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Trump story dismissed by media months ago confirmed by new bombshell report

Back in September, most Americans (and the media) thought it was so over-the-top that it had to be a joke. Turns out, it wasn’t a joke and isn’t remotely funny.In a bizarre directive that could have been written by the staff of The Onion or Putin’s secret police, National Security Presidential Memor...

End of the line for video essays

America’s worst copyright law keeps getting even worse.

Zohran Mamdani's Radical Refocus of the Left Is What We've Needed

Politics and sometimes culture from a rude liberal in blog form.

Deadline

Susie Figgis Dies: “Unique” Casting Director Of ‘Gandhi’, ‘The Full Monty’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ & Many More Hits Was 77

Susie Figgis, the British casting director who worked on Gandhi, The Killing Fields, The Full Monty and Harry Potter, has died at age 77.

Big Tech joins the race to build the world’s heaviest airplane

Die as Microsoft, or live to become the IBM you overthrew.

Apple's Slow AI Pace Becomes a Strength As Market Grows Weary of Spending - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Shares of Apple were battered earlier this year as the iPhone maker faced repeated complaints about its lack of an artificial intelligence strategy. But as the AI trade faces increasing scrutiny, that hesitance has gone from a weakness to a strengt...

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‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Puts Netflix Back In The Documentary Oscar Race, But The Competition Remains Strong

Netflix has three Best Documentary Feature contenders, including 'The Perfect Neighbor,' but festival winners may rally

ZeroHedge

China Successfully Operates World's First Thorium Molten Salt Reactor

“The Chinese are moving very, very fast. They are very keen to show the world that their program is unstoppable.”

Cory Doctorow: "Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Metabolizing…" - Mamot - Le Mastodon de La Quadrature du Net

'The Handmaid's Tale' Sequel Series 'The Testaments' Drops First Look Photos Featuring Chase Infiniti - Blavity

Hulu has revealed the first-look photos from the upcoming The Handmaid’s Tale sequel series, The Testaments , featuring an ensemble cast led by Ann Dowd and Chase Infiniti . Dowd reprises her role from the original series. Lucy Halliday, Rowan Blanchard, Mattea Conforti, Isolde Ardies, Shechinah Mpumlwana and Birva Pandya. The cast also includes Mabel Li, Amy Seimetz, Brad Alexander, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Eva Foote and Kira Guloien. What’s the plot of ‘The Testaments’? The synopsis is as follow

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Agnieszka Holland Talks Bringing Franz Kafka To Life In ‘Franz’ & Neurodivergence Questions – Contenders International

An awards-season interview with 'Franz' fillmaker Agnieszka Holland about her Oscar-contending Franz Kafka biopic, neurodivergence questions and more.

Obama’s PowerPoint Death Parade Led to Trump’s Venezuelan Killings

The Trump administration’s killings of scores of Venezuelans are provoking outrage across the Western Hemisphere. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently proclaimed, “We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.”  President Trump and Hegseth are cashing a blank check for carnage that was written years earlier by President Barack Obama.

The Atlantic

The Shutdown Is a Knife at a Gunfight

The two sides may forge a deal, but what difference will it make to a president who doesn’t respect Congress at all?

Disconnect

Generative AI is a societal disaster

Governments are deluding themselves into believing investment justifies allowing AI to upend society