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TalkFuse afternoon briefing, 8 Jul 2026 13:15
Your afternoon briefing: a short audio round-up of 6 top stories, drawing on Fox News, Daily Mail, Billboard, BBC World.
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Announce 28th Album Alien Metal, Brooklyn Rave
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, the prolific Australian psychedelic rock band, have announced their 28th studio album, Alien Metal, due out later this summer on their p(doom) label. Whereas last year’s Phantom Island explored orchestral rock, this record pivots to electronic dance music, marking a notable stylistic shift driven by frontman Stu Mackenzie’s immersion…
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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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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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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…
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Gillian Flynn’s Psychological Thriller Books, Ranked
Collider writer Carolyn Jenkins has published a ranked list of author Gillian Flynn’s three psychological thriller novels, praising Flynn for creating complex, morally messy female protagonists rarely seen elsewhere in the genre. The piece matters chiefly as a fan-oriented appraisal that reflects Flynn’s enduring reputation, noting that although it has been some years since her…
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Pickup Artist Mystery Has an AI Girlfriend
Erik von Markovik — the pickup artist known as “Mystery” from Neil Strauss’s 2005 book The Game and VH1’s The Pickup Artist — has publicly declared that an AI chatbot named Miss Shira Always is his girlfriend. In June he posted a series of AI-animated clips of her to Instagram with romantic captions, prompting widespread…