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Introduction
Hi. My name is The Transhumanist, and I'm a wikipediholic.
I love emerging and evolving technologies, and so... I'm currently immersed in the operations of the Portals WikiProject, where we are busy redesigning the entire portal system, including new interface and display features, and automating the construction and maintenance of portals. This user page was designed using new portal components, among others. When I'm not distracted by portals, I'm a JavaScript programmer interested in learning the entire JavaScript ecosystem and applying it to writing programs, including user scripts. My best user script so far, is SearchSuite... SearchSuite provides further control over Wikipedia search results, such as on/off features to sort them, to present results one-per-line, and more. While it seems to work fairly well, there is definitely room for improvement. Comments and suggestions are welcome. By the way, most of the scripts I've been working on are for building and augmenting outlines...
I'm interested in all knowledge, especially how to organize it so you can find whatever is most relevant at any given moment. I've been around Wikipedia since the Fall of 2005, and have been working mostly on Wikipedia's structure, and its knowledge navigation systems, throughout that time. |
Selected articles that I've worked on
Did you know...
- ... that the westernmost population of California fan palms is found on the slopes of Cerro Bola in Baja California, Mexico?
- ... that the name of the robot Jet Alone, which first appeared in the Neon Genesis Evangelion episode "A Human Work", is a reference to Jet Jaguar (also known as Red Alone) from Godzilla vs. Megalon?
- ... that journalist Travis Lupick first wrote about the opioid epidemic for The Georgia Straight in 2014 and has since published two books, Light Up the Night and Fighting for Space, on the subject?
- ... that when creating Aerodynamic Forms in Space in 2010, Rodney Graham was inspired by photographs of misassembled toy model gliders he took in 1977?
- ... that after training for the Soyuz T-11 mission, Indian Air Force pilot Ravish Malhotra stayed on the ground as a backup astronaut for Rakesh Sharma, who became the first Indian in space?
- ... that the music video for Chris Hadfield's version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" was the first music video recorded in space?
- ... that during a spacewalk, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, a French spationaut and crew member of the Mir space station, deployed Sputnik 99 onto its orbit by simply releasing the satellite by hand?
- ... that Louis W. Roberts was among the highest ranking African-American space program staff at NASA while the Apollo program was underway?
- ... that the astrologer Linn Nhyo Taryar was arrested after performing yadaya (magic rituals) against coup leader Min Aung Hlaing?
- ... that professional goalkeeper Scott Brown lost his father to Parkinson's, witnessed the birth of his son, and then signed with Aberdeen, all in the space of ten days?
- ... that following the introduction of the round goby to Lake Erie, the Lake Erie watersnake's population recovered enough to be removed from the U.S. threatened species list?
- ... that the population of Holmes County, Ohio, is approximately 50 percent Amish?
- ... that amateur astronomer A. O. Granger expanded his home to include the largest observatory and telescope in the southeastern United States?
- ... that Walter Cronkite was one of 40 finalists in NASA's Journalist in Space Project?
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- 14 October 2022 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two Palestinians are killed and five others are injured as Israeli soldiers raid Jenin, West Bank, in order to arrest a Hamas operative suspected of involvement in recent shootings. (Al Jazeera) (Ynetnews)
- 14 October 2022 – Insurgency in Balochistan
- Three people are killed and six others are injured by a roadside bomb near a convoy carrying the relatives of a man who was killed yesterday in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
- 14 October 2022 – Bartın mine explosion
- Forty-one people are killed and eleven more are injured by an explosion at a coal mine in Amasra, Bartın Province, Turkey. (BBC News)
- 14 October 2022 – Premiership of Liz Truss
- Kwasi Kwarteng is dismissed by Liz Truss as Chancellor of the Exchequer following the market turbulence after the announcement of his September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget. (Financial Times)
- 13 October 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- Russia announces that it will evacuate civilians from Kherson to "other regions of the country" following an appeal from Kherson Military-Civilian Administration leader Volodymyr Saldo. (The Guardian)
- 13 October 2022 – Syrian civil war
- October 2022 northern Aleppo clashes
- The jihadist group Tahrir al-Sham captures the city of Afrin in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, following days of clashes with the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Voice of America)
- Tahrir al-Sham forces capture the town of Jindires amid ongoing clashes in the region. (Al Mayadeen)
- 2022 Al-Sabboura bus bombing
- Eighteen soldiers are killed and 20 others are injured when a bomb explodes on a military bus near Damascus. (Reuters)
- 13 October 2022 – Mali War
- Eleven people are killed and 53 more injured as a bus hit a roadside bomb on a road between Bandiagara and Goundaka, in the Mopti Region. (Al Jazeera)
- 13 October 2022 – COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism
- Taiwan lifts all remaining restrictions on entering the country, which were imposed due to the pandemic. (Associated Press via The Guardian)
- 13 October 2022 – Canada–Iran relations
- Canada sanctions 17 Iranian entities over human rights abuses, including former Foreign Relations Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. (Arab News)
- 13 October 2022 – 2022 Raleigh shooting
