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‘The Industry At Large Benefits From Independent Thought & Experimentation’ Says Co-Founder of Dance Festival Elements
Elements, an independent dance festival, is opening its 2026 edition at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania after growing from a one-day Brooklyn event in 2013 into a three-day woodland festival. Co-founder Brett Herman says its survival and expansion demonstrate the value of independent thinking and experimentation in a costly, highly competitive live-events market. Organisers expect up…
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9 Experimental Memoirs That Are 10/10 Masterpieces
Collider highlights nine memoirs that depart from conventional chronological life-writing, using fragments, poetry, speculative elements, comics and personal artefacts to reflect memory’s complexity. The article argues that these formal experiments are reshaping memoir by allowing writers to address disability, grief, identity and trauma in less linear, more intimate ways. – ‘The Backwards Hand’ (2024), by…
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Watching Roku’s AI channel is like eating from a trough
Roku has launched Fairground AI Creator TV, a 24-hour free, advertising-supported channel carrying AI-generated videos from startup Fairground. The move gives Fairground a much larger distribution platform, but The Verge’s review argues that the channel’s uneven, low-polish programming offers little of the discovery value usually associated with FAST channels. Roku added the channel alongside feeds…
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Scientists extend instrument life on Voyager 2 probe
NASA scientists have found a way to extend the working life of a science instrument on Voyager 2 by managing the spacecraft’s dwindling power supply more efficiently. The change matters because Voyager 2 is one of only two probes operating in interstellar space, where its measurements provide rare data about the boundary of the Sun’s…
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People smugglers adopt new tactics – including dangerous ‘mega dinghies’ – in bid to get around Labour’s ‘smash the gangs’ policy
The supplied text does not include the body of the article, only its headline and website navigation. The headline says people smugglers are reportedly changing tactics, including using larger and potentially more dangerous “mega dinghies”, in response to Labour’s policy to disrupt smuggling gangs. Without the full article, it is not possible to verify the…
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How the transportation bill can protect communities, wildlife and taxpayers
The article itself was not available because access to the page was denied, so its arguments and supporting evidence cannot be verified. Based on the title, it appears to be an opinion piece advocating changes to a US transportation reauthorisation bill to safeguard communities, wildlife and public money. The page provides no substantive text, figures,…
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More frequent marijuana users being treated with nausea and vomiting condition: Report
The article text was unavailable because access to the page was denied, so its reporting cannot be independently summarised. The headline indicates it concerns more frequent marijuana users receiving treatment for a nausea and vomiting condition. No supporting details, figures, sources or medical context were provided in the accessible text. The condition referenced in the…
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PlayStation is America’s gaming console choice by a wide margin, new study shows
A Statista Consumer Insights survey suggests PlayStation remains the most widely used console brand among regular US video-game players, led by the PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro. The findings indicate strong brand longevity across several generations, although the limited sample means they should be treated as an indication of trends rather than a definitive picture…
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Time out! A reality check on business aviation’s sustainability record
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Paramount’s U.K. Concessions Give ‘Powerful Credibility’ to State AGs’ Lawsuit, Block the Merger Coalition Says: ‘The Dangers’ in U.S. Market ‘Are Unmistakable’
A campaign coalition opposing Paramount Skydance’s proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery says UK approval of the deal, secured only after concessions, strengthens US states’ antitrust challenge. It argues that remedies imposed in the UK demonstrate the risks are greater in the more concentrated US media market, where the combined company would have…