htmx skips version 3 entirely and jumps to 4.0, swapping XMLHttpRequest for fetch(), adding morphing swaps and a new hx-partial tag, all while staying near 14KB. The catch: attribute inheritance now requires an explicit :inherited suffix, and missing it on something like a CSRF header can silently start triggering 403 errors.

— via InfoQ, Daniel Curtis

State investigators found California's High-Speed Rail Authority approved nearly $600,000 in travel reimbursements that broke its own rules, including late-night rides to bars and nightclubs and repeated Uber trips to a gym. One consultant flew from Denver to Sacramento 20 times, often booking same-day flights, and said he didn't question the trips because the CEO had asked for them personally.

— via KQED, Steph Rodriguez

Premier David Eby is weighing a snap provincial election that could collide with British Columbia's municipal campaign, running Sept. 19 to Oct. 17. Local politicians' union president Cori Ramsay says overlapping votes would shortchange residents choosing among 3,500 local candidates.

— via Vancouver Is Awesome, author

TORONTO — Actor Rémi Goulet was on the set of Canadian hockey movie "Major Junior" when a producer mentioned he was working on a film about the late Formula One…

— via Vancouver Is Awesome, author

Von der Leyen wants Canada to become the EU's first "associate member," as Carney pushes deeper trade and defence ties in Strasbourg. Elsewhere: a B.C. election could collide with municipal races, Hamed Shafia faces a parole hearing, and Ikea leans on used furniture and dollar breakfasts to court squeezed shoppers.

— via Vancouver Is Awesome, author

Sean Millington called himself a journeyman with a 50-50 shot at the Hall. He rushed for 6,086 yards, won two Grey Cups and nearly got cut in 1993 before becoming a CFL all-star by season's end.

— via Vancouver Is Awesome, author

After 56 years as chairman, Warren Buffett is moving to chairman emeritus, handing the title to son Howard while Greg Abel runs the company. Berkshire shares dipped before the bell, even as Buffett's tenure as CEO nearly doubled the S&P 500's returns.

— via PBS NewsHour, Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

Over 600,000 Iranians have registered for a new volunteer militia, state media say, as Tehran stages its biggest rally since the U.S. and Israel struck in February. Iran also claims a fresh tanker attack in the Strait of Hormuz, where shipping traffic remains about 90% below prewar levels.

— via PBS NewsHour, Nasser Karimi, Associated Press

A health insurance startup founded in 2019, not an AI agent play, just landed a $200 million Series C plus a $400 million tender offer at a $2.7 billion valuation. Angle Health says it's already profitable, serving over 5,000 small businesses with level-funded plans.

— via TechCrunch, Julie Bort

Automattic names Jeremy Klaperman interim CFO days after a failed board coup ousted CEO Matt Mullenweg, who then pushed out the directors who voted him out along with CFO Mark Davies and legal chief Andy Missan. Mullenweg says he has "100% confidence" in the company's finances, with a new legal chief and board picks still to come.

— via TechCrunch, Sarah Perez

Albania will become the 73rd nation to sign the Artemis Accords at a NASA Headquarters ceremony Monday. The accords, launched in 2020 by eight founding nations, now govern how signatory countries coordinate lunar and Mars exploration.

— via NASA Breaking News, Jennifer M. Dooren

MariaDB Community Server 13.0 is now GA, adding Oracle-style REF CURSOR and RECORD types to ease PL/SQL migrations. UPDATE statements can now return modified rows via RETURNING, and query hints get smarter with automatic query block naming.

— via InfoQ, Sergio De Simone

WSO2's new open-source platform hands AI agents verifiable identities, revocable access and a Kubernetes sandbox, with more than 40 built-in controls, regardless of which model or framework built them. The bet: governance should outlive whatever LLM or framework you're using today.

— via InfoQ, Craig Risi

The Mercury broke its own rule against opinion pieces this week, publishing a rare five-byline editorial defending Councilor Mitch Green against a coordinated push from police, city officials and the mayor to force him out over old tweets.

— via Portland Mercury, Jeremiah Hayden

The Richmond Bar is back as Richmond Club, taken over by Double Dragon's Dan Casto after a decade of living blocks away. The mac and cheese didn't survive the transition, but chicken frites, a burnt honey cheesecake, and cocktails layering pandan and chai did.

— via Portland Mercury, Caitlin Pangares

A $5 app turns your own neighborhood into a scripted, unstaged performance, no actors, no set route, just headphones and ten audio walks that dare you to spit on the ground or stalk a stranger through a cemetery. One writer's test run got hijacked by a real injured bird the app never mentioned.

— via Portland Mercury, Lindsay Costello

Convenience has a hidden bill, and someone always pays it. Gabe Bullard's new book traces how food delivery apps turn simple meals into transactions that quietly squeeze drivers, restaurant owners and the customers who think they're saving time.

— via 3 Quarks Daily — Philosophy, S. Abbas Raza

Platform capitalism didn't just widen inequality after 2008, recent studies suggest it helped structurally cause it, pushing us past ordinary markets into something economists are now calling techno-feudalism. The evidence: firms profiting less from making things than from extracting data and cutting deals with the state.

— via 3 Quarks Daily — Philosophy, David Hoyt

Ed Sheeran called himself apolitical after his tour dropped Macklemore over "free Palestine" chants, but he's backed Brexit protests, Corbyn and a Ukraine benefit concert. Philosophy says picking neutrality only on Palestine is itself a political choice.

— via The Conversation — Philosophy, Jacqueline Boaks, Philosopher, Curtin Centre for Applied Ethics, Curtin University

AI is quietly graduating from chatbot to actor: booking, negotiating, and managing tasks on its own, then talking to other AI agents doing the same. That shift, the author argues, means the real questions about AI are no longer about smarter answers but about autonomous action.

— via 3 Quarks Daily — Philosophy, Azra Raza

A DHS email surfaced by NPR paired a 78-page list of counties offering non-English ballots with a DOJ prosecution checklist for voter fraud, though the heavily redacted document never explains why. A DNC lawyer calls the pairing an obvious signal of targeting; DHS insists it has no plans for polling-place operations.

— via WHYY

Registration closes Oct. 19, mail ballots must be requested by Oct. 27 and returned by 8 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 3. Pennsylvania also lets 17-year-olds register early and work the polls for pay under its Involved at 17 program.

— via WHYY, Rana Rastegari

Burlington is packing up its South Jersey headquarters for a $240 million office near 30th Street Station, taking roughly 1,600 workers and adding 400 more. Pennsylvania is crowing about another Fortune 500 win; New Jersey business leaders call it proof the state is losing the fight to keep employers.

— via WHYY, Meir Rinde