The Daily Populous

Saturday October 18th, 2025 day edition

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Airports across North America experienced an unexpected disruption this week after hackers blasted pro-Palestine and anti-Trump messages.

The messages they played included “f**k Netanyahu and Trump” and “free, free Palestine,” as heard via a recording made at Harrisburg International.

The Harrisburg PA airport has been hacked! pic.twitter.com/Wyy1dDIZGL — MAGA Cult Slayer🦅🇺🇸 (@MAGACult2) October 15, 2025.

At Kelowna International, flight screens displayed the proclamation that “Israel lost the war, Hamas won the war honorably.

“i loved the self promo “hacked by ___” LMAO,” said @gojos_armpit, while @babdoll267 added, “Imagine shutting down the government and realizing you forgot to pay cybersecurity.”.

Although one person did suggest that maybe that was the point, calling it a “false hack to stir up islamophobia.”.

“No group is going to hack an airport PA to basically do nothing but say ‘We, ‘cyber Islam’ Hacked your airport PA,’” they wrote. »

More than 20 states sue EPA over canceled grants for solar power

Authored by nbcnews.com

The program, called “Solar For All,” was established in 2022 under the Inflation Reduction Act and had appropriated grants to deploy rooftop and community solar projects.

But in August, the EPA announced that the program had been canceled and withdrew about 90% of grant funds from the accounts in which states had received the awards, according to the lawsuit.

The EPA has been aggressive in its attempts to claw back clean energy funding approved under the Biden administration. »

Three Afghan cricketers killed in Pak airstrikes; Afghanistan pull out of tri-series involving Pakistan

Authored by theweek.in
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Pakistan were set to host Afghanistan and Sri Lanka in a T20I series starting November 17.

However, the airstrikes, which were launched just hours after a two-day ceasefire with Afghanistan ended, killed three local cricketers who had returned after a friendly match in Sharana.

Kabul accused Pakistan of an attack in the Afghan capital, a claim Pakistan's government and military have not confirmed. »

Indian Man Stages His Own Funeral — Just To See Who Cares

Authored by obdaily.com

Indian Man Stages His Own Funeral — Just To See Who Cares.

A 74-year-old man from Bihar, India, left his village stunned after faking his own death and staging a full funeral just to see how many people would attend.

Wrapped in a white shroud, he lay still as villagers gathered to pay their respects, believing he had actually passed away. »

‘AFAR: An Interactive Horror Film’ Experiments with Choose-Your-Own Adventure Storytelling Across Multiple Formats

Authored by bloody-disgusting.com

It’s a choose-your-own horror adventure that puts you in the driver’s seat, releasing across multiple mediums.

AFAR: An Interactive Horror Film launches worldwide on October 22, 2025 on Steam as a full FMV videogame, alongside an interactive DVD and a choose-your-own-horror paperback.

What happens when a filmmaker obsessed with survival horror and ’90s FMV nightmares decides to build an entire game alone? »