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Bloomberg Open Interest 11/22/2024
1 month ago

Bloomberg Open Interest 11/22/2024

Bloomberg  

And we may actually have a Treasury pick. But I think what's really most important to consider here, Katie, is normally when you come out of a bear market like we're in 2022, Smallcaps outperform equity to outperform the cap weighted, but it didn't happen this time. Some are saying they the outlook is stabilize, up 5.4% on the week …

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What delusions can tell us about the cognitive nature of belief
1 month ago

What delusions can tell us about the cognitive nature of belief

Raw Story  

Beliefs are convictions of reality that we accept as true. This model linking delusions and beliefs differs from earlier accounts that suggested delusions were distinct from belief or arise as a largely passive response to anomalous sensory input such as a hallucination. Implications As a case study, Natalie’s experiences are not necessarily representative of all people who experience delusions or …

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This lounge chair made of 1984 L.A. Olympics merch is a tribute to what’s coming
1 month, 1 week ago

This lounge chair made of 1984 L.A. Olympics merch is a tribute to what’s coming

LA Times  

I’ve been working on these lounge chairs for almost the last decade. The uniforms that were made by Levi’s are really interesting, because I remember the L.A. Summer Olympics when I was 8 years old and seeing those uniforms. There are a few elements on the chair that I had asked them to find, like there’s a logo shirt that …

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Is NAD+ a miracle anti-ageing supplement?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Is NAD+ a miracle anti-ageing supplement?

ABC  

Tegan Taylor: So Norman, it's time for me to test your Australianness once more. And they can say that it's grounded in science, because in a sense it kind of is Norman Swan: Well, that's right, and it's very powerful, this idea here, because the NAD+, these biochemical cycles affect how DNA repairs itself, it affects what's called cellular senescence, …

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What is AI ‘model collapse’?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

What is AI ‘model collapse’?

ABC  

Sam Hawley: Artificial intelligence has come such a long way in a really short time. So, if you actually look up the list, it's quite confronting how many companies have signed up to the OpenAI bandwagon and sort of signed partnership agreements where OpenAI gets access to this company's proprietary data source that they have, and then in return, maybe …

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Maggie Haberman on What an Unleashed Trump Might Do - The New York Times
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Maggie Haberman on What an Unleashed Trump Might Do - The New York Times

New York Times  

Earlier this week, I released an audio essay on Donald Trump. But that’s an example where somebody who actually understands that governing is not just yelling at people, and getting exactly what you want through dominance, might have done something differently.” “How do you think about the almost endless series of cases that come out of reading any reporter’s coverage …

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Internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret looks back on a year of war
2 months, 1 week ago

Internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret looks back on a year of war

NPR  

Internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Etgar Keret looks back on a year of war Keret, who lives in Tel Aviv, reflects on the protests in Israel and the U.S. over the hostages and Gaza. This still doesn't mean that when I stay awake at my bed at night and close my eyes that I always see myself living my entire life …

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When Things Fall Apart (Throwback) : Throughline
3 months ago

When Things Fall Apart (Throwback) : Throughline

NPR  

When Things Fall Apart : Throughline Climate change, political unrest, random violence - Western society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls, "a thin layer of ice on top of an ocean of chaos and darkness." To access bonus episodes and listen to Throughline sponsor-free, subscribe to Throughline+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/throughline. Throughline When Things …

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White supremacy with a law degree: How do we escape "The Originalism Trap"?
5 months, 1 week ago

White supremacy with a law degree: How do we escape "The Originalism Trap"?

Salon  

In her new book, “The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back,” Madiba K. Dennie critiques the legal doctrine known as "originalism," calling it a movement born out of opposition to the school desegregation mandated by the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision. Dennie, deputy editor at the legal …

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'Slave Play' playwright Jeremy O. Harris is on a mission to diversify theater
6 months ago

'Slave Play' playwright Jeremy O. Harris is on a mission to diversify theater

NPR  

'Slave Play' playwright Jeremy O. Harris is on a mission to diversify theater TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Like Lorraine Hansberry's "Raisin In The Sun," Jeremy O. Harris' debut on Broadway was a smash hit. HARRIS: Like, I don't think one play will ever lose 12 Tony nominations, so it feels kind of punk in the same way …

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Annalee Newitz on the sci-fi roots of the current "psyop" war
6 months, 1 week ago

Annalee Newitz on the sci-fi roots of the current "psyop" war

Salon  

The "culture wars" raging around us with white-hot intensity are better understood as psychological warfare. To gain a foothold to make sense of it all — to “stop feeling the dread” and gain a deeper perspective — Newitz turned to history, especially to World War II and the early Cold War era, when the practice of psychological warfare was formalized …

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Saying no to Nicole Kidman ‘doesn’t work.’ Just ask ‘Expats’ boss Lulu Wang
6 months, 1 week ago

Saying no to Nicole Kidman ‘doesn’t work.’ Just ask ‘Expats’ boss Lulu Wang

LA Times  

In this week’s episode of The Envelope video podcast, Cynthia Nixon stops by to discuss playing two prominent roles concurrently in “And Just Like That.” and “The Gilded Age,” then Lulu Wang joins us to talk about making the leap to TV with “Expats.” Yvonne Villarreal: Hi everyone. Villarreal: You’re in the unique position — you’re about to start “And …

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Could a 'miracle' weight loss drug mean the end of the body positivity movement?
7 months, 1 week ago

Could a 'miracle' weight loss drug mean the end of the body positivity movement?

