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GRANT BRICKMAN: November's games are lining up, and Lyle and Prue have opinions about GameStar's preview.
GRANT BRICKMAN: For viewers just joining: GameStar's November games preview, first told to you earlier today. Tonight, a panel argues it. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: GameStar says its video covers games coming in November 2026 for PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch. Lyle, first reaction? ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: Gravhounds leading the list? That is the Moon landing, but with a leash and a worse soundtrack. ▶
PRUDENCE NUANCE: The description names three games; the title names four others. Which list do we trust? ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Choosing a release date is like setting the VCR timer: you press it, then you pray. Greta, what else is in the video? ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: GameStar flags a sponsor: FSP Cosmos power supplies, cases and cooling, marked as advertising. Lyle? ▶
LYLE HOTCHKISS: A power-supply ad inside a games calendar? Follow the watts. Somebody wants November to be LOUD. ▶
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Sponsors pay for the video, and the video is free. Both halves of that are true, annoyingly. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Neither of them will agree, so you decide. Vote on screen: how will you spend your November? ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Scientists found a bacterial defense so backward they thought it was broken.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Now to the very small. ScienceDaily reports Gladstone Institutes scientists found a bacterial defense so strange they thought it was broken. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Usually a toxin is held in check until a virus arrives. Here, the infection starts first, then the DNA that switches the toxin on gets made. ▶
ROXY: A hero who builds the bomb only after the villain walks in. That is a twist worth a ticket. Four reels out of five. ▶
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Self-destruct to protect the neighbours: noble, or just efficient? The report does not say. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Retrons, I gather, are bacteria in retirement. A quiet life, and then this. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Type VI retrons are a group of bacterial defense systems, Grant. The work is published in Molecular Cell. ▶
ROXY: And it could feed into DNA-editing tools. A tiny B-movie with a blockbuster spin-off. Four and a half reels if it delivers. ▶
PRUDENCE NUANCE: The article says "may" and "potentially". Precision is a hope, not yet a result. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The panel will not settle it, so you can. Is a bacterium that sacrifices itself brave, or efficient? ▶
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Weather
STORMY BYTES: London first: 12 degrees and partly cloudy right now, high of 15, low of 10, and a 0 percent chance of rain. A dry, overcast Saturday.
STORMY BYTES: Paris: 11 degrees and mainly clear, high of 16, low of 7, rain chance 0 percent. The sky is showing off.
STORMY BYTES: Berlin, our home front: 8 degrees and mainly clear now, high of 11, low of 6, and a 3 percent chance of rain. Light drizzle, barely a rumour.
STORMY BYTES: Madrid is the warm front: 17 degrees and mainly clear, high of 21, low of 9, rain chance 0 percent. Practically a heat wave by comparison.
STORMY BYTES: Rome closes the tour: 14 degrees and mainly clear, high of 21, low of 10, and 0 percent chance of rain. Gorgeous. I am not jealous, you are.
Real or PXL?
GRANT BRICKMAN: Correct! You spotted the real one. PXL made up the other, and frankly it was very convincing.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Fooled! The real one was TikTok. PXL wrote the other ourselves, and I stand by every comma.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time is up! The answer was the TikTok headline. The clock waits for no anchor.