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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Who is Junji Ito? If you’ve seen any of his imaginative and unsettling imagery, then you already know this Japanese horror manga artist is unforgettable. Ito is the writer and the artist of over 100 horror stories, some of which have been adapted into films, television series, and video games. Beyond his horror manga, Ito has also adapted other works, and he’s created illustrations for the popular card game Magic: the Gathering. Ito’s work has reached many different horror audiences. It’s inspirational and…

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Apple TV+ premieres Silo this week, which is a book-to-screen adaptation I can highly recommend. The books were incredible, creating a world unlike anything you’ve ever experienced, and the series brings it to life with stunning detail. Fatal Attraction comes to Paramount+, and we finally see the appeal of having more time with a beloved IP, as the fleshed-out story opens a lot of storytelling opportunities. See what else is coming this week and what finales to keep an eye on below. Saturday, April 29 8/7c Hearts In the Game (Hallmark) Erin Cahill and Marco Grazzini star in a new…

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The use of coal power is not decreasing fast enough. The Paris Agreement’s target of a maximum of 2 degrees of warming appear to be missed, and the world is moving towards a temperature increase of 2.5-3 degrees. At the same time it is feasible to avoid higher warming. This is shown by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and Lund University, Sweden, in a new study. “More and more countries are promising that they will phase out coal from their energy systems, which is positive. But unfortunately, their commitments are not strong enough. If we are to have a…

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[] Skip to main content Kim Petras and Nicki Minaj tell us when they’re not better off ‘Alone’ and BTS’ Suga releases his new project ‘D-Day’ under the moniker Agust. Jack Harlow shows off his acting skills in the first trailer for the reboot of 90’s classic ‘White Men Can’t Jump’. Did Latto just shade Coi Leray in her latest song? Did Kelly Clarkson try to shade Troy Sivan? We asked fans who they would go through Ticketmaster hell to get concert tickets for. Loren Gray tells us about her new music, growing up on social media, and more! ad…

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The silence and the fury of Steve McQueen’s Grenfell 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if…

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Photography courtesy of HBO As she gains power, her outfits become more and more sterile. Where did things go wrong? By Natalie Michie Date March 28, 2023 Of all the questionably dressed and terribly behaved characters in Succession, nobody has undergone appearance-based scrutiny quite like Shiv Roy. The youngest child and sole daughter in the Roy family, played by Sarah Snook, has become the sartorial centrepiece of the HBO drama, which doubles as a case study of the ultra-rich. As she and her brothers fight for power within the media conglomerate Waystor Royco helmed by their father Logan Roy (Brian…

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The US is experiencing devastation from a flurry of tornadoes. At least five people died Wednesday when a tornado tore through southeastern Missouri. It followed six in New Jersey and one in Delaware that killed a person and became the state’s widest on record. Batches of tornadoes killed more than 30 people in the South and Midwest over the weekend. And January saw 168 preliminary tornado reports, nearly five times that month’s average between 1990 and 2010. It’s been a busy and deadly start to tornado season, and the twisters have hit regions typically spared. We know that a warming climate is creating moisture and instability…

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While new drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease tend to receive the most public attention, many well-researched ways to care for people with dementia don’t involve medication. A new evaluation compared the cost-effectiveness of four non-drug interventions to the usual care received by people with dementia and found that the interventions not only resulted in a better quality of life, but also saved money. In a study published April 6 in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, researchers used a computer simulation model to show that the four dementia-care interventions saved between $2,800 and $13,000 in societal costs,…

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The days are getting longer and spring is in the air. Admittedly with such a strange and unsatisfying New England winter, I have been yearning for spring for a while, so it’s a relief to finally have the weather changing and the flowers coming up. And of course there are the spring 2023 new releases in translation to look forward to! I have pored over the catalogs and galleys and highlighted some of the best spring 2023 new releases in translation, and because…

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Tucker Carlson‘s time at Fox News has come to an end. Now fans of the network and media watchers are wondering who will take over the anchor’s timeslot. The Tucker Carlson Tonight host and the network reportedly agreed “to part ways,” with his last show airing Friday, April 21. Now, the network is planning to run an interim block of programming in Carlson’s place, featuring “rotating Fox News personalities.” In a statement released by the network, it was said, “Fox News Tonight will air live at 8 PM/ET starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating FOX News…

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[] × Skip to main content The pop singer memorably teamed up with Suga & his BTS bandmates for 2019’s “Boy With Luv.” BTS and Halsey backstage at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards on May 1, 2019 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada Todd Williamson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via GI Suga of BTS unveiled his debut solo album D-DAY on Friday (April 21), and no one was more excited for the studio set’s arrival than Halsey. The If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power singer used their social media to shout out the BTS rapper’s full-length debut, sharing single…

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A Thousand And One review – Teyana Taylor shines 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if…

