Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, marking the beginning of the dreaded dark winter months. Ready to embrace the lack of light with reads that are just as brutal as a 4 PM sunset? If you’re looking to curb seasonal affective disorder as much as one can, consider embracing the gloom with a read that’s just as dark as the coming nights. From mind-bending thrillers to literary novels that’ll make you doubt your faith in humanity, these books will match your mood as you set your clocks back. Good luck (and happy reading) to us all. Here’s the full…
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A hot mystery on the sun may be close to being solved.For decades, scientists have been trying to understand why the sun’s outer atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface, despite being farther from the core. Whereas the surface, or photosphere, is millions of degrees Fahrenheit, the outer atmosphere is only about 10,000 F (5,500 C).Now, thanks to observations from a new high-resolution telescope, scientists have finally spotted elusive “magnetic waves” in the sun’s atmosphere that may be responsible for much of the corona’s incredible heating. The findings were published Oct. 24 in the journal Nature Astronomy. You may…
Robert Voets/CBS Well, old school “Survivor” fans. We were kings. We were queens. For two whole episodes, we got to experience the joy of basking in two-tribe glory. Kele vs. Hina, throwing down for the crown! However, Wednesday’s episode hits the reset button, throwing us back into our new era routine and re-reshuffling the tribes back into three for… reasons? With only four players per tribe? This particular bit of creative is a head-scratcher, my friends. Thus, when the players hit the mat for their next challenge, Probst surprises them…
This is a big one: A new recall has just been issued by the USDA on pork jerky that was sold at Sam’s Club and Costco. And it could be “life-threatening.”There are 2 million pounds of pork jerky floating around right now that, according to the Food Safety and Inspection Service, could be contaminated with pieces of metal.It’s obviously not a good thing to go for a large chomp of your favorite jerky only to find yourself chewing on metal.Here’s what the jerky product impacted by the recall looks like:Jerky Recallfsis.usda.govThe jerky is produced by LSI, Inc. under the name Golden…
Nintendo has announced a new box set celebrating the soundtrack of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. In addition to answering many Zelda fans’ requests to own the music on vinyl, the box set also marks the first time the infamously strict Nintendo has ever released a physical soundtrack for sale in the United States. The 8xLP box set is out June 19, via Nintendo and Laced. Check out the tracklist and artwork below.The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild soundtrack is available to pre-order as a 8xLP box set and a 2xLP set. The former goes…
Okay, I realize Black Friday and Cyber Monday are just around the corner (consider this your sign to compile your wish list!), but Bluemercury just announced a sneaky 20% off makeup sale from today until November 2—and the roster is truly out of this world. Why not restock your favorites now before the chaos of BFCM hits? I expect many of these to fly off the shelves once we really hit the peak of holiday shopping, so I’d take advantage of the markdowns while you can. Think of it like a safeguard sale to ensure you actually get your hands…
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, its widely used 365 services, Xbox, and Minecraft started suffering outages at roughly noon Eastern time on Wednesday, the result of what Microsoft said was “an inadvertent configuration change.” The incident—which marks the second major cloud provider outage in less than two weeks—highlights the instability of an internet built largely on infrastructure run by a few tech giants.Microsoft’s problems specifically originated from Azure’s Front Door content delivery network and emerged just hours before Microsoft’s scheduled earnings announcement. The company website, including its investor relations page, was still down on Wednesday afternoon, and the Azure status page…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write For The Witches (Sapphic Collections)? I love to write stories of women-loving-women, and I frequently write short stories for anthologies and other projects. I wanted to be able to give back to my community this year, so I decided to bundle my short stories into two volumes and donate the proceeds to organizations fighting for reproductive justice. If you had to pick theme songs for the main characters of For The Witches (Sapphic Collections), what would they be? The novella in this collection, All I Wanna Do, is inspired…
Neanderthals may have used ochre crayons to draw on cave wallsGorodenkoff/Getty Images A remarkable yellow crayon unearthed in Crimea, still sharp after more than 40,000 years, indicates that painting lines on objects was part of Neanderthal culture. This discovery is the firmest evidence yet that some Neanderthal groups used coloured pigments in symbolic ways – behaviour once regarded as the sole domain of our species. “It’s really exciting. It adds a new facet to what we know about symbolic use of colour,” says Emma Pomeroy at the University of Cambridge, who wasn’t involved with the research. The use of ochre…
NBC It’s been some time since Michael Schur’s existential sitcom “The Good Place,” one of the best comedies of its era, came to an end on NBC. The series starred Kristen Bell as Eleanor Shellstrop, a truly bad person who meets an early demise and finds herself suddenly whisked away to the idyllic Good Place — or so it seems. Believing she was brought here by accident, she leads a trio of other morally compromised individuals to try and become more ethical people who can actually earn their place in…
In the game of poker, the ultimate question is whether at the end of the day one should twist or stick. The same logic applies to narrative cinema – should the screenwriter pull the rug out from under the audience’s feet and force them to question everything they’ve seen prior to that moment, or should they stay the course and follow the path they’ve been cultivating for the previous 90-or-so minutes? David Mackenzie’s Relay is a corporate espionage thriller which is faced with such a conundrum and is eventually forced to make a choice. We won’t say the way it goes, but in terms of…
Steve Martin extends his prolific creative legacy with his and frequent collaborator Alison Brown’s new album, Safe, Sensible and Sane. The project debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Bluegrass Albums chart (dated Nov. 1) with 2,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States Oct. 17–23, according to Luminate. The set, on Compass Records, marks Martin’s seventh leader on the list in as many visits, five of which have opened at No. 1. Featuring collaborations with Jackson Browne, Vince Gill and Jason Mraz, among others, the album is Brown’s second to top the chart. Once viewed as a sideline…
Bloomberg: US FEC filings and public statements: a handful of crypto super PACs have amassed ~$263M ahead of the 2026 midterms; Fairshake remains the biggest at $141M — Fresh off its success in the 2024 elections, the crypto industry is amping up its spending power ahead of the 2026 midterms. View Original Source Here
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Digital authoritarianism is a new way governments are trying to control citizens using digital and information technology. It is a growing concern for advocacy groups and those interested in freedom and democracy. It is especially worrying for those who initially heralded digital and information technologies as liberating tools that would spread information more easily for citizens. I have studied the rise of digital authoritarianism in Africa over the last two decades. My most recent study focused on Nigeria, and its turn to digital tools for control after the 2020 #EndSARS Movement protests. I found that local…
ABC Tuesday’s “High Potential” midseason finale brought the ABC drama to a screeching halt, introducing another playing in the Roman mystery before leaving Morgan in the arms of a potential killer. This week’s case revolved around the theft of a $20 million painting, which required the additional services of an art recovery specialist named Rhys Eastman (guest star Aiden Turner). And what an eerie time for this episode to air, considering the recent jewel heist at Paris’ Lourve Museum. “Isn’t that crazy? I even had somebody go, ‘Was it you?'” showrunner…
The dates for The Young and the Restless couple Danny Romalotti and Christine Blair’s wedding are finally here. After the former popped the question in July of this year, fans have been eagerly waiting to see the two exchange vows. Here are the dates for the couple’s wedding. The Young and the Restless reveals when Danny and Christine’s wedding will air Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian) and Christine “Cricket” Blair (Lauralee Bell) have had a long-standing relationship on The Young and the Restless. The couple first married back in the late 1990s in a Hawaiian wedding. Though their marriage ended following…
Below are 11 rockers’ favorite horror movies and where you can watch them this spooky season.Halloween is among us and there’s no better way to get in the spirit than to curl up and watch a horror movie. Horror goes pretty hand-in-hand with metal, especially because a lot of musicians incorporate horror imagery and references into their sound and aesthetic.Slipknot, Rob Zombie and Ice Nine Kills are just a few examples of artists who are often associated with the horror genre — Corey Taylor and Zombie have literally worked on films themselves and INK base their music on different horror films.So,…
Not to brag, but I think I’m the perfect person to report on Sabrina Carpenter’s most recent outfit, because I am also an owner of the Aritzia coat she wore—two of them, in fact. In what was the perfect fall scenario, Carpenter descended upon Central Park (amidst her string of shows at Madison Square Garden) on an ideal gloomy fall day in NYC, wearing the ideal cozy fall outfit. It was comprised of the aforementioned coat (more on that in a bit), a checked Guest in Residence scarf (which I now need), baggy jeans, pointed-toe boots, and a burgundy Celine…
“If you had to point to one reason [crypto prediction markets] are able to come back to the US, you have to point to the Trump administration,” says Zach Hamilton, founder of crypto startup Sarcophagus, in an interview with WIRED. “Donald Trump. I mean, that’s it.”Even before the arrival of Truth Predict, the Trump family had a financial interest in the spread of prediction markets in the US.In January, Donald Trump Jr. joined Kalshi as a strategic adviser. Then, in August, Polymarket received an investment from 1789 Capital, a venture capital firm where Trump Jr. serves as a partner. As…
Lucky Break by Jaclyn Westlake Lucky Break is an upbeat, optimistic novel replete with humor, heart and an unforgettable cast of characters. Jaclyn Westlake charmed a wide audience and garnered well-deserved stellar reviews last year for her debut novel, Dear Dotty, about a young woman who is adrift after losing her beloved great-aunt and her job in the same week. Lucky Break, her second romantic comedy, continues in a similar vein with the character Eliza Colletti. She is a bright and determined 32-year-old woman who, by using her exceptional organizational skills since childhood, has made detailed plans…
An astronomer recently aimed his telescope above Manciano, Italy, and caught something incredible: a bright comet seemingly wrapped up in the corkscrewing trail of a meteor, glittering in the same patch of sky like a cosmic barber shop pole.With millions of miles separating the foreground meteor and the background comet, the odds of capturing such a fortuitous shot were (excuse the pun) astronomically low.”In this photograph, the meteor’s afterglow appears to coil around the comet’s ion tail — a pure perspective miracle,” astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of The Virtual Telescope Project and the photographer who captured the stunning shot, wrote…
Braff has said that the “Scrubs” revival will aim to capture the same humor and heart as the original run, but showcase a version of JD who has been “beaten down by the system” over the last 15 years — an idea that Lawrence also expressed during a June 2025 interview with TVLine: “The hardest part is that Zach and Donald have aged,” the EP said with a laugh. “People still have that affinity, and love, for that goofy youthfulness — it’s why the T-Mobile commercials work so well. But if I saw two guys in their late 40s/early 50s…
The following post contains some light SPOILERS for A House of Dynamite.The U.S. Department of Defense says that while the events that unfurl in Netflix’s new doomsday political thriller, A House of Dynamite, are certainly gripping on screen, they’re also inaccurate.In Kathryn Bigelow’s film, when military radars detect a nuclear missile headed straight for the continental U.S., the president plus various government individuals and departments have less than 20 minutes to try to neutralize the weapon and formulate a retaliatory response. The only problem? (Other than the catastrophic bomb, of course.) No one has any idea who sent the missile, or why.It’s…
Scottish post-punk band The Twilight Sad have shared their new single, “WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL,” featuring their longtime supporter, The Cure’s Robert Smith, on guitar. Stream it below. Alongside the core duo of singer James Graham alongside multi-instrumentalist Andy MacFarlane, the moody, soaring track features contributions from occasional live members David Jeans and Alex Mackay of Mogwai. Get The Twilight Sad Tickets Here “‘WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL’ is about grief, love, and mental illness,” Graham explained in a statement. “I lost the person most important to me in one of the cruellest ways. I’ve always used writing as…
Reuters: Riyadh-based BNPL startup Tabby completes a secondary share sale of existing shareholders’ stakes, valuing it at $4.5B ahead of a possible IPO — Saudi Arabia-headquartered fintech Tabby said on Tuesday it has completed a secondary share sale involving shares held by existing shareholders … View Original Source Here
24 Oct 2025 Literary Gems That Break Your Heart (and Fix It Too) Characters breathe, dialogue sparks, and the world feels vivid in these contemporary and historical tales. Stories of humanity, flaws, and triumph leap off the page. Reading them is an experience, not just a pastime. The Sunflower Widows by Matthew Fults Release Date: September 23, 2025 Amazon No. 1 Hot New Release! In a quiet Ukrainian village nestled between golden fields and gathering shadows, the echoes of war reach those left behind. Three families—each with a story of love, hardship, loyalty, and strength—find themselves on a path born…
Exercise has significant benefits for heart healthIan Canham/Alamy Men over 50 may have to exercise more than twice as much as women to get the same heart health benefits. An analysis of activity tracker data found that men in this age group need nearly 9 hours per week of moderate to vigorous activity – like brisk walking or cycling – to gain a 30 per cent drop in coronary heart disease risk, compared with about 4 hours for women. Scientists already suspected that women got more cardiac benefits than men based on self-reported exercise data, but such figures aren’t always…
Bennett Raglin/CBS Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: There’s a new partner in town for Stuart Scola. In Monday’s “FBI,” Juliana Aidén Martinez debuts as Eva Ramos, the office’s newest agent who makes a considerable splash in the case of the week. When a young man is found beaten to death on federal land, the FBI’s case intersects with a DEA operation already in motion, testing Ramos’ intelligence and skills in the field, an exam she passes with flying colors. “Eva is someone that used to work in…
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and finally, for film club, Two Lane Blacktop. Joining host Leila Latif are David Jenkins and Lillian Crawford. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest releases big and small, talking to some of the most exciting filmmakers, keeping you across important industry news, and reassessing great films from days gone by with…