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Ohio State plays today as the Buckeyes host their homecoming game in Week 6 of the college football season. Sports Illustrated's Ohio State outlet has published predictions asking whether the team can make a statement in front of its home crowd. Fans are weighing in on the matchup and what it means for Ohio State's season.
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Barcelona defeated Getafe 3-0 in La Liga, matching the club's best-ever start to a league season. Reports highlight a strong display despite Raphinha's absence, with Jules Kounde among the scorers and BBC coverage noting a first Barcelona goal for a newly prominent signing. Outlets including Marca, Yahoo Sports and Sports Illustrated ran live coverage, player ratings and streaming guides as the match drew widespread international attention.
- 3Hired Illustrator Turns House Portrait Into Smart Home Dashboard●I hired an illustrator to draw my house. Now it's my Home Assistant dashboard
A Home Assistant user commissioned a professional illustrator to draw a custom portrait of their house, then turned the artwork into an interactive dashboard for controlling their smart home. Rooms and fixtures in the illustration serve as touch controls for lights, heating and other devices. The idea is drawing attention for making home automation feel personal and designed rather than a grid of menus.
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Indiana football has three rising NFL Draft prospects, with wide receiver Charlie Becker drawing the boldest speculation. A Sports Illustrated piece asks whether Becker could be a top-10 pick, a striking jump for a player not previously projected so highly. The discussion is fueling debate among fans about how high the Hoosiers' draft stock can climb this season.
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An Australian family's story is putting a face on the housing affordability crisis. The mother bought her first home decades ago on a single income; her daughter, earning alongside a partner, still cannot afford to buy. Readers are sharing it as a stark illustration of how house prices have far outpaced wages across a generation.
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Artists around the world are posting their day seven contributions to Inktober 2026, the annual October drawing challenge, with this year's prompt 'panic'. Participants share ink illustrations interpreting the word, while observers browse the growing collection of responses. The month-long event draws amateur and professional illustrators posting one ink drawing per day throughout October.
- 7Foiled mall plot reveals Minnesota's evolving terror threat●Foiled mall plot reveals how Minnesota’s terror threat has evolved
A foiled plot targeting a mall has drawn attention to how Minnesota's terrorism threat has changed over time. The Star Tribune reports that the case illustrates new patterns in extremist activity in the state, which has previously been a focus of counterterrorism efforts due to recruitment networks and homegrown plots. Authorities and analysts are weighing what the failed scheme says about current risks.
- 8ChatGPT puts real cartoonists' signatures on fake New Yorker cartoons▼ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists' signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons
ChatGPT's image generator has been producing fake New Yorker-style cartoons that carry the real signatures of working cartoonists, without their consent. The issue raises fresh concerns about AI tools reproducing artists' identifying marks and styles, potentially damaging reputations and undermining paid work. Writers and illustrators are again questioning OpenAI's safeguards around living artists' likenesses and intellectual property.
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Portugal and Norway meet in a UEFA Nations League fixture that is drawing heavy search interest across the US, UK, India and Australia. Preview coverage focuses on the attacking matchup between Erling Haaland and Cristiano Ronaldo, with outlets publishing predicted lineups, team news and viewing information. Sports Illustrated and Yahoo Sports both offer predictions, while guides explain how to stream the match online.
- 10An 1884 illustration of a jacket-wearing Italian greyhound resurfaces●Is there anything more irritating than an Italian greyhound wearing a jacket? E. Habert, from "Catalogue illustré de l'e
An illustration by E. Habert from the 1884 'Catalogue illustré de l'exposition des arts incohérents', published in Paris by E. Bernard et Cie., is circulating again online. The image shows an Italian greyhound dressed in a jacket, drawn in the spirit of the Incoherent arts movement known for its absurd humor. Readers are amused by how contemporary the joke feels, sharing the century-old drawing widely.
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People are sharing memories of the films, TV shows and books that frightened them most as children. The nostalgic conversation covers everything from horror movies watched too young to unsettling cartoons and children's book illustrations, with many swapping stories of scenes that still linger decades later.
- 12Manuel Cetina's Glitched Animal Portraits Draw Attention●Wild Glitch: Distorted Animal Portraits by Manuel Cetina https:// theinspirationgrid.com/wild-gl itch-distorted-animal-p
Artist Manuel Cetina has released a new series, Wild Glitch, featuring distorted digital portraits of animals. The works blend 3D design and digital illustration, twisting familiar animal faces into fragmented, glitch-like forms. The series is being shared as a source of inspiration among digital art and illustration enthusiasts.
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Artists around the world are posting daily ink drawings for Inktober 2026, with day six's prompt being 'ogre'. Participants are sharing their takes on the monster theme across social media, showing everything from cartoonish brutes to darker fantasy interpretations. The annual October drawing challenge continues to draw a large community of illustrators practicing their inking skills one prompt at a time.
- 14Inktober day 9: artists draw rams●# inktober day 9: ram # notesArt # mastoArt # art # illustration # fediArt
Artists are taking part in Inktober, the month-long daily drawing challenge, with day 9's prompt inspiring ram illustrations. Participants are sharing their ink drawings under art and illustration tags, showing off a range of styles as the challenge reaches its ninth consecutive day.