NPR  

Could a 'miracle' weight loss drug mean the end of the body positivity movement? Like, we've never criticized what people have to do to get thin or how healthy that may be, whether that's physically healthy or healthy from a mental perspective - from, like, a psychological perspective, right? But I do think that, you know, both this media reinforcement …

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'Tales of Kenzera: Zau' — a video game about grief, inspired by Bantu mythology
7 months, 4 weeks ago

'Tales of Kenzera: Zau' — a video game about grief, inspired by Bantu mythology

NPR  

'Tales of Kenzera: Zau' — a video game about grief, inspired by Bantu mythology NPR's Juana Summers talks with game designer Abubakar Salim about the long journey of creating a game to process the grief of losing his father to cancer. You know, a lot of the time whenever I've seen grief depicted in an entertainment medium, it's always been …

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How the 'Mob Wife' aesthetic can help us think about Latinidad
9 months, 3 weeks ago

How the 'Mob Wife' aesthetic can help us think about Latinidad

LA Times  

A new trend has emerged on TikTok and Instagram as users have abandoned the minimalist “clean girl” aesthetic and are opting for the bold luxury of animal prints, statement-making gold jewelry, long acrylic nails and faux furs to achieve the “Mob Wife” aesthetic. The pieces that make up the “Mob Wife” aesthetic — the bold clothes, flashy jewelry, glossy nails …

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Teddy Day 2024: Five innovative ideas to celebrate the special day
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Teddy Day 2024: Five innovative ideas to celebrate the special day

India TV News  

The celebration for Valentine's week has already begun, and one of the days that people eagerly wait for is 'Teddy Day.' So, if you are someone who loves teddy bears or wants to make this day memorable for your loved ones, here are five innovative ideas to celebrate Teddy Day 2024. This Teddy Day, plan a fun scavenger hunt around …

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Designer Zac Posen on what it takes to craft "Ryan Murphy fabulosity" and nailing a Met Gala look
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Designer Zac Posen on what it takes to craft "Ryan Murphy fabulosity" and nailing a Met Gala look

Salon  

When you start your dream career at 16 years old, like Zac Posen did, it is bound to go through lush and transformative phases. He said they understood "the balance between high theatricality, elegance of a time period through Ryan Murphy's production." "When we look back at all of this in 50 years from now, it's going to look like …

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Why The American West Is A Hotbed Of Extremism
11 months ago

Why The American West Is A Hotbed Of Extremism

Huff Post  

Conservation writer and historian Betsy Gaines Quammen lives in the heart of Bozeman, Montana — a city and a state that have been inundated with wealthy transplants in recent years, thanks in part to pandemic-era migration out of urban areas and the hit TV Western series “Yellowstone.” Long-standing myths about the American West — including the perception of the region …

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"The word politics has shifted in its meaning": Noah Hawley breaks down the "Fargo" finale
11 months ago

"The word politics has shifted in its meaning": Noah Hawley breaks down the "Fargo" finale

Salon  

Roy Tillman swore it was his destiny to go out in a furious blaze of glory. But the outcome of the recently culminated fifth season's match between "basically decent people versus the forces of cynicism and corruption" feels familiar and right, even if a couple of the folks we loved watching didn't make it out of this caper. There was …

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Greta Lee explains the ‘surgical’ precision of ‘Past Lives’’ shattering ending, beat by beat
1 year ago

Greta Lee explains the ‘surgical’ precision of ‘Past Lives’’ shattering ending, beat by beat

LA Times  

In the latest episode of “The Envelope,” our hosts chat with Greta Lee, who portrays a woman reuniting with a man from her youth in “Past Lives,” and Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, the costume designer for “The Color Purple.” Lee discusses what it means for her as a Korean American actor to break through with her first lead role in Hollywood after …

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We live to flex in front of the step-and-repeat
1 year ago

We live to flex in front of the step-and-repeat

LA Times  

The step-and-repeat says, “Perceive me, I beg you.” Schiaparelli speaks this same language: of spectacle. Hayley wears Schiaparelli Japanese raw denim ensemble decorated with a row of signature jewelry buttons in hammered golden brass; trompe-l’oeil ankle boots in black nappa with golden brass toes decorations; new three-dimensional “Face” bag in red calfskin encrusted with golden brass and enamel jewels that …

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‘We live in “Tiger King” America now’: Noah Hawley on the return of ‘Fargo’
1 year, 1 month ago

‘We live in “Tiger King” America now’: Noah Hawley on the return of ‘Fargo’

LA Times  

This article contains spoilers from the first two episodes of “Fargo,” Season 5. Just before working on the new season of “Fargo,” Noah Hawley — the showrunner who adapted the Coen brothers’ unforgettable dark comedy film into one of TV’s most striking anthology series — did something he had never done before: He went back and watched all four seasons …

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What Taylor Swift, ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ and Scorsese can tell Hollywood about Gen Z
1 year, 1 month ago

What Taylor Swift, ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ and Scorsese can tell Hollywood about Gen Z

LA Times  

Welcome to the Wide Shot, a newsletter about the business of entertainment. Young people sparked the summer “Barbenheimer” explosion and turned theaters into dance parties for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert movie. Wide Shot: After the Eras Tour movie and “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” is the movie theater the new Gen Z hangout? Young people were a big part of …

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Meg Ryan on the essentials of good rom-coms — and her long-awaited return to them
1 year, 1 month ago

Meg Ryan on the essentials of good rom-coms — and her long-awaited return to them

LA Times  

Meg Ryan, photographed in Arkansas in May 2023 during the production of “What Happens Later.” Meg Ryan wanted to make a movie that felt like being in love. As a lover of rom-coms, I didn’t expect what I got with “What Happens Later.” And, for that matter, my interview with Ryan wasn’t what I expected either. David Duchovny and Meg …

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