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... The Surveillance Layer is available in the MapQuest app and can be activated with a toggle, the same approach the app uses to turn on overlays for traffic and reported road incidents.

The Roads Have Eyes! Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.

- - MapQuest (@mapquest.com) 2026-10-15T22:48:59.486Z

MapQuest's app has gotten shockingly popular over the last few months, despite otherwise being left for dead as a relic of the Web 1.0 era. ...

@#2 ... Republicans love sex offenders. ...

While I would not go that far at this point.

What I do see is a vetting process that has gone awry, or may even be non-existent.

Stated differently, the vetting process (or lack thereof) failed miserably in the goals it should have striven to attain.

I mean, just look at the fmr Press Sec Zacharia. How in the world did she pass any manner of a vetting process?

To me, this all seems to indicate that MAGA politicians are more concerned about unfettered adulation of Pres Trump than competence for the position.

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... October 2026 Patch Tuesday: updates by product family

Windows - 42 Critical, 1080 Important, top CVSS 9.8. Action: Patch Now.
Browsers - no updates this month.
Development - 2 Critical, 63 Important, 1 Moderate, top CVSS 9.8. Action: Patch Now.
Office - 26 Critical, 153 Important, 1 Low, top CVSS 9.8. Action: Patch Now.
Exchange - 1 Critical, 6 Important, top CVSS 9.3. Action: Patch Now.
SQL Server - 22 Important, top CVSS 8.8. Action: Schedule.

Notable CVEs this cycle

CVE-2026-96951 (Office, Windows) - Exploited, CVSS 8.8.
CVE-2026-108398 (Development) - Publicly Disclosed, CVSS 8.8.
CVE-2026-92707 (Development, Other) - Publicly Disclosed, CVSS 5.3.

Recommended actions

Patch now: Windows, Development, Office, Exchange. Critical-rated or actively exploited vulnerabilities drive these into the immediate-action queue. ...

The event is now on global media ...

@#2

Any knowledge of the cause yet?

... "But in a puzzling approach, at some recent rallies he has instead started his often-meandering remarks by effusing about the physical appearances of other men and, more rarely, finding fault with them." ...

So many questions ...

Another fav video ...

@37 ... But they do not want to get forced into Trump's war of choice. ...

And that may also be a reason why our NATO allies chose to not participate in Pres Trump's assault upon Iran.

For a major reason...

NATO had a real concern that if they had chosen to participate in Pres Trump' offensive war of choice, once they fully engaged, Pres Trump would then withdraw the US military.

Effectively leaving the NATO forces to continue to fight Pres Trump's unprovoked war vs Iran without the participation of the US.

Oh,this ain't A Good Thing.

OK, this vid is one of my all-time favs ...

Not necessarily for the performance, but for what the lyrics say ...

@#16

Looks that way.

@#17 ... The fake Russian taint ' cker. ...

Thx for the follow-up.

@#15 ... LYD is a real Keybord Warrior ...

Continuing to project?

@#14 ... I doubt that Putin has any real respect for Trump and is just using that ignorant blob for Putin's own purposes for as long as he can. ...

Whoa, that's quite a blunt opinion.

That aspect aside ...

I wish I could disagree.

Alas, I cannot.

@#12 ... I also don't think Putin "has" anything on Trump. I think they have a mutual admiration but only for the purpose of each achieving their goals. Trump is helping Putin's advancement into Eastern Europe right now. When the time comes, Putin will help Trump. ...

I am in the 40-60 realm of that opinion.

Mostly because I would not want a US President to sell out to a dictatorial enemy.

But your comment does raise some important points to ponder ...

OK, back to non-chaos ...

@#3 ... Everyone knows ...

When Pres Trump utters that phrase, I look at it in the same manner as the time when you utter that phrase.

Do try harder.

@#8 ... Fat midget loser Jeff uses his alter-ego fake ----- bitch to whine about ---- he doesn't give a ---- about. ...

You may have also noticed that?

@#8 ... "I don't really like to talk yields. I'm more focused on whether we maximized what nature offered us this season," ...

An appropriate summation of what farmers face.

"What nature offered us...."

That is the income of the farmers. What nature has offered to them.

Now, what might be the expenses of the farmers?

@#11 ... you pathetic ----. ...

Was that directed towards my comment(s)?

If so, I may have some follow-up questions.

... A federal officer slammed a vehicle into a Houston construction worker and broke his leg, believing him to be a man who apparently died years ago, the dead man's family said on Friday, further calling into question the account given by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ...

So ICE agents may have lied?

What a turn of events.

/s

@#34 ... The "war" is only ongoing because Trump needs it to continue. ...

Cogent.