- Five people are killed and two others injured in a mass shooting at several locations in a suburban neighborhood of Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The suspect, a 15-year-old boy, is later taken into custody and is in critical condition from injuries. (WTVD-TV)
- 13 October 2022 – Aftermath of the 2022 Swedish general election, Tidö Agreement
- Swedish right-wing parties sign an agreement to form a government led by Ulf Kristersson. The government will include the Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats, the Liberals, and will be supported by the Sweden Democrats. (Dagens Nyheter)
- 13 October 2022 – 2022 Vanuatuan general election
- Vanuatuans head to the polls in a snap election to vote for the members of parliament. (RNZ)
- 13 October 2022 – COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- Rare anti-government protests occur in Beijing ahead of the 20th National Congress of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, protesting the government "Zero-COVID" policy. (BBC News)
- 13 October 2022 –
- Rival Palestinian factions sign an agreement in Algiers, Algeria, aimed at resolving over 15 years of discord. The agreement is signed by senior Fatah leader Azzam al-Ahmad, Hamas political chief Ismael Haniyeh, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine general secretary Talal Naji, and leaders and representatives of 14 other factions, and calls for legislative and presidential elections to be held in Palestine within one year. (Al Jazeera)
- 12 October 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion
- Russia says that it has arrested eight people, five Russians and three people from Ukraine and Armenia, over the Crimea Bridge explosion. (Al Arabiya)
- Battle of Donbas
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces strike a marketplace in Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, killing at least seven civilians and injuring eight others. (Reuters)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- French President Emmanuel Macron announces that France will send radar and air defense systems to Ukraine "in the coming weeks". (Reuters)
- The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence announces that it will donate AMRAAM air-to-air missiles to Ukraine in the coming weeks. The missiles are capable of intercepting cruise missiles. A further 18 howitzers will also be donated to the Ukrainian military. (Reuters)
- Canada says that it will provide $34.06 million in new military aid to Ukraine including artillery rounds, winter clothing, drone cameras, and satellite communications. (Reuters)
- Annexation of southeastern Ukraine by the Russian Federation
- The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning Russia's "attempted illegal annexation" of Ukrainian territory. Only Belarus, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia and Syria voted against the resolution. (Al Jazeera)
- Moldova urges its citizens to reduce their use of electricity after Ukraine suspended exports of electricity due to Russian missile attacks damaging critical infrastructure. (Reuters)
- 12 October 2022 – Right-wing terrorism in Europe
- 2022 Bratislava shooting
- Two people are killed and another is injured as a gunman opens fire outside an LGBT venue in Bratislava, Slovakia. The perpetrator, who has committed suicide after the attack, is identified as a far-right extremist. (BBC)
- 12 October 2022 – Tigray War
- Fighting between the Eritrean Defence Forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front is reported in Adigrat, Rama, Sheraro, and Zalambessa as Eritrea intensifies military mobilisation. (BBC)
- 12 October 2022 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An 18-year-old Palestinian is killed and another is injured near Hebron, as Israeli soldiers storm the Al-Arroub refugee camp. (Reuters)
- 12 October 2022 – 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
- According to the Office of National Statistics, the economy of the United Kingdom shrank 0.3% in August, as the cost of living crisis continues to affect many industries. (The Guardian)
- 12 October 2022 – 2022 South Asian floods
- At least 33 people are killed by heavy flooding in Nepal, primarily in the Karnali Province. (BBC News)
- 12 October 2022 –
- Eighteen people are killed and others injured after a bus carrying 47 flood survivors bursts into flames in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP)
- Two people are killed and six others are injured after a bus rolls over and catches fire in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. (Fox News)
- Lebanon reports its first death from cholera since 1993 as cases rise to 26. (Al Jazeera)
- Two police officers are killed and another is wounded during an ambush in Bristol, Connecticut, United States. The perpetrator is killed after the shooting. (The Washington Post)
- 11 October 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Belarusian involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Thousands of Russian troops enter Belarus by the "trainload" as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns G7 nations that Russia is planning on launching another offensive against Kyiv with direct Belarusian involvement. The troop movements come a day after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko accused Ukraine of planning to launch an attack on the country. (The Independent)
- Lviv experiences a major power outage after a Russian missile strike damages "critical infrastructure". (Reuters)
- Russia adds Meta Platforms, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, to its list of "terrorists and extremists" for tolerating Russophobia and allowing calls to violence against Russians. (Al Jazeera)
- 11 October 2022 – Ethnic violence in South Sudan
- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that renewed fighting between tribes has displaced more than 8,000 civilians in South Sudan. (Xinhua)
- 11 October 2022 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An Israeli soldier is killed by two Lion's Den gunmen near the Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- 11 October 2022 – Hurricane Julia
