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Kevin Humdrum
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annieās blogDonāt forget to like, subscribe, share, burn it all down, etc.I personally canāt wait for episode two! š
THRUnited Talent Agency has signed the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium, the governing body for āthe king of cheesesā Parmigiano Reggiano, to get the supermarket staple placement in films, TV shows and streaming projects around the globe.Big cheese has entered the building⦠Starring in next summerās action-packed...
PoliticoAbigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill cruised to double-digit victories in Virginia and New Jersey. Two Georgia Democrats flipped seats on the stateās Public Service Commission, the first non-federal statewide wins for a Democrat in nearly two decades. Democrats flipped a pair of Republican-held state Senate...
Roc CameraAI has blurred the line. Now, how we take, share, and create images has changed. Social media has made sharing images easy. Generative AI now creates any image we can imagineā¦By combining attested sensor data, zero-knowledge proofs, and a tamper-proof environment, we've built Roc
ESPNThere are still a lot of unknowns about this, and Iāve seen passing mention that the FBI might be overstating how big of a bust this is and maybe conflating a few different things to make it look bigger to put a black eye on the NBA,
TheWrapI typically reserve this kind of link for Foofaraw, but the idea of Steven Soderbergh doing a Star Wars movie is just too fascinating. I feel like you could add up the budget of his last ten movies and they still wouldnāt equal a Star Wars movie.
TechCrunchSky is a product I actually thought could have some real utility. Security was always the issue though, and now that OpenAI controls them, Iām not sure Iād want OpenAI to be able to essentially see everything I do on my computer.
The New RepublicAnd the media, with its long-standing bias toward treating Republican grievances as more legitimate than Democratic ones, follows the lead of whichever party is making the most noise. Republicans scream about ādeplorablesā for weeks, so it becomes a story. Democrats shrug at Trumpās
NohThe most glaring thing is how often he is scoring off cuts this year. Synergy had 22 percent of his possessions coming off cuts in this game as compared to around 7 percent last season. He has gotten MUCH better at timing those plays out, and heās
Johnny.DecimalJohnny.Decimal is designed to help you find things quickly, with more confidence, and less stress. You assign a unique ID to everything in your life. These IDs help you stay organised. They impose constraints that make it harder to get lost. And you create your own index
Are.naMy motivation throughout the ups and downs was not that Are.na would one day make me rich, it was that we had to keep Are.na alive because it, the service itself, was part of how I understood (and still understand) myself.One of the best things
Letters from an AmericanIn fact, protesters turned out waving American flags and wearing frog and unicorn and banana costumes and carrying homemade signs that demanded the release of the Epstein files and defended Lady Liberty. They laughed and danced and took selfies and sang. City police departments, including those
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