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On Wanting to Change: Adam Phillips on Our Capacity for Transformation
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“There is no description of a life without an account of the changes
that are possible within it.”
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Successful Strategy and the Art of Timing - Inc.com (No paywall)
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When it comes to strategy, timing can be more important than the plan
itself.
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Why lying on the internet keeps working
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A new book examines the "Invisible Rulers" who manipulate your
attention online.
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The Lords of Silicon Valley Are Thrilled to Present a 'Handheld Iron
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ZeroMark wants to build a system that will let soldiers easily shoot a
drone out of the sky with the weapons they’re already carrying—and
venture capital firm a16z is betting the startup can pull it off.
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Why Talented People Don't Use Their Strengths - Harvard Business
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Experts have long encouraged people to “play to their strengths.”
But based on my observations, this is easier said than done, because
we often undervalue what we inherently do well. As a leader, the
challenge is not only to spot talent but also to convince your people
that you value their talents and that they should, too. Begin by
identifying the strengths of each member of your team. You might ask
them, “What compliments do you tend to dismiss?” since people
often downplay what they do most easily. Once you’ve identified
their key strengths, ask them, “Are you doing work that draws on
your strengths? Are we taking on projects that make the most of your
strengths?” If the answer is no, reassign people to new roles where
their strengths will be put to better use.
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Breast-Feeding the Microbiome - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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Why human milk is a scientific marvel.
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How Axe Body Spray is trying to move beyond teenage boys' lockers
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"The idea that you spray this on and you get the girl is sort of
nonsense, really. I mean, they know it, we know it. ⦠So why don't
we just kind of play to that?" said John Hegarty, founder of Bartle
Bogle Hegarty, a London-based advertising firm that worked with Axe
between 1994 and 2017."They were moving the needle maybe a little too
far in terms of the brand pivot. That's a lot for a brand with that
strong a DNA in the marketplace to achieve in that short period of
time," said Stephan Kanlian, chairperson for the Fashion Institute of
Technology's Cosmetics and Fragrance Graduate Program.
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If You Thought The Job Search Was Rigged Against You, Here's Why
You're Not Wrong - Forbes (No paywall)
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There are questionable practices that employers deploy that may not be
in the best interests of job seekers, including posting fake jobs,
ghosting candidates, pulling a bait-and-switch, lowballing offers and
other questionable tactics.
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One Line in 'The Acolyte' Completely Rewrites Lightsaber Canon in Star
Wars
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When Obi-Wan Kenobi told Luke that lightsabers aren’t as clumsy or
random as blasters, he forgot to mention one other thing: If you bust
out a lightsaber in most contexts, you have to be ready to turn that
thing into a murder stick. This apparently doesn’t apply to
instances of practice or using your lightsaber as a flashlight, but in
The Acolyte, we’ve got a new layer of Star Wars lore that makes
fighting with this elegant weapon not exactly as civilized as we were
led to believe. In the very first scene of The Acolyte, as Jedi Master
Indara (Carrie-Anne Moss) battles Mae (Amandla Stenberg), we hear a
lightsaber rule that gives Indara pause. It might give longtime Star
Wars aficionados pause too. Is this really the way Jedi are supposed
to think about their famous weapons? Spoilers ahead.
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Suni Williams Just Became the First Woman To Test Fly An Orbital
Spacecraft
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Boeing Starliner's Wednesday launch aimed to be only the sixth time
the U.S. has debuted a new spacecraft.It was finally smooth sailing on
Wednesday for the Boeing Starliner spacecraft named Calypso. NASA
astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the latest astronauts
to debut a new spacecraft. Williams has also made history as the first
woman to perform such a feat.
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'The Acolyte's Sneaky Sith Easter Egg Teases the Answer to a Star Wars
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The word "Sith" hasn’t yet been said aloud in The Acolyte. That's
despite the fact that the series has long been rumored to explore how
the Sith survived even during the High Republic era — a period in
which the Jedi Order was at its most powerful, widespread, and
dominant. The show's creator, Leslye Headland, has even said on record
that The Acolyte was inspired by her desire to explore the Sith, which
is something that no live-action Star Wars TV show or movie has
extensively done up to this point.Just because The Acolyte's first two
episodes make no explicit mention of the Sith doesn't mean that the
series hasn't already laid the groundwork for its religious order's
reintroduction and presence, though. On the contrary, The Acolyte's
second episode makes one huge reference to the Sith. It may go over
most casual viewers' heads, but it should leave die-hard Star Wars
fans even more excited to see what's to come.
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'Avengers 5' Will Be the Biggest -- and Riskiest -- Team-Up in MCU
History
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For the past five years, Marvel’s been working overtime to solve one
dilemma. How do you top Avengers: Endgame? So far, no tactic has
managed to stick. Going back to square one and introducing new
Avengers left its cinematic universe unfocused and crowded. Marvel’s
attempt to give those new characters their own Thanos also backfired
on every level. It took way too long to establish an Avengers-level
threat in Jonathan Majors’ Kang, and by the time the character
gained a foothold, Majors was convicted of reckless assault and
harassment. Marvel swiftly cut ties with the actor, and its multiverse
era has been in limbo ever since.The studio has yet to share its
recovery plans, but insiders have hinted at a massive retooling behind
the scenes, and Marvel’s scaled-back release slate reflects that. It
will take much more for Marvel to recover its place in the pop culture
pantheon, but the studio may have an ace up its sleeve.
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These Wheeled Humanoid Robots Use AI to Team Up and Clean Your Messy
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The future looks like a symphony of voice-controlled humanoid robots
cleaning up after you.1X revealed the latest update to its Eve robot
showing a small crew understanding a request to tidy up an office,
linking together tasks like cleaning up a coffee spill, picking up a
hoodie off the floor, and delivering drinks. This is the closest
we’ve seen to a robot butler, and on top of that, it’s a whole
gang of them. See for yourself in 1X’s demo.
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The Wildest Crime Thriller of the Year is an Unexpected Triumph
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Emilia Pérez shouldn’t work. First, there’s its billing as a
“musical crime comedy,” a collection of genres that are rarely
grouped together, let alone uttered in the same sentence. Then,
there’s its premise: a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón)
hires a small-time lawyer (Zoe Saldaña) to assist him in getting a
sex reassignment surgery in order to leave his life of crime behind
and start anew as the woman he was always destined to be.It sounds
like a recipe for the most ill-advised crime thriller ever (and
indeed, is just a few details off from the Michelle Rodriguez thriller
that was buried for its tasteless premise a few years ago), but
surprisingly, Emilia Pérez is an emotionally fulfilling triumph.
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When Does 'The Acolyte' Take Place? Star Wars' "High Republic" Time
Period, Explained
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The Acolyte is introducing Star Wars fans to a Jedi Order at the
height of its power, but because the new Disney+ show is set much
further back in the timeline than anything else we’ve ever seen in
live-action, the specifics can get blurry. Here’s everything you
need to know about where The Acolyte sits on the Star Wars timeline,
and what it means for the story.The Star Wars timeline is centered
around the Battle of Yavin, the climactic fight in A New Hope. For
example, The Mandalorian is set in 9 ABY, nine years after the Battle
of Yavin, while the first season of Andor is set in 5 BBY, five years
before the Rebels win their first major victory.
