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2024: Five contemporary artists reflect on the books that inspired them

Reading is a very personal habit—some of us read for fun and others for work. Books that highlight complexities of our time: By Shilpa Gupta Our Freedoms: Essays and Stories from India’s Best Writers, edited by Nilanjana S. Roy The book offers a wide-ranging tapestry of perspectives, engaging deeply with the complexities of our current era. Karthika Naïr's poignant visual …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

The SpaceX guide to exceptional engineering

Live Mint

Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age. His team’s efforts led to the arguably company-saving first test firing of the Falcon 9’s first stage in November 2008. “Like everything else we’ve ever done, it was way slower than Elon wanted, and way faster than anyone had ever done it before.” Mr Berger’s book …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mint Explainer: Why urban India is spending less

Live Mint

Urban India’s shopping carts are losing their heft. Read this | Q2 results: How urban slump, input costs threw FMCG off gear At Maruti Suzuki India, the country’s largest carmaker, the slowdown is unmistakable. This double whammy is creating a demand shortfall in urban and especially metro areas, said Varun Berry, Britannia’s vice chairman and managing director, during the company’s …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Stephen McKinley Henderson is ‘A Man on the Inside’s’ secret weapon

LA Times

Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who just wants to go where everybody knows your name — even if it’s not to Cheers. In this case, with an assist from costar Stephen McKinley Henderson: As series creator Mike Schur explains to senior writer Yvonne Villarreal in this week’s Guest Spot, the pair’s friendship is the show’s central “love …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Florida Newspaper Unpacks What Matt Gaetz As AG Truly Means About Trump

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Florida’s Sun Sentinel newspaper made crystal clear its damning opinion on President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial tapping of former Rep. Matt Gaetz to become his attorney general. “Matt Gaetz must never become America’s attorney general,” the newspaper’s editorial board began a blistering essay published last week. The board ripped Gaetz as a “rogue Florida congressman” and “a provocateur …

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2 months ago

Charlamagne tha God unpacks election results: ‘It’s dinner table issues’

Politico

“This was the first time in my life that I heard people in my community, black people, brown people, having those conversations,” Charlamagne said, regarding border security. Charlamagne said that he doesn’t think any of these people are single-issue voters, but pointed to a few things that pushed voters to Trump. They forget about the working class, and for whatever …

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2 months ago

'Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words' Is A Feminist Manifesto

Huff Post

Megan Thee Stallion arrives at the premiere of "Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words" on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. “A lot of people were trying to take control of my narrative and tell my story, so that’s why I even agreed to do the documentary in the first place.” Speaking in front of …

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2 months, 1 week ago

'These are all lies': Analyst unpacks Trump's dark obsession with Harris' intelligence

Raw Story

A political analyst Wednesday revealed why he believes former President Donald Trump can't stop obsessing with Vice President Kamala Harris' intelligence. Salon writer Chauncey DeVega dug through decades of rhetorical history to reveal a disturbing pattern that ends with Trump's attacks on the Black woman challenging his right to return to the White House in 2025. "To suggest that a …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Seth Meyers unpacks Trump’s latest ‘insane’ rally obsession: Arnold Palmer’s manhood

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Late night show host Seth Meyers has been left baffled …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Unveiling the Complex World of LLM Training: A Deep Dive into the Steps and Best Practices Involved in Training LLMs

ABP News

A comprehensive overview of the training process of large language models (LLMs). The article explains the intricate steps involved in training LLMs, from data collection and tokenisation to fine-tuning and evaluation. It emphasizes the importance of data diversity, efficient compute use, and ethical considerations in LLM development. The author provides best practices for training LLMs, highlighting the need for a …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

A new study unpacks the last 485 million years of Earth's temperature history

Salon

Climate change deniers inaccurately claim that Earth's rapidly rising temperatures are the mere product of natural cycles. "As a scientist, I’m always cautious of the word 'prove,' but our work demonstrates the important role that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations play in controlling Earth’s temperature," Emily Joan Judd, the lead study author and paleontologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Kamala is brat’: The viral pop meme driving the Harris election campaign

Al Jazeera

An endorsement from Charli XCX might bring Harris love from young voters, but some of the singer’s fans are upset. The campaign rebrand mimics the cover art for English singer Charli XCX’s recent album called brat. The rebrand came soon after Charli herself endorsed Vice President Harris in a three-word X post that rattled cyberspace on Monday and that Harris’s …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Daily T: ‘I shouldn’t be here’ - Trump’s remarkable convention speech

The Telegraph

Donald Trump has made his first public speech since his attempted assassination last weekend, telling the crowds he survived “only by the grace of almighty God”. Speaking on the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the former president’s speech outlined his plans for a second term in the White House. Kamal unpacks what the speech really …

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Jason Kelce Mocks Travis' Big Ego As Venus Williams Unpacks Sibling Rivalries At ESPYs

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Jason Kelce snuck in a witty jab at his brother, Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce, in a brief appearance during the ESPY Awards on Thursday. Venus Williams, a tennis icon along with her sister Serena Williams who served as this year’s ESPYs host, asked the former Philadelphia Eagles center over video call about his sibling’s prior …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Visualising how Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land

Al Jazeera

Israel has illegally seized more land this year than over the past 20 years combined. In 2024, Israel illegally seized 23.7sq km of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, amid its ongoing war on Gaza. 1967 – Naksa During the June 1967 war, Israel occupied all of historical Palestine – including Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem – …

