcoming security release Wed, Oct 21st 2026, 14:00UTC, two critical vulnerabilities, both rated CVSSv4 9.2.
PHP users are encouraged to prepare to update. Earlier release if details become public or active exploit evidence.
The Philadelphia Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 7-year-old Franklin Gibson, who was reported missing on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
Franklin was last seen on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at approximately 2:55 p.m. at Penny Packer School, located at 1858 E. Washington Lane. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, green sweatpants, and black sneakers.
Franklin is described as a Black male, 4 feet tall, weighing approximately 65 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Investigators report that he ran away from a vehicle near the school and may not be familiar with the surrounding area.
Anyone with information regarding Franklin’s whereabouts is asked to contact Northeast Detectives at 215-686-3153 or 215-686-3154, or call 911.
Statement from QB Jalen Hurts’ agent on missing the rest of the season.
This is extremely serious. A pulmonary embolism is what killed my dad very suddenly and unexpectedly. All beginning with a clot that began in his leg, broke off, and went to his lung.
The only warning sign we had in hindsight was his complaint of some mild pain in his leg the night before we lost him.
On this day, 10 years ago, ANGERME released their 22nd single Umaku Ienai / Ai no Tame Kyou Made Shinka Shite Kita Ningen Ai no Tame Subete Taika Shite Kita Ningen / Wasurete Ageru. This is the debut single of Kasahara Momona, it's also Aikawa Maho's last single.
Vers la fin des boutiques « geek » du boulevard Voltaire ? Au moins 4 ont été complètement vidées de leurs jeux vidéo rétro et cartes de collection inestimables. Des pertes jusqu’à plus d’un demi million €. Certains gérants savent déjà qu’ils ne rouvriront pas. @le_Parisien
INFO 🚨🇫🇷 | Des centaines de cartes Pokémon retrouvées éparpillées sur plusieurs mètres dans les rues de Lille, après l’incendie du magasin « Le Coin des Barons ».
grew up playing video games with 8 colors and using internet that took 30 secs to load a picture
made it all the way to artificial intelligence and flying cars
not bad
Surround yourself with people who see a flying car and say, "Awesome!"
Not people who see a flying car and say, "It's not actually flying" or "I don't see the point."
This post is not about cars :)
Rest in Peace, Police Officer Shane Seiber of the Philadelphia Police Department in Pennsylvania. End of Watch: October 10, 2026.
Officer Seiber served in law enforcement for 10 years and was an Air Force Veteran, serving from 2007-2015, including two tours in Iraq. He is survived by his wife and two children.
The FBI sends our prayers and condolences to Officer Seiber’s family, friends, and colleagues left behind. They will have our full support.