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This Hot, Inflated Alien World Is A Preview of Earth's Final Days
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If anyone lives on Earth in 5 billion years, they may get to live just
a little bit longer. About 1800 light years away, a planet the size of
Neptune is orbiting perilously close to its baleful, bloated red star
— and it could be carrying some clues about Earth’s eventual
fate.
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'Mortal Kombat 1' Leak Might Reveal a New Fighter Straight Out of
Horror Movie History
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An unsuspecting Mortal Kombat creator may have inadvertently
discovered the next guest character in the series. And if it’s true,
it would be an inspired choice to join the morbid cast of colorful
rogues, mages, and martial artists.Ghostface, the central slasher in
the Scream series and probably the most recognizable horror icon of
the 90s, is likely the next featured guest character for 2023’s
Mortal Kombat 1. YouTube creator Interloko was the first to uncover
evidence of the character’s inclusion on Wednesday.
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'The Acolyte' Got Fire In Space Ridiculously Wrong -- In Real Life,
It's So Much Weirder
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We need to talk about that scene in the new Star Wars show, The
Acolyte. Yes, the one with the flickering, crackling fire in
space.Star Wars has never been noted for its scrupulous accuracy;
that’s not really the point of the series. It’s space opera, not
science fiction. But one scene in an episode of the new show Acolyte
— which follows Jedi padawan Osha and her adventures on the titular
spaceship — has stirred up quite a disturbance in the Force.
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Liftoff! Watch Boeing Starliner's Historic Launch Through These 7
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An Atlas-class rocket hasn’t sent humans into space since the
Mercury program’s final flight 61 years ago. When Boeing Starliner
launched at 10:52 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday from Space Launch Complex
41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, so began the critical first
chapter of the company’s Crew Flight Test.
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'House of the Dragon' Star Gives an Intriguing Update on Game of
Thrones' Most Exciting Spinoff
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House of the Dragon may be the first Game of Thrones spinoff, but it
won’t be the last. From the moment credits rolled on the series
finale, speculation swirled around different ideas for different
series, from the likely (the cast is already announced for A Knight of
the Seven Kindgoms, the adaptation of the Tales of Dunk and Egg
novellas) to the unlikely (despite Kit Harington’s best efforts, the
Jon Snow sequel is no longer in development.) But one of the next Game
of Thrones universe spinoffs may in fact be a spinoff of a spinoff —
Nine Voyages, a prequel series focusing on the life of Corlys
Velaryon, aka the Sea Snake. In late 2023, George R. R. Martin
announced on his personal blog that the spinoff had been moved from
live-action to animation for budgetary reasons. Now, a House of the
Dragon star is eager to get involved in the project.
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Will 'Star Wars: Hunters' Ever Come to PC or Console? Developer Gives
Update
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Star Wars: Hunters is the newest video game set in the beloved galaxy
far, far away. The four-on-four arena hero shooter released Tuesday
and has everything one would expect from a game in this saturated
genre, decked out with Star Wars’ distinct blend of rustic wild west
vibes and science fiction touchstones.But what Hunters lacks in
originality, it makes up for with its fun, at times goofy
presentation. The game’s brightly colored maps reminiscent of the
Galaxy’s Edge theme park and interesting cast of heroes and villains
pop with personality, marking some of the most interesting Star Wars
characters introduced in ages.
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One of 2024's Most Exciting Indie Games Shows Off Robots on the High
Seas In A New Trailer
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The cult hit SteamWorld series is getting a new entry this year, as we
learned at a recent Nintendo Indie World. What’s more, it’s a
direct sequel — only the second in developer Image & Form’s
history — to the best game in the series’ cheery robot-filled
world, in my opinion. SteamWorld Heist II looks like it will take the
best parts of the original game and put an open-world twist on them,
and a new trailer takes a deep dive into how that looks in action.Like
the first SteamWorld Heist, the upcoming sequel follows a crew of
steam-powered pirate robots as they engage in turn-based tactical
battles on a series of enemy ships. This time around, the game trades
the vastness of space for the high seas as its setting, and it lets
players loose in an explorable open world, rather than just hopping
from battle to battle like in the original game.
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'The Last of Us' Showrunner Reveals His Epic Plan to Adapt 'Part II'
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It may be the end of the world, but The Last of Us was just the
beginning of the story. Season 1 of HBO’s video game adaptation
starred Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as protagonists Joel and Ellie
and covered the events of the first game, with a couple of bonus
stories thrown in for good measure. But The Last of Us Part II has a
much bigger story, and the showrunners are prepared to stretch the
narrative to explore all its possibilities. In doing so, however,
Season 2 could be quite different from the freshman outing.In a
conversation with Deadline, The Last of Us co-creators Craig Mazin and
Neil Druckmann revealed that while production for The Last of Us
Season 2 is underway, it will be shorter than Season 1, with only
seven episodes compared to Season 1’s nine. “What we had to do
from the start was figure out how to tell that story across
seasons,” Mazin said. “When you do that, you look for natural
breakpoints, and as we laid it out, this season, the national
breakpoint felt like it came after seven episodes.”
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Volkswagen's Most Powerful EV Ever Also Won't Give You Range Anxiety
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Even before the base model of the ID.7 hits the U.S., Volkswagen just
announced four, more tempting versions of the EV. Two models focused
on performance (the ID.7 GTX and ID.7 GTX Tourer) and two versions
with extra long range (ID.7 Pro S and ID.7 Tourer Pro S).If you’re a
Volkswagen fan and a stan of EVs, these might be the electric cars
you’re looking for.
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After a Decade, Dawntrail Feels Like the Big Change 'Final Fantasy
XIV' Needs
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I’ve been playing Final Fantasy XIV for nearly a decade, and in that
time, like most players, I’ve found my preferences for jobs and
content. So, my biggest surprise after nearly six hours of playing
Dawntrail is that I might have found a new favorite job, maybe even a
replacement for my tried and true ones. The two new DPS roles coming
with the expansion are brilliant additions that feel like a
much-needed breath of fresh air, and that hearkens to the general
feeling of Dawntrail at large. This is the start of a new era for
Final Fantasy XIV, and the expansion wants you to know it. After
Endwalker, which brought a close to the decade-long Hydaelyn and
Zodiark storyline, Dawntrail kicks off a brand new story. Director
Naoki Yoshida has previously described this expansion as a “summer
vacation,” and that’s abundantly clear in the lush forests and
dappled beaches of the new continent, Tural.