- Fourteen people in Guatemala and ten in El Salvador are killed as Hurricane Julia causes torrential rain in both countries. (CBS News)
- 11 October 2022 –
- Ten people are killed and 4 others are injured after a fire broke out in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe. (NewsGhana)
- At least 32 people are injured after a carbon monoxide leak is discovered in a care home in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. (CNN)
- 11 October 2022 – Israeli–Lebanese maritime border dispute
- It is announced that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a United States-brokered agreement that will allow both countries to exploit gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, thereby ending decades of maritime border disputes between the two nations. (MSN)
- 11 October 2022 – 2022 Lesotho general election
- Revolution for Prosperity party leader Sam Matekane announces that his party has formed a majority coalition with the Alliance of Democrats and the Movement for Economic Change. (Reuters)
- 11 October 2022 – Same-sex marriage in Mexico
- The Federal State of Mexico legalizes same-sex marriage. (AP)
- 11 October 2022 – Double Asteroid Redirection Test
- NASA says that its DART spacecraft has successfully altered the orbit of the 520 feet (160 m) asteroid Dimorphos by around 32 minutes in a demonstration of asteroid impact avoidance. (BBC News) (CBC)
- 10 October 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 10 October 2022 missile strikes on Ukraine
- The Russian Armed Forces launch missile strikes on the Ukrainian cities and towns of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sumy, Dnipro, Lviv, Ternopil and Poltava, killing at least nineteen people and injuring hundreds more. (Unian) (UkrInform) (Interfax) (The Guardian) (Financial Times) (Kyiv Post)
- Moldova–Russia relations
- Moldova confirms that Russian Navy warships in the Black Sea fired cruise missiles through its airspace to strike targets inside Ukraine. The Russian ambassador is subsequently summoned by Moldovan authorities to explain the violation. (Reuters)
- 10 October 2022 – 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
- Americans Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for research on banks and financial crises". (CBC)
- 10 October 2022 – Belarus–Poland relations
- Poland advises its citizens to leave Belarus by "commercial or private means" amid deteriorating relations between the two countries. (Reuters)
- 10 October 2022 –
- Former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara goes on trial in Paris, France for war crimes and crimes against humanity, in a precedent-setting French trial under the doctrine of universal jurisdiction. (The Washington Post) (The Guardian) (France 24) (Front Page Africa)
- Fernando Santos, the manager of the Portuguese national football team, is convicted of creating a fictitious company to pay less taxes from his FPF salary. (Marca) (Wirtualna Polska) (Larazon) (Mondo) (Pravda)
- 10 October 2022 – 2022 Malaysian general election
- Prime Minister of Malaysia Ismail Sabri dissolves parliament, with snap elections to be held later this year. (The Straits Times)
- 10 October 2022 – 2022 Lesotho general election
- The Revolution for Prosperity party wins the election by a small margin, but falls short of controlling the National Assembly. (Reuters)
- 10 October 2022 – 2022 Chicago Marathon
- Kenyans Benson Kipruto and Ruth Chepngetich win the Chicago Marathon, with Chepngetich defending her title. (The Guardian)
- 9 October 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrike
- A Russian missile attack kills at least 13 people and injures 89 others in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion
- Russian president Vladimir Putin formally accuses Ukraine, and specifically the Security Service of Ukraine, of being behind the explosion on the Crimean Bridge that killed three people and partially destroyed part of the bridge, saying that the explosion was an "act of terrorism". (BBC News)
- 9 October 2022 – 2018–2022 Haitian protests
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres proposes a "rapid action force" of several countries that could intervene in Haiti in order to help the Haitian National Police restore control of the country and remove the threat posed by "armed gangs". (Reuters)
- 9 October 2022 – 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Julia makes landfall overnight in Laguna de Perlas, Nicaragua. (Reuters)
- A landslide caused by days of torrential rain kills at least 22 people in Santos Michelena, Venezuela. (AP)
- 9 October 2022 –
- Three people are killed when a wooden tourist boat carrying 14 people capsizes in Gdańsk, Poland. (BBC News)
- 9 October 2022 – COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal
- Nepalese president Bidya Devi Bhandari tests positive for COVID-19 one day after being hospitalized. (Xinhua)
- 9 October 2022 –
- An investigation is launched in the Gambia into the deaths of 66 children during the past three months, which have been linked to four brands of imported cough syrup. (BBC News)
- 9 October 2022 – 2022 Austrian presidential election
- Austrians head to the polls to elect their president. (ABC News)
- Incumbent president Alexander van der Bellen secures reelection after receiving more than 50% of the votes. (UPI)
- 9 October 2022 – 2022 Supercars Championship
- 2022 Bathurst 1000
- Shane van Gisbergen of New Zealand, partnered with Garth Tander of Australia, win the Bathurst 1000 in a Triple Eight Race Engineering run in a Holden Commodore ZB. (The Guardian)
- 9 October 2022 – 2022 Astana Open – Singles
- Novak Djoković wins the Astana Open in Kazakhstan with a straight sets (6-3, 6-4) victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas. (Tennis.com)
- 9 October 2022 – 2022 Ostrava Open – Singles
- Barbora Krejčíková wins the Ostrava Open in the Czech Republic (5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3) against world number 1 Iga Świątek. (WP-SF)
- 9 October 2022 – 2022 Formula One World Championship
- Max Verstappen wins the Japanese Grand Prix to take the 2022 Formula One World Championship. (Sky Sports)
