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A great narrative built on shaky ground.
If it materializes, Stargate could effectively be the largest private computing infrastructure project in history. It would mean a network of massive computing complexes — each spanning hundreds of acres and consuming as much power as a small city. Each facility would draw enough electricity to power tens of thousands of homes, requiring its own electrical substations and transmission lines. It’s a bid not just for computing dominance, but for control of a significant chunk of America’s energy infrastructure. | |
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The grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front, has been damaged by vandals, his family said on Friday.
Marion Marechal, Le Pen's granddaughter, said on her X account that the grave, in the cemetery of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany, had been found defaced on Friday, three weeks after his death aged 96. | |
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Submitted at 01-31-2025, 08:22 AM by sleeppoor | |
A recent high school graduate and former Neuralink intern has joined meetings to review lines of code and other work history of career public servants, sparking chaos at a major government agency. | |
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An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills | |
Submitted at 01-31-2025, 02:33 AM by sleeppoor | |
Biden's domestic agenda was the most progressive of any president since Lyndon Johnson. But it was entwined with a foreign policy that leaves his legacy drowned in blood.
As progressive and left critics have repeatedly pointed out, this foreign policy vision failed not just because of faulty execution but because of fundamental contradictions. The sharpest critics of Bidenism have been left voices such as Richard Beck (writing in New Left Review), Adam Tooze (in the London Review of Books), and Grey Anderson (in Sidecar) and progressive critics like Nancy Okail and Matt Duss (writing together in Foreign Affairs). Despite their differing perspectives, these critics all focused on the internally contradictory nature of Bidenism: The problem with military Keynesianism is that, over time, the militarism devours the Keynesianism. | |
Submitted at 01-31-2025, 02:55 AM by sleeppoor | |
AI prompts are different from Jackson Pollock’s paintings, apparently. | |
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A creepy group that had been nicknamed "The Cult" by neighbors in Vallejo were implicated with a sword attack on their landlord two years ago. Now, two alleged associates of the group are in custody for murdering that landlord as well as a border patrol agent in Vermont. | |
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The judge overseeing Menendez's case said a lengthy sentence was warranted to serve as both punishment and a deterrent to others. | |
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration classified the recall as “Class I," the most serious level. | |
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The “truth seekers” conference, held at a hotel owned and frequented by President Donald Trump, is being organized by Charlie Ward, an antisemitic conspiracy theorist. | |
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For free. For everyone. Wherever you are. | |
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Proposed US law slammed as “censorious” and an “Internet kill switch.”… | |
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"Johanne Sacreblu," a parody of "Emilia Pérez" directed by filmmaker Camila Aurora, has gone viral online — and for good reason.
I’m here to champion a work of art that centers a transgender woman in the lead role, to make the case for thought-provoking cinema that subverts tropes by radically embracing them.
I could only be speaking, of course, of “Johanne Sacreblu,” the “Emilia Pérez” homage and the directorial debut of Mexican filmmaker Camila Aurora. In addition to being the most compelling conflict between France and Mexico since the Battle of Puebla, it’s the critique of shallow Hollywood representation I’ve been waiting for.
To access “Johanne Sacreblu” as a text, you need both a working knowledge of Spanish (there are, as of the time I’m writing this, no English subtitles) and of “Emilia Pérez,” the polarizing musical directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard that recently snatched up a mind-blowing 13 Oscar nominations. In order to get to France, we have to cruise through Mexico, which, in “Emilia Pérez,” is just France with a sepia filter. Regardless, allons-y. | |
Submitted at 01-30-2025, 02:49 AM by sleeppoor | |
Kennedy's statements at his confirmation hearing bore little resemblance to the years of documented stances he took on vaccines. The dissonance did little to blunt the excitement in the anti-vaccine movement. | |
Submitted at 01-30-2025, 02:42 AM by sleeppoor | |
A preliminary breath test showed Emily Hernandez had a blood-alcohol content of .20% after the crash. | |
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A great narrative built on shaky ground.
If it materializes, Stargate could effectively be the largest private computing infrastructure project in history. It would mean a network of massive computing complexes — each spanning hundreds of acres and consuming as much power as a small city. Each facility would draw enough electricity to power tens of thousands of homes, requiring its own electrical substations and transmission lines. It’s a bid not just for computing dominance, but for control of a significant chunk of America’s energy infrastructure.
The grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front, has been damaged by vandals, his family said on Friday.
Marion Marechal, Le Pen's granddaughter, said on her X account that the grave, in the cemetery of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany, had been found defaced on Friday, three weeks after his death aged 96.
A recent high school graduate and former Neuralink intern has joined meetings to review lines of code and other work history of career public servants, sparking chaos at a major government agency.
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
Biden's domestic agenda was the most progressive of any president since Lyndon Johnson. But it was entwined with a foreign policy that leaves his legacy drowned in blood.
As progressive and left critics have repeatedly pointed out, this foreign policy vision failed not just because of faulty execution but because of fundamental contradictions. The sharpest critics of Bidenism have been left voices such as Richard Beck (writing in New Left Review), Adam Tooze (in the London Review of Books), and Grey Anderson (in Sidecar) and progressive critics like Nancy Okail and Matt Duss (writing together in Foreign Affairs). Despite their differing perspectives, these critics all focused on the internally contradictory nature of Bidenism: The problem with military Keynesianism is that, over time, the militarism devours the Keynesianism.
AI prompts are different from Jackson Pollock’s paintings, apparently.
A creepy group that had been nicknamed "The Cult" by neighbors in Vallejo were implicated with a sword attack on their landlord two years ago. Now, two alleged associates of the group are in custody for murdering that landlord as well as a border patrol agent in Vermont.
The judge overseeing Menendez's case said a lengthy sentence was warranted to serve as both punishment and a deterrent to others.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration classified the recall as “Class I," the most serious level.
The “truth seekers” conference, held at a hotel owned and frequented by President Donald Trump, is being organized by Charlie Ward, an antisemitic conspiracy theorist.
For free. For everyone. Wherever you are.
Proposed US law slammed as “censorious” and an “Internet kill switch.”…
"Johanne Sacreblu," a parody of "Emilia Pérez" directed by filmmaker Camila Aurora, has gone viral online — and for good reason.
I’m here to champion a work of art that centers a transgender woman in the lead role, to make the case for thought-provoking cinema that subverts tropes by radically embracing them.
I could only be speaking, of course, of “Johanne Sacreblu,” the “Emilia Pérez” homage and the directorial debut of Mexican filmmaker Camila Aurora. In addition to being the most compelling conflict between France and Mexico since the Battle of Puebla, it’s the critique of shallow Hollywood representation I’ve been waiting for.
To access “Johanne Sacreblu” as a text, you need both a working knowledge of Spanish (there are, as of the time I’m writing this, no English subtitles) and of “Emilia Pérez,” the polarizing musical directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard that recently snatched up a mind-blowing 13 Oscar nominations. In order to get to France, we have to cruise through Mexico, which, in “Emilia Pérez,” is just France with a sepia filter. Regardless, allons-y.
Kennedy's statements at his confirmation hearing bore little resemblance to the years of documented stances he took on vaccines. The dissonance did little to blunt the excitement in the anti-vaccine movement.
A preliminary breath test showed Emily Hernandez had a blood-alcohol content of .20% after the crash.