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The Case Of The Missing 45 Million Gallons Of Milk
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Public schools feed a lot of kids. The problem? Nearly 40% of that
food gets tossed in the trash. Fortunately, there are smart solutions
— coming straight from the students.In January 2019, students at
Lovin Elementary School in Lawrenceville, Georgia, took a hard look at
how much food they were throwing away. It was Taco Day, and as lunch
period wrapped up, teacher Gerin Hennebaul and a group of students
sorted the milk, fruit, vegetables, and other foods left on the
cafeteria trays into buckets. “It really left an impact on the
kids," Hennebaul says. "They were shocked."
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10 Years Ago, Tom Cruise Made an Underrated Sci-Fi War Movie -- And
Popularized a New Genre
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FromSoftware is notorious among video game fans for its bleak and
challenging action RPGs like Bloodborne, Dark Souls, and Elden Ring.
Their notoriety stems from the incredible difficulty of their (often
inhuman) bosses, and the frustrating reality that success requires
multiple deaths and rebirths as players figure out the capabilities
and weaknesses of those powerful foes. These elements are so
associated with the studio that games by other creators with similar
traits have been informally dubbed ‘Souls-like.’ It makes for an
intense gaming experience, but one that hasn’t been translated to
the big screen... except it kind of has, thanks to Doug Liman’s
time-looping action-sci-fi masterpiece Edge of Tomorrow.Adapting the
Japanese light novel All You Need Is Kill, Edge of Tomorrow follows
reluctant soldier Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) who, upon getting
covered by the blood of nigh-victorious alien invaders, reincarnates
and resets that bloody day every time he dies. The attackers, called
Mimics, are biologically strange, brutal, lightning-quick, and
connected by a hive mind that can rewind and reset time upon death or
defeat. This allows them to study and defeat human forces until Cage
ingests the blood and teams up with the last human to acquire the
ability, Sergeant Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). She walks Cage through
his new abilities, and he grows in skill and knowledge with each
demise, ultimately defeating a seemingly insurmountable foe. Sound
familiar, Souls fans?
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The Rotten Secret Plaguing America's Grocery Stores
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We live on a planet where people still die of starvation, and yet we
still waste so much food — it’s a problem, and not just for
sustenance but the environment. You may not be aware of it, but a huge
amount of that waste comes from the grocery stores and supermarkets we
shop at every week. Part of it is just a category problem: Americans
are used to seeing a wide and alluring variety of foods on shelves,
and a lot of it, especially for produce and meats.So what do the
stores do? They overpurchase, “knowing that some food waste must be
built into their bottom line,” says Jennifer Molidor, senior food
campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity. We also have high
standards for freshness, especially with unregulated best-by dates
that make it hard to determine whether food is actually safe to eat,
so retailers throw out edible food that might be perceived as
undesirable. Profit margins on perishable foods are so high that
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Who is Qimir? 'Acolyte' Theory Could Reveal the Show's Biggest Twist
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No Star Wars story is complete without a freaky Sith dude in a freaky
Sith mask. The original trilogy, of course, had Darth Vader. The
sequels had Kylo Ren. Even Ahsoka had its own masked villain in
Marrok, though the series didn’t exactly capitalize on his
potential. Hopefully the same won’t be said for The Acolyte, the
first live-action story set in Star Wars’ High Republic era. The
series takes place about 100 years before the Jedi Order fell to the
machinations of the Sith; appropriately, it follows the emergence of a
Sith Master, the first the Order has seen in centuries.
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The Best New Sci-Fi Show on Netflix Was Almost Way More Ambitious
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In another version, the ambitious sci-fi show might have pulled off an
impossible challenge.In the 2016 short film Scavengers, a spaceship
explodes, the fiery debris raining down on an inhospitable alien
planet. On the surface, two survivors wordlessly interact with the
strange flora and fauna, turning spores into binoculars and alien
intestines into jet fuel. It’s a bizarrely beautiful symphony of
images and sounds, condensed into what feels like an eight-minute
fever dream. And animator Joe Bennett, who wrote and directed
Scavengers with Charles Huettner, wanted to preserve the fever-dream
feeling of the original short in their adaptation of the story into a
full-fledged TV series — including the lack of dialogue.
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Does it take a bad person to be a good athlete? | Aeon Essays
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Cavendish of Britain winning the 172.5 km 8th stage of the Tour de
France, 12 July 2008. Photo by Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty
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Beyond the veil - what rules would govern John Rawls's 'realistic
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The US philosopher John Rawls (1921-2002) is perhaps best known for
his ‘veil of ignorance’ thought experiment, which he first laid
out in his landmark work A Theory of Justice (1971). Envisioning a
society built by rule-makers who were blind to their own identities,
Rawls reasoned that structures that privilege certain classes over
others would be unpopular, and a more rational and just society would
emerge.However, as this TED-Ed video illustrates, A Theory of Justice
does far more than just describe the thought experiment. Rather, Rawls
articulates the policies he believes should emerge from this initial
conceit, outlining a democratic government with an economic structure
that allows for equal opportunity and, ultimately, only as much
inequality as would benefit society’s worst-off members. With
stylish visuals, the animation details the ideas and ideals outlined
in A Theory of Justice, criticisms of the text raised by prominent
thinkers, and the lasting impact of Rawls’s groundbreaking work more
than half a century after its initial publication.
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Flowers for Things I Don't Know How to Say: A Tender Painted Lexicon
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“To be a Flower is profound Responsibility,” Emily Dickinson
wrote. From the moment she pressed the first wildflower into her
astonishing teenage herbarium until the moment Susan pinned…
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What It's Like to Be a Falcon: The Peregrine as a Portal to a Way of
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“You cannot know what freedom means till you have seen a peregrine
loosed into the warm spring sky to roam at will through all the far
provinces of light.”
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Baby Reindeer: How police could have prevented Martha's stalking from
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Receiving a cryptic email from a stranger you’ve met once at a bar
might be weird, but when the messages start getting frequent,
obsessive and borderline threatening, you might be dealing with a
stalker. This is the premise of Scottish actor and comedian Richard
Gadd’s popular Netflix show Baby Reindeer. It tells the story of
Donny, a fictionalized version of himself. Baby Reindeer illustrates
the harrowing details of how Donny’s stalker, Martha, insidiously
invaded various aspects of his life, first stalking him online
incessantly, then turning up to where he lives uninvited, then
harassing his friends, girlfriend and family, and eventually violently
assaulting them.
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Meet the 'new consumer': How shopper behaviour is changing in a
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After a long anticipated wait, the Bank of Canada has finally decided
to cut interest rates by 25 basis points. The decision marks a
departure from the series of interest rate hikes that were previously
implemented to curb inflation. The recent decrease appears to be
signalling that inflation is finally starting to stabilize in Canada.
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Alice Munro wrote a 1970s play in southwestern Ontario -- and
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This week, I’m elated that my play Post Alice will be performed on
the Blyth Festival Theatre’s stage as part of the Alice Munro
Festival of the Short Story in Huron County, the Huron Tract on Treaty
29 territory in southwestern Ontario. This region is also known to
some readers and writers as “Alice Munro Country.”As a young girl
growing up in Huron County, Ont., in the 1990s, I spent hours reading
Munro’s stories. In the years since, I have remained a devoted fan
of her work, particularly for her complex depictions of southwestern
Ontario life.