- 8 October 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion
- The Kerch Strait Bridge is hit by an explosion, resulting in a fire and the partial collapse of a road section. Three people are killed. The cause is currently unknown, with a Russian investigative committee saying it was a Ukrainian truck bomb. (The Guardian)
- The death toll from last Thursday's shelling by Russian forces of a residential area in Zaporizhzhia rises to 17 civilians, including a child. (The Times of Israel)
- 8 October 2022 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two 17-year-old Palestinians are killed and 11 more injured during a raid when three gunmen open fire in a mass shooting at a refugee camp in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- A shooting attack by Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades militants kills an Israeli soldier and injures two police officers and a guard. (Times of Israel)
- 8 October 2022 – Economy of Argentina
- The Ministry of Economy of Argentina announces regulations on import authorizations in an attempt to prevent fraud and preserve the country's reserves of U.S. dollars, according to the Central Bank. (Reuters)
- 8 October 2022 –
- At least 12 people are killed and 30 others are injured when a bus collides with a diesel tanker and catches fire in Nashik, Maharashtra, India. (Reuters)
- At least 76 people are killed after a boat carrying people fleeing floodwater capsizes in Anambra State, Nigeria. (BBC)
- Four people are killed by flash floods across Cambodia. Thousands of hectares of crops are inundated. (Xinhua)
- 8 October 2022 – Mahsa Amini protests
- The Netherlands and France urge their citizens to leave Iran. (Iranintl)
- 8 October 2022 – Iran–Ukraine relations
- The Ukrainian immigration center denies visa extensions to Iranian students in retaliation for Russia using Iranian drones during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Middle East Eye)
- 8 October 2022 –
- All rail traffic in northern Germany is suspended for nearly three hours in the morning after vital cables for the rail were found cut. Deutsche Bahn blames sabotage for the incident and Federal Police launch an investigation into the incident. (Al Jazeera)
- 7 October 2022 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- During two separate shootings, a 14-year-old Palestinian boy is killed by Israeli soldiers in a village near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, while a 17-year-old Palestinian boy is killed and his mother wounded when Israeli soldiers open fire at residents during confrontations with Israeli settlers. (Al Jazeera)
- 7 October 2022 – Communist rebellion in the Philippines
- Two soldiers are killed and three civilians are injured when five drug gangs open fire during a attack on a senator's convoy in clashes with airstrikes, gunmen and prison riots in a mass shooting and mass stabbing between the military and the New People's Army in Eastern Samar, Philippines. (Xinhua)
- 7 October 2022 – Somali Civil War
- The Somali Armed Forces kill 19 al-Shabaab militants in Bal'ad, Middle Shabelle, in a repelled attack amid ongoing operations against the jihadist group. (allAfrica)
- 7 October 2022 –
- Seven soldiers are killed and four injured during an attack at an army base in Garabtisan, Djibouti, by Armed FRUD gunmen. Both the attackers are killed. (Al Jazeera)
- 7 October 2022 – 2022 Nobel Peace Prize
- Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian human rights society Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization The Center for Civil Liberties are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (DW)
- 7 October 2022 – Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- Liverpool is selected as the host city of next year's Eurovision Song Contest. (BBC News)
- 7 October 2022 – Creeslough explosion
- Ten people are killed, eight others are injured, and others remain trapped under rubble after an explosion at an Applegreen petrol station in the village of Creeslough, County Donegal, Ireland. (BBC News)
- 7 October 2022 – Mahsa Amini protests
- Canada–Iran relations
- The Canadian government permanently bans 10,000 IRGC members from Canada. (Iranintl) (CTV News)
- Denmark–Iran relations
- An armed intruder damages several vehicles in the parking lot of the Iranian embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian criticizes the Danish police for not providing adequate protection for the embassy. (Tasnim) (Bloomberg)
- 7 October 2022 – 2022 Lesotho general election
- Citizens in Lesotho head to the polls to elect the 120 members of the National Assembly. (Reuters)
- 6 October 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces shell residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, killing at least three people, injuring twelve others, and causing widespread fires. (Reuters)
- 6 October 2022 – War against the Islamic State
- American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
- A United States Air Force airstrike and helicopter raid kill two senior Islamic State leaders in Qamishli, Syria, including the Islamic State's deputy leader in Syria. CENTCOM says that no civilians nor any U.S. military personnel were killed or injured in the operation. (CNN)
- 6 October 2022 – Tigray War
- An airstrike kills at least five people and injures 37 others in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. (Reuters)
- 6 October 2022 – 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
- French author Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for "the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory". (Reuters)
- 6 October 2022 –
- The Irish Dancing Commission, Ireland's governing body for Irish dancing, appoints a former judge to investigate claims of prominent dance schools and teachers fixing competitions. (The Guardian)
- 6 October 2022 – 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko bans price increases as part of an effort to reduce inflation in the country. (The Moscow Times)
- 6 October 2022 – 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Ian's death toll increases to 130, with 125 deaths in the United States and five in Cuba, making it the 24th deadliest hurricane in US history. (CNN)
