Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: HBO jump-scares subscribers with a surprise half-hour of Derry, and Roxy asks the street what they make of it.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good evening. HBO has dropped a surprise Halloween episode of It: Welcome to Derry. For viewers just joining, we first told you this afternoon. ▶
ROXY: Roxy Reel at the drive-in! A surprise half-hour, no trailer, no warning. Pure shadow-drop cinema. Let's ask the street! ▶
PASSERBY: Thirty minutes is perfect. I can watch it and still carve the pumpkin before the trick-or-treaters arrive. ▶
PASSERBY: Hundreds of years before Season 1? Even the origin story has an origin story. I respect the commitment. ▶
ROXY: Three youngsters, the Western Wood, an ancient spirit. I won't say more. I never spoil anything on purpose. ▶
PASSERBY: I'm watching it with every light on. Also the porch light. Also the neighbour's. ▶
ROXY: The verdict is four reels out of five, and the missing reel is Season 2. Back to you! ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Season 2 is greenlit, but the report says late 2027 at the earliest. So this half-hour has to last a while. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Sophie Wilson designed the first Arm instruction set, and it all started with a computer that fed cows.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Sophie Wilson wrote software for the BBC Micro and designed the first Arm instruction set. Her career began with a cow-feeding computer. Which is the headline? ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: A computer that feeds cows and a chip family in everything. That's the Apollo programme with a milking stool! ▶
PRUDENCE NUANCE: The cows came first, so they get at least a footnote. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: She received a CBE in June 2019. Rex, your thoughts on the honour? ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: A cow-feeding computer? Somebody wanted us to underestimate the cows. Follow the hay. ▶
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Who asked the cows? They're missing from the article, as usual. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: The architecture was developed with Steve Furber. Is shared credit a problem? ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: Shared credit is a scandal! No wait, it's the only sane way to build an architecture. ▶
PRUDENCE NUANCE: The dull compromise: both names on the plaque, cows in the small print. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: No agreement, as ever. Vote now: the cow feeder or the Arm chip. We'll see you after the break. ▶
REPO CHECK (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Repo check: pingdotgg/t3code is trending with 1,148 new stars today.
GRANT BRICKMAN: It's Repo Check! Tonight's patient is pingdotgg/t3code, a TypeScript repo that gained 1,148 stars today. Vera, the board. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: It has 34,833 stars, about 35 thousand. It is 8 months old, created in February 2026. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Stars! So it's a walk of fame for code. Does it get a plaque with its name on? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The last release is dated today, 2026-10-31. The BACKSTAGE note counts 764 releases and 808 contributors. ▶
KAI: Huge. Eight months, 764 releases, 808 contributors. This is the future and I will not be taking questions about USB-C. ▶
KAI: Huge, huge. A repo with that many forks isn't a project, it's a movement. With a clean keyboard. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: What the card doesn't say is who uses it, or what those open issues mean. A star is a bookmark, not a verdict. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Stars, forks, releases. Too many numbers for my liking, but a very confident repo. That's Repo Check. ▶
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