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Biden's immigration order won't fix problems quickly - 4 things to
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Immigration is a top issue in the upcoming presidential election –
and President Joe Biden’s new executive order restricting
migrants’ ability to apply for asylum is likely to further elevate
the subject in national politics. The number of undocumented migrants
crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has soared in recent years, with
249,785 arrests taking place along the border in December 2023. That
marks a 13% rise from the 222,018 migrants arrested by the Border
Patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border in December 2022.
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Solar farms can eat up farmland - but 'agrivoltaics' could mean the
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New Zealand plans to commission about eight gigawatts of solar
photovoltaic projects – more than the maximum power demand of the
whole country on a typical winter’s day – by 2028, according to
the government’s latest generation investment survey.Eight of these
solar farms are already operational and spread across the country.
More than 40 are in various stages of development, with the
construction of the largest single project, in excess of 150
megawatts, due to start this year.
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Yes, carbon capture and storage is controversial - but it's going to
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Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are vital tools to
help us make cuts to the 36 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases we emit
each year.But renewables alone can’t get us to net zero. Sectors
such as cement, steel and chemical manufacturing produce significant
carbon dioxide emissions difficult to eliminate through renewable
energy alone.
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A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during
polar field work
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PhD Candidate in Polar Marine Ecology and Climate Change, University
of Technology Sydney Every day, women are working on frontier science
in Earth’s unforgiving polar environments. Our study, published
today in PLOS Climate, investigated what their experiences are
actually like.
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Blade Runner soundtrack at 30: how Vangelis used electronic music to
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In June 1994 the late composer Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou –
better known as Vangelis – released his soundtrack for the 1982 film
Blade Runner. It would go on to become emblematic of his skills, with
only a handful of soundtracks reaching a similar level of cult
status.Prior to this, sci-fi film scores tended to be characterised by
orchestral sound palettes. For instance, John Williams’ 1991 Star
Wars soundtrack leaned on the London Symphony Orchestra to communicate
the vastness of a galaxy far, far away.
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'We cannot simply go, go, go.' What is girl mossing, the wellness
trend that rejects hustle
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On TikTok and Instagram, people are “girl mossing”: lying on a
forest floor, staring up at a leafy canopy or caressing moss. The
United States National Forest Foundation even borrowed the term to
kick off its 2024 Instagram account. Girl mossing recognises a need to
step away from the pressures of modern, urban life, promoting spending
time in nature as a restorative practice. The fast pace and pressure
of neoliberal capitalism take an enormous toll on wellbeing: not just
personal, but social and planetary. These pressures are most acutely
felt by women – whose labour remains, in large part, undervalued and
underpaid – and by young people, who are often in precarious work,
priced out of the housing market. Yet they’re still bombarded with
images of unattainable success on social media. Not so the moss
selfies.
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Regenerating Oceania: the 'unique and unifying' Festival of Pacific
Arts & Culture makes a comeback
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Rows of dancers, bodies attired with natural fibres and adorned with
fragrant oils and flowers, move in synchronous harmony. They raise
their voices in song and affirm connections across the vast seaways of
the Pacific. Watching and listening are delegates and visitors from
many islands. All have come to learn, to represent and to connect.
Scenes such as this will be a focus when the 13th Festival of Pacific
Arts & Culture – known by many simply as FestPAC – kicks off on
O‘ahu in Hawai‘i today.
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The UK's nature restoration plans have some big holes - here's how to
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The UK is already one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries.
Any further loss is a major risk to wellbeing and prosperity, would
make climate change worse, and would remove options for adapting to a
warming world. The UK public cares deeply about nature, yet it is not
a major topic in this election.That’s why we recently sent a letter
to all UK political parties asking them to make the loss of nature at
home and overseas a priority both in this election and in the years to
come. The letter was signed by over 180 UK scientists with expertise
in biodiversity and conservation, including Fellows of the Royal
Society and government advisers.
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What toilet paper and game shows can teach us about the spread of
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How can we explain and predict human behaviour? Are mathematics and
probability up to the task, or are humans too complex and
irrational?Often, people’s actions take us by surprise, particularly
when they seem irrational. Take the COVID pandemic: one thing nobody
saw coming was a rush on toilet paper that left supermarket shelves
bare in many countries.
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'Only disconnect' - in Caledonian Road, Andrew O'Hagan depicts
Britain's great unravelling
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It is Thursday May 20, 2021, and Campbell Flynn – “tall and sharp
at fifty-two […] a tinderbox in a Savile Row suit, a man who
believed his childhood was so far behind him that all its threats had
vanished” – makes his way along Piccadilly to sign copies of his
latest book, a life of the painter Vermeer that the Financial Times
has declared “a work of mesmerising empathy”. Famously, almost
nothing is known about Vermeer’s life; all we have is the art. We
might say the same about Campbell. We are not sure who he is. There is
only artifice, the performance of roles: husband, father, commentator,
celebrity professor. In lifelong flight from his impoverished
upbringing in Glasgow, he has made a career of surface, gesture and
interpretation.
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Why do we love to see unlikely animal friendships? A psychology expert
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The internet is awash with stories and videos of unlikely animal
friendships, often with many millions of views. This content typically
shows animals from different species showing affection to one another,
signifying a bond or even a “friendship”.These relationships have
been captured in people’s homes, such as with Molly the magpie and
Peggy the dog, in zoos, such as with Baloo the bear, Leo the lion and
Shere Khan the tiger, and even in the wild, such as one case of a fox
and cat living together in Turkey.
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One issue proved key to the opposition's stunning success in India's
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This year’s general election in India arguably brought up more
questions about the fairness of the electoral process than any other
in the country’s history.For example, in December, a bill was passed
in India’s parliament that allowed election commissioners to be
appointed by a panel dominated by the executive branch, which many
feared would endanger free and fair elections.
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The Federal Union: how a group of 1940s economists dreamt of a
European Union for the working classes
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On the eve of the Second World War, three Oxbridge graduates joined
forces in London and wrote a pamphlet calling for the union of Britain
with other democracies to avert the coming conflict. They sent the
short pamphlet, titled “Federal Union”, to more than 500
opinion-makers in Britain. The warm reception of their federalist
ideas led to the launch of an organisation named after the pamphlet.
By 1939 more than 200 branches of the organisation were founded all
over Britain, with more than 10,000 members.With the latest European
elections in sight and right-wing parties on the rise, FURI remains a
fascinating example for early debates on the economic aspects of
European federation. The institute attracted economists of different
creeds, including William Beveridge, Lionel Robbins, Friedrich Hayek,
James Meade and Barbara Wootton. While they all were convinced that
nationalism was the cause of war and strife, they had different views
on the economic advantages of federation. Should it facilitate
planning on a transnational scale or foster free trade? How could a
federation benefit the working classes not only by averting war, but
also by transforming the economy?