- 6 October 2022 –
- At least 15 people are killed and 20 others are missing after a boat carrying migrants sinks off the eastern coast of the Greek island of Lesbos. Five others have been rescued. (CNA)
- Sixteen people are killed and 20 others are injured when a bus overturns in Bara District, Nepal. (Xinhua)
- 6 October 2022 – 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Mozambique reports its first case of monkeypox. (The Star)
- 6 October 2022 – War on drugs
- U.S. President Joe Biden announces that he will pardon anyone who was convicted on prior federal charges, or who was convicted in the District of Columbia, for marijuana possession. (CNBC)
- 6 October 2022 – 2022 Nong Bua Lamphu attack
- At least 36 people, including 24 children, are killed and 10 others injured when a dismissed policeman open fire in a mass shooting, which started at a daycare centre in Na Klang district, Thailand. The perpetrator later commits suicide after killing his family at his home. (AP)
- 6 October 2022 – 2022 Las Vegas Strip stabbing spree
- Two people are killed and six others are injured, three of them critically, in a mass stabbing on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. (KTNV-TV)
- 6 October 2022 –
- Iran's IRIB broadcasts purported confessions from two French citizens accused of espionage. This broadcast comes in the context of the Mahsa Amini protests which began in September as well as the claim by the Iranian government that the protests are an attempt by France and other countries such as the United States and Israel to overthrow the current Iranian Islamic government. (The Washington Post)
- 5 October 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- Ukrainian troops recapture the strategic village of Dudchany on the west bank of the Dnieper following the withdrawal of Russian forces. (Al Jazeera)
- Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a law formally annexing the Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia into Russia. (Reuters)
- 5 October 2022 – Tigray War
- Adi Daero school airstrike
- More than 50 people are killed in an Ethiopian Air Force airstrike on a school being used as an IDP camp in La'ilay Adiyabo, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. (Reuters)
- 5 October 2022 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli soldiers surround a house in the village of Deir al-Hatab, killing a man and wounding four residents and two Palestinian Satellite Channel journalists who were covering the operation. (Al Jazeera)
- 5 October 2022 – Mexican drug war
- Eighteen people are killed, including the town's mayor, and three others injured, when a Los Tequileros drug gang open fire in a mass shooting at the town hall in San Miguel Totolapan, Guerrero, Mexico. (BBC)
- 5 October 2022 – Afghanistan conflict
- Four people are killed and 25 others are injured by a suicide bomber at a government ministry's mosque in Kabul. (Al Jazeera)
- 5 October 2022 – Abuja–Kaduna train attack
- The Nigerian military says it has secured the release of the last 23 passengers taken hostage in late March. (Reuters)
- 5 October 2022 – Central African Republic Civil War
- Three United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh are killed in a bombing while on patrol in the Central African Republic on Monday. (Reuters)
- 5 October 2022 –
- Unemployment reaches a record low in Slovenia, the lowest since the country's independence in 1991, despite a slowed economic growth. (Xinhua)
- 5 October 2022 – 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- The bridge connecting Pine Island in Lee County, Florida, reopens to the public after undergoing repairs from damage caused by Hurricane Ian. (Wink News)
- 5 October 2022 – 2022 West Azerbaijan earthquake
- A magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Khowy, West Azerbaijan, Iran, wounding more than 1,000 people. (Reuters)
- 5 October 2022 –
- One person is killed and two others are injured by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Piura, Peru. (Reuters)
- Twenty-five people are killed and over a dozen others are injured when a bus falls from a mountainous road into a gorge in Uttarakhand, India. (CNA)
- Lawyers for Maasai herders, who say that the Tanzanian government is trying to violently evict them from their ancestral land in order to make way for a luxury game reserve, have filed an appeal against a court ruling that dismissed their case. (The Guardian)
- The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Ukraine fires his deputy Bohdan Lvov for having dual Russian and Ukrainian citizenship. (Dzerkalo Tyzhnia)
- 5 October 2022 – 2022 Danish general election
- Prime minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen calls a general election for 1 November, thereby avoiding a vote of no confidence. (The Guardian)
- 5 October 2022 –
- Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni fires his son Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba as commander of the national infantry forces after Kainerugaba made a series of tweets threatening to capture Nairobi, the capital of neighbouring Kenya. (AP)
- 5 October 2022 – Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Americans Carolyn R. Bertozzi and Karl Barry Sharpless, and Dane Morten P. Meldal are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry". (Reuters)
- 5 October 2022 – Carlsen–Niemann controversy
- A Chess.com investigation finds that Hans Niemann probably cheated in more than 100 chess games. (The Guardian)
- 5 October 2022 – 2029 Asian Winter Games
- The IOC states that they were not consulted over Saudi Arabian plans for the $500 billion desert Asian Winter Games and that this was in clear conflict with their policy of using existing arenas. (The Guardian)
- 4 October 2022 – Colombian conflict
- Colombian peace process
- The Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) announce the resumption of peace talks in Caracas, Venezuela. (Reuters)
- 4 October 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