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Richard Sherman is a trending search topic in the United States as NFL Week 5 coverage ramps up. Sports Illustrated's Week 5 notes highlight NFC West storylines, the division where Sherman made his name as a star cornerback with the Seattle Seahawks. No specific new development involving Sherman has been confirmed.
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Japanese figure skater Kanazawa Junna came from behind to win at the event in Poland, securing her place in the Grand Prix Final. Her comeback victory is drawing attention among Japanese skating fans. Separately, figure collectors are buzzing over a new 1/4-scale figure of the character Pamiat Merkuria from the game Azur Lane, shown in a bunny-suit outfit from an anniversary illustration.
- 17Open-source rebuilds of Adobe's full software suite surface online●Someone Just Rebuilt ALL Adobe Software and Open-Sourced them for 100% Free
Reports are circulating that someone has rebuilt the entire Adobe software lineup and released the alternatives as fully open-source, free projects. The claim spans Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and other creative tools, promising free access to capabilities normally locked behind Adobe subscriptions. It is drawing large attention online, with people debating how capable the rebuilt programs are and what it means for Adobe's paid model.
- 18Iowa City Regrets Religious Liberty Law After Satanic Council Prayer▼'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting
An Iowa city council is reportedly reconsidering a new religious liberty law it passed to allow prayer at council meetings, after an invocation opened with the words 'It is done. Hail Satan.' The council then debated when on the agenda it could address 'undoing the curse that was just put on our city.' Critics say the episode illustrates the risks of broad religious freedom measures that open government forums to all faiths, including minority ones.
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College hockey enters its second week of the season with attention on a set of games that were not widely expected to headline the schedule. Sports Illustrated highlights matchups that have taken on more intrigue than anticipated, as early-season results begin reshaping expectations for ranked teams across NCAA Division I men's hockey.
- 20Inktober day 8 prompts artists to draw 'stinky'●# inktober day 8: stinky # notesArt # mastoArt # art # illustration # fediArt
Artists are marking day 8 of the annual Inktober challenge, with this year's prompt being 'stinky'. Participants are sharing illustrated interpretations of the word, tagged across art communities such as Mastodon's mastoArt and fediArt circles. Inktober runs throughout October, with a new one-word prompt each day encouraging illustrators to produce and post an ink drawing daily.
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The Charlotte Hornets are opening their preseason campaign against the Brooklyn Nets, and coverage is focused on what to watch for in the matchup. Sports Illustrated previewed the game, highlighting storylines and players to monitor as both teams tune up ahead of the new NBA season.
- 22Hamlet's Ghost Quote Paired with William Blake Art Circulates Online●"I am thy father's spirit, doomed for a certain time to walk the night." William Shakespeare, Hamlet. (Art by William Bl
A line from Shakespeare's Hamlet — 'I am thy father's spirit, doomed for a certain time to walk the night' — is being shared alongside William Blake's illustration of the ghost scene. The quote comes from Act I, when the spectral king reveals his fate to Prince Hamlet. Readers are appreciating the pairing of the gothic text with Blake's romantic artwork.
- 23Solarpunk story library adds 150th illustration on open hardware●The 150th illustration in the # storySeedLibrary comes from @ the_lemonaut and represents something largely missing in t
The StorySeedLibrary project has published its 150th illustration, contributed by the artist known as the Lemonaut. The piece depicts an OpenFlexure microscope and highlights open hardware collaboration in engineering and science, described as something largely absent from solarpunk visual language so far. The project collects images as prompts for solarpunk fiction writers, and this addition widens its scope toward scientific and technical themes.
- 24New illustration of character Meu Meu shared online●🎊✨ アンネさんのイラスト「ちくぱ ＼CKP／ だめう！」が投稿されました！ https:// reiko-kagura.ink/media/pages/m eumeu-2?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=so
An artist known as Anne has posted a new illustration of the character Meu Meu, shown in a sailor outfit with frilled skirt and rainbow socks. The artwork, titled with the phrase "Chikupa CKP dameu", is being shared on social media and tagged as illustration and drawing, drawing a small but positive reaction from followers.
- 25Thirteen days of Mac Bitcoin mining earns just 134 satoshis●Ein kleines Set an Mac-Tools für Menschen, die Bitcoin-Mining so sehen wollen, wie es wirklich ist — nicht wie es beworb
A developer ran a small set of Mac tools for thirteen days to show what Bitcoin mining actually yields on ordinary hardware. The result: 56,559 accepted shares produced just 134 satoshis, a sum worth only a few cents. The experiment is being shared as a reality check against mining apps that advertise easy earnings, illustrating how unprofitable hobbyist mining has become.
- 26Open-Source Rust Apps Recreate Adobe's Core Tools with AI●Open-Source Rust Apps Clone Adobe's Core Tools Using AI
Developers have built open-source applications in Rust that replicate Adobe's core creative tools, using AI to accelerate development. The projects are drawing attention for challenging Adobe's dominance in photo and design software with free, community-driven alternatives. Commenters are debating how closely the clones match Photoshop and Illustrator, and whether AI-written code makes such reimplementations faster and cheaper than traditional open-source efforts.
