DOMS

Fremantle has signed Dom Bedendo, a key-position forward who has been playing VFL football. The move gives the Dockers another marking target in their forward line as they continue to add depth to their list. Fans and AFL followers are discussing whether the 24-year-old can convert his state-league form into senior opportunities at the club.

Iran has summoned the French ambassador to Tehran and urged France to 'respect the fundamental freedoms of the French people.' Iranian officials denounce what they call a 'violent crackdown' on student protests in France and 'flagrant violations of human rights,' according to the Fars news agency. The rebuke marks an unusual rhetorical reversal, with Tehran positioning itself as a critic of France's handling of domestic unrest.

The upcoming launch of Gears of War: E-Day, the prequel to the Microsoft shooter saga, is drawing attention, with media outlets explaining why fan-favourite characters Baird and Cole are not part of the squadron in the game. The title focuses on the origins of the Locust invasion and the early days of Marcus Fenix and Dom, and anticipation is building around its release.

A new nonfiction book, The Environmental Microbiome by Sunil Thomas, is scheduled for publication in 2026. It will cover microbial communities spanning all major kingdoms of life, including viruses, Archaea, bacteria and microbial eukaryotes, and their role in the environment. Early attention among biology readers has been modest but positive.

A creative-writing post offers a dream interpretation of 'the tentacles,' pairing it with short comics built around the wording, while imagining quibblers twisting the phrase's dream meaning in different directions. The author asks how such a conversation can break communities, described as fiefdoms, into something else, and hints there is much more to explore on the theme.

Actor Dermot Mulroney, known for his role as Chief Dom Pascal on NBC's 'Chicago Fire', is leaving the long-running firefighter drama, according to Deadline. Details of how his character will be written out have not been fully disclosed, but his departure marks another cast change for the series as it moves forward. Fans of the show are discussing what the exit means for future storylines and the firehouse dynamics.

Chicago Fire has revealed how Chief Dom Pascal, played by Dermot Mulroney, will be written out of the NBC drama, with the show detailing the circumstances of his departure. Fans of the long-running first responder series are reacting to news of another major cast change and speculating about what the exit means for the firehouse going forward.

Critics have published their verdicts on Gears of War: E-Day, the Coalition's prequel returning to the origins of the Locust invasion with Marcus and Dom. Early takes highlight the return to the franchise's darker roots and a visual overhaul built on Unreal Engine 5. Fans are debating review scores online as launch conversation picks up.

An AI-generated fantasy feature titled Age of Kingdoms is drawing massive attention online, promising a 4K full-movie story of a man left to die in an arena before a black dragon comes for him. The film, from the studio Epic AI Films, has amassed over a million likes, reflecting the fast-growing appetite for fully artificial-intelligence-produced cinema in the action-fantasy genre.

Developers are discussing the realities of web scraping and browser automation, arguing that an IP address functions as a fingerprint, a reputation, and the biggest vulnerability in the practice. The discussion notes that even well-built scrapers with refined DOM selectors and careful handling of asynchronous race conditions can still fail once an IP address is flagged or blocked.

A photographer shared a black-and-white autumn image of bare October trees, captioning it with lyrics from U2's 1981 song 'October' about kingdoms rising and falling while the season goes on. The shot, taken on an Olympus PEN F, joins the seasonal wave of autumn photography and quiet Sunday photo-sharing.