- The Federation Council of Russia unanimously approves the annexation of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions. The annexation documents will now receive final signing by President Vladimir Putin. (Reuters)
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- Ukraine's 35th Marine Brigade recaptures the village of Davydiv Brid in Beryslav Raion, Kherson Oblast, as it continues its ground offensive. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry says that around 3,500 citizens have been freed from Russian occupation in recent days. (BBC News)
- 4 October 2022 –
- The European Union adds The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands to its tax haven blacklist, while Bermuda is removed from the list and Anguilla is named a "non-cooperative jurisdiction". (Caribbean News)
- 4 October 2022 – 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- The U.S. death toll from Hurricane Ian increases to 109, including 105 in Florida. (CNN)
- 4 October 2022 –
- Bangladesh suffers a severe power grid failure, leaving 80 percent of the country without electricity, according to the Bangladesh Power Development Board. (NDTV)
- Two people are killed and 10 others injured after a plane crashes in Gao, Gao Region, Mali. (Reuters)
- Ten people are killed and 11 others are reported missing after an avalanche in Draupadi ka Danda, Uttarakhand, India. (AP)
- 4 October 2022 – Same-sex marriage in Slovenia
- The Slovenian National Assembly codifies the legalization of same-sex marriage and adoption for same-sex couples. (Barron's)
- 4 October 2022 – Nobel Prize in Physics
- Alain Aspect of France, John Clauser of the U.S., and Anton Zeilinger of Austria are jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments with entangled photons, establishing the validity of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science". (CNN)
- 4 October 2022 – Coverage of Google Street View
- Rwanda is added to Google Street View. (Virtual Streets)
- 3 October 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- Ukrainian forces advance more than 20 kilometres (12 mi) along the Dnieper towards Dudchany, Kherson Oblast, in what is being called a "major breakthrough". (Reuters)
- The Russian Defence Ministry dismisses Colonel General Alexander Zhuravlyov in response to a series of military defeats in Ukraine. He is replaced as commander of the Western Military District by Major General Roman Berdnikov. (Reuters)
- 3 October 2022 – Somali Civil War
- October 2022 Beledweyne bombings
- Twenty people are killed and 36 others are injured by two al-Shabaab suicide bombers when fifty-six gunmen and drug gangs open fire in a mass shooting at the local government headquarters in Beledweyne. The health minister of Hirshabelle and Hiran's deputy governor for finance and security are among the dead. (AP) (Shabelle Media Network)
- 3 October 2022 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two Palestinians are killed and another is wounded as Israeli soldiers open fire against a vehicle in the Jalazone refugee camp, Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- 3 October 2022 – 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
- North Korea launches a suspected ballistic missile towards Japan with the Japanese government warning residents in Hokkaido and Aomori prefectures to immediately seek shelter. It later landed in the Pacific. The launch comes after a series of balloon launches and placard protests from South Korea and various military exercises involving the US. (Bloomberg) (WNYT-TV) (BBC News)
- 3 October 2022 –
- Ten people are injured when a homemade explosive device explodes in Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
- American wiki hosting service Fandom purchases numerous entertainment and review sites, such as TV Guide, Metacritic, and GameSpot, for US$50 million. (Variety)
- 3 October 2022 – 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- The U.S. death toll from Hurricane Ian increases to 87, with around 10,000 people remaining unaccounted for. (NBC News) (The Guardian)
- 3 October 2022 – 2022 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Orlene makes landfall in the Mexican state of Sinaloa as a Category 1 hurricane. (Reuters)
- 3 October 2022 –
- North Korea restricts movement due to COVID-19. The announcement was made minutes after it launched a missile over Japan. (RFA)
- 3 October 2022 – 2022 Ecuador prison riots
- Fifteen people are killed and 21 others injured when a prison riot open fire in a mass shooting in Latacunga, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador. (Reuters)
- 3 October 2022 – Agriculture in Kenya
- The Cabinet of Kenya votes to overturn a law prohibiting the open cultivation of genetically modified crops, and William Ruto officially authorizes the use of genetically modified maize. (AP)
- 3 October 2022 – 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for "his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution". (The Washington Post)
- 2 October 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- Ukrainian troops recapture Khreshchenivka as they continue to advance southwards in the Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast, with Russia's 49th Combined Arms Army reportedly withdrawing some troops from the frontline to Beryslav. (Forbes)
- 2 October 2022 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A taxi driver is shot and wounded by Palestinian militants near Elon Moreh in the West Bank. A demonstration by local Israeli settlers to protest the incident is attacked with gunfire, wounding a soldier. A Palestinian group called The Lion's Den claims responsibility for the incident. (Times of Israel) (Times of Israel 2)
- 2 October 2022 – September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes
- A video emerges showing Azerbaijani soldiers executing unarmed Armenian prisoners of war during clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia last month. (South China Morning Post)
- 2 October 2022 – Second Libyan Civil War
- A mass grave of 42 people is found in Sirte, Libya, after arrested Islamic State militants tip off authorities. (AP)
