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Dear scriptwriters, not everything has to be about the end of the world. I know you want to raise the stakes, but if you've done a decent job of making us care about the characters then it's fine if things only affect them



Trump Says Miriam Adelson Offered Him 'Another $250 Million' to Run for a Third Term (Charlie Nash/Mediaite)

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Tesla misled customers about self-driving features, judge rules

California’s DMV has ordered Tesla to rename ‘Autopilot’ or face a sales suspension in the state.



More success for children’s author Jo Dabrowski

Before she even had kids, AWC graduate Jo Dabrowski loved buying and reading picture books and dreamed of one day being a published author herself. Today, those dreams are firmly a reality! Since completing Writing Picture Books at the Australian Writers' Centre, Jo has been on a…
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Uma breve carta de agradecimento à cidade de Toronto, em Yonge Street, em North York, por me permitir anunciar dckim.com/hdub/w_web/pt/articl… #opensource #toronto #news #technology #meta #art #FOSS


Shannon-class lifeboat launched from Eastbourne, East Sussex at 11:06 - rnli.org/Eastbourne


Even Jared Kushner thinks the Paramount WB bid sucks.

He’s withdrawn financial backing from the bid, which may leave it floundering, and the Warner Bros. board has recommended shareholders reject the hostile offer. It looks like everyone involved is beginning to realize what The Verge’s own Liz Lopatto pointed out yesterday: “What Paramount is doing doesn’t make any fucking sense.”

Update: The Warner Bros. board has recommended rejecting the Paramount bid.

Kushner’s Affinity Withdraws From Warner Bros. Takeover

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AMD Zen 6 Compiler Support Merged For GCC 16

Ahead of AMD releasing their Zen 6 EPYC and Ryzen processors in 2026, AMD today saw their Zen 6 "znver6" support land into the GCC 16 open-source compiler...
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Joanna Nell: From GP to bestselling author

An unexpected incident led Joanna Nell to the Australian Writers' Centre and the subsequent publishing of her feel-good debut novel The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village (Hachette Australia).
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Intel Compute Runtime 25.48.36300.8 Brings More Performance Optimizations & Xe3 Fixes

Intel this week released their last planned feature update to their open-source Compute Runtime for 2025. The Intel Compute Runtime 25.48.36300.8 delivers the latest OpenCL and Level Zero performance optimizations, Xe3 workarounds, and other fixes for those on Intel integrated and discrete graphics hardware...
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Ghost jobs, robot gatekeepers and AI interviewers: let me tell you about the bleak new age of job hunting | Eleanor Margolis theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Unemployment #Work&careers #Technology #Society #UKnews


AI toys are suddenly everywhere - but I suggest you don't give them to your children | Arwa Mahdawi theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Children'stech #Lifeandstyle #Technology #Children #Toys



Appalachian Poetry For People Who Don’t Usually Read Poetry

This collection, by the first openly gay poet Laureate for Kentucky, is a balm for those who are homesick for a better time.
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