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When federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk suspended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the drug mifepristone on April 7, he significantly jeopardized access to abortion. In addition to dealing an immediate blow to accessing an essential and time-sensitive health care service, this decision also upended a drug approval system that for decades has been based on scientific evidence and expert medical opinions. Kacsmaryk overshadowed a trusted system with the specter of a drug supply shaped by judicial fiat. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, but the April 7 decision pertains…

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Who: SJP by Sarah Jessica ParkerWhat: New flagship boutiqueWhere: 385 Bleecker Street, NYCWhy: And just like that, Sarah Jessica Parker is putting down roots in the West Village, specifically with a new flagship boutique at the corner of Bleecker and Perry, not-so-coincidentally around the corner from Carrie Bradshaw’s apartment featured on Sex and the City. The all-pink store, co-designed by Parker and designer Eric Hughes, features plush carpeting and ’70s-inspired details, like light fixtures, and, of course, walls of shoes. At the opening, Parker herself was seen vacuuming and helping customers try on shoes. Read The Full Article Here

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Nokia on Thursday reported quarterly operating profit below market expectations even as the Finnish telecom equipment maker continues to benefit from strong demand from phone companies as they roll out 5G.Third-quarter comparable operating profit rose to EUR 658 million (roughly Rs. 5,500 crore) from EUR 633 million (roughly Rs. 5,150 crore) last year, lagging the EUR 690.6 million (roughly Rs. 5,600 crore) mean forecast of 10 analysts polled by Refinitiv.While increasing macro and geopolitical uncertainty could have an impact on some customers’ capex spending, Nokia expects growth on a constant currency basis in its markets in 2023, Chief Executive Officer Pekka Lundmark…

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I’ll never forget the first time I heard about The Expanse. It had been a few years ago, and we were just getting to the end of a long and dreary winter. A hint of spring hung in the air, yet I still hadn’t shaken off the last dregs of the retreating cold and dark season. One of my co-workers at the time asked me if I’d ever heard of the TV series The Expanse, based off the books by James S. A.…

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Netflix announced Big Mouth has been greenlit for its eighth and final season, making it the longest-running series for the streamer in history outside Kids & Family programming. It has been confirmed that Season 7 will premiere in the fall of 2023 followed by Season 8 in 2024. Nick Kroll, series star and executive producer, says: “If you would have told adolescent Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg that middle school would take 8 years to finish, they would have been like ‘yeah, that sounds about right. This seems like it will never end.’” Inspired by Kroll and Goldberg’s childhood, Big…

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Researchers with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History have discovered the first effective bacterial probiotic for treating and preventing stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), a mysterious ailment that has devastated Florida’s coral reefs since 2014 and is rapidly spreading throughout the Caribbean. The probiotic treatment, described in a paper published today in Communications Biology, provides an alternative to the use of the broad-spectrum antibiotic amoxicillin, which has so far been the only proven treatment for the disease but which runs the risk of promoting antibiotic-resistant bacteria. SCTLD afflicts at least two dozen species of so-called hard corals, which…

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Seymour Stein—the record industry luminary who signed Madonna, Ramones, Talking Heads, and more to his label Sire Records—has died, The New York Times reports. Stein’s daughter, Mandy Stein, said he died at home on Sunday of cancer. He was 80.Stein was infatuated with the recording industry from an early age. After high school, he worked at Billboard and got his start on the label front at King Records—the Cincinnati soul label that was home to James Brown. In 1966, he co-founded Sire with Richard Gottehrer.As a co-founder of Sire Records, Stein helped break the careers of some of the most…

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Another of The Mandalorian Season 3’s character posters has been revealed by the official Star Wars Twitter account, this time featuring the villainous Moff Gideon, who is played by Emmy-nominated actor Giancarlo Esposito. Gideon has appeared in all three Seasons of The Mandalorian, serving as a major threat to the main characters due to his allegiance to the remnants of the Galactic Empire. Check out the official The Mandalorian Season 3 character poster for Moff Gideon below: “The journeys of the Mandalorian through the Star Wars galaxy continue. Once a lone bounty hunter, Din Djarin has reunited with Grogu,” says the synopsis.…

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Photography courtesy of Common Sort 9 under-the-radar vintage and second-hand shops from coast to coast. By Isabel B. Slone Date March 29, 2023 Isabel B. Slone scoured the country to bring you some of the most under-the-radar vintage and second-hand stores in Canada and one thing’s for sure: they’ll all give you the thrill of the find. From Halifax to Vancouver and everywhere in between, here are the best places to find pre-loved pieces. RELATED: Thrifting Tips for Spotting Rare Gems Amid the Duds Common Sort LOCATION: TorontoSPECIALTY: Trendy fast-fashion and designer-label gemsWHY WE LOVE IT: Like most consignment stores,…