- 2 October 2022 – 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- The death from Hurricane Ian rises to 87. (NBC News)
- 2 October 2022 –
- Twenty-six people are killed and ten others are injured when a tractor pulling a wagon with around 40 people on board overturns into a pond in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. (AP)
- Haitian authorities announce an unexpected resurgence of cholera in the country and report that at least seven people have died from the disease. (Reuters)
- 2 October 2022 – Mahsa Amini protests
- A stand-off ensues between students, protesters, and Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces in and around the Sharif University of Tehran, as gunfire is reported amid an apparent siege of the building. (BBC News)
- 2 October 2022 – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
- The Constitutional Court of Russia says that the annexation is constitutional, citing the need to correct the "arbitrary decisions of the Soviet government" and to prevent the claimed widespread repression of the Russians in Ukraine. It was later also clarified that the borders of the annexed subjects are intended to be those at the time of annexation. (RBC Russia)
- 2 October 2022 – 2022 Brazilian general election
- Brazilians head to the polls to elect their president, vice president, and National Congress. (The Washington Post)
- Incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff election on October 30. Lula obtained 48.3% of the vote, Bolsonaro 43.3%. (The Washington Post)
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Tip of the day April 21, 2006: Thanks for helping a newbie!Filmcom 14:36, 23 February 2006 (UTC)I just want to thank you for building on my tip and making it a true wikipedia tip of the day. I'm still learning a lot about how to do things around here, so your help was greatly appreciated! Keep up the great work, and keep on Going for it!
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Barnstar![]() This Working Man's Barnstar is awarded to Go for it! for your tireless and diligent work on the reference desk templates! -- Natalya 19:37, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Barnstar![]() For going above and beyond the call of duty at Esperanza/Admin coaching, I award you this Original Barnstar. Good work! --Fang Aili talk 18:34, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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!Cool signature Kamope · talk · contributions 12:58, 22 January 2007 (UTC) Thanks. The Transhumanist 05:52, 23 January 2007 (UTC) Thanks so much!Thanks so much for the hints in your userpage tutorial.
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WOW!!as a near- noob, this is by far the most detailed and useful article on wikipedia for me! Excellent! I really wish I had a user page like this after two years...Snailey! 15:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Barnstar
Just a few words...TT, my friend, my mop would never have been gained without your incredible expertise. My kindest regards to you, and drop by as often as possible! Now, a little token of my appreciation... My kindest possible regards, Barnstar
AwardHello The Transhumanist, (Hold on, can I say that or is it "Hello Transhumanist") A Help:Contents Barnstar
Fractional-reserve bankingYou deserve a barnstar for your efforts. I can't think of anyone who has contributed more to Wikipedia, except maybe Jimbo. I'm not sure where to put this on your frontpage, so here it is:
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:DHi there Trans Face! You won an award!
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My UserpageHi There First id like to thank you immensly for your pages about creating a decent userpage!! They are great and I would be lost without them!! Just one question, On my userpage i have a small welcome banner up the top. How do I make this text larger and change the font? Sorry if you have already covered this somewhere. Thanks in advanceCstubbies (talk) 12:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC) A valuable serviceI think you need recognition for doing the job of ten other editors, and doing it out of altruism and genuine belief in Wikipedia. Not many editors here have the same good attitude and provide the same service as you - I don't have any specific point to put across, but I thought you should just be prodded and reminded that you do a lot of good around here, in the hope you'll keep it up. Kudos! Seegoon (talk) 17:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC) :)
Welcoming committeeJust a note, I've made a minor update to your contributions. To reiterate my edit summary, you put in a tonne of effort there, and you deserve to be credited for it :) Feel free to revert, nonetheless. Regards, AGK (contact) 16:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC) List of basic space exploration topicsHi there TTH, Just wanted to thank you for your labors on this page, which is a great resource for us. Bill Wwheaton (talk) 17:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC) You'd better hope there is a humour barnstar... because you just gave me the biggest laugh in weeks. Good stuff giving that RfA spammer what-for here. αѕєηιηє t/c 22:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC) List of basic Canada topicsNice work -- I will withdraw the AfD nom. – ukexpat (talk) 00:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Fictional listsThe deletion review was approved for recreation: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 March 10. Just letting you know, in case you weren't watchlisting it. I'm not sure what you have to do next to get the old version undeleted though (if that's what you wanted :) Nice catch on rescuing that grouping. -- Quiddity (talk) 00:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC) 'Tis for you
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List_of_basic_France_topicsHi Transhumanist, I wanted to note that I saw all of your work on the List of Basic France topics, and I appreciate it! Lazulilasher (talk) 02:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC) From Zach...
