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10 Fantasy Anime Better Than ‘Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End’
Collider has published an opinion listicle by writer Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck arguing that ten fantasy anime series surpass the acclaimed 2020s hit Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. The piece reflects the growing popularity and quality of anime during the decade, using the widely praised Frieren as a benchmark against which other fantasy titles are measured. The article…
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New barnet: why is everyone wigging out over Dwayne Johnson’s Moana hairpiece?
Disney’s live-action remake of Moana arrives this Friday, with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson reprising his role as the demigod Maui — and the internet has become fixated not on the film itself but on the wig used to give the famously bald actor Maui’s signature long, flowing hair. The Guardian’s tongue-in-cheek piece argues that this…
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WATCH: South Carolina block party thugs with machine gun, spear charged in mob attack on officers, police say
A Fourth of July block party in the Chicora-Cherokee community of North Charleston, South Carolina, descended into gunfire and an assault on police officers, and has now led to charges against six people, including four juveniles. According to the North Charleston Police Department, officers recovered multiple firearms and what appeared to be a makeshift spear…
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DuckDuckGo Browser can now block video ads, including YouTube’s
DuckDuckGo has announced that its browser can now block most video ads, including those on YouTube, when a video is played within the browser itself. The move is a pointed challenge to rivals such as Chrome, whose owner Google also runs YouTube, and reflects DuckDuckGo’s continued positioning around privacy and a cleaner browsing experience. The…
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Alien Metal: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard unveil hard electronic 28th album
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announced on Wednesday 8 July that their 28th studio album, Alien Metal, will arrive later this summer via the band’s own p(doom) Records. The prolific Australian group described the record as a hard electronic project, marking a further shift into dance genres following their more ambient and acid house-oriented…
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TalkFuse morning briefing, 8 Jul 2026 11:55
Your morning briefing: a short audio round-up of 6 top stories, drawing on TalkFuse, Deadline, The Guardian.
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Cat Mail Co. is a cosy game where you run a post office for cats, and I wish it let me snoop into their private lives
Rock Paper Shotgun previews Cat Mail Co., a cosy first-person game from Gamersky Games and Maracas Studio in which the player takes over a run-down post office serving a clientele of cats. The writer, drawn to the game by a self-professed nosiness about other people’s parcels, enjoys the demo’s gentle sorting and organising loops but…
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Couple who lost 14 year battle with neighbours over six inches of land and a ‘sentimental’ ornamental squirrel are left facing £130,000 court bill
An Essex couple, Philip and Denise New, have been left facing a court bill of around £130,000 after losing a 14-year dispute with their neighbours, Steve and Karen Gibson, over roughly six inches of garden along a shared fence. The row, which also involved a “sentimental” ornamental squirrel and demeaning YouTube songs, reached the High…
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John Fetterman defends Trump supporters, condemns fellow Democrats’ ‘f— Trump’ strategy
Senator John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, has publicly criticised his own party’s confrontational approach to President Donald Trump, arguing that Democrats need to change their anti-Trump strategy. Speaking on Tuesday’s episode of the “Impaulsive” podcast, Fetterman—who has broken with the party’s left wing on numerous occasions—said some Democrats were literally running campaign advertisements built around…
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60 Years Ago, Star Trek’s Most Important Rule Changed Sci-Fi Forever
This Collider feature argues that Star Trek’s Prime Directive, introduced in the 1960s with The Original Series, fundamentally reshaped how science fiction portrays contact between humanity and alien life. Where earlier sci-fi typically depicted extraterrestrials being met with suspicion, exploitation or violence, Gene Roddenberry’s vision offered an alternative in which humanity coexists peacefully within a…