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On Wanting to Change: Adam Phillips on Our Capacity for Transformation
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Successful Strategy and the Art of Timing - Inc.com (No paywall)
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When it comes to strategy, timing can be more important than the plan
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Why lying on the internet keeps working
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A new book examines the "Invisible Rulers" who manipulate your
attention online.
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The Lords of Silicon Valley Are Thrilled to Present a 'Handheld Iron
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ZeroMark wants to build a system that will let soldiers easily shoot a
drone out of the sky with the weapons they’re already carrying—and
venture capital firm a16z is betting the startup can pull it off.
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Why Talented People Don't Use Their Strengths - Harvard Business
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Experts have long encouraged people to “play to their strengths.”
But based on my observations, this is easier said than done, because
we often undervalue what we inherently do well. As a leader, the
challenge is not only to spot talent but also to convince your people
that you value their talents and that they should, too. Begin by
identifying the strengths of each member of your team. You might ask
them, “What compliments do you tend to dismiss?” since people
often downplay what they do most easily. Once you’ve identified
their key strengths, ask them, “Are you doing work that draws on
your strengths? Are we taking on projects that make the most of your
strengths?” If the answer is no, reassign people to new roles where
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Breast-Feeding the Microbiome - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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How Axe Body Spray is trying to move beyond teenage boys' lockers
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"The idea that you spray this on and you get the girl is sort of
nonsense, really. I mean, they know it, we know it. ⦠So why don't
we just kind of play to that?" said John Hegarty, founder of Bartle
Bogle Hegarty, a London-based advertising firm that worked with Axe
between 1994 and 2017."They were moving the needle maybe a little too
far in terms of the brand pivot. That's a lot for a brand with that
strong a DNA in the marketplace to achieve in that short period of
time," said Stephan Kanlian, chairperson for the Fashion Institute of
Technology's Cosmetics and Fragrance Graduate Program.
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If You Thought The Job Search Was Rigged Against You, Here's Why
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There are questionable practices that employers deploy that may not be
in the best interests of job seekers, including posting fake jobs,
ghosting candidates, pulling a bait-and-switch, lowballing offers and
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One Line in 'The Acolyte' Completely Rewrites Lightsaber Canon in Star
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When Obi-Wan Kenobi told Luke that lightsabers aren’t as clumsy or
random as blasters, he forgot to mention one other thing: If you bust
out a lightsaber in most contexts, you have to be ready to turn that
thing into a murder stick. This apparently doesn’t apply to
instances of practice or using your lightsaber as a flashlight, but in
The Acolyte, we’ve got a new layer of Star Wars lore that makes
fighting with this elegant weapon not exactly as civilized as we were
led to believe. In the very first scene of The Acolyte, as Jedi Master
Indara (Carrie-Anne Moss) battles Mae (Amandla Stenberg), we hear a
lightsaber rule that gives Indara pause. It might give longtime Star
Wars aficionados pause too. Is this really the way Jedi are supposed
to think about their famous weapons? Spoilers ahead.
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Suni Williams Just Became the First Woman To Test Fly An Orbital
Spacecraft
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Boeing Starliner's Wednesday launch aimed to be only the sixth time
the U.S. has debuted a new spacecraft.It was finally smooth sailing on
Wednesday for the Boeing Starliner spacecraft named Calypso. NASA
astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are the latest astronauts
to debut a new spacecraft. Williams has also made history as the first
woman to perform such a feat.
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'The Acolyte's Sneaky Sith Easter Egg Teases the Answer to a Star Wars
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The word "Sith" hasn’t yet been said aloud in The Acolyte. That's
despite the fact that the series has long been rumored to explore how
the Sith survived even during the High Republic era — a period in
which the Jedi Order was at its most powerful, widespread, and
dominant. The show's creator, Leslye Headland, has even said on record
that The Acolyte was inspired by her desire to explore the Sith, which
is something that no live-action Star Wars TV show or movie has
extensively done up to this point.Just because The Acolyte's first two
episodes make no explicit mention of the Sith doesn't mean that the
series hasn't already laid the groundwork for its religious order's
reintroduction and presence, though. On the contrary, The Acolyte's
second episode makes one huge reference to the Sith. It may go over
most casual viewers' heads, but it should leave die-hard Star Wars
fans even more excited to see what's to come.
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'Avengers 5' Will Be the Biggest -- and Riskiest -- Team-Up in MCU
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For the past five years, Marvel’s been working overtime to solve one
dilemma. How do you top Avengers: Endgame? So far, no tactic has
managed to stick. Going back to square one and introducing new
Avengers left its cinematic universe unfocused and crowded. Marvel’s
attempt to give those new characters their own Thanos also backfired
on every level. It took way too long to establish an Avengers-level
threat in Jonathan Majors’ Kang, and by the time the character
gained a foothold, Majors was convicted of reckless assault and
harassment. Marvel swiftly cut ties with the actor, and its multiverse
era has been in limbo ever since.The studio has yet to share its
recovery plans, but insiders have hinted at a massive retooling behind
the scenes, and Marvel’s scaled-back release slate reflects that. It
will take much more for Marvel to recover its place in the pop culture
pantheon, but the studio may have an ace up its sleeve.
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These Wheeled Humanoid Robots Use AI to Team Up and Clean Your Messy
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The future looks like a symphony of voice-controlled humanoid robots
cleaning up after you.1X revealed the latest update to its Eve robot
showing a small crew understanding a request to tidy up an office,
linking together tasks like cleaning up a coffee spill, picking up a
hoodie off the floor, and delivering drinks. This is the closest
we’ve seen to a robot butler, and on top of that, it’s a whole
gang of them. See for yourself in 1X’s demo.
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The Wildest Crime Thriller of the Year is an Unexpected Triumph
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Emilia Pérez shouldn’t work. First, there’s its billing as a
“musical crime comedy,” a collection of genres that are rarely
grouped together, let alone uttered in the same sentence. Then,
there’s its premise: a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón)
hires a small-time lawyer (Zoe Saldaña) to assist him in getting a
sex reassignment surgery in order to leave his life of crime behind
and start anew as the woman he was always destined to be.It sounds
like a recipe for the most ill-advised crime thriller ever (and
indeed, is just a few details off from the Michelle Rodriguez thriller
that was buried for its tasteless premise a few years ago), but
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When Does 'The Acolyte' Take Place? Star Wars' "High Republic" Time
Period, Explained
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The Acolyte is introducing Star Wars fans to a Jedi Order at the
height of its power, but because the new Disney+ show is set much
further back in the timeline than anything else we’ve ever seen in
live-action, the specifics can get blurry. Here’s everything you
need to know about where The Acolyte sits on the Star Wars timeline,
and what it means for the story.The Star Wars timeline is centered
around the Battle of Yavin, the climactic fight in A New Hope. For
example, The Mandalorian is set in 9 ABY, nine years after the Battle
of Yavin, while the first season of Andor is set in 5 BBY, five years
before the Rebels win their first major victory.
