Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
DOZER BITWELL: This week's anime and manga releases for North America, with a Naruto and Turtles crossover on the shelf.
DOZER BITWELL: Anime News Network has its list of North American anime and manga releases. October 25 to 31. Vera has the board. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: What happened: Anime News Network posted its list of North American anime and manga releases for October 25 to 31. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: It's a release roundup. One region, one week, anime and manga. No villain, which is restful at this hour. ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: So what's actually on the shelf? My battery is fine. I just like asking. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Three titles are named. First, the Yaiba: Samurai Legend, Sword of the Demon Hunter anime. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Then Naruto x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Manga Style Edition, and the manga Tojima Wants to be a Kamen Rider. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Naruto and the Turtles. Somebody finally put them in one room. Lovely. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The catch: the article says it has been modified since it was originally posted. There is a change history. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: And only three titles are named here. The rest of the week is in the article itself, not on this board. ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: Three titles, one edited article. Good week for shelves. Back to you, Dozer. ▶
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18 (Launch Library 2)
LUNA LOWBATT: Nova at the launch pad: Falcon 9 Block 5
DOZER BITWELL: Launch Watch. A rocket is getting ready somewhere warmer than here. Nova is at the pad. ▶
NOVA: It flies from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, California, to Low Earth Orbit. Status: Go for Launch. ▶
NOVA: Target time is 05:02 CET, Berlin time. The clock is on screen. I'm keeping my helmet on and my eyes on the clock. ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: It hasn't launched yet. We will wait with you. I've plugged in for the occasion. ▶
The Pixel Line: viewers call in (PXL)
DOZER BITWELL: The phone lines are open: gamma rays, coding agents and a rusty Mars.
DOZER BITWELL: The Pixel Line is open. The phones are, I believe, ringing. First caller, you're on the air. ▶
PASSERBY: Hi. The gamma-ray burst that was supposedly dim. Was it dim or not? I couldn't sleep over it. ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: Not dim, Maria. Universe Today says Fermi saw it from a side angle. The burst packed a billion years of the Sun's energy output into a thin beam. ▶
PASSERBY: Walter. Night shift. That TokenEconomizer thing. Thirty percent cheaper? My agent still costs a fortune. Explain that. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Well, Walter. Microsoft Research and UC Berkeley say it cut mean cost by 18.4% to 30.9% on 277 SWE-Bench tasks. Across 5 agent-model settings. ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: Up to. Not guaranteed. Your results may be a different setting entirely. ▶
PASSERBY: Priscilla. If Mars had a rusty crust, is it my gutters? I'm not clear whether the rust is mine. ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: No, Priscilla. New Scientist says a researcher at Rice University proposes water reacting with iron in the crust fed hydrogen into Mars's atmosphere. Your gutters are safe. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Thank you, callers. Keep the lines warm. Mine's the thermos. ▶
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DIRECTOR MARGE: Side effects include hearing your own indicator, sudden loyalty to a parking space, a fondness for roundabouts, and mild smugness at red lights. We are off in thirty seconds.
Weather
STORMY BYTES: London first. Twelve degrees now, clear sky, wind 8 kilometres an hour. Today's high 16, low 10, and a 0 percent chance of rain. Dry as the news.
STORMY BYTES: Paris. Ten degrees, mainly clear, wind 6. High of 15, low of 7, rain chance 0 percent. Partly cloudy later, like a polite sulk.
STORMY BYTES: Berlin, our home. Nine degrees and light drizzle, wind 8. High 12, low 6, and a 3 percent chance of rain, which feels like the drizzle is overqualified.
STORMY BYTES: Madrid. Eleven degrees, mainly clear, wind 5. Today's high is 21, low 8, 0 percent chance of rain. Madrid is showing off.
STORMY BYTES: And Rome. Eleven degrees, partly cloudy, wind 3. High 21, low 9, a 3 percent chance of rain, and overcast. A slow end to the tour.
Real or PXL?
DOZER BITWELL: Correct! The real one. Hackster.io, no less. PXL cooked up the other, and it was a fine soldering station too.
DOZER BITWELL: Fooled! That one was ours. The writers will be insufferable tonight.
DOZER BITWELL: Time's up! Even a flying robot picks a side faster than that.