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Astral Codex Ten’s Open Thread 456 lists meetup updates, AI grantmaking surveys, an AI prediction market and a proposed notes tool.

Astral Codex Ten published an anonymous finalist’s review of Ernst Jünger’s World War I account, comparing it with All Quiet on the Western Front.

A 2026 CGPM resolution sets 20 May 2027 for continuous UTC, ending leap-second adjustments and allowing UT1 to differ by up to one hour.

Astral Codex Ten’s Open Thread 455 lists community updates, a donation match for Legal Impact for Chickens and an AFFINE residency in Portugal.

A 2024 account explains how E. coli senses chemical gradients and adjusts its swimming through a signaling system with built-in adaptation.

Search interest is rising around a PDF titled “Terence Tao: Math 2.0,” but its contents and the reason for the attention are unconfirmed.

NASA’s October 10, 2026 Astronomy Picture of the Day features a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mosaic of the Moon’s farside.

A software engineer used AI to search historical archives, locating a meteorite report, three rhinoceros records and possible volcanic eruptions.

Scott Alexander responds to Steven Pinker’s objections to AI-risk arguments, disputing his account of intelligence and citing past predictions.

NASA Earth Observatory invites readers to identify the location in its October satellite image, with the answer due about a week later.