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This Hot, Inflated Alien World Is A Preview of Earth's Final Days
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If anyone lives on Earth in 5 billion years, they may get to live just
a little bit longer. About 1800 light years away, a planet the size of
Neptune is orbiting perilously close to its baleful, bloated red star
— and it could be carrying some clues about Earth’s eventual
fate.
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'Mortal Kombat 1' Leak Might Reveal a New Fighter Straight Out of
Horror Movie History
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An unsuspecting Mortal Kombat creator may have inadvertently
discovered the next guest character in the series. And if it’s true,
it would be an inspired choice to join the morbid cast of colorful
rogues, mages, and martial artists.Ghostface, the central slasher in
the Scream series and probably the most recognizable horror icon of
the 90s, is likely the next featured guest character for 2023’s
Mortal Kombat 1. YouTube creator Interloko was the first to uncover
evidence of the character’s inclusion on Wednesday.
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'The Acolyte' Got Fire In Space Ridiculously Wrong -- In Real Life,
It's So Much Weirder
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We need to talk about that scene in the new Star Wars show, The
Acolyte. Yes, the one with the flickering, crackling fire in
space.Star Wars has never been noted for its scrupulous accuracy;
that’s not really the point of the series. It’s space opera, not
science fiction. But one scene in an episode of the new show Acolyte
— which follows Jedi padawan Osha and her adventures on the titular
spaceship — has stirred up quite a disturbance in the Force.
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Liftoff! Watch Boeing Starliner's Historic Launch Through These 7
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An Atlas-class rocket hasn’t sent humans into space since the
Mercury program’s final flight 61 years ago. When Boeing Starliner
launched at 10:52 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday from Space Launch Complex
41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, so began the critical first
chapter of the company’s Crew Flight Test.
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'House of the Dragon' Star Gives an Intriguing Update on Game of
Thrones' Most Exciting Spinoff
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House of the Dragon may be the first Game of Thrones spinoff, but it
won’t be the last. From the moment credits rolled on the series
finale, speculation swirled around different ideas for different
series, from the likely (the cast is already announced for A Knight of
the Seven Kindgoms, the adaptation of the Tales of Dunk and Egg
novellas) to the unlikely (despite Kit Harington’s best efforts, the
Jon Snow sequel is no longer in development.) But one of the next Game
of Thrones universe spinoffs may in fact be a spinoff of a spinoff —
Nine Voyages, a prequel series focusing on the life of Corlys
Velaryon, aka the Sea Snake. In late 2023, George R. R. Martin
announced on his personal blog that the spinoff had been moved from
live-action to animation for budgetary reasons. Now, a House of the
Dragon star is eager to get involved in the project.
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Will 'Star Wars: Hunters' Ever Come to PC or Console? Developer Gives
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Star Wars: Hunters is the newest video game set in the beloved galaxy
far, far away. The four-on-four arena hero shooter released Tuesday
and has everything one would expect from a game in this saturated
genre, decked out with Star Wars’ distinct blend of rustic wild west
vibes and science fiction touchstones.But what Hunters lacks in
originality, it makes up for with its fun, at times goofy
presentation. The game’s brightly colored maps reminiscent of the
Galaxy’s Edge theme park and interesting cast of heroes and villains
pop with personality, marking some of the most interesting Star Wars
characters introduced in ages.
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One of 2024's Most Exciting Indie Games Shows Off Robots on the High
Seas In A New Trailer
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The cult hit SteamWorld series is getting a new entry this year, as we
learned at a recent Nintendo Indie World. What’s more, it’s a
direct sequel — only the second in developer Image & Form’s
history — to the best game in the series’ cheery robot-filled
world, in my opinion. SteamWorld Heist II looks like it will take the
best parts of the original game and put an open-world twist on them,
and a new trailer takes a deep dive into how that looks in action.Like
the first SteamWorld Heist, the upcoming sequel follows a crew of
steam-powered pirate robots as they engage in turn-based tactical
battles on a series of enemy ships. This time around, the game trades
the vastness of space for the high seas as its setting, and it lets
players loose in an explorable open world, rather than just hopping
from battle to battle like in the original game.
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'The Last of Us' Showrunner Reveals His Epic Plan to Adapt 'Part II'
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It may be the end of the world, but The Last of Us was just the
beginning of the story. Season 1 of HBO’s video game adaptation
starred Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as protagonists Joel and Ellie
and covered the events of the first game, with a couple of bonus
stories thrown in for good measure. But The Last of Us Part II has a
much bigger story, and the showrunners are prepared to stretch the
narrative to explore all its possibilities. In doing so, however,
Season 2 could be quite different from the freshman outing.In a
conversation with Deadline, The Last of Us co-creators Craig Mazin and
Neil Druckmann revealed that while production for The Last of Us
Season 2 is underway, it will be shorter than Season 1, with only
seven episodes compared to Season 1’s nine. “What we had to do
from the start was figure out how to tell that story across
seasons,” Mazin said. “When you do that, you look for natural
breakpoints, and as we laid it out, this season, the national
breakpoint felt like it came after seven episodes.”
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Volkswagen's Most Powerful EV Ever Also Won't Give You Range Anxiety
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Even before the base model of the ID.7 hits the U.S., Volkswagen just
announced four, more tempting versions of the EV. Two models focused
on performance (the ID.7 GTX and ID.7 GTX Tourer) and two versions
with extra long range (ID.7 Pro S and ID.7 Tourer Pro S).If you’re a
Volkswagen fan and a stan of EVs, these might be the electric cars
you’re looking for.
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After a Decade, Dawntrail Feels Like the Big Change 'Final Fantasy
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I’ve been playing Final Fantasy XIV for nearly a decade, and in that
time, like most players, I’ve found my preferences for jobs and
content. So, my biggest surprise after nearly six hours of playing
Dawntrail is that I might have found a new favorite job, maybe even a
replacement for my tried and true ones. The two new DPS roles coming
with the expansion are brilliant additions that feel like a
much-needed breath of fresh air, and that hearkens to the general
feeling of Dawntrail at large. This is the start of a new era for
Final Fantasy XIV, and the expansion wants you to know it. After
Endwalker, which brought a close to the decade-long Hydaelyn and
Zodiark storyline, Dawntrail kicks off a brand new story. Director
Naoki Yoshida has previously described this expansion as a “summer
vacation,” and that’s abundantly clear in the lush forests and
dappled beaches of the new continent, Tural.
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The Case Of The Missing 45 Million Gallons Of Milk
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Public schools feed a lot of kids. The problem? Nearly 40% of that
food gets tossed in the trash. Fortunately, there are smart solutions
— coming straight from the students.In January 2019, students at
Lovin Elementary School in Lawrenceville, Georgia, took a hard look at
how much food they were throwing away. It was Taco Day, and as lunch
period wrapped up, teacher Gerin Hennebaul and a group of students
sorted the milk, fruit, vegetables, and other foods left on the
cafeteria trays into buckets. “It really left an impact on the
kids," Hennebaul says. "They were shocked."