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Last Friday afternoon, Twitter posted the source code of its recommendation algorithm to GitHub. Twitter said it was “open sourcing” its algorithm, something I would typically be in favor of. Recommendation algorithms and open source code are major focuses of my work as a researcher and advocate for corporate accountability in the tech industry. My research has demonstrated why and how companies like YouTube should be more transparent about the inner workings of their recommendation algorithms—and I’ve run campaigns pressuring them to do so. Mozilla, the nonprofit where I am a senior fellow, famously open-sourced the Netscape browser code and invited a…

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21 Apr 2023 6 New Biographies and Memoirs to Inspire and Educate Reading about other people’s lives, whether through a thorough biography or captivating memoir, can be inspiring, relatable, beautiful, and educational. If you’re looking for more books like this, check out these new releases from authors Stephen Todd, Anthony Chin-Quee, Brianna Craft, Sandeep Jauhar, Jeff Benedict, Frank Dimatteo, and Michael Benson. Happy reading! Goin’ back to Californ-I-A by Stephen Todd Release Date: March 25, 2023 In 1988, Stephen Todd served a successful church mission to San Bernardino, California, where he found his true calling — a love for people…

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Columbia Ranch, the set of some very famous homes from movies and television shows, is making a lot of changes. Many of the historic homes are being demolished to make way for new projects. It has been confirmed that The Partridge Family home was just demolished and star Danny Bonaduce weighed in and talked about the last time he was able to visit his TV home. Bonaduce shared on Twitter, “A lot of people have tweeted me that the Partridge Family house on the Columbia Ranch has been razed. It’s the end of an era. I was lucky that I…

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Crystals of the newly synthesized compounds, anthraquinodimethane derivatives, which have different colors depending on their molecular structure. Credit: Yusuke Ishigaki Newly synthesized organic molecules can be tuned to emit different colors depending on their molecular structures in crystal form. Molecular switches are chemicals with molecular structures that can be shifted between two or more stable configurations in response to changes in their environment. They are of great interest in the development of molecular computers, molecular machines and drug delivery systems. Compounds with conformational isomers—identical molecular formulas but different molecular structures—can make very effective molecular switches. Researchers at Hokkaido University and…

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With all the blood, weapons, and ass-whooping that comprises a typical Quentin Tarantino film, it’s a little unexpected that the man isn’t too keen on shooting another type of graphic content. Speaking to the Spanish publication Diari ARA (via NME), the director explained why his characters almost never engage in sex scenes: “Sex is not part of my vision of cinema,” he said. Tarantino went on: “In real life, it’s a pain to shoot sex scenes,” he said, adding that cast and crew members often get “tense” trying to bring in intimate moment to life. “If it was already a…

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On The Book of Boba Fett, we learn that the Darksaber is made of “a quality of beskar” that the Mandalorian had never seen before. And yet on the season finale of The Mandalorian, Moff Gideon squished the Darksaber hilt with his bare hands. How could he do that?Well, don’t forget: Moff Gideon’s new armor is made of beskar too. And based on the sound effects on this episode, it sounds like he’s not just wearing a suit of armor; his suit includes robotic enhancements. So he’s basically in an Iron Man suit made out of beskar. And sure, with that kind of power,…

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Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant has died at the age of 93. The news was confirmed on April 13 via a statement from her family declaring that she “died peacefully at home in Surrey, UK this morning.” Tributes poured in for the fashion icon who was credited with popularizing the miniskirt in the 1960s. “It’s impossible to overstate Quant’s contribution to fashion. She represented the joyful freedom of 1960s fashion, and provided a new role model for young women. Fashion today owes so much to her trailblazing vision,” the V&A Museum tweeted. Former British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman added: “RIP…

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E-commerce major Flipkart has launched its metaverse-based virtual shopping experience dubbed ‘Flipverse’. The Flipverse will allow users to discover and shop for products in a metaverse environment. The e-commerce company has partnered with eDAO to develop the virtual shopping experience, along with Meta and Ethereum Layer-2 scaling startup Polygon. Flipverse will be available on Flipkart’s newly launched platform, FireDrops, which can be accessed from the e-commerce platform’s app. The development also comes six months after Flipkart launched Flipkart Labs, which was an initiative to test out Web3 technology and its use cases for e-commerce.Flipverse will offer gamified, interactive and immersive…

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Residual low-dose radiations from the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster is not a threat to the tree species growing in the affected areas, finds a new study by researchers from Japan who surveyed de novo mutation rates in Japanese cedar and flowering cherry growing in contaminated areas. Credit: Environment International (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107893 Ionizing radiation from nuclear disasters are known to be harmful to the natural environment. The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant meltdown that occurred in 2011 is a prominent example of such a disaster in recent memory. Even a decade after the incident, concerns remain about the long-term…

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