πΉπππππ πΊππππππΈ
News That Matters, Words That Empower.
The road to βDemascusβ β premiering Thursday on Tubi β runs through AMC, which had commissioned the series and then, though a six-episode season was completed, declined to air it. Not being privy to any boardroom discussions or the thoughts of executives and accountants, I wonβt claim to know why that was β most everything…
When is AI not artificial intelligence? When it refers to ammonia inhalants, aka smelling salts. When are these AIs in the news? When it was reported that the NFL banned their use, San Francisco 49ers star George Kittle protested, and the NFL walked back the ban a day later. The leagueβs players association clarified that…
βTime is the most important thing right now,β says Takako Yamaguchi. The artist, who at 72 is having her first institutional show with MOCA, suggests she has a limited number of active, working years. But this realization doesnβt bring her down; instead, sheβs been having the most fun sheβs ever had. Her mind is clearer…
When Tom and Ethel Bradley moved with their two young daughters into a modest three-bedroom home in Leimert Park in 1950, Black people were restricted from buying houses in the neighborhood. The Bradleys had to purchase the home through a white buyer likely affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union, recalled their oldest daughter, Lorraine…
ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked,Β according to new researchΒ from a watchdog group. The Associated Press reviewed more than three hours of interactions between ChatGPT and researchers posing as vulnerable teens. The…
The chancellor has declined to rule out raising taxes on gambling after a thinktank said the move could raise Β£3.2bn for the public coffers and cover the cost of lifting 500,000 children out of poverty. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), hiking taxes on online casinos and slot machines could raise enough…
UCLAβs defense, the biggest unknown on the team a year ago, is facing even more questions. A slew of players moved on to the NFL. No full-time starters return. Success will depend on several players with promising pedigrees but limited college production becoming playmakers. As he stepped off a team bus Wednesday afternoon in Costa…
Book Review Vulture By Phoebe GreenwoodEuropa Editions: 256 pages, $27If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. βDoctor Strangelove,β βCatch-22,β and βM*A*S*Hβ collide in British journalist Phoebe Greenwoodβs blistering debut novel, βVulture,β a darkly comic, searing satire grounded in historic politics, suffused…
The Bank of England has cut the interest rate for the fifth time in a year to 4% but warned that climbing food prices will cause inflation to jump higher in 2025. In a tight decision that saw members of the rate-setting committee vote twice to break a deadlock, the Bank cut the rate to…
Book Review Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of Hollywood By David M. LubinGrand Central Publishing: 336 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. For a long time, President Trumpβs lists of favorite…