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Major League Soccer's regular season is reaching a critical stage as Matchday 29 puts the playoff race front and center. Sports Illustrated has published predictions ahead of the weekend slate, with clubs battling for seeding and postseason spots. Interest in MLS is trending in the United States and Mexico as the playoff push intensifies.
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The annual Inktober drawing challenge has reached its fifth day, with artists worldwide sharing ink illustrations based on the official prompt 'smack'. Participants are posting their interpretations online, ranging from comic-style slap scenes to insect swarms and experimental lettering, as the month-long creative event continues to draw both amateur and professional illustrators.
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Major League Soccer's push to the playoffs takes center stage as Matchday 29 unfolds, with Sports Illustrated publishing predictions for the weekend's fixtures. With the regular season entering its final stretch, clubs across the league are battling for playoff positioning, and fans are closely following the standings and key matchups.
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A cleanroom project called Photocraft is working to reimplement Adobe Creative Suite tools as free software written in Rust, with the code published on GitHub. Commenters on Hacker News are debating its feasibility, since Creative Suite spans enormous, complex codebases like Photoshop and Illustrator, and cleanroom rewrites of such scale rarely reach completion.
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College football is in Week 6, and attention is on South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers, with Sports Illustrated highlighting prop bets favoring him to perform well against Florida's secondary. Bettors and fans are following the weekend's slate closely, with prop markets around Sellers among the most discussed plays heading into Saturday's games.
- 32A 1900 kudu illustration from Brehm's Tierleben resurfaces●Kudu. Ludwig Beckmann, from "Brehms Tierleben," vol. 3 by Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig, Vienna: 1900 # illustration # ar
An illustration of a kudu by Ludwig Beckmann, taken from volume 3 of Alfred Edmund Brehm's 'Brehms Tierleben,' published in Leipzig and Vienna in 1900, is being shared and appreciated by readers of classic natural history art. The engraving showcases the detailed animal depictions that made the encyclopedia famous, and viewers are responding warmly to its craftsmanship.
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Developers are highlighting a suite of free, open-source applications written in Rust that mirror the core tools of Adobe's Creative Suite, including image editing, illustration and design software. The projects are drawing attention as alternatives to Adobe's subscription model, which many users criticize as costly. Commenters are debating whether Rust-based tools can match the polish and ecosystem of established commercial creative software.
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Iowa State and BYU are set to meet in a college football game drawing significant attention from fans. Sports Illustrated has published a game preview with a final score prediction, fueling discussion about how the two teams match up. Supporters on both sides are weighing in on the expected outcome ahead of kickoff.
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Real Madrid are taking on Villarreal, and fans are searching for how to follow the match. Sports Illustrated published a guide explaining how to watch the game on TV and via streaming services. Attention is focused on team news, the scoreline and what the result means for Madrid's position in La Liga.
- 36Halloween-Themed Horror Cartoon Shows Figure Beneath the Leaves●Beneath the leaves. # grickledoodle # hiddenpeople # puzzleagent # horror # october # halloween # cartoon # art # drawin
Cartoonist Graham Annable, known online as Grickle, has shared a new Halloween-season drawing titled 'Beneath the Leaves', part of his grickledoodle series. The spooky hidden-figure cartoon, tagged with horror, October and Halloween themes, has drawn dozens of likes and is being shared as seasonal art among cartoon and illustration fans.
- 37Museum shuttle recalls tuberculosis toll among Swedish weavers●This weaving shuttle is a late-1800s tuberculosis vector, kept in the Textile Museum of Borås. Many textile workers caug
A weaving shuttle at the Textile Museum of Borås illustrates how tuberculosis spread among textile workers in the late 1800s. Workers drew yarn through a small hole using a wire, contaminating the tool with saliva, and English employers found disease rates correlated with a particular type of loom. The artefact is being shared as a striking example of occupational disease history.
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An anecdote about NFL Hall of Famer Michael Irvin is making the rounds again: during a Sports Illustrated interview, veteran reporter Peter King was taken by Irvin to a strip club, with Irvin reportedly telling him 'You came to my office.' The tale highlights Irvin's larger-than-life personality during his Dallas Cowboys playing days and his unconventional relationship with the media covering him.
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A general manager from a rival National League club has issued a pointed warning to the San Diego Padres' new ownership group, which includes investor and philanthropist Kwanza Jones. According to Sports Illustrated, the remarks touch on how the Padres' spending and roster approach could reshape competition in the division, drawing attention from fans and analysts across baseball.
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BYU football is in the spotlight after a string of roster moves and injuries left the program relying on its backup running backs. Sports Illustrated traced how attrition at the position forced the coaching staff to reshuffle its depth chart, raising questions about the team's offensive depth as the season progresses.
Repos
- storytold/vectorcraft An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Illustrator, built in pure Rust.
- alexgreensh/anidoodle Art and animation, written as code. Illustrations, loops, interactive web art, launch-videos and scored films in dozens
- frazerpearce/TimeLord TimeLord: choose your random future