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Clacton by-election looms as Burnham launches cost-of-living tour
A by-election in Clacton was due to take place on 13 August after Nigel Farage resigned as the constituency’s MP on 8 July and announced that he would seek the seat again. The Reform UK leader had described the contest as a fight between the public and the political establishment, while Labour, the Conservatives, Liberal…
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Zuckerberg argues most common AI concerns overblown
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a Monday blog post on the company’s website touting artificial superintelligence for its accessibility, personalized features and ability to serve as an economic power tool amid concerns about humans’ dwindling control over large language models. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the current technology that mimics human tasks like writing or driving,…
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The lost years of Love’s Arthur Lee: From the hippie dream to a prison cell
“I know I’ve kept you waiting, but we’ll make up for it.” The post The lost years of Love’s Arthur Lee: From the hippie dream to a prison cell first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Martin Rowson on the drought and Britain’s water companies – cartoon
This item is a Martin Rowson editorial cartoon published by the Guardian, offering satirical commentary on Britain’s ongoing drought and the conduct of the country’s privatised water companies. As an illustration rather than a written report, it conveys the newspaper’s opinion through visual satire instead of reported facts or quotes, reflecting continued public and media…
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Ice Nine Kills To Soundtrack New Terrifier-Themed Attraction At Halloween Horror Nights
Ice Nine Kills are teaming up with horror franchise Terrifier once again, this time to soundtrack a new attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights. The metalcore band will provide reworked Christmas classics for a takeover of the Terror Tram, hosted by the character Art the Clown, who bridges the gap between Halloween and…
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Run-A-Muck Developing Torrey Peters’ “Stag Dance” For Film; Novella Part Of 2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist Collection
Run-A-Muck, the creator-led media company founded by Pamela Drucker Mann, Ilene Chaiken and Jennifer Beals, is developing a film adaptation of “Stag Dance,” a novella by Torrey Peters, with a writer and director still to be found. The story forms the title piece of Peters’ collection “Stag Dance: A Quartet,” published by Penguin Random House,…
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The 1990s movie Will Smith tricked his fans into seeing: “I wanted to win”
“I had so much success that I started to taste global blood…” The post The 1990s movie Will Smith tricked his fans into seeing: “I wanted to win” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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5 Fantasy Book Masterpieces Better Than The Lord of the Rings
A Collider feature argues that several fantasy novels surpass J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, contending that while Tolkien’s work is a landmark, it is slow in places, underdeveloped in its female characters and morally straightforward compared with what the genre can achieve. The piece matters as a talking point for fantasy readers, since…
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Netflix Wraps Upfront, Doubling Ad Commitments; Women’s World Cup Inventory Nearly Sold Out
Netflix has completed its 2026 upfront advertising sales process, confirming it hit its target of roughly doubling ad commitments as it pushes deeper into the advertising business. The streaming giant, now in its fourth year of selling ads after previously resisting the idea for over a decade, reaffirmed that it expects ad revenue to reach…
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Sanders asks AI giants to pause development, warning of congressional intervention
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is pressing the leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to pause development of artificial intelligence in the wake of recent hacking incidents, warning Congress will intervene if needed. In a letter sent Monday to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Sanders argued AI development…