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Happy Transhumanist's Day!
→ Dylan620 (Toolbox Alpha, Beta) 00:26, 1 June 2009 (UTC) Happy The Transhumanist's Day!
I think......you need a barnstar for all of the hard work you have put into the WP:WPOOK!
BarnstarTranshumanist my friend, It's about time you deserve a barnstar for all your contributions to outlines on Wikipedia, and also for being the promoter that you are for outlines. If it wasn't for you we might not have outlines as they are, so it is my honor to present to you the Special Barnstar because no other barnstar could merit what you do for outlines on Wikipedia. :-) Burningview (talk) 03:42, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
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Made me laughYou once said in a AFD: "If you are building a robot, you can start with just the left pinky." I love that. Happy New Year! Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 20:34, 31 December 2010 (UTC) another thanksI appreciate you pointing me in the direction of a formatted signature. For some reason I couldn't find any reference to how it is done in the years I have been here. Cheers. ◦◦derekbd◦◦my talk◦◦ 12:16, 4 June 2011 (UTC) ImpressedI just wanted to tell you (probably not the 1st ^^ ) that your are an incredible wikipedia member, your userpage is simply amazing and your contribution is...gigantic? huge? Incredible? not for the number edits (still high) but rather over the appropriateness of the things that you have created, especially the outline project. I wont give you another award, you already have billions, but simply a modest "Bravo!". -- ThanksHi, thanks a lot for the barnstar, you are truly a user with whom it is pleasant to interact. I greatly appreciate your help, your tips and you recognition on the work done, even if only very minimal compared to the work you have done. I think you, more than everyone else, deserve a special recognition. Here is the first Barnstar I ever awarded :
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Note to user getting this message: Please respond on Pinkstrawberry02's talk page. If for some reason you cannot, please send them a {{talkback}} and reply on your own talk page. Thanks for your understanding in this manner. See ya around the wiki! barnstar
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Thank you. The Transhumanist 07:45, 18 January 2015 (UTC) A cup of coffee for you!
Thank you. The Transhumanist 06:56, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
At Tip-Of-The-Day: Thank you for your updates & guidance!Greetings The Transhumanist,Want to let you know the value of your insights & feedback!
Pony!Pony! Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
Thanks again :) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
Thank you. The Transhumanist 15:31, 28 September 2016 (UTC) Love the outlinesHi there! I just wanted to let you know that I think your planet outlines are really cool. I have long thought it was a shame that only Wikipedians seem to know about Books or Portals, because they are really great tools for structuring knowledge (while everyone loves diving down the Wikipedia rabbit hole, we could really do with some better content organization). The outlines strike me as a great way to bring that sort content organization to mainspace, where it will actually reach a large number of readers. I notice that I am the first one to edit them besides yourself, and I hope you know that I do so with love.
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@RightCowLeftCoast: Thank you. I feel honored. Please keep in mind that I have not been working alone. Credit goes to the nearly 400 editors who came forward to speak up for the keeping of portals. And although the RfC to delete all portals is over, the job of defending portals from deletion is not. For the portal namespace to be retained in the long term, the portals in it will need to be improved to a worthy quality level, otherwise we may see more deletion attempts. This task is far more than a single editor can handle. Fortunately, many editors have come forward to meet the challenge. Working to develop portals and the entire portal system, is a team of 80 editors who are diligently redesigning, upgrading, updating, and maintaining portals. They are the members of the Portals WikiProject, and without them there might be no portals. They are doing a wonderful job, and I am very proud of them. Thank you. — The Transhumanist 17:22, 26 May 2018 (UTC) Preciousthinking-related topics Thank you for organising a list of thinking-related topics, for Shift work sleep disorder and the index of oral health and dental articles, for your thoughts and efforts regarding portals, and beginnings such as Portal:Thinking/Selected picture, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! Preciousportals Thank you for your thoughts and efforts regarding portals, for the concept of outlines, for sectional redirects, for articles such as Life Extension Foundation, for service from 2006, including portal philosophy and user page design center, - repeating (1 & 4 June 2009): you are an awesome Wikipedian! Thank you. I looked, but couldn't figure out what 1 & 4 June 2009 were referring to. Just curious. — The Transhumanist 19:26, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
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Moxy, thank you. I'm honored, and I receive this praise for the team, without whom there would be very little progress on portals. They are literally transforming them into something new. I'm glad to be a part of that. — The Transhumanist 18:20, 7 June 2018 (UTC) A Barnstar for you
You are welcome, formerly Wpgbrown. Nice new name. ;) — The Transhumanist 10:26, 6 July 2018 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
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