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6 months ago

Robyn was jailed for the murder of her husband. Now she works as a domestic violence consultant

ABC

Robyn Westgate spent 17 years, four months, three weeks and six days in prison after being found guilty of wilfully murdering her husband in June 1999. "I often feel physically wounded by some of the things that have been happening … and I think they wound our community and our society," Robyn says. "People have to I've got a role …

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6 months ago

Chappell Roan, 26, grew up in a strict Christian household and thought music videos were 'porn' before launching her singing career as an LGBTQ icon - as Gen Z compare her to Madonna

Daily Mail

Chappell Roan has been dubbed 'Gen Z's Madonna' as fans have been won over by her powerhouse vocals, experimental costumes and theatrical performances. Chappell Roan has been dubbed 'Gen Z's Madonna ' as fans have been won over by her powerhouse vocals, experimental costumes and theatrical performances The images harked back to the 80s icon - who, along with Cyndi …

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7 months ago

Angélica Garcia unpacks the ‘strange cultural tug of war’ behind her new album, ‘Gemelo’

LA Times

Angélica Garcia has been busy finding herself. The Los Angeles pop singer’s new record, “Gemelo” — twin in Spanish — is a rhythmic exploration of the spiritual world and our relationship to our inner, intuitive beings. “It really means a lot that I’m writing a song about intuition in Spanish and how it’s connected to our ancestry, and there are …

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8 months, 1 week ago

For weeks students have protested the war in Gaza — now things are escalating : Consider This from NPR

NPR

For weeks students have protested the war in Gaza — now things are escalating Enlarge this image toggle caption CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images You're reading the Consider This newsletter, which unpacks one major news story each day. Kayyem says a few factors play into what we're seeing now: Excessive use of force by some …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

This former NIH chief went public with his prostate cancer to help others : Consider This from NPR

NPR

This former NIH chief went public with his prostate cancer to help others Enlarge this image toggle caption Graeme Jennings - Pool/Getty Images Graeme Jennings - Pool/Getty Images You're reading the Consider This newsletter, which unpacks one major news story each day. Collins played a key role in the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and helped the U.S. navigate …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

What to do when you find out your teen has been sexting without consent

ABC

On a routine check of her 14-year-old son's phone, Sam was shocked by what she found. Dr Li says that involves a conversation around: "How to establish consent and what to do if someone's not consenting; which is that you don't keep requesting the nudes, you accept that they've said 'no'. Ms Sparrow adds that it's important for your teen …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

This Unexpected Laundry Habit Is A Potential Sign Of ADHD

Huff Post

Kinga Krzeminska via Getty Images A viral TikTok video unpacks a common laundry phenomenon with a memorable name — "floordrobe." “Stress — being in crisis or even being under a deadline — can produce extra beta waves, which might actually help ‘turn on’ focus in individuals with ADHD.” In addition to the executive function aspect, laundry also involves short-term memory, …

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9 months ago

Here's a Look at The Very 'Fishy' History of Ketchup

The Quint

Ketchup is a widely popular condiment believed to have originated in America. Daniel Jurafsky fascinatingly unfolds the intriguing history of ketchup and its Chinese origins in his book The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu. Other than Jurafsky many other historians also arrived at the theory that the word 'ketchup' is a Hokkien word that refers to the …

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9 months ago

Six singular voices

The Hindu

In a Slate magazine essay over a decade ago, Katy Waldman described non-fiction as “the patriarch of literary genres”. For instance, Noreen Masud’s A Flat Place is woven around walks through Britain’s flatlands, during which she recounts childhood experiences in Lahore and her experience of complex post-traumatic stress disorder. The combination of “complete exposure and complete withholding,” she feels, “asks …

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2024: Five contemporary artists reflect on the books that inspired them

The SpaceX guide to exceptional engineering

Mint Explainer: Why urban India is spending less

Stephen McKinley Henderson is ‘A Man on the Inside’s’ secret weapon

Florida Newspaper Unpacks What Matt Gaetz As AG Truly Means About Trump

Charlamagne tha God unpacks election results: ‘It’s dinner table issues’

'Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words' Is A Feminist Manifesto

'These are all lies': Analyst unpacks Trump's dark obsession with Harris' intelligence

Seth Meyers unpacks Trump’s latest ‘insane’ rally obsession: Arnold Palmer’s manhood

Unveiling the Complex World of LLM Training: A Deep Dive into the Steps and Best Practices Involved in Training LLMs

A new study unpacks the last 485 million years of Earth's temperature history

‘Kamala is brat’: The viral pop meme driving the Harris election campaign

The Daily T: ‘I shouldn’t be here’ - Trump’s remarkable convention speech

Jason Kelce Mocks Travis' Big Ego As Venus Williams Unpacks Sibling Rivalries At ESPYs

Visualising how Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land

Robyn was jailed for the murder of her husband. Now she works as a domestic violence consultant

Chappell Roan, 26, grew up in a strict Christian household and thought music videos were 'porn' before launching her singing career as an LGBTQ icon - as Gen Z compare her to Madonna

Angélica Garcia unpacks the ‘strange cultural tug of war’ behind her new album, ‘Gemelo’

For weeks students have protested the war in Gaza — now things are escalating : Consider This from NPR

This former NIH chief went public with his prostate cancer to help others : Consider This from NPR

What to do when you find out your teen has been sexting without consent

This Unexpected Laundry Habit Is A Potential Sign Of ADHD

Here's a Look at The Very 'Fishy' History of Ketchup

Six singular voices