A homemade attempt at creating a Bunnings owl has gone terribly wrong, with backyard birds instead appearing to 'worship' the creation.

Near the height of the streaming boom in the fall of 2018, a half-dozen studios and video platforms lined up to woo a little-known filmmaker named Carl Erik Rinsch. He had directed only one movie, “47 Ronin.” It was a commercial and critical dud, and Mr. Rinsch’s tussles with its producers had raised eyebrows, even in an industry where such conflicts are the norm. But memories in Hollywood are short, and the demand for new content was intense. In just a decade, the number of scripted TV shows had soared from 200 to more than 500, with new streaming services from Disney, Apple and NBCUniversal on the way. Amid the feeding frenzy, the project that Mr. Rinsch was pitching — a science-fiction series about artificial humans — became a hot property. After a competitive auction, Mr. Rinsch and his representatives reached an informal eight-figure agreement with Amazon. But before they had a chance to put it in writing, Netflix swooped in. Cindy Holland, the company’s vice president of original content at the time, called Mr. Rinsch at home on a Sunday and dangled millions of dollars more, as well as something studios rarely gave directors: final cut. Soon after he signed the contract, Mr. Rinsch’s behavior grew erratic, according to members of the show’s cast and crew, texts and emails reviewed by The New York Times, and court filings in a divorce case brought by his wife. He claimed to have discovered Covid-19’s secret transmission mechanism and to be able to predict lightning strikes. He gambled a large chunk of the money from Netflix on the stock market and cryptocurrencies. He spent millions of dollars on a fleet of Rolls-Royces, furniture and designer clothing. Mr. Rinsch and Netflix are now locked in a confidential arbitration proceeding initiated by Mr. Rinsch, who claims the company breached their contract and owes him at least $14 million in damages. Netflix has denied owing Mr. Rinsch anything and has called his demands a shakedown.

The Oct. 7 attack was the culmination of a strategic shift to challenge the movement’s containment.

Colts owner Jim Irsay says his 2014 arrest for driving under the influence was a result of prejudice against him for being white and rich.

With this illness, dogs are getting sick for weeks or months, and standard treatments aren’t helping.

Senator Ben Cardin, the Maryland Democrat, is the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Since the Hamas led attack of October 7th, he has been working with the Biden Administration to pass a bill through Congress that would provide aid to both Ukraine and Israel. It will mark one of the last major pieces of legislation of his congressional career, because Cardin plans to retire after his third term, which expires at the beginning of 2025. Cardin has been known for his focus on human rights; he helped to sponsor the 2012 Magnitsky Act, which sanctioned Russians involved in human-rights abuses, and recently blocked military aid to Egypt, which he said should be conditional on improvements in the Egyptian government’s human-rights record. I recently spoke by phone with Senator Cardin about the war in Gaza and its costs to civilians. During our conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, we discussed why he thinks aid to Israel should continue regardless of conditions, the anger felt in Israel after October 7th, and whether America’s warnings to Israel about civilian casualties are being heard.

On Saturday, the board of the Harvard Law Review voted not to publish “The Ongoing Nakba: Towards a Legal Framework for Palestine,” a piece by Rabea Eghbariah, a human rights attorney completing his doctoral studies at Harvard Law School. The vote followed what an editor at the law review described in an e-mail to Eghbariah as “an unprecedented decision” by the leadership of the Harvard Law Review to prevent the piece’s publication. Eghbariah told The Nation that the piece, which was intended for the HLR Blog, had been solicited by two of the journal’s online editors. It would have been the first piece written by a Palestinian scholar for the law review. The piece went through several rounds of edits, but before it was set to be published, the president stepped in. “The discussion did not involve any substantive or technical aspects of your piece,” online editor Tascha Shahriari-Parsa, wrote Eghbariah in an e-mail shared with The Nation. “Rather, the discussion revolved around concerns about editors who might oppose or be offended by the piece, as well as concerns that the piece might provoke a reaction from members of the public who might in turn harass, dox, or otherwise attempt to intimidate our editors, staff, and HLR leadership.”

Israel has slaughtered thousands, but its goal of eradicating Hamas remains as far-fetched as ever. It needs to face facts and use this truce to move towards a lasting peace.

The alien known as Harry Vanderspeigle first arrived in Earth’s atmosphere with a simple mission. He was supposed to deliver a machine designed to destroy humanity (but not the planet or any other life on it) when his ship was struck by a bolt of lightning. It came crashing down in the fictional town of Patience, Colorado and Harry (real name unpronounceable) became the titular Resident Alien. Despite coming down on land in a relatively controlled scenario, Harry spends months looking for the pieces of his ship and the lost humanity-destroying gadget. In the real world, Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb undertook an even more difficult recovery mission when he led an expedition searching for fragments of a downed alien spacecraft at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Archaeologists announced that the Roman-era mosaics uncovered in Anatolia—already known to be the largest found in the region—just keep getting bigger.

A former Los Angeles area Taco Bell employee is suing the company and a franchise owner after she claims a Christmas party at the fast-food restaurant descended into a drunken mess that included open sex. Alana Bechiom filed her lawsuit last week in Los Angeles Superior Court. In the suit, she alleges that her supervisor invited her to the Dec. 18, 2022, party at the San Pedro Taco Bell at which she worked. She was encouraged to bring food for a potluck-style buffet, and her contribution was a bowl of guacamole. Once she arrived, Bechiom “discovered that [her supervisor] covered the windows of the restaurant with wrapping paper” and “also covered the cameras for the lobby in the inside of the restaurant,” according to the complaint, the NY Post reports. She claims her supervisor provided alcohol to staffers, several of whom were “overserved.”

Victims of the cookie-cutter shark look as if they have been mutilated by a melon-baller.

The serotine bat does not use its strangely large penis for penetration, but instead as a "copulatory arm" during mating, researchers said.

"By all means, put your heads together to bring new revenue into the company."

It’s a portrayal so undignified that I almost expected ABBA’s “Waterloo” to play over the credits.

The NY Supreme Court just granted an unprecedented temporary restraining order preventing members of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – UAW Local 2325 from voting on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

In 1984, ILWU Local 10 refused to unload goods shipped from South Africa. Today, it’s demanding a cease-fire.

Amid lack of acorns and beechnuts in natural habitats, bears have injured 158 people and killed two since April

The motion calling for the closure of the embassy passed with 248 votes in favour and 91 votes against.

An “extremely venomous” 2-metre green mamba snake is on the loose in the Netherlands, police have said, warning residents to stay indoors and under no circumstances attempt to ensnare the serpent. Police in the southern city of Tilburg said they were alerted by the mamba’s owner on Monday evening that “he was missing a snake”. Issuing a wanted poster with a mugshot of the coiled green mamba, police said on Tuesday: “The snake is very dangerous. The green mamba’s bite is extremely venomous. If anyone is bitten, it is important to seek immediate medical attention.”