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10 Years Ago, Tom Cruise Made an Underrated Sci-Fi War Movie -- And
Popularized a New Genre
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FromSoftware is notorious among video game fans for its bleak and
challenging action RPGs like Bloodborne, Dark Souls, and Elden Ring.
Their notoriety stems from the incredible difficulty of their (often
inhuman) bosses, and the frustrating reality that success requires
multiple deaths and rebirths as players figure out the capabilities
and weaknesses of those powerful foes. These elements are so
associated with the studio that games by other creators with similar
traits have been informally dubbed ‘Souls-like.’ It makes for an
intense gaming experience, but one that hasn’t been translated to
the big screen... except it kind of has, thanks to Doug Liman’s
time-looping action-sci-fi masterpiece Edge of Tomorrow.Adapting the
Japanese light novel All You Need Is Kill, Edge of Tomorrow follows
reluctant soldier Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) who, upon getting
covered by the blood of nigh-victorious alien invaders, reincarnates
and resets that bloody day every time he dies. The attackers, called
Mimics, are biologically strange, brutal, lightning-quick, and
connected by a hive mind that can rewind and reset time upon death or
defeat. This allows them to study and defeat human forces until Cage
ingests the blood and teams up with the last human to acquire the
ability, Sergeant Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt). She walks Cage through
his new abilities, and he grows in skill and knowledge with each
demise, ultimately defeating a seemingly insurmountable foe. Sound
familiar, Souls fans?
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The Rotten Secret Plaguing America's Grocery Stores
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We live on a planet where people still die of starvation, and yet we
still waste so much food — it’s a problem, and not just for
sustenance but the environment. You may not be aware of it, but a huge
amount of that waste comes from the grocery stores and supermarkets we
shop at every week. Part of it is just a category problem: Americans
are used to seeing a wide and alluring variety of foods on shelves,
and a lot of it, especially for produce and meats.So what do the
stores do? They overpurchase, “knowing that some food waste must be
built into their bottom line,” says Jennifer Molidor, senior food
campaigner at the Center for Biological Diversity. We also have high
standards for freshness, especially with unregulated best-by dates
that make it hard to determine whether food is actually safe to eat,
so retailers throw out edible food that might be perceived as
undesirable. Profit margins on perishable foods are so high that
stores would rather overstock so as not to miss even one sale.
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Who is Qimir? 'Acolyte' Theory Could Reveal the Show's Biggest Twist
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No Star Wars story is complete without a freaky Sith dude in a freaky
Sith mask. The original trilogy, of course, had Darth Vader. The
sequels had Kylo Ren. Even Ahsoka had its own masked villain in
Marrok, though the series didn’t exactly capitalize on his
potential. Hopefully the same won’t be said for The Acolyte, the
first live-action story set in Star Wars’ High Republic era. The
series takes place about 100 years before the Jedi Order fell to the
machinations of the Sith; appropriately, it follows the emergence of a
Sith Master, the first the Order has seen in centuries.
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The Best New Sci-Fi Show on Netflix Was Almost Way More Ambitious
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In another version, the ambitious sci-fi show might have pulled off an
impossible challenge.In the 2016 short film Scavengers, a spaceship
explodes, the fiery debris raining down on an inhospitable alien
planet. On the surface, two survivors wordlessly interact with the
strange flora and fauna, turning spores into binoculars and alien
intestines into jet fuel. It’s a bizarrely beautiful symphony of
images and sounds, condensed into what feels like an eight-minute
fever dream. And animator Joe Bennett, who wrote and directed
Scavengers with Charles Huettner, wanted to preserve the fever-dream
feeling of the original short in their adaptation of the story into a
full-fledged TV series — including the lack of dialogue.
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Does it take a bad person to be a good athlete? | Aeon Essays
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Cavendish of Britain winning the 172.5 km 8th stage of the Tour de
France, 12 July 2008. Photo by Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty
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Beyond the veil - what rules would govern John Rawls's 'realistic
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The US philosopher John Rawls (1921-2002) is perhaps best known for
his ‘veil of ignorance’ thought experiment, which he first laid
out in his landmark work A Theory of Justice (1971). Envisioning a
society built by rule-makers who were blind to their own identities,
Rawls reasoned that structures that privilege certain classes over
others would be unpopular, and a more rational and just society would
emerge.However, as this TED-Ed video illustrates, A Theory of Justice
does far more than just describe the thought experiment. Rather, Rawls
articulates the policies he believes should emerge from this initial
conceit, outlining a democratic government with an economic structure
that allows for equal opportunity and, ultimately, only as much
inequality as would benefit society’s worst-off members. With
stylish visuals, the animation details the ideas and ideals outlined
in A Theory of Justice, criticisms of the text raised by prominent
thinkers, and the lasting impact of Rawls’s groundbreaking work more
than half a century after its initial publication.
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Flowers for Things I Don't Know How to Say: A Tender Painted Lexicon
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“To be a Flower is profound Responsibility,” Emily Dickinson
wrote. From the moment she pressed the first wildflower into her
astonishing teenage herbarium until the moment Susan pinned…
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What It's Like to Be a Falcon: The Peregrine as a Portal to a Way of
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“You cannot know what freedom means till you have seen a peregrine
loosed into the warm spring sky to roam at will through all the far
provinces of light.”
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Baby Reindeer: How police could have prevented Martha's stalking from
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Receiving a cryptic email from a stranger you’ve met once at a bar
might be weird, but when the messages start getting frequent,
obsessive and borderline threatening, you might be dealing with a
stalker. This is the premise of Scottish actor and comedian Richard
Gadd’s popular Netflix show Baby Reindeer. It tells the story of
Donny, a fictionalized version of himself. Baby Reindeer illustrates
the harrowing details of how Donny’s stalker, Martha, insidiously
invaded various aspects of his life, first stalking him online
incessantly, then turning up to where he lives uninvited, then
harassing his friends, girlfriend and family, and eventually violently
assaulting them.
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Meet the 'new consumer': How shopper behaviour is changing in a
post-inflation world
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After a long anticipated wait, the Bank of Canada has finally decided
to cut interest rates by 25 basis points. The decision marks a
departure from the series of interest rate hikes that were previously
implemented to curb inflation. The recent decrease appears to be
signalling that inflation is finally starting to stabilize in Canada.
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Alice Munro wrote a 1970s play in southwestern Ontario -- and
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This week, I’m elated that my play Post Alice will be performed on
the Blyth Festival Theatre’s stage as part of the Alice Munro
Festival of the Short Story in Huron County, the Huron Tract on Treaty
29 territory in southwestern Ontario. This region is also known to
some readers and writers as “Alice Munro Country.”As a young girl
growing up in Huron County, Ont., in the 1990s, I spent hours reading
Munro’s stories. In the years since, I have remained a devoted fan
of her work, particularly for her complex depictions of southwestern
Ontario life.
