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Posted by Matt Novak

https://gizmodo.com/california-could-get-a-4-year-ban-on-toys-with-ai-chatbots-2000706416

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706416

"Our children cannot be used as lab rats for Big Tech to experiment on," said the state senator who introduced new legislation around AI toys.

https://gizmodo.com/california-could-get-a-4-year-ban-on-toys-with-ai-chatbots-2000706416

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706416

Posted by Mike Pearl

https://gizmodo.com/that-problem-where-you-cant-buy-an-electrical-pulse-delivering-patch-for-your-taint-has-been-solved-2000705847

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000705847

The MOR patch is FDA approved for safety, and it's available for purchase online. Oh, and it zaps your taint.

https://gizmodo.com/that-problem-where-you-cant-buy-an-electrical-pulse-delivering-patch-for-your-taint-has-been-solved-2000705847

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000705847

Testing, Testing

I'm going to post something without coding the text color, just to see if a change I made with help from muccamukk  will do that. 

Woo-hoo! It worked! 

Posted by Cheryl Eddy

https://gizmodo.com/despite-the-hate-the-stranger-things-finale-smashed-netflixs-ratings-records-2000706347

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706347

Not everyone loved the way it ended, but plenty of eyeballs still made time to watch 'The Rightside Up.'

https://gizmodo.com/despite-the-hate-the-stranger-things-finale-smashed-netflixs-ratings-records-2000706347

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706347

Posted by Sasha Lekach

https://gizmodo.com/garmin-wants-passengers-to-use-metas-neural-band-to-control-car-screens-2000706357

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706357

Passengers could use Meta’s Neural Band wearable to control Garmin’s car infotainment features without using a touchscreen.

https://gizmodo.com/garmin-wants-passengers-to-use-metas-neural-band-to-control-car-screens-2000706357

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706357

Posted by Matt Novak

https://gizmodo.com/odds-of-trump-seizing-greenland-and-panama-canal-rise-on-prediction-markets-2000706329

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706329

The White House told Reuters that "utilizing the U.S. military is always an option" when asked about Greenland on Tuesday.

https://gizmodo.com/odds-of-trump-seizing-greenland-and-panama-canal-rise-on-prediction-markets-2000706329

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706329

Posted by Cheryl Eddy

https://gizmodo.com/the-director-of-greenland-2-migration-explains-the-enduring-appeal-of-disaster-movies-2000703715

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000703715

Ric Roman Waugh directs the sequel to his 2020 hit, with Gerard Butler returning to face the post-apocalypse on a comet-ravaged Earth.

https://gizmodo.com/the-director-of-greenland-2-migration-explains-the-enduring-appeal-of-disaster-movies-2000703715

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000703715

Posted by Tom Hawking

https://gizmodo.com/sony-patent-would-unleash-ai-ghosts-to-beat-games-for-you-when-they-get-too-hard-2000706270

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706270

Maybe one day, we'll get an AI that can watch the movies for us.

https://gizmodo.com/sony-patent-would-unleash-ai-ghosts-to-beat-games-for-you-when-they-get-too-hard-2000706270

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706270

Posted by Ed Cara

https://gizmodo.com/think-that-coffees-safe-on-a-plane-think-again-researchers-say-2000706308

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706308

A new report finds that many airlines have relatively poor quality drinking water.

https://gizmodo.com/think-that-coffees-safe-on-a-plane-think-again-researchers-say-2000706308

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706308

Posted by James Whitbrook

https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-2026-preview-mandalorian-and-grogu-starfighter-2000705592

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000705592

2026 marks another major transitory period for the galaxy far, far away—as it tries to return to movie theaters for the first time in almost seven years.

https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-2026-preview-mandalorian-and-grogu-starfighter-2000705592

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000705592

Posted by Tom Hawking

https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-plan-for-atari-astrochart-among-new-items-up-for-auction-2000706227

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706227

Take a peek at the stuff from the Apple founder's childhood bedroom.

https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-plan-for-atari-astrochart-among-new-items-up-for-auction-2000706227

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706227

It started snowing yesterday, and now there's about 5 cm of snow, an amount that is very rare here. I went for a walk to see the beach, because it looks so cool when it's covered in snow. To my surprise, there was even ice on the water! A fragile crust of little floes had formed and seemed to slow down the movement of the waves as they licked the snow away from the breakwater bit by bit.

At first, I didn't hear any bird calls. I did see a few sanderlings darting around, some big birds (probably black-backed gulls) hovering over the sea, and a huge swarm of smaller birds, but they were all far away. I was about to leave when suddenly an impressive formation of geese appeared in the sky. My birding app identified them as barnacle geese. Then the app recorded some more calls, including one from a dunling, a bird I had never seen or heard before.

The snow and the greyish sky skewed my perspective in interesting ways, so that it looked like there were mountains growing out of the sea near the horizon, or like there was a huge wave rolling towards the beach. It felt surreal and a little eerie.

Challenge #2: Pets of Fandom

Loosely defined! Post about your pets, pets from your canon, anything you want!

When I was a kid, I had a pet rabbit that lived in a hutch outside. Later on, I had budgies and goldfish as pets.

Mum and I were allergic to cats, so sadly I've never had any. 

I like cats in fandom though - there's Data's cat Spot in ST:TNG and Uncle Rogi has Maine Coon cats in the Galactic Milieu book series by Julian May.

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: What are your crafting goals for 2026?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Hello! I'm hoping someone here could answer my admittedly really silly question.

I've dabbled in coding and have used websites like Neocities to host my site in the past, which was all fine and well! But I had come across an entry here on DW regarding a Shrine Challenge. I looked through a lot of the published shrines and they all looked like they had "multiple" sites under the same domain (not on anything like Neocities). Is this something you pay for? Are there any free hosts out there able to do this too?

I can give some examples if this question doesn't make sense, haha! I'm having a hard time explaining it, but I didn't wanna just post someone's site link without permission or anything like that!

Thanks so much!

Posted by Germain Lussier

https://gizmodo.com/stranger-things-ending-sadie-sink-eleven-2000706300

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706300

Sadie Sink has no problem taking a pessimistic view on the Netflix finale.

https://gizmodo.com/stranger-things-ending-sadie-sink-eleven-2000706300

https://gizmodo.com/?p=2000706300

It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!

Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!