'Catastrophic': Swiss glaciers lose fifth of mass in five years: the hour's strongest signal
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 45
'Catastrophic': Swiss glaciers lose fifth of mass in five years
Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately affected by climate change, have lost nearly 20% of their mass in five years, experts said Thursday, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 42
South Korean President Lee pushes back on Alaska LNG project after Trump touts Seoul's participation
S. announced plans for up to $200 billion in South Korean investment, though Seoul has yet to finalize the participation in the Alaska LNG project.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israeli man, 26, drowns in Norway after falling from boat, Foreign Ministry says
The Israeli Embassy in Oslo and the Foreign Ministry’s department for Israelis in distress abroad have been handling the case with local authorities since receiving the report.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Finance Ministry aims to cut record high gas prices by 50 agorot, needs attorney-general's approval
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Altruistic Aliyah: A tool for world Jewry to transform Israeli policy from within
The moment a diaspora Jew becomes an Israeli citizen, they cease to be a passive bystander affected by Israel's policies - they become an active participant in shaping them.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Burundi agrees to receive US third-country deportees, excluding those with crime or terror links
Washington has sent so-called third-country deportees to some half a dozen African nations under opaque deals that Senate Democrats say have cost tens of millions of dollars.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Saudi Arabia reluctant to fully cooperate with Israel during attempted flydubai hijacking
Although the Saudis went to great lengths to receive and assist the Israeli passengers aboard the flydubai flight, they did not fully cooperate with Israel.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Nova site restricted to memorial events, not celebrations, KKL-JNF says ahead of third anniversary
KKL-JNF requested that visitors respect the seriousness of the site and the events which occurred there, as well as the feelings of the victims' families.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
What one flydubai flight revealed about the new India-Israel-Gulf map
Sometimes geography tells its own story. And we caught a glimpse not of a completed new regional order, but of one that is still being built.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
London Design Fair 2026: The Victoria & Albert Museum
The best place to start at LDF , and arguably the heart of the festival, is the Victoria Albert Museum in South Kensington.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
How Navy SEAL Design Input Accidentally Created a New Knife-Drawing Mechanism
A. Emerson was also an accomplished martial artist, having trained since childhood; the reason he moved from his native Wisconsin to California was not to work at Hughes, but to train at the Filipino Kali Academy run by the legendary Dan Inosanto.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Mafell's Beefy Portable Drilling Station for Timber Framers
Traditional timber framing is still very much a thing in Europe. Timber framers often need to drill accurate holes for the pegs that will fasten two timbers, and these holes occasionally need to be drilled at angles.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Utility Trailer that Folds Up for Storage
You might see this as a lame Autobot, but it's the only Transformer I'd have any actual use for: Adapt-X is the name of a utility trailer, that transforms into…a compact box. This allows you to store it in a space much smaller than its in-use footprint.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Saudi Arabia is Making…EVs?!?
For a while now, Saudi Arabia has been seeking to pivot away from fossil fuels as their main source of revenue. Even so, I did not see this coming. Ceer is a new Saudi Arabian auto manufacturer, the country's first.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
AI Has Changed What Makes a Great Designer
For most of my nearly three decades teaching design at Parsons School of Design , there was a relatively straightforward answer to the question of what made a young designer valuable: technical proficiency.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Titan Straps: Fast, Tough Tie-Down Straps Invented for a Bikerafting Trip
Here's a fascinating way to travel: Bikerafting. First popularized in Alaska in the 1980s, you ride through the wilderness on your bike, carrying a packraft (an inflatable raft).
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Longform/North America/Signal 39
Slate Mini Crossword for Oct. 1, 2026
Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
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Technology/Global/Signal 39
Truemetrics (YC S23) Is Hiring a GTM Founder's Associate
Hacker News reports on this developing story.
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