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Biden's immigration order won't fix problems quickly - 4 things to
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Immigration is a top issue in the upcoming presidential election –
and President Joe Biden’s new executive order restricting
migrants’ ability to apply for asylum is likely to further elevate
the subject in national politics. The number of undocumented migrants
crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has soared in recent years, with
249,785 arrests taking place along the border in December 2023. That
marks a 13% rise from the 222,018 migrants arrested by the Border
Patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border in December 2022.
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Solar farms can eat up farmland - but 'agrivoltaics' could mean the
best of both worlds for NZ farmers
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New Zealand plans to commission about eight gigawatts of solar
photovoltaic projects – more than the maximum power demand of the
whole country on a typical winter’s day – by 2028, according to
the government’s latest generation investment survey.Eight of these
solar farms are already operational and spread across the country.
More than 40 are in various stages of development, with the
construction of the largest single project, in excess of 150
megawatts, due to start this year.
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Yes, carbon capture and storage is controversial - but it's going to
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Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are vital tools to
help us make cuts to the 36 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases we emit
each year.But renewables alone can’t get us to net zero. Sectors
such as cement, steel and chemical manufacturing produce significant
carbon dioxide emissions difficult to eliminate through renewable
energy alone.
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A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during
polar field work
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PhD Candidate in Polar Marine Ecology and Climate Change, University
of Technology Sydney Every day, women are working on frontier science
in Earth’s unforgiving polar environments. Our study, published
today in PLOS Climate, investigated what their experiences are
actually like.
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Blade Runner soundtrack at 30: how Vangelis used electronic music to
explore what it means to be human
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In June 1994 the late composer Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou –
better known as Vangelis – released his soundtrack for the 1982 film
Blade Runner. It would go on to become emblematic of his skills, with
only a handful of soundtracks reaching a similar level of cult
status.Prior to this, sci-fi film scores tended to be characterised by
orchestral sound palettes. For instance, John Williams’ 1991 Star
Wars soundtrack leaned on the London Symphony Orchestra to communicate
the vastness of a galaxy far, far away.
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'We cannot simply go, go, go.' What is girl mossing, the wellness
trend that rejects hustle
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On TikTok and Instagram, people are “girl mossing”: lying on a
forest floor, staring up at a leafy canopy or caressing moss. The
United States National Forest Foundation even borrowed the term to
kick off its 2024 Instagram account. Girl mossing recognises a need to
step away from the pressures of modern, urban life, promoting spending
time in nature as a restorative practice. The fast pace and pressure
of neoliberal capitalism take an enormous toll on wellbeing: not just
personal, but social and planetary. These pressures are most acutely
felt by women – whose labour remains, in large part, undervalued and
underpaid – and by young people, who are often in precarious work,
priced out of the housing market. Yet they’re still bombarded with
images of unattainable success on social media. Not so the moss
selfies.
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Regenerating Oceania: the 'unique and unifying' Festival of Pacific
Arts & Culture makes a comeback
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Rows of dancers, bodies attired with natural fibres and adorned with
fragrant oils and flowers, move in synchronous harmony. They raise
their voices in song and affirm connections across the vast seaways of
the Pacific. Watching and listening are delegates and visitors from
many islands. All have come to learn, to represent and to connect.
Scenes such as this will be a focus when the 13th Festival of Pacific
Arts & Culture – known by many simply as FestPAC – kicks off on
O‘ahu in Hawai‘i today.
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The UK's nature restoration plans have some big holes - here's how to
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The UK is already one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries.
Any further loss is a major risk to wellbeing and prosperity, would
make climate change worse, and would remove options for adapting to a
warming world. The UK public cares deeply about nature, yet it is not
a major topic in this election.That’s why we recently sent a letter
to all UK political parties asking them to make the loss of nature at
home and overseas a priority both in this election and in the years to
come. The letter was signed by over 180 UK scientists with expertise
in biodiversity and conservation, including Fellows of the Royal
Society and government advisers.
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What toilet paper and game shows can teach us about the spread of
epidemics
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How can we explain and predict human behaviour? Are mathematics and
probability up to the task, or are humans too complex and
irrational?Often, people’s actions take us by surprise, particularly
when they seem irrational. Take the COVID pandemic: one thing nobody
saw coming was a rush on toilet paper that left supermarket shelves
bare in many countries.
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'Only disconnect' - in Caledonian Road, Andrew O'Hagan depicts
Britain's great unravelling
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It is Thursday May 20, 2021, and Campbell Flynn – “tall and sharp
at fifty-two […] a tinderbox in a Savile Row suit, a man who
believed his childhood was so far behind him that all its threats had
vanished” – makes his way along Piccadilly to sign copies of his
latest book, a life of the painter Vermeer that the Financial Times
has declared “a work of mesmerising empathy”. Famously, almost
nothing is known about Vermeer’s life; all we have is the art. We
might say the same about Campbell. We are not sure who he is. There is
only artifice, the performance of roles: husband, father, commentator,
celebrity professor. In lifelong flight from his impoverished
upbringing in Glasgow, he has made a career of surface, gesture and
interpretation.
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Why do we love to see unlikely animal friendships? A psychology expert
explains
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The internet is awash with stories and videos of unlikely animal
friendships, often with many millions of views. This content typically
shows animals from different species showing affection to one another,
signifying a bond or even a “friendship”.These relationships have
been captured in people’s homes, such as with Molly the magpie and
Peggy the dog, in zoos, such as with Baloo the bear, Leo the lion and
Shere Khan the tiger, and even in the wild, such as one case of a fox
and cat living together in Turkey.
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One issue proved key to the opposition's stunning success in India's
election: caste politics
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This year’s general election in India arguably brought up more
questions about the fairness of the electoral process than any other
in the country’s history.For example, in December, a bill was passed
in India’s parliament that allowed election commissioners to be
appointed by a panel dominated by the executive branch, which many
feared would endanger free and fair elections.
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The Federal Union: how a group of 1940s economists dreamt of a
European Union for the working classes
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On the eve of the Second World War, three Oxbridge graduates joined
forces in London and wrote a pamphlet calling for the union of Britain
with other democracies to avert the coming conflict. They sent the
short pamphlet, titled “Federal Union”, to more than 500
opinion-makers in Britain. The warm reception of their federalist
ideas led to the launch of an organisation named after the pamphlet.
By 1939 more than 200 branches of the organisation were founded all
over Britain, with more than 10,000 members.With the latest European
elections in sight and right-wing parties on the rise, FURI remains a
fascinating example for early debates on the economic aspects of
European federation. The institute attracted economists of different
creeds, including William Beveridge, Lionel Robbins, Friedrich Hayek,
James Meade and Barbara Wootton. While they all were convinced that
nationalism was the cause of war and strife, they had different views
on the economic advantages of federation. Should it facilitate
planning on a transnational scale or foster free trade? How could a
federation benefit the working classes not only by averting war, but
also by transforming the economy?
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