@jasonkoebler of @404mediaco went to a screening of AI movies made for TCL, the largest TV manufacturer on Earth. He breaks down why TCL is doing this, what the movies are like, and how the company is navigating the AI backlash.
https://www.404media.co/i-went-to-the-premiere-of-tcls-first-commercially-streaming-ai-movies/
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What would a world without modern medicine look like? We don’t have to wonder because it happened. @TheConversationUS looks at how Victorian novels showcase the reality and devastating grief of large-scale child mortality.
#Books @bookstodon #Lifestyle #Health #PublicHealth #DiseasePrevention #Vaccination #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
In theory, every American is required to contribute to Medicare. In practice, @ProPublica says, billionaires including Steve Cohen, owner of the New York Mets, and hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman, are paying diddly-squat. Here’s how they do it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/medicare-tax-loophole-steve-cohen
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Canada’s next federal election must take place on or before Oct. 25, 2025. @thetyee looks at foreign influence on Canadian politics, in particular, from Russia, and the role of people like Tenet Media influencer Lauren Southern.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/12/Russian-Political-Influence-Campaign-Canada/
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Solomon Bukenya is a survivor — of war and genocide in Rwanda, severe injury, homelessness and addiction. Now, he’s a poll worker and neighborhood organizer in San Francisco. @SFPublicPress talked to him about his journey.
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Africa is making a name for itself on the netball court, with three countries (South Africa, Uganda and Malawi) in the world top 10. For @thecontinent, Karien Jonckheere writes about how they might climb even higher.
https://continent.substack.com/p/up-and-up-and-soon-the-top
#Netball #Sports #Africa #Sport #Uganda #Malawi #SouthAfrica #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
Most of us are basically non-functional after a period of insomnia, but some folks are perfectly fine consistently getting four hours’ sleep a night. @KnowableMag looks into the genetic wiring of these lucky people, and what it can tell us about sleep itself.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2024/genetics-of-people-who-need-little-sleep
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Unhoused people have some of the lowest turnout of all voters, yet there are often ballot measures that directly affect them. @bolts looks at a program in Los Angeles County that seeks to bring voting directly to service centers and shelters. The effort is working — almost 3,000 who might not otherwise have cast a ballot did so in the last general election.
https://boltsmag.org/los-angeles-county-flex-vote-centers-unhoused-voters/
#Homelessness #LosAngelesCounty #California #Voting #VotingRights #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
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Fitbit says I've been averaging 5.5 hours of sleep per day for 5+ years. That it's even that high is due to long-sleep days due to illness, activity recovery (e.g. after multi-day music festivals) and the effects of beta blockers.
@ferricoxide @KnowableMag And you feel rested? We are very envious!
“I Am Ready, Warden” is streaming now on Paramount+. @TexasObserver talked to director Smriti Mundhra about the documentary, which chronicles the days leading up to the execution of John Henry Ramirez, and which they say is a must-watch for people on any side of the death-penalty debate.
https://www.texasobserver.org/death-penalty-john-ramirez-documentary/
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Why did political pundits go doolally over Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter, yet remain more-or-less schtum about his successor’s disregard for transition law, promises to pardon Jan. 6 insurrectionists, many pardons of allies, friends and supporters, and all the rest of it? “If ever there was a time for the corporate press to reorder its priorities, it is now," writes Allison Hantschel for @damemagazine.
https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/12/10/corporate-media-is-obeying-in-advance/
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Last of all, we love a story that combines gaming and Microsoft’s Office suite. To wit, this little gem from @Gizmodo that our @CultureDesk shared about Michael Jarman, who last week won the Microsoft Excel World Championship, competing with 11 over finalists in a simulated game of World of Warcraft via spreadsheet. Congrats, Michael!
https://gizmodo.com/canadian-man-crowned-as-king-of-spreadsheets-at-the-2024-microsoft-excel-world-championship-2000537901
#Gaming #Games #VideoGames #